but he can t harm americans and then try to use that as negotiating leverage. before i let you go, i want to get your take on the harvey weinstein scandal as well. your district includes malibu, a places a lot of hollywood stars call home. did you ever receive donations from him? i did not. what do you think should be done about this culture of people in positions of power taking advantage of that power? the conduct that harvey weinstein allegedly engaged in is unacceptable whether in the private sector or public sector and if the allegations of rape are true, then he should be indicted and prosecuted and he should be go to prison. we appreciate your tom as always, thank you. nfl players and owners set to meet over the national anthem saga. can they reach an agreement after weeks of controversial protests? we discuss next live in the cnn
preparing to pass a bill for harvey, as you know, we had a meeting at the white house yesterday. preparation for the meeting, we met with our members and decided we were not going to be agreeable to an 18-month lifting of the debt ceiling. it was just just destroyed any negotiating leverage that we would have. we talked about it. we talked to our colleagues about it, the leadership colleagues about it. then, yesterday morning, the republicans put out they were going to insist on 18 months, so we put out the three-month proposal we had. it was a lively debate. i told my caucus before we went, this is what the proposal is. it was a lively debate. we had not intended to talk about c.o.r. but, of course that
not sure this we still have her audio. made it clear we would not do any longer debt ceiling than we had of the continuing she and chuck schumer did not want to see a longer term debt deal as was made clear by the president s decision to accept terms of a three-month deal instead. before we get to the hurricane update at the top of the hour which we have to get to, very quick last thoughts. you sat up when she talked about negotiating leverage for democrats. it is amazing republicans have to vote twice on the debt ceiling. i think she was careful not to gloet too much because she realizes donald trump does not want to seem as though controlled by the democrats. sometimes things more important than politics. we have hurricane irma barreling towards florida and another update from the national hurricane center. i ll turn it over to ali velshi
bill for harvey, as you know, we had a meeting at the white house yesterday. preparation for the meeting we went met with our members and decided that we were not going to be agreeable to an 18-month lifting of the debt ceiling. just destroyed any negotiating leverage that we would have. we talked about it and talked with our colleagues about it. some of the leadership colleagues about it and then yesterday morning the republicans put out that they were going to insist on this 18-month so we put out the three-month proposal that we had. it was a lively debate in the i told my caucus before we went this is our proposal is wanted to listen in to nancy pelosi for ten more seconds because she s talking about that meeting in the oval office calling it a lively debate.
and thought he might launch a trade war and now i see and when i look at his administration and how the goldman sachs wing is as important or maybe more important than the bannon wing. he s scoring points with the base and using this once again as negotiating leverage. the key to understanding trump is that he says stuff for negotiating leverage. david: well, there are points to be made here, e-mack. one is hiring americans. the h1b visas that go to highly trained foreign workers. 80% of the immigrants who have an h1b visa earned less than the median wage, are they hired because they re cheap labor, which is what trump doesn t want or they can t find american workers. studies suggest it s cheap labor. congressional hearings revealed that time and again. silicon valley is such a powerful lobbying block that they ve been allowed to get away with it.