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pressley: absolutely. last week, i saw a sign in the crowd that said doge stands for dangerous oligarchs grab at everything. and i said it then and i'll say it again. that elon musk needs to keep his grubby hands, his greedy grubby hands off of our government. [cheers and applause] you know, i don't know about all of you, but i'm having a hard time sleeping at night. my daughter is 16 years old and looking at colleges, and i'm so worried about the world that she's living in now in the world that she will inherit. and i asked myself, you know, how do we get here? how were working men and women convinced to believe that a failed businessman who was godless and lawless could lead them anywhere. because he lied. because he's a liar and a crook. but you know he's been given a lot of oxygen. i want to give you all some. you're all here when you could have been anywhere else. because you give a damn. you give a damn about this country, you give a damn about our democracy, you give a damn about your neighbors. you

the legislation was introduced today by massachusetts representative ayanna pressley.me around for that bill. it failed to pass in the last session. the bill would create a commission to study and propose reparations for slavery and subsequent racial discrimination. representative pressley says the bill comes at what she describes as an inflection point for the country. >> the majority of the harms that have been caused, particularly that have been foisted onto black americans, were legislated. so if we can legislate hurt and harm, we can legislate justice, we can legislate healing. and we are certainly long overdue. and for those that would say we need to just get over it. >> the bill is not likely to advance under the republican controlled congress, and the trump white house has previously been opposed to any reparations efforts. well, tulsi gabbard has been sworn in as the director of national intelligence for the trump administration. today, the senate voted 52 to 48 to confirm the former democrat. republican senator mitch mcconnell joined all democrats in opposing

the legislation was introduced today by massachusetts representative ayanna pressley.the second time around for the bill. it failed to pass in the last session. the bill would create a commission to study and propose reparations for slavery and subsequent racial discrimination. representative pressley says the bill comes at what she calls an inflection point for the country. >> the majority of the harms that have been caused, particularly that have been foisted onto black americans, were legislated. so if we can legislate hurt and harm, we can legislate justice, we can legislate healing. and we are certainly long overdue. and for those that would say. >> the bill is not likely to advance under the republican controlled congress. and the trump white house has previously been opposed to any reparations efforts. it is now illegal to camp out in public spaces in the city of fremont. ktvu james torres explains there were also penalties for people who helped build housing on public spaces. >> well into the night, a months long conversation in fremont continued. >> i strongly

pressley: what kind of efficiency makes people hungrier ? what kind of efficiency makes people poor? what kind of efficiency makes people less safe? if trump and musk want to make government better, they would turn to the actual efficiency experts at the government accountability office but this was never about efficiency. just like the doge meme, the lives of hard-working families are a joke to them. i won't stand for it. my colleagues will not and we will fight for government rooted in real efficiency, that works before everyone, not just for billionaires. i yield back. >> the chair recognizes ms. tully -- reppo totally it is -- rep. t alib: it is ridiculous we are listening to this report from you about the ways we can make government work better for families but tomorrow, my republican colleagues are going to ignore that. they will ignore all of your thoughtful and investigative, thorough report on how we can serve communities better. it is alarming to me because i don't know if you know this, but our phones have been off the hook of peo

pressley: what kind of efficiency makes people hungrier ? what kind of efficiency makes people poor? what kind of efficiency makes people less safe? if trump and musk want to make government better, they would turn to the actual efficiency experts at the government accountability office but this was never about efficiency. just like the doge meme, the lives of hard-working families are a joke to them. i won't stand for it. my colleagues will not and we will fight for government rooted in real efficiency, that works before everyone, not just for billionaires. i yield back. >> the chair recognizes ms. tully -- reppo totally it is -- rep. t alib: it is ridiculous we are listening to this report from you about the ways we can make government work better for families but tomorrow, my republican colleagues are going to ignore that. they will ignore all of your thoughtful and investigative, thorough report on how we can serve communities better. it is alarming to me because i don't know if you know this, but our phones have been off the hook of peo

