speaker ryan: as tempting as it is to comment on the senate, waints to give them a space to get their job done. we had a promise to keep and we kept it in the house. like forward to seeing the senate do the same. reporter: can i follow-up. would the house stay in session through august -- speaker ryan: if the senate gives us a health care bill. we'll stay and finish the bill. reporter: senator grassley is sending a letter to don jr., donald trump jr. asking him to testify about his meeting. should the president's son testify -- speaker ryan: any witness who has been asked to testify before congress should testify. reporter: in public? speaker ryan: anybody who is asked to testify to the senate should do that. reporter: a bill to re-authorize the f.a.a. to come to the floor as soon as next week. there's been changes to it from the effort last year, to remove air traffic control operations from f.a.a. you didn't bring it to the floor last year. what's changed this year? speaker ryan: i'll defer the specific questions to chairman shuster, but this bill has changed substantially. that's w

without further due, speaker ryan should replace chairman nunez. now mr. president, on another matter. the failure of trump care. this past friday was a good day for the american people. we can finally put to bed the disaster of a bill that was trump care. which would have resulted in starting your coverage, 24 million fewer americans with health coverage, higher cost, premiums and deductibles for middle-class, the working poor and older americans. also finance close to $600 billion in tax breaks for wealthy americans. americans should breathe a sigh of relief that trump care will not become the law. we are happy that it is gone. we can finally move on. and as i said many times, we democrats provided our republican colleagues drop in place and stop undermining the aca. we are willing to work with our republican friends to improve the existing law. no one ever said the affordable care act was perfect. we have ideas to improve it. hopefully our colleagues on the republican side do as well. i went to, the aca is no longer undermined by the administration.we c

nn: thank you, speaker. rise today to wish mr. ryan zimms, american students at arnold high school for their upcoming advanced placement exams. i was impressed by their articulate questions understanding our system of government. of course, understanding our system of government means understanding the u.s. constitution. it's the greatest gift left to us by the founders and it has stood the test of time. the success of the constitution is due to its carefully designed system of checks and balances. by separating the powers of government into separate but equal branches and guaranteeing individual rights, the constitution has been, as james madison suggested, the guardian of true liberty. mr. speaker, please join me in wishing these bright young students good luck on their a.p. exam and in their college applications. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. sherman, for five minutes. mr. sherman: i ask unanimous consent to addre

mr. gallego: so what was speaker ryan's response? actually, we're still waiting to hear from hit he hasn't commented or issued a statement. when trump denigrates the personal integrity of a member of this body, speaker ryan says nothing. when trump demeans a grieving widow whose husband has made the ultimate sacrifice for our nation, speaker ryan stays silent. frankly, it's embarrassing. congressman lew, what do you think these responses -- congressman lieu, what do you think these responses say about the house republican leadership and the state of the republican party? mr. lieu: thank you, representative gallego. there's really twonal choices here -- only two choices here. either all of us in congress can follow the leadership of republican senators john mccain, bob corker and jeff flake, and tell the truth. or we can be complicit. jeff flake is unwilling to be complicit. we are unwilling to be complicit. keep in mind, when senator bob corker, who is not a flame flower -- flower, he's a chair of the senate foreign relations committ

house speaker paul ryan invited mr. trump to address a joint session of congress february 28. abc7 news will have the first one-on-one interview with the president since he took office last friday. that airs in a one hour special tomorrow night on abc7. jonathan: james comey will stay in the role of the f.b.i. director despite his scrutiny over the handling of the hillary clinton e-mail investigation. serve for ten years. maureen: the owner of a limousine set on fire in the presidential inauguration says he may have to pay for the $70,000 in damage. the owner says his insurance likely won't pay out for the damages because policy covers vandalism but not damage from a riot. most of the 200 people arrested in inauguration day protests were charged with rioting. jonathan: they are offering a plea deal to a man accused of opening fire in d.c. pizza shot. they have not disclosed the terms of the offer. police arrested edgar welch after he walked inside with an ar-style rifle and opened fire in comet ping pong. no was one hurt but prosecutors say wells was motivated by something he

before his announcement, house speaker pall ryan held a briefing with reporters as well where he talked about the attorney general he said he doesn't think he should resign but added that mr. sessions should only have to recuse himself if the investigation involves him directly. here are the house speaker's comments. reporter: did the attorney general mislead the committee and should he recuse himself. mr. ryan: i would refer to his senate judiciary committee, i checked the transcript, i can't speak to what the judiciary transcript is, i haven't checked that. should he recuse himself? i think he answered that question this morning which is if he himself is a subject of an investigation of course he would. but if he's not, i don't see any purpose or reason for doing this. let's take a step back for a second here.

