the house has rejected that. i say once again to the right honorable gentleman, as i did earlier to the leader of the opposition and to other members, that it is very simple, you cannot wish away no deal. either you stay in the european union or you have a deal. i believe that it is right for us to leave the european union because that was what people voted for in the referendum in 2016. if you don't want no deal, they have to be willing to agree a deal. the point about sitting down and talking with people across this house is to identify those issues on which it will be possible for us to make changes such that we can secure support around this house. i thank you for the comments about the announcement we made today about the fees for applications for citizens. i commend my honorable friends the members for south leicestershire and bexhill and battle, and it was also raised by other members across this house. finally, i will say to the right honorable gentleman as i have said before and will continue to say, tha

housing enforcement. these are unprecedented attacks on fair housing that we simply cannot stand for. to that end, in addition to conducting robust oversight, the trump administrations activities at hud. i will introduce the fair housing protections action, my bill for the harmful steps by carson and the trump administration. i promise to continue to stand-up for fair housing opportunities for all people. a word about something new that i have decided to do with this committee. this is another very important issue that i'm going to continue to work on as chairwoman and that is diversity and inclusion. as a nation, we are becoming increasingly diverse, racially and ethically. the u.s. census bureau estimates more than half of all americans will belong to a minority group by 2044. at the same time, there's a growing body of research showing a connection between the level of diversity in a company and the strength of its financial performance. despite the facts, the government accountability office, gao, has

, than to keep them housed. so i would love to see us really put a lot more money into our small sights program, i just think it is so important, and also build affordable, but we have to start manoeuvring in a different way because we are seeing people lose their housing , and then there is no other place for them to go because these people are usually on fixed incomes, they are in rent control, and they are pushed out of the city. so i really hope that we start really looking at affordable housing and purchasing affordable housing and that pushing the dollars towards small site programs, and any nonprofits that are managing this program, we need to actually funds them more so they have higher capacity to go out and compete with the speculators anyway, i just wanted to put my comments and in. thank you. >> supervisor walton? >> i wanted to talk about affordable housing imbalances that we have here in this city. just to echo some of the sentiments of my colleagues. we have districts who are building a good amoun

if you're working in the white house you don't just care about the white house but congressional staff, interest groups and advocacy organizations and individuals who work for those organizations, you care about the media, you want good relationships with the media and good relationships with the bureaucracy and certain departments, in this city i would make the case that personal relationships are the realm. when somebody like sean spicer eaves the white house it is not just that they have to recruit, rehire, retrain but they lose all those personal relationships and those are things that are not easily transferable. you can teach someone to do a job, hiring somebody with experience in washington dc and politics, relatively easy to train and show them the ropes but you can't transfer all those personal relationships. for those reasons i would say it is very important to study white house staff turnover and we should care about it. i want to talk about the emergence of my data set and prior research and i will not spend a lot of time on it, so like a very dry title but the idea is a lo

housing. gropius he was a main figure in the german association of craftsman and the architectural collective you know. if you're like me you're sure to be curious what these houses look like on the inside. let me take it. it's been restored to the original nineteen twenty. today you can rent it as a vacation home. this is typical furnishing from the weimar republic era. a few modern touches like this. are some of the earliest tubular steel furniture produced in. my next stop along the trail in berlin. this house was built in one thousand nine hundred thirty three for the owner of a print shop designed by the last. in your view what makes this house so special. this is well i don't know about you but most people tend to feel ease here with the large windows create a feeling of a vast open space of freedom and openness by. the inside is flooded with light it has beautiful proportions all of this creates a distinct feeling. that's why i ask you how you felt earlier when visitors come they tend t

the house originates house appropriation bills and rings impeachment. the capital building itself symbolizes the making of our laws, but only part of the work takes place under its dome. here are the house office buildings were congressman have their offices and do much of their work. there are also meeting rooms for committees large and small. this is the library of congress, which holds one of the world largest collections of reference books at the service of our lawmakers. there is an office building where senators have the suites of offices for themselves and assistance. let's walk down the quarters. senators from oklahoma, maine, ohio. here is a senator himself. his daily work typifies that of all lawmakers. half of his average day is spent reading and answering letters from constituents. this is as it should be, for these constituents are his neighbors and the voters whose support made him a senator. this pile of 10,000 letters was received in two weeks. many constituents come to call in person to seek jobs, ask favors, and make proposals. letters

