ms. pelosi: mr. president, please don't characterize the strength i bring to this meeting as the leader of the house democrats who just won a big victory. when the president is representing -- are not factual. went to have an evidence-based conversation about what does work, what money has been spent and how effective it is. this isn't, this is about the security of our country, take an oath to protect and defend. we don't want to have that ms. -- mischaracterized by anyone. so let us have the conversation we don't have to contradict in public the statistics you put forth but instead can have a conversation about what will really work. and what the american people deserve from us at this uncertain time in their lives where they have apprehension. mr. schumer: where we agree on we shouldn't shut down the government over dispute. you want to shut it down. president trump: the last time chuck, you shut it down. i don't want to do what you did. chuck, i was -- mr. schumer: no, no, no. you said. president

ms. pelosi: that is a long time. i see -- feel comfortable with what they are proposing and i feel very responsible to do that. whether it passes or not, that's what i will say. reporter: back on the border wall, the president said the new negotiation for the trade deal with mexico paying $5 billion. did he argue for that? ms. pelosi: yes, he said that. but it doesn't make any sense. does that sound familiar to you? it doesn't make any sense. basically what he is saying, any benefit our economy might have from a trade agreement, a revised trade agreement with mexico or canada would be spent on the wall instead of growing our economy and increasing paychecks for our workers? the american people are still paying the price. mexico is not paying for this wall. maybe he doesn't understand how a trade agreement works for him to say such a thing. you asked the question so you must have thought it had some sort of merit. i mean really? first of all, he doesn't have the trade agreement. let's see the enforcement in the agreem

ms. pelosi: perhaps we should hear from a freshman on that point. ms. escobar: i can tell you that two priorities for my district are the separation of families on the u.s.-mexico border. el paso, texas was the testing ground. we found out a year later for president trump's policy of separating families. there are still children who are separated from their parents. we have seen child detention grow. we have learned recently that the president waived f.b.i. background checks that is in el paso county. number two, puerto rico, puerto ricans are still without the federal funding that was allocated that would rebuild their lives and those are the two that would be priorities for me. reporter: would that be on day one? ms. escobar: yes. but again, i'm a new member. i know my place. ms. pelosi: we have a committee system and everything goes through the committee. and when the legislation was ready, but h.r. 1 -- did you speak on that? >> there has been a lot of discussion on investigating versus legislating and that sometimes is a false choice. my constituen

ms. pelosi: good afternoon. we just had a a meeting of which you saw the introduction to, but coming out of the meeting we can say that as i mentioned to the president, the president has the white house, he has of the senate, he has of the house of representatives all in republican control. he has the power to keep government open. instead, he has admitted in this meeting that he will take responsibility. the trump shut down is something that can be avoided, that the american people do not need at this time of economic uncertainty. people losing jobs, the market in the mood. it's a luxury the trump shut up as a logic the american people cannot afford. we told the president, our distinguished senate leader will talk about two proposals we make to the president after he makes those proposals i will tell other statement that a to the president. : okay.umer the bottom line is simple. the president made clear that he wants a shut down. his position, if he sticks to his position for $5 billion wall, he will get no wal

ms. pelosi: mr. speaker, pursuant to rule 9, i rise to a question of privilege of the house and i send to the desk a privileged resolution to keep government open. the speaker pro tempore: the lerk will read the resolution. the clerk: making further additional continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2019 and for other purposes. be it enacted by the senate and house of representatives of the united states of america, in congress assembled, title 1, continuing appropriations. section 101, full-year extension. division c of public law 115-245 is amended by striking the dates specified in section 1053 and inserting to september 30, 2019. title 2. temporary assistance for needy families. section 201. tanf program extensions. a, family assistance grants. section 403-a-1 of the social security act, 42, united states code, 603 a-1 is amended in each of subparagraphs a and c by striking 2017 and 2018 and inserting 2019 and 2020. b, healthy marriage promotion and responsible fatherhood grants. ction 403-a-2-

