[0:00]been questions about who was in their orbit and potentially involved in their crimes. Many names have been mentioned. The name of President Donald Trump has
[0:12]been mentioned. Donald Trump emphatically denies any knowledge or involvement in their criminal behavior or in the trafficking of underage girls,
[0:23]which was Epstein's crime. Notwithstanding that uh this oversight committee has been looking in to Epstein. It has amassed documents, the
[0:34]Epstein files from Jeffrey Epstein's estate and over time we have seen uh some of those documents being released and some of the details becoming public
[0:43]knowledge. We have three more documents today uh amongst thousands of them. So, we don't quite have the the broader context of the thousands of documents,
[0:53]but we have three emails uh between Epstein and Galain Maxwell, his co-acused currently in prison, and also another two with the author Michael
[1:04]Wolf. Let me read you some of the or the content of the exchange with Gain Maxwell Jane. It was in April 2011. So
[1:14]this is after Epstein had been convicted of soliciting prostitution in Florida. Uh he told Maxwell this. I want you to
[1:24]realize that the dog that hasn't barked is Trump. And he went on an unnamed victim, a victim whose name
[1:33]has been redacted spent hours at my house with him. He has never once been mentioned. and he finishes police chief
[1:43]etc. I'm 75% there. Ghislaine Maxwell's reply to that was I have been thinking about that. So
[1:54]that's what that's some of what we have from these uh three email exchanges. That's between Epstein and its co-accus Gain Maxwell. And as I say, Jane, it raises questions. Questions being asked
[2:05]by members of that investigating committee in Congress. Representative Robert Garcia, he's the top Democrat on that committee. He's issued a statement
[2:16]saying this. These latest emails and correspondents raise glaring questions about what else the White House is hiding and the nature of the
[2:25]relationship between Epstein and the president. We've asked the White House for comment, Jane. Nothing has come back so far. Um, but it's a development
[2:37]clearly in this story which rumbles on and which stalks Donald Trump. He has resisted along with his administration the release of the files in full. It
[2:47]will amplify calls for those files to be fully released for public dissemination. >> James, thank you very much. Sakir Stalmer and his health secretary
[2:59]Wes Streeting have been forced to defend themselves on a day that's been dominated by talk of an alleged leadership plot. The prime minister says he didn't authorize number 10 briefings against Wes Streeting and said any
[3:10]attack on a member of his top team is completely unacceptable. The health secretary meanwhile denies involvement in an attempted coup to oust his boss. He's speaking at a conference in Manchester where he was hoping to focus
[3:22]on his plans to save money for the NHS. But it was also asked about those briefings made against him. >> The bizarre thing about um uh some
[3:33]juvenile briefing overnight is that it's people in number 10 who've said uh the prime minister is fighting for his job. Now I don't think that's firstly a
[3:44]helpful or constructive thing to say. I also don't think it's true. What I think he is doing is fighting to try and turn the country around from the enormous mess that we've inherited on so many fronts.
[3:54]uh in 2024 and tell me if it's incorre correct there was an interview which you were unequivocal about your desire to be prime minister one day is
[4:06]that true >> I've got a harder job already so um I'm quite enjoying doing this one thank you very much and I'm definitely not going to say anything today that adds to um the silly season going on down south
[4:17]>> okay just final question on the the maneuvers that aren't um this morning on Sky News you said that you felt that you've been kneecapped by uh Downing Street. In terms of the briefing,
[4:27]>> I think I said it was um uh the most unwarranted attack on a faithful since Joe Mara was banished in the traitors final. And I think um whoever's been briefing this should spend a little less
[4:39]time watching celebrity traitors and a bit more time watching Country File. >> Meanwhile, it was a pretty fiery PMQs for Skarmmer who was under fire before
[4:48]he even arrived at the Commons. Is the health secretary a traitor or a faithful prime minister? >> He was quizzed as he left Downing Street on route to Parliament where the tries
[4:59]accused him of losing control. >> The health secretary said there is a toxic culture in Downing Street that
[5:07]needs to change. He's right, isn't he? >> Mr. Speaker, my focus each and every day is on rebuilding and renewing our country. But let me be absolutely clear.
