anti-pelosi raises a lot of money and yes she has experience. -- nancy pelosi raises a lot of money and yes, she has experience. after fourying cycles where to do something to win. tim ryan came in and challenged her. he lost. pelosi will be there. her authority is unquestioned. going forward, there is this movement that is growing as the years go by, these people are getting younger and younger. you are seeing this happen in real time. host: he talked about tim ryan and his loss. talk about how many votes he got. is that significant that he got the number he did? asked.depends on who he if you ask nancy pelosi, she got two thirds of the vote. it was 134 to 63. she is saying yes, i still command this enormous amount of the very liberal leading caucus. question.is not in tim ryan comes in and says wait a minute, the last time you were challenged, that was after they got wiped out. they lost 63 seats and they have not rebounded since. heath shuler was a blue dog democrat from north carolina, not very senior. he challenged her. it was more of a symbolic challenge. it is a secret ballot. he

introduce to you the democratic leader for the 115th congress, the gentlelady from california, nancy pelosi. rep. pelosi: thank you very much, mr. chairman, and congratulations to you and vice chair linda sanchez. with great pride, we receive her as the first woman of color to serve as an elected leader of the house democratic -- any house caucus. in any event, i am honored to stand here with mr. hoyer and our assistant leader mr. clyburn. and, to welcome the ranking member of the budget committee. he brings with him is values and ability to communicate values to the public. i associate myself with the remarks of our distinguished chairman. i think he gave a great presentation of where we are. where we are is a place of urgency for the american people. we have a responsibility to stand with them, to engage where we can, and oppose where we cannot engage, and also, the opportunity to do great things for the american people. so, it is with great pride that i accept the privilege extended to me by my colleagues. some of us have had a chance to talk already about that. i just want to focus on o

>> not with nancy pelosi. this is a woman who has led democrats to four straight defeats when it comes to elections that control the house. that's why republicans are thrilled with this choice. >> a huge cultural problem. white working class, the guys who put trump over the top in this election, they have been the bedrock of the democratic party's coalition since fdr. republicans have won college educated whites for all time. goldwater won college educated whites. the response from the elites in the democratic party and from the john stewart types that these voters are now racists because they didn't vote for democrats. that's not a winning message to win them back. >> that's not actually true. obama didn't win those white working class districts. he just lost them by 43% instead of hillary's 37%. >> he won tim ryan's district. >> yes. but the point is the white working class has been trending republican for a while. obama kept his head above water with them. >> we remember that the democrats have been running

it is not just nancy pelosi. it's a team that energized a lot of people that want to get out there and contribute. i know walking out of that room today we have a more energized caucus than we had. we obviously have people who have a lot of courage to step up and say to the leadership what marcia just said and how important that is. i think our prospects have improved because of this conversation. we are a family and sometimes families have to have tough conversations. you can go back to the first couple interviews i did. nobody wants to have them. we try to delay those conversations. we try to ignore them from days, weeks, months, years. but every single time you have that conversation, that tough talk, you come out of there stronger. whether it's a personal relationship or a family event like this and i think we come out stronger than we went in. >> who is the future of the democratic party? mr. ryan: well, i haven't thought about that, casey. >> nancy pelosi? mr. ryan: well, you know, yeah, to some extent, thi

they're going to be in the minority. >> we have for twitter a viewer who says he is giddy about nancy pelosi's reappointment that confirms that dems are triple down and ensures even greater losses in 2018. >> midterm election is always a tough one from the incumbent party. pelosi's argument right now is i've done this before. this was her argument for remaining in power. i've done this before. in 2006 we were in the wilderness. republicans controlled both chambers. george bush was in the white house. and we wiped out the republicans in that midterm election. i'm experienced. i've done it before. i can do it again. so that's her argument right now. 2018 is going to be a very difficult cycle for the republicans. a lot of the vulnerable guys who people thought were going to get wiped out this time are still there. but they're still going to be vulnerable in two years. trump is going to be in office, nobody knows what that's going to look like. but historically it's a tough cycle for the incumbent party. all the factors combined, we think we can make enormous gains, if not take back the house. giv

