numbers, we saved $4 trillion for the american public. we will continue to strive to make america more effective, most efficient and more accountable. i will take a few questions. >> what went wrong. how can you say the loss isn't against president trump. mr. mccarthy: history is against. average of loss of 30 seats. barack obama lost 53. anybody who is in that office, history runs against us. michael bloomberg spent more than $100 million and was effective in defeating republican women. look what he did in california. but you know something changed. istory didn't always prove out correctly because history says since 1992, anybody who is retired the seat but carried bout the other party,. but young kim, who is right now winning in california. so, no his money didn't defeat all the republican women. we have work cut out for us. history works against us. we have challenges in the suburban area and we will work harder to bring it back. >> nancy pelosi in winning back the majority now since she should be the next speaker of the house. mr. mcca

the isle of they are there to work american -- to move america forward. istheir agenda investigation, impeachment, not focused on the hard-working american public, we will be there to defend the american public. we know this is not an easy time. there's an opportunity. i hope you see by as having a leadership election now, this conference is united. it's healthy to have a debate. i want to thank jim jordan for running. we came into this congress together. was one of the smallest republican classes in the history of congress. the resulting 13 of us. many believed we could not move america in the right direction. in four years we were able to do that. we did not win the majority but we left america a little stronger. the discretionary spending that congress had control over, $13 billion less today than the last time nancy pelosi was speaker. you look at the cvo numbers, we saved more than toward -- $4 trillion for the american public. we will continue to strive to make america more effective, efficient and more countable. i will take a few questions. >> [inaudible] >> history is against us. do you think any president in their first off year election loses mo

so the american government is farming out the idea of suppressing civil liberties or speech to the publicou might be on the and it says if you see something, report it. that is a response to 9/11 and terrorist attacks. in the same way, they were basically encouraging the american public to spy on each other. if you think someone is acting strangely are you have germans in your community and you do not think they are quite loyal enough, you can have giant book burnings of german texts. as they did here in wisconsin. for individuals who oppose the war, people who are handing out leaflets that say don't the in the draft, they are arrested and put in jail. in wartime circumstances, free speech was not absolute. free speech may be limited. when it presents a clear and present danger. within a year, there was another oliver wendell holmes changes his opinion. case, iays in a similar think the marketplace of ideas is what should win out. out in the should go marketplace and either be accepted or rejected. that will determine its viability. case, that the sent, is what will become what we conside

we have seen continued social media operations by the russians to push divisiveness across the american public. really find issues that have clear lines down the middle and amplifying the separation between the american voter. we continue to see that. we will continue to see that. when you think about it, the cost of investing those operations is fairly low. there is some preparation. is pretty effective -- it is pretty effective and it is low-cost, low risk. when it happens, they can hit it and leave. from a technical cyber security perspective, it is more expensive to develop these operations, stand up the infrastructure, lay the groundwork for the attack. is certainly not as effective technically as an information operation, and the risk is significantly higher from being on networks and having presence. two buckets right there of attacking equipment of election infrastructure and information structures. the third piece is a hybrid attack, a combination of the two. think about two days before some sort of activity where there is a spearfishing campaign that leads to the compromise of a netw

the trust of the public is the cornerstone of our democracy. what our voters were interested in and what we heard from the american public is they didn't want to just send us here to resist and only work on oversight, they want to make sure we are insisting on furthering a set of values. for us it is a priority to make sure we are restoring hope in our democracy. reshaping government to make sure it works for people and that we are reenergizing the american public to believe in a system built for them, and to get to work, on the campaign trail, the legislation that will transform the government and our democracy. >> talk about the historic nature of women and colleagues now? the number of women in congress? [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> coming up at noon eastern today a look at the future of house conservatives, republican study committee chair mark walker and incoming chair mike johnson talk about the future of the conservative house caucus. the american enterprise institute will host the discussion. live coverage begins at noon eastern. when the new congress starts in january the democrats will control the house and