joining us now live from janesville wisconsin is house speaker paul ryan. mr. speaker, welcome back to "fox news sunday" ." >> speaker ryan: good morning, chris. thanks for having me. >> chris: will you bring repeal and the replace bill to the house floor on thursday as some people have suggested, and if so, does that mean that you know how the votes to pass? >> speaker ryan: that is our plan. i think this will most likely be arctic to bring it forward. we bring it to the rules committee first. part of our regular order process is to go through four committees. we will now go to the rules committee. we feel very good where we are. we're still having conversations with our members, we are making fine-tuning improvements to the bill to reflect people's concerns, to reflect people's improvements. the president, he is bringing people to his table and i'm very impressed with how the president is helping us close this bill, and making the improvements that we've been making, getting the boats, so we feel very good where we are. it's the regular order process. we're g

king, president trump and speaker ryan are all on video clearly stating they will "lower premiums and more deductibles." yet the plan presented by the gop specifically allows insurance carriers to charge uninsured individuals 30% more in premiums. how does charging someone 30% more on a premium lower their premium? taxes insurance executives' wages above $500,000. how is not taxing an insurance executive ceo's $9 million salary lower premiums and deductibles? this does not make any sense. as soon as president trump realizes the gop will fail to deliver his promises he will turn on you, just like you turn on you in the primary. his supporters do not like the gop. that's why they left our party. you are playing with orange fire and you will get burned. host: thank you. guest: on the 30% penalty, and the republican plan they illuminate the individual mandate, which is in obamacare, that requires mandates of individuals by health insurance. the provision they wrote in to bill is if you don't maintain continuous coverage, when you buy back in you will pay a 30% more on your premium. that i

[applause] >> thank you, mr. speaker. i think a speak for all of us when i say thank you for bringing some of that janesville whether to us. [laughter] speaker ryan: it is going to be 19 below zero. this isn't cold. inches of snow0 on sunday. >> packers weather. i appreciate the chance. it is hard for me to start a conversation like this without talking about jack kemp. i wrote about him, you worked for him. his name is up there, as you noted. if he were here today, still preaching the optimistic, happy, big tent brand of conservatism that he liked to talk about, what would he be pleased about and displeased about in terms of where we are right now? speaker ryan: i remember we would have conservative meetings about fighting poverty and he -- and you could sit everyone around one table at his office. it wasike, six people. this is exciting just to see this effort. i think he wou be really excited. if jac herk wereor if his son were on time -- [laughter] remind him i said that. he would be excited that the call the battle o

[laughter] speaker ryan: oh, wisconsin. wisconsin.: got it. mr. speaker, god bless them, god bless you, god bless wisconsin. god bless the members of this house. god bless the united states of america. this is the people's house, this is the people's gavel. in the people's name it is my privilege to hand the gavel to the speaker of the house, paul ryan. [applause] speaker ryan: thank you. thank you very much. [applause] i'll be relatively brief. leader.o thank madam you know, i've stood in this spot more than a few times. and yet today it feels completely different. part of it has to do with all the new faces in the house. you look at all the proud spouses, the beaming parents, children at their best. if not impossible to resist the rush of enthusiasm. there's no sense of foreboding today. there's only a sense of potential. kind of reminds you no matter how long you've been here, you still haven't seen it all. and so to all our new members, i want to say simply, "thank you, congratulations, and welcome." [applause] ryan: to my own priest, father p

of the house, republican congressman, paul ryan, and great to have you on the show, mr. speaker. what is your reaction to the resignation of michael flynn and do you think there should be more from here? >> say it again? do i think there should be more from him? >> do you think there should be more from here? >> sorry, you cut out. if that person has lost the trust of the president, the president should ask for his resignation, and i think that was the right thing to do. with respect to michael flynn talking to other governments in the transition, that's what he is supposed to be doing, and it's the job description for incoming national security advisers to talk to other nations and talk to ambassadors and start beginning relationships, and that's very much appropriatesh. but the story here is he was not candid or honest with his superiors and that's ground for dismissal, as far as i am concerned. >> i look forward to talking policy with you in just a few minutes, but the trump administration seems to always get in the way. the intel community is concerned not just becau