ryan the 43-year-old tim who challenged nancy pelosi for the top leadership spot, he was backed by someembers of the congressional black caucus and nominated to take her on, ultimately losing. the washington times front-page story, democrats reaffirm pelosi as leader despite losses. her backers agree that the party must do better to connect with voters in the flyover states but says democrats problems are the fault of others. lucille in redding, california, you agree? not.r: no, i do not with the washington times. you read only from the washington times and bankers bible. host: not true. i read from the washington post, politico, roll call. caller: you never read from los angeles. california is never heard from. you are only on the east coast. you used to read from the boston globe and the arizona republic. we are bigger than fly over. california is huge. , fromso given that california is that why you think it is important to have nancy pelosi is the leader? caller: absolutely, and i hope the electorate puts hillary clinton in as president. that is still to be seen. these try and read s

under cover of that secret ballot, there are 63 democrats who voted against nancy pelosi.'s interesting. 63 voted that way in secret. only a dozen or so of them were willing to come out publicly ahead of the vote and say they were going to cast their votes that way. one of the ones who is willing to go public is the young democrat seth walton of massachusetts. a relative newcomer to the congress. an iraq war veteran. he beat a nine-term democratic incumbent to win his seat. he was just re-elected to a second term. he was among the dozen or so democrats who were willing not just to vote against nancy pelosi but to openly explain that they were voting against her. even if that constituted what mollton called a risk even if he could lose his seat on the house armed services committee. he said it was that risk. >> the american people sent us a message loud and clear. we need to listen to ta and respond. >> what is the message that they sent you? >> look, we don't have the house, we don't have the white house, we don't have the senate. we hardly have any -- >> governorships. >>

nancy pelosi. to do a better job of making sure the middle class voters understand our policies are all about them. look, the problem is that voters out there understood that these policies were not in fact working for them. and this is why they lost the election. reelecting pelosi is just keeping the same in place. >> what message were the democratic rank in file sending? >> they were sending a message on a number of fronts. one, they want new and younger leadership. nancy pelosi has been in that spot now for ten years. she's four for four in terms of losing elections. they want new voices and a new bench. that's part of it. they also want a change in policy. what we have is nancy pelosi, barack obama, harry reed speaking to a shrinking base of their liberal supporters. >> i think if obama wants to understand why the democrats lost the election, he should look in the mirror and in particular, on two points. >> not fox news? >> health care and the iran deal. when history remembers his presidency te

where the democrats are when it comes to america's working families. >> that was congresswoman nancy pelosiwing her re-election friday as house minority leader. pelosi beat back a challenge by ohio congressman tim ryan. and amid concerns the democrats have become out of touch with the white working class voters who sent donald trump to the white house. president obama weighed in on that concern in an interview released this week telling "rolling stone" magazine, that in this election, they turned out in huge numbers for trump. and i think that part of it had to do with our inability, our failure to get our message out electively. part of it is fox news in every bar and restaurant in brig chunk of the country, but in part it is also the democrats, not working at a grass roots level. and kim, the three weeks in to this post election period, what lessons are the democrats taking away? >> the heads are still in the sand. they just -- they do not want to acknowledge that this is not a failure of getting their message out, it is the message itself. but this is what you're now hear from them, obam

anti-pelosi raises a lot of money and yes she has experience. -- nancy pelosi raises a lot of money ande has experience. after fourying cycles where to do something to win. tim ryan came in and challenged her. he lost. pelosi will be there. her authority is unquestioned. going forward, there is this movement that is growing as the years go by, these people are getting younger and younger. you are seeing this happen in real time. host: he talked about tim ryan and his loss. talk about how many votes he got. is that significant that he got the number he did? asked.depends on who he if you ask nancy pelosi, she got two thirds of the vote. it was 134 to 63. she is saying yes, i still command this enormous amount of the very liberal leading caucus. question.is not in tim ryan comes in and says wait a minute, the last time you were challenged, that was after they got wiped out. they lost 63 seats and they have not rebounded since. heath shuler was a blue dog democrat from north carolina, not very senior. he challenged her. it was more of a symbolic challenge. it is a secret ballot. he got 43

