ms. pelosi: we will make america more american by protecting dreamers. [applause] ms. pelosi: and passing comprehensive immigration reform. we will make america more just by protecting people with pre-existing conditions, expanding access to health care and lowering the price of prescription drugs and defending medicare and medicaid. [applause] ms. pelosi: we will strengthen our democracy by passing the stopping t by discriminating against the lgbt community. our first law, h.r. 1 to clean end special and interest money in the political scene and empowering people and passing the voting rights act. [applause] ms. pelosi: there are two challenges, actually, three, that i want to close with. here they are. one is the simpleness, the immorality of the disparity of income in our country. it is so stunning and remarkable. years ago. but it just gets worse. the disparity in income between the c.e.o. and the worker runs about 40%. and when productivity increases, everyone's pay increases, the c.e.o. and the worker. 400%.'s about 350% to more than s earned their employees earne

ms. pelosi: what was next? reporter: you say this is a manufactured crisis, would you a that to a family who lost lowed one to an illegal immigrant who ended up shooting them in your state. would you say this to families who lost relatives to overdoses because obviously the drugs came from mexico, what would you say to families about that? ms. pelosi: what i say to families like that is what i say to the president regularly. these are tragic situations. tragic situations at the border. two little children died in custody of the border atrol. a poor anecdote is not data. as painful and horrible, one death is more than we should be able to bear whether it's corporal or whether it's children. the fact is we have to have policy that secures our order. what the president is proposing will not eliminate those possibilities. reporter: the president this morning suggests he may declare a marble emergency. is this a possible way out of the standoff with the president? how would you react if he were to go that route? ms.

ms. pelosi: good morning. this week, the house democrats are continuing our -- to pass senate republican language. the senate opening day remarks, we want to accept good ideas wherever they come from. a solution.re so in that spirit we accepted the senate republican language. four bills that had passed the senate 92-6. strong bipartisan support. we're putting those on the floor each day. yesterday we did the legislation to open up the treasury department to make sure that people there are able to come to work and be paid as they meet the needs of the american people. including but not confined to getting their refunds. getting a small business s.b.a. loan, answering questions for taxpayers calling in. the full function of the treasury department. can't say the treasury department come in, do the job, you're not going to get paid. that's what the republican -- the president is saying. today, we will have the agriculture bill, bill that covers the department of agriculture, so that we can address the farmer safe

ms. pelosi: i don't get your question. the point is today we have come to a way to go forward, to debate the best ways to protect our border. i don't see this as any power play. reporter: i'm referring to the past 36 days and the fact that he held out over wall funding. ms. pelosi: if you're saying that the president held out over wall funding to show who was in charge, i think that's quite a bad statement to make about any leader in our country. but what i do say is, let's go forward, get this done. the leader mentioned lessons learned and hope that the people know that we cannot hold our public employees hostage because we have a disagreement. how many, 34 days is it now, over one month, having an impact on their lives. so i don't want to make any characterizations of the president's motivation. you'll have to ask him. >> [talking simultaneously] 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 week

ms. pelosi: good afternoon, everyone. i'm honored to be here to sign this legislation which is about fairness to our federal workers and public employees. it should not be necessary. we shouldn't have a shutdown but since we do, we want to ensure that our public employees, some of them are working without pay, some of them are shut down from -- shut out from working, we ant to ensure they'll be paid. we hope the incentives some in the financial services sectors and some in the credit union will help people who can't pay their bills because they don't get paid. with that, i'm happy to welcome members of congress, one of our eleanor holmes-- norton. mr. beyer from virginia as well. congressman mr. chairman, mr. defazio of oregon. all of them have worked very all of them value, worked hard to make sure that this legislation came to the floor as soon as possible and to acknowledge senator cardin, senator van hollen of maryland for getting this through the up te so we could take it expeditiously in the house today. will sign i