as i told the house last night, if the government secures the confidence of this house, then my first priority will be to hold meetings with my colleagues, with the dup, and with senior parliamentarians from across the house. our principles are clear. a deal that delivers a smooth and orderly exit, protecting our union, giving up control of orders and allowing us to operate independently policy. these will deliver on them will of the british people.” policy. these will deliver on them will of the british people. i tried this earlier during questing time, soiam this earlier during questing time, so i am going to give one more chance. which of the red lines that she has said that caused the defeat that she had last night is she willing to compromise on to get the agreement through? the honourable gentleman will not be surprised to hear that i will give the same a nswer hear that i will give the same answer that i have just given my comments because what i would point out to the honourable gentleman is that the key thing that this house needs to do that this parliament needs to do that

to the white house. the first meeting, mr. speaker, some of them didn't even show up. we want to talk about civility? we're in a shut down and the president of the united states says i want to bring some democrats in to see if we can resolve this. they won't even show up. maybe they were told not to go. so a few days later the president invites a different group. so in that group we actually did have some members that went. the gentleman from maryland, that day, was on a tv show and he said, quote, when they were asked those democrats going to the white house had the authority to negotiate. the majority leader of the house said, quote, they do not have the authority to strike a deal. so now the democrat majority is telling other democrats, who want to solve the problem, and are going to the white house to try to solve the problem, he's telling them they don't have the authority to solve the problem. if mr. majority leader, if the gentleman from maryland is telling other democrats they don't have the auth

easily, i think, through the house. and not fund president trump's wall. senate republicans come up before the break, they passed what would perhaps prevent a shutdown without funding the wall, then the president issued a veto threat, and that is when leaders got behind him. first act ofs speaker will be to invite a shutdown with mitch mcconnell, the republican leader, and the senate. we will see how that turns out. republican leaders are behind president trump. they are backing him. they do not want to put the president in a position of having to veto a bill in the first place. host: do you know if it is still at the same figure? guest 2: the $5 billion prorated per year, yes. withhite house is sticking $3.2 billion and fencing, not a concrete wall that the president has said he also wants. i do not see how you resolve that. host: miss tully-mcmanus, on the side, what faces them? guest 1: mitch mcconnell has said they will not take up legislation president trump will not sign. the only once viable -- he only wants viab

if you go to their house or barack obama's house or her spiritual leader's house, the vatican, they have a 40 foot wall and they all have walls around their houses, but it is immoral for us to build a wall to protect our children and our police officers getting killed front -- by these people. another thing -- i don't think i have heard c-span bring it up or anybody about the priest that molested those little boys, pedophiles and they will not talk about that being immoral. if you want to find a good place to worship, go to youtube and you will find a great man, a marine that teaches the gospel. host: from social media, the first day of congress for these freshman lawmakers. barbara lee, who was elected seen on the house floor taking selfies with alyssa presley, a new member of congress, first day of a new era and congresswoman deb haaland, new mexicans in the house, the u.s. house, the 116th congress and been mcadams, first time on the floor of the u.s. house of representatives with my kids, a memory we will not forget. i look forward to serving the people of utah. molly, insatiably cur

i know people say housing and we need more housing. we always need housing. we have to do a better job with housing production all over the state of california. 24 percent of the homeless population that exists in this country is in california. ultimately, because of our challenges with the opioid crisis and the people who are suffering from mental health we need more shelter beds. in order to have a place for people to go no matter their conditions. that is a big need. i have a plan at another's thousand shelter beds throughout our city. we are working on that. we have rd done 338 since i have become mayor. i introduce legislation to get rid of the bureaucratic layers that make it difficult to get shelter built in different communities. because people say cleanup, and help the homeless. then you want to put a shelter in their neighborhood and it's like i don't want this in my neighborhood. we have to do better. everyone has to share in the responsibility. the legislation i propose will give us the ability to not have to go to the same public process that mak

it's a step this house can take and it's a step this house quite frankly should take. madam speaker, finally, i just want to say as the gentleman from oklahoma pointed out, this select committee is truly bipartisan, and the ideas that come out of this select committee will be truly bipartisan. we can improve the way this house is run. we can improve the way we do things here. i think the american people are hoping we will move in that direction, and i think we have an opportunity to do that. and i want to say to the gentleman from oklahoma, i really appreciate his tone and his support for this initiative. you know, we all talk about new beginnings and about ways to make things better and i think we're off to a good start. with that i want to thank the gentleman from florida, and i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from oklahoma. mr. cole: i thank you, madam speaker. i want to echo my friend's comments to some degree. first, i want to thank him personally and i want to thank his fellow members on the democr

