[applause] [cheers] mike pence: you can count on it. [applause] mike pence: count on it. this person will possess a top-notch legal mind, unwaivering commitment of the constitution. we need this person on the bench as soon as possible. given the vacancy that has existed on the court. as you heard the president say today, this administration will put the safety and security of the american people first and foremost. providing for the common defense is the first obligation of our national government, and working with all of you, president trump and i are going to roll our sleeves up. we will rebuild our military. we will restore the arsenal of democracy, and we will at last give our soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, and coast guard the resources they need and the respect they deserve to accomplish their mission and protect this nation. [applause] mike pence: our top legislative priorities begin with repealing and replacing obamacare. president trump has made it very clear, we need to end this law's burdens on hard-working families and businesses and simultaneously replace

[cheers] mike pence: mike pence: life is winning in america for many reasons. life is winning through the steady advance of science that illuminates when life begins more and more every day. [cheers] mike pence: life is winning through the generosity of millions of adoptive families who opened their hearts and homes to children in need. [cheers] life through the , compassion of caregivers and volunteers at crisis pregnancy centers and faith-based organizations that administer to women and towns -- in towns across this country. and life is running through the quiet councils between mothers and daughters, grandmothers and granddaughters, between friends across kitchen tables and over coffee at college campuses. the truth is being told, compassion is overcoming convenience, and hope is defeating despair. [cheers] word, life is a winning in america because of all of you. [cheers] mike pence: so i urge you to press on, but as it is written, let your gentleness be evident to all. [cheers] mike pence: let this movement be known for love, not anger. [cheers] let this m

pence received seven votes for vice president. and carley fiorina received one vote for vice president. vice president biden: mr. harper. mr. harper: mr. president, the certificate of the electoral vote of the state of utah seems to be in regular form and authentic and it appears erefrom that donald j. trump of the state of new york received six votes for president and michael r. pence of the state of indiana received six votes for vice president. vice president biden: senator klobuchar. senator klobuchar: mr. president, the certificate of the electoral vote of the state of vermont seems to be i reserve the balance of my time in form and authentic and it appears therefrom that hillary clinton of the state of new york received three votes for president and tim kaine of the commonwealth of virginia received three votes for vice president. vice president biden: mr. brady. mr. brady: mr. president, the certificate of the electoral vote of the state of -- of the commonwealth of virginia seems to be in regular form and authentic and it

[applause] [applause] pence: thank you. the vice president says he will be one of the speakers at march rally, first vice president to attend the march, according to politics and opinions, the march takes place every year on or around the v iversary of the roe ade decision will include kellyanne conway, joanie congresswoman ah mia love. c-span live coverage of the will start at noon eastern time, you can watch c-span.org, or listen app. free c-span radio some tweets from the retreat, he got president trump to sign a card for the in the freedom museum, first district, and gutierrez on the wall that president trump will build at the mexico border, trump's great wall will actually be a great china, it will push mexico toward trade and commerce with them. one topic st president trump talked about at the republican retreat in philadelphia earlier today. [applause] >> please welcome to introduce our special guest, the majority of the senate mitch mcconnell. [applause]

mike pence. has devoted 25 years in the classroom as an elementary schoolteacher, and as second lady, she will bring attention to our children in art therapy programs. i bring to the stage mrs. karen pence. [cheers] karen pence: thank you. thank you so much. [chanting usa] thank you so much. thank you, jeannie, for that introduction. you know, this is not our first march for life. [cheers] karen pence: but it is the warmest. [laughter] karen pence: our family has been to many marches for life over the past 16 years. my job today is to introduce my husband of 31 years. [cheers] karen pence: and very short and sweet, i have never met anyone who has more compassion for women, for children, and for the american people. [cheers] karen pence: one of the kindest people that i know, the vice president of the united states, mike pence. [cheers] [chanting usa] mike pence: thank you, karen. charlotte. and thank you on behalf of all of you, from president trump. [cheers] mike pence: my wife karen, our daught