ms. pelosi, i would say do what you did. look at the crisis in 2008, just on the eve of the presidential and congressional election. the country was falling apart. she was critical of president george w. bush -- a collapse workred and she is able to with republican administration that she was critical of and with the senate to produce sweeping legislation that protected the american economy from collapse. thatne who can maneuver kind of legislation under such difficult circumstances understands how to wield power and exercise rights of the institution and you want to get to a product that serves the american people. paul: in new jersey, the republican line. caller: good morning. given that article one of the constitution does not require a speaker to be a member of the house, do you think there will come a time when the bipartisan majority will elect an outsider, someone who calls balls and shrikes and does not function as a majority leader? as someone from northern new jersey, i'm happy to hear someone from new jersey. the

ms. pelosi: i wanted the opportunity to talk about a very special person in our community who left us recently. i rise to pay tribute to a gentleman of exceptional generosity, deep principles and extraordinary witt, justice william newsome and many called him bill. dedicated public servant and commitment to the art and conservation, he leaves a lasting legacy for america. any one of us who knew him considered him a cherished friend. bill was a proud fourth generation resident of san francisco who was born into a large irish brood. judge on the county and superior court and finally court of appeals, he worked relentlessly to uphold liberty and justice for all. bill's charitable and civic contributions to our city and our state are legendary. he was endowed with great decency and humanity and took the golden rule literally. he considered it an injustice and indigity to one. a passionate student of natural history, bill worked to preserve the beauty of god's creation. his leadership on the vast range of conservation and environmental measures was vital in protecting clean air, clean water and pub

ms. pelosi struck a deal with a few democratic dissidents, pledging only to serve two until pelosi's dealal vote will take place on january 3rd. she will need 218 votes to be elected. >>> there's a new effort underway to fight back against a growing por pirates. thieves stealing holiday packages right off your front porch. a police department is now teaming up with amazon to catch crooks in the act. here's nbc's miguel almaguer. >> reporter: just in time for the holidays, police are warning porch pirates are on the prowl. but in jersey city, stoop surfers are about to get taken. this package, a decoy planted with a gps device so police can track it. >> it took three minutes. basically we put it down, and we probably didn't get a mile out of the area until we got a radar transmission from our detective saying that the package is on the move. >> reporter: working with amazon, police in jersey city installed doorbell cameras, planted dummy packages, and tracked them. the explosion in online shopping, which could ring up $124 billion in november and deer nationwide problem. an estimated 1 in

securing our border shame on the right to crack down good let them take that stand take that stand ms pelosi usually counts better than this but also on twitter the president surprised congress by announcing that we're pulling our troops out of syria he says we've defeated isis not so according to typical trump ally lindsey graham who said on the senate floor to those who say we have defeated isis in syria that isn't in the accurate statement they have been hurt they've been degraded to say they've been defeated is an overstatement and is fake nudists republicans are howling louder than dems about this texas sen john cornyn who is up for reelection next year is irked that congress wasn't consulted limousine graham general trump is repeating a mistake general obama made steve now defense secretary mattis is quitting are you concerned the trump is freelancing on the world stage at this scale. i think it's a huge mistake to get out of syria and it's a huge mistake to drawdown in afghanistan as he's instructed the pentagon to start drawing up plans to do was well if the if the report that i hear

ms. pelosi has plans for border security.they have they have never shared it with us. >> it's clear the democrats want to politicize this issue. many democrats voted for border security in the last decade. then donald trump campaigns on this to close our borders and they think it's a terrible idea. can you imagine if a caravan of individuals tried to make their way what the media would be same. their sovereign nations, you can't do this. the mainstream media wants to protect. they have no plan for border security and they should look in the eyes of the families who lost loved ones and explain why we can't find $5 billion to build the wall when we found other money. >> the trump economy got a boost today. a huge game. the biggest point game ever in the markets. what you make of it? what do you think the future of the market again is going to be? >> if you look at the retailers they've had a phenomenal holiday season. spending is up. travel is up. that's because tax quotes. our growth rate is over 3%. that's unheard of under th

