the tea party favorite steve scalise in his first interview after being elected house majority w.h.i.p. >>> plus, with thousands of children crossing the border, will the battle over immigration boost democrats or republicans in the november election. our sunday group weighs in. >>> then, the fighting resumes in gaza as hamas rejects one cease-fire and asks for another. we'll discuss the conflict with benjamin netanyahu and top palestinian leaders. >>> and our power player of the week, designing and testing our navy's future ships. all right now on "fox news sunday." >>> and hello again from fox prospects for a plan to deal with the flood of children coming from central america are looking less and less likely. there are still big differences between the president and republicans. and congress is scheduled to go home friday for its five-week august recess. joining us now, a key new member of the republican leadership, louisiana congressman and tea party favorite steve scalise in his first national interview since being elected house majority w.h.i.p. congratulations and welcome to "fox

scalise, congressman scalise pressed by chris wallace is impeachment off the table would not answer thatu saw house speaker boehner in that response today he said we have no plans, no future plans which is what presidential juan presidential wannabes say. they hear in town halls or in person the most on the topic of prann's executive overreach and people in the audience ask if he should be impeached. why can't he. people asked me why he can't be impeached. it's not that it isn't out there. charles is right. steve king of iowa the congressman predicts that with very far reaching amnesty executive actions it could reach critical mass and the conference could, you know, take boehner aside and proceed with something. it's a real possibility. it's also at the same time a scam by the white house. you can see the democrats they can barely contain their giggles when they talk about this. it's a fundraising bonanza. until you see john boehner put a stake in it there's going to be smoke and tell their donor this is a fire. >> here's conservative talk show host rush limbaugh and his take on all of

you talked to scalise. at the same time the speaker is not exactly known for calling the shots on capitol hill and is trying to hold it back. republicans in the congress and those running for office have impeachment. now the republican party base wants president obama gone. 57%, a strong majority of republicans in this country want him prosecuted and removed from office. that anger will only grow as he acts alone on immigration. today house speaker john boehner tried to douse the flames of impeachment which backfired in historic fashion. in the midterms they tried to get rid of bill clinton. here is boehner trying to put water on the fire. >> this whole talk about impeachment is coming from the president's own staff and coming from democrats on capitol hill. why? because they are trying to rally their people to give money and show up in this year's election. we have no plans to impeach the president. no future plans. listen, it's all a scam started by democrats at the white house. >> apparently speaker boeh

steve scalise was on television. >> we have the tape. >> oh, you do. let's watch the tape. >> we love it. writes in the post, however republican candidates come down on impeachment they are doomed to alienate either the gop base or moderate voters ahead in the november midterms. well said. take a look at the newly elected whip steve scalise on yesterday's "fox news sunday" doing what he can avoid to avoid taking a clear position. chris wallace did a good job. let's watch. >> will you consider impeaching the president? >> you know, this might be the first white house in history that's trying to start the narrative of impeaching their own oh president. ultimately we want the president to follow the laws. the president took an oath to faithfully execute the laws of the land and he's not. >> impeachment is off the table. >> the white house wants to talk about it. they are trying to fund-raise off that, too. >> i'm asking you, sir. >> the white house will try to change the topic from the president's failed agenda. >> i like the way chris did it po litly. i'

i don't think congressman scalise and others want to see impeachment talk.hink the key thing to think about here is what the democrats would like to see is you're david purdue, running for the senate in georgia, a headline that says, david purdue refuses to rule out impeachment makes him seem a little extreme and a little out there on issues. if you've already seen a few republican candidates be in the middle on that issue, which i don't think is helpful for them -- >> but perry, the only pushback is who gets out to vote in the primary? it's the votfolks on the extrem end. this could potentially be a positive thing for republicans. >> not a lot of evidence republicans need anymore reasons to vote against barack obama. i think the election will be decided by -- the democrats need to win a certain number of persuadable voters. if the turnout is what we think it is today, republicans will win in states like georgia and north carolina. democrats need to change the matrix slightly. that's why they'd like to paint the republican candidate a different way. >> you k