nancy pelosi's been part of that problem. i personally have been part of that problem as well.recanted and analyzed what needs to be done. i think problem with renominating nancy pelosi and making her minority leader once again is that democrats have not done that kind of an us. they are, as you said, doing the same thing over and over and over again. i don't know much about the people running against her, but i do believe we need change, we need to talk about a more unifying message, i think we need to stop segmenting our voters -- sandra: but what is that? julie: people, remember bill clinton and the economy, stupid. i thought about what people have in common who won elections. 1984, morning in america, right? bill clinton, '92, it's the economy, stupid. barack obama in 2008, hope and change. donald trump this time around, make america great again. it was a unifying message that everybody could -- sandra: sign up for. julie: regardless of what your demography was. and that's something that democrats in the house failed to see. we need a leader who's able to do that. it needs

john: coming up, nancy pelosi holds onto her leadership post.hat that means for the democratic party. and your weekend weather, when we come back. ♪ ♪ john: nancy pelosi was reelected today as the head of house democrats. and there have been calls for new leadership in congress. joining us now from the home of congress to talk about the vote and its implications is the great and fantastic kacee. nancy pelosi wins. she wins easily, yet a third of the caucus voted against her. we're going to have a friend on in a moment who is a supporter. is there doubt at all about the fact that a third of the congress is against her? >> i think there is some frustration and there was surprised at the number of people that backed congressman tim ryan. i think it shows you that had someone else in willing to step up against nancy pelosi, they might have actually beaten her. it does show that there are legitimate problems for her. i think at the end of the day, it shows that nancy pelosi style of politics is what the democrats need in the house right now. they nee

nancy pelosi's. catholic. >> right. >> roman catholic church is pretty unambiguous on that point. this is a weird space. and certainly we understand why people who are gay feel that they have a right to stand up and say why -- who stands with us and who stands against us. that's fine. when you are getting into the business of going into the pulpit and asking what somebody's pastor said about something else, you don't have them on the record. you don't know anything about that. >> it's not like they said anything about it. they didn't express any agreement one way or the other. they had a microphone stuck in their face from buzz feed saying do you or don't you, do you or don't you? wow. apparently that is the point we're at. and you tell me they want to know if they've ever done this fixer upper thing for a gay or lesbian couple in waco. assumes facts not in evidence. we don't know what the population is or if they ever requested a fixer upperer is sfris th service from this family. >> i way that buzz

nancy pelosi has been there for 14 years. there is a younger crop of people who are frustrated they haven't been able to move up the leadership ladder. they're frustrated this is the fourth election cycle they haven't been able to take the majority.aying we h we've got to go back to square one, go back to winning. and just nancy pelosi raises a lot of money, she has experience. she to energize the liberal base. she's very well-respected on capitol hill among the democrats. they don't mean to suggest that the purchasing after four cycles we've got to do something to win. it hasn't been the case with nancy pelosi so tim ryan came in and challenge. he lost decidedly. are of 40 is still very much unquestioned but going forward therbut is this movement that is growing and growing and growing but as the years go by these people are getting younger and younger, the older generation of democrats is aging out of congress.im you are seeing this happen in real-time. >> host: you talked about tim ryan and his loss to talk about how many

[laughter] how about nancy pelosi?ow, remember, please, her party lost 63 seats in the house of representatives and 12 governorships on her watch. she has been reelected house minority leader. trump's senior advisor kellyanne conway tweeted this about the democrats after pelosi's win. what a relief. i was worried. [laughter] i was worried they had learned from the elections and might be competitive and cohesive again. washington examiner columnist, you're cheering her on. >> i'm rejoicing because it's so foolish. literally is just so foolish. if you've suffered such historic losses under nancy pelosi, such historic losses for the democratic party as a whole the past four years, why would you continue doing what has failed you? but you know, obviously, they're going to so i applaud it. stuart: now, look, there's another battle coming up within the democratic party, keith ellison going up against former governor howard dean. they're going up, contesting the championship of the dnc. what will you do, if a way out far left

