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>>> welcome back to the van jones show. i'm here with sherrod brown who has been working for working families, fighting for working families for decades. a lot of people feel the trump economy is looking pretty good. i want to do a reality check. they can this out. president trump is constantly touting his strong economy. >> i have created such an incredible economy. i have created so many jobs. >> we are finally seeing rising wages. >> why does so many americans still feel so broke? both things can be true at the same time. the president is right. unemployment is down and wages have gone up by a pretty big amount. hourly pay went up by 3.2% last year. that's the biggest jump since 207 2009. even though wages are higher on paper. a new report suggests that real wages fell last year by 1.3%. what are real wages? that's the money you can actually spend after you account for inflation. even though your paycheck may be bigger, if the cost of living is higher, you may feel worse off. this is causing more and more americans to sa

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i'm van jones. welcome to the van jones show. we are back just in time for more chaos, all right?rted 2019 by promptly dividing the country with more fearmongering, more falsehoods, and now we are in the longest-running government shutdown ever. and, you know, the politics are ugly, but the human impact is even worse. this week, hundreds of thousands of federal workers did not get paid. they literally got checks with zeros on them. that's insulting. image if you hadn't gotten a paycheck since mid-december. that's what these workers are dealing

van jones: "whoa.">(grant) gabbard (grant) gabbard was a high- profile supporter of senator bernie sanders' when he tried to win the democratic presidential nomination in 20-16. and former texas congressman beto o'rouke. in november he narrowly lost his bid to un-seat senator ted cruz. next month he will sit down with oprah winfrey for a one-on-one interview. (grant) sources close to o'rouke say that he is likely to decide on a presidental run in february. and then there's and then there's senator kamala harris who has deep ties to the bay area. she appears poised to announce her presidential candidacy soon... telling stephen colbert last night when he posed the question ... i might...as she smiled and nodded. (ken) coming up... police in the east bay are trying to figure out what led to a road rage shooting at a busy intersection. (pam) plus... the newly elected florida governor... takes action against the sheriff in charge of responding to the parkland massacre. the missteps... he says, the department

i have with me cnn political commentators van jones and ana navarro. van, you're sitting next to me. i'm going to start with you. call it dysfunction or fruitless. inaction leads to action. how do you characterize what we're looking at? >> complete breakdown of leadership in the country, a huge humiliation on a world stage, a threat to public safety in every way because you got the coast guard, the tsa, the fda, air-traffic control, everybody who keeps the food safe and keeps americans safe not getting paid is a complete disaster and there's not a single person in the country with a moral authority to just bring people together and make them act right. it's awful. everybody's got their reasons, but the people have to live with the results and the results are a massive food fight in washington, d.c. over 800 people who cannot put gas in their car to take their kids to school. people who are having to delay getting life saving medical treatment because they cannot afford to pay their insurance while this nonsense goes on. i give 80% to donald trump becaus

iraq war veteran announcing her 2020 run during an interview with van jones, which you'll hear later tonight at 7:00 p.m. and the only latino candidate in the 2020 race so far, he wants to be democrats anti-dote to trump. his twin brother serves as a congressman from texas. >> when my grandmother got here almost 100 years ago, i'm sure she never could have imagined that just two generations later, one of her grandsons would be serving as a member of the united states congress. and the other would be standing with you here today to say these words. i am a candidate for president of the united states of america. >> in the meantime, senator elizabeth warren and the all important state of new hampshire today, holding her very first event there, since launching an exploratory committee for a 2020 bid. >> we have to talk about steve king of iowa. he's won several races. he's been in congress since 2003 king has a history of making racist remarks by comparing immigrants to dirt. he's made another questionable comment. this time to the new york times. king saying to the paper recently, white