however house republican steve scalise talked to chris wallace this weekend.says the whole impeachment thing is a ploy to distract voters. >> we're going to continue to be a check and balance against the administration. >> but impeachment is off the table. >> white house is ironically talking about impeachment and they're fund-raising. >> i'm asking you, sir. >> the white house will do anything they have can to change the topic against president's failed agenda. people are buying pie high costs for food, health care, the president isn't trying to solve the problems and trying to change the subject. martha: scott brown, former massachusetts and now a candidate for u.s. senate in new hampshire, good to have you with us. >> good morning, mart. that good to be on. martha: thank you. what do you think about this? this is crazy when you think about it. sarah palin brought up issue of impeachment. gained no traction. couple talk though hosts liked idea. now there seems to be a move to convince americans that all republicans are interested in that option. >> well, fir

listen to the newly elected house majority whip, congressman steve scalise. >> the president took anto faithfully execute the laws of this land, and he's not. the supreme court unanimously more than 12 times unanimously said the president overreached. and actually did things he doesn't have legal authority to do. >> -- on executive action to defer more deportations, what will the house do? >> we made it clear we're going to put options on the table to allow the house to take legal action against the president when he overreaches his authority. >> cnn checked with legal scholars about scalise's assertion, that the president overreached and no one seems clear about what he's talking about. so let's talk about this. let's talk about this with cnn political commentator and republican consultant alex castellanos and chris kofinas, welcome to both of you. why are they talking about impeachment? >> i don't think the republicans will impeach the president. i think he's already retired. why would we impeach him. >> seriously, chris. >> no -- >> as you heard, some republicans won't take the is

congressman, this would seem to be a searing indict am ment of leadership, new leadership and steve scaliseguy in charge of getting these votesing it. some folks thought when he was installed in that position he would be an interlock utor, have you gotten reaction about the job they've done within their own caucus? >> i've seen a number of republican members just rolling their eyes in the last couple of hours because as you indicated they thought this was all set. they thought that with scalise in the position he is that he could bring in the conservatives, the southern conservatives and the tea party caucus, but at the end of the day it was senator cruz calling the shots and that's why people here are calling him speaker cruz today, and again, it just means that when speaker boehner says he's going to get something done, from now on he better be checking with senator cruz in order to see if he's got the votes because clearly, this new leadership team is not up to the task. >> what of the democrats who were thinking of crossing over and voting with republicans in support of this house bill?

this is kevin mccarthy and steve scalise, the new whip. but the grade on this one is a fail because they weren't able to get this forward. a few republicans were very perplexed. they were ready to start going over to vote. it was so surprising that the democratic whip operation had put out an e-mail get ready to vote no on this and then pulled it right back. this was signed, sealed and delivered and they were not able to produce a real terrible blow to the house gop leadership in this new team that's been put together, krystal. >> wow, that is remarkable. now they go home and nothing is accomplished. unbelievable. >> and i'll throw this in real quickly. the week the house gop voted to sue the president over his issue of executive actions, they are now encouraging him on a statement to act by himself regarding the border. you really can't make that up. >> that is just remarkable. never a dull moment over there, luke russert. >> that's it. take care. >>> now to the ebola outbreak. just about an hour ago the centers for disease control had ju

i think we took the steve scalise district. we know john boehner is cincinnati, kevin mccarthy is out west. here's a southern district, the scalise district and where it goes. but it is one of these districts in the south, here it is, it's an exurb district, just 3.5% foreign born. >> right. >> this is not an incentive for him to deal with this problem. >> no, it isn't. and again, you talk about louisiana in particular, large african-american population, that's really -- that's really what drives a lot of the concern down there. again, if you're a republican, you're really focusing not even on -- you're focusing on the people that are voting for you, which is not the african-american population, certainly not the immigrant population, which there isn't much of. it's exurb and whites who tend to be very conservative. >> and so there is a need to get it done. >> there's a short term versus a long-term factor here. short term all the pressure on republicans to take a firm stand against big immigration reform. over the long term, m

sort of bill to go back to the floor is because house leadership, including their new whip, steve scalise here as eric cantor departs, they don't want to go home with nothing, toure, they feel at some level here they were willing to make a lot of policy changes, as luke russert was reporting from the hill, changing the numbers, changing some of the enforcement details, all to the mindset of getting some of these hard right house republicans on board, because they wanted to go back to recess with something. what we're seeing right now as of this moment, nothing. they pulled their own thing from the floor. it wasn't enough. krystal was just reporting on that with luke minutes ago. this is a problem. >> it says once again the republicans are not ready to govern. alan, we're talking about what we're going to do with all these thousands and thousands of unaccompanied minors, 57,000 so far this year. some project 90,000 will come into this country this year. and the debate is riddled with discussions of resources. folks say where will we put these thousands of children, what are we going to do