. >> governor huckabee, nancy pelosi says dr. ben carson is a disturbingly poor choice. >> why didn't she say that about donald trump when he was elected. he had never owned anything significa significant, run a business, a lackluster career and a limited career as a legislator. all of these things would have applied. what is a brain surgeon. he's a person that goes into one of the most complex systems on the planet and he solves a problem by taking a look at incredibly complex situations and figuring out how to make them work. >> under enormous pressure. >> well under enormous pressure and somebody can live or die depending on the slightest move of his hand. the thought that ben carson is somehow not capable or qualified is an insult to the intellect of every neurosurgeon on god's greend earth. >> were we told when barack obama was elected and he was unqualified. that's a racist statement to say that our first black president is unqualified to hold the office. now dr. ben carson, one of the most renowned pediatric surgeons in th

we're here, nancy pelosi, chuck schumer, myself, we will lead the party. does he think this party's going to double down, really? on radical liberals? you know, look, it didn't work before, why do you think this is going to work again? the demss in chaos, next. >> after every presidential election where the party loses, there is no single leader. there are voices that'll hopefully be heard. hopefully, i'll be able to have a voice in the direction of the party. the president of the united states will. obviously, chuck schumer will. obviously, nancy pelosi will. there's going to be governors that are going to emerge. so it's a contest of ideas as to which direction to take the party. trish: yikes. [laughter] that's vice president joe biden essentially telling democrat, hey, don't worry, we got this covered, me, nancy pelosi, president obama, chuck schumer, we will lead this party forward. so he thinks the party should trouble down and keep these hard core liberals from san francisco and new york and their lead. clearly, it didn't work before. look at the bea

while we wait, we will take a look at the press briefing from nancy pelosi. she will talk about why she did not support the continuing revolution that resolution -- resolution. nancy pelosi: good afternoon. we wish the president well. it is an interesting time. we have some concern. after naming a white nationalist as his chief strategist, the president-elect has continued to make aaa choices for senior positions in the administration. after, he has chosen an attorney general with a long content for -- jeff sessions would have dangerous new authority to attack civil rights, lgbt writes, and the lives of immigrants and people of color. commentshas had races considered disqualified as a judge by the standards of 1986. years later, he wants to make the chief law-enforcement agent. and looking at his conduct , it makes it more disturbing. he is fighting somebody that is anti-civil rights and voting rights and lgbt writes as the attorney general. now for the epa, the ,nvironmental protection agency scott pruitt has used his office for the agenda of big polluters a

nancy pelosi, a fresh face for the party in an era of change?but she's a good tactician and legislative leader and i can see why she ended up winning because it's a local race and they probably wanted someone who could craft the master of legislation and they all owe her. soist a testimony to her, even in adverse climate, it's a testament to what people think of our skills that she ended up winning by a comfortable margin. >> woodruff: what do you think? >> i think david archambault is right in his assessment of leader pelosi. the fact she's from san francisco, if anything, is a help, in the sense you want a leader that can take tough positions and not jeopardize their own survival. that's one of the things you want in a leader. she has been a very formidable leader. she was a great speaker. but i think for people -- and it was a considerable vote. a third of her caucus voted against her. only 12 people came out publicly and were willing to stand up with tim ryan, but privately, 60 came out and voted in the secret ballot. if 35 had comout, maybe

