i can see chuck schumer evolving that way. most helpful, his ability to learn from others, especially senator kennedy who was a mentor to them about how to operate within a special dissent. >> host: let's move forward. he was first elected to the house in 1980, began serving in 1981. go forward to 1993, debate on the house floor, november 1993, debate on the house floor, november 1993, then house member chuck schumer debating in favor of the brady handgun bill. here's a look. >> mr. chairman, today is the day for this chamber to join the american people in saying we have had enough. today is the day to stand up and say enough to the boundless fever for handguns, enough to the senseless killing in every community. day after day and night after night we see the bloody madness. children kill children. mothers die trying to protect their families. parents and their children. children barry parents. you and i and everyone of us in this chamber no our neighbors, the american people are sick and tired of this insanity. my neighbors i

but as you noted it, know each other and donald trump was a chuck schumer donor and chuck schumer is going to seek ways where he can to make deals with donald trump. while i have no doubt he will spend most of his time leading the democrats in opposition to what trump is doing, i don't think what you saw there was some opening salvevo to a four-year epic battle. >> think about it when how long they've known each other and how weird for chuck schumer to have donald trump once a donor as opposition and president of the united states. it's a strange world and he probably knows a lot of secrets about donald trump. known each other foy long time. >> strange for schumer and trump and for trump and lot of republicans. i think the democrats and schumer will find ways to cooperate on issues like infrastructure and try like the devil to block a lot of other areas. one of the lessons one absorbed from the last eight years it senate obstructionism really works. >> dana bash with the big scoop sat down with him today. we'll listen and then discuss. >> we'd be derelict in responsibility to the ame

to marginalize him. >> guest: well, here's the thing about chuck schumer. he is the only person in washington donald trump actually knows. he laid eyes on paul ryan, half dozen times and five of those in the last nine months? he has no relationship with mitch mcconnell and has no cultural connection to him whatsoever. he knows chuck schumer for many years. he donated to the campaign. they're from the same city. ran somewhat in the same circles that they were both powerful new yorkers. so they know each other. they have something to work with. that doesn't mean they will see eye-to-eye on policy nominations. i'm sure chuck schumer will be very loud opposition to l the things that democrats want to oppose but when something is going to be able to get done i would bet on chuck schumer and trump before i would trump talking to mitch mcconnell. >> host: jennifer stein hauer with the "new york times" and paul kane with the "washington post." a look ahead at democratic leadership for charles schumer. thanks to you both for joining us. >> thank you. >> live this mo

he is none other than senate minority leader chuck schumer of new york. the same who back in the timbers that he could work with president-elect tromp, trump reciprocated at the time with this tweet. "i have always had a good relationship with chuck schumer, he is far smarter than harry reid and has the ability to get things done, good news"! that was then, and now is something altogether different. the president-elect today dubbed schumer "head clown" after schumer said trump wanted to "make america sick again." too low even for a man of schumer's standards. all this before following the head clown will be known as schumer clowns and suddenly schumer doesn't like name-calling. >> i say to the president-elect and republicans that this is not a time for calling names. it's time for them to step up to the plate if they want to repeal and show us what they will replace it with. >> lou: sorry, chuck, it appears to be too late for you, you are down as the head clown. you didn't help yourself yesterday when as head clown you blustered the only way democrats wou

it is not just chuck schumer. there was a catholic mass last night outside on the lawn of the capital. people felt it was a violation not only of the constitution but of their faith to act -- >> kimberly: it's not a violation. >> juan: not our values as american. >> kimberly: the constitution is not a treaty that we honor with other countries. >> eric: promising to infiltrate the refugee program. >> juan: none of the people who have been admitted under the refugee program. who are you going to go after next? >> eric: going after chuck schumer or the media. >> juan: going after anybody of syrian dissent? >> kimberly: that's not what he said. >> juan: it's not like we are dumb. >> kimberly: this is not illegal. these are laws that are on the books. it's not unconstitutional. keep in mind that rights and privileges are afforded to citizens of the united states and the u.s. constitution is not a treaty with other countries for everyone to do whatever they want. we have an obligation to keep the country safe. >> juan:

donald trump was a chuck schumer donor, and chuck schumer is going to seek ways where he can to make deals with donald trump. so while i have no doubt that he will spend most his time leading the democrats in opposition to trump is doing, i don't think what you saw there was an opening for a four-year epic battle. >> think about it when how long they've known each other and how weird for chuck schumer to have donald trump once a donor as opposition and president of the united states. it's gotta be a strange world for him. he probably knows a lot of secrets about donald trump, because they've known each other for a long time. >> strange for schumer and trump and for trump and lot of republicans. i think the democrats and schumer will find ways to cooperate on issues like infrastructure and try like the devil to block a lot of other areas. one of the lessons one absorbed from the last eight years, senate obstructionism really works. and merrick garland is a case in point. >> dana bash with the big scoop sat down with him today. we'll listen and then discuss. >> we'd be derelict in our

he is none other than senate minority leader chuck schumer of new york. the same who back in the timbers that he could work with president-elect tromp, trump reciprocated at the time with this tweet. "i have always had a good relationship with chuck schumer, he is far smarter than harry reid and has the ability to get things done, good news"! that was then, and now is something altogether different. the president-elect today dubbed schumer "head clown" after schumer said trump wanted to "make america sick again." too low even for a man of schumer's standards. all this before following the head clown will be known as schumer clowns and suddenly schumer doesn't like name-calli. >> i say to the president-elect and republicans that this is not a time for calling names. it's time for them to step up to the plate if they want to repeal and show us what they will replace it with. >> lou: sorry, chuck, it appears to be too late for you, you are down as the head clown. you didn't help yourself yesterday when as head clown you blustered the only way democrats would

listening to chuck schumer somebody started talking about abandoning the republican party. he is presumptuous and arrogant and he certainly didn't have this tongue in his cheek. what do you make of senator schumer? >> this as you know is the most dangerous place between anyone in washington between chuck schumer and the camera. all of a sudden chuck schumer saying well us democrats are going to hold the president accountable if it's just in the interest of holding people accountable. excuse me this is a mandate when donald trump was elected a mandate says the largest congressional election as it's related to majorities and electoral college votes since the reagan re-election campaign in 1984 the the american people have spoken. maybe chuck schumer doesn't understand that. >> i don't know whether he understands it or not but he is somebody a lot smarter than him leading the opposition and that is the case now. to imagine chuck schumer suggesting that donald trump, he could get along if it weren't for that dog on republican party. how infantile and how lazy minded and previou

reciprocated with a tweet -- i have always had a good relationship with chuck schumer. that was then, but now it different, president-elect dubbed schumer head clown after he accused republicans of quote, wants to make america sick again by repealing obamacare. too low even for a man of schumer's standards. all dems following the head clown will be forever known as schumer clowns. suddenly schumer does not like name-calling. >> i say to president-elect and the republicans, this is not a time for calling names, it is time for them to step up to the plate if they want to repeal and show us what they replace it with. lou: sorry chuck, it's too late, you are down as head clown, did you not help yourself yesterday, when you blustered only way democrats uld work with president-elect trump if he quote, moves completely in our direction, and abandons his republican colleagues. over trump's chab ne cab cabinet choices, is demanding a ethic probe. it is too late to council the head clown and all schumer clowns, the battle is joined between th the globalist lefts and the nationali

reciprocated with a tweet -- i have always had a good relationship with chuck schumer. that was then, but now it different, president-elect dubbed schumer head clown after he accused republicans of quote, wants to make america sick again by repealing obamacare. too low even for a man of humer's standards. all dems following the head clown will be forever known as schumer clowns. suddenly schumer does not like name-calling. >> i say to president-elect and the republicans, this is not a time for calling names, it is time for them to step up to the plate if they want to repeal and show us what they replace it with. lou: sorry chuck, it's too late, you are down as head clown, did you not help yourself yesterday, when you blustered only way democrats would work with president-elect trump if he quote, moves completely in our direction, and abandons his republican colleagues. over trump's chab ne cab cabinet choices, is demanding a ethic probe. it is too late to council the head clown and all schumer clowns, the battle is joined between th the globalist lefts and the nationali