a consensus that is not shared by the american public. by the elite i mean americans who are actively engaged on a more or less constant basis with issues of international affairs. in other words i'm talking about the block. it's formal institutions of government the president the department of state defense intelligence agencies etc.. membership organization and the counsel on foreign regulation 80 i carnegie and many others. special interest groups and lobbies who weigh in on any number of issues from arms control to human rights to regional politics to whatever. parts of the media that deal with foreign affairs and of course academics like me who work on foreign affairs and occasionally given -- get involved in public debate or sometimes served in key government positions and train students who will join eventually too. let me say a couple of things about the elite when you think about. first there are no formal membership requirements. there is no work wired degree no bar exam or medical of certification. you need a real estate license

they are just going to do it twice as much or three times as much and the american public is going toing for subpoena after subpoena, testimony after testimony, and we're not going to learn anything new. trish: so all these investigations, you've been so critical of the mueller investigation. yeah. trish: from the very beginning do you think it's a waste of time and taxpayer dollars? >> i do i think there should have been investigations of specific crimes by sitting u.s. attorneys, but i do think there should have been a non- partisan commission set up to look into the russian influence on the election without necessarily tryin to indict anybody or pointing fingers we would have learned something. we're not learning anything from these investigations. by the way i think comey is right if he's going to be intire o gated let him do it in public because we know that otherwise things are selectively leaked so -- trish: i don't blame him for that either, and i like to see what's going on. >> of course. trish: i like to know as a citizen what are they asking him what is he saying and have t

host: what does that say about the american public at that time? mitchell: well, it says a lot that the american sacrifice was important. that the americans played a significant role during the war and that we lost a tremendous amount of casualties. and the fact that, because of the type of warfare, there were so many unknowns that they were difficult to identify once the repatriation occurred after the fighting. host: if you recognize any of the faces as they are coming across the screen, please let us know as we're talking here. mitchell: the gentleman in the foreground, that is charles h. brent. he was chief of chaplains for the aef, the american expeditionary forces. host: it is also interesting to look back in time on the widespread use of horses still. the automobile certainly coming into play, but not as -- not uniquely so at that time. mitchell: yeah. i mean, the army kind of went into the modern age of world war i using motorized, but i think the tradition of using horse drawn casket and obviously walking was something that, you know, they

the trust of the public is the cornstone of our democracy. what our voters were interested in and what we have heard from the american public, they didn't want us to be here to resist and work on oversight but wanted to make sure we are insisting on a set of values. for us, it is a priority to make sure that we are restoring hope in our democracy that we are reshaping our government to make sure it works for people and that we are re-energizing the american public to again believe in a system that was build for them and can be transformed by them as well. we are excited to get to work and make sure that the words we said on the campaign trail transform into legislation that will transform our government and our democracy. >> could you talk about the istoric nature of women in congress now. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2018] captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org >> some of the democratic members there of the 116th congress will come into session on january 3. still though, congress facing a budget deadline of a week from toda

they're thumbing their nose at the american public, the american government. they are going to cross the border illegally. they aren't going to try to do it properly. if they were they would present themselves at port of entries, not rush the border. unfortunately we have a history of dealing with these caravans and the vast majority of them, their first act upon coming to the united states is an illegal act. that sets the tone right there and that just cannot be tolerated and it can't happen. >> sandra: that continues to be the message from kristjen nielsen. she said the overwhelming majority of these individuals are not eligible for asylum in the u.s. under our laws. less than 10% of those who claim asylum are found eligible by a federal judge. here is what the president had to say last night and we knew we were going to hear from him. here is what he said. >> president trump: i do say why are they there? the tear gas is a very minor form of the tear gas itself. it is very safe. you really say why is a parent running up into an area where they know that tear