speaker ryan, a key for all of your advice and support vice president we're in your home state. but mr. president we spent 10 or 15 minutes talking. to have the importance to provide high skilled jobs. i feel confident to say with the speaker to strongly support we will be great. [applause] but because the you hear in the attendance states mr. president thank you. >> first things to the president a and you will hear from him in just a moment day and the vice president in the former colleagues to the speaker. of those legislative leaders. the we are appreciative and cannot be more excited. personally he just gave a great speech but for us that embodies those success stories of hard work and determination. here member the old the knobs on the television? the building those then getting that contract if he remembered during that. and now the leaders of the world. and we're thrilled to have you here today. coming to be in the state of wisconsin. [applause] >> a great day for america in wisconsin. [applause] and today the single largest economic project in the history of the state of

we'r you're going to go to paul ryan and go mr. speaker. please, we can't stand winning this much. we can't take it. >> not today, mr. president. >>> good evening. trump care is dead. there's no doubt about it. signed bid the clerk, the undertaker. the chief mourner himself, trump himself. more than 60 times the republicans and house of represents voted to repeal obamacare. today when they tried doing it for real with a republican president ready to sign it, they choked and left the country's first deal maker with nothing in his hands. precisely what trump has in his hands in his pathetic attempt to justify tweets that president obama ordered him wiretapped during last year's campaign. if you don't believe this, ask nunez who confessed he had nothing to help trump no matter how much he wanted to. today confessed the wiretapping charge didn't happen. that's two trump defeats this week. the biggest coming this afternoon when paul ryan admitting historic failure and pulled republican health care plan back from defeat. much the way richard nixon resigned rather than being thrown from o

secretary, speaker paul ryan said it may still be an open question about whether president trump really doesn't want to touch medicare. is it an open question? might there be a back door way that the president will go back on his campaign promise not to touch it either for current retirees or anybody in the future? what is the final bottom line here? >> i will tell you what is not out of question is we believe in the guarantee of medicare for our seniors. the challenge that we have as crowell know and your viewers know, is that medicare is, some folks have said going insolvent or broke, within a ten year period of time we won't have the money in the medicare program to be able to pay the benefits to seniors in this country that has been promised to them. we don't think that is appropriate. so we believ we believe strongle guarantee of medicare and make certain it is a viable financially secure program going forward. so that seniors now and in the future know that it will be there for them. >> dickerson: all right, mr. secretary, sounds like a guarantee with perhaps some changes issues m

let's acknowledge the ryan amily. oh, wisconsin. got it. mr. speaker, god bless them, god bless you, god bless wisconsin. god bless the members of this house. god bless the united states of america. this is the people's house, this is the people's gavel. in the people's name it is my privilege to hand the gavel to the speaker of the house, paul ryan. the speaker: thank you very much. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you very much. i'll be relatively brief. i want to thank madam leader. you know, i stood in this spot very, very many times. today, though, feels a whole lot different. part of it has to do with all the new faces in the house. you look at all the proud spouses, these beaming children, at their best. people's parents. it's hard if not impossible, to resist this rush of substance abuse yasm. there's no sense of foreboding in this house today. there's only the sense of potential. it kind of reminds you that no matter how long you've been here, you haven't seen it all. so i just want to say, to our new members, and to their famili

[applause] speaker ryan: thank you. first, thank you mr. president. thank you for your leadership. [applause] speaker ryan: there are too many people today who played such an important role in helping us get to this part, but i want to thank a few people in particular. chairman gregk walden, kevin brady, diane black, pete sessions and the members of their committees for all the hard work they put into getting us to this point. [applause] thankr ryan: i want to all the other members who contributed to making this the best bill possible. it really was a collaborative consensus driven effort. i also want to thank the team here at the white house. i want to think tom price. i want to thank mick mulvaney, and i want to thank reince priebus. we could not have done this without you gentlemen. you guys are the best. [applause] speaker ryan: of course, this would not have been possible if it were not for these two gentlemen behind me. this is the fourth president i have served with. i have never, ever seen any kind of engagement like this. pence andthank mike president donald trump for thei