reciprocated with a tweet -- i have always had a good relationship with chuck schumer. that was then, but now it different, president-elect dubbed schumer head clown after he accused republicans of quote, wants to make america sick again by repealing obamacare. too low even for a man of schumer's standards. all dems following the head clown will be forever known as schumer clowns. suddenly schumer does not like name-calling. >> i say to president-elect and the republicans, this is not a time for calling names, it is time for them to step up to the plate if they want to repeal and show us what they replace it with. lou: sorry chuck, it's too late, you are down as head clown, did you not help yourself yesterday, when you blustered only way democrats would work with president-elect trump if he quote, moves completely in our direction, and abandons his republican colleagues. over trump's chab ne cab cabinet choices, is demanding a ethic probe. it is too late to council the head clown and all schumer clowns, the battle is joined between th the globalist lefts and the nationa

i was listening very closely to chuck schumer. if the president-elect was watching and listening, that honeymoon, if there ever was a honeymoon, is clearly over because he went directly at the president-elect on a whole host of issues. >> on twitter, this is not reality television. this is reality. look, i think chuck schumer is going to be a fighter. i think he also understands that he has a fine line to walk. for example, on infrastructure plans. if there is a big infwra structure proposal, the democrats are going to say, great. we're going to fund that. we want to work with the president on that. the republicans not so much. i think he laid down the law that the democratic party is going to remain the democratic party. when this he can work with trump they will, when they can't, they won't. >> he came close to ridiculing the president-elect on several sensitive critically important issues, including russia. >> including and especially russia. this is one of those examples of where you have a democratic leader, the democratic le

senate kim chuck schumer new senate what was the maintaining away from your part? >> fight, fight, fight. obstruct, obstruct. you know, there was all the enthusiasm that chuck schumer might be a dealer than harry reid. it appears that democrats are going to try to take down aars bunch of these nominees that they possibly can, they are att least going to drag the process out as long as they can. they will try to drag some of the people through the mud and in hopes of getting one or two in the end cooperate on trade maybe infrastructure maybe so long public spending not private tax credits and closing the corporate the carried interest loophole miner part of tax reform. i didn't hear a lot of willingness to cooperate on other things. >> what i heard was schumer saying so long as donald trump governs like a democratically we will did he happy to cooperate with him big question is whether that is going to last over time, trump is going to do things like on infrastructure and trade, that -- a lot of democrats are probably going to support are they going to realobstruct

chuck schumer, for example, saying the a.g. should pledge fidelity to the law and the constitution, not the white house. the fact that this administration doesn't understand that is chilling. and then this from ted cruz just moments ago. it is fitting and sad that the very last act of the obama d.o.j. is for the acting a.g. to defy the newly elected potus. both pouncing in that regard and using it to hammer home their political points. here's one of the big take aways, brian. mrs. yates, because she was the top senate confirmed official at the department of justice, has the authorization to sign foreign surveillance warrants, which is a critical function to the d.o.j. and it's not clear that dana bente has that same authorization. he was signed in tonight. he what sworn in tonight at 9:00 p.m., we are told, and so he is official. but, again, because he doesn't come with that senate confirmation, he doesn't have that ability to authorize and to sign foreign surveillance warrants. that is a concern when it comes to national secur

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i don't think chuck schumer and i have the same definition, nor does chuck schumer or mitch mcconnell and the president, who -- mitch mcconnell said the president's nominee will be-- ml confirmed. mitch mcconnell is very precise in his words. he doesn't just say things. when he says something he will follow through. it is going to be a battle. it will be a battle royale, but the president will get his nominee confirmed. and groups like ours like we did with justice alito when president bush made that nomination, we worked with senator frist who was the majority leader in the senate, and we helped get him confirmed. so yes, we along with other organizations, if it is one of the justices that we are completely committed to, will help the grassroots to move the president and the republicans in the senate gain the confirmation. host: want to invite viewers calling into speak with mr. perkins. 202-748-8000. let me get reaction to the house, passage of an abortions bill. i want to get your reaction to what nancy pelosi, democrat of california, had to say about this bill. >> i am a catholic.

