pelosi is officially house speaker nancy pelosi again and she says democrats still refused to approve more money for a while. the president cannot hold public employees hostage because he wants to have a wall that is not effective, not effective in terms of its purpose, not cost effective terms of the opportunity cost is and the president has said mexico is going to pay for this. let s anchor ourselves into reality. mexico is not going to pay for this wall. 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
work to keep the focus on federal prosecutors or the special counsel when it comes to the president s accountability for the various scandals that surround him and the entities that bear his name. so we re going to be talking in days and weeks ahead i am sure about this decision by house democratic leaders to start making this point about the potential indictability of a president. but they definitely stuck a flag in that point today. day one of the new congress, and that is going to end up being really important down the road. that said, there is stuff to get to before then in the very short term, democrats first priority is to try to reopen the federal government. tonight speaker pelosi held a press conference in which she called the president s proposed wall on the southern border an immorality. she said it is not who we are as a nation. quote, the president cannot hold public employees hostage because he wants to have a wall. this is a live look at the floor of the house of repres
consequence for the whole question of whether or not democrats would ever take up impeachment, or whether they will work to keep the focus on federal prosecutors or the special counsel when it comes to the president s accountability for the various scandals that surround him and the entities that bear his name. so we re going to be talking in days and weeks ahead, i am sure, about this decision by house democratic leaders to start making this point about the potential indictability of a president. but they definitely stuck a flag in that pointed to. day one of the new congress, and that is going to end up being really important down the road. that said, there s stuff to get to before then in the very short term, democrats first priority is to try to reopen the federal government. tonight speaker pelosi held a press conference in which she called the president s proposed wall on the southern border an immorality. she said it is not who we are as a nation. the speaker said, quote, the
not only do i not seeing it straightening out, i think the musburger problem is, the president cannot hold the republicans in congress. he needs to unite the country. martha: thinks, you guys. good to see you both. let us know if you have any new jobs to talk, tell us about, carl. we want to know, do you care about the internal strife at the white house? is it really doesn t really matter? tweet me your answer @marthamaccallum using the hashtag #first100. we want to know if you are screaming at your tv right now. with the president s tv involved in a high-stakes court fight, there is new attention on neil gorsuch. a sensitive topic for you. the pick to be the next supreme court justice. former senator kelly ayotte joins us next. plus, the music world decided to share some new thoughts on the president. and those results are straight ahead, too.
not only do i not seeing it straightening out, i think the musburger problem is, the president cannot hold the republicans in congress. he needs to unite the country. martha: thinks, you guys. good to see you both. let us know if you have any new jobs to talk, tell us about, carl. we want to know, do you care about the internal strife at the white house? is it really doesn t really matter? tweet me your answer @marthamaccallum using the hashtag #first100. we want to know if you are screaming at your tv right now. with the president s tv involved in a high-stakes court fight, there is new attention on neil gorsuch. a sensitive topic for you. the pick to be the next supreme court justice. former senator kelly ayotte joins us next. plus, the music world decided to share some new thoughts on the president. and those results are