ms. pelosi: thank you so much. cheers and applause] ms. pelosi: thank you so much. i like your warm welcome. on behalf of my house democratic caucus, i'm very proud, i tell them here they are that over 60% women. people of color, and lgbt community members. over 60%. i always say our diversity is our strength. but our unity is our power. and that's what we have to exert right now at this difficult time in our country. i come here on behalf of that caucus and the congress to thank you-all for what you are doing to make -- improve the health care of all americans. i want to thank frederick for his leadership and wish him well as he goes forward. he stands in mighty footsteps of ron pol lack who -- ron pollack who worked so hard for so many years. and of course our inspiration, pport, and just a leader, so diverse. he and kate, thank you so much. thank you so much. chairman of the board, president of families usa. we were just talking about god's work. you know people always like to say, i hope god blesses our work. and others say, why don't we just do god's work? he h

ms. pelosi: good afternoon. we completed a lengthy and sometimes contentious conversation with the president. we agreed we will continue our conversations, but we all -- we recognize, on the democratic side, that we really cannot resolve this until we open up government and we made that very clear to the president. services are being withheld from the american people. paychecks are being held from people who serve the needs of the american people and our border security will suffer if we do not resolve this issue. we are committed to keeping our borders safe. that has always been our principle, to honor the oath of office we take to protect and defend our country and our constitution. we can do that best when government is open. we made that clear to the president. mr. leader. senator schumer: same thing what the speaker said. we made a plea to the president once again. don't hold millions of americans, hundreds of thousands of workers hostage. open up the government and let's continue the discussions. i pointed

own work arounds like kentucky senator rand paul senator mcconnell is in charge of the senate if ms pelosirefuses to allow the president to deliver the state of the union in the house i propose we move it to the senate and make it happen but democrats like california congressman eric swalwell are standing by palosi the state of the union drains considerable resources from law enforcement officials who already are not getting paid if donald trump wants forty five minutes at the capitol he can go see speaker pelosi and work to reopen the government. all right the day is nearly done we'll see you tomorrow everybody. on the road point zero max europe's most populous countries to visit. sky go for the gusto and know some sand in soft. soft. i'm treasures i'm conscious and histories. of the cause of europe every day this week on the romance on asked on g.w. . take it personally with the wonderful people and stories that made the game so special by doing. sixty minutes. i think is everything challenging first on how to make a muslim. so much different culture between here and there some are chall

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own work arounds like kentucky senator rand paul senator mcconnell is in charge of the senate if ms pelosirefuses to allow the president to deliver the state of the union in the house i propose we move it to the senate and they could happen but democrats like california congressman eric swalwell are standing by palosi the state of the union drains considerable resources from law enforcement officials who already are not getting paid if donald trump wants forty five minutes at the capitol he can go see speaker pelosi and work to reopen the government. all right the day is nearly done we'll see you tomorrow everybody. moves. quadriga the international talk show before journalists discuss the topic of. trade and its european partners are scrambling to chart a path out of the bradford chaos after prime minister may suffered a crushing defeat in parliament will be weighing up the options are bad. thirty minutes. or more. going into an official estimates more than one point two million venezuelans live in colombia legally and illegally. why return to mass. i visit friends is that i don't think i

ms. pelosi refused to negotiate with the president i wonder whether the senate is blocked by senate democrats from proceeding to consider important foreign affairs legislation and i wonder if it still look ourselves in the mirror and call ourselves the world's greatest delivered body. historically we've been able to reach a consensus on very tough issues. far more controversial than this because we all believe that american interest should come first in our constituents should come first and we are here to serve their just not play political games and score political points. it is time for our democratic friends to come back to the table so we can finally end this unnecessary and harmful shutdown and hopefully in the process the 800,000 federal workers that miss the first paycheck last friday can get paid during this next pay. and we can reopen the federal government so we can serve the interest of the american people as we should have done 24 days ago.

