First woman to lead the National Party the first female speaker of the house of rsrepresentatives Speaker Pelosi welcome to the stage. [cheers and applause] first of all you have had a busy morning. So to start with the conversation that is dominating washington. The Judiciary Committee held a hearing this morning the chairman held a press Conference Announcing articles of impeachment obstruction of congress and abuse of power. This is not a road he wanted to go down. You talked about this so why is it necessary now . Good morning. Ow that chairman nadler made the announcement and there was a press Conference Announcing the us canada mexico trade agreement that we have come a long way from the original proposal the administration had given us so we could come to an agreement. The press people said look at this and now the day is young and here we are. [laughter] it is very sad day actually nobody comes to congress to impeach ao president weighing the equities of it and to impeach clint
Components, which will drop the dow 53 points. The market opens well, im not going to say strong but flat to higher, despite all the talk of a government shut down. They will be playing the blame game today all day long. The shutdown deadline is midnight tonight. Investors dont appear to care. Dont forget this and dont ignore it. America is now the dominant energy power. We call the shots. Boston, three to one favorite to get amazon headquarters. We had to get the bookies somewhere, we did your . Varney company is about to begin. This is like getting doggy doodoo and putting a cherry on top and calling it a chocolate sundae. Stuart thats a revolting image, in my opinion. Nancy pelosi sounding off about the tax bill. The president just tweeted this. Here we go. Government funding bill passed last night in the house of representatives. Now democrats are needed if its just a pass in the senate. But they want illegal immigration and weak borders. Shut down coming, question mark . We need m
That he will allow a vote on daca to help the 800,000 immigrants who were brought here illegally as children before protections run out on march 5. But the white house had laid out three more issues for the president to support daca. Funding for Border Security and ending chain immigration. Reporter the government is open until february 8. Continuing resolutions for states that will operate on last years budget, but that doesnt reflect this years priorities. Reporter congress voted as many government officials were forced to stay home while agitation among the American Public group. I think republicans think that the republicans are winning and democrats are thinking the democrats are winning. Everybody else in america is wonder how some people appear made it through the birth canal. Reporter so who are americans blaming . In a poll just before the shutdown but released today, 41 say they are blaming republicans and 36 say they are blaming democrats. I am just curious what is the mood
Firm that the bill would include legal status for daca. With Mitch Mcconnell agreed to allow debate on immigration in the senate, the deal was set. The agreement was good for both parties is what this man said. The republicans get in the short term what they wanted which is this budget without daca. And the democrats get what they wanted which is a vote on daca. Reporter the shutdown has laid off about one half of the federal workforce. Here at the building in oakland, the irs building was open, but close to the public. We have skeletal operations for people who need to file charges of immigration and they are nearing the end of the statutory time period. I am okay. I dont have any feeling one way or the other. Reporter Dianne Feinstein was one of the no votes and they are concerned that republicans will go back on the word on daca, and with these votes there is a lot of Political Capital on the line. The federal Government Shutdown did have an effect on a number of Tourist Attractions