. >> good morning, i'm steve scalise, representative of louisiana's first congressional district and incoming house majority whip. i'm speaking to you from the old house chamber, the same room where abraham lincoln once served as a member of congress. and i'm just steps from where house republicans are working to build a stronger economy and a better future. this is certainly a long way from jefferson, louisiana -- a town on the banks of the mississippi where my wife jennifer and i are raising our two young children. i'd like to talk to you today about something near and dear to me, and that's hard work. only in america, can a boy born in a single-room cabin in rural kentucky work hard and become the 16th president of the united states. and only in america, can the great-grandson of an italian immigrant who came to the united states as an indentured servant, work hard and be elected by his colleagues to serve as the majority whip of the house of representatives. because of my great-grandparents' sacrifices, i was born into a middle-class family in new orleans. growing up, i was taugh

louisiana congressman steve scalise is the house majority whip.dent and his immigration policy, that is to blame for much of the problem. here is scalise on that. >> we'll bring legislation to deal with and solve the crisis at the border. clearly the president has the ability to solve this and refuses to even acknowledge that it's a crisis. won't even go see the border. but meantime we're going to act. martha: chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel is live on capitol hill. mike, different versions of this on both side. so where does this stand? >> reporter: well, martha, house republicans have been hearing from speaker john boehner and the republican leadership team about the details of the house gop plan we're hearing in is in the range of $600 million. we should get more details later what we understand it will emphasize border security. it would tweak a 2008 law to help expedite sending some of these children back to hair home countries more quickly. bottom line we don't expect that the house gop plan would get a whole lot of democratic

dave camp in the leadership, scalise, all of them.to put teeth to this and get this going. >> now we know why she didn't want to testify because she was afraid all this would come up. this is a new email we're seeing. heaven only knows what else is coming down the pike if this is coming down. i think you will see this is very clearly agenda-driven. i think she is behind it. i think it potentially goes much higher than her. i think they're afraid of. time for republicans to force answers on this, force answers. make it your job to get answers. >> kennedy i can't leave you out of this because the libertarians stepped up about the irs. >> yeah. >> real quick on this, give libertarians a big platform? >> it gives lib fairians the shivers because the irs already uses coercion, the fact they are now politically motivated. people were already fearful of irs. now they're distressed and -- >> now i want to get your take on this after the break. speaking of unintended consequences, what would you tell a person sitting right neck to you at work,

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the tea party favorite steve scalise in his first interview after being elected house majority w.h.i.phousands of children crossing the border, will the battle over immigration boost democrats or republicans in the november election. our sunday group weighs in.

congressman scalise is now the whip. >> before you call the vote?all the vote, you know you have the votes. they didn't have the votes. that's embarrassing. if i was in charge right now, i would get a bill together that i know they have the votes for to strictly close the border. i'm thinking politically right now. president obama is not going to sign any bill. it's unlikely harry reid would bring anything to the floor that the house republican majority had crafted. however, if they can't get president obama to support this, and seal the border, they have to crash this down on the heads of senate democrats who are in vulnerable seats. they should have been crafting bills on closing the border, sending those bills to the senate, get whoever's running against these vulnerable senate democrats to ask them, do you support the house bill to close the border and put them on record and notice that they are not supporting a bill to close the border. because the polling, i believe, is not in favor of what the president's doing. it is working against him. so

the tea party favorite steve scalise in his first interview after being elected house majority w.h.i.ph thousands of children crossing the border, will the battle over immigration boost democrats or republicans in the november election. our sunday group weighs in