. >> senate minority leader chuck schumer confronting the president elect donald trump face to face. his warning. your cabinet picks are going to make you fail as president. did he mean it? what was the response? dana bash's interview with schumer ahead. >> despite admitting he has not had briefings with the heads of the intel agency. he just tweeted his intel meeting was curiouses youly del. >> it was a rough first day for the new congress after house republicans changed course on gutting the independent congressional ethics panel. former nominee hillary clinton and former president bill clinton will attend donald trump's inauguration. former president george w. bush and former president laura bush will also be approximate in attendance. >> charles manson moved from a california prison to an off site hospital. the l.a. times reports he is seriously ill. state and federal officials are not commenting about his condition citing privacy laws. >> can you imagine having a baby at 50? janet jackson just did. the pop star gave birth on tuesday to a baby boy named essa. she had a stress fre

you can say a lot of bad things about chuck schumer. inaccessibility is never going to be one of them. >> reporter: same goes for authenticity. >> leader or not, refined he will never be. >> put a fire escape down there, it will be like brooklyn. >> that's right. >> alisyn before he has a clans to unpack the boxes, he'll have a very important meeting on capitol hill, president obama is come, they're going to try to figure out a way to stop republicans from completely dismantling obamacare. phil mattingly reporting he spoke to joe manchin, conservative democrat from west virginia up for re-election in two years, he's not even going to show up here. that's a case-in-point example of how far difficult chuck schumer's job will be keeping the democrats in line especially since joe manchin is one of ten up for re-election. >> great interview. fascinating to see how he's evolved and what he plans for the future. thanks so much for sharing that with us. >> as president-elect donald trump prepares to take office, house speaker paul ryan will tak

does chuck schumer have the momentum on his side? >> well, he is a very talented messaging prn -- this is a real opportunity for chuck schumer to try to galvanize support among democrat and progressives who are upset about this. but tactically he's talking about so the likely tood, mitch mcconnell turns on this. so far what we've seen from the senate majority leader is he's raised some concerns as you know about proceeding carefully with this kind of measure. but it is highly unlikely that he would up end this executive order from president trump at this point. so for chuck shum are, this is a good strategy, to try to bring attention to this and we see over time that even when legislative tools can't succeed in the first moment, they begin to bring public pressure and that i think is what chuck assumer is trying to do. one of the things he knows how to do is draw attention. we saw over the weekend where this is again part of a new thing with him being the leader of the senate democrats, he holds weekend news conferences back in new y

if hillary clinton were president and chuck schumer were the majority leader, we would be revisiting obamacare. the status quo is unacceptable. if hillary clinton was president and chuck schumer where majority leader, we would be moving toward a single-payer system. that is not our view of how this should be handled. but status quo is completely unsustainable. >> can both of you speak ?pecifically about your agenda can you say that the republican party, in the majority now, will not take actions that add to the deficit? we're not going to have higher deficits from actions you are taking, whether on taxes, obamacare, infrastructure? whenever anybody comes in and they have all the power, it is easier to borrow and there's a lot of pressures to pass out goodies. can you make that commitment now that at the end of the year you won't have passed more deficit spending? representative ryan: we are fiscal conservatives. what that means is we believe government should not live beyond its means. we believe hard-working taxpayers deserve a break in this country. that means break, and washington