now speaker of the house paul ryan, welcome aboard mr. speaker, even he is now blasting what he is calling attempts to stonewall this massive corruption and investigation. >> it's really frustrating. we've had these document requests with the administration and the fbi, in particular, for a long time. and they have been stonewalling. the fbi and the justice department needs to give congress the documents its been requesting. they need to do so immediately. i can't tell you how frustrating it is to learn through the media, you know, information that congress has been requesting from the executive branch for a very long time. >> sean: could have been watchinwatching this show. the attorney general jeff sessions and the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein need to get their heads out of the sand, start getting to the bottom of this real russian collusion. the american people have a right to know. tonight, we're finally making progress. here with reaction, the attorney that is representing the fbi informant, vic tour i can't pari can't toen

republican speaker paul ryan said mr obama's decision was outrageous. this is in the new york times. the daily mail reports boxing world champion anthonyjoshua has been received a barrage of anti—muslim abuse after tweeting a picture showing him praying in a mosque. alongside the picture he wrote "prayer is a solid foundation". and it's being called the most coveted job in education — cambridge university is advertising for the world's first lego professor of play. more on the guardian website. it pays about 83,000 pounds per year. we're joined by iain anderson, founder of the international communications agency, cicero group. all three of my sons could do that. yes, that's right. they are already professors of play. i have some words here, i can't work out if theresa may's speech was a wish list oi’ theresa may's speech was a wish list ora theresa may's speech was a wish list or a framework to work with. theresa may's speech was a wish list or a framework to work withm theresa may's speech was a wish list or a framework to work with. it is a fram

paul ryan mr. speaker, we'll back to fox news sunday opinion. >> good morning, everyone. , thanks for having me. >> will you bring repeal and replace bill to house floor thursday as some people suggested if so does that mean that you now have the votes to pass. >> that is the plan i think thursday most likely our day to bring it toward we bring to rules committee first part of regular order process through four committees now going to go to the rules committee, and so we feel very good where we are we are still having conversations with our members, making fine-tuning improvements to the bill to reformist people's concerns to reflect the people's o improvements the president you say people are being seat at the table the president is being bringing people to his table i am very impressed how the president is helping us close this bill, making the improvement we have been making getting the votes so we feel very good where we are we like process to because regular order process we are going to make

speaker, the week before the fourth of july i handed a letter to speaker ryan asking for a debate which i ask unanimous consent to submit hat letter now for the record. i said that if he doesn't read my letter, at least read the comments from the 31st commandant of the united states marine corps. my friend and unofficial advisor, general chuck crew lack and i quote him, this is what i wanted paul ryan to read and hope he did. no one has ever conquered afghanistan and many have tried. we will join the list of nations that have tried and failed. how prophetic is that, mr. speaker, that we will continue to go down this road and see this country spend and waste lives for absolutely nothing known as afghanistan. i yield back the balance of my time. e speaker pro tempore: without objection, the chair recognizes the gentleman from kansas, mr. marshall, for five minutes. mr. marshall: mr. speaker, this saturday my staff and i finished our 34th town hall in the home of one of america's greatest citizens, my mentor, my hero, bob dole. at every location we go most $20 e ask me about the trillion t

. >> neil: chairman, have you heard from speaker ryan about keeping the house open in august? >> we haven't heard directly. i broached it with the speaker a number of times. congress works better with deadlines. things get done at the very end of temperature 11th hour. with this, what we need to do is do self-imposed deadlines. let's get healthcare out of the way. i believe that if we set in place before we leave in august the parameters of reducing corporate taxes down to 15 or 16%, look at repatriation -- >> neil: you met at reducing taxes. you probably heard one of the plans the senate is calling for is keeping the taxes on the upper income and the .9 sur tax for the upper next for medicare in place. what do you think of that? >> i've heard that. i also know that there's no other plan to go with that proposal. that's a political decision. not a policy -- >> neil: if something like that came back to the house, how would you feel about that? >> we've been firm. we believe the taxes need to be repealed. obviously as we look at that -- >> neil: that would be rejected right away

[applause] mr. pence: i just feel so at home. i know that the speaker told me backstage that six out of 10 members of the house of representatives are new since about a year before i left the capitol building to be governor of indiana. but it doesn't feel that way. i feel very at home. and let me say how grateful i am, thank you for giving the 45th president of the united states of america such a wonderful, warm welcome by the people's representatives. [applause] mr. pence: i have to tell you, i am, i've grown accustomed to preceding the president at various events. oftentimes it is my duty to introduce him, and he is a hard man to preceed. but he is a harder man to follow. [laughter] mr. pence: i have to tell you, ladies and gentlemen, what you just saw today is what i see from him every day of the week, that energy, that enthusiasm, that optimism, that strength, that determination. it is my high honor and great privilege to serve as his vice president, and i know that president donald trump will m

