congress, and i asked them to join me in wearing black on tuesday night. it s going to be a big audience, millions of people watching, and we wanted to take advantage of that opportunity and send a message of solidarity with the me too survivors and join those who were saying, time is up now for sexual harassment and inequality in the workplace. and that there are many members of congress that want to be part of the solution. congresswoman, do you expect to have bipartisan participation in this? or do you think it s just going to be democratic women? well, i haven t taken a clothing check. i don t know whether the women i know a lot of the democratic women will also be wearing black. but i do know they do most years, in fairness. and i m hoping the president is wearing his black suit. i think, though, what is important is that following tuesday night, i know i ve been working with some of my republican colleagues, men and
tomorrow. and tuesday becomes state of the union and the republicans leave town early wednesday for their annual issues retreat, all the way down in west virginia. so, we come back next monday, we have a couple days to finish this. is your agreement is your assessment, does it lineup with what the political play book is speculating, we re going to be doing this in the summer? i think it at least is going to have to go all the way through the month of february into early march to try to get there s just too many different issues here, too many different things to tie up and they have too many other little things. there s a democratic retreat the week after next. so, there are really only a couple of days to try and knock this up knock out an issue that has tied up the government and our congress for years and years? yes. little success. i want to talk about the politics of this quickly because the hosts of pod save america who took an active role leading up to the shutdo
presidents and it will be mitch mcconnell s biggest long term legacy, hugely important. you re right, very long lasting legacy. not important. it is very important, not very sexy is a word you use. before we get to the wednesday after the speech, it s going to be whether or not the president really does hold the line and what kind of gauntlet he throws down on immigration in front of that congress. the other thing in the speech we re looking for, more details on infrastructure, what does the plan look like? how are they going to pay for it? what details are we going to get. that s a partisan issue but how is that going to work. there are real questions about can they is there a world in which they can actually more there with you on that. but that does it tonight for us. we ll be back next week 7:00 to 9:00 eastern. for now, good night.
politically inclined, we watch this all the time. this is one of the few occasions when all the major networks will be carrying it. and it will translate into everyone watching it, or many people watching it at home, so many people who are just reading the headlines and catching it in the evening newscast, i think they ll get a better glimpse of what the president s vision is. he s going to lay out a bold plan. he s definitely going to talk about the economic accomplishments, be he s got boundless optimism in the american spirit and economy. you will see that. i m interested to see, his inaugural speech was the opposite of optimistic. but go back to the first joint address to congress, not a state of the union a few weeks later, and he really laid out that vision. it was very well received. it was very well received. i think you ll see a speech from his heart. i think you will see him build on the economic success that has taken place, some of the national security success. and
we can add another name to the list of members of congress announcing their retirement or resignation as a result of sexual misconduct allegations. republican congressman patrick meehan says he won t run for re-election after being scrutinized for alleged inappropriate behavior with a female aide. meehan settled the sexual harassment complaint with taxpayer money. he denies the allegations. in a letter to his campaign chairman obtained by the philadelphia inquirer, meehan writes, it is clear to me that under the current conditions, any campaign i would run would not be decided over vital issues but likely devolve into an ugly harsh rhetoric. meehan admitted he had a close relationship with the aide, but the letter he wrote to her was mischaracterized. i said, go for it. i want you to know that i m here for that. that s been turned as a love letter, that somehow i have been, you know, harassing because i m writing love letters.