it's the american public's first chance to vote since donald trump's election back in twenty sixteen the midterms a widely seen as a referendum on the president after a divisive first two years in office for almost two years but you regret that you wish on you that you could just take back a redo well there would be certain things i'm not sure i want to reveal all of a but i would say tone i would like to have a much softer tone i feel to a certain extent i have no choice but maybe i do and maybe i could have been softer from that standpoint but he hasn't turned down his rhetoric in the midterms campaign accusing democrats of being weak on migration. democrat charles rising chair there the after care of it over illegal aliens to pour into our country overwhelming the schools you are spittles and your communities. people democrats are hoping to achieve a blue wave after crushing results and twenty sixteen. i feel confident that we will win it's just a question of what the size of the tree is no people asked me how is it a wave or tsunami i said all of those are drops of water these rac

the american public didn't understand they were talking about themselves. 60 million jobs being createdninvestment grade companies in the latter third of the 20th century minus jobs being created. >> what do you think the american dream is all about? >> the american dream is the chance to succeed and work hard, your knowledge, your insight, which is one of the most valuable qualities. now, i can't tell you how i'm depressed when i see 26% of americans under 30 think they are going to have a better life. long time ago, it was 90%. why do 50% of americans under 30 that socialism might be better han the free enter system. something is missing. what i hope. a large percentage of americans don't see that hope. they have student loans that are burdened. even if you go bankrupt, you can't go. we have to eliminate student loans and find another way to finance college. two, take their parents' homes or lost their homes. their interaction with the financial system, they haven't seen the benefits. we need to make sure that the financial system is working for them. it needs to and it should and it

mcgahn and take the american public -- give the american public all the information it needs. >> congressman, i know you're speaking cloak wally are. we rarely use the "i" word on this newscast. we're using it in the context of reporting trump's own top lawyer warned him about the "i" word. warned him this could lead to impeachment proceedings. that's what brought it into the discussion. >> sure. >> before i let you go, and i'm over on time, but i do want to ask you, one of the things that happens in congress, they set up special committees to investigate things. there's been a lot of talk about russia, collusion in 2016, and mueller in the lead on that. don't you think, and i wonder what you and your colleagues are going to do, if we learn that a president, standing alon, was trying to the former fbi director and their political opponent, if that was learned about barack obama as a goal against john mccain or mitt romney, wouldn't that alone require some greater investigation? is that something the house democrats should look at as their own special committee? are we being normalized into t

i regret the american public did not understand. isost every person high-yield junk. things started going japan, everyone said they were junk. all of a sudden, or the 80's, the quality of their products and cars was better. everything coming out of china was junk. the american public did not they were talking about themselves. 60 million jobs being created i not investment grade companies in the latter third of the 20th. th century. think, going forward. i'm going to devote my time to what i call living the american dream. david: what do you think the american dream is all about? michael: i think the american dream which is so unique is a chance to succeed based on your ability, you're willing -- willingness to work hard. your insight. i can't tell you how depressed i am when i see 26% of americans under 30 think they are going to have a better life than their parents. it was 90%.ago, why do they feel that way? why do 50 percent of americans under 30 think socialism might be better than free enterprise? you can see socialism in venezuela plane out. something is missing

. >> american history tv has been marking the centennial of world war i with a variety of programs. america,n reel 1918."ont 1917 to this film examines how the film was sold to the american public with the efforts of the committee of public information. also shows how the war effort expanded the federal government and led to a booming industrial economy. this is about 20 minutes. >> on the eve of grave decisions on april 2, 1917, an anxious president woodrow wilson voices his forebodings. lead his people into war, and they will forget there was ever such a thing as tolerance. to fight, you must be reported and ruthless. conformity would be the only virtue. days later, with the president leaving as he must, leading as he must, america now at war. all separate voices drowned out by the great chorus of the war effort. do your bit for the boys over there. the spirit of 1917 on the american home front, a nation rallying to the war. behind them keeping the spirit moved is the machinery of government, a new agency set up by the government, with a committee on public information, which will grow from a handful to 150,000. he tackles the war effort as a plain publicity proposition. the