. >> really the first vote to see scalise as the incoming whip. and mccarthy assuming more power starting tomorrow. and so really, a test of how they can gauge what their conference wants and what they can get done. >> mike emmanuel on the hill, thank you. >>> breaking news on israel and hamas. the two sides have agreed to an unconditional humanitarian 72-hour cease-fire. to begin friday. we will see if this one holds. correspondent powell is in gaza city. hel hello, carl. >> reporter: both the u.s. and u.n. have been pushing for a cease-fire because of the growing civilian casualties. more than 1,400 people have been killed in the conflict. whether or not this cease-fire will hold, only time will tell. with each new day, a new hamas tunnel is found. militants have used underground passageways like this one, beneath the gaza mosque, to launch attacks in israel. commanders say they've located 32 cross-border tunnels. it will take several more days to demolish them all. >> i won't agree to any proposal that will flabl the israeli military to perform

the tea party favorite steve scalise in his first interview after being elected house majority w.h.i.phousands of children crossing the border, will the battle over immigration boost democrats or republicans in the november election. our sunday group weighs in.

that's why steve scalise wouldn't tell fox he won't support impeachment. do they just want to tarnish the president's legacy? is this just about tarnishing and smear? >> i think it is. even john boehner's lawsuit is about that. but, you know, when they say now when john boehner says i disagree with sarah palin. i think that stands through the november elections. if they do well in november, win seats in the house and if they win back -- god forbid -- the senate, i think this gives the impeachment caucus a lot of fire to say to boehner, you know, we are not with you. we want to seek impeachment. we've got the votes to do it. we have lived through john boehner saying we don't want to use the debt ceiling as a hostage and then using it -- >> oh, yeah. >> we don't the want to close down the government. they closed down the government. so boehner's word is not good with the caucus he represents. there is no reason to think this is off the table. >> i can't help but go back to the irony. ten years ago yesterday president, then senator barack obama, great call fo

new whip scalise won't rule in border vote this week, won't rule out impeachment. >> in the last 72 hoursessages pushing impeachment and send money which is so much more than i ever received, even during the shut down. on the republican side, we have the same. people that make money on this, get people to read their blogs, extremists. this is insane. the democrats think this is august, excuse me, christmas in august. this is their greatest dream is to have this happen because in '98 they know majorities of americans who thought the president had done wrong on managing in terms of how he has tried to rule in a one-man show. yet the republicans go immediately into can we go off the cliff? >> the elections of '98 didn't turn out particularly well. exactly. >> our slogan in the clinton white how was progress not partisanship. and we talked about fixing social security and keeping the economy going. john was alluding to it, has a positive agenda to deal with the economy, the border crisis to, the issue with taxation, moving overseas. no one is dealing with it. it is a crisis of confidence, a c

this was the first vote with mccarthy as the leader in the house and scalise as the whip.ubt, a horrible first day on the job. john boehner can thank his good buddy senator ted cruz of texas for this rough day at the office. cruz was out rallying house members. yeah, out rallying house members against the bill. senator cruz was upset that the bill didn't defund president obama's deferred action for child arrivals. now, the program grants amnesty for children who come to this country without adult supervision. this is the law that was passed in 2008. this is how this country handles unsupervised minors. now it's clear senator ted cruz has more control over john boehner's house than the speaker does. congressmen in the halls right now are calling him speaker cruz. meanwhile, the democratically controlled senate. they have no problem. they got the job done. on thursday the senate approved their version of a border bill with a vote of 63 to 33. that was the number. the senate bill provides $2.7 billion in funding for border -- for the border crisis. earlier today boehner said

house majority whip steve scalise says he's going to stay in washington until something gets done. >> the president's been awol on this from the very beginning. we want to actually fix the law. this all has to start with securing the border, not writing the president a blank check to keep doing what he's doing that's not working but actually solve the problem. >> the lone democrat supporting the house version comes from a district in texas that's hit hard by the crisis. >> we're at the epicenter, and we've been working with the men and women at the border patrol, the folks at the community that have been dealing with this on a day-to-day basis. we need the resources and we also need a policy change. >> the house could pass a $1 billion measure, but it would likely not pass in the democrat-controlled senate. heather? >> steve centanni in washington. steve, thank you. >>> well, as lawmakers down in washington work to fix the border crisis before the august break, protesters taking to the streets in providence, rhode island, and also in boston. people there are saying no to illegals in t