ms. pelosi. i ask my colleagues to support the rule to pass the resolution, send it back the senate and tell them to do their job. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan yields back. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. mcgovern: thank you, mr. speaker. i just respond to the gentleman, we're all for compromise. this seven-week c.r. is a compromise. the clean c.r. is a compromise. and in a bipartisan way, unanimously in the united states senate, they accepted it. the president said he was for it. then, he changed his mind after watching "fox and friends" or listening to some right-wing radio host. you know, the gentleman talks about protecting the border. we want to protect the border. we want to invest in things that protect the border. not in a press release, not in a sound bite, not in something that's a total waste of money like a wall. and, you know -- but what about the fact that the president is going to shut the government down over a stupid wall

ms. pelosi's speakership, and if she cuts a deal with the president she is at risk of losing her speakership. we are in it for the long haul. >> reporter: i.c.e. blamed migrant families. as for the shut down, the fight is expected to continue into the new year affecting pay for federal workers and the coast guard. kenneth moton, "abc 7 news." >> thank you. >>> happening now, the chp's maximum enforcement period is getting under way for the new year's holiday weekend. officers will be focused on impaired driving but watching out for distracted driving, speeding and seatbelt violations. chp arrested 936 people for dui during the same period last year. >>> in the new year, two transit agencies will charge more. ac transit will increase the cost of trans bay bus ride. the south bay vta will raise fares for adult express as well as ruth use riders. tolls go up to $6 on every bay area bridge except the golden gate. the tolls have risen five times in the last 30 years. this graph shows when. you can read about the reasons why they changed by looking for the story on our website, abc7news.com. >>> a

ms. pelosi but that's what i would ask back.hi the last thing is the government shutdown won't affect me at all. i get up to go to work. i do my job. i think for your listener lines you have net takers and producers. they are on the utah producers and takers. >> thanknk you. appreciate that. as far as the public is concerned is this very heavily on decisions whether it be members of the congress or the white house with the public perception is. >> this is something taken into account every time i've a discussion about a possible government shutdown but whether or not that actually dies politics in this town i'm not quite sure that it does. the president has seen in numerous public opinion polls for most americans don't want a government shutdown even over border while funding for improving other aspects of the government and the function. at this point president trump is that i want this money. i'm willing to go to the mat for it and no matter what may critics say i'm going to do that. i think that will backfire for him. something democrats have taken into account as well that there are

ms. pelosi. as far as crime, and across the border, i.c.e. arrested 138,000 criminals last year.entering the country illegally and committing crimes against the citizens. >> what kind of crime? >> homicide, weapons violations, almost 12,000 sexual assault crimes. crime does come across the border. >> doug: my take on this is it's a huge opportunity to do comprehensive immigration reform. both sides are dug in on positions i think don't make a lot of sense for the country and indeed even their political positions. wouldn't it make sense to do a wall, enhance border security, a fence, as the president talked about, in exchange for a path to citizenship for the dreamers and some right for those ten or 11 million purely legally. doesn't it make sense, dana? >> dana: i think so but i want to defer to katie who was there for that interview this morning. we talk about comprehensive immigration reform for years. three different presidents. >> doug: it doesn't make it wrong. >> dana: i agree. >> katie: it's too big of a project to do when you have a serious crisis at the border at this po

ms. pelosi probably did herself very well with any undecided democrat and with base voters., though, for president trump when he leaned in and told senator schumer i'll own the shutdown, i don't care, his base loves him for doing that. so in a weird sort of way i think it was a draw as between who was pelosi speaking to. i think she was speaking to democrats who want to see somebody stand up to the president. i think the president was speaking to his base because the base loves to see him say i don't care what you say, this is what i'm for, we're going to do it anyway. >> do you think his base wants to shutdown the government? >> he said he'd be proud to shutdown the government. >> how about his base? they don't care. >> i probably don't fit as part of his base, but i don't know why anybody would accept the president of the united states saying he would be proud to shutdown the government. >> he is in charge of being a chief executive. >> and the problem will be republicans under him living in districts where their base will not be happy with the prospect of the government s

ms. pelosi said.he said the votes in the house. >> i'm not critiquing. >> kasie hunt just reported quite well that the senate's not going to pass a $5 billion -- >> split the difference. if you have 5 billion in the house come to a compromise with the senate. >> let me explain something in english that doesn't have to do with numbers. most democrats honor their -- the constituents, not just progressives and good meaning people, but a lot of latinos, hispanics. and the way your party has set it up is the wall is an insult to them. that's the way it's set up. it may not be that way in the idea of having a border, every country has borders, but it's come to be the lingo of we don't like you people, go away. as long as that's the language of the wall no democrat can support it because it's seen as -- >> oh, i think there's democrat support for it. >> no, they hear the ringing sound of anti-immigrant language coming from the white house. as long as they hear that ringing sound they're not going to vote for