republican said chuck schumer went back on his pledge. when asked for an explanation, schumer said to the republicans, i was speaking in my personal capacity. i wasn't speaking as the leader of the democrats. richard burke, senate intelligence community chairman, not known for being fiery, said to one of our reporters, he lied. >> bret: it seems that pompeo will get through. tillerson as secretary of state will also get through. just past committee this evening. >> once mccain and lindsey graham approved of the nomination of tillerson, it was a done deal. i don't think rubio wanted to be alone hold out. everyone, the hardliner said they are not totally convinced but they're not going to veto a presidential appointment. on the schumer issue, it's a beautiful, beautiful relationship. i have a question paid what was he doing on the inaugural stage and what was his speech about? it's the one thing i haven't seen covered. one of the oddest events ever, and it was long and his speech went nowhere. we know about the captain, or general, however

of course, there's a back story to chuck schumer on the senate floor there today. in many ways, his response to donald trump reportedly telling him that he has more in common. he trump has more in common and likes working better with schumer than mitch mcconnell. schumer admitted today in an interview today on cnn that trump had told him there. there's chuck schumer on the floor there, david corn, saying that he'd be part of the resistance if he needs to be. this does raise an interesting question of how chuck schumer is going to play the trump presidency. you had sort of hard lined sort of tactics from harry reid, but chuck schumer has been trying to find more conciliatory note in some cases. what's the difference in your mind? >> well, as of now, he's not playing a republican game which was eight years of just outright obstruction that was planned, even before obama started doing anything at the time of his inauguration in january 2009. i think, you know, schumer is in a posion whe he needs to make trump come to him and the democrats. trump needs to prove to mill

much of that is because of what chuck schumer did shining a light. it's doubled in the last 30 days. that's because of senator schumer letting people know about it. so it has gone up. >> so just to be clear, you encouraged him, you offered him this opportunity to learn about it and then buy it at a reduced rate. >> no, he didn't get it at a reduced ri ed rate. >> 10% -- >> that was to all shareholders. >> he became a shareholder and eligible to buy a 10% reduction. >> every shareholder was given the same offer. >> new investors as well? >> yeah. >> if he was a new investor, he wasn't a shareholder. >> everyone had the same price, 18 cents in the u.s., 25 cents in australia, 27 cents in new zealand because the exchange rate. it was given to all individuals, no special deal. i was not touting the stock. i was basically talking about my involvement with the company bringing a secondary progressive m.s. drug forward in this world. currently we're in australia, new zealand. we're not in the u.s. so, yeah, there was -- >> i guess the question is, did you o

there's a reason why he calls chuck schumer a clown. >> give me a reason. >> because chuck -- >> it doesn't work with chuck, because he is not a clown. >> he is down running against donald trump for elected office. he is running the united states senate and can complete donald trump's -- there's one person you should not underestimate is schumer. >> they are both were york th are aboboth from the sam playground. >> during the campaign, donald trump labeled his little opponents and as enemies. >> who know who says don't use twitter, you're enemies. >> look at the press, among the most dishonest people in the world. >> even my enemies in the media agree with me and lots of changes are being made. >> i started out liking everyone now they're enemies, we'll see what happened. >> i don't like to use same thing twice because i consider them enemies. we review this as war, it's war. >> here's the problem. i'm not going to get used to it. the thing is i do believe that he convincing with 34% of the count that voted for him. so when the moon is made of blue cheese, are they going to believe him. if

i don't think chuck schumer and i have the same definition, nor chuck schumer or mitch mcconnell and the president, who said the president's nominee will be confirmed. is very precise in his words. he doesn't just say things. he will follow through. .t is going to be a battle it will be a battle right now -- royale, but the president will get his nominee confirmed. like we did with justice alito when president bush made that nomination, we worked with senator frisk who was the majority leader in the senate, and we helped get him confirmed. so yes, we along with other organizations, if it is one of the justices that we are completely committed to, will help the grassroots to move the president and the republicans in the senate gain the confirmation. host: want to invite viewers calling in mr. perkins. 8000.ats to 2748 8002.ndents 748 let me get reaction to the house , passage of an abortions bill. i want to get your reaction to what nancy pelosi, democrat of california, had to say about this bill. , anybody five children have standing on the issue? [laughter] >> and i think there has

