there s no reason that this shutdown could not end tomorrow. once we in the house pass these pieces of legislation today, continue resolution to keep the department of homeland security open through february 5th and then six other appropriation bills to open up the rest of the government that, by the way, all passed the senate appropriations committee overwhelmingly, the president could sign them today so we can continue moving forward and doing it in a way that is not hampering the economy, not hurting 800,000 workers not getting paid including 5,000 in my home state of new mexico. the issue is there s no border wall money in it. the president will veto it. he s made that clear. is this just politics this entire vote you re doing right now because you know what you re passing is not going to become he s going to we to it. erin, i don t believe this is politics because the bill that mitch mcconnell put on the senate floor before the end of
misdemeanor, and he has committed the felony of obstruction of justice. reporter: pelosi for now wants to keep the focus elsewhere. we shouldn t be impeaching for a political reason, and we shouldn t avoid impeachment for a political reason so we ll have to see how it comes. if robert mueller comes back and says i am seeking an indictment? i think that s an open discussion. i think that s an open discussion in terms of the law. everything indicates that a president can be indicted after he s no longer president. now the top priority for democrats will be to try to protect robert mueller from political interference. jerry nadler, the judiciary committee chairman introduced legislation today to make it harder to dismiss the special counsel. of course, that s a bill that they pushed in the last congress that republicans resisted. expect that to move early in the new corporation and when i asked nadler specifically about moving forward on impeachment proceedings as has been intro
recreational marijuana could soon be a reality in new york city. mayor bill de blasio set to announce his support for its legislation today. comes just 24 hours after the release of his new report which makes other marijuana recommendations such as setting the age minimum at 21. pot is already legal in all of canada. now budweiser wants to cash. in teaming up with medical marijuana company to pot-infused drinks to our neighbors to the north. 100-million-dollar deal set a nonalcoholic can business infused drinks. brian? ed: i notice a theme there. brian: won a six year legal battle after going to the supreme court for refusing to bake a wedding cake for a gay couple. ed: now that same colorado business owner is back in court for a new bias complaint. jedediah: todd piro is live in the newsroom with details. you remember this characterization of course, it made national news. jack baker is the individual. colorado was the state. he was the colorado baker whose decision to deny that cak
the main thing, we want to make sure that we get, you got to get the wall built. that s the real key thing that the president has said over and over again. and the popularity of that, that notion, is very, very it sets up pretty high right now. and people, people say, charles, that building the wall, paying for the wall is a problem. it s not a problem. that s why introducing legislation today, that will address that. and will overcome that problem. and i feel very good about that. sir, defense secretary james mattis was asked about sending troops to the southern border and if it was, quote, a stunt. here s the exchange. is this a political stunt as critics allege? the support that we provide through the secretary for homeland security is practical support, based on the requests from the commissioner of
there would abe a strong bipartisan support if there were that stand-alone legislation. tell me how you re going to vote on the more conservative and more moderate pieces of legislation today. i ve always been sensitive to these kids, the dreamers, and i think the second piece of legislation is the sore spot. i m supporting the second piece of legislation because it fixes the border security issues and takes care of the dreamers and deals with the family separation issue. i think that s a win-win-win and that s why i ll be supporting that piece of legislation. are there 200 votes in the house of representatives? that s the majority that would send it to the senate for consideration over there. my hope is that some folks on the other side will come over, but it s not looking as if we ll get to 18. we can get there. i know we re close so let s see if we can get to the finish line. the first vote will be on the goodlatte legislation, right?