ms. pelosi, what have you got now?jason: in november, there were more thanhe 60,000 people that were apprehended trying to come across the border. it's a simple equation. i look at this and say, doesio a wall make it more or less safe and secure? >> every place it says build the wall. san diego, el paso, every place they built a barrier or a wall, a wall-like barrier, the results have been decreasing illegal immigration, decrease in drug supply. i again, the data is there. democrats say the wall won't work. they are ignoring the data. every place it has been put up, it has worked 100% of the time. so if this works, what price are you putting on the national security and public safety? i talked to theri president tody a couple of hours ago, here is a man i don't thinkti is going to back down on this. i pretty much said the same thing rush did, stick to your guns, fight the good fight, you are doing the good thing, you are protecting the security of this country, that is your job is the president had also nancy pelosi's

ms. pelosi reconved outside the white house after their white house meeting: >> the bottom line is simple, the president made clear that he wants a shutdown. if he sticks to his position for a $5 billion wall, he will get no wall and he wl get a shutdown. >> desjardins: that shutdown would impact about a quarter of u.s. government agencies, including the state department, u.s.d.a., it would mean the closure of national parks and would mean forced time off for thousands of u.s. federal >> woodruff: and lisa joins me now, along with our white house correspondent yamiche alcindor. hello to both of you. tithink we've just been watching a white house me that went off the rails. yamiche, how do you understand that the president was so willing to air his strong differences with democrats in front of the-- the public, the american people? >> well, the president wanteto make his position cristal clear, and he wanted transparenc he wanted to look strong before cameras. and this is a president who undetands the mia. he understands those moments are going to be played over and over again,nd he was ho

ms. pelosi, i would say do what you did. look at the crisis in 2008, just on the eve of the presidential and congressional election. the country was falling apart. she was critical of president george w. bush -- a collapse workred and she is able to with republican administration that she was critical of and with the senate to produce sweeping legislation that protected the american economy from collapse. thatne who can maneuver kind of legislation under such difficult circumstances understands how to wield power and exercise rights of the institution and you want to get to a product that serves the american people. paul: in new jersey, the republican line. caller: good morning. given that article one of the constitution does not require a speaker to be a member of the house, do you think there will come a time when the bipartisan majority will elect an outsider, someone who calls balls and shrikes and does not function as a majority leader? as someone from northern new jersey, i'm happy to hear someone from new jersey. the

ms. pelosi. i ask my colleagues to support the rule to pass the resolution, send it back the senate and tell them to do their job. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan yields back. the gentleman from massachusetts is recognized. mr. mcgovern: thank you, mr. speaker. i just respond to the gentleman, we're all for compromise. this seven-week c.r. is a compromise. the clean c.r. is a compromise. and in a bipartisan way, unanimously in the united states senate, they accepted it. the president said he was for it. then, he changed his mind after watching "fox and friends" or listening to some right-wing radio host. you know, the gentleman talks about protecting the border. we want to protect the border. we want to invest in things that protect the border. not in a press release, not in a sound bite, not in something that's a total waste of money like a wall. and, you know -- but what about the fact that the president is going to shut the government down over a stupid wall

nancy pelosi said today that -- ms. sanders: i would never use nancy pelosi is my source for legal authority on anything, but i would use attorneys who work their entire job determining whether or not something is legal. and we are looking to those individuals to find out those specific moneys that can be used. isthe money that reprogrammed by congress -- ms. sanders: we would like to see congress pass an appropriations bill that fully funds the government and allowed the president to protect our border and provides security funding, both for the wall, for ice, all of dhs. but in the meantime we are also looking at other avenues that would allow us to provide and do our constitutional authority and the president to be but to carry that out by protecting our border in american citizens. tune into the event from the president. we will talk with you soon. thank you guys. announcer: join us later when the french embassy hosts a discussion on international organizations and their role in peace talks, fair trade, climate chang