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what is mike pence up to? >> reporter: you are seeing lawmakers coming in and this is the start of what they hope to be a funeral procession for the affordable care act, for obamacare. i don't want to go as far to say these are the last strikes, and they clearly want to dismantle the law. talking to lawmakers coming in this morning they note the irony of president obama starting off the term working with his own party and he is over talking to the democrats, and the irony is, mike pence, they are taking the same approach, and that is not being bipartisan when they are trying to dismantle. everybody acknowledges dismantling it is possible and what do you replace it with and how do you have all the moving pieces. and it's an attempt to get back on track after yesterday. you won't find a congressional lawmaker that will privately acknowledge that yesterday was a good day for them. they had a bit of a fumble and today's attempt to get back on the same page with their new ministtion. >> we will see how that works o

who walked in with mike pence? reince priebus, incoming chief of staff, kellyanne conway, senior adviser, but also the legislative affairs team for the next administration, the trump administration, all of which are very close with vice president-elect mike pence and also speaker ryan behind closed doors announcing today that mike pence will get office space on capitol hill. while they'll be talking with industry participants, the involvement of vice president-elect mike pence is going to be a fascinating thing to watch, because much of the legislative affairs team is tied to mike pence. mike pence getting his own office space on the hill. in terms of how things are going to operate here in the very complicated, complex process, mike pence is going to be somebody you need to watch very closely, carol. >> when all is said and done, phil, how will congress work? will they get things done? because the senate is controlled by republicans and the house. and you have a republican in the white house. will it work like a t

pence served in congress for a dozen years. railing against the health care law the day it passed. >> some say we're making history. i say we're breaking history. >> reporter: today he made clear he'll again be a fixture in the capitol, setting up a working office outside the house and senate like dick chain eye. republicans close to pence say he hopes to model his vice presidency after cheney's, with one key difference, he must play the role of trump whisperer. shortly after trump tweeted a warning earlier today about repealing the law too quickly, republicans must be careful in that democrats own the failed obamacare disaster with his poor coverage and massive increase in cost. >> it will be important that we be careful as we do that, that we do that in a way that doesn't work a shahardship on american families. >> reporter: in addition to health care, pence said the new administration would roll back president obama's legacy, passing tax reform and an infrastructure program. while trump still gives many republicans heartburn

in many ways pence is the anti-trump. you don't get into this stage of politics without having a healthy ego. he has an unassuming air about him, very well respected on capitol hill. he's a movement conservative. democrats don't agree with him much but they like him, too. we won't know till 100 days in or more what his influence with the president is. at the moment, he has an important role in large part because trump trusts him and doesn't know congress. i talked to a republican senator who said of mike pence, he's one before us. donald trump is donald trump. i don't think that was meant at critically as it sounds when you say it. a lot of the republicans on capitol hill don't know when push comes to shove, will he listen to democrats or go back to prior democratic tendencies or be one of them. they do trust pence. >> you know, one thing i was going to say is that these relationships between presidents and vice presidents kind of ebb and flow. this, the white house is a really small place. and either a president grows to

we are expecting to hear from mike pence and theresa may.n tomorrow for the president's first foreign visit. ahead of today's meeting in of the tweetsone this morning from the president said this -- an hour after that we came out from the mexican president announced he was not coming to the u.s. here's president trump's response this afternoon. the presidentp: of mexico and myself have agreed to cancel our planned meeting scheduled for next week. unless mexico is going to treat the united states fairly, with respect, such a meeting would be fruitless and i want to go a different route. we have no choice. host: president trump from philadelphia this afternoon. we will have all of that speech later this afternoon and on www.c-span.org. bill on the republican line. caller: hi. my comment regarding trump is i knew he is a great guy. i as soon as i heard he was going to run i was going to vote for him. i did not pay any attention to the entire process of getting him where he is at now. hillary clinton was completely out of it. she is so far out i

pence: in america.hat is evident in the election of pro-life majorities, in the congress of the united states of america. [cheers] vp. pence: but it is no more evident in any way than in the historic election of a president who stands for a stronger america, a more prosperous america, and a president who i proudly say stands for the right to life, president donald trump. [cheers] vp. pence: president trump actually asked me to be here with you today. he asked me to thank you for your support, for your stand for life, and for your compassion for the women and children of america. [cheers] today,ce: one week ago , wehe steps of the capitol saw the inauguration of the 45th president of the united states. and i can tell you firsthand, our president is a man with broad shoulders and a big part. big heart. his vision, his energy, his optimism are boundless and i know he will make america great again. [cheers] from his first day in office, he has been keeping his promises to the american people. [cheers] say,

