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The idea that this is a security-based decision is just laughable. i think the media and any other contact, if it were speaker john boehner or speaker paul ryan saying there wasn t enough security during shutdown to allow for president obama to give the seed of the union address would be treated as a laughable conjecture it is. it s a political statement on pelosi s part and it s clear to everyone who knows how this works. shannon: john roberts has the secret service as they were never contacted by anyone in democratic leadership. dhs secretary nielsen tweeted the department of homeland security and the u.s. secret service are fully prepared to sit support and secure the state of the union. we thank them for their focus and dedication for all they do each day to secure our homeland. austan. i appreciate the secret service and everything they do. i have no doubt they can do the job. personally when i was in the white house, i benefited from their protection of presidential events ....
Us we are ready despite the fact of the secret service is not being paid, the protective mission has not changed. it is a no fail mission. kirstjen nielsen added that dhs and secret service fully planned to support and secure the state of the union. earlier on special report, house majority leader steny hoyer was asked about dhs calling the shutdown of a nonissue as far security goes. is tough to believe they are on as high a security alert when they are concerned about whether they re going to get a paycheck and be able to pay their mortgage. a group of 36 house democrats pushing the democratic chairman of the house armed services committee, adam smith, to support their effort to prevent the president from using military funds to build a border wall. even though president trump said yesterday he would not declare an emergency at the border, though experts say even if the president does, it s unclear ....
Honor the invitation extended to the president. shannon: what s going to happen? let s talk about it with the panel. former economic advisor to president obama, austan goolsbe goolsbee. ben domenech, publisher of the federalist . and eric. there s talk about whether or not the state of the union can go as planned. it s quite an undertaking. chad pergram tweeted this. from a pelosi spokesperson, the office of the speaker has been contacted by a furlough dhs employee who expressed serious concerns that the department has insufficient staffing levels to sufficiently manage the security needs of the upcoming state of the union due to furloughs of critical staff. then. i have to say this is kind of a ludicrous conjecture given we are going to see a couple events taking place in the couple days in washington, d.c.. the march for life on friday, women s march on saturday, both of which have significant security concerns themselves, particularly given the locations are going to be. ....
Trace is on the case to tell us more. let s begin with the shutdown showdown. highlights which include the president meeting with the bipartisan group of lawmakers including seven democrats. details of the meeting are thin but a few of those who attended reportedly called it productive. the president met with a group of g.o.p. senators. it appears a plan by south carolina senator lindsey graham to reopen the government for three weeks while negotiations over border security continue is gaining very little traction. in a letter to the president, house speaker nancy pelosi called on mr. trump to delay his january 29 state of union address because both the secret service and homeland security are in tangled in the partial government shutdown and may not be able to secure the event. except senior homeland security officials saying no one from the democratic congressional leadership bothered to ask dhs or secret service about the state of the union and they told ....
In the words of democratic congresswoman, anna eshoo, he s just untethered. nancy pelosi is calling on president trump to reschedule his state of the union address over security concerns. she made her concerns yesterday. she suggested the president could deliver the speech in writing. the speaker says the shutdown has put strains on both the secret service and department of homeland security, raising questions over the security planning that goes into the annual address. homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen refuted nancy pelosi s claim tweeting her department and the secret service are fully prepared to support and secure the state of the union. a spokesperson for the house speaker said she was motivated to make the request after her office was contacted by a furlough dhs employee. that employee expressed serious concerns that the department has insufficient staffing levels to ....