pressley, for five minutes. .. ms. pressley: thank you, madam speaker. good morning. and happy black history month. black history is american history. i rise today to give a history lesson. i think at moments of inflexion for our country, history provides a critical contextualizing. in order to go forward, we need to look back. especially when you have a white house that is working overtime as laid out in their playbook project 2025 to ban our history and disband our department of education. let's start at the beginning. why did we establish a federal department of education? in the early days of this nation, education was left entirely to the states and schools were run by a patchwork of religious schools and one-room school houses, leaving many children excluded based on their race, gender or poverty. now, there's. i disagree with our founding fathers on, but they knew that preserving democracy required an educated population. one that could participate in civic issues, understand social and political issues, vote and resist tyrants. so the concept of free public ed

. >> pressley is a member of the squad.mplored senate colleagues to lock up every nomination and slow things down. >> shut down the city. we are at war. any time a person can pay $250 million into a campaign and they be given access, full access to the department of treasury in the united states of america, we are at war! >> so far senate democrats are reluctant to slow walk most of president trump's nominees. in fact, democrats have voted for ten of the 11 nominees confirmed so far. republicans believe the democrats' options are limited. >> democrats are doing what they can as the loyal opposition to slow down the process to a great degree but not to the fullest degree, either. the practical side of them is well, we can either inflict 30 hours of pain on ourselves or get by with 20 or whatever the case might be. >> democrats plan to hold up the confirmation of budget director nominee russ vought tonight and burning all available debate time until a confirmation vote is ripe tomorrow. dana. >> dana: basically getting to the

democratic congresswoman pressley also announcing her support for censorship. take a look. >> look, let me tell you something. i'll take a bit of umbrage here. i'll speak on behalf of my colleagues. i think i can say we are all willing to work with anyone who's serious about doing the work of censoring the american people and advancing progress, but they are not serious. >> and, of course, what kind of left wing resistance movement would be complete without a little cringeworthy, predictable singing? join in, shall you? at home. >> which side are you on? we'll fight against josh. we're fighting en masse. no, we landscape within our walls. we'll fight from dawn to dusk. trump's coming for our unions. he wants us all to fail. he wants us to bow to him. but we want him in jail. >> and last but certainly not least, here is idiotic. senator from connecticut, chris murphy whining to fake news, cnn about the death of democracy. all because donald trump, elon musk and doge are criticizing, you know, waste, fraud, abuse, corruption and criticizing judicial overreach. be

ayanna pressley or maxine waters? no relation. >> oh, gosh. oh, i'm. >> going here. >> you know what? oh, he looked at her thing. >> and he went the. >> same one. >> you're distracting. >> my record on this show. >> you can't afford. >> are we going to. >> allow that to fly? >> i still. >> got it. it was my gut. >> now, what you do is you make him go first. >> charlie, i know it's hard for you to lose to me since i have such behavior. >> on valentine's day. >> i do not. i will not acknowledge this loss on the record. i don't acknowledge this. so it did not occur. >> this is under protest. under the valentine's day massacre. >> it really? that's what i was going to call it. >> all right. behave yourself. and they're actually going out on a date now. so they're. >> just no, no, no, no dates over. >> no. if there ever. >> was a date, it is. >> you always got to let the woman win. >> i'm going to go pawn this hat right now and pay for valentine's dinner. believe it. >> up next. coco. >> are you tired of. >> your hair breaking after waiting years f

i'll speak to the democratic congresswoman of massachusetts, ayanna pressley, and the colorado attorneyreasury tonight. that's tomorrow, 10 a.m. eastern. and that is tonight's last word. the 11th hour with my friend stephanie ruhle begins right now. >> good evening once again. i am stephanie ruhle, and welcome to the nightcap. we end this week. >> on day 19. >> god, it feels a whole lot. >> longer than that of the second trump administration. >> and today this is important. >> a federal judge hit pause on the administration's effort to put