>> (music playing). >> vice president mike pence and his wife karen pence walking in right now.ing them. >> as the pence's make their way to the front of the reviewing stand, here is president donald trump and the first lady melania, making their way from the white house, as they head to the reviewing stand. >> i will tell you what's fascinating, as we are watching the first couple now, watch them walk into the reviewing stand, as a mom, my eye is drawn to the young children who are already seated there. i am looking at their son, baron. he was peaking out of the window a minute ago, looking at the drummers. i'm looking at what are donald trump, their grandchildren. this is a long day for little kids. they're just taking in all of the excitement. barron trump right now looking out, trying to see what's going on. >> president trump giving a thumbs to up someone who shouted out a question at him. thanking folks, someone asked how it feels to be president of the united state. he gave a behind us now. they a so chant usa, usa. they can actually see donald trump as he is making his w

pence is a creature of the house. no huge surprises. the question now moving forward is what's the tactics and the strategy. what's do they do in the immediate term and in terms of obamacare and the long-term strategy for having something in place to provide health care for millions of america. there does seem to be consensus or a broad agreement that you need to be allowed to keep 26-year-old kids on their parents' insurance up to 26. that's one thing that seems to be filtering out. >> and the president-elect has said he supports that, too. this is just the beginning of mike pence's day on the hill. he'll be speaking with paul ryan any minute. and when it does, we'll bring it to you live. i'm told by a source in that room as well that the vice president-elect is meeting not just with speaker ryan but members of congress including representative mullvaney and price. >>> and the other side of the capitol, kasie hunt here following president obama. you had a very brief interaction. happy new year was all the president said to you but he's

this question is for vice president-elect pence. earlier today, the speaker called julian assange a sycophant for russia. he steals data and compromises national security. yet president-elect trump is citing him as a source of intelligence. where do you come down? where do you come down with the , speaker or with president-elect trump? -- with the speaker or trump? vice president-elect pence: the president-elect and i will receive a briefing from the leadership of our intelligence agencies this coming friday. we'll be listening in. look, i think that the president-elect has expressed his very sincere and healthy american skepticism about intelligence conclusions. we're going to sit down later this week, the president and i have been receiving since the election regular intelligence briefings. i received presidential daily brief with the president yesterday and we'll be looking at the facts and the information. but i think, given some of the intelligence failures of recent years, the president-elect's made it clear to the american pe

karen pence. you see the scope. that looks like a lot of people who defied expectation they somew -- they somewhat previous inaugurations look like. a smaller crowd than barack obama eight years ago. here to talk about the trump agenda, please talk about that with kevin, mike, what is happening? wider worldhink the will react to this? mike: now we get to the point where donald trump will see the problems from translating his rhetoric into reality. they start on capitol hill because there is no unity. normally the political dynamic is republicans against democrats, but that you have republicans against republicans. trump will have trouble getting much of his agenda through. the first thing they want to focus on is obamacare. they can do to repeal fairly quickly, but they have no agreement on what they would replace it with. the president-elect says he wants repeal and replace at the same time. he also suggested he will have his own plan coming out when tom price is confirmed as hhs secretary. secon

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so what about mike pence? asked him this morning which vice president he would model his term after, and here's a different part of what he had to say. >> and so, as i look at vice presidents and the recent past, i look less at the people who served in the second office as much as the person they were serving. and i think vice president bush who is in our hearts today and in our prayers, and i hope he's able to get well and go home soon. i think the way that he served president reagan would be a manner of which i hope to serve this new transformational leader. >> well, what's that like? it's bush xli was quiet publicly, spoke his mind behind the scenes. we'll be right back with the lid. at bp, we empower anyone to stop a job if something doesn't seem right, so everyone comes home safely. because safety is never being satisfied. and always working to be better. >>> time for "the lid." panel is back, e wlrliana,. we have a couple confirmation hiccups, speed bumps. the question is are any of them going to be debi

