mr. schumer: mr. president? the presiding officer: the minority leader is recognized. mr. schumer: i ask consent that the pending amendment be set aside and call up my amendment, number 6. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. the clerk will report. the clerk: mr. schumer proposes an amendment numbered 6. mr. schumer: i ask the reading be dispensed dispensed dispense. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. mcconnell: i further ask consent that notwithstanding rule 22, it be in order to file cloture amendments a and 6 during thursday's session of the senate and the clotures filed on those amendments during thursday's session of the senate be treated as though they were filed during today's session of the senate and ripen at 2:30 p.m. on thursday, january 24 in the order filed. the presiding officer: is there objection? without objection. mr. mcconnell: i ask the senate resume consideration of the motion to proceed to s. 1. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: motion to proceed to calendar number 1, s. 1, a bill to make impro

mr. schumer: go ahead. reporter: speaker pelosi, did the president underestimate you politically, and can you assure the public that there won't be another impasse in three weeks? ms. pelosi: i can't assure the public on anything that the president will do. but i do have to say, i'm optimistic. i see every challenge or every crisis as an opportunity. an opportunity to do the right thing for the american people and at the same time make people aware of what the decisions are that we have here and hopefully that will make everybody come together in a way that is unifying for our country. i can't characterize the president's evaluation of me. mr. schumer: i'll just say one more thing in reference to that. i suggested to leader mcconnell that we use a conference committee format. that conference committee has democrats and republicans, house and senate, sitting at a table, has worked very successfully on homeland security and everything and all the other bills that haven't been signed over the last several year

mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: democrati c leader. mr. schumer: are we in a quorum, mr. president? the presiding officer: we are. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: well, mr. president, the trump shutdown is now in its 32nd day. essential government services are straining under the lack of resources. airport security, food safety, our federal courts, our national parks. the economy is taking a serious hit. it's even been revealed today that f.b.i. investigations, law enforcement are being curtailed. and, of course, 800,000 public servants dedicated to their jobs and their country continue to languish without pay. the personal financial crisis president trump is inflicting on these patriotic americans is worsening by the day. he's hurting the 800,000 dedicated public servants, the millions who depend upon them, and the entire country. this must stop. the government shutdown must end. president trump and leader mcconnell need to come to their senses and re

mr. schumer: well, good afternoon. first, i am proud that this is the first time this year that leader pelosi is appearing as speaker pelosi in this room. and the longest shutdown in american history will finally end today. the president has agreed to our request to open the government and then debate border security. which is great news for 800,000 federal workers, and millions of americans who depend on

mr. schumer: thank you, mr. president. i thank the republican leader. the republican leader has just announced an agreement we've reached about the schedule for thursday's votes. two votes. and both of which will be amendments to the house-passed continuing resolution. first, the senate will vote on the president's proposal and then we'll vote on an amendment that is identical to the underlying bill. now, the president said his proposal was a reasonable compromise. in fact, it is neither reasonable nor a compromise. there was no serious negotiation with any democrat about what went into the proposal. that's because the proposal was never intended to pass. it's only a thinly veiled attempt by the president to save face. anyone who looks at the legislation can tell it was designed to fail. in exchange for the wall, a the president offers only limited, temporary protections for daca and t.p.s., protections he single-handedly removed. so it's sort of like bargaining for stolen goods and then on top of that, he has proposed new, radical changes to our asylum

mr. schumer: mr. president? the presiding officer: the democrat leader. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: now first, mr. president, allow me to welcome all of the new members who w just sworn in for the first time as u.s. senators. as well as my friends who were reelected to this body. we are entrusted with an awesome responsibility. to conduct the vital business of this country we all love. we come at it from many different perspectives and backgrounds and geographies but the hope is that we can come together and get some good things done. i hope that in this new year and throughout the new congress, the senate will prove ourselves worthy of the responsibility and faithfully discharge our duties to our states, our country, the constitution, and, of course, the well-being of the american people. but now sadly, mr. president, as i address you, this new congress is under the shadow of a government shutdown. only one person is to blame for this predicament, president trump. de