the second is 107 units of housing located at 500 turk street, in the third is 135 units of family housing was 66 units for homeless families at treasure island. the program funds projects to support infill and compact development that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. the fund is established by the state and is known generally as up and trade funding. in order to be competitive, the project will be submitting direct applications with the city for $20 million each eric it is broken into two major components. the second is a grant to go towards transportation improvements for the associated greenhouse gas reduction measures included in the application. for balboa park upper yard, the award request is for $14.5 million. they are applying for $14.5 million. for 500 turk, that request is for $13.9 million and the transportation grant is for $6.1 million, the treasure island parcel is requesting $14.7 million in housing funding , and $6.6 million for transportation improvements. the program requires the applicant for the project will be held jointly and liable for completion of the projects. thi

we will be speaking to parliamentarians, across the house, about securing support of the house. and it is incumbent on this parliament to deliver on that vote. >> my right honorable friend with visits to copeland, how capable our nuclear community is and how proud we are of that heritage. in a meeting with me, a small delegation of nuclear workers, to understand how important this is and bear in mind the center of nuclear excellence can bring to the challenge. >> it was clear to me not only expertise and skills in the nuclear industry that are there with the population but the importance of the nuclear industry. it will reverse the nuclear decommissioning authority and we are considering options for its future. the site remains eligible for nuclear new bills and we are committed to seeing new nuclear as part of our future energy mix. can i say to my honorable friends, to meet with her and that group to export this issue further. >> mister speaker, last night in this house after the biggest government defeat in history, the government will approach meetings with parliamentarians

housing. so there just happens to be just a concentration of these particular throoms are available in order to house people that are located in the tender loin. but let me also say, there is a lot of bad behavior. because as a kid, when i was growing up, it was easy to basically, when you, you know, can considered what would you do in life, you could do down -- could go down to the tender loin and sell drugs. that was an option and it still is an option. part of what i've already started to do is spend a lot of time in the tender loin. i've been running into a low the -- into a lot of friends and family members and it's been great because they feel like there's hope. i'm like, i want to help, but i also want you to meet me halfway. even the people who i know personally who are out there selling drugs, i'm like, look, i want to work with you. we will give you a job opportunity where you can make just as much money, but we're going to start cracking down. you can't be out here selling drugs. th

house on c-span. the speaker: the house will be in order. the prayer will be offered by our chap dane -- by our chaplain, father conroy. chaplain conroy: let us pray. thank you, o lord, for giving us another day. lord, you are ever present. the source of all wisdom and self-giving love. the sacred scriptures reveal your continued guidance in human affairs. and we thank you for the many blessings granted this nation throughout its history. in these early days of the 116th congress, we seek your mercy and rely on your revelations to guide and protect this legislative body. with renewed standards of ethics and a deeper commitment of accountability, may all who serve in public office be your steady instruments in unifying, protecting and guiding the american people of this democracy, to increasing virtue, greater prosperity and witness to goodness for the world. we thank you again for the inspiration of our nation's founders and the legacy they left us. may the members of this assembly and all americans be worthy of that legacy. may all that is

of bridge housing. [applause] >> thank you caroline. we were talking earlier about when we first met, i guess it was almost five years ago, to talk about our partnership and how we might approach the potential of becoming partners and rehabilitating some of the public housing under the r.a.d. program. i'm very pleased to say that it has been a great success, and i thank you for your partnership, and i thank the city also for their incredible dedication to making this happen. this kind of public housing facility, which was originally built in 1972 really, due to a lack -- lots of factors had fallen behind, and really needed to have someone from the city and the housing authority champion it and say we are going to make a difference, we are going to put money into these projects, we are going to seek out federal funds, we will do what we need to do in order to make this place the kind of home that people believe in, and that will help them succeed in life, and unfortunately, i love that dog. [laughter] >> i wish i had mine here. the kind

the house is a real possibility. and that might be why robert mueller decided to pump the brakes on this story. after watching 24 full hours of momentum for impeachment building, specifically because of this story. leading off our discussion now on this friday night, joy reid, msnbc national correspondent and the host of "a.m. joy" weekends, and ken delaney for nbc news and mimi roker, msnbc legal contributor. and ken delaney, i know you've been doing some of your original reporting on this story on what might or might not be being disputed by robert mueller's office. what can we make of that at this stage? >> well, lawrence, it's more of an analysis. my take on the statement, which is very specific, is that they are disputing the part of the story that asserts that the special counsel gathered texts, e-mails and interviews with members of the trump organization that corroborated michael cohen's statement that trump told a lie. in fact, the sequence was, mueller got that first and then went to cohen and cohen acknowl