bush and mike pence. is ronald reagan chose george bush after george bush had run against him for president, attacked him for voodoo economics and so on, and he did it because he wanted to broaden his reach, because george bush had a reach to more moderate republicans and this was part of his effort. the second is george h.w. bush had been ambassador to the u.n., a congressman, ambassador to china, and a vice president and when he approached the presidency of international affairs, talking about being more respected in the world, that may be, but right now the world is jiltry because of the way donald trump has approached global affairs in his transition. so he needs to take a cue from george h.w. bush, who had enormous respect in the world and really respected global institutions. >> and george h.w. bush, fair to say, was very embarrassed during this campaign when someone outed him for voting for hillary clinton. he didn't want that to come out. it did. as dana reports. they had a conversation last week,

president obama and vice president mike pence meeting. phil mattingly live from capitol hill to tell us more. hi, phil. >> reporter: hey, carol. this is the opening pitch, if you will, the second day of congress, a congress that republicans have made very clear repealing the affordable care act is goal number one. they actually already started the process of it yesterday in the u.s. senate. when you talk to aids really on both sides of the aisle that will be involve with these meetings, they say the meetings aren't deep strategy sessions or even in the weeds policy discussions. what they're trying to figure out is how to approach this really massive undertaking that both will go so. the republican side trying to repeal and replace, the democratic side trying to stop that from happening. there are splits on both sides on how to handle the way for ward. most notably, on the republican side, how to relays the law they're trying to repeal quickly. those are important dynamics to keep an eye on. what you're going to see from mike pence is to r

and mike pence, vice president-elect will speak shortly.is supposed to talk about trump admin min stra trump administration plans. we will have it for you live once it gets under way. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the mayors president and oklahoma city mayor n, nick cor et. >> thank you for your patients. it is my honor to introduce the man who in just four days will be announced president of the united states. he has recently served as governor of i gove

president obama and vice president-elect pence. they rallied their troops, and they laid out their battle plans. >> thank you. thank you. look out for the american people. >> sources say the president told democrats not to rescue republicans by approving something worse to replace obama care. a replacement plan he calls trump care. senate minority leader chuck schumer says the republicans would make america sick again. >> they don't know what to do once they repeal. one of my colleagues called it repeal and run, but it's a huge problem as well because now they're responsible for the entire health care system, says and it will be on their backs, and i believe a year from now they will regret that they came out so fast out of the box to repeal. >> vice president-elect mike pence says republicans intent to keep their promise while heeding president-elect trump's advice to be careful. >> the american people have spoken. they want to see us repeal and replace obama care, and to ed my message to members of congress is that we are going t

, will need to rely on mike pence.s we watch it publicly, everything we can see in the public face of it, that relationship seems to get stronger. >> well, i think right now that trump realizes he has to use mike pence as a sort of liaison and go between with congress because pence speaks their language and understands the culture and has those relationships that trump won't necessarily have and won't have the attention span to maintain. but i think that -- mike pence will be a power center in the administration right up until he crosses the more idealogically hot nationalists, which he had never been described as before this election, like bannon and miller and flynn and the others. that's where the rubber will hit the road with mike pence. >> we are looking at tape of vice president and president dancing a the liberty ball. the balls blur together as you continue to watch the coverage. we are awaiting their arrival at the salute to armed services ball. they have already left this one, i believe. to that relationship

pence: i humbled very excited to get started.resident-elect is a man of boundless energy, confidence in the american people. i know all of us are ready to see him sit behind that kesk in -- desk in the oval office and get to work for the american president. charlie: he's an unconventional president-elect and an unconventional candidate. do you expect to be an unconventional vice president? mr. pence: that'll be up to the president to decide what role i play. i hope my experience as a governor, my experience on capitol hill will make it possible for me to support his efforts to advance the agenda and the promises that we made to the american people and frankly right now, charlie, i'm very encouraged at the enthusiasm that the president-elect's agenda has been met with on capitol hill. we've been working not only in the transition assembling our government but with leaders in the house and senate rank and , file, put together plans to repeal and replace obamacare, and at the same time to roll back excessive regulations to start dis

pence: happy new year, everybody. throughout this transition, we have been working hand in hand with vice president-elect with one goal in mind. mr. ryan: and that is to make sure that president-elect trump can hit the ground running when he takes office on the 20th. so we're getting right down to business. we are starting today on our work to deliver relief to americans struggling under obamacare. we must remember this. this law has failed. americans are struggling. the law is failing while we speak. we need to reverse the damage that has been done. then once we repeal this law, we need to make sure that there is a stable transition to a truly patient-centered system. we want every american to have access to quality, affordable health coverage. all of the things that obamacare has contempt from the american people. more choices, more control, more freedom. we want to put them back in their hands. we know that things are only getting worse under obamacare. this is about people paying higher premiums every year and fee

