tom perez: well, we have been working hard to get a lot done. for instance, preserving access to health care for millions of americans, tens of millions of whom have pre-existing conditions. making sure if you have diabetes that you are not going to lose your health care. we are fighting for the issues that are keeping people up at night. making sure that we can lift wages for everyone and not just give tax breaks for a few at the top. those are the issues democrats care about. soledad: tom perez, nice to talk to you. announcer: coming up. imagine the comey firing, with a twist. >> if hillary clinton had done it, their hair would be on fire. announcer: would the reaction be different? and later. what do mother's day, jimmy kimmel, and a pioneer in african american history have in common? guess you'll have to wait for it! soledad: some senate democrats say they will refuse to confirm any nominee to head the f.b.i. until republicans agree to a special prosecutor. how will this impact the ongoing russian probe? peter zeidenberg spent 17 years at th

tom perez: folks won't get out there. leadership in both the house and the senate puts our country above their own partisan interests. there are no such things as alternative things. i know that from working at the department of justice. there is the truth. and the best way to get to the truth is to have independent investigations. and one of best ways to get there is for republicans and democrats to come together because so much is at stake here. it transcends party. this is about our country. soledad: is there a risk to constantly being embattled over these issues that you don't get to focus on getting work done? and so when you look back, the public says, "nothing got done. it was just more fighting, more hearings, more drama." tom perez: well, we have been working hard to get a lot done. for instance, preserving access to health care for millions of americans, tens of millions of whom have pre-existing conditions. making sure if you have diabetes that you are not going to lose your health care. we are fighting for the

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democratic national committee chairman tom perez was assistant attorney general and labor secretary in the obama administration and on the short list to be hillary clinton's running mate. we spoke to him at the d.n.c. soledad: is there a contradiction in democrats who have long been unhappy with

dnc chair tom perez spoke at the may day rally in d.c. yesterday. used it obviously as an opportunity to knock president trump. he refuse to mention him by name. he said nobody is illegal in america. i think the gist of what he said. that ties, that ties the dnc to a very extreme position. i'm sorry, you don't have time to answer that, katie, paul ryan is speaking. here we go. >> a couple of things. first this puts more boots on the ground to bolt sister border security. in fact this is the biggest increase in border security funding in a decade. it provides more resources to combat the opioid epidemic which is high priority for republicans here in congress. it expands the school choice program. that is something many of us feel passionately b expands the d.c. choice opportunity scholarship program. tç maintains our pro-life protections t contains no new money for obamacare. no insurance company bailouts. it takes major increases in defense spending while holding the line in non-wednesday defense. this is something people are missing in important st

tom perez is there the head of the dnc chair. is it hillary clinton who won't go away and saying she is going to start a political action committee. judge jeanine: why would people give this woman money? >> i'm not sure they will. this party needs to fill their bench. they have a very thin bench. name a democratic governor you think is viable for president. name a centrist regional moderate democrat. the president couldn't get a single vote on healthcare. they are myopic and not reasonable. this is the thing i want to tell you. the republican party is working together. the white house, the house, the senate, the state legislatures. the democratic party is a collection of ad hoc protesters. they left you a their garbage behind in washington, d.c. when they were protesting. there is no cohesive or coherent message. the message can't be you are terrible, we are not you. judge jeanine: how did the president get the freedom caucus, the tuesday group to come together and what are the chances of this passing in the senate or is the sena

leaders, and president trump, don't give a [ bleep ] liz: you heard the curse and swearing word, tom perezd, i am not going to say trump's name. that is next. >> and also what better way to start an anti-trump revolution than right in the middle of media's nerve center here in new york city? how about broadway? that is what liberal filmmaker michael moore thinks will work. details coming up, don't go away. e medication, you may sometimes suffer from a dry mouth. that's why there's biotene. and biotene also comes in a handy spray. so you can moisturize your mouth anytime, anywhere. biotene, for people who suffer from dry mouth symptoms. >> i don't care because he doesn't give a [bleep] those republican leaders, and president trump, don't give a [bleep] liz: tom perry, not shy about using vol garities to slam trump and his agenda. during a rally yesterday, perez refused to say trump's offensive.ying his name is too >> our most important power is not the mr. in the white house, i can't mention his name. it the power of all of you. liz: bringing in our political power panel. good to see you. f