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what's next for the democrats after nancy pelosi was re-elected to lead her party in the house? >>> plus, what do you think? why are democrats sticking with pelosi despite their election losses? let me know on facebook or twitter @foxnewssunday and use the hash tag >>> i have a special spring in my step today because this opportunity is a special one to lead the house democrats, bring everyone together as we go forward. >> congresswoman nancy pelosi reacting to her re-election as house minority leader after beating back a challenge from ohio congressman tim ryan. we're back with the panel. house democrats have had a bad run under pelosi. after the 2008 election when barack obama won, they held 257 seats in the house, but after this election on another 8th, they now hold 194. that's a loss of 63 seats. juan, how do you explain given that record house democrats putting her back as their leader? >> she's a tremendous fund-raiser. there's just no question about it. secondly, in this environment where you just had potentially the first woman for president defeated on the democratic si

the house minority leader nancy pelosi is telling reporters tonight that she is now pushing for an independentrobe outside of congress to study the allegations of russian involvement in the election. she's also calling for congressional investigations. but an independent commission called for by the president, she says, like the 9/11 commission. meantime, more electors, pelosi's daughter among them, are now calling for an intelligence briefing on what is known about russian hacking before making the electoral vote official on december 19th. more on all of this in just a moment. >>> but first, today was decision day for president-elect donald trump. and he made official what we told you last night. exxonmobil ceo rex tillerson is his pick to be america's top diplomat. like trump, tillerson has never served in government but has business ties all over the world. but it's the exxon ceo's ties to one particular country that are raising eyebrows in washington. russia. trump's chief of staff calls tillerson a diplomat who happens to be able to drill oil. reaction today from democrats and some republ

the house minority leader nancy pelosi is telling reporters tonight that she is now pushing for an independent probe outside of congress to study the allegations of russian involvement in the election. she's also calling for congressional investigations. but an independent commission called for by the president, she says, like the 9/11 commission. meantime, more electors, pelosi's daughter among them, are now calling for an intelligence briefing on what is known about russian hacking before making the electoral vote official on december 19th. more on all of this in just a moment. >>> but first, today was decision day for president-elect donald trump. and he made official what we told you last night. exxonmobil ceo rex tillerson is his pick to be america's top diplomat. like trump, tillerson has never served in government but has business ties all over the world. but it's the exxon ceo's ties to one particular country that are raising eyebrows in washington. russia. trump's chief of staff calls tillerson a diplomat who happens to be able to drill oil. reaction today from democrats and some repu

the houston chronicle you do, nancy pelosi, listen to it -- listen to it nancy pelosi said. [video clip] nancy pelosi: i worked fo with harry reid for more than a decade. to observe harry is to observe a master at work. his commitment to his values and his respect also, for his colleagues. harry had many occasion to evaluate the leadership and courage of our colleagues. in all of my years, more than 10 working with harry, he always spoke in the most glowing, respectful and understandingly about all of the senators. and republican senators, as well. very respectful with everyone's point of view. the constituents that were represented never, never anything but the finest word. guest: [laughter] umm, that is fake news right there. alert ofhat any half the beltway swamp, harry reid has conducted himself in a manner that might most politely be called brass knuckles and certainly, the victims of his rhetoric and his actions over .he years can attest to that i think this says as much about nancy pelosi as it does about harry reid, and this very stubborn and amazing and surreal atte

the house minority leader nancy pelosi is telling reporters tonight that she is now pushing for an independent probe outside of congress to study the allegations of russian involvement in the election. she's also calling for congressional investigations. but an independent commission called for by the president, she says, like the 9/11 commission. meantime, more electors, pelosi's daughter among them, are now calling for an intelligence briefing on what is known about russian hacking before making the electoral vote official on december 19th. more on all of this in just a moment. >>> but first, today was decision day for president-elect donald trump. and he made official what we told you last night. exxonmobil ceo rex tillerson is his pick to be america's top diplomat. like trump, tillerson has never served in government but has business ties all over the world. but it's the exxon ceo's ties to one particular country that are raising eyebrows in washington. russia. trump's chief of staff calls tillerson a diplomat who happens to be able to drill oil. reaction today from democrats and some repu

nancy pelosi/(d-ca) minority leader) "this is so much bigger character of america." democrats say they are expecting a fight on many issues including obamacare - which pelosi helped push through the house.(sot: rep. elijah cummings/(d) maryland) "there is no stronger, battle-tested person than nancy pelosi."democrats say despite the challenge to pelosi - they left the meeting energized and unified for the battles to come.craig boswell, cbs news, capitol hill. that new congress will begin work on january 3-rd. if you're just getting up, good morning -- it's now right now it's degrees in decision on an officer- involved shooting in north carolina.you're watching c-b-s 2 this morning -- covering the corridor. the average age of a homeless person is 9 years old. my dream is to help kids living on the streets with education. charles what's up man? -whoa! how can we help? -ah man! wait, is that a basketball player? my heart's about to jump out my chest man. charles you ought to be proud man. i'm just extremely grateful they were here giving them some encouragement- that's s