cup and van jones in here with me. roger stone has been indicted for lying. do you believe anything he's saying in. >> roger stone is a performance artist. he's the cajun cunningham of politics. sometimes that's sort of comical. i remember by way of anecdote. many years ago, he summoned me to a dinner to try to convince me to run for mayor of new york city. not to win, just to mess with people. and he ended up, because i declined endorsing kristen davis, the manhattan madam. he's an agitator. and that's all fun and games until it affects national security. i think roger stone got a little too close to people who were a little too close to the president. and his fun and games, his agitating performance art got real dangerous, now he's in trouble. >> an effort to agitate? a lot of people have said why is he going on and doing these interviews? isn't that risky? who do you think he's speaking to? >> i don't know. >> is he trying to try his case in the court of public opinion? >> clearly he's trying to do that, play time is over, game time is over. the fbi is for

van jones just helped with the criminal justice reform bill that president trump signed. go into neighborhoods that will do some good. i'm not sure colin kaepernick is the best way to get the message across. >> juan: i don't know. i think -- as i say, i am surprised with the staying power of this issue. >> dana: look at nike. nike ran that ad. >> juan: something like 85% of current nfl players say this guys being mistreated by the nfl. >> katie: the nfl is also seen fans leaving. it goes both ways. greg is taking the written portion of his driving test tomorrow and "the five" is helping him study for it. dana gives us a practice exam up next. our big idaho potato truck is out there somewhere and we're going to find it. awe man. always look for the grown in idaho seal. uh uh - i deliverberty the news around here. ♪ sources say liberty mutual customizes your car insurance, so you only pay for what you need. over to you, logo. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ ♪ >> dana: greg is going for his driver's license test tomorrow and he has the written portion. we thought we

the entire team of van jones and those -- >> laura: van jones worked with him. that was smart. >> that piece of legislation will have benefits to african-americans and people across the spectrum. >> laura: why would a racist do that? why would a racist do that? >> you know, laura, because someone got a piece of legislation passed does not mean that we ignore a long 40-year history. what i can't believe is that you all are telling me from the channel, one of your anchors said when trayvon martin was killed, that if you don't want to be perceived as a thug, you shouldn't wear a hoodie. from you all who said that black young men who wear hoodies should have -- to tell me that a maga hatou should not be viewed in a certain way, it's absolutely hypocritical. a >> laura: bishop, i have to say i think -- putting aside your comments, i think you're making a really good point about profiling people based on what they wear. i think that's an excellent point. you shouldn't profile. someone wants to wear a hoodie let them wear a darn hoodie. someone wants to wear a hillary

and van jones.ssional black caucus put out a statement saying, steve king needs to be stripped of his committee assignments. we also have heard just in the past day from tim scott, the only black republican senator currently -- and he says, and i quote, some worry why republicans are constantly accused of racism, it's because of our silence when things like this are said. the three top republicans have also called out scotts words is there any place in congress for him? >> i don't think so. in that you have to agree to some kind of rules here if you're going to have a multiracial, multifaith democratic republican. no one race is superior to another you can say, my group has interest. we talked about white supremacy, white nationalism. he tries to sneak in western civilization. i talk about western civilization all the time, i never talk about white supremacy in a good way. >> does he not understand what is wrong with those words? >> apparently not. the positive thing i'm seeing, you are seeing the r

, host of the van jones show. heard what kayla is describing what her family is going through. do you think the president has an idea of what the shutdown means for federal workers and families? >> they weren't if you heard his statements today, that were tone-deaf and zis connedisconne. it's not just the coast guard. the federal workers not being paid. they are begging not to cut off my heat. and the federal contractors -- you're a federal employee. you might get back pay. you're a contractor, you don't work, you don't eat. they're never going to recover. the private companies that contract with the federal government, they are not getting paid. they have to lay off people. the cascade effect on ordinary people is extraordinary. we keep calling it the government. the government. this is america's government. let's be -- we're not talking about the government on the moon or some other country. he won't keep america's government functioning. i don't know how you say you're going to make america great again and you

stoddard, van jones and michael caputo.., many times, you know, when it's two years into an administration, there is turnover. is this an unusual amount of acting cabinet-level officials? >> i don't think that we're in good shape with, with half or whatever the number is, six acting cabinet secretary positions. most particularly because the attorney general and the secretary of defense are very critical positions, and they shouldn't be in flux. that said, yes, the president's rate of turnover is something -- his administration has beat the record and he's up at 64%. just like i said about the shutdown, i don't see that this bothers president trump at all. he always believes the next best person is coming and he doesn't believe that chaos is produced in any kind of destructive way. by kicking people out or having them flee in the way that we've seen. we've never seen anything like it, but i just don't think it's of a big concern to him. i can tell you there is concern among senate republicans about matt whitaker who is the a