. >> before attorney general sessions may be a statement this afternoon, house speaker paul ryan talked to reporters about the issue. reporter: did the attorney general mislead the committee regarding his contact with the russians and should he recuse himself? mr. ryan: i would refer to his senate judiciary committee, i checked the transcript of all that, so i can't speak to what the judiciary transcript is, i haven't checked that. should he recuse himself? i think he answered that question this morning which is if he himself is a subject of an investigation, of course he would. but if he's not, i don't see any purpose or reason for doing this. let's take a step back for a second here. number one, we know that russia tried to meddle in the election. why do we know this? because we in congress and the intelligence community did an investigation after the election was discovered russia was trying to meddle in the election. this is something we all well know. here's another thing. we have seen no evidence from any of these ongoing investigations that anybody in the trump campaign or the tr

speaker, thank you. >> speaker ryan: you bet, thank you. >> chris: when we come back, more on that bombshell from former democratic party chair donna brazile about hillary clinton's control of the dnc in 2016. we will bring in our sunday panel to discuss whether the party's primaries were. plus, what would you like to ask the panel about the republican tax plan? just go to facebook or twitter, @foxnewssunday, and we may use your question on the air. ♪ng well jd power did just rank them highest in investor satisfaction with full service brokerage firms... again. and online equity trades are only $4.95... i mean you can't have low cost and be full service. it's impossible. it's like having your cake and eating it too. ask your broker if they offer award-winning full service and low costs. how am i going to explain this? if you don't like their answer, ask again at schwab. schwab, a modern approach to wealth management. listen up, heart disease. you too, unnecessary er visits. and hey, unmanaged depression, don't get too comfortable. we're talking to you, cost inefficiencies, and data without

ryan and chairman price. budgets which ransack their investment jobs education hard-working families of budget to hand massive tax breaks to the rich by stealing from food stamps and slashing medicaid. all of this to give a tax break to the wealthiest people in our country. the national budget is a statement of her national value so it's important we reflect that and how we allocate our resources. budget fails to recognize that education is the greatest investment we can make and people reaching their aspirations in keeping america number one. it also fails to recognize that nothing brings more to the treasury than the education of the american people. early childhood k-12 higher education. nothing brings more money to reduce the deficit. it's a false economy. it's one of the dumbest budget moves with stiff competition mind you but one of the dumbest budget moves they can make you president trump's budget shows he does not value the future of our seniors children and our working families and it should be reje

mr flanagan is talking to speaker ryan tomorrow. we hope that out of that we will have an outcome in respect of continued good relations with the united states. finally i have asked for a review of the situation insofar as preclea ra nce the situation insofar as preclea rance so the situation insofar as preclearance so far —— as far as dublin and shannon are concerned. and with that, both leaders had out stage right to continue their day's work. just tell you a little more about what both of the irish and british leaders said about donald trump's new restrictions on immigration, restrictions on people coming in from seven countries, three in africa, four in the middle east, well, the irish leader, enda kenny, was explicit, he said, i disagree with the policies of the us government. but he was asked if he would go to the white house and he said yes. if we want to disagree with the us, we should still have a close relationship and i will be going there and will be communicating my concerns about some of these policies. he said it

. >> bret: let's get reaction from house speaker paul ryan mr. speaker, thanks for being with us. i want to ask you what your initial reaction was when you heard the fbi director james comey was fired. >> obviously firing in fbi director is no small thing and quite a serious matter. i think the truth is james come comey, who is a worthwhile and dedicated public servant, i think you lost the confidence of a lot of republicans and a lot of democrats aced upon his conduct, his actions, and some of the comments he made. most importantly, he lost the confidence of the president, and it's entirely within the president's role and authority to relieve him. that's what he did. >> bret: were you given a heads up? >> rights before it happened. he basically called me when i got off a flight to tell me he had made the decision. i also think if you take a look at the fact that he was losing confidence in the justice department might think the president felt the right thing to do was to let him go, move on. i think it's really important at this point now that we find a replacement soon, so that