you have the accessible mike pence and donald trump who works by twitter. pence was on capitol hill this and is expected to be a pretty constant presence, right? >> he is. and working with ashley parker, bewas a jarring contrast to seehe capitol basement and vice president-elect pence reporters.th the and as that meeting's happening, the plecket's up -- president-elect is in his tower tweeting away. these are the dynamics that are reality in washington and especially for congressional republicans and they're comfortable with pence. theenator graham told me in in hallway, mike pence sounds like indiana, looks like indiana, and we're fine with that. he's a mainstream republican, a conservative, and as this populace outsider takes the oval office chair, mike pence reassures his own party of elements of republicanism. on a person to keep an eye for sure. great conversation, thank you, guys. good way to start the year. everyone, for watching. our conversation continues online on the "washington week" where we'll tell you about eye-opening intelligence tucked int

today we have the privilege ofld trump and mike pence at c.i.a. headquarters. since our founding nearly seven decades ago, cia's relationship with the president has been essential to our nation's strength and security. mr. president, i can assure you that in the years ahead, the c.i.a. along with the rest of the intelligence community will do everything we can to provide was the insights you need to protect our country, to advance american interests around the globe and to carry out your duties as president. i'm confident you will find that the women and men who comprise the intelligence community are dedicated public servants. with incredible expertise professionalism, diversity and integrity to the national security mission. we were only able to accommodate 400 c.i.a. employees for today's event but hundreds more hundreds more wanted to come. on behalf of the women and men of c.i.a., thank you for taking time to join us. it means a great deal, that you chose to come to c.i.a. on your first full day as president. mrauz [applause] >> and now it's my pleasure an

i want to thank vice president-elect mike pence for joining us today. it is so exciting for us as we start this unified republican government in 2017 and all it has in store for the people of this country to create opportunities for everyone. >> happy new year, everybody. throughout this transition, we have been working hand-in-hand with the vice president-elect with one goal in mind -- that is to make sure president-elect trump can hit the ground running when he takes office on the 20th. we are getting right down to business. toare starting on our work get relief to americans struggling under obamacare. we must remember this law has failed. americans are struggling. the law is failing way -- while we speak. law, we needl this to make sure there is a stable transition to a truly patient-centered system. we want every american to have access to quality affordable health care coverage. all the things obama has -- obamacare has kept from the american people, we want to put them back in their hands. we know things are only getting worse under obamacare. thi

this is just -- vice president pence. this is just over 20 minutes. [applause] >> good afternoon and welcome. today we have the great privilege of hosting president donald trump and vice president mike pence at cia headquarters. since our founding nearly seven decades ago, the cia's relationship with the president has been essential to our nation's strength and security. and mr. president, i can assure you that in the years ahead the cia, along with the rest of the intelligence community, will do everything we can to provide you with the insights you need to protect our country, to advance american interests around the globe, and to carry out your duties as president. i am confident you will find the women and men who comprise the intelligence community are dedicated public servants, who bring incredible expertise professionalism, diversity, and integrity to the national security mission. we will only be able to accommodate 400 cia employees for today's event, but hundreds more wanted to come. on behalf of the men and women of the cia, thank you for t

mike pence: we have a vice having led the transition has been working with day one, earlier this week he came up to the capitol after we had been white house, to spend more time going over our shared agenda, working on the 200-day plan. he's so committed to get thanksgiving right and making page.e're on the same mike pence is the glue that keeps us all together, focused shared goals, e eyes, minds and challenges. admire most about mike, our friend, he really is the happy warrior. if any of you serve with him, which most of you have, you know he is fond of this proverb, so one rpens iron, person sharpens another. well, the vice president all of us. he makes all of us better. what a ds all of us privilege it is to serve this a criticalry at such hour in her history. we are so grateful for him being today. ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming the vice the united states. [applause] [applause] vice president