incoming house majority whip, steve scalise, you have no reason to impeach the president.otice how he responds to a question about a government shutdown during a discussion of funding bills. >> shouldn't the senate at least be able to agree on the bill to fund our troops? that's a bill that got over 100 democrats when it passed out of the house. >> but no government shutdown? >> no. >> okay. >> no government shutdown. no. last but not least, there's congressman steve king who on something called breitbart news saturday said if president obama uses executive actions on immigration, like granting work permits or what he calls amnesty, impeachment hearings will be brought immediately before the house of representatives. that is not made up. that's not a figment of democratic imagination. so, impeachment possibility. successful but distasteful controlli itroll bying by democrats? we'll debate, ahead. vo: this is the summer. the summer that summers from here on will be compared to. so get out there, and get the best price guaranteed. find it for less and we'll match it and give

. >> did you see the fox news sunday show when scalise was asked to take it off the table, and he wouldn't it. >> he's the leadership? >> the leadership. >> this morning, boehner warned obama not to take these actions. >> it the president takes these actions, he'll be sealing the deal on his legacy of lawlessness. he'll be violating the solemn oath he made to the american people on the day of his inauguration. and he'll be sacrificing the integrity of our laws on the alter of political opportunism, and i can guarantee you the american people will hold him accountable. >> if it talks like a duck. constantly references the president giving up the integrity of his office, breaking this law, breaking the constitution over and over. you don't thick that's a threat? what is that? >> the politics of this are democrats don't want obama to overreach on immigration either. >> he's enforcing a law that was passed and promoted by george w. bush. >> he's decided not to follow the law. that's a real problem for senate democrats. you know that. >> you think the president is going to issue work permits? >

republican congressman steve scalise is the new number three guy who moved in to replace kevin mccarthyen eric cantor. it was his job to talk about how house republicans are to bring a historically unprecedented lawsuit against president obama. joining us, david nakamora, white house reporter for the "washington post." thank you very much for being with us. i appreciate your time. >> thanks, rachel. >> what does congress have to do legislatively in order for this house lawsuit to go ahead? do they need to pass a bill to make it happen? >> they do. i think they're voting on thursday on this, and it looks very likely this is going to go forward very easily. as you have been saying, this is something that galvanized. i covered the white house. it's something president obama is talking about, himself. he brings it up when he goes and talks around the country where he's talking to sort of ordinary residents and people and saying, why does the congress want -- why do the house republicans want to bring a lawsuit against me? it's because of sort of acting where i can because they're not helpin

scalise of louisiana. at the end of the bill, before she short title, insert the floling, section, none of the funds made available in this act may bh used within the borders of the state of louisiana by the mississippi valley division or the southwestern division of the army core of engineers or any district of the corps within such divisions to implement or enforce the mitigation methodology referred to as a modified charleston method. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 641, the gentleman from louisiana and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from louisiana. mr. scalise: thank you, mr. chairman. i rise to present an amendment that's a bipartisan amendment that's been passed in the last two years that this bill has come before the house. what this deals with is a change in process for mitigation methods that the corps of engineers implemented back in 2011 called the modified charleston method. when they implemented this new method of mitigation, it basi

i think chris wallace pressed congressman scalise whether they would extend and not take their vacationmental and it will be much scaled down money wise. but the main thing is change the language as we've talked about of the 2008 law that would enable them to speed up the deportation process for the central american kids. that could happen this week before the end of the week. you're right, five weeks recess. that's not a bad deal. >> they're going to get a v.a. deal, on paper it seems like it's a bipartisan agreement. they also have to come up with some type of funding on the highway bill. when it comes to this 2008 bill, it's democrats who don't want to change it. republicans are in to changing that, which is kind of odd this time. >> yeah, it is. especially since the administration at first came out and said they were open to and wanted to see that law changed, the specific law and the wording. so there is this pushback. the thought is that they can get around it. they can get through it before the end of the week. if they don't, the question then will be to congressman scalise and o