. >>> i want to turn now to dana bash and van jones. he wrote "beyond the messy truth," and dana, let's talk about what the president is still considering here because he's still thinking about declaring a national emergency. politically speaking, how does this affect both sides? is this beneficial to both sides? >> potentially politically and let's just underscore that because you say it and i want to say it, politically. the people who are not going to get paychecks tomorrow, of course not. the mri yada, yada, yada of other reasons why this shutdown is bad for regular people, but politically what would it do. it would allow the president to say i didn't give in, i stood up and i did whatever i could for the wall, the democrats wouldn't come to the table, they wouldn't negotiate on the wall, i used my executive power. whether it works when it makes its way through the courts or not, he can save face by saying, i did what i could. same with the democrats. they can stand up and say, we didn't give in to the president and look at what hap

. >>> i want to dig deeper with former virginia attorney general ken kuchinelli and van jones. rd how she describes what her family is going through. do you think the president has a sense of what the shutdown actually means for the federal workers and their families? >> he apparently doesn't if you heard his comments which were shocking and appalling. tone deaf and just disconnected. it's not just the coast guard. you have the federal workers who are not getting paid. they are having to make phone calls. they are begging, don't cut off my heat. the federal contractors, they are not -- you might get back pay. you are a federal contractcontr you don't work, you don't eat. they will never recover. you have private companies that contract with the government. they may have to lay off people. the cascade affect on ordinary people on this is extraordinary. i want to say this. we call it the government. the government. this is america's government. we are not talking about the government on the moon or some other country. he won't keep america's government functioning. i don't know ho

we have van jones. perfect. thank you, gentlemen. good to have you both. , i liked what gillum said. he's a smart guy and he wrestled with this issue in florida and i remember testing him on it and he was like, look, i know the transition costs are big. you need medicare for all for the people that don't get insurance through their employers. we have to figure that out and then the cost savings. that's as far as he would go. the idea of getting rid of private insurance, is that ambitious or too much? >> she's not saying get rid of private insurance for stuff you need insurance for. for instance, you need insurance for stuff you aren't certain about. for instance, fire insurance. you aren't certain if your house is going to catch on fire, so you need insurance. farm insurance. crop insurance. heres one thing you're certain about, you are going to get sick. you are going to die. you don't need insurance for that. you need health care. she is saying that -- it never made since is saying you're going to have an insurance program. fdr did this as a deal to appea

ununexpectedly, prince, i can mott believe prince is not alive and there's a great interview with van jonesand he said he prince was always making music. the water doesn't say, aim going to come out today, most places. i just comes out. just turn thief's sit on and i would say if you're really going to write, just turn it on and see what comes out every day, and some of it goes out to the world , some comes out later, but if you start turning off the faucet and saying i'm not ready for this water today, the process doesn't work as well as it could. amazing things will come from you but you got ting on every day. >> that's the class. [applause] >> thank you to all the christianors. thank you for being here, inning my book. love y'all. >> we are going to have a short break and then we'll have the next panel where -- actually a breakout session, so you can either participate in the ya panel or you can participate in the intentions setting workshop. so he more details coming. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> i'm here to -- >> next on book of the, from the