chuck schumer, for example, saying the a.g. should pledge fidelity to the law and the constitution, not the white house. the fact that this administration doesn't understand that is chilling and then this from ted cruz just moments ago, "it is fitting and sad that the very last act of the obama doj is for the acting a.g. to defy the newly elected potus." so both sides pouncing in that regard and sort of using it to hammer home their political points. but here's one of the big takeaways, brian. mrs. yates because she was the top senate confirmed official at the department of justice, has the authorization to sign foreign surveillance warrants which is a critical function to the doj and it's not clear that dana boente has that same authorization. he was signed in tonight. he was sworn in tonight at 9:00 p.m., we are told, so he's official. again, because he doesn't come with that senate confirmation, he doesn't have that ability to authorize and to sign foreign surveillance warrants. so that's a concern when it comes to national

but chuck schumer says the picks deserve extra scrutiny. watch. >> do you think that you are going to be able to stop some of the nominees, or you're just trying to slow down the process? >> well, let me say this. the cabinets is unusually unique and a lot of different than others. we call it the swamp cabinets of billionaires and bankers, the number of wealthy people. at the number of people with conflict of interest coming on the number of people who have disagreed with what he has campaigned on a so much more than any other cabinets we have seen. and so that means that they need thorough review. >> kennedy: is it too thorough thorough? >> charles: just listening to him right there, that is the face of the democratic party today. that's the best they have. and if democrats -- and they have no other power whatsoever, so all they can do is hold these people up. but if they continue to hold them up, it is going to be chuck schumer versus donald trump. and i wonder who is going to be the one that garners the most intention and wins the debate

when he calls chuck schumer a clown, he is actually helping chuck schumer and he is strengthening chuck schumer with his democratic base. he is strengthening chuck schumer with the people you see around him right now, the people that he works for in the united states senate and with nancy pelosi. so he is actually playing into chuck schumer's hand and making him stronger. the best way to hurt chuck schumer is to say, i like this guy, can get along with this guy. yeah, maybe he is saying some nasty things about me but i can make deals with him. >> i totally agree and i think on infrastructure and tax reform that is possible. on health care, i just think we talked earlier about the left pressure on schumer and the republicans policy vision of how to replace the affordable care act. i don't think the chances of a bipartisanship deal on health care are very deal compared to other issues where i do think he could do business with schumer. >> isn't this the same clown that donald trump told privately he liked more than paul ryan and mitch mcconnell? maybe he is trying to walk that back. >> ha

trump's order, president trump is not sure that schumer's tears are for real. >> i noticed chuck schumer yesterday with fake tears, i am going to ask him, who his acting coach, i know him well, i don't see him as a cryer. lou: and ignoring evil george's role in these protest, we take it up with congressman jordan. also iran conducts its first ballistic missile test under the presiden trump presidency. we take it up with ambassador john bolton. president trump said he will reveal his supreme court nomination tomorrow night, dems you already plans their filibuster. we'll have the latest for you on the dems' track tick tick -- tactics of obstruct and delay. lou: we begin tonight with breaking news. president obama's political appointees are trying to undermine the trump administration. acting attorney general, sally yates, has told justice department attorneys, to not defend president trump's executive order on refugees and immigration suspension, and extreme vetting. yates is an obama appointee who serves until president trump's attorney general and nominee jeff sessions is confirmed. ther

that's not the kien of chuck schumer's talking about there. do the democrats have any actual power to stop it or can the republicans just change that filibuster rule one more time and push it through if you want? >> well, of course they could try to filibuster it as you rightfully know, harry reid laid the template, mitch mcconnell has followed that, he's hinted he doesn't want to do it. but you know, this was sort of predicted even prior to trump's win. we would go down this path in which the final rule adjustment for core nominations would pertaining the stream court would ultimately get changed. i don't know if that's the end game here. chuck schumer may sort of look at the landscaping and say okay. but it might be the next pick that we need to lay down the marker. but, it all depends on where trump comes down on who his nominee should be. and every indication that we have from these first three, four days. is that he will governor as a conservative. that you know, despite all of this talk about sort of these moderate cosmopolitan sensibili

