host: congressman steve scully's from last night. -- steve scalise. walking through the capital with new house majority leader kevin mccarthy over his left shoulder. president obama made statements on this as well. talking about the border situation and what will happen with this bill. here's a bit from his press conference at the white house briefing room yesterday. [video clip] >> we all agree there is a problem that needs to be solved in a portion of our southern border. and we even agree on most of the solutions. instead of working together and focusing on the 80% where there is agreement between democrats and republicans, between the administration and congress, house republicans are trying to pass the most extreme and unworkable versions of a bill that they already know is going nowhere. they can pass the senate. if it were to pass the senate, i would veto. they know. that theymessage bill could not pull off yesterday so they have made it more streams of the capacitive a. just so they can check a box before they leave town for a month. extreme s

yesterday was congressman steve scalise's first day on the job and eric cantor's last. with the house border security bill seemingly headed for passage, john boehner took democrats to task for failing to put forth a viable plan to deal with the border. >> instead of addressing the crisis at hand, senate democrats are talking up some nutso scheme to jam through the senate immigration bill. even though they know it will never happen. doing something is better than doing nothing. the crisis on the border is going to continue until the president acts, but he's clearly not going to act. that means the congress has to act. and so i believe it's important for us to act and hopeful we will. >> but they did not. the leadership was forced to pull their border security bill at the last minute as the support evaporated. >> nobody in that room believes that this bill that passed would make it into law. so what is the point of having a piece of show legislation? >> we'll get the votes. >> how? >> we'll get the votes. >> what changes tomorrow, though, that wasn't there today? >> oh, i

recalibration and when eric cantor got beat, he gets beat and leaves the leadership, they bring in steve scalise, he's from the tea party, knows these guys this is another personal humiliation for the speaker and his team. is this enough? >> partly. what they were talking about doing was not enough money, president obama would never accept the policy so it was never going and the very time the voters are saying we hate all of you, they're giving them a new reason >> they are giving them a new reason, an excellent point, government by stunt. democrats are doing the sail thing, just not as loudly or crazeily so they don't get much attention. ted cruz didn't do everything here but ted cruz is the tea party darling, the freshman senator from texas. democratic group, american bridge put this out, that's baby john boehner, little speaker in the baby carriage. in washington, if you're john boehner his reputation, i've been here 25 years this say serious guy who wants to legislate, who likes to talk policy, and he's herding cats. >> he's herding cats and ted cruz over there, speaker cruz as you say sort

. >> house majority rep steve scalise was in louisiana this past week speaking at the world chamber of commerce. he talked about the state of congress and issues related to border security, the economy and veterans. this is 30 minutes. [applause] thank you very much. i want to thank the west chamber for having me today and for the work you all do throughout the parish. it is been a great experience over the last few decades to see how it has grown in how the business community has grown and even more new developments coming up. i want to talk about some of the things that are been happening in washington and some of the things we're been working on to solve the real problems that our country is facing. when i come back home, it is really an honor to be elected by my colleagues to be the house majority whip. it is more of an honor to represent the people of south east louisiana. we will get an eye on how that works. when you talk about the challenges that we are facing right now, you just look at how the economy is still struggling. this is not how it is supposed to be. whatever you hav

>> guest: i think some of the ways, we've introduced -- i've worked with steve scalise on legislation that would sort of deregulate some of the providers to make sure it's not too heavy-handed in one party or the other when it comes to negotiations over what could be carried, what programming could be carried, making sure we're protecting people's ability to get paid for what they are doing, but also making sure we don't have regulations that are stifling innovation and the delivery of that media. >> host: well, you've introduced a bill called the next generation tv marketplace act. >> guest: right. >> host: what is that? >> guest: it tries to address concerns over must carry carriage rules, other retransmission concept, basically, giving people a level footing when it comes to negotiating with broadcast and being able to negotiate with the providers and the people who are trying to deliver that media to the consumer. so it puts people on a level playing field when it comes to those kinds of negotiations. >> host: do the broadcasters have a lot of oomph in this town? >> >> guest: abso

join the conversation, like us on facebook, follow us on twitter. >> house majority whip steve scalise was in louisiana this week. he talked about the state of congress and issues related to border security, the economy and veterans. his is 30 minutes. [applause] >> thank you very much. i want to thank the tammany west chamber for inviting me and the work you do throughout the parish. it has been a great experience to see how the business community has grown and even more new developments coming out. i want to talk a little bit about some of the things happening in washington, some of the things we have been working on to try to solve the real problems that our country is facing. when i come back home, it's an honor to be the house majority whip but it's more of an honor to be elected to represent the people of southeast louisiana and i thank you for that opportunity and talk about some of the things i hear from you when i'm back home and good to be back home. because when we go around the district and people and i met with the north shore business council and bruce wayne gave me a rea