ms. pelosi: have i not been clear on a wall? ok. no, i've been very clear on the wall. been very clear. let me just go to the previous question and say this. and associate myself with the remarks of the leader. in our caucus, the beauty of it is the mix. and i always say, when people say to me, oh, you're so good at organizing your caucus. no, i don't unify our caucus. our values unify us. i'm sure it's the same in the senate. and the fact is that our diversity is our strength. the differences of -- in so many different ways, including differences of opinion. that's our strength. but our unity is our power. and that is what maybe the president underestimated. 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. low

ms. pelosi: goonk, i appreciate the opportunity to speak to the american people tonight about how we can can can end this shutdown and meet the needs of the american people. sadly, much of what we heard from president trump throughout the shut-down has been full of misinformation and even malice. the president has chosen fear. we will start with the facts. the fact is on the very first day of this congress house democrats passed senate republican legislation to reopen government and fund smart, effective border security solutions. but the president is rejecting these bipartisan bills which would reopen government over his obsession with forcing ameca

ms. pelosi. that means in the last 21 days, if we have 300 dying a week, 21 days is three weeks, that means at least 900 americans have died because of heroin illegally crossing our border. secure the border, ms. pelosi. this doesn't include the amount of fentanyl that crossed our southern border in 2017, which the amount that has come in is enough to kill every single american via overdoses. if you talk to the democrats, 5.7 billion they say is too much to pay for protection at our southern border. what they won't tell you is how much more it costs the federal government and the americans by not securing our borders. and again, we want to be sensitive to the people that have been furloughed. as i said, and i'm going to take some heat for this, it is a temporary inconvenience. but for these people that you have on this picture, for the countless other people we can molly, peter, all were killed by illegal mexicans that have come into this country. and i find this egregious. peter hacking, a blend

ms. pelosi: good morning.his week, the house democrats are continuing our -- to pass senate republican language. the senate opening day remarks, we want to accept good ideas wherever they come from.

ms. pelosi is just two steps past the horizon. she's lost it. she's going head-to-head with the president. she is not the president. and the personal opinion about not putting in 200 miles of wall every ve got 600 and president has put in to is just retarded. host: thanks, john. tashas in s in dallas. go ahead. caller: yes. i just want to say that i love everybody. i have spanish friends, i have all types of friends. at the end of the day, the wall, i feel like we really need it. because there's no other country that i feel that you can just go into and walk in freely. host: ok. just want to reiterate to our capitol producer tweeting this moments ago as well. that the house will reconvene shortly to vote on a three-week c.r. to reopen the government through february 15 and go to conference with the senate to negotiate the homeland security and -- department and border security spending. that's already been done by the senate. next up is the house. it will liely -- likely be voice voted in the house and the next step forward after that would be s

ms. pelosi: good afternoon, everyone. i'm honored to be here with some very special guests who will speak about an epidemic in our country that must be stopped that we have the opportunity to stop. about an epidemic in our country that must be stopped, that we have an opportunity to stop. you hear from them and representative pat thompson, former congresswoman gabby giffords, just one week a congresswoman, congresswoman from momsaron watts i want toion, and name some of the groups that are here. so many of them have had contact with gun violence in our country. engagedof them have families in challenging -- in channeling their grief. the american academy of pediatrics, the brady campaign, cease-fire, the coalition to stop gun violence, every town, the giffords leadership conference on civil and human momss, march 4 our lives, demand action, move, the national education association, newtown action alliance and newtown foundation, violence policy center. these are some of the folks that are here but across the country, many

ms. pelosi: we have not had that discussion. we are talking about the president's insistence on a wall. we need to have conference of immigration reform. democrats and republicans know that and that is about dreamers and their families and the rest. we said we said we're going to protect the dreamers. quickly. that very republican support in the congress and certainly in the country. comprehensive immigration reform is what this debate should be about and frankly when the president talks about this being a national security issue it really is not. it is about a policy that is discriminatory as to where people are coming into this country. absolutely we stand -- always courseood ready and of the dreamers. >> are you willing to have those conversations now? conversations now? moving the goalposts so many times there out of the stadium. severalyou offered billion dollars for other were security measures if you're not willing to do a wall? what has the white house reaction been? normalt think of this as . goalpost gives getting moved. but we did get the white house exactly what the homeland