i think also, i regret that the american public did not understand. erson is high-yield junk. when things started going from -- started coming from japan in the 1960's and 1970's, everyone said they were junk. by of a sudden we felt that the 1980's, the quality of their products and cars was better. everything coming out of china was junk. the american public did not understand they were talking about themselves. 60 million jobs being created i noninvestment grade companies in the latter third of the 20th century, minus jobs being created by investment-grade companies. forward -- i will devote a lot of my time to the american -- what i call living the american dream. david: you are creating a center of the american dream. what do you think the american dream is all about? michael: i think the american dream, which is so unique, is a chance to succeed based on your ability, you're willing to work hard, your knowledge, your insight, which is another most valuable qualities. now i can't tell you how depressed i am when i see that 26% of americans under 30

i think that was an unfair way of looking at the american public. he began this interesting project to reach out to central cities, people who worked with poverty and said which programs might actually work? can we rethink the conservative approach to people who are not privileged, people who are struggling in this country. it was a very interesting project on his part that became completely invisible when donald rump came along. the question is, where was paul ryan going? part of his contribution is he was not rigid. he was willing to rethink some things. unfortunately, that got derailed with the rise of trumpism. you can kind of tell if you listen to callers here. the way conservatism has been redefined by one issue. go back to 2012, conservative spokesman in conservative media love paul ryan. nobody questioned his conservative credentials. between 2012 and 2016, the republican party redefined conservatism around immigration. unless you were a hardliner on immigration, donald trump's policies and rhetoric on mmigration, then you are not a real cons

i think also i regret that the american public did not understand. erson is high-yield junk. you know, when things started coming from japan in the 1960's and 1970's, everyone said they were junk. it is junk. all of a sudden we felt by the 1980's that the quality of their products and cars was better. everything coming out of china was junk. the american public did not understand they were talking about themselves. 60 million jobs being created i buy non-investment-grade companies in the latter third of the 20th century. minus jobs being created by investment-great companies. i think going forward, i am devote a large percentage of my time to what i call living the american dream. david: you are creating a center for the american dream. why don't we conclude with what you think the american dream is all about? michael: i think the american dream, which is so unique, is the chance to succeed based on your ability, your willingness your knowledge, your insight, which is one of the most viable qualities. valuable qualities. i can't tell you how depressed

and brought in someone who he thought was going to meet his needs rather than the needs of the american public. host: your committee has been looking into russian interference. how would that be shaped as democrats take the house? guest: i hope we would allow mr. mueller to finish what he does and make sure that information comes to the house and becomes public. one concern about whitaker is that he would not allow the american public to see the outcome of that investigation. i think that once we have those findings, much more thorough than what has been going on for some time, we could do a short investigative period to see what we could do. host: bob on our republican line from tennessee. doing. how are you i was a democrat until 2016, and let me tell you. if something had not been mentioned, and everybody knows what the democrats are trying to do. they want to overflow this country. when someone like oprah winfrey stood up and said this would be a much better place when all the old white men are dead, that is racist. -- dr. democrat party kings at all -- host: your question for our guest? w

the house and becomes public. one of the concerns is whittaker is that he will not allow the american public to see what the outcome of that investigation is. i think once we have the findings, that will be much more thorough, we'll see what we should do at that point. >> pedro: here on our republican line is bob, he is in tennessee, go ahead. >> had you are you doing pedro? i am a democrat until 2016, and let me tell you, if something hadn't been mentioned, and everybody knows what the democrats are trying to do. they will -- this country. and when someone like oprah winfrey stood up and said this would be a much better place when all the old white men are dead. now that's racist. and the democrat party -- and people are well aware of that pedro. >> pedro: your question for our guest sir? we'll leave it there. >> stacey: i don't believe oprah winfrey made a statement like that. i can't see her making a statement like that. and i think this is everyone's country. i don't think this is a country that belongs to black women, just like i don't think it's a country that belongs to white men, i think it belongs to all o