mr. schumer: thank you, everybody. [talking simultaneously] >> on friday evening, the house held a brief session, passing the bill to fund the government through february 15th. the rules of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate , that ary 25, 2019 rsuant the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does jolve the gentlewoman from new york seek recognition? mrs. lowey: i ask unanimous consent to take from its house speakers house joint resolution and concur in the senate amendment. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the joint resolution and report the senate amendment. the clerk: house joint resolution 28. the speaker pro tempore: the lerk will suspend. the clerk will report the title of the joint resolution. the clerk: joint resolution mrs. lowey: i ask unanimous consent to suspend the reading. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will suspend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the reading is suspended. is there objecti

mr. schumer: are we in a quorum? the presiding officer: we are not. mr. schumer: mr. president, now, as we near the third week of the trump shutdown, the impacts on the american people are getting worse with each passing day. nearly 400,000 federal workers have now been furloughed. food safety inspectors, vital to our health and safety, are working without pay and with limited resources. american farmers can't get loans from the usda. working families trying to buy a home are finding out their f.h.a. loans are on hold. we just heard from a constituent of mine in the capital region near albany. fire police dispatcher whose wife is pregnant. they closed on their first house joyously last week, but now their loan is delayed until the government reopens. that story can be repeated over and over again. our federal courts are running out of money. our national parks are suffering. we've seen the piles of debris and garbage in these beautiful places. and maybe most ironically of all, as the president's talking about making the border more secure, his shutdown is making it le

mr. mcconnell: madam president -- schumer would the leader yield for second? i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there appears to be. the yeas and nays are ordered. mr. mcconnell: mr. president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: i believe the senate's voice should indeed be heard on national security policy. this is why i've moved to have the senate's first legislative business this congress be a bipartisan package of foreign policy bills. i made it our first priority to move legislation that would have helped defend israel and jordan and provide justice for syrians who've been tortured and murdered by the assad regime. but democrats have repeatedly blocked that important legislation. the democratic leader said the senate should do any business during this partial government shutdown. but apparently he didn't actually mean it, because now the democratic leader would like to dictate the terms of a debate on russia. we republicans are hardly strangers to the need for strong policies concerning

mr. schumer: we suggested to leader mcconnell that we use a conference committee format. that conference committee has democrats and republicans, house and senate sitting at a table and it has worked very successfully on homeland security and all of the other bills that have not been signed over the last several years even when the republicans were in charge. and so, i am very optimistic that the conference committee can come to a good conclusion that we can avoid another shutdown. reporter: [indiscernible] >> it is not planned now. what i said to the president is that when the government is open we will discuss a mutually agreeable date and i look forward to doing that. for the state of the union. reporter: this morning you were planning to announce a border security vision from the democrats. what is the state of that? and can you accept any sort of physical barrier? >> the work of the conference committee will draw out everyone's view of what is the best way to protect our borders. the chair of the subcommittee on homeland security knows this issue very well. she will

mr. schumer, at the time, voted for the fence act that language, and you can call it whatever you want, a fence, a wall, cement, steel slats. but ultimately it's law. lang wang that allows what can and can't be built. the language that the minority leader, mr. schumer at the time, voted for in 2006 would have given the department of homeland security many of the tools they need in language but not the money. so now we're at a point where if it's all of a sudden he's against that kind of physical structure that he was for in 2006 he ought to explain why. and so shoiled others who have maybe change thared position. but if the language in 2006 would give the secretary of homeland security the tools they need and the authority they need to actually start securing the parts of the border between ports of entry. we have ports of entry. and everybody knows where those are. we by the way stop a lot of really bad people from coming into our country at ports of entry. what we don't know is how many people come through the areas where we have no ports of entry. where we have no brders. everybody rec

schumer. here they are. mr. mcconnell: i was glad to see the president's announcement that he and our democratic colleagues have reached an agreement that will immediately reopen the government while providing the room to negotiate a funding bill for the department of homeland security. further, negotiations on d.h.s. will be prioritized over consideration of any other funding bills. so with cooperation, we can pass legislation opening the government and send the d.h.s. appropriations bill to a conference with the house today. i'm glad the closed portions of the federal government will reopen and get back online. i'm glad that the dedicated men and women of the coast guard, law enforcement, the t.s.a., and all the other federal employees will not have to go longer without pay for their work, and will receive their back-pay. i know the pain that this episode has caused to many kentuckians and to people all over our country. they deserve this resolution. so going forward, i hope our democratic friends will stay tr