but that did not stop democrats, including congresswoman ayanna pressley, from really critically criticizing elon musk and the work that's being done. so take a listen to. >> some. >> of the. >> sound that we had. >> from this week. >> but he's a great he's a great guy and he loves the country. and he's wanted to do this for a long time. if he could have done it himself, he would have done it himself. >> you know, they're not centering the american people. and i'm sure trump's fragile ego had a problem with elon musk on the front cover of time magazine there. but he's operating as a as a co-president, and he was elected by no one. >> okay, everybody, i understand we unfortunately lost the live shot there with yamiche alcindor at the white house for us. we'll get her back. but we are joined right now by nbc's julia ainsley, who joins me on the phone with the latest on the administration's immigrant deportation action. so, julia, in this new exclusive report that i referenced earlier, you reveal president trump is angry, the number of deportations so far isn't higher. so what can you tell us a

pressley: i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute.er pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. ms. pressley: madam speaker, i rise today to remember an incredible young man and talent, on his far too short life, kyrie ambrose, touched the lives and hearts of many. kyrie was a source of joy and love to his family, his community, to the audiences he performed for, where he shared his calling, his true artistic genius, his dancing with all of us. he was strength, beauty and poetry in motion. kyrie was a recent graduate of boston arts academy and an incredible contributor to the cultural fabric of the boston dance community. as well as origination, the b.a.a. school community and the american musical and dramatic academy where he was studying and performing. those who knew, instructed, learned from and most of all danced with kyrie describe him as remarkable spirit who exuded love and tenderness on the stage and in his relationships. the loss of his talent, joy and love is deeply felt by the boston comm

, the nazi rhetoric, one of the democratic congresswoman literally called, i think it was ayanna pressley, but it was a democratic congresswoman literally called elon musk a nazi. do we really think that kind of alarmism is helpful? >> i totally agree with you. >> years. don't you think democrats would learn that just screaming hyperbole about trump? america's rolling their eyes. they rolled their eyes in 2016. they rolled their eyes in 2024. it's all a bit much. nine. 2021. >> 2020 they voted democrat at 20 and 20. >> 2215 every single day. okay, people are going to tune out, no question. >> about it. but the but the fact is like, look, i mean the imagery is there. this is how we miss our moment on the day of inauguration, sitting behind donald trump was elon musk, was the ceo of tiktok. were these billionaires who now have offices in the white house, who are now going and affecting your figuring out how you file your documents, your social security, all of these things, they they don't speak for us. >> i think the highlight reel that you just played spliced with the highlight reel of al

i'll speak to the democratic congresswoman of massachusetts, ayanna pressley, and the colorado attorney general, phil weiser, one of the ags who sued donald trump and the treasury tonight. that's tomorrow at 10 a.m. eastern. and that is tonight's last word. the 11th hour with my friend stephanie ruhle begins right now. >> good evening once again. i am stephanie ruhle, and welcome to the nightcap. we end this week on day 19. god, it feels a whole lot longer than that of the second trump administration. and today this is important. a federal judge hit pause on the administration's effort to put thousands of usaid employees on administrative leave. it puts a pause on everything until one week from tonight and sets up a hearing next wednesday. earlier today, president trump directly called for the agency to be shut down. this afternoon, crews went ahead and scraped off the letters spelling out u.s. agency for international development from the ronald reagan building in washington. the agency's former headquarters. i shouldn't say former. it's still their headquarters. oh my goodness. of cou

screaming, the nazi rhetoric, one of the democratic congresswoman literally called i think it was ayanna pressleyit was a democratic congresswoman literally called elon musk a nazi. do we really think that kind of alarmism is helpful? >> i totally. >> agree with you. for years, don't you think democrats would learn that just screaming hyperbole about trump? america's rolling their eyes. they rolled their eyes in 2016. they rolled their eyes in 2024. it's all a bit much 2020. >> 2020. they voted democrat at 20 and 2022. >> every single day. okay. people are going to tune out, no question. >> about it. but the but the fact is like, look, i mean the imagery is there. this is how we miss our moment on the day of inauguration, sitting behind donald trump was elon musk, was the ceo of tiktok. were these billionaires who now have offices in the white house, who are now going and affecting your figuring out how you file your documents, your social security, all of these things that they don't speak for us. >> i think the highlight reel that you just played, spliced with the highlight reel of all the peop