ms. pelosi and senator schumer went over and said, we put more than a from last .3 billion year's appropriation and you have only spent 6% of that for border security. so you've got that money, a billion or so available and now you want $5 billion. no plans on how to spend the money, just fulfilling the campaign promise that mexico is going to pay for. we'll see. what are americans really concerned about? health care. . that was an issue in the campaign. and i know from the democratic party side, we made health care a major central issue of our campaign. for the people. health care. affordable health care for the people. that's what we campaigned on. that's what we promised. and on january 3, when the democrats take control of this house of representatives, we will put forth solutions to the health care crisis. now the affordable care act was passed in 2010. and it brought more than 22 million americans into the insurance market and gave them a quality insurance product. they had to pay for it. it wasn't all free. the price varied. created exchanges, a marketplace, in which individuals and fami

ms. escobar: good morning, everyone. i want to thank leader pelosi and congressman sarbanes for their incredible work during one of the most tumultuous times in american history and preparing a bold, ambitious package for new members to vote on day one. we are -- the new members are coming hot off the campaign trail and i can tell you in my community, i heard very loudly, very clearly, that americans want bold proposals that are going to help everyone. they want health care, affordable health care and access for everyone. they want great jobs and an economy that works for everyone. they want comprehensive immigration reform that is done in a just and humane way. they want us to take care of the planet and have a planet for future generations. but if we are going to accomplish the bold aspirational things that everybody wants in america, what we heard from our constituents about, we have to have a government that they can trust. and this is the first step to building a government that they can trust, a government that they know is not ruled by dark mo

ms. pelosi. to do anything until she gets her speakership, she is more willing to protect that banshee is our borders and protect american lines. >> pelosi's office says democrats proposed three options to reopen the government, but, the presidents border wall is a moral, ineffective and expensive according to them. david mcewan says that pressure will be growing in the white house, beginning in the new year. as democrats take control of the house and government workers are not getting paid. >> the dynamic is going to change, these workers that you are talking about, and the essential employees will not be able to pay their mortgages. they will not be able to pay bills or holiday bills, as we move into january, that will fracture the economy, even though it is a blip in some ways -- >> the professors says that the fx could linger all the way until the presidential race in 2020, he says well president trent must make his conservative base happy, you will also try to show that he is a dealmaker and

ms. pelosi: no. they are two different subject. negotiation in this i think i can say it would not be a surprise we would like to go in and say it is december. the time we have lost, another week for a legitimate purpose but nonetheless we are getting expires to when thisr -- to when this cr expires. , we haveat two weeks before us all of the factors. the issues that we need to make a decision. i think what we can do that pass six billsto where the members of the appropriations committee have come to terms. left to their own devices the appropriators can come to a good conclusion. for homeland a cr security as we go forward. pretty much what our position is now. >> saturday at 8:00 p.m. eastern, conversations with two retiring members of congress. lamar smith of texas retiring after 30 years in -- 32 years in the house. uano.ichael cap >> you faced a contentious primary. that that surprise you? >> i've been telling people for a while my constituents are angry. they are angry at the democratic party for not standing up for certain t

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ms. pelosi. as far as crime coming across the border. ice arrested 138,000 criminals last year.s of this country. >> what kind of crime. >> almost 12,000 sexual assault crimes. murders. crime does come across that border. they didn't miraculously appear they entered this country illegally. as far as disguise i know when i was ice director we screened for t.b. arrested by border patrol. we had family residential centers shut down because of chicken pox, measles, lies, farce tb i remember a case two years ago a man had a strain of tb we couldn't even treat. we had to work with cdc, the texas department of health to try to find a way to treat this gentleman so we kept him locked up for months at great taxpayer expense. can you imagine if that strain of t.b. would have gotten released into the american society. all she has to do is look at the rest of the data on the border where arrest of ms-13 up. arrest for fentanyl is up 200 percent. there is your data. look at it and see why we need a wall. griff: one of the parts of the story that never is report received that mexico is predic