mr. schumer mr. scott, mrs. shaheen, mr. shelby, ms. cinema, mr. smith, ms. stabenow. mr. sullivan mr. chester, mr. mr. mr. toomey, mr. you doll, mr. van hollen, mr. warner, ms. warren, mr. white house, mr. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> mr. young -- >> mr. pence: senate will be in order. a quorum is present under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved and the senate will be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak their -- for up to ten minutes each. t >> sen. mcconnell: i ask if we. >> the presiding officer: with s-res. 1. >> informing the president of the united states that a quorum of each house is assembled. >> is there an objection to the measure? >> the senate will. >> the presiding officer: to the measure. >> the resolution be agreed to, and laid upon there the table with no intervening action or debate. >> without objection. pursuant to senate resolution one, the chair appoints the senator from kentucky, and the senator from new york as a committee to join the committee on the part of the ho

mr. schumer: mr. president. the presiding officer: the democratic leader. mr. schumer: are we in a quorum? i ask unanimous consent the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: now, i just heard leader mcconnell, my good friend, rail on and on. first he doesn't agree with nancy pelosi on the wall. that's a surprise. second, he doesn't like the fact that we want to get a vote to open up the government before we move forward on s. 1. we know that. his arguments are getting kind of old and stale. i would say to the leader very simply, you may disagree with us open the government. open the government. you can do it, leader mcconnell. and all your blaming and flailing isn't going to open the government. we all know donald trump is the obstacle here. you know it, i know it, we all know it. and the only way to help all the folks who need help is to open the government. there are a good number of republicans on your side who have advocated that already. and to hold the government hostage, you are losing the argument. you are losing

mr. schumer, talk to the american people. you will win their support. >> sign me up. that is the man speaking the truth right there. absolutely. i will fold, i am with him. absolutely. >> jason: well, good. gentlemen, thank you very much for what you are doing. thank you for joining this discussion. i got to move on to another topic, the same topic, president trump has asked congressional leaders to return to the house on friday to try to hammer out a deal on national security. but neither side appears willing to compromise on what that actually means. >> how long do you think the government will stay partially shut down? >> could be a long time, or could be quite quick. could be a long time. it is too important a subject to walk away from. we are in the shut down because of the fact that the democrats are looking to 2020. i actually think it's bad politics. but i'm not thinking about the politics. i'm thinking about what's right and what's wrong. and we need a physical barrier.t everything else is bells and whistles. >> the bottom line is very simple. in our last mee

mr. schumer. thank you. eric young, with our council prison local. >> good morning. my name is eric young. national president of the council of prison locals. i we represent 32,000 bargaining unit employees inside our nation's 122 federal facilities. federal correction workers are the lowest paid, federal law enforcement officers, in government. many live paycheck to paycheck. our law enforcement officers start at a low pay scale. gs 5, 6, 7. as j. david stated averaging between $500 and $700 a week. many of our professionals are single mothers who are being forced to work without pay and still have the responsibility to pay for child care, and other expenses. like gas, to get to work. there are moms and dads who are in the most cases single sole source of income in their household. workers taking care of their family, their children, elderly parents. veterans make up 30 to 40% of our federal work force. our veterans took off from their uniforms in the military, to put on their uniforms in our american prisons. supervising some of the most heinous criminals in this s

mr. schumer: now, mr. president, last night, president trump tried to convince congress and the american people that there is a crisis at our southern border. it was a little more than a rehash of spurious arguments and misleading statistics that the president has been using for weeks. president trump once again tried to claim there was a crisis at the border. the fact is migrant border crossings have been declining for nearly two decades. the president inv.a.d -- inveighed against drugs coming over the border, but illegal ports of entry in trucks and on airplanes. the president and his allies have been claiming that nearly 4,000 known or suspected terrorists have been stopped from entering the u.s. they say that's a reason for the border wall. but nearly every single one of those apprehensions occurred at an airport, not on our southern border. in a recent report, the state department concluded -- this is donald trump's state department -- there is no credible evidence that terrorist groups were trying to