pressley. the chair: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. pressley: . speaker, i rise on behalf of the massachusetts seventh congressional district. as the hou prepares to vote on a truly hrifying republican budget resolution, one void of empathy or commonsense, i'm thking of and censoring the people in my district who stand to be harmed the most. family who -- families w receive their health care through the medicaid program for massachusetts. mothers in chelsea who rely on snap to feed their beans -- baes. disabled veransn randolph who receive life-saving care a benefits through the v.a. families in rocksberry, who rely on head start for childcare. this republican majority said they'd spend the next two years cutting costs for the middle class, but the only thing they're cut something trillions of dlars -- cutting is trillions of dollars from life-saving programs our community depend on to make ends meet. mr.peaker, this has never been about efficiency. tell me howt is efficient to make people across this country cker,ungrier, poorer, more vulnerable.

we have some of the best oratora and representative pressley and jim clyburn. we are fighting because we possess those talents because we have suffered along the way. you heard the stories of our parents, you heard the stories of our grandparents. we don't just come tonight for a special order for our stories we want to know we are suffering and we stand with this time. just last night i was on a call with black women and black men, a call that was prompted several months ago when 44 black -- 44,000 black women got on a call and 50,000 are black men and a white woman and white dudes got on the call because we knew america was in trouble. and as i close, we stood up for another sojourner. 8 tievment 30. 8:30. 8:30 we will protest, we will resist, we will to all the things that our forefathers did. we will do all the things that those shoulders that we stand on, what they did. we will do because this america belongs to us s we will fight for dignity, equity, diversity, inclues. because we are part of america. black history is american history. thank you and i yie

pressley. the chair: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. pressley: mr. speaker, i rise on behalf of the massachusetts seventh congressional district. as the house prepares to vote on a truly horrifying republican budget resolution, one void of empathy or commonsense, i'm thinking of and censoring the people in my district who stand to be harmed the most. family who -- families who receive their health care through the medicaid program for massachusetts. mothers in chelsea who rely on snap to feed their beans -- babies. disabled veterans in randolph who receive life-saving care and benefits through the v.a. families in rocksberry, who rely on head start for childcare. this republican majority said they'd spend the next two years cutting costs for the middle class, but the only thing they're cut something trillions of dollars -- cutting is trillions of dollars from life-saving programs our community depend on to make ends meet. mr. speaker, this has never been about efficiency. tell me how it is efficient to make people across this country sicker, hungrier

live in rural wisconsin, how can we relate to somebody who is screaming and shrieking like ayana pressleyuck schumer or any of the democrats that start going on and on? they need a total reboot on their policies and i just want to say thank you for taking my call. good-bye. host: here's jason in williston park, new york. independent. caller: yes, hi. thanks for taking my call. i think that as the previous caller mentioned, you know, we have 50% of the country feeling the same way about each other. and i'm an independent, i've always been an independent, but i skew to the left. i'm on the coast. and i think what we've got is a failure to communicate, as they say. and going both ways. and i think that i have a conscience and it makes me feel a certain way. i grew up in a judeo-christian household. and i think that i know what's right and then the other 50% of the country thinks that they know what's right. and i think we've come to a conclusion here that i think that really what it comes down to is fear and i think that everybody feels that if somebody gets ahead, that means somebody has to

live in rural wisconsin, how can we relate to somebody who is screaming and shrieking like ayana pressley or chuck schumer or any of the democrats that start going on and on? they need a total reboot on their policies and i just want to say thank you for taking my call. good-bye. host: here's jason in williston park, new york. independent. caller: yes, hi. thanks for taking my call. i think that as the previous caller mentioned, you know, we have 50% of the country feeling the same way about each other. and i'm an independent, i've always been an independent, but i skew to the left. i'm on the coast. and i think what we've got is a failure to communicate, as they say. and going both ways. and i think that i have a conscience and it makes me feel a certain way. i grew up in a judeo-christian household. and i think that i know what's right and then the other 50% of the country thinks that they know what's right. and i think we've come to a conclusion here that i think that really what it comes down to is fear and i think that everybody feels that if somebody gets ahead, that means somebody