david: the man in charge of the effort at the white house is tom perez. with him now on south capitol street. kevin, over to you. kevin: thank you, david. mr. chairman, thank you for making the time. chairman perez: always time for you, kevin. i wanted to us you let the decision to fire james comey. does whoever president trump dominate need support from democrats to be perceived as legitimate? chairman perez: i will tell you what they have to do, earn the trust and+++ prosecutors to take a look at what happened. i have prosecuted cases at the department of justice, i have spent over a decade of my life there. i know what obstruction of justice cases are, because i did that. that tweet is an example of a piece of evidence i would have used in a case like that. we need an independent investigator or prosecutor who can look at the truth. i can handle the truth, the american people can handle the truth. i don't understand why donald trump can handle the truth. kevin: i want to give you a chance to respond to what the republicans have been saying for quite so

>> coming up democrat 86 nation nal committee chair tom perez discuss how to find common round in washington. >> next, "newsmakers" with chuck grassley. he talks about president trump's firing of f.b.i. director james comby, his expectation force the next f.b.i. director, and senate efforts to come up with a health care law. this is 30 minutes. steve scully: joining us on "newsmakers" is senator chuck grassley. thank you for joining us. and joining us with the questioning is erica werner who covers congress for the associated press and niels lesniewski for cq roll call. senator, let me ask you about the news from this past week. you have concerns about the meeting between director comey and the deputy attorney general, where he was asking for additional resources to investigate russia was the same person that wrote the memo that led to his firing. sen. grassley: it is my understanding that within a few hours of this interview, somebody in the justice department cleared up that they were not asking for additional money. ms. werner: you accept that explanation from the justice department despi

in an open letter to tom perez, a group of black women leaders criticized the lack of black women inleadership roles and asked for a meeting to address their concerns. they write "we have demonstrated our commitment to the party. it's time for the party to demonstrate its commitment to us." but this push comes as some democrats urge the party to turn away from so-called identity politics toward a more populist economic message. we just saw a big test of that this week in montana. i'll discuss with my panel, when we come back. oscar mawe went back toig the drawing board... and the cutting board. we removed the added nitrates and nitrites, by-products, and artificial preservatives in all of our meat. every. single. one. why? for the love of hot dogs. when a fire destroyed everything in our living room. we replaced it all without touching our savings. yeah, our insurance won't do that. no. you n leave worrbehind when liberty stands with you™. liberty mutual insurance brtry new flonase sensimists. allergy relief when liberty stands with you™. instead of allergy pills. it delivers a gentl

tom perez is there the head of the dnc chair. is it hillary clinton who won't go away and saying she is going to start a political action committee. judge jeanine: why would people give this woman money? >> i'm not sure they will. this party needs to fill their bench. they have a very thin bench. name a democratic governor you think is viable for president. name a centrist regional moderate democrat. the president couldn't get a single vote on healthcare. they are myopic and not reasonable. this is the thing i want to tell you. the republican party is working together. the white house, the house, the senate, the state legislatures. the democratic party is a collection of ad hoc protesters. they left you a their garbage behind in washington, d.c. when they were protesting. there is no cohesive or coherent message. the message can't be you are terrible, we are not you. judge jeanine: how did the president get the freedom caucus, the tuesday group to come together and what are the chances of this passing in the senate or is the sena

andoming up, tom perez former national committee chair michael steele decide how to find common groundn washington. >> saturday at noon eastern on book tv, military historians discuss their books on world war i at the 2017 colby military writers symposium. include jennifer keane, michael nyberg with his book "the path to war: how the first world war created modern america." book, dalessandro and his "over there: america in the great war." and david merrin and his book war."g watch the 2017 colby military atters symposium saturday noon eastern on c-span two's tv. thursday's white house briefing, tom bossert announced details for the new executive to improve cyber security. afterwards, the white house principal deputy secretary fielded questions from the of fbir about the firing director james comey. this is 45 minutes.