house speaker nancy pelosi the use of a military military transport for a trip to afghanistan after ms pelosi suggested that he would he state of the union address well the shutdown continues all this as donald trump marks the midpoint of his four year term in the white house the w.'s washington bureau chief alexandra phenomena takes a look at forty fifth's president's achievements. he has remained true to himself bragging about his accomplishments lashing out at his critics. your faith viewing the presidency through the lens of a television show many presidents trump has been dominating the national conversation as no other of modern president has done before at the midpoint of his term he has grown more confident of his own judgment but he also seems to be more isolated no then at any point since he took office his administration has seen a record breaking turnover with top level officials and advisers leaving or being fired as the president continues to push through his america first policy the parish climate accord is simply the latest example of washington entering into an agreement that

ms. pelosi: good afternoon, everyone. i'm honored to be here with some very special guests who will speak about an ep democrat nick our country that must be stopped that we have the opportunity to stop. before you hear from them, before you hear from representative thompson, who is chair of our gun violence prevention task force, former congresswoman gabbie giffords, new congresswoman, just one week congresswoman, congresswoman -- i just want to name some of the groups that are here. so many of them have had contact with gun violence in our country. so many of them have engaged families in channeling their grief into saving other lives. american academy of pediatrics, american federation of teachers, brady campaign to end gun violence, coalition to stop gun violence, every town, giffords leadership conference on human right, march for our live, moms demand action, moveon, national education association, newtown action alliance, and newtown foundation. violence violence policy center. these are some of the folks who are he

ms. pelosi: good morning. this week the house democrats re continuing our -- to pass senate republican

ms. pelosi: last night, the president accepted the fact that the state of the union should be at a time -- the state of the union should be at a time when we can talk about the state of the union then the government is not shut down. i'm glad we could get that off the table. i the it was -- i know it was a source of many questions. should we rent the equipment for the state of the union? should we have our families come in? it is so unimportant in the lives of the american people in terms of, especially those who -- ictims of the shut don shutdown, hostages to the president's applause line in a campaign speech. democrats have always been strong about honoring our oath of office to protect and defend the american people. protecting our borders, securing our borders is an important part of that today the senate has an opportunity to pass legislation that is very simple. it's about billions of dollars in disaster assistance and also just keeping government open until february 8 so that we can have a discussion while people re being paid. we've ask the republicans to take yes for an answer ov

ms. pelosi: thank you very much, leader mccarthy. i look forward working with you in a bipartisan way. for the good of our country respecting our constituents, every one of you, i respect you d the constituents sent each and every one of us here. they expect for us to find our common ground and we must try to stand our ground where we can, but always extend the hand of friendship. thank you, kevin mccarthy, for your leadership. i look forward to working with you. congratulations on being the leader of the party. and congratulations to each and every one of you. new members of congress, newly re-elected memberships of congress, thank you for your courage to run for office and to serve in this distinguished body. every two years we gather in this chamber for a sacred ritual under the dome of this temple of democracy, the capital of the united states, we renew the great american experiment. i'm particularly proud to be women speaker of the house of this congress, which marks the 100th year of women having the right to vote. and we all have the ability and the privilege to serve with over

ms. pelosi as part of a final deal to shore up support ms. agreed to limit her speakership to four years. already a kind of generational shift happening. nancy pelosi still the speaker of the house. how do we see that playing out going forward for this second time around at speaker? >> listen, i don't agree with everything nancy pelosi does but i have the utmost respect for nancy who knows local politics and got her start in baltimore. right? her full name. >> you must be a fan. >> i am. she understands and respects the government and the institutions therein. so i think it's a -- it's great. right? we saw unfortunately, you know when barbara lee did not win and hakeem jeffries elevated, back channels, clearly a generational divide, but nancy pelosi created a spot for barbara lee to have leadership. right? she understands many of the moving parts. she understands that a lot of these young freshmen are coming in with a lot of energy and exuberance and don't even know how to turn the lights on. she's saying, listen, let's work together. right?