speaker ryan, thank you for all your advice and support. vice president pence, we have facilities in your home state. your support is very much appreciated. mr. president, we just met inside. we met in -- we spent 10, 15 minutes talking. i met you three times. this time you have emphasized the importance of manufacturing in america and providing high skilled jobs for your workers. i feel confident to say this is a win-win solution. mr. president, with you, the vice president, the speaker and the governor walker supporting buy american, we are confident that many american ports will be a great success. [ applause ] >>> i know you are committed to grow manufacturing in the united states. because of you, we are also committed to create great jobs for american people. mr. president, the eagle flies. thank you. [ applause ] >> thank you. thank you. >> first off, thank you to the president for hosting as you will be hearing from him in just a moment. mr. vice president, my good friend and former colleague to the speaker, my good friend and long-t

ryan. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio is recognized for one minute. mr. ryan: i thank the gentleman. i want to thank the chairman and the ranking member for their leadership on this. this clearly is a big issue pressing the country. and i just wanted to rise in support of what's happening here today, of taking a firmer stance on russia, iran, and north korea. trying to stabilize the pins la. trying to take -- peninsula. trying to take care of the funding that's coming out of iran to all of these terrorist groups across the country. and across the world. and just say that what's happening with these sanctions here, in the targeting of russian gas pipelines, their number one export, i think, is entirely appropriate. the nortstream 2 which carries gas from russia through the balance tacks to germany, and i know -- baltics to germany, and know germany isn't happy about it, but this is something we have to do. we have to address this issue in a comprehensive way. we must continue to focus on how we get our gas here in the united states, our natural gas to euro

we go in depth in all the big issues with house speaker paul ryan. he joins us from janesville, wisconsin. mr. speaker, thank you for being here. >> good to be with you, bret. >> bret: i want to talk about health care, which is why you are out there in wisconsin. but i want to start out with the news of the day, the continued fallout from attorney general sessions of phosphorus and this russia investigation. i know what people said. yesterday, you said this when asked about recusing. >> if he himself is a subject of an investigation, of course he would. if he is not, i don't see purpose or reason to doing this. >> bret: a couple of hours after that, he did it. what do you think happened? >> well, i think what he did he is listening to the advice of people in the justice department and how to maintain the integrity and the independence of the justice department. i don't think he had to do this, i think he did what he thought was of the best decision of the justice department, which i think it's fine. he was a surrogate for the campaign. i think he jus

ryan: i do. >> nancy pelosi and ranking democrats also spoke to reporters following the speaker's decision to pull the america -- the republican health care replacement bill. this is about 25 minutes. >> thank you. >> thank you. ms. pelosi: thank you. good afternoon. i'm very happy to be here with the house democratic leadership. the unity of our house democratic members has an important message for the country that we are very proud of the affordable care act. yesterday, as you know, was the seventh anniversary of the president signing the bill. the american people expressed their support for it. that message became very clear to our colleagues on the republican side of the aisle. today is a great day for our country, a victory. what happened on the floor is a victory for the american people. for our seniors, people with disabilities, our children, veterans. it is not just about the 24 million people who now won't be off health insurance, it is about the 155 million people who receive their benefits in the workplace who will not be assaulted by some of the provisions the republicans put i

. >>> we're back at the racine theatre with house speaker paul ryan and this town hall and the beautiful 1st congressional district of wisconsin. and mr. speaker, your colleague and friend, republican congressman steve scalise, who was previously injured when that insane gunman opened fire on the republican congressional baseball team earlier this summer, he joined the house gop conference on the phone today. >> yes. >> that was that like for you, what was it like for your members? >> it was -- it was really very emotional for us. i've been seeing and visiting with and talking with steve, myself, but most of our members hadn't had a chance to even hear his voice. he was just out on a baseball field, 7:30 in the morning, practicing baseball for a charity game, when this guy opened fire and hit him through the hips. he's going to be okay, but he's in a rehab hospital now out of the intensive care unit. he's got a long road ahead of him, but he's going to be okay. he is very, very strong and sound in mind and his body's healing and i got to tell you, it was extremely cathartic for all of us