let's talk tom perez and his cussing crusade that he has

even dnc chairman tom perez addressed that unruly crowd.al officers across the country, guys were, injured in these riots. so far all reports are that they are going to be okay. these demonstrations are held annually to celebrate international workers day. but yesterday it was anything but a celebration. and i should point out just a note having covered a lot of these protests, those folks are black are phone as annual if i fascists and they continue to continue this for the of protest against donald trump. brian: they have been starting this around the world another one that i thought was interesting. it protects the sanctuary cities. brian: did the environmental roll backs and e.p.a. by the new director of the pda. e.p.a. of mr. pruitt. >> we talked to the pga about it. >> i really think they should stay out of it. because golf has no place in this budget. i think you should golf with your own money. steve: i think the president loves to golf. ainsley: that way the democrats will block it. brian: fund planned parenthood and medicaid for p

dnc chairman tom perez blasting president trump and making bold comments about illegal immigrants.ten. >> our most important power is not the mister in the white house, i can't even mention his name, our most important power is the power of all of you. no human being is illegal. we must treat everyone with dignity. david: here now to he react to all this, kirsten hag land, conservative political commentator, brad woodhouse, former dnc communications director. i want to go to you first. not just this, illegal immigration thing. perez wants to ban pro-life democrats running for office. shouldn't he expand the tent? isn't that the message of the last election instead of shrinking fit. >> look i think the democratic party is expanding the tent. david: not if you're keeping out pro-life democrats. >> i think it is every single day. democrats got more votes in the last presidential election than republicans. we grew the vote over the previous election of barack obama. so i think we're constantly trying to grow the party. and trying to attract more people to the party. david: kirsten, hol

reporter: once the crowd arrived, chants grew louder and they were met by notable speakers like tom perez members of congress. >> i want to make sure gets the message that we don't support his politics or agenda. >> reporter: opponents say they are wasting their time and that they need to accept the fact that trump won the election. but activists believe these demonstrations will inspire people to get out and vote. >> i'm here because martin luther king march. i'm here because rosa parks sat down. i'm here because of all of the people that sat on lunch counters. and nobody thought that would make a difference. this will make a difference. >> reporter: meagan fitzgerald, news4. >>> a group of teenagers is in big trouble in montgomery county. police say they stomped in the windshields of three dozen vehicles this week and it happened at an apartment complex in gate thers behaith thers ber. pat collins has the story. >> reporter: it happened with military-like precision. one right after another. wids in two communities in gaithersburg. >> you call the car dealership to fix your car, right? >

later today, here on c-span, democratic national chair tom perez and former republican chair michael steele are at a discussion of the aspen institute on finding common ground in an era of intense partisanship. it is scheduled at noon eastern here on c-span2. c-span, where history unfolds daily. it was created as a public service by america's cable television companies and is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. >> the president tweeted this morning, it's not possible for my associates to stand at the podium with one 100% accuracy. perhaps we should cancel all press briefings until we have one 100% accuracy. you can watch the press briefing live this afternoon. >> sunday night on "after words", physician and journalist elizabeth rose and paul examines the business side of healthcare in her book and american sickness. how healthcare became big business and you can take it back. she is interviewed by david blumenthal, president of the commonwealth fund. >> i was wondering if your book give you any thought about whether healthcare is a free market. whether we can so

speakers included tom perez and gather newson and us senator. the agenda includes electing new officials to run the democratic party here in california. also workshop on lessons learned when it comes to registering new voters in a panel discussion on how millennial's are reimagining civic and political participation. >>> the discovery of a bottle into a backpack prompted tense moments at a middle school today and settle say. jessica reports children were evacuated from the classrooms while the bomb squad responded.>> we heard people saying there was a bomb. we all went to the cafeteria. >> reporter: a seventh grader was one of a few hundred students who spent their morning huddled in the cafeteria. this is after a custodian found a bottle tucked inside a backpack in the center of the school. >> i found a bottle and it had nitroglycerin written on the bottle. >> reporter: nitroglycerin was initially used in the production of dynamite. now through the decades it's been used for medical purposes as well. students removed dos were moved to the cafet