mr. schumer: madam president, now, today is the 20th day of the trump shutdown. tomorrow it will tie the record for the longest shutdown in american history, and 800,000 federal workers will miss a paycheck. t.s.a. agents and border patrol, air traffic controllers, and food safety inspectors, veterans' affairs staffers and fema aides and more. many federal employees, particularly the g.s. threes and fours and fives live paycheck to paycheck. who is going to make the next mortgage for them? who is going to put the food on the table? what on earth do these employees and their agencies have to do with disagreements here over security down on our southern border? the president is treating these the president is treating these . >> pause in political gambit to extract $5 billion from american taxpayers to fund a border wall that he promised mexico would pay for. this is ridiculous and it's cruel and it needs to end now. right now. the democratic position is very simple. that separate our disagreements over border security from the governmentsh shutdown. reopen t all t

mr. schumer: would my colleague from maryland yield. i would just say flee words to my friend from, the majority leader -- open the government. it is in your hands. i yield the floor. mr. mcconnell: so, madam president, i ask -- through the chair, i have a question of senator van hollen. he's going to propound -- i'm sorry, he's going to propound a consent agreement. mr. van hollen: thank you. madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from maryland. mr. van hollen: madam president, i think we all know that the constitution of the united states under article 1 says that the senate and the house of the united states are separate and coequal branches of government with the executive branch. we are now seeing more and more americans hurt every day by the government shutdown. americans losing access to services. we just saw that the food and drug administration has stopped routine food safety inspections of seafood. we just saw that the e.p.a. has halted one of the federal government's most important public health activities, the in

mr. schumer? >> we'll make a few brief remarks and happy to answer a few questions. we just ended a very short meeting in the situation room. the president invited the republican and democratic leadership here to capitol hill. because we are facing not only a partial government shutdown, but we are also facing a humanitarian and security crisis at our southern border. this past week, the president and i and these leaders met on two separate occasions. all those in the room directed staff to spend the entire weekend working over proposals at the president's direction, we incorporated democrat ideas and language. and made an offer to resolve this impasse and address the crisis at our southern border. and today in this brief meeting we heard once again that democratic leaders are unwilling to even negotiate, to resolve this partial government shutdown or address the crisis at our southern border. they demanded once again that before any negotiations could begin, that we would have to agree to reopen the government. and the president called the question in the meeting. h

mr. schumer: well, good afternoon. first, i am proud that this is the first time this year that leader pelosi is appearing as speaker pelosi in this room. and the longest shutdown in american history will finally end today. the president has agreed to our request to open the government and then debate border security. which is great news for 800,000 federal workers, and millions of americans who depend on government services. as democrats have said all along, the solution to this impasse was separate funding for the government, and then go over our disagreements from border ecurity. separate the funding of government from the discussion on border security. and that's what we got. and democrats, in the senate and in the house, were united behind this position throughout the shutdown. and ultimately this agreement endorses our position. it reopens the government without preconditions, gives democrats and republicans an opportunity to discuss border security without holding hundreds of thousands of merican workers hostage

mr. schumer: thank you, everybody. [talking simultaneously] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] host: congressional democratic leaders reacting to the news today. the government shutdown apparently ending after 35 days. a rose garden announcement from president trump, which we will show you shortly, we'll take your phone calls up until then. 202-748-8920 for democrats. 202-748-8921, republicans. independents, that line is 202-748-8922. and for our federal workers line, that line is 202-748-8923. we'll get to your calls momentarily. again, we'll show you the president's comments. the senate is in session. we heard from leader mcconnell and from senator chuck schumer, the democratic leader. we're expecting that the house will come into session. c.q. roll call tweeting this about what may be ahead. the speaker herself saying we'll probably get it in a half an hour, t

mr. schumer: thank you, everybody. [talking simultaneously] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] host: since that news conference with the democratic leaders, the senate has passed by unanimous consent the two measures, one extending -- opening the federal government through the 15th of february. and the other, establishing the conference committee and naming the conferees in the senate for homeland security, the border security issues still to be decided. here on c-span, we're waiting for the u.s. house to come in on this friday evening. because they too have to pass that measure. and then it would go on to the president. we're expecting that to happen shortly. and that the president would sign it this evening. there's word of speaker pelosi holding an enrollment ceremony for the bill. that's when they actually sign the bill and send it off to the white house on p