ms. sanders: i would never use nancy pelosi for my legal source on anything, but attorneys that worked at the white house and agencies, that is their entire job, determining whether or not something is legal. we are looking to those individuals to find out those specific types of money they can be used for that. reprogrammed by congress [indiscernible] we would like to see congress passed an appropriations bill that fully funds our government and that allows the president to protect our border and provide substantial border security funding both for the water, for cbp, i.c.e., dhs. we are looking at other avenues to provide in do our constitutional authority and the president to carry that out by protecting order and american citizens. i encourage you to tune into the president's event. we will talk to you soon. thank you, guys. !eporter: do your job, sarah [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] >> coming up live from the wilson center

ms. pelosi, senator schumer and president trump had today. my question for our democratic colleagues is why won't you help us secure the border? are you satisfied with the status quo of drugs coming across the border through these transnational criminal organizations? are you satisfied with the status quo of these caravans, thousands of migrants from central america trying to storm our ports of entry and literally closing them down so legitimate trade and chers cannot occur -- trade and commerce cannot occur. securing our border and protecting our country should not be a partisan issue. it's something we ought to be able to work out and agree on. but we know the challenges that our friend, senator schumer has, the democratic leader on the other side. he's got a cadre of people auditioning for the presidential nomination in 2020, and they're trying to outdo each other in their impending runs for president. and i think in many ways his hands are tied. but like every leader, he has to decide when to say yes and when to say no to the people in yo

ms. scanlon: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today to thank speaker designate pelosi, whip hoyer, and representative sarbanes for honoring the will of the american people and pledging to make democracy reform a top priority for the 116th congress. one of the greatest promises of our democracy is that our government is of, by, and for the people. our democracy has always been a messy experiment. it's not perfect, and it's not a spectator sport. but it is our greatest hope. and at this point in time, unfortunately, many of our democratic structures are under attack. in my home, pennsylvania, over the past decade we have seen the impact of anti-democratic policies. the cards have been stacked against the voices of pennsylvanians through unconstitutional gerrymandering, repressive voter i.d. laws, and restrictive absentee ballot deadlines. these tactics have been used to muzzle the voices of our constituents, as well as those of voters in north carolina, wisconsin, georgia, and other citizens across the country. the h.r. 1 package being advanced by representative sarbanes and the democracy reform task force is a once in a ge

ms-13 gang members. you know that number is not zero. border security is national security. jesse: i want to switch gears to nancy pelosi. i guess you will have to be dealing with her quite a lot in the next two years. this is what she did the other day. she'd scolded the media. listen to this. >> i wish the press would spend a lot more time on what we need to do here to meet the needs of the american people instead of morning, noon and night allegations against the president. i think he had more viewers and readers that addressed concerns people have rather than just this ongoing coverage of what's currents with the president from one day to the next. jesse: is nancy stealing your job? she sounds like a republican. >> she sounds like me talking about biased coverage and incomplete coverage. we are not having policy discussions. i tried to have a discussion this week on a competitor network and you just get shut down and constantly interrupted when you try to talk about policies. i want people to have news they can use. let's make sure our veterans know what's available to them, and workforce development measures to get

and ms-13 members of 133%, and it's almost up 200%, there is your data, look at it. you can see why we need a wall. >> so i tease you and i promise nancy pelosi actually thomas responding to her on the scare tactics, do you agree with what he said they are? >> no. i do not agree overall with what he said there, but he is using numbers, which i am always a fan of doing, i think that we be a lot better off if people would use numbers when they are making their cases. the issue right now for people advocating a position in the president advocating that you have another child who has died and cpp custody. they were in there for 130 hours which is almost double the amount of time that there is legally mandated to be in custody and that is what people are focused on, when people went out and they voted in the 2018 midterm, they were more concerned about kids in cages than they were about building the wall. and we talked a number of times about how the wall is one piece of border security, and i think that's where the democrats can actually come out on top, because if you are willing to give yes for some fencing which a number of democrats have vote