accept, whether it chon rates the president or doesn't, he should just finish the report and let the american public see what it is. >> congresswoman zero lot of gren joining us from her office in san jose. thank you. >> thank you. now that democrats have gained control of the house, san francisco congresswoman nancy losi appears poised to be house speaker once again. she says democratic leaders will focus on infrastructure, controlling prescription drug costsnd changing campaign laws. meanwele in wake of the mass shooting in thousand oaks, gawsom is calling for gun control. >> the national rifle association is bankrupt morally. and they need to be held to account to their rhetoric and to their actions. >> here now with michelle election results, i'm b join kqed politics and government team, senior editor scott schafer, marisa lagos, reporter guy marzorati and joining via skype, reporter katie orr. let's begin with nancy pelosi. she made it a point to pu forward a more modest agenda, health care, improving the affordable care act. now that the democrats have a majority ithe house, do you expect thor

again, i encourage the american public this is the time to focus.after the mid-term to take these actions and start going after the next chairman. we have important stuff to do. national security issues we need to work on in a bipartisan basis, and we need to restore the fractured relationship with the intelligence community, and we need to determine where the house senate investigations have left on, and in the midst of all this the president resorts to such actions. it's extraordinary. >> now the democrats will be in charge, and what do you think are the one or two areas you want to go back and refocus on that you think in your mind were missed opportunities? >> i think there's any number of people who need to be subpoenaed because they refused to answer questions. there are several people who subsequent activities, revelations have come out -- >> who? >> we want to bring them back to answer questions. >> who? >> let me just finish the thought. we also have to talk about money laundering. that's an issue where we barely scratched the surface. ther

the president has been public you should be able to be public. yes or no, we don't have to know the details. he is causing fear in the american public. i can tell you, in my district. a yes or no is not classified. he has said so. i want to know, what you say. you can give us additional specific information should there be any. yes or no. >> i would be happy to answer that question as well in the classified setting. >> i'm not satisfied with that answer, because our commander in chief seems comfortable telling the american public that. can't force you to do it. that is why you are here. that is why we are here as members of congress as well. >>>> >> senator, i would be happy to answer that question as well in the classified setting. >> i'm not satisfied with that answer, because our commander in chief seems couple telling the american public, but you don't i cannot force you to do it, but that is why we are here as members of congress that may shift gears, disappointingly. i want to know what activity you have on counterterrorism efforts in afghanistan and yemen, as i mentioned, and also include in that, directly or indirectly, throu

this is an issue that affects the american public broadly because journalists are representatives of to the white house and sometimes ask difficult questions. obviously i don't want to get ahead of any continuing league action. as you mentioned, this case goes forward. we also have a long tradition at the whca of the current president being the one who speaks for all of us. i think olivia knox has done a great job so far. i stand with our association's statements. i will say that from what i understand, the white house is looking now at drawing up these guidelines. i think before the whca reacts, it's going to be important to know how the white house intends to proceed. i think many americans will also be curious to know what the president's definition of decor rum looks like. >> several other networks filed amicus briefs. wallace reiterated that fox newsstands in solidarity with cnn and other organizations the president has attacked as fake news. watch. >> the idea that you call us the enemy of the people -- >> i'm not calling you that. >> i'm talking about -- we're all together. >>

that this us mint will likely be publicly disclosed primarily because it is mary interest to the american public and to the washington post which is of course the dominant newspaper in the american capital where. as a columnist that that's the first aspect of it the second aspect is that the motion of the senate was filed just days ago and is expected to give the administration ninety day window to answer d's calls and then as we saw just this afternoon the incoming chairman of the house intelligence committee adam schiff will. call for his own investigations but that is unclear whether that investigates the geisha will turn into law because it would if it is politically motivated the republicans will shut it down in. the senate so these two motions are taking place and they are taking place only days after president trump of course provided his own assessment of how to proceed with actually on the relationship just on that point we have president trump insisting that saudi arabia is a crucial trading partner and strategic ally in the region for the united states how far is trum to go into findi