like iowa's steve king and minnesota's michele bachmann, to leaders in the republican house like steve scalise, impeachment varies from do it now to clearly on the table. and the danger to the republicans is that the clown car will outrun the leaders at the very top like the speaker of the house and the new deputy kevin mccarthy. could the crazy wing of the republican party speaking for the strong majority of voting republicans and buoyed by what they have gotten on right wing radio so stir the country that not even the top leaders can keep it quiet? and let's not kid ourselves. nobody likes this clamor more than the democrats who relish the rise of the right within the opposition. if for no other reason than it animates the democrats on their base. admit all this lies the prospect that the fuming of the hard right will gel with the politics of the progressives and create such a depressing cocktail that politics in general will take another drop downward and people this november, democrat and republican alike, will not even bother to vote. michelle bernard is president of the bernard center fo

so when you have the third highest ranking republican, steve scalise, refuse to take impeachment offable on fox news when asked a direct question, it's the republicans that haven't taken it off the table. so we know that the lawsuit is either a prelude to impeachment or was passed off the house floor just to appease his very large number of members who really want us to pursue impeachment. that's why it's out there. they should all take it off the table. >> do you believe the lawsuit is a game-changer for democrats in the midterms? >> i think that there is a cumulative list of issues that are game-changers for democrats, including the hobby lobby decision, where republicans want a woman's boss to be able to make health care decisions for her instead of her and her doctor that, you know, the republicans instead of doing their job and trying to move the economy forward want to sue the president for doing his while they're not doing theirs. i mean that is -- those are the game-changers for us in the fall. republicans don't want to do anything. democrats want to help build ladders to the

majority leader eric cantor exited that role with congressman kevin mccarthy replacing cantor, and steve scalise replacing mccarthy as majority lip. joining me, christina belanoni, editor in chief of "roll call." i sat in front of this camera night after night for a month or more and played tape of republicans in the house railing against the president being a-wol. he didn't go to the border, he doesn't care about this. he's going to go to texas and not go to the border. he has to do something, he has to step up. when is he going to take responsibility? now they're going to go on recess having not passed their own bill? >> well, they're not, and i think that's what you've laid out there is exactly the reason why lawmakers are tells our "roll call" reporters tonight they're going to work through the night, going to get this de dealt with, if they need to stay through the weekend, they will. consider the high drama of this day. i mean, this happens every time they're about to adjourn for a long recess. this is five weeks where they go home to campaign. we are 96 days out from the elections. and yo

steve scalise takes over as house majority whip. >>> instead of get angry with cops, she sent a thankeding. she says that cop was so nice to her grandchildren in the back of the car, that she was thankful for it. the trooper says getting stopped is scary enough and he didn't want to frighten the kids. >> just talked to the kids. they're scared when the guy with the big hat walks up. sometimes they're a little nervous. >> that trooper gave the kids stickers and toy sheriff badges. the granny's gift? she got that $150 ticket. those are your headlines. but the kids were happy. >> there you go. if anyone know, traveling with kids for a long time, you got to keep them happy. >> stickers work every time. >> now it's time for a very special guest. she's written a book called "never trust a liberal, over three, especially a republican." >> ann coulter joins us every friday in the summer when we have brisket. how are you? >> fine. how are you? >> what do you make of what's going on in washington? harry reid's democrat controlled senate could not pass the president's bill yesterday. it looks li

scalise in district in louisiana, then some much yesterday's summit on bullying prevention. at 7:00 a.m. eastern, "washington journal," live with your calls and the day's latest news. house majority whip steveouisiana this week speaking at the st. tammany west chamber of commerce. this is 30 minutes. >> thank you very much. for the work you all do, it's been a great experience over the last few decades to see how the business community has grown and developments coming out. i want to talk a little about ine of the things happening washington, some of the things we've been working onto try to solve the problems that our facing.is when i come back home it's really an honor to be elected by be the house to majority whip. but it's frankly even more of an honor to be elected to represent people of southeast louisiana. so i want to thank you for that opportunity, and i want to talk about some of the things i hear from you when i'm back home, and it's really good to be back home, because when we district and talk to people, i meet with the north shore business council last week they gave me a real welcome. we're working on making sure we how to use that the right way. but i still haven't watching