van jones gone. there were so many people -- >> true or false. >> tom daschle. let's remember, tom daschle did not report as imputed income the cost of a rich person lending him his car, which he should have done. i'm not excusing it. but like that is -- that's not even a one-hour story in the trump admin. he was gone, boom. >> so, the thing, though, with trump is as long as i keep you on the payroll, i can contain you. >> totally. >> there are so many people who don't mind -- >> it's like who is his circle. the other mar-a-lago person i love is the -- our new ambassador to south africa. >> the bag lady. >> she has a name, lot of marks. she's a handbag dee siern. >> what is her qualification? >> she's a mar-a-lago member. >> the other difference is the george w. bush administration, which i was diametrically opposed in every way. when he tried to put harriet meyers -- >> that's true, that was an enormous scandal. >> the conservative movement rose up against it and took her down. what you now have is a conservative movement, what's left of it, has left the party

also today, tolsi gabbert, announcing her run during her interview with cnn's van jones.abeth warren trying to build momentum today after last weekend's iowa trip? >> this was her first visit back to new hampshire since 2016, she told the audience when you visit a neighbor, you're supposed to bring your whole family, that is a reference to the fact that she was visiting new hampshire, a neighboring state of massachusetts, where she's a senator so she brought her husband and their dog on stage with her. proceeding from that, she gave her stump speech that we became familiar with last weekend in iowa, and took a lot of questions from the audience. on everything from education, to criminal justice, to how to protect the environment afterwards, she took a couple questions from reporters backstage. why she has not been directly addressing president trump, discussing him on the trail. >> i think we need to talk about our -- i'm willing to fight. the question is, how do we build an america that works, not just for those tough, but an america that works for everyone else. i talke

house representative tulsy gabbard said this to cnn's van jones. >> i have decided to run and will being a formal announce-minute in the next week. >> she joins a fairly deep pool of democrats considering runs. >> one of them is the former mayor of new york city, michael bloomberg, who says if he runs he will pay for his entire campaign himself. and also senator elizabeth warren. she held a new event in new hampshire, her first since launching an exploratory committee for a 2020 bid. >>> a violent crack down is not stopping protests in sedan. how the president of that nation is clinging to power. nts who sa% clearer skin at 28 weeks stayed clearer through 48 weeks. tremfya® may lower your ability to fight infections and may increase your risk of infections. before treatment, your doctor should check you for infections and tuberculosis. tell your doctor if you have an infection or have symptoms such as: fever, sweats, chills, muscle aches or cough. before starting tremfya® tell your doctor if you plan to or have recently received a vaccine. tremfya®. stay clearer. janssen can help you

jeffrey toobin, a former federal prosecutor, cnn political comtate for michael smir conissue and van jones. back to the shutdown. the president is now not planning to do an end run around congress if he were to declare a national emergency, also planning to raid the funds, billions of dollars for hurricane victims from texas, florida, and puerto rico. >> at a time when we're seeing more and more actual disasters not manmade crises, but real crises, the fires that happen in california, we've had multiple storms, big hurricanes, you want to have that big pot of money there to help real people deal with real problems. this is a bad thing, not just for the finances of the country, it's a bad thing for the country itself. people keep telling me it will be great for him to do this because we're going to get out of this situation. it's a get out of jail free card for everybody if he just declares a state of emergency. no. he painted himself into a corner. the only way to get out of that corner is to tear down the wall behind him. that's called the u.s. constitution that says congress prop appropr

. >> hawaii congresswoman and iraq war veteran tulsi gabbard told van jones friday she's in and will make a formal announcement this week. >> there's a whole host of issues that i'm looking forward to addressing. and there's one main issue central to the rest and that's the issue of war and peace. and i look forward to being able to get into this and to talk about it in depth when we make our announcement. >> castro is 44. gabbard, 37. both young and both long shots as democrats begin the process of deciding who and what they want. let's take a look at it. there could be 30 democrats or more thinking about it. what do the democrats want? if they are looking. looking for somebody with blue collar appeal to reach out to trump voters, is that joe biden? ohio senator sherrod brown? maybe some other long shots? a former governor and mayor in this mix? we'll see. outspoken liberal? will bernie sanders run again? elizabeth warren has been the most active. what about the 2018 election? you looking for diversity? women? maybe an african-american candidate? plenty of potential choices for the