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we only have eight members in the house, but of course nancy pelosi, the democratic leader, was born in baltimore, and her father was the mayor of baltimore. the number two democrat, steny hoyer, who was born and bred and bleeds maryland, and he has been a terrific help to me. i love the people i am serving with. john sarbanes is one of my friends, anthony brown, who is a lieutenant governor is coming with me, a great friend of mine. john delaney has the neighboring district. i know all of these people, and we work strongly together as a cohesive team to bring back the best results for our people and the best programs and services that will uplift the people of maryland. reporter: what will be the biggest difference for you coming from the state house assembly to the house of representatives? rep.-elect raskin: the maryland senate is a small and intimate body. it is 47 members -- 33 democrats. and a lot of the action takes place on the floor of the senate. i mean, i had many amendments that were offered that were incorporated into legislation and you can see legislation change there.

nancy pelosi, 76 years old. bernie sanders, 75. elizabeth warren, 67., he is the baby at6. i guess you could add tim kaine, he is still in the late 50s. >> their washington bench might be thin, their bench out in the country might be more capable of taking over the party. the new attorney general in california. former mayor of san antonio, julian castro they are trying to foster and bring up but overall as meghan said earlier in the show, nancy pelosi's are not giving up power. because bernie sanders has following of young people doesn't mean he will stick around. joe biden, you have to remember, i'm sure he was sitting through the election, going, i can't believe he run this time, could have beat hillary in the primary, despite early polling and given trump -- sandra: talking about the the day he made the announcement that he would not be running in the rose garden with president barack obama at his side. and we thought, hold on, wasn't there opportunity for him? maybe there is another opportunity. harris: we covered that live right here on "outnumbere

and we're going to support them. >> house minority leader nancy pelosi won her eighth term leading theucus. pelosi easily beat out ohio representative tim ryan, but her 134-63 margin of victory signals discontent with her leadership that nearly a third of the caucus voted against her. with us now in washington, let's bring in senior writer and politico co-author of the playbook, jake sherman. the political headline that i'm reading this morning says democratic leader beats back challenge but the vote reflected significant discontent. it would have been unthinkable two years ago for nancy pelosi to lose a third of her caucus. what's it mean moving forward for her? >> no one thought that tim ryan would be the next democratic leader and still 63 people voted for him. it was a protest vote. it shows that democrats really need to wrap their heads around a post-pelosi reality. something they haven't done. they have frozen out an entire generation of leaders. the next leaders of this party are either out of congress, harold ford jr. or in the united states senate. so democrats have not begun

the houston chronicle you do, nancy pelosi, listen to it -- listen to it nancy pelosi said. [video clip] nancy pelosi: i worked fo with harry reid for more than a decade. to observe harry is to observe a master at work. his commitment to his values and his respect also, for his colleagues. harry had many occasion to evaluate the leadership and courage of our colleagues. in all of my years, more than 10 working with harry, he always spoke in the most glowing, respectful and understandingly about all of the senators. and republican senators, as well. very respectful with everyone's point of view. the constituents that were represented never, never anything but the finest word. guest: [laughter] umm, that is fake news right there. alert ofhat any half the beltway swamp, harry reid has conducted himself in a manner that might most politely be called brass knuckles and certainly, the victims of his rhetoric and his actions over .he years can attest to that i think this says as much about nancy pelosi as it does about harry reid, and this very stubborn and amazing and surreal atte