[5:19]Any attack on any member of my cabinet is completely unacceptable. And the health secretary, Mr. Speaker, in relation to Mr. Speaker, in relation
[5:29]to health secretary, he promised before the election that in the first year of a Labor government, we deliver 2 million extra appointments. We didn't deliver 2 million or three or four. We delivered 5
[5:41]million extra appointments. He's doing a great job as is the whole of my cabinet. >> Mr. Speaker, what we heard the health secretary say this morning was that he
[5:51]wants to cut waiting lists, but we all know that there's only one waiting list that he will. >> But the prime minister is not going to do anything about the toxic culture. This is his responsibility. Just last
[6:03]night, his allies accused not just the health secretary, but the home secretary and even the energy secretary of launching leadership bids. These attacks
[6:12]came from number 10. Nowhere else. His toxic number 10. The person responsible for the culture in number 10 is his chief of staff, Morgan Mweeny. >> Does the prime minister have full
[6:24]confidence in him? >> Morgan Mcweeny, my team and I are absolutely focused on delivering uh for the country. And let me be clear, of course, Mr. Speaker, I've never authorized a tax on cabinet members. I
[6:36]appointed them to their post because they're the best people to carry out their jobs. And Mr. Speaker, she asks about waiting lists. Waiting lists are down under this government. >> [cheering]
[6:46]>> the number of GPS is up >> and because we've scrapped NHS England, we're investing on the front line. That's what the health secretary is doing today. Getting on with his job and he's doing a very good job, too.
[6:57]>> They're not. >> Uh, Mr. Speaker, I didn't hear him give full confidence to Organi. But the but the truth is he says these attacks aren't authorized. That means he's lost control of number 10 because that's
[7:08]where they're coming from. But the real scandal, Mr. Speaker, the real scandal is that two weeks from a budget, the government has descended into civil war. Instead of fixing the mess they've made
[7:19]of the economy, they're all, [laughter] >> Mr. Speaker, they're all chanttering. These are the feral MPs that number 10 has been talking about. They're not my
[7:30]words. They're number 10's words, his words. But unbelievably, unbelievably, Mr. Speaker, the Prime Minister's advisers have been reduced to briefing
[7:41]that MPs can't get rid of him. And I'm I'm not making this up. They can't get rid of him because it would destabilize international markets. [laughter] Why does the prime minister think that
[7:52]there would be a market meltdown if the health sector tree took over? >> Mr. Mr. Speaker, this is a united team and we are delivering together. Look
[8:03]what we're doing. The fast the fastest growth of the G7. Five interest rate cuts,
[8:12]>> trade deals with the EU, the US and India, all of which they oppose. We've delivered. It's been disaster after disaster. The deputy prime minister, the new deputy prime minister is clueless
[8:23]about how many illegal migrant sex offenders he's let loose. The culture secretary breaking the rules to give her donor a top job. Taxes set to rise even
[8:33]further. unemployment at levels not seen since lockdown and in the middle of it a weak prime minister at war with his own cabinet. Mr. Speaker, it's not just him. It is all of them. There is no
[8:43]replacement. It is all of them. Two weeks before the budget, isn't it the case that this prime minister has lost control of his government? He's lost the confidence of his party and lost the trust of the British people.
[8:55]>> Mr. Speaker, the stupid mistakes were made over 14 long years. They broke the economy AND NOW THEY THINK THAT THEY can lecture us and and now they've got this
[9:05]uncerious idea that they can find 47 billion pounds of cuts without saying where they're going to come from. No wonder. No wonder that's called flimsy. Meanwhile, we're rebuilding the country.
[9:16]Wages up, investment up, mortgages down. >> Our political correspondent Mara Cohen joins me now from Manchester. It's a
[9:27]pretty fiery PMQ. So we got a real flavor of there tomorrow and the health secretary very much making it clear speaking where you are that he is not on maneuvers.