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. >> democratic national committee chair tom perez and former republican chair michael steele discuss bipartisanship at this event hosted by the aspen institute in washington, d.c. they talk about the 20 16th election and what their parties need to do to win in the future. this is an hour and 15 minutes. >> you guys ready for whatever happens? >> absolutely. >> well, welcome, everybody. not just those of you in the room, but people watching this live on c-span. we are glad to have you here. i know by now we have been in this generation long enough i don't need to tell you to turn off your so phones or turn off the sound, but do if you don't mind -- turn off your cell phones. i want to welcome you all here, but i want to call special attention to -- we had two groups of students here at the aspen institute. we have a very exciting program on youth engagement, and we have .tudents here when we get to the q&a, you are as welcome as anybody else to ask questions, and i hope you will. let me start with a little story here to just get me started. in this environment we live in, which is so

they're not going to get a plan out of keith ellison or tom perez. there's no-- >> dnc chair. >> and james comey didn't tell hillary clinton go use a server in your basement or call people deplorable or irredeemable. david: and tim ryan says we've got to get off the blaming game and focus on democrats getting back to representing the voting block that cost them the election. is that message spreading or is he still a small minority in the democratic party? >> well, i'm not sure yet, but i think that tim ryan is onto something and part of that is it that sort of democrats obsession with identity politics and i think that was another real problem for hillary clinton. she talked about issues like paid leave, for instance, as a women's issue. in fact, this is an issue that affects all voters, it's a massive economic issue and the real issue is of poverty, it's an issue of low paid workers who need more opportunity. so it could have been an issue where we address economic growth and there was a real conversation on the left and right how to stimulate the

protesters interrupted this february forum hosting incoming democratic party leader tom perez. >> pleasect the forum and the way this night has been organized. sharyl: in april, there were jeers from bernie sanders' supporters at a democratic rally in maine. [booing] sharyl: as entrenched and visible as the resistance may be, it's worth noting that it doesn't necessarily translate to results. after all, the tea party didn't stop obamacare or dial back big government. has anything really changed government? sen. johnson: no, it's gotten worse. it's gotten worse. it just continues to grow. sharyl: still, the democrats' resistance vows to sustain a tireless campaign. >> to make this work, we all need to be in this for the long haul. a real resistance movement is a marathon, not a sprint. sharyl: they hope to stop trump at every turn and win congressional seats in the 2018 midterm elections. andrea walker: what i'm hoping for is then to make this as easy as possible for people to have a sustained protest. let's go on for two years, you know, without swooning with fatigue. gene stilp: the dem

. >> democratic national committee chair tom perez and former republican chair michael steele discussed bipartisanship at this event hosted by the aspen institute in washington dc. they talked about the 2016 elections and what their parties need to do to win in the future. this is an hour and 15 minutes. >> i don't know. it will put your name on all their advertising. you guys ready for whatever happens? all right. welcome, everybody. not just those of you in the room but people watching live on c-span. we are glad to have you here. i know by now we have had in this generation long enough that i don't need to tell you to turn off your cell phones or turn off do if you don'tyo mind. i want to welcome all of you here but i want to call special attention that we have two groups of students here here at the aspen institute. we have a very exciting program on youth engagement. we have students here from the beret school. where are you? the cesar chavez public charter school for public part of see that public policy. -- school for public policy. where are you? when we get to questions, we hop