amy: on capitol hill, nancy pelosi is re-elected house minority leader. >> never again will we have an there's any doubt in anyone's mind where the toocrats are when it comes america's working families. amy: but the lopsided win reveals many democrats are for new leadership. we'll get analysis from carol the "wall street journal," philip rucker of "the post," carrie budoff manu of politico and cnn. this is "washington week," funding is provided by. xq institute. isadditional funding provided by boeing. foundation, donating all profits from newman's own food products to charity and nourishing the common good. foundation. the ethics and excellence in journalism foundation. koo and patricia yuen through the yuen foundation, committed bridging cultural differences in our communities. the corporation for public broadcasting and by to your pbss station from viewers like you. thank you. washington, amy walter. amy: good evening. president-elect donald trump his transitionom duties to travel to battleground ohio to thank supporters for his election victory. president-elect trump: i am going to

. >>> house democrats held their leadership elections today and nancy pelosi faced one of the biggest challenges of her career. kpix 5's allen martin on how democrats are now refocusing after this year's devastating losses. >> reporter: liz and ken, this morning san francisco congresswoman nancy pelosi did win enough votes to keep her position as the top ranking democrat in the house of representatives. >> so i have a special spring in my step today because this opportunity is a special one. >> reporter: democrats voted 134-63 to keep pelosi as minority leader. ohio congressman tim ryan a former pelosi protege says he may not have won, but he did advance his cause of trying to get democrats to focus on jobs and the economy. >> we come out of this leadership election knighted as democrats to take on the challenges that we need moving forward. so, you know, i'm disappointed because i like to win and, um, but i think it was a great discussion for us and i think honestly i think the party is better off. >> reporter: ryan's supporters say pelosi now understands she has to listen to them. >

nancy pelosi.an i quote one democratic congressman from massachusetts talking about plans to overhaul the tax code and this will be part of the big party. there will be opposition if these tax cuts are directed to the people at top again. we're going to be pretty united on this. so you think it was just obamacare, no, they -- come on, donald trump won on his policy on taxes. >> to your point exactly. they're on dangerous ground, look like obstructionists to policy positions that have had broad appeal across their own traditional constituencies, working men and women across states they previously won. if they're resistent to the things donald trump will do for the folks it will keep hurting them. dagen: house republicans have a tax reform plan. donald trump has a tax reform plan. the democrats don't have a tax reform plan. >> called raise it. dagen: by the way we raised taxes in the last eight years. we ran up the deficit. we reregulated vast swaths of the economy. sandra: can i, by the way, can i s

. >>> nancy pelosi is back in the bay today. how she's fighting for more gun control. >> and president-elect donald trump closer to nominating the secretary of state. we'll tell you who is in the running. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, hook elementary school. 20 children died that day.. today.. at saint luke's episcopal church in san >>> this week marks four years since the deadly shooting at sandy hook elementary school. 20 children died that day. today at st. luke's episcopal church in san francisco a vigil was held to honor children and raise awareness of gun violence. >> a big turnout here today shows that the -- that we are not going away and that we'll fight until we can get gun control laws passed in the congress. >> a bell was running as the names of each of the children were read. democratic house minority leader nancy pelosi spoke at the event and she has been a strong leader and champion of gun control as you just heard. >>> according to what nancy pelosi says there have been more than 200 school shootings. brian. >> there have be

nancy pelosi is it not my bed.w in this house election which democrats reelected her as their leader is apparently most democratic members of the house agree with that. >> the mainstream media really praising president obama's economic policies. batman ensure you party scene but i'll show it to you again. president obama handing a strong economy to his successor. "politico"'s same trump inherits obama boom. this is a financial program. i don't see any boom in that economy and that's a fact. >> you're the expert here. the wheat straw and boom seem like too much. there is no doubt trump is getting a stronger economy from obama then obama got from george w. bush. the economy was in freefall and obama took over in unemployment hit 10% shortly after he took office. it is now 4.6%. that is far, far better. one of the reasons trump won the election if so many people have not thought much economic benefit and for many middle-class americans from a standard of living has stayed the same or gone down. not for five years, 10