, again speaker of the house, setting up a house versus white house fight that's already tonight underway. with the first major votes as the government remains shutdown into the new year. and then there's the president, who made his first public appearance in the briefing room today, to use federal employees and the border patrol union reps to make his point about the wall. and while we were looking at all that, wall street headed south. apple's stock has been shaken to its core. ron insana is here to tell us what's going on and where we all might be headed as "the 11th hour" gets underway on a thursday night. >>> well, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. this is the third day of the new

the rules will be voted on the house. the senate also convening tomorrow at noon eastern, 9:00 on the west coast. julia from southbridge, massachusetts, republican. caller: hello, yes. my name is julius. i'm calling in reference to the border wall. thing. another social security, my wife was getting $700 rebate dropped her down to $95 a month. we report in southbridge. -- we are poor. go ahead with the wall. donald trump is the greatest president. john in chicago. caller: hi. steve: you are on the air. caller: i'm supporting president position to build a wall. we need border security. if we don't control immigration or drug smuggling, we don't have a country. i live in chicago. we have 3000 shootings this year , 600 murders. i don't see why we have a military to guard one group of koreans from another group of koreans. 25 years of military intervention, isis came. build the wall, project our people. independents, republicans, democrats should all before that. steve: so if you were at the white house on friday speaking wit

it's 258 units of housing that will be built as modular housing. one of the first major modular housing projects in san francisco. so we're filling in that gap funding that is going to get that developed. so that's 258 units of housing for single adults including seniors and those with disabilities. so i am committed to that goal. in fact, we're going to exceed that goal and the good news, we're not going to have to go to the voters for modular housing funding, but we will be going to the voters, hopefully soon, for affordable housing in general. most recently in the capital plan, for the city and county of san francisco, the plan for bond measures that help to protect the city's assets, like our fire stations, police stations, libraries, buildings and assets, typically it has never included any housing. and so what i thought was important, because again one of our biggest challenges as a city that we face is housing people in general, especially the amount of money that we don't have for affordable housing. so this is another creative tool to prov

of the house the government will approach these meetings in a constructive spirit but given. given the only urgent need to make progress we must focus on ideas that genuinely negotiable and have sufficient support in this house thirty if these meetings yield such ideas the government will then explore them with the european union mr speaker i want to end by offering to reassurances the first is to those who fear that the government's strategy is to run down the clock to the twenty ninth of march. that is not our strategy i've always believed that the best way forward is to leave in an orderly way with a good deal yeah. and i have devoted much of the last two years negotiating such a deal as you confirmed mr speaker the amendment to the business motion table to nast week by my watch honorable and learned friend the member for beckons field is not legally binding but the government respects the will of the house we will therefore make a statement about the way forward and table in amendable motion by monday the second reassurance is to the british people who voted to leave the

or at least not enough housing. on page 4, it should be noted that not all projects go through the planning department entitlement process. is that a big portion of the portfolio are not? probably not. on page 5, we talk about what is already entitled, what is not getting built, and we talk about two years and five years and it will be a downturn. the question is, what is the plan to capitalize on the downturn. as things get cheaper, winning is the rainy day fund for the downturn to go by that land and hold it and secure it and be able to actually build more affordable housing on it with public subsidy? i would really want to understand -- there was a thing -- hold on. i read this with great consternation. it was in the inside section of the examiner on sunday. s.f. needs to pick housing a fleet approval process. everybody can get behind that. they cited 1028 market. what i want to understand is why didn't that project get built when right down the street, the joy project that is bigger, they already have shovels in

joining me now from the white house is hans nichols. we also have kelly o'donnell on capitol hill, the vote is going on right now. both bills are expected to pass. the first one -- both are expected to faith. i have baby brain sometimes. both are expected to fail. >> you're doing news for two, we understand. >> you're there, you have your ear to the floor, what happens next. >> there is a things to watch. from that is an opportunity for really lawmakers on both sides, the house and senate, to figure out now what do we do. there is a group of bipartisan senators, a dozen of them, who met last night and plan to speak out in some form after the votes are done about some of their ideas about where could common ground be found. it is also a way to test for the liberal left, the progressive left, not having enough votes to override a veto. that is part of what purpose of taking these votes is. shape the landscape of what is not doable in order to open the door to what may be achievable. one of the things that we have seen is house freshman wa