jesse: the head of the democratic national committee, tom perez, has come unglued. >> my mama taught me you shouldn't do spotty talk. but i hope you don't mind. this is a [bleep] budget. those republican leaders and president trump don't give a [bleep] about the people her trying to hurt. jesse: hillary clinton came out of the woods and took no responsibility for her devastating defeat. >> i was font way to winning until a combination of jim comey's letter october 28 and russian wikileaks raised doubts in the minds of people who were inclined to vote for me but scott scared off. >> but adding insult to injury, even her democratic colleagues are sick of her. >> if democrats are fighting for american families, we have to make that clear. >> it takes a lot of work. he was the least popular presidential candidate to win in the history of polling. jesse: those are her friends. more democrats have been turning on each other after the former president obama announced he will be taking $400,000 to speak to a lot of wall street fat cats. he was criticized by elizabeth warren and bernie sander

she can use whatever cleverly crafted tom perez phrase she wants. but blaming it on comey and misogyny it's embarrassing. for that, her resistance is music to republican ears. i'm kennedy. kennedy: will history ultimately prove that hillary clinton is the on person to blame for her election collapse? welcome back, p.j. so you obviously have been writing about politics for years and years. this last election was so insane, what did your analysis and gut tell you about hillary's loss? >> people hated her. i are covered the campaign from way back when mammoths were roaming the earth. i met more people mow voted against hillary than people who voted for trump. kennedy: that's an interesting point. it's something both sides under estimated. >> it caught me by surprise. kennedy: but at some point she has to let it go. they are allowing her to be the face of the party and i don't understand why. >> democrats have mystified me since i was a small child. part of the resistance, black leather jackets. what are we talking about here? ultimate personal responsi

tom perez is the new guy in town. he wants this great resistance.u points out earlier in the show, resistance doesn't pair of ideas and it doesn't help the economy. jessica: it's just a million dollars. but i do think they are usually important. and we talked about this last time you were so kind to have me on your panel, the rallies and the town halls and the marches have been helpful in keeping enthusiasm up. the women's march -- you don't want people to get disinterested. kennedy: but that's just a few loud people. jessica: it many millions of people, not just a few. guy: the democrats are saying they hope the summer of resistance goes better than the summer of recovery. if i were them, i would pick my spots, fight where trump is most vulnerable, do some of these rallies, try to keep intensity up. but then just sit back and be not trump. there is a new gallup poll. there is a new gallup poll that shows since november the republican party's favorability rating has remained the same and the democrats have come down 6 points to be tied with the repu

lou: tom perez, the new head of the dnc with all of his profanity and vulgarity and his senseless pettytacks without raising even once an idea that represents the new democratic party in which he is the head -- >> it's the incredible shrinking party. are they even relevant at this point on healthcare? are they even relevant? lee: are people drawn to anger? people are not drawn to anger. they are frustrated enough with their lives. they are looking to politicians to solve their problems and couple with answers. not to echo how frustrated the american people already are. they don't have any voice that's reaching the american people who need help right now. lou: i think most americans right now -- we expect this president to succeed. he's raised expectations for himself. and i think that for the first time in probably 30 years, the middle class that has watched its wages decline, jobs shrink and the number of americans and citizens within the middle class shrink, i think they are hopeful. i not was barack obama who ran and hope and change. but this president has been talking about creating

. >> tom perez is known for his colorful language attacking republicans at the podium. >> my mama taughtdo potty talk but i hope you don't mind because this -- those republican leaders and donald trump don't care about the people they are trying to hurt. >> sending your kids to his speeches but there are a few words too offensive to say in public. >> are most important power, i can't even mention his name. are most important power is the power of all of you. >> perez refusing to say the president's name during a made a rally speech outside the white house yesterday. >> an urgent new warning about the hover board that sparked this deadly house fire. >> cheryl casone he from foxbusiness here with what you need to know. more hover board trouble. >> it ended in the deaths of two children. that video was of a fire that happened in marsh. a house fire, two children died and basically it was over a hover board. this is a fire caused by a hover board. the government saying they have got to get involved, not only is there a recall but the safety warning going out, the lazy boarded the particular