[9:38]>> Yes, we've just been hearing from him. I mean this is all quite an extraordinary state of affairs in that late last night just one year and four months after Karma's government won a historic
[9:49]landslide. Uh we heard from allies of Karma, anonymous allies saying that he would fight any leadership challenge and the suggestion is that such a leadership challenge may come from the health
[10:00]secretary Wes Streeting a key member of his cabinet and it may come relatively soon after what we know will be a very difficult budget at the end of this month. Now West treating the health
[10:11]secretary had already been booked uh to come on the med to the media studios to do a broadcast round to talk about the NHS and all this gave him an opportunity uh to come to the studios say he
[10:22]supports K star to say he was being kneecapped not by the prime minister but by people close to him in number 10 and suggested that those people uh should be found and should be sacked because they
[10:33]are uh contributing to divisions within the government. Was this an attempt to flush out what some around Karma thought was an attempt uh to to have a
[10:44]leadership challenge against him? Well, the health secretary who was speaking here insisted not. He did a speech to NHS leaders peppered with jokes about his supposed leadership ambitions. Uh
[10:56]you heard him there saying that um he had a very difficult enough job already making jokes about the traitors. And later on in his speech, he was asked a direct question by someone in the
[11:07]audience about Morgan Mweeney, who is the prime minister's chief of staff around some of this is swirling. He said he didn't want to name names about who he thought was giving these briefings,
[11:18]but he said that Labour would not have won the election without Mr. Mcweeny, who was masterminding the election campaign. So, we still don't yet know who he was talking about, but these
[11:29]really are extraordinary claims about a coup against the prime minister by people at the heart of his team denied here uh by West Streeting.
[11:39]>> Tomorrow, thanks very much. >> Uh let's just bring you a bit of breaking news about somebody that is a bit of a familiar face on Sky News, Baroness New Love, the victim's
[11:51]commissioner. Uh we've had word from uh the victim's commissioner's office that she has uh died uh unexpectedly. Uh they say we are deeply saddened to share that baroness Helen Love, the victim's
[12:02]commissioner for England and Wales has passed away following a short illness. Our thoughts are with her family at this difficult time. Helen was a committed and passionate advocate for victims
[12:12]drawing from her own experience of the criminal justice system and and uh for those of you who don't know she became victims commissioner after coming to public prominence following her husband
[12:24]Gary being fatally attacked by uh a gang of youths on the family's doorstep. Uh this was something of a watershed moment. It was in the headlines of course for months. Um and she fought and
[12:35]fought for justice. Well, the victim's commissioner statement goes on to say, um, she was determined that all victims should be treated with compassion, decency, and respect, and she
[12:45]consistently led by example. Under her leadership, the role of victims commissioner was transformed, growing in stature, influence, and authority. She reshaped the office into a trusted voice
[12:55]and genuine force for victims, one that stands firmly on their side, champions their rights, and holds the justice system to account. And this transformation stands as a testament to
[13:05]her work and will remain her enduring legacy as well as the victim's commissioner. She was a dear friend and respected colleague. She'll be greatly missed and we ask that the privacy of
[13:15]the family is respected at this time. So that from the victim's commissioner's office, the news that Baroness New Love uh who was of course made a baroness and
[13:25]sat in the Lords has died following a short illness. somebody who spoke on Sky News many many times and she was always an excellent voice uh for victims and uh
[13:35]really gave victims a voice in a place that that they really often never had before. So very sad news uh for her family and all those who knew her. The government has apologized after an