ms. pelosi: thank you very much, leader mccarthy. i look forward working with you in a bipartisan way. for the good of our country respecting our constituents, every one of you, i respect you d the constituents sent each and every one of us here. they expect for us to find our common ground and we must try to stand our ground where we can, but always extend the hand of friendship. thank you, kevin mccarthy, for your leadership. i look forward to working with you. congratulations on being the leader of the party. and congratulations to each and every one of you. new members of congress, newly re-elected memberships of congress, thank you for your courage to run for office and to serve in this distinguished body. every two years we gather in this chamber for a sacred ritual under the dome of this temple of democracy, the capital of the united states, we renew the great american experiment. i'm particularly proud to be women speaker of the house of this congress, which marks the 100th year of women having the right to vote. and we all have the ability and the privilege to serve with over

ms. pelosi's response was predictable. i can promise you the more -- democrats are now happy with the president putting something on the table. third point, i talked to the president about this issue for about an hour last week.doudea d as 4:00 o'clock. >> brennan: senator kennedy, thank you for your time. we will be back in a moment. >> brennan: in our next half hour we talk with the presidential candidates and former trump envoy to the collision against isis. kristen dill i brand has announced jump into the democratic primary race. she spent the weekend campaigning in washington. we will ask her why she thinks she should be the next president of the united states. and for the first time since resigning from the trump administration brentmcgurk will tell us about his experiences. discussing his concerns of the president pulling out troops from seer ya. all that is coming up on "face the nation." >> brennan: we will be right back with more "face the nation," and a lot more in our second half hour. stay with us. >> an>> the

ms. pelosi would undoubtedly prefer those trying to overrun our borders to be american citizens who will not have a paycheck tomorrow. ms. pelosi, answer that question. >> harris: i was looking down at -- the president treated the city prayed let's put it up on the screen. "this is great unity with the republicans in the house and senate, despite the fake news media working in overdrive to make the story book otherwise. the opposition party at the dems know we must have stronger border security but don't want to give "trump" another one of many wins." they can't change the fact that this is the president of the united states. this is a partial government shutdown he said he would take responsibility for. is it getting heated for democrats? >> i think it will. remember, the president made it very clear, he framed the issue. when he said he would take responsible to for the shutdown, he framed the issue with the speaker of the minority leader when he said "look, if you want to pete, i put these immigrant's were trying to overrun our border first, i will put america first." he simple framed

in a letter to ms pelosi, mr trump said, "i am sure you would agree that postponing this public relationspostpone his state of the union address given the political deadlock. asia is a new hotbed for persecution against christians, according to a new report. the christian advocacy group open doors describes persecution in north korea, india, pakistan and afghanistan as extreme, and says it is getting much worse in china. the report says that, globally, 245 million christians will face high levels of persecution this year, including one in three christians in asia. some church leaders say persecution in china is at its worst level since the cultural revolution began, more than 50 years ago. nina shea is an international human rights lawyer who advocates for people persecuted for their religious beliefs. shejoined me earlier from washington. well, persecution can be a range of ways of oppressing and suppressing religious belief. so it could be brutal methods such as killing, torture, imprisonment, and it can be more economic measures, discriminatory measures. it can be high—tech measures, l

ms. pelosi is promising big changes. >> nancy pelosi, i extend to you this gavel. >> reporter: california'scy pelosi regained the speaker's gavel today, announcing a dramatically new direction for the house after eight years of republican control. >> keep our sacred promise to victims and survivors and families of gun violence and discrimination against the lbgtq community. we must also face the extensi extensional threat of our time. >> reporter: pelosi delivered the oath of office to the most diverse congress ever. more than 100 female house members were sworn in, including the first two native-american women and the first two muslim women. congress overturning a two-century ban on hats this afternoon so that minnesota's congresswoman could wear her hijab on the floor. she and others are under the age of 40, their youth reflected by the swarm of congressional offspring who filled the chamber. at 78, pelosi is the first person to reclaim the speakership in more than 60 years, winning support from all but a dozen democrats. >> cooper. >> present. >> present. >> reporter: after two months of

