right, now president joe biden is in el paso, texas visiting our southern border for the first time as president. amid a record-breaking surge in migration that has strained several american cities and giving republicans a line of criticism at this hour. migrant services center which is funded by fema s emergency food and shelter program, he s meeting with local officials, faith leaders, and non governmental authorizations who have been critical to supporting migrants, economic collapse in their home countries, we will check in on the presidents border tour throughout the hour. plus, with the drama of last week s protracted battle over the speakership behind us, the house is slated to take up a rules package impacted by the unprecedented concessions kevin mccarthy made to far-right members of his caucus to become speaker. of course, the question that emerges from that is how those concessions and the enduring chaos of the speakership battle will impact how this 118t
Michael also start with the vote on rules tomorrow on how the congress particularly the house going to govern itself? what is your take on the rules package tomorrow? more serious about governing or last week s chaos just the beginning? last week s chaos was just the beginning. there has not been a lane open that says, at least publicly to the country, that we are going to be serious about this opportunity to govern over the next two years. they have laid out, this is all about hunter biden, laptops, as you noted earlier, rave, going after government officials to impeach them, cabinet officials, all that. and what the president, what president biden has to do in the face of that is look within the caucus because there are folks who want to move the needle. there are republicans who are going to be in races next year,
Problem but also a policy hole that has to be filled before the hot rhetoric of another presidential campaign gets underway, if he wants to set that table, if he wants to lay out a plan that touches on the dreamers, that touches on securing the border, and then overall empowers the states along the border to manage that system much better than it has been managed up to now. senator, as i look at the immigration issues up and down the border several times, it s a moral question for me. you also have to deal with the practical way you can deal with it on both sides of the border. how do you feel the president about the presidents trip and immigration legislation that can be framed in a way that can pass this particular congress and senate? i completely agree with
Members who identify as lgbtq. record breaking 149 women will serve in the house or senate, including 42 republicans. you represent a diverse district, as you and i talked about on this show before. we have an officer of the national action network, how do you respond to this diversity in the congress? the diversity is our strength. i think it can unify us to speak in one voice, to communicate with the american people. from the east coast, from the west coast, and every city district and community in between. i want to talk about diversity. we were there the last day on january 6th and the anniversary of the insurrection by violent white supremacists who barged onto the floor of the house to wreak havoc and people were killed. i looked into the eyes of black
Politicsnation. for freshman lawmakers this past week, it was like the first day of school. for four days in a row. congresspeople were finally sworn in early saturday morning. my next guest took over the seat held for over a decade by karen bass, who is now the mayor of los angeles. joining me now is california s newest member of congress, democrat sydney congresswoman, congratulations. i must start by asking you for your brief thoughts on this week s extended speaker selection process. what was it like to have the spectacle as your first introduction to congress? thank you for having me back. i m happy to be here. my family and friends and i