[13:53]investigation found the decades of abuse at a detention center in County Durham was ignored by the prison service, police, and the home office. The prisons and probation ombbudsman's released a
[14:04]report into how physical and sexual abuse against thousands of young men was allowed to take place at Madamsly Detention Center for nearly 30 years. Skye's chief North of England
[14:15]correspondent Greg Milm has this report and a warning. It does contain details you may find distressing. >> There's an immigration detention center on this site in County Durham. Now, a
[14:26]century ago, there was an orphanage here. In between, it was the setting for decades of sexual and physical abuse of thousands of young men. For the entire 26 years of Medamsley Detention Cent's
[14:37]existence, those men aged 17 to 21 suffered horrific violence at the hands of staff. Police investigations have already revealed the extent of the abuse. Some staff have already been
[14:48]jailed. But an inquiry by the prisons and probation ombbudsman has found that the prison service, the police, and the home office knew about the abuse but
[14:57]ignored or dismissed it. No surprise to victims like Eric Samson because even the police who took him there as a 17-year-old seemed to know. >> The two police officers who were taking us there was saying, "You're going to
[15:09]get the hell kicked out your ear." it. The violence I had done to me was terrible. I was only small see I could have been killed in there. The amount of times I was knocked about every day was
[15:21]hell on earth. Every day and night was hell on earth for the full 9 and a half weeks with all the all the abuse and the obviously the sexual abuse I had done to us. It totally ruined me life. Totally
[15:32]ruined me life. I've never been married and all you know but the thing is what can you do? You know, it shouldn't ever have happened in the first place. Well, that could have been stopped.
[15:44]>> The ombbudsman's report contains this note to the warden of Madamsley in 1965 reporting an officer striking an inmate a distinct blow. The handwritten response below dismisses it as
[15:56]playfulness. This letter sent to the wardens of all detention centers two years later refers to the increasing number of complaints of assault. It warns that a minority of staff are
[16:06]taking the law into their own hands. There are occasions, it says, where the discipline goes beyond the legitimate. Those representing victims at Madamsley say it wasn't alone. >> During the course of my investigations
[16:18]into Medamsley, other men from around the country have contacted me saying that the same type of um physical and sometimes sexual abuse was happening to
[16:29]them at detention centers that they were kept at all over the country. I've spoken to men from 20 different detention centers um and they complain
[16:40]about the same treatment. I think it was a systematic uh thing that these prison officers were cogs in a big machine which was designed
[16:51]culturally or by training uh to treat boys really badly. >> The call now is for a public inquiry into all of those detention centers.
[17:03]Durham constabularary has apologized for what it called its historic failure to investigate what the victims at Madamsley were telling them. >> I fully appreciate that the level of
[17:13]abuse and the consistency and time frame of abuse that we are dealing with will have affected their lives forever in a way that they have had to deal with this
[17:23]through uh an emotional, psychological and also a physical manner. Um, and for that again I I I absolutely wholeheartedly offer my apologies and
[17:35]just to say I am so sorry that we let you down. >> But the ombsman points out that the complaints process for children in custody remains the same today as it was
[17:44]decades ago when all that abuse was going on. Greg Milm, Sky News. Well, the prisons and probation ombudsman Adrien Usher described the
[17:55]abuse as systemic and said he thinks it's possible there are more victims who are yet to come forward. >> Widespread physical abuse was present from the day Madamsly opened its doors
[18:06]until the day they closed in 1987, resulting in thousands of victims of physical abuse.