mr. schumer and leader pelosi had not seen his remarks. otherwise they might have referrers inform whether or not he said. >> 800,000 workers. how they are collecting donations for coast guard members who may not get a paycheck next week. apers and socks for coast guard members who have full-time jobs. the president is calling members of congress to the white house tomorrow. this can be taken care of in 45 minutes. you heard the democrats say let's end the shut down and debate border security at another time. at some point everyone has to compromise. why can't they compromise. >> because for democrats this is a key issue for the 2020 president at election. and donald trump ran on the idea of a wall. giving him a win there bolsters his chances for reelection in their minds. a lot of people that ran for office this year in congress also used the wall as a piece of their campaign. in donald trump abandoned them they would be frustrated. >> what is it going to take get them to compromise. we're in day 18 of the shut down. what is is it going t

mr. schumer, ms. pelosi. meth am femethamphetamines moren 60,000.pound in '90, in '17 nearly 5,000 pounds. and the list goes on and on and does not include fentanyl. enough brought into the country to kill every american. >> right. lou: this crisis is so irresponsible of the left and the rinos who lead your conference to not fully support this president in declaring that emergency and taking action to build that wall. >> right. absolutely. it is a humanitarian issue but it is, as a result of the drugs coming across the border. they pour across the border and look, we know that they're sending people in as decoy to overwhelm the border patrol agent es and they send the drug smugglers in other portions of the border. this is happening. it is real. i was just down there a week ago and to continue to deny what's happening on the border is actually, in my opinion, it is malpractice. but it's actually beyond that. it's unconscionable that they wouldn't address the problem. i don't think they're going to address the problem. i don't think congress is going

mr. schumer and miss pelosi. so the president said he owned it, debut, again, mark my words, tonight, hey was very soft. he begans in his first sentence he described this as a humanitarian and security issue. humanitarian first. he went on to talk about a cycle of human suffering. this was, believe it or not, the kinder, gentler, mr. trump. but there is justice jackson's metaphorical loaded weapon sitting there and if he chooses to pick it up andme use it, do n count on courts considering this something they want to intervene in. >> let's listen to what nancy pelosi said in response to the president in what she described as the humanitarian challenge. >> the fact is that women and children at the border are not a security threat. they are humanitarian challenge. a challenge that president trump's own cruel and counterproductive policies have only deepened and the fact is president trump must stop holding american people hostage, must stop manufacturing a crisis, must re-open the government. >> maria teresa, your

mr. schumer's telling, the president is ready to keep the government closed for months or even years, thato mr. schumer, and you wonder what, after today's very glowing jobs report, how that jobs -- those jobs numbers and unemployment claims and so forth. >> funny you say that. adds to this idea that maybe trumponomics is working or the president doesn't have to cave and to deal with the economy or deal with the stock market and say, you know, to your point, not going to be a huge ec econ impact. >> possibly. to sue herera for the cnbc news update >> thank you very much, melissa. here's what's happening at this hour, everyone german police detained one armed person after shots were fired near cologne's main train station. according to officials, the incident followed an altercation involving several people who fled on foot and in a car. a manhunt is currently under way for the remaining two suspects >>> u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo was looking for an update to saudi arabia's investigation into the killing of journalist jamaal khashoggi what he visits riyadh next week this as one unn

mr. schumer does and stand up for what you stood up for so what they suffered will not be in vein and itrump to get what he wants that america doesn't need. a sanity war that does it for me, thank you for watching, i'll seal you back here tomorrow at 5:00 p.m. eastern for a new life edition of "politics nation. up next "the beat." >> a historic day in the mueller probe and the entire trump era it started with an early morning raid and arrest of roger stone within mueller indicting him for obstruction and witness tampering. this is the first indictment of someone involved, and unlike oth every other associate, he came out to defiantly address the charges against him.