let's bring in van jones and rick santorum. let's try to get some quorum santorum. all agree your party did the right thing by making a move on steve king and that the president should say something as well? do we all agree? >> yeah. i think the party did do the right thing. even if you take the best case scenario, he said it as poorly as anybody could say it and it's and under mine what he thinks is his cause. the rightful cause and so the bottom line is the republican party did the right thing and hopefully the president will speak out about it. this is not inconsequential. and i hope steve and his family consider going off and doing something else at this point. >> tougher for trump? for the president and this one because he has history with steve king? >> i have history with steve king, but it's just the right thing to do. >> i know, you're not president yet. so i'm saying if you were, you would be in the position of having to act on your authority. but for the president, he went and met with steve king. he took the mantle and he learned about the politics of th

joining me now van jones. and kir sten powers. >> i'm happy. i have known her 20 years. she's extraordinary. she's one of the she's a special person. a special leader. people forget. california is mostly california/alabama. the rest of the state is bright red. she can compete in both places. she'll do very well with the democratic party. >> do you see -- think anybody knows how to run against president trump at this point? >> no. i think this is unchartered territory. for most politicians. they haven't had to run against somebody like donald trump. we saw what he did in the republican primary. where he just threw everybody off base. so much. now we have had a little more experience with him i think. so it was sort of a shock to the system. i still haven't seen anybody other than nancy pelosi, really, who seems to know how to interarkt with him. and stand up with him and come out on top. >> listen, i remember when he came down the escalator. and we were joking about him. and appalled. there was a running joke about how many more weeks until he blows himself up. we're havi

since you announced you're running for president last weekend on van jones' show, you've faced harshticism from fellow democrats. howard dean said you're not qualified. claire mccaskill called you syrian president bashar al assad's bestie. what do you make of all this criticism from democrats? >> i look forward to debating the issues. people who are simply interested in name calling don't appear to be able to debate the substance of whatever issue they may disagree on. i'm focused on the issues. i'm focused on how i can best offer to be of service to the american people and bring about solutions that will positively impact their lives. >> one of the reasons democrats have been critical of your bid is because you met with syrian president bashar al assad during that trip to syria in 2017. you told me right after you got back, you did so because you think, quote, we've got to be able to meet with anyone that we need to if there's a possibility that we can achieve peace, unquote. obviously, peace has not been achieved. looking back on that meeting, do you have any regrets? >> no, i thin

outfront, john avlon, van jones, former special adviser to president obama, and stephen moore, author"trumponomics" and former white house adviser. so, john, it's pretty clear from what he says himself and dick durbin says he's going through the motions. high is he just going through the motions? this is his signature, passionate issue? >> yeah, it's almost like the president doesn't want to lead. look, this whole thing is a sand box politics slap fight. and the president is acting like a petulant child, who's being forced to do something he doesn't want to do, which is act like a president. if he actually wanted to step up and lead on this issue, we could actually have some quite a few bre kind of breakthrough. just a year ago, there was a bill for 24 billion for border security the democrats were onboard, because it helped bring the dreamers onboard. that's all wasted opportunity. it's the opposite of t"the art f the deal." >> so they went from 25 at one shot to zero. >> mm-hmm. >> that's not really winning if you're the person trying to get the number up. >> that's the opposite of

look at criminal justice reform, we worked with the obama administration, the trump administration, van joneswe've come together and worked on this to get this first win on the first step and working further on criminal justice reform and communities and when people get out of the system how do they get a job >> van jones is part of the meek kraft thing. >> absolutely. >> it's a tough row to hoe in these global times finding people who can work across the aisle how do you do it >> if we can get a win on criminal justice reform that creates other opportunities so we're excited. >> he's a little too modest. the shockers play in in koch arena. >> they do and i'm a big fan. >> what's the coolest next thing that is going to get created by 3d printing? >> we make for the first time you can go to market in mass production and we have everything from next generation phones that will be made with this technology to metal parts in phones to many oems. >> is it ever going to be in the consumer level >> i don't think we're -- in metal we're far from making metal in somebody's home but in mass production