, to even the house ways and means committee. the chairman, richard neal, has the power to ask for president donald trump's tax returns using an obscure irs rule. you will expect a major change here in washington today. i don't know if the president even understands how gravely his situation is going to change. >> new investigations about to get under way, the mueller investigation, meanwhile, continues. the justice department guidelines suggest a sitting president can't be indicted. but here's nancy pelosi's take on that. >> i do not think that that is conclusive. no, i do not. it's not the law. everything indicates a president can be indicted after he's no longer president. >> what about a sitting president? could robert mueller come back and say i am seeking an indictment? >> i think that is an open discussion. >> jackie, how significant is her answer there? >> i mean, she's leaving the door open. and that said, democrats have also been really careful not to look like they're overstepping their bounds. not to look like they're

i'm going to be looking for defectors in the house. they had a meeting with the vice president on tuesday to discuss the messaging plan against house democrats movement of these bills. the white house and republicans overall are trying to stay as a coalition against these spending bills, but democrats are countering that there are going to be some republican defectors. on january 3, seven republicans voted to fund government. there could be more now as the shutdown continues to sting. even though usda said food stamps are going to go through february, there are fears there won't be enough money for programs like that. the shutdown is starting to sting. i'm going to be looking for those defections. there are also some defections on the senate side. on friday, there's going to be a lot of people looking to pay their rent and they are not going to have a paycheck. >> kellie mejdrich is a reporter with cq rollcall. find out more, rollcall.com. also, find her on twitter. thanks as always. >> here's a look at our live coverage thursday. on c

house speaker nancy pelosi called the bill a nonstarter and plans for the house to vote this week on separate bills to fund the government. both the house and senate are in session on tuesday. the house scandals and at noon eastern and is live on c-span. the senate begins at 1 p.m. eastern live on c-span two. c-span's washington journal, light everyday with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up this morning, a discussion about race relations in the united states. with columnist art strong williams and author leonard stein horn. and we talk weather shutdowns affect on those receiving assistance from hud with national low income housing coalition president and ceo diane intel. be sure to watch washington journal live at 7:00 eastern this morning. join the discussion. now a discussion of staff turnover and the trump administration both in the white house and the executive branch agencies. and how compares to previous and distractions. this is about 45 minutes. .- previous administrations this is about 45 minutes. 45 minutes. our first g we have speaker dr. tempis. ut your ta

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today the white house. today is a day the white house has long dreaded. the new congress has officially been installed and democrats have officially taken control of the house which means gone is the republican firewall that is so far helped to protect donald trump and his administration from oversight and investigations. setting the tone for this potentially dangerous new world, the president finds himself facing an ominous message from the newly minted house speaker nancy pelosi that may show president trump just how vulnerable he could soon become. >> do you believe the special counsel should honor and observe the department of justice guidance that states a sitting president cannot be indicted? >> i do not think that that is conclusive. no, i do not. >> could robert mueller come back and say i am seeking an indictment? >> i think that is an open discussion. i think that is an open discussion in terms of the law. >> it is that open discussion that may come to define the remainder of trump's presidency. as special counsel robert mueller marches toward a

on this house floor. t was over daca that she was shutting the government down for. both challenges are out there. find an opportunity to solve this and put the american public first. but what is the answer? first play the federal employees and second, to close early and go home. i'm staying this weekend. i'm requesting that the leaders get together tomorrow, all of us, stay in the room until we solve this problem. the president is right. it only takes 45 minutes. the president is right found two issues out there that both parties care about. he is correct that our government is designed to find common ground and not one person can always have their way. unfortunately, i think the speaker thinks differently. there was a low point in american history tore the speaker of the house to uninvite the president of the united states. low point that we are still shut down. even lower that people would go home and not solve this problem. i listened to the majority leader today. he did not list one bill outside of s

house democrats are taking a position saying the u.s. justice department would be the one to step in and fight conservative cds but the trump administration has sided with the conservative 80's and house democrats are saying if trump's department of justice will not do anything, we are going to intervene. stephanie: mention a couple of the top priorities for these new house democrats. where are they going to head in the coming years? ella nilsen: there is a lot they have on their plates. in the coming weeks, hr one -- nancy pelosi also announced the creation of a committee to tackle climate change. expect committee hearings on climate change and the environment. we will see if there is tangible legislation that comes out of that. one of the things that was mentioned today, there's going to be a universal background check introduced next week for something that deals with gun control. a wide range of things democrats are looking at tackling early. stephanie: we will also follow you. we can find you on twitter at ella_nilsen. thank you for