scalise, declined the opportunity to rule out impeachment on four separate occasions last weekend. my friends, instead of wasting time and money on the lawsuit and what might follow, congress ought to do what our constituents sent us here to do, reate jobs, invest in an economy where all of our people can work hard and make it in america. reject this waste of time. te no on this unjustified, impractical, losing proposition. and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the time of the gentleman has expired. the gentleman from texas. mr. sessions: we heard revisionist history, but i will answer the question, the answer is years back we did impeach william jefferson clinton because he lied to an f.b.i. agent and lied to a federal grand jury and violated the federal law which was a felony. oh, by the way, that led to impeachment for a felony while in office of a sitting president. in this instance, the president of the united states is not faithfully executing the laws of the country and that is entirely different process and for the gentleman to suggest that is going to lead to that is

scalise, declined the opportunity to rule out impeachment on four separate occasions last weekend. my friends, instead of wasting time and money on the lawsuit and what might follow, congress ought to do what our constituents sent us here to do, reate jobs, invest in an economy where all of our people can work hard and make it in america. reject this waste of time. te no on this unjustified, impractical, losing proposition from ohio, the speaker of the house, mr. boehner. the speaker pro tempore: the speaker of the house is recognized for one minute. the speaker: i thank my colleague for yielding. i also want to thank the whole house for its work on -- to address the american people's concerns about jobs in our economy. all told we sent the senate now more than 40 jobs bills, almost all of them in a bipartisan way. from the first day of this congress, i said our focus would be on jobs and it has been. but on that first day, you may recall i addressed the house about the importance of our oath of office. i know that the same oath we all take that makes no mention of party, it makes

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whip, the gentleman from louisiana, the honorable steve scalise effective august 1, 2014. the speaker pro tempore: the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: house of representatives, madam, pursuant to house concurrent resolution 1 and also for purposes of such con certainty resolution of the current congress as macon template my designations of members to act in similar circumstances i hereby designate kevin mccarthy of california or his designee in the event of my death or ability to notify the members of the house and the senate respectively of any reassembly under any such concurrent resolution. in the event of the death or inability of that designee, the alternate members of the house listed in the letter bearing this date that i have placed with the clerk are designated for the same purposes. signed sincerely, john a. boehner, speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the speaker has delivered to the clerk a letter dated july 31, 2014, listing members in the order in which each shall act as speaker pro tempore under clause 8-b-3 of rule 1. the chair lays be

see john boehner and kevin mccarthy, steve scalise, the republican leadership really working their conferenceek before they schedule a vote to insure thatea if they put it up, they have the ability to pass it. >> host: why is that? >> guest: well, there's a few reasons for that. one, speaker -- minority leader nancy pelosi is really opposed to changing that 2008 anti-trafficking law in conjunction with the supplemental. she has said that she's fine doing it as a process of legislation and doing hearings and really having that change go through normal order, but she doesn't want it tied to the supplemental because that is immigration policy whereas the supplemental is really meant to address an emergency influx of unaccompanied minors at the border. there's also, you know, an objection that the amount spent is really much less than the $4 billion that the president had asked for. by and large, democrats are not going to come in and do what the democratic party really has done when speaker boehner hasn't been able to cull enough republican votes and step in and provide the path. that's really u

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the new house majority whip, congressman steve scalise of louisiana was put on the hot seat on sundays in congress would do something about this huge immigration crisis at the border before they break for the august district work period or vacation at the end of this week. take a look. >> will congress delay its recess? >> congress is here working right now. >> i'm asking a question, sir. will you delay? you're not willing to commit to delay your recess? >> we're not even on recess, chris. we're here right now and ready to work. we're going to do our job this week. if the president wants to sit back and continue to point fingers at other people. he's the president of the united states, he could solve this problem today. he's been awol on it. >> this immigration crisis, jackie, how big a deal is this for house republicans? do they need to pass something this week in order to make it look as though they're trying to solve this huge humanitarian crisis. >> the republican plan to deal with this was put forward last week. they can only lose like 16 votes. they're not expected to get a lot