[18:16]Sexual abuse was also systemically deployed by uh at least two and probably more individuals for a very protracted
[18:27]period of time and at least 16 years resulting in hundreds of victims of sexual abuse that we know about. And there are likely far more that have
[18:37]never found uh overcome the shame and frustration of what happened to them to be able to come forward. >> Well, in response to the report, the
[18:48]youth justice minister Jake Richards said to the men who suffered such horrific abuse at Madams Lee, I want to say again, I'm truly sorry. The failings set out in today's report by the prisons
[18:59]and probation ombbudsman are truly harrowing. We must ensure nothing like this ever happens again. The government's establishing a youth custody safeguarding panel to review how
[19:08]we protect children in custody today. It will ensure their voices are heard, that complaints are taken seriously, and that
[19:15]every child is kept safe from harm. We brought you the news just a short time ago that the death of Baroness New Love, the victim's commissioner, had uh
[19:26]been announced. She died very suddenly at the age of 63. We've just had uh word from um the deputy prime minister uh and Lord Chancellor David Lammy. He says
[19:37]he's deeply saddened to learn of her passing. He said as both victims commissioner and deputy speaker in the House of Lords, Helen brought unparalleled experience and dedication
[19:47]to her roles. House press secretary Caroline Lever. He
[49:47]says the Democrats have selectively leaked emails to the liberal media to create a fake narrative to smear President Trump. The unnamed victim referenced in these emails is the late
[49:57]Virginia Guprey, who repeatedly said President Trump was not involved in any wrongdoing whatsoever and couldn't have been friendlier to her in their limited interactions. The fact remains that President Trump kicked Jeffrey Epstein
[50:09]out of his club decades ago for being a creep to his female employees, including Jafrey. These stories are nothing more than bad faith efforts to distract from President Trump's historic
[50:19]accomplishments. And any American with common sense sees right through this hoax and clear distraction from the government opening back up again. So pretty robust uh denial from the White
[50:30]House press secretary Caroline Levit. Well, let's get more now on why decades of abuse against young men at Menimsly Detention Center in County Darham were
[50:41]ignored by those in charge. Joining me now is Gabriel Shaw, the chief executive of the National Trump to the disgraced financia Jeffrey
[57:51][music] Epstein. >> Is the health secretary a traitor or a faithful prime minister? >> Ski star deny is authorizing a number 10
[58:02]attack on Wes Streeting amid mounting speculation he could face a leadership coup. Two weeks from a budget, the [music] government has descended into civil war.
[58:13]>> I've never authorized attacks on cabinet members. I appointed them to their post because they're the best people to carry out their jobs. >> Meanwhile, the health secretary rules
[58:24]out a plot to ask the prime minister, saying he wants to crack on with fixing [music] the NHS. >> I've got a harder job already, so um I'm quite enjoying doing this one. Thank you
[58:35]very much. And I'm definitely not going to say anything today that adds to um the [music] silly season going on down south. >> The victim's commissioner, Baroness New Love, who [music] started campaigning
[58:47]after the murder of her husband, Gary, dies suddenly at the age of 63. The government apologizes after [music]
[58:56]a report finds decades of abuse at a county Durham detention center was ignored by authorities. in hell on earth. Every day was hell on
[59:07]earth. Every day and night was hell on earth for the full 9 and a half weeks cuz the violence what they were doing to you. It was disgusting. Hello, good afternoon. We begin this
[59:22]hour with breaking news and Democrats in the United States have released emails which they say link Donald Trump to the pedophile financia Jeffrey Epstein. Members of the oversight committee have
[59:33]published three emails this morning out of thousands the committee says it's reviewing from the Epstein estate. One email alleges that Donald Trump spent hours with a victim. Trump has
[59:44]consistently denied any wrongdoing in relation to Epstein and has previously called the allegations against him a hoax. Well, let's bring in our US correspondent James Matthews who's outside the capital building. And James,
[59:56]as might be expected, a pretty strong rebuttal uh in the last half hour from the White House. >> Hi Jane. Yeah, things are moving pretty quickly on this story and we've heard
[1:00:07]from the White House in the past half hour. I will read their statement to you, but let me flesh out the developments as they are this morning. This House Oversight Committee, which has been looking into the Epstein
[1:00:19]affair, it has amassed thousands of documents from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein. Today it released three, which on the face of it would appear to raise
[1:00:28]questions. That's certainly the view of Democrats on that committee. Now remember, Donald Trump has consistently and emphatically denied all knowledge or involvement in Jeffrey Epstein's
[1:00:40]criminal wrongdoing, the late sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Uh these three males too were exchanges between Epstein and Michael Wolf, the author.