unfortunately the white house is all of the map. we don't know where the white house stands on anything. yesterday public one - - president publicly rejected the a offer made one week ago by his own vice president. there is no idea where thecc president will comeas down on any giving days surely the leader knows that it would have the president support to rely on the president alone we could be shut down for a long time. this point he needs to take the lead to show president trump the sweet light of reason that given the shutdown based on republican approved all leader mcconnell needs to do to reopen the governmenthe is to bring to the floor the legislation that he and nearly every other republican senator already supports. i yield the floor. >> the clerk will call the role. vermont. mr. leahy: ask that the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. objection. . >> mister president i realize the distinguished presiding officer

the speaker of the house is supposed to fight for the house position and not just be a foreleader for the senate majority. i urge my friends to put politics aside. working together, we can secure the border and can protect the citizens of this country and can re-open this government. the american people are elected us to do this and i urge a no vote. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman from new york is reckmiesed. mrs. lowey: before i introduce mr. bishop, i want to say to the gentleman from georgia, we have a responsibility to keep the government open and it is unfortunate that the president has taken a strong position in closing the government down and i hope we can open the government for the american people and madam speaker, i yield four minutes to the gentleman from georgia, the chairman-designate, mr. bishop. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for four minutes. mr. bishop: madam speaker, we are in the 13th day of a government shution. specifically, u.s. department of agriculture has stopped issuing loans for loans. and across the nation, and closed on dec

his party had complete and total control of the white house, the senate and house of representatives for two solid years and completely ignored immigration reform." does that statement not apply to president trump as well? >> it absolutely applies. in fact, i think as of a couple years ago, i think that applies to daca. where i think he said publicly he didn't have the right to do what he was doing, but he was doing it anyway. one of the things you learn when you get in government is that we give the president, who is the chief executive officer of the country a great deal of latitude over how the government is run. and one of the things i've learned at omb is we actually can do that very effectively. you folks ran a story a couple weeks ago at the beginning of the shutdown about how the coast guard was not going to get paid. >> right. >> the president made it clear that he wanted to do everything within his power legally to make sure those folks got paid, and we were able to do that. we were able to move money around legally, and presidents have the ability to do that. this presiden

the house passing a bill in the senate and the white house not signing off on it. at least over the next couple years. harris? >> harris: rich, thank you very much. we will bring it out to the couch now. i will say a couple of things about this meeting. first of all, it's the first cabinet meeting the president has had since october. we are watching to see the developments with regard to that, but there are some new people in the room. [laughter] >> to say the least. >> harris: many of them are acting. chief of staff mick mulvaney acting. patrick shanahan taking over defense as jim mattis has just left. he is acting, as well. you've got matthew whitaker, the doj. he's been there since november but he still acting. there are some new players at the table. >> richard: definitely, and it will be interesting to see how the president plays -- the last 24 hours of the republicans controlling the house, the senate, and the congress. the house of representatives. tomorrow, it all changes. once nancy pelosi picks up the gavel, the votes change. it changes how the president

in 2014, we purchased our house from a builder and seller who made major renovations to our house. we ensured that all aspects of the home were sound, thorough inspections were done and we were diligent in that renovations were approximator submitted. in -- permitted. in 2017, we received that the facade of the home was changed in violation of the code and we as owners were to remediate the problem. this undertaking would be a massive financial cost, over $50,000, as well as a major disruption, would wreak havoc on our children's lives and deny us reasonable accommodations. we engaged with a historic preservation architect and we live on a block that has no historic significance, neither does our home. upon the further investigation, we learned that the city was aware prior to our purchase and during the construction phase that the builder was planning to replace windows and in violation of historic preservation code because a neighbor filed a complaint against the builder. despite the city knowing about that complaint, the city didn't act on enforcement at that time and when it ca

so no. >> the white house rejects the house democrats plan to reopen the government without more funding for a wall. the president pitched his case in the briefing room last night alongside a number of border patrol council members peered he congratulated pelosi on becoming speaker again and says hopefully he and the speaker will have a lot of things to get done together. white house press secretary says nancy pelosi needs to get negotiate on wall funding. >> this is going to be a big test of her leadership, whether or not she can bring the far left side of her party, she's got to get serious about protecting the people of this country. the fact that nancy pelosi put more for foreign aid, $54 billion in foreign aid and the funding bill but refuses to help protect our own country is pathetic and that something that has to change. >> democrats say they're open to more border security funding, just not that wall. >> bill: what to bring in our house minority leader steve scully's, welcome back. >> about a two hour drive, what happened on wednesday inside the situation room? >> you saw the se