tom perez was set to deliver the address tonight. >> we start our unity in action in fighting the efforts to repeal the affordable care act. that continuous and we will continue to fight those efforts but we are not fighting against donald trump, we are out there talking about what we stand for. >> other speakers include gavin newson and kevin deleon. it runs through the sunday. >>> supporters the effort to have california for the nation is trying to get their measure onto the ballot. the group behind the movement delivered their measure to the state attorney general's office today. those in favor of splitting off from the usa california has been tracked in different directions where people don't want to go including immigration and foreign-policy. >>> enterprises san francisco dog owner has found a way to combine his two passions to help rescued animals. it is catching on now with dog lovers. >> reporter: is a labor of love for ryan dempsey measuring, cutting, and caught arising. >> we never know what the stories going to be with each row. >> reporter: the bartender has regular weight to

. >> it is real, and we see everyone wants to talk about president trump, let's discuss tom perez and his cussing crusade that he'd been giving on so many different fundraisers pretty let's talk for a moment about the california democratic convention just last weekend where you had a number of democrats on stage screaming expletive trump and expletive republicans, and that was cheered on and celebrated. the entire contingent of telephone you democrats. yet they want to accuse everyone else of promoting violence, of instigating violence, violent rhetoric. i have been seeing this. at i know you've seen this for over ten years now. i'm getting tired of it. middle america, america and general is tired of it as well. i have so many people who called in to my radio program today who said maybe the media deserves it because were tired of being lied about. were tired of being manipulated, and were tired of excusing awful things done to us in the name of partisan ideology. this is the point we are at because people hate media this badly. >> tucker: i think they've earned a lot of that scorn fo

later the hour, our chief washington correspondent will speed with tom perez and an exclusive interviewsident of china presides over a gathering of world leaders in beijing. that is where the former head of the imf china division tells us about the ambitious infrastructure plans and what they mean for u.s. businesses. ♪ david: well, lawmakers continue to weigh in on president trump us decision to fire james comey as they plot a path forward. let's go

but tom perez is doing what he should be doing as chairman of the dnc.enthusiasm that's out there right now. hillary has a super pac to raise money for organizations influencing policies she is for. liz: have these protests accomplished anything? >> no, they haven't. this particular ad buy where they continue to display the chaos that these protests provide. when you look at the resistance. they don't have a policy agenda. the only mission is to resist what trump says even if they agree. if i look at the los angeles district that bernie sanders won, they only brought out 30% of the vote. i think the dnc is pretty much wasting their money. liz: bodyguards for the turkish president security detail involved in a major ball outside the ambassador's residence in d.c. look at this brawl. 9 people injured. people getting kicked in the head. senior citizens getting kicked in the head. that was a peaceful trump rally and rioters came in and women getting pepper sprayed in a pro actual rally. this what's bad. >> we have seen it on both sides. liz: we are talking a

fact that protests erupted outside the white house featuring no less the guy that runs the dnc, tom pereztions that things near and dear to you and investors could be put on hold, maybe delayed if not deny. things like a healthcare fix, tax cuts, regulatory relief, you name

comes on the heels of speeches from new dnc chairman tom pÉrez. >> i don't care because he doesn't givee this is -- those republican leaders and president trump -- jackie: we are refusing to apologize, he's not going to do it on salty language. clayton: falling through another campaign promise, signing 34th executive order late last week on religious freedom. jackie: what happened next is something fox news radio host calls ironic. one-minute commentary. >> good morning, president trump made this promise to the nation. >> we will not allow people of faith to be targeted, bullied or silenced anymore. we will never, ever stand for religious discrimination. >> but the following day, mark green, president trump's nominee for secretary of the army withdrew his nomination. i'm not going to pull any punches here, folks, dr. green was bullied and silenced by a militant mob of gays, muslims, was pressured to step aside and that pressure may have come directly from the white house. dr. green is the west point graduate and iraq veteran, a good and decent christian man but despite military credenti