Vows not to dilute, dither or delay that legislation. The white house focuses today on immigration as President Biden prepares to sign a series of executive actions, including Assembly Task force to reunite families separated at the border during the Trump Administration. Welcome to tuesday, its Groundhog Day, the longest Groundhog Day any of us have ever experienced, isnt it, anyway, it jen psaki will hold her briefing the house Impeachment Managers have filed their pretrial brief this morning as well. Well get to both of those in a moment. The Daily Briefing comes after President Biden met with ten of the most moderately minded Senate Republicans, not necessarily an ideology but perhaps in tone last night at the white house. The that meeting they proposed a covid relief deal that they probably knew biden could not support and biden probably knew they wouldnt be able to stay united on that anyway. Case in point, its not every day you see Mitch Mcconnell publicly renouncing or praising
Ms. Pelosi today, we celebrate a wedding in washington, d. C. I convey that to you because it is a source of joy to us as she is a source of joy to the country and her personal happiness is lovely. In any event, here we are. Iran, impeachment. Let me start with iran. Today, we will have a resolution on the floor put forth by congresswoman alyssa slotkin. Were very proud of her experience, in terms of National Security, under democratic and republican president s, now a member of congress putting forth a resolution this week. Last week, in our view, the president the administration conducted a provocative disproportionate air strike against iran that dangered americans and did so without consulting congress. When i was informed of this attack the administration took responsibility for it over the weekend, i said, why did you not consult with congress . Well, we held it in closely. We held it in closely. No. You have a responsibility to consult with congress. No, we held it close. Whatev
Just seeing those young people, this veteran coming to speak for them, 90some yeereds old. At the end of his remarks he said i just want one message, i doesnt know if its appropriate to say, but i will, pray for peace. Pray for peace. Thats what we all do. Protect the American People is our first responsibility. Protect and defend, an oath we take. Not only of our constitution but of the American People. Pray for peace. Thats what we must do. So what happened in the view of many of us is no peace, its an escalation. Not that we have any confidence in the goodness, of the good intentions of iran. And we certainly do not respect and from my intelligence background know just how bad soleimani was. Not because we expect good things from them, but we expect great things from us. In terms of impeachment, you keep asking me the same question. I keep giving you the same answer. As i said right from the start, we need to see the arena in which we are sending our managers. Is that too much to as
Iran, impeachment. Let me start with iran. Today, we will have a resolution on the floor put forth by congresswoman alyssa slotkin. Were very proud of her experience, in terms of National Security, under democratic and republican president s, now a member of congress, putting forth a resolution this week. Last week, in our view, the president the administration conducted a provocative disproportionate air strike against iran that dangered americans and did so without consulting congress. When i was informed of this attack the administration took responsibility for it over the weekend, i said, why did you not consult with congress . Well, we held it in closely. No. You have a responsibility to consult with congress. No, we held it close. Whoever close means. As you see, there has been criticism from the republicans about the briefing that was put forth yesterday by the administration on this subject. Some have asked, do you agree this is the worst intelligence classified Briefing Congre
After that, first lady milan. Eah trump and son barron our guest is Raul Grijalva who joins us for the thanksgiving holiday. Mr. Grijalva is the senior most democrat on the national committee, the 76member progressive caucus of the house of representatives like senator Bernie Sanders as well. Thank you for being our guest this week. Lots to talk about with you. Thank you so much. Congressional reporter and collin wilhelm who covers congress for politico. Congressman. How are you . Very good. A lot of news the last couple days. Most recently the revelations about the allegations against the top Democrat John conyers. And that top rule for your party on that key committee. Tough times right now. But i think a very important shattering of some norms nationwide and particularly in the congress. You know, the exploitation, the mall treatment of women employees by leadership in the offices, i. E. Members of congress. I think deserves the airing that its getting and more importantly, any Sexu