she was saying, we will not lose this house. we will not lose this house. we will not lose this house. she was 50 years old. she had never worked outside the home, and she was terrified. so, finally, she pulled that dress on. she put on her high heels, blew her nose, and she walked to the sears and got a minimum wage job. that minimum wage job saved our house and it saved our family. if you want to know who i am, there it is. that is the story written on my heart. for a long time, i thought that story was a story just about my mother, a story about how she dug deep, and when she had to, she dug deeper. then i started to understand, years later, it is the story of millions of families across this country. people who do what needs to be done, to take care of those they love. then, years after that, i came to understand it is also a story about government because, when i was a kid, a minimum wage job would support a family of three. yeah. [applause] >> it would cover a mortgage. it would cover utilities, and it would still get basic food on the table. today, a

i will never forget his crowd came to the white house, i was at the white house and saw the kids chanting. he heard that but still celebrated the change in history for barack obama. he told me a week prior to that, he saw the racism going on. i was shocked with the honesty and conversation and i will never forget the day barack obama, the day after he was elected the president marked history from the rose garden. he was in the oval office very upset. i don't know what was going on, we were waiting for him to come out. he had steve hadley and others in the office and all of a sudden he was very angry, he turned and saw me and stopped and raised the roof and we both laughed, it changed the atmosphere. now a story. >> host: what about president obama? >> guest: the story of president obama. traveling to africa with him. in the interview with him on air force one. i don't tell the story a lot. it is not about politics or policy. this is a personal thing. when he is leaving office he and michelle obama were leaving the white house, my two daughters had an audience with them to say goodbye. tha

control of the house under the gavel of new house speaker nancy pelosi, they passed a measure to fully fund the government without provision for the president's border wall. >> they cannot hold public employees hostage because he wants to have a wall that is not effective in terms of its purpose, not cost-effective in terms of the opportunity of federal dollars to spend. mexico is going to pay for this. >> reporter: donald trump congratulating nancy pelosi yesterday the white house briefing room made it clear he will keep pushing for enhanced border security. >> call it a barrier or whatever you want but we need protection in our country, to make it good, the people of the country once it. i have never had so much support as i have in the last week. over my stance for border security, border control and frankly the wall and barrier. >> reporter: as far as the measure passed yesterday by the house, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell made it clear the senate will not even consider it. the standoff continues. heather: a texas man allegedly confesses to murdering his three young childr

the white house said no. the white house said, and i quote, moving these four bills without broader agreement to address the border crisis that should be in quotes, is unacceptable. the administration looks forward to working with congress for adequate appropriation to address the crisis on the southwest border, arguebly of their own making, gets the entire federal government back to work for the american people as soon as possible. then it said, if these four bills are presented to the president, his advisors would recommend that he veto the bills. that's from the executive office of the president, off of management and budget in washington. they have these four bills ready to go, bipartisan support, republicans say yes. democrats say yes. debt's reopen financial services, reopen department of transportation, reopen housing and urban development, get money going to agriculture, rural development, money going to the food and drug administration, limit's get all of those presumably hundreds of thousands of peo

house and the hill? >> that would be much preferred. to paraphrase the president, i think he flaked out. >> harris: as an jeff flake of arizona? >> [laughs] yeah. as in trying to fill the void of the anti-republican senators, because you did lose some of the biggest opponents in bob corker and jeff flake. he's trying to fill that void and get himself booked on television. an op-ed published in "the washington post." >> harris: can't i just point out -- i worked on that friday and anchored that coverage when senator flake went rogue, and sided with his friend chris coons from across the political aisle, and they were going to delay for a longer fbi investigation. can i point out that he then voted for cavanaugh in the end? that he voted with this president some 90% of the time? i have to say that you might be right about the fact that this is a little bit about grandstanding for the individual, but we don't exactly know. we can only look at those facts, and the facts are stubborn. by the way, the rnc chai

jim acosta at the white house, thank you. i want to bring in gloria borger and dana bash to talk about this. what a day. what a news day, right? if there appears to be some sort of agreement, walk us through what that could be, dana, because we knew there was this bipartisan group of senators that was aiming for something that we've heard about before, which is -- this has been on the table or discussed or out there -- a stopgap measure that funds the government for a short period of time so they can talk about border security separately. >> you have a bipartisan group of senators banging their collective heads against a wall, because it looks like what they have been talking about and begging the president to do might be exact ly the road he's going to go down. we'll see that in about 20 minutes if that's the case. if he does reopen the government, it is -- there is no other way to say it and see it as the fact that he capitulated. he has had no choice. it has gotten worse and worse and worse for him politically. people who