he works for the american public as the attorney general.t that jeff sessions was removed or was ultimately asked to resign from that position is certainly something the president has power to do. charles: sources are telling fox news, matt whitaker, acting attorney general will take over the russia investigation. can you read anything into that? >> i think that we'll see, we'll see the investigation continue on. i don't think we're going to see, i don't think we'll see too much of a hitch of course. he is, he will, now be the one that is calling the shots, making those decisions. but i would be surprised if we saw too much of a disruption at the stage that charles: hold on for one second. i want to ask our economic experts about this as well. hadley, i will start with you. if there's any interruption in this russia investigation, we know it makes for bad headlines. we have to believe we're near some sort of conclusion. would there be an economic impact? certainly i would think there would be a knee-jerk reaction by the stock market. >> i ag

the pictures are being taken with the american public see on the tv is young american citizens be in whacked in the head by the man, and then carried all. as they are getting whacked in the head, the convention delegates hear the chant and the whole world is watching, and the whole world is watching. just to sort of see how crazy we have gotten, there is also a third-party candidate running in 1968, and his name is george wallace. anybody remember george wallace? >> he had some crazy ideas and wanted to go back way worst than what the times are. >> so a former governor of alabama. what you think the former governor of alabama is thinking in the 1960s? >> in the 1960s, someone from alabama is not going to be for integration or even support what the protest are about. they want what they want the way they want it, and very old- school. >> in fact, the less place that we! last place that we see george wallace standing in the door of alabama in 1963. no african-americans are allowed. he is carted off by the sheriff and by the u.s. marshals, and people are allowed in. he is a reprobate an

who has been previously wounded, it is an amazingly empathetic work, and, i can imagine why the american public was so taken with this image, the idea of the nurses tending to the soldiers who were wounded, in this horrible contra gratian that was sweeping through europe and most of the world., we need to be involved, do right and do well, so, the wilsons, this was presented to president wilson, we think by the artist, sometime during world war i. >>> here in his library, as you might expect in a 100-year-old home we have a whole range of artifacts that tell a story, this cabinet is full of gifts, and mementos of his presidency, but maybe the most amazing and the one that relates the most clearly to world war i, is this pain and paint stand, the pen is the pen that he used to sign the declaration of war, in april 2019 -- 1817 the way that this would have worked wilson earlier that week had given a speech before a joint session of congress, the house voted the senate voted and then they brought him the declaration of war, later at the residency in the white house, and him and his wife were havin

on behalf of the american public. f investigations is the best way of doing that work on behalf of the american public. and that's why it was recommended last night by the former dnc chairman, they should legislate, they should try to find some compromise with the white house with legislation that both sides can agree on. melissa: he does love to make a deal. and it didn't work out when it was all republican hands. they had the chance to get things done and they could not come together as a group. it does seem like the president would potentially reach out and want to make a deal with democrats. do you see that actually happening? >> i do. the president essentially, let us know his game plan today. in terms of dealing with democrats. he feels that he can get a better deal working with democrats on the house and also on the senate side. if this is a one, two or three person majority on their side it's hard to get them all together one issue.he finds it can find some bipartisan compromise with republicans and democrats o

mueller would consider collusion and conspiracy, but that's not going to pass muster with the general american publicething that would shock the american conscience, andi would shock the american conscience, and i don't think there is anything like that. so, what crimes may have been committed? so, what crimes may have been committed ? charge so, what crimes may have been committed? charge one, did president trump conspire with the russian government to win the presidency? as the campaign battle raged between hillary clinton and donald trump in 2006 team, it's now known members of trump's campaign were secretly communicating with the russians, and at least one member knew the russians have the hacked democratic party e—mails. and then onjune three, donald trump's um, donaldjr, was offered damaging information about hillary clinton. —— son. he was told the crown prince maha vajiralongkorn of roger had: —— the crown to tour of russia had: —— crown to tour of russia had: —— crown prosecution —— crown prosecutor. this is in my view much more serious than watergate. this democrat is on the senate intellig