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please give me a war cup -- warm national press club welcome to the mayor of washington, d.c., muriel bowser [applause] mayor bowser: thank you. mike: thank you for being here. mayor bowser: my pleasure, thank you for having me. i've been in this building a million times, but not this room. i take that back. mike: well, welcome. mayor bowser: i think i gave my first press conference in this room after winning in 2014. yeah, i did. [laughter] >> fun memories. i wanted to start by talking a little bit about home rule. d.c. has had home rule's 73 and fought hard to win it. in the introduction, trump mentioned many times, including this week, that he wants to take over washington, d.c. can you talk a little bit about why home rule is important and what is the case for keeping it? mayor bowser: well, the case that we make is for d.c. becoming the 51st state. there's been a lot of talk about someplace else becoming the 51st state, but we are going to become the 51st state. what it means is, the discussion we've had about whether a president or a couple of members of congress can take over our limi

i campaigned against muriel bowser, but i think that muriel bowser, despite what many people say, hasen a very good steward of the district of columbia. and again, republicans, let us govern. >> ourselves without representation. yes, you're for that. >> i am. >> um, okay, so my unpopular opinion is diss tracks. diss tracks are terrible. they are dumb. i don't like them. they are a waste of your talent. they cater to. >> don't say that to roxanne. >> and they happen in rap, but they also happen in pop. when people write about their exes. stop weaponizing your popularity and your fame to get your fans to turn against other people. i don't like it. >> kendrick lamar is not. >> i didn't mention any names. >> sarah. he's not speaking to you. okay. >> elephant in the room. >> you were about to get all the hate mail. >> he was talking about a musical note. okay. >> okay, okay. >> a minor. okay. >> mine is in the in the gulf of gulf of mexico. tracy flick, that's what i'm calling it. um, there's also something happening right now at stonewall. right near here. the national park service has ta

. >> today washington dc mayor muriel bowser will speak over the future of the nation's capital under the second trump administration. live coverag gets away at 11:00 a.m. easrn on c-span and also on c-span now or online at c-span.org. ome to the program. tell us about the daily wire and your show. guest: the daily wire has existed for 10 years which makes me feel old. my show has been on for eight years. i got my show through a strange series of events. i published a book called reasons to vote for democrats: a comprehensive guide. as a published because it did not have any words. host: it was 266 empty pages. guest: it was just irritate my liberal friends and relatives. very few words. i self published it and i hit number one on the charts. i think i am the only person little media history who got a show for not writing a book. host: or writing a blank book. you spoke at cpac yesterday and you at first attended in 2011. tell us about the difference between what you saw in 2011 and today? guest: cpac has changed many times. it is an institution that has been around for many decades.

washington mayor muriel bowser, thank you so much. thank you. and let's bring in randy babbitt, a former commercial airline pilot who served as administrator of the federal aviation administration under president obama. and as i introduce you, sir, i want to note that we have breaking news about what appears to be a small plane crash in philadelphia. so we're looking to get more information about that. we do not have a lot of information. we will bring that to the audience as we get it. but i want to go to you, mr. babbitt. you just heard and i showed that if we can put it back up again, the air traffic just at dca, just as of today, and it looks like the most terrifying traffic jam in the world. and i wonder for you if you feel comfortable with the public's safety with it. we know there's a plane down today in philadelphia being in the hands of people who are being purged and who those who remain in place, their main qualification is loyalty to donald trump, not what they know about aviation or aviation safety or their concern about aviation sa

s mayor democrat muriel bowser is fighting to keep the nation's capital under her and city council's home rule the ability of washingtonians to choose their leaders. >> washington, d.c., in short, belongs to all americans. >> utah senator mike lee is co-sponsoring the bowser act or bringing oversight to washington and safety to every residence. >> increases in carjackings and shootings have lost control. over so far this year homicides in the district are up 21%. however, violent crime overall is down 31%. the bills corruption crime, and incompetence of the d.c. government has been an embarrassment to our nation's capital for decades. president trump has been a vocal critic of d.c.'s government. >> our nation's capital is the murder capital of the world our nation's capital is falling apart. >> trump will issue executive orders aimed at enhancing d.c.'s public safety and clearing away homeless encampments. bowser says she has spoken with the white house about the effort but hasn't even bigger goal what we should be focused on is our pathway to becoming the 51st state. >> in 2021, hou

mayor mayor muriel bowser will speak about the nation of the future's capital over the next four years under the second trump administration. see live coverage om the national press club on friday beginning at1:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. also on c-span now, our free mobile video app, or online at c-span.org. >> c-span's washington journal, our live forum involving you to discuss the latest issues in government, politics, and public policy, from washington, d.c. to across the country. coming up friday morning, we will talk with michael knowles, host of the michael knowles show, about his role in the conservative political action conference and president trump's first month in office. and we will continue the conversation on president trump's first month in office with sirius xm talkshow host reecie colbert. c-span's washington journal. join in the conversation live at 7:00 eastern on friday morning on c-span, as he spun now, or online at c-span.org -- c-span now, or online at c-span.org. >> saturdays, watch american history's tv first 100 days. we will explore the early months of presid