the white house moving forward with plans for mr. trump's state of the union address, despite pelosi's request for a delay. i will speak with the chairman of the house intelligence committee, adam schiff. our correspondents and analysts are standing by. first, sara murray. what are you learning about the special counsel's interest in the nra? >> we knew that lawmakers had been scrutinizing the nra and its role in the 2016 election. now we learn that special counsel robert mueller had his own questions and wanted to better understand the relationship between the early trump campaign and the national rifle association. for the first time, a sign the special counsel is interested in the trump campaign's relationship with the national rifle association during the 2016 election. >> part of his appeal was this guy was going to win at all cost. >> reporter: a former trump campaign aide telling cnn, when i was interviewed by the special counsel's office, i was asked about the trump campaign and our dealings with the nra. >> great honor to be

beyond the housing and homeless... saying many issues come from people who say they need more than housing. ( robin ) the trump administration's new asylum policy named "remain in mexico" ... is requiring asylum seekers to wait in mexico to learn the results of their request. the policy took effect last friday, as another large group of migrants heads to the u-s from central america. homeland security says it's overwhelmed by the numbers of migrants and the huge backlog of immigration cases. the agency calls the new rules, 'migrant protection protocols...' but humanitarian groups say the policy does not protect migrants and asylum seekers. ( robin ) there are unanswered questions about how mexico will pay for and house migrants ... and whether aslyum seekers will have accees to lawyers as they would in (robin) still ahead on the kron four morning news... terrifying moments for a

michael cohen has agreed ed td appear before the house oversight committee as the white house is gearing up for a fight to block the release of some or all of mueller's final report, hiring 17 lawyers to pursue potential claims of executive privilege. this hour, i will talk with the house ethics committee chairman. our core spoerespondents and an are standing by. first, jim acosta, he is in texas. he is at the border with plex co-whe mexico where mr. trump visited today. we heard all sorts of wild statements from the president. >> reporter: it's quiet where we are right here on the border with plex c mexico. the press weident looked at the situation. he claimed the nation is under attack. that's one of many misleading statements he made throughout the day as he is in hot pursuit of the wall. with an end to the shutdown nowhere in sight, president trump took his quest for a wall down to the texas border. he claimed the nation is under attack. >> if we had a barrier of any kind, a powerful barrier, whether steel or concrete, we would stop that cold. we're certainly under attack by criminal

well, unfortunately, the white house is all over the map. we don't know where the white house stands on any of these things. yesterday president trump publicly rejected an offer made to democrats a week ago by his own vice president. there's no telling where the president will come down on any given day. surely leader mcconnell knows that after passing a c.r. through this chamber thinking it had the president's support, that if we rely on the president alone, we can be shut down for a long time. at this point, we need to take the lead here in congress in the hopes that we can show president trump the sweet light of reason. we've given our republican colleagues a way out of the shutdown based on republican-approved proposals. all leader mcconnell needs to do to reopen the government is to bring to the floor the legislation that he and nearly every other republican senator already supports. i yield the floor and note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. vermo. mr. leahy: ask that the quorum be dispensed

the republicans had control of the house, senate and white house for two years. if this were such an important priority, why didn't he do it at the beginning of the administration and why? the defense secretary left with a strong rebuke of his foreign-policy. the senate hearing blew up because of the seriousness of the charges. his foundations were close down because of illegality. it was about a couple weeks. so what did the president do? he shuts the government down and he's distracting the attention from those pressing issues. >>chris: but sir, the fact is even the "washington post" say , there is now a crisis at the border. there has been a dramatic spike in the number of family units coming across the southern border. i want to put up some statistics. in november 2017, a year plus ago, the border patrol apprehended 7000 family units at our southwest border. this past november, two months ago, they called 25,000 family units coming across been and look at these recent incidents where border patrol incident had to fire tear gas at migrants trying to climb the

the fact is the republicans were in control of the house, the senate and the white house for two years. and if this is such an important priority for the president, why didn't he do it at the beginning of the administration? he waited for the lame duck. his national security advisors sentencing hearing blowup because of the seriousness of the charges. his foundation was closed on for persistent illegalities. the gentleman heading the isis effort was resigned. it was a bad couple of weeks so what does he do? he shuts the government down and he's distracted all the attention away from all of those pressing issues to the government shutdown. >> chris: the fact is, even "the washington post" today said that there is now a crisis at the border. there has been a dramatic spike in the number of family units coming across the southern border. i want to put up some statistics. in november of 2017, a year plus ago the border patrol apprehended 7,000 family units at our southwest border. this past november, two months ago, they caught 25,000 family units coming across. and look at these recent in