>> mr. speaker, the president of the united states. [applause] [cheers] donald trump: thank you very much. paul ryan: members of congress, i have the highest privilege and distinct honor of presenting to you the president of the united states. [applause] donald trump: thank you very much. mr. speaker, mr. vice president, members of congress, the first lady of the united states. [applause] donald trump: and citizens of america, tonight, as we were -- as we mark the celebration of black history month, we are reminded of our nation's path towards civil rights and the work that still remains to be done. recent threats -- [applause] donald trump: recent threats targeting jewish community centers and vandalism of jewish cemeteries as well as last week's shooting in kansas city remind us that while we may be a nation divided on policies, we are a country that stands united in condemning hate and evil in all of its very ugly forms. [applause] donald trump: each american generation passes the torch of truth, liberty, and justice in on broken ch

tell senate leader mcconnell and tell house speaker paul ryan that you will veto any legislation that cuts these programs. and with that, mr. president, i would yield the floor. >> well, a number of news organizations including politico have this story today, congressman john conyers facing several allegations of sexual harassment announced that he is leaving congress and endorsed his son to replace him. quote: i'm retiring today, conyers told a detroit radio station this morning, and i want everyone to know how much i appreciate the support i've received across the years from my supporters not only in my district, but across the country as well. the michigan democrat has represented detroit since 1965. you can read the entire story at politico.com. here is the official announcement on the house floor earlier today read by congresswoman sheila jackson-lee. >> thank you very much, mr. speaker. a few minutes ago in detroit the dean of the united states congress offed his retirement -- offered hisng retirement immediately. he has asked me, a member of the judiciary committee, to offer hi

comey. >> speaker paul ryan and most republicans across washington welcome the move. >> the whole point is to have an independent investigation and follow the facts wherever they may lead. >> yet unlike republicans, the president did no such thing. >> believe me, there is no collusion. russia is fine, whether it's russia or anybody else, my total priority, believe me, is the united states of america. >> snowy the trump inner circle, inside the west wing here they know how serious this is. a small group of advisors convened a meeting here to plot a strategy ahead, looking for an outside circle of legal advisors. every president who has faced this has hired outside lawyers. they're going to present the president with a plan. the republican source said they need more firepower on this. that will happen on one front. the white house trying to turn the page when he flies to saudi arabia beginning tomorrow for an eight-day trip. of course, many of these troubles will likely follow him. >> thank you very much. out front b fronow, our panel. mark, let me start with you as well here. witch hunt?

penny pincher house speaker paul ryan who says cool, fine let's do it. >> i think it remains to be seen he'll say we'll pay for this in other ways because republicans like to do this, that's part of what republicans are okay with spending on on but the tweeting -- everybody has an opinion on the tweeting, i think my least favorite part is where the words of the president matter more than they do in domestic disputes than fights with tv stars or whatever, the interesting thing about trump though is that chaos served him throughout the election and made him president and he does seem to come on top of things tootoo me look unwise and immature and i have been proven wrong and so i'm open minded about that. >> as we all should be and you just brought up twitter and president trump said okay, if he doesn't show up then the next step was president pena nieto not maybe that was cover for the u.s. president, jamie, we heard him going through all these executive actions and he's been very productive in the first couple of days. in all they have signed a, how realistic are they, b using dana bash

per week, mr. speaker. in other words, 52 times what the struggling american will get. what the american that speaker ryan said may not be able to come up with $500 if they have a crisis with a refrigerator or their heating unit, something of that nature, or their car breaks down. mr. speaker, we on this side of the aisle do not believe that relief for resses the struggling working men and women of this country. in all er, it's clear of the polling that the average working american shares that view. they believe correctly that this is a tax cut for the rich and a few sprinkles all of the polling that the average working american shares that to the middle class. i'm sure the leader will have something to say on that. in addition, mr. speaker, it is ironic that what will happen in this tax bill is we will phase -- again, to the middle class. i have not seen the conference report so i don't know exactly whether that's true or not, but in both the house and senate bills, we phased out -- we didn't phase out, proposed to be phased out, the benefits to those middle income, ha

speaker ryan has expressed support. >> jenna: in the meantime, some new evidence in the rape case. one of the fathers of one of the suspects has been arrested. both suspects are illegal immigrants, but that doesn't seem to have changed public opinion of the county's sanctuary policies. there's a lot to unpack here including some new evidence that is confirmed. doug joins us live from city hall in maryland. >> the arrest of when the fathers is a strong signal that ice is stepping up their enforcement, even in century cities like rockville. yesterday, police arrested -- ice arrested the father for unlawful entry. in other developments, and last night's city council meeting, the scheduled 50 minute public comment. mac stretched to over an hour with -- this occurring after attorney sunil jeff sessions warned it to withdraw federal money. >> we must not enact collective guilt. >> i believe he built a great america. tonight i brought my passport to prove that i am a u.s. citizen. i do not want to have to carry this anywhere to prove that i am a citizen. >> that sentiment echoed by big-ci