he called chuck schumer a fake cryer. bob, what do you make of it? >> it's donald trump, the president, going on offense. this is what he campaigned on. it is interesting that in the wake of the uproar that he moved his supreme court pick up a couple of days. i think they want the headlines to have a different type of feel. they want to move on from this. but without a doubt, he's sticking by this. and it's upset some republicans on capitol hill, he's using some political capital. this is what the trump white house is going to do, throw a lot of news at the same time. >> well, he's also going to sign another executive order, paul, this time for what he calls job killing regulations. he's going to sign an executive order supposedly getting rid of those. so he's moving along quickly. is he just trying to change the subject or is he trying to keep his campaign promises? >> well, i mean, it's a little bit of both, obviously. i mean, if he's talking about this regulatory reform executive order now, when he has not yet issued, he obviously wants this to be

it's the constitution.senate minority leader chuck schumer calls the ban poorly written and badly executed.it was put together in a slapdash way, almost as if they put it together on the back of an envelope.president trump reacted to the criticism with scorn.i noticed chuck schumer yesterday with fake tears. i'm going to ask him who is his acting coach is."on sunday, the new york senator choked up as he talked about the ban., "... was mean spirited and un- americanformer president obama had remained silent or his successor's first ten days in office.today he released a statement saying he fundamentally disagrees with the notion of discriminating against individuals because of their faith or religionand that he is heartened by the level of engagement taking place in communities around the country.at the white house, spokesman sean spicer defended the ban.he's doing exactly what he told the american people he would do. the president will always put the safety and prosperity of our country first and foremost. "we're talking about a universe of 109 people. there were 325-thousand people that came

chuck schumer is in a very difficult spot here. on the one hand he has a number of senate democrats who are up for reelection in 2018 in states that donald trump did well in and then he has a left wing of the caucus that includes people like elizabeth warren and cory booker who have their eyes on running for president in 2020. there is a wide gap between those poles of his own conference. i think keeping them happy is going to be very difficult if you are chuck schumer. >> shannon: we know the 2020 race has already begun. steve hayes, good to see you this monday. >> bill: watch this now. two senators introducing a bill to replace obamacare today as president trump pushes to repeal the affordable care act. in about 20 minutes we'll talk to senator bill cassidy writing the new patient freedom act. he is live coming up in a moment and then he unveils his plan at 11:00 a.m. eastern time. stay tuned for more on that. a phone call between president trump and russian president vladimir putin said to be in the works. a kremlin spokesman sa

chuck schumer, for example, saying the a.g. should pledge fidelity to the law and the constitution, not the white house. the fact that this administration doesn't understand that is chilling and then this from ted cruz just moments ago, "it is fitting and sad that the very last act of the obama doj is for the acting a.g. to defy the newly elected potus." so both sides pouncing in that regard and sort of using it to hammer home their political points, bullet here points. but here's one of the big takeaways, brian. mrs. yates because she was the top senate confirmed official at the department of justice, has the authorization to sign foreign surveillance warrants which is a critical function to the doj and it's not clear that dana boente has that same authorization. he was signed in tonight. he was sworn in tonight at 9:00 p.m., we are told, so he's official. again, because he doesn't come with that senate confirmation, he doesn't have that ability to authorize and to sign foreign surveillance warrants. so that's a concern when i

chuck schumer in the senate. nancy pelosi in the house. to the point senator schumer is making there with dana, we have confirmation hearings starting next week. you made a smart point that we have a lot of questions about what campaign promise from the president-elect actually carry over into the new administration. when tom price is being confirmed for health and human services, how do they want to deal with obama care? when general madison is being confirmed for the defense secretary, what will he do about russia hacking and the threat from north korea on the table? go through each and every agency and we have a lot of question marks. the democrats, though, are powerless. unless they can get republicans, the democrats are largely powerless. >> all of these nominees have been working with the transition officials, specifically shifting policy ideas. we need to learn much more about what he thinks and what this administration thinks and simply about their own backgrounds. the reality is most of them, if not all of them, will likely be con