congress and with its members such as ms pelosi i mean is that how you deal with this current administration. we always work with members of congress because we are both directly elected representatives our people and throughout different ministrations and different congresses we've had a very constructive relation with us congress between the european parliament them on the other side so i don't expect that that would continue but i think with the trumpet ministration the checks and balances and the push back of congress on things like preserving funds for democracy promotion you know avoiding a rapid and plans withdrawal from syria and all the quiet consequences that that might have for the region and therefore also for us in europe that you know have much more direct connection to the humanitarian situation in the middle east but also the flows of refugees coming from the middle east there are so many areas where it is important that frivolously made decisions by tweet or otherwise are not met with with just applause but that there is also checks and balances and so we look to this congre

congress to travel that means pelosi won't be going to afghanistan as planned mr trump did add that ms pelosican always get to kabul with a commercial airline instead there's been reaction on social media from house republican whip steve elise who wrote that pollution is decision makes clear that we already know democrats are only interested in of structuring donald trump not governing other republicans are coming up with their own work arounds like kentucky senator rand paul senator mcconnell is in charge of the senate if mrs pelosi refuses to allow the president to deliver the state of the union in the house i propose we move it to the senate and make it happen but democrats like california congressman eric swalwell are standing by pelosi the state of the union drains considerable resources from law enforcement officials who already are not getting paid if donald trump wants forty five minutes at the capitol he can go see speaker pelosi and work to reopen the government. all right the day is nearly done we'll see you tomorrow everybody. takes some of the few people in stories that make it s

ms. pelosi: thank you very much, mr. leader. and thank you for your leadership in bringing us to this important resolution now. where shortly the senate will end over to the house a paper, i came over to see the original paper, and we'll get it probably in a half an hour. two resolutions. one to open up government for all of the agencies of government, and one to proceed to conference on the homeland security bill. we're pleased that we reached an agreement to reopen government now. so that we can have a discussion on how to secure our borders. it is very clear that we all understand the importance of securing our borders and we have some very good ideas on how to do that. and that will be part of the discussion as we go forward. house democrats look forward to working in a bipartisan, bicameral way to pass all of the bills to open government, as we proceed into the conference discussion. now, i'm an appropriator and i was forged in that culture and i now that left to their own devices, the appropriators bicamerally and bipartis

ms. pelosi: thank you very much, leader mccarthy. i look forward working with you in a bipartisan way. for the good of our country respecting our constituents, every one of you, i respect you d the constituents sent each and every one of us here. they expect for us to find our common ground and we must try to stand our ground where we can, but always extend the hand of friendship. thank you, kevin mccarthy, for your leadership. i look forward to working with you. congratulations on being the leader of the party. and congratulations to each and every one of you. new members of congress, newly re-elected memberships of congress, thank you for your courage to run for office and to serve in this distinguished body. every two years we gather in this chamber for a sacred ritual under the dome of this temple of democracy, the capital of the united states, we renew the great american experiment. i'm particularly proud to be women speaker of the house of this congress, which marks the 100th year of women having the right to vote. and we all have the ability and the privilege to serve with over

ms. pelosi and was told she wasn't interested in hearing about the facts. according to the news media reports, it was, i reject your facts. the madam secretary said these aren't my facts but these are the facts. one question that i'm always asked back home, is your colleagues on the other side of the aisle continue to say they are for border security and are for national security, they just don't want a wall. well, that's a question i have. so when the democrats rejected the facts that came from the department of homeland security about the atrocities that are going on, the criminal activities going on at the border, the president took upon it himself and immediately upon receiving this data, my colleagues and my friends on the other side started dismissing the data. en it came out that in 2017, the department of homeland 755 ity sbrp accepted 3, terrorists that number was immediately challenged and the other side was quick to point out that all of those were not caught at the southern border. in fact, they properly pointed out that many of them were caught