clyburn: thank you, mr. speaker. i thank my friend for yielding me this time. mr. speaker, i rise in strong opposition to the ryan-mcconnell tax scam bill. this bill should be named the republican donor class relief act. because that's what it is. and several my republican colleagues and many in the media have admitted as much. this tax scam represents -- it will test a set of priorities, revealing deep depravity of american values. one of the first principles of our judeo-christian value system is grounded in what we do for the least of these. from the outset, this bill violates that principle by lowering the marginal tax rates on the wealthiest among us by 2.6 appointments while raising those rates on the least among us by two points. this tax scam bill adds insult to that act by doubling the estate tax exemption from 11 -- $11 million to $22 million. republicans add further insult to injury by lowering the tax rates for corporations by 14 points, while raising tax rates on 86 million middle income families. it makes the tax cuts for corporations permanent and th

[applause] speaker ryan: i just want to quickly say a thanks. this has been such a team effort. i want to thank gary cohn and steve mnuchin from the economic team for what they did to get up here. [applause] speaker ryan: i want to thank my partner mitch mcconnell in the senate and i want to thank these two chairman, orrin hatch and kevin brady. thank you for your leadership on this. [applause] speaker ryan: it is really simple. the message to the hard-working taxpayers of america is your tax relief is on its way. that is what is happening here. the message to the families in america who have been struggling paycheck to paycheck, your tax rates are going down and your paychecks are going up. this is the kind of relief that americans deserve. this is the kind of tax reform and tax cuts that get our economy growing to reach its potential. this gets us better wages, bigger paychecks, a simpler tax system. this gets the american economy competitive in the global economy. this is one of the most important things we could do for all of the people we represent. this is generational. we

joining me is house speaker paul ryan. mr. speaker, thank you very much. first to london, how were you informed about i today, and is there any reason to increase security at our own capitol? >> well, hi, dana. nice to be with you. i was informed by my national security adviser this morning after the london attack happened. the u.s. capitol is arguably the greatest terror target in the world, so it is always under very very vigilant security. i'm sure that they're aware of this. they're upping their security posture and profile. this is something we in the capitol think about and prepare for every single day. by the way, i just have to say my sympathy is out to the victims and the police officer who was killed by this assailant. this just goes to show, dana, we are still at war with radical islamic terrorists, if that's what it is. we are being told that it is being treated as a terrorist investigation. that's what it looks like. it just shows we have to be vigilant about this in our society these day. >> dana: mr. speaker, going forward, in the next month

. >> oo we could talked a nauseum what this says about paul ryan as a speaker of the house. what does it say about the people around mr. trump? at the end of the day, if this guy is only talking about winning, if he doesn't get it, all those things considered, you still have people around you to help usher this thing through. what does it say about the people around the president? >> look who's around the president. steve bannon, kellyanne conway. these are not people that are going to temper the president's worst impulses. these are either enablers or people with such radical crazy ideas they will send the ship si sinking. when steve bannon says he wants to get rid of the administrative state, you can't run a government, what is the government if not an administrative state. they're just killing the government by attrition here, the fact there's nobody at the state department, the fact there's nobody at the justice department except at the highest level, the whole government remains unfilled. on the one hand you could say it's incompetence, on the other hand, this is steve

. >>> let's bring this to the speaker of the house. paul ryan. mr. speaker, thank you for joining us this morning. a lot to talk about this morning. i want to start out with the big bottom line question. you heard dr. gawande. he said this will make health care worse off on almost every level. can you guarantee if the house bill were to become law that no americans would be worse off than they are today? >> i fundamentally does agree with his analysis on so many levels. but first of all, good morning, george. it's good to be with you. let's remember what is happening right now. obamacare is collapsing. it's not working. what good is it for anybody, let alone for a person with pre-existing conditions if you don't have a health insurance plan that you can even get? this is a rescue mission. we want to achieve the goals we all want. getting the cost of coverage down and making sure everyone has access to affordable health care. especially and including people with pre-existing conditions. that is what our bill does. >> well let's take -- >> let me just