i am joined now by the leader of the opposition, senate minority leader senator chuck schumer, democrat of new york. thanks for joining us. we appreciate it. >> good morning, jake. >> let's start with president trump's inaugural address, presented himself i think it's fair to say not so much as a republican or conservative but as a populist. take a listen. >> what matters is not which party controls our government but whether our government is controlled by the people. >> during the lunch that followed the inaugural address. you were deep in conversation with president trump. what did you two discuss and do you see any areas where you think you can work with him? >> right. well, first, let me just say about his address. it was populist, but i'm worried he's using populist rhetoric to cover up a hard right agenda. if you look at his cabinet appointments, so many of them are not populist but hard right. you know. dr. price. he wants to end medicare as we know it. mulvaney wants to cut even research into health care, devos, cut public education, pudzer go against labor and his cabinet is v

i am just watching crybaby chuck schumer. he's calling it a monday night massacre. it's really a monday night trump beat down. they better get used to it. there'll be plenty more to come. >> trump is not going to be intimidated by the wailing and gnashing of teeth that we are seeing all of the cable news. i am thoroughly enjoying -- and i am not kidding you, 95% of the people speaking on television completely botched their reading of the constitution, if they've ever read it before. complete ignorance on statutory law. as we all know, section f provides the president has power to deny entry into the united states -- all aliens or any class of aliens, immigrants or nonimmigrants or posed to be aliens. the president has the authority, congress has the authority. acting attorney general yates was purposely insubordinate to the executive branch of determination on what was best for the national interest. she was begging to be fired, i'd be very curious to know who advised her to take this action, if she was advised by someone. i tweeted out about a tarmac with acting at

i'm not sure the chuck schumer and i have the same definition nor does chuck schumer and the president and mitch mcconnell, who has said that the president's nominee will be confirmed. isch mcconnell is one who very precise in his words. he doesn't just go off and say things, when he says something, he's going to follow through. so it's going to be a battle. it's going to be a battle royale, but it will be -- i think the president will get his nominee confirmed. and groups like ours, as we did with justice alito, when president bush made the nomination, we worked with senator frist, the majority leader. from -- give him him confirmed. we, along with other organizations, it is one of the justices that we are completely committed to, we will help move the grassroots to help the president and the republicans in the senate gain the confirmation of that supreme court justice. host: we want to invite viewers to call in as well with your questions and comments. democrats, call (202) 748-8000. republicans, call (202) 748-8001 . call (202)s, 748-8002. let me get your reaction to action that too

look out. >>>. >>> kim chuck schumer new senate democratic leader taking a place reid addenda national speech what was takeaway from your part. >> fight, fight, fight, obstruct obstruct obstruct all this enthusiasm might be wore wheeler dealer than harry reid appears democrats are going to try to take down a bunch nominees that they possibly can at least going to drag the process out as long as they can, try to drag some people through the mud and in the hopes of at least getting one or two scalps in the end. >> i heard schumer say we will cooperate on trade maybe infrastructure maybe so long public spending not private tax credits and closing the corporate the carried interest loophole miner part of tax reform. i didn't hear a lot of willingness to cooperate on other things. >> what i heard was schumer saying so long as donald trump governs like a democratically we will did he happy to cooperate with him big question is whether that is going to last over time, trump is going to do things like on infrastructure and trade, that -- a lot of democrats are probably going to support are the

i'm mean-spirited and un-american. >> i notice chuck schumer yesterday with fake tears. i'm going to ask him who was his acting coach. i know him very well. i don't see him as a crier. if he is, he's a different man. there's a 5% chance it was real, but i think they were fake tears. >> all right. good morning, everybody. it's tuesday january 31st