mr. schumer and nancy pelosi want to deny president trump what he's asking for and they want to political benefit among their base for having done so. >> reporter: democrats suggesting individual spending bills to reopen the irs as well as the treasury department so americans can get their tax refunds on time. and in response on monday afternoon, the white house says don't worry, we have money within the budget office to provide that, so yes americans will get their tax refunds once they file. the main concern is border wall funding. there has been no agreement on the funding which is why the president will be spea speakingd addressing the nation and on thursday will head to texas. lots of news to digest. back to you guys. cheryl: fox business will take the president's speech live, 9:00 p.m. eastern time tonight. you can watch it right here on the fox business network. well, the u.s. and china resuming mid-level trade talks today with both sides expressing optimism for a deal. a fresh round of negotiations opened in beijing yesterday with a surprise appearance by china's vice premier, a s

mr. schumer. andy this is morgan it's so good to see you again from across the camera.omething that i'm curious about that i harp on quite a bit here is the national security angle to these negotiations. right now, correct me if i'm wrong, it looks like all of the trade people are involved but do you know if any of these really important things are on the table like cyber hacking like the continued expansion in the south china sea just to name a few? >> look, everything is on the table. the people that are negotiating these deals are very sophisticated people. they're people that are involved in all of these issues. whatever problems we have with the chinese, i feel very confident that they're being discussed in these meetings in china whether we'll get all of them resolved or not, we won't. you never get that. you never get that in any negotiation. the best negotiation is when everybody walks away from the table dissatisfied. that means it was probably a fair deal so you're not going to get everything you want but look the situation can't stay like it is. it's grossly

mr. schumer kept saying you don't have money for a wall now.ou don't have money for a wall now and we're showing pictures of what we're building on the border with the money we received last year. it's a very similar style to what the president wants to build in the future. the steel bollard fence, 30-foot high steel barrier. and our understanding is that that's not a wall in the law. right now the law actually limits our use of concrete, for example, on the border. we're like, that's fine. that's completely fine. so i'm not really sure -- >> you don't know what president it was? >> i don't know what the presidents mean when they say they weren't supporting a wall. george bush was president in 2006 when they signed a secure fence act which is what we're using to build the wall. >> which presidents told him? >> i have no idea. i haven't asked the president that question. >> i want to ask you, president trump says he's considering using emergency powers to fund and build the border wall. i want to read what you said as a congressman in 2014 after

mr. schumer and miss pelosi. so the president said he owned it, debut, again, mark my words tonight, hey was very soft. he begans in his first sentenc he described this as a humanitarian and security issue. humanitarian first. he went on to talk about a cyclt of human suffering. this was, believe it or not, the kinder, gentler, mr. trump. but there is justice jackson's metaph metaphorical loaded weapon sitting there and if he chooses to pick it up andme use it, do t count on courts considering this something they want to intervene in. >> let's listen to what nancy pelosi said in response to the president in what she described as the humanitarian challenge. >> the fact is that women and children at the border are not a security threat. they are humanitarian challenge. a challenge that president trump's own cruel and policies have ve only deepened and the fact is president trump must stop holding american people hostage, must stop manufacturing a crisis, must re-open the government. >> maria teresa, your reaction t

mr. schumer said he also is against the down payment idea. that does not appear to be working. was reporting the president may be preparing his order for a national emergency, saying there is a crisis at the border. he would try to get spending that way. that would be certain to end in legal challenges. at the same time, the shutdown is entering its 35th day. this particular day, the 800,000 or so government workers who are going without paychecks will miss their second paycheck. we are starting to see economic effects as a result. any more pressure on lawmakers and the president to try to start some kind of talks to end the impasse. nejra: great roundup. thank you so much. jodi schneider in hong kong. coming up on bloomberg, as brexit uncertainty continues, we will speak with philip hammond. don't miss that interview next, live from the world economic forum. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> it is a tradition in brazil that we elect presidents who are the u.s.. in several occasions i have met with american authorities and had to tell them we are friends with the u.s.. we want trade comm

mr. schumer the teacher turned , in franks case, or the family members that laura found, turned out to be radically different view, and what was happening in venezuela, and certainly, i have expensed that in my own family. and i think, the lesson and the power at this kind of gathering, is that we have to engage with those people. we have to make the case, as to why these principles that we are talking about, they really are the bedrock of democracy. they are important, and the role that each of us as citizens has, in standing up for them, and making sure that they continue strong as they have been. so, thank you, and good luck in your future work.>> [ applause ] >> thank you. >> we have to clear the room, and turn it over our lunch, we will be back promptly -- >> c-span's washington journal, live every day with news and policy issues, that impact you, me up saturday morning, political reporter daniel strauss, discusses the early entries in the 2020 presidential election, and who else could amount the possible allergies also, the heritage foundation's jj garibaldi, discusses that governme