and lastly we have with us somebody who i think many of you know, van jones is a political commentatorcnn has long been an environmental activist who served as president obama's special advisor for green jobs and is the author of several best-selling books on climate action. so let's get the evening going. it is my pleasure to introduce , who is thekwurzel director of climate science at the union of concerned scientists, which is one of the most important effective environmental organizations in the world. she is a co-author of the recently released federal climate change report, and the chapter which do with economic cost due to climate impact. dr. ekwurzel, thank you for being with us. let me begin with this. president trump has indicated on many occasions that he does not believe that climate change is caused by human activity and does not believe climate change is a threat to our planet, and occasion, heone has described climate change as a hoax. now remember you are in the united states capitol now. here is the tough question. are you ready? is president donald trump right? >> [la

van jones is going to be the ceo. he's been working on this for over 20 years. the that's what they want to do. they said there are close to five million people living under what they call harsh, ridiculous rules. they hope to reduce that by a million in the next five years. they are very serious about this. >> powerful lineup, as you pointed out. >> it was. every time -- whenever anybody spoke, it was cha in so many things. in this instance of criminal justice, the ground-up movements have changed things. they change people's lives. if you're looking for hope and change, it's here -- >> michael ruben said it best, i thought. there were many powerful statements. he said there are two americas. he said i had no idea until ist. jay-z and meek mill -- for us this is thursday. this is a world we know. for many people it was eye opening. they had politicians and state attorneys general in the office. josh shapiro from pennsylvania was there, also working on this cause. >> nicely done. >> very important. i think change is on the way with this. i hope so. i hope so. >>

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e clerk: jones mr. van drew is present. the clerk of the house: if there are nip representatives-elect who did not answer the call of the roll, you may come to the well and vote at this time. the clerk of the house: the tillers agree in their tally that the total number of votes cast is 430 of which the honorable nancy pelosi of the state of california has received 220. the clerk of the house: the -- rable the clerk of the house: the honorable kevin mccarthy of the state of california has received 192. the honorable jim jordan of the state of ohio has received five. the honorable cheri bustos has received four. the honorable tammy duckworth of the state of illinois has received two. the honorable stacy abrams of the state of georgia has received one. the honorable joseph biden of the state of delaware has received one. the honorable marcia fudge of the state of ohio has received one. the honorable joseph p. kennedy iii of the state of massachusetts has received one. the honorable john lewis of the state of georgia has recei

e clerk: jones mr. van drew is present. the clerk of the house: if there are nip representatives-elect who did not answer the call of the roll, you may come to the well and vote at this time. >> there are four tellers, two from each party. is that too quadruple check the results? >> this is important to get right, so they want to make sure they have ordered everyone in the house voting, or in some cases voting present or not voting. be clear, the person who become speaker needs a simple majority. guest: to become speaker, you need a simple majority of those numbers voting for a member by name. a couple of other folks voted present. that reduces the total number of votes that representative pelosi needs to be speaker. if i have my math right, the 214. number is there were four folks in attendance who voted present or did not vote. host: it seems like 20 other members, jim jordan, cheri bustos got votes. the republican side, most of the folks who saw vote for someone other than the kevin mccarthy were members of the house fre

supposedly telling a potential witness in the paula jones case to lie and that they're arranging a job for her through vernon jordan." >> we got in saul's mini vannd drove out to linda tripp's home. >> prosecutors jackie bennett, saul weisenberg, stephen benhack, and fbi agent steve irons departed the independent counsel's office in washington and headed toward suburban maryland. >> you would have thought, from other people's accounts, that we were licking our teeth to get to her house and hear this, but we were really not. >> we assumed that nothing would come of it. we were wrong. >> the quiet neighborhood was lit only by a few street lamps when the federal investigators arrived just past 11:00 p.m. >> we went into her living room, and there, under her christmas tree, she told us the story from beginning to end of monica lewinsky and linda tripp. >> i don't believe any of us were expecting that the information would be as breathtaking as it was and that linda tripp would be as credible as she was. >> the prosecutors sat on linda tripp's couch that night silent and in sheer disbelief. tripp did not hold back as she divulged the details of a tor