ms. ann w. peterson of falls church, virginia, to the syria study group. thank you for your consideration of this recommendation. signed sincerely, nancy pelosi democratic leader. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, when the house adjourns today it shall adjourn to meet at noon on wednesday, december 19, 2018, for the morning hour debate, and at 2:00 p.m. same day for egislative business. the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, sir, on december 12, 2018, pursuant to section 3307 of title 40, united states code, the committee on transportation and infrastructure met in open session to consider four resolutions including in the general services administration's capital investment and leasing programs. the committee continues to work to reduce the cost of federal property and leases. the four resolutions considered include two construction per expects, one authorization perspective, and one lease perspective and represents $44 million in savings in avoided lease cost and space consolidations. i have enclosed copies of the resolutions adopted by the committee on tran

ms. velazquez: the other advice i have for you, sir. i was in puerto rico with nancy pelosi and entire delegation. and we met with fema and the fine employees from fema. you need to put standards in place and when you issue a directive, make sure that everyone from san juan to the most remote part of the island in your shop know what that new directive means so that we do not shortchange the people of puerto rico. chair gowdy: the gentlelady's out of time and yields back. the gentleman from mississippi, mr. grothman, is recognized. mr. grothman: i'll tell you, mr. long, i think this is easily the busiest of the three committees. we had three people testify between this committee and subcommittee just constantly. one of the most on the ball people we have had testify before you. i'd like to thank you for the job you are doing. i think some of these people sit back home and watch these hearings and we have -- we make inflammatory statements we have to straighten things out for people back home. you hear this story that 3,000 people -- first of all i want to talk a little bit.

pelosi. welcome to democracy -- it is not very elevated, it is very is -- what it sure shall i say -- consistent with our first amendment values. msstern: let me switch gears, and i will give you the opportunity to ask questions. s at bothicrophone sides of the room. this is nothing to do with the current investigation, but a question i would like to learn any sittingo -- can president be indicted? i know the department of justice policy is no, but policy can get changed with a pen. what is it? sitting president be indicted -- can a sitting president be indicted and prosecuted? can the whole process be forced through? inf. turley: identify congress, and i say look, this is a close question, this is not -- this one has always mystified me. when i testified during the clinton impeachment, i said at that time that not only does that only -- that not only impeached forbe perjury, but he could be tried in office. ms. van sustern: those are two different things. prof. turley: they are, but starting with the constitution, there is nothing that says the president cannot be indicted. nothing. you think something that amportant, they would

ms. characterize me in realtime. sorry. don't miss characterize me. don't do it. >> i know it may be hard for some ideologues to understand but nancy pelosi and other people, understand that the president of the united states represents all of us and you don't want to humiliate the president of the united states in the white house in front of cameras, in front of the world because that's not only bad for the president and bad for the republican party, it's bad for america. so nancy pelosi's instinct was right, which was i don't want to cross you here in the oval office, let's try to have a good negotiation. that's not a good way to get negotiations moving forward. he just wouldn't give nancy pelosi or chuck schumer that opportunity to be constructive because he was a wrecking ball in there. >> a total wrecking ball. >> so, kasie hunt, i guess where are we, then, with these negotiations? are republicans now going to -- >> own the shutdown. >> they are not going to own this shutdown. they know how bad it is. are republicans going to basically cave to chuck and nancy? >> they're certainly much more likely today to have to than they were before the president

ms. pelosi: border security is a way to effectively on our responsibility. chuck schumer: wasteful and doesn't solve the problem. pelosi: unfortunately this spirals downward when we came at a place to say how to we meet the needs of the american people who have needs. the economy, people are losing their jobs. the market is in the mood. president trump: the lowest unemployment with that in 50 years. ms. pelosi: fifty people of the publican party are losing their offices now because of the transition period people are not -- the morale is not up. president

ms. pelosi: good afternoon. we just had a a meeting of which you saw the introduction to, but coming out of the meeting we can say that as i mentioned to the president, the president has the white house, he has of the senate, he has of the house of

ms. pelosi: we are gathered on the 50th anniversary of shirley chisholm being sworn in, the first african-american woman. there is a ceremony in brooklyn to honor that. it is appropriate that we have this beautiful diverse team. how proud she would be to see this. also this weekend is the 100th anniversary -- the hundredth birthday of nelson mandela. beautiful contribution to the world. but here we are to say hello to show off our leadership team and to say let the transition begin. [laughter] let's hear it for us. [applause] [chatter] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] .