mr. schumer, they have supporting walls in the past or even president obama.w what is changing for now. need to get real and make sure you fund border security and that portable. physical barriers, whatever we want to call it. we need it so we can do our jobs. president trump is one of the only presidents that has actually reached out to the rank and file border patrol agents to see what our needs are. that's exactly what we told him. we also spoke about loopholes in the law that encourage illegal immigration. we talked about the asylum claim process. those are things that dhs secretary nielsen has already been working on. we look forward to some of those changes to make sure that we secure the border and we stop encouraging illegal immigration. >> harris: i know that you at the border patrol don't want to be caught in between all of the politics of this, but have they been democrats who have actually come forth and talked to you? before you answer that question, we do have a bit of breaking news on the president of the united states. kevin corke had started t

debate on the ship them begin with majority leader mitch mcconnell and minority leader chuck schumer. >> so, mr. president, last night president trump delivered his first address to the nation from the oval office in the midst of this partial government shutdown. shutdown. the president offered a reminder of just what is at stake. that is, the security of our nation's southern border. by now, on december, on the 19th of senate democrats latest experiment in absentee negotiation, my colleagues are well-versed in the facts on the ground. we know that border patrol agents are encountering historic levels of illicit substances like fentanyl on heroin at our border. we know that last year saw thousands of attempted border crossings by individuals with criminal records, and literally hundreds more by known gang members. we understand the status quo is not enough to keep our families and communities safe. fortunately, we know that the solutions on the table and solutions which the president has placed at the center of the nationals conversation since the earliest days of his administration are actuall

mr. mccarthy: senator schumer and we need to bring the cameras back. what he described the meeting is total different than what took place. the president calling all the leaders together to solve this problem. he started off talking about wanting to get this solved and spoke about this, i think we can do it in 10. i want to turn the floor over, the president said, to speaker pelosi and schumer. tell us what offer you have, because we all have in our hands from the weekend's work of the vice president and every office had staff there, about where we were, the different offers, the he turned to speaker pelosi. she began to argue whether we had a crisis or whether the facts are true. turned to schumer who said, we have to open the government up. the president would go back and forth in the negotiation and very respectful way. schumer continued to raise his voice. the president then turned to the speaker and said, ok, nancy, if we open the government up in 30 days, could we have border security? she raised her hand and said no, not at all. the president sa

mr. schumer. >> the senate floor is a very useful place to get a lot done.-- you are face-to-face with everyone. it is a great voice. over theve to go all floor. it is unlike the house where they put a card in. rollcall votes are a good time to talk to colleagues, to do business. a lot of it is done across the aisle. the majority of this origin of the majority leader position is murky but began to develop during woodrow wilson's administration. >> in 1913, woodrow wilson had a on, he had a lot of ideas how government should be run. he suggested to the leaders of the democratic party they appoint a leader to be on the floor to represent him and his programs. they chose a junior member who is well-known nationally because he had run for vice president whose name was john wealth kearns. he took that front row center seat where the majority leader has set ever since -- set ever since. occupied it as leader of his party. the official title of majority leader doesn't come until the 1920's, but he is doing the kinds of things, opening things up, opening legislation

mr. schumer, at the time, voted for the fence act that language, and you can call it whatever you want, a fence, a wall, cement, steel slats. but ultimately it's law. lang wang that allows what can and can't be built. the language that the minority leader, mr. schumer at the time, voted for in 2006 would have given the department of homeland security many of the tools they need in language but not the money. so now we're at a point where if it's all of a sudden he's against that kind of physical structure that he was for in 2006 he ought to explain why. and so shoiled others who have maybe change thared position. but if the language in 2006 would give the secretary of homeland security the tools they need and the authority they need to actually start securing the parts of the border between ports of entry. we have ports of entry. and everybody knows where those are. we by the way stop a lot of really bad people from coming into our country at ports of entry. what we don't know is how many people come through the areas where we have no ports of entry. where we have no brders. everybody rec