mike pence arriving moments ago.e will meet first with house republicans before he moves to the senate side. today is the day that mitch mcconnell, senate majority leader, says they will set a schedule for repealing and replacing obamacare. at the same time we do expect to see president obama at this hour. he will go to the hill and meet with democrats as well. so watch this movement throughout the morning here on "america's newsroom." >> when you look at -- there is nothing wrong, i think, with a president who is looking to make sure that there is a strong and vibrant u.s. economy. i think we all share that vision and that hope and that reality going forward. >> martha: that is ford ceo mark fields talking about president-elect donald trump and his economic plans and the tweets that seem to be rolling them into motion. ford yesterday scrapping plans for a mexico plant, 1.6 million small car factory they were building there after mr. trump slammed general motors in the morning for a tweet for importing compact cars f

pence: i do not. private manning was a traitor.omised sensitive intelligence of the united states of america. endangered lives of our troops and those who support our troops down-range. i strongly -- charlie: was there a humanitarian reason to do it, seven years in prison and a couple of suicide attempts last year? mr. pence: again, i believe that while i think there was a 35-year sentence initially, it was a life sentence, but the compromise of classified information that literally compromised the safety of american troops down-range and those who were supporting american troops down-range, we actually, i read an account this morning, i haven't been briefed on it but i read an account that some of the information private manning released was on a hard drive of osama bin laden's computer. so this, you know, we have to take the protection of our nation's secrets seriously. that's why you heard the president-elect speak so strongly about his opposition and concern about leaks coming out, about intelligence information and i think thi

i want to congratulate the trump-pence team. they have the wiz doll to listen an now theft courage to lead america. when you watch on the floor, today, we're going to start ith that courage. we watched what has happened to jobs across this country. the regulations that has been impounded for the last eight year. you'll see this week, that we will bring up the rain, many of you know about that legislation. it simply saying give the people a voice when it comes to regulation in america. the rains act only deals with those bills of regulation that get imposed upon that cost more than $100 million on business. you think that would have been few of those, but if you look in just the last six year, there was 82 of those presented nd put in place every single year to this administration. we have to get that burden off and start working. so the rains act will say no new major rulings will be imposed without a vote of the house and the senate for the people have a voice. we will also be dealing with obamacare. so many of you know of what

pence: good morning everybody. an exciting day yesterday to see all of the new members get sworn in had to see this new majority excited about getting the work for the american people. >> there's a lot that we want to do and there's a lot that we're going to do working with our new president and our new vice president. it's great to welcome our friend and former colleague mike pence back, not as a member of congress but as the soon to be vice president of the united states, as a great partner in working to get our great country back on track. and there's a lot we need to do an a lot we're going to do but you know there's somebody else that is here at the capitol today and that's barack obama. i i think when the president comes back here today, maybe for the last time as president, it's important to remember the first time that barack obama came here as president. barack obama came here and made very specific promises to the american people about obamacare . he came here and said if you like what you have, with you

this is not anything for mike pence.america which helped propel donald trump into the white house. famously, he had never held elected office, but mike pence hard and that may mean the new vice president has rare power and influence in the game of national politics. for many here, mike pence is a hometown hero, a key player in the states‘ political arena but now he‘s taking the indiana playbook all the way to washington, dc. standing now at resident trump‘s right hand, mike pence has always taken strongly conservative positions on issues concerning lgbt conservative positions on issues concerning lg bt rights conservative positions on issues concerning lgbt rights and sex education. he says faith is central to his life and his policies. for me the sanctity of life proceeds out of the sanctity of life proceeds out of the belief where god says before you we re the belief where god says before you were formed in the womb i knew you, and so for my first time i sought to stand with great compassion for the sanctity of life. i

vice president-elect pence also on the hill today vowing to repeal obamacare on day one. so why was donald trump warning congress? >>> also tonight, a six-year-old video emerged after donald trump mocks intelligence officials, and sides with wikileaks founder julian assange on the issue of russia's hacking of the elections. >>> and an emotional commander in chief says farewell to the military. >>> we start with the clash over obamacare. years in the making, coming to a head on capitol hill. today, dueling strategy sessions happening simultaneously within feet of each other. president obama huddling with democrats vowing to protect the health care law, vice president-elect mike pence with republicans vowing to repeal it. all of this happening on day one. democrats emerging from their 90-minute meeting saying they're energized and that the president inspired them telling them to stay strong. here's a photo from inside that meeting. afterwards, democrats sounded confident including the president walking past reporters saying this. >> look out for the american people. >> our