[1:00:51]One exchange was with Galain Maxwell. She of course is in prison. She's Jeffrey Epstein's co-accus serving 20 years. I'll read you some of that email
[1:01:02]exchange between Epstein and Maxwell Jane. It dates uh from April the 20 April 2011. And Epstein told Maxwell
[1:01:12]this. I want you to realize that that dog that hasn't barked is Trump. and he added that an unnamed victim, a victim
[1:01:21]unnamed in this email, spent hours at my house with him. He has never once been mentioned, police chief, etc. I'm 75%
[1:01:32]there. In response, Golian Maxwell emailed back, I have been thinking about that. So, in the minds of Democrats on this investigating House Oversight
[1:01:42]Committee, that raises significant questions about links between Epstein and Trump. Representative Robert Garcia has said this in a statement. These
[1:01:52]latest emails and correspondents raise glaring questions about what else the White House is hiding and the nature of the relationship between Epstein and the
[1:02:03]president. Now that was the story as of an hour ago. We contacted the White House and they have come back with this statement attributable to Caroline Levitt, press secretary.
[1:02:14]The Democrats, she says, selectively leaked emails to the liberal media to create a fake narrative to smear President Trump. The unnamed victim
[1:02:25]referenced in these emails is the late Virginia Duprey, who repeatedly said President Trump was not involved in any wrongdoing whatsoever and couldn't have
[1:02:35]been friendlier to her in their limited interactions. The fact remains that President Trump kicked Jeffrey Epstein out of his club decades ago for being a
[1:02:46]creep to his female employees, including Juprey. These stories are nothing more than bad faith efforts to distract from President Trump's historic
[1:02:56]accomplishments, and any American with common sense sees right through this hoax and clear distraction from the
[1:03:05]government opening back up again. So that's from Caroline Levit. She's due to give a news conference at the White House in a couple of hours. Jane, I suppose one of the first questions would
[1:03:16]be, well, you refer to Virginia Gre uh as being on friendly terms with the president, the family of Virginia are
[1:03:26]very vocal in demanding the full release of the Epstein files so that the public can scrutinize exactly what were the links between Trump and Epstein. expect
[1:03:37]that Q&A coming up in a couple of hours. Uh the White House making the point clearly that they reckon the full context has been stripped out of this
[1:03:46]story and that these three emails do not pass muster in isolation. And I can tell you in the past 10 minutes, the House Oversight Committee, which is dominated
[1:03:57]by Republicans, they have released a further 20,000 documents making the statement, "Democrats whine about releasing the files, but they only
[1:04:07]cherrypick when they have them to generate clickbait." That a Republican view on that committee. So, where are we now, Jane? I suppose we are at the stage where these 20,000 files have been
[1:04:19]released and ourselves and other and everybody else will be pouring over them to investigate further exactly what were the links between Epstein and Trump.
[1:04:28]That still is at the heart of this story and Donald Trump remember the president emphatically denies any connection with Epstein's criminal wrongdoing.
[1:04:39]>> James, thanks so much for that. James Matthews there for us uh in America. We will of course bring you Carolyn Levit's press statement in a little while. Thanks very much there James. Now Sakir
[1:04:50]star and his health secretary where streeting have been forced to defend themselves on a day that's been dominated by talk of an alleged leadership plot. The prime minister says he didn't authorize number 10 briefings
[1:05:01]against where street documents are released. Also [music]
[1:58:04]ahead, >> is the health secretary a traitor or a faithful prime minister? >> Saki Starama denies he's behind attacks
[1:58:14]on ministers following claims of a leadership challenge. Two weeks from a budget, the government [music] has descended into civil war. >> I've never authorized a tax on cabinet
[1:58:25]members. I appointed them to their post because they're the best people to carry out their jobs. Also, a government apology after abuse was ignored at a detention center where
[1:58:37]a man thought to be [music] the UK's most prolific sex offender attacked young men. And on the front line of the people smuggling crisis, [music] we report from
[1:58:48]Libya on the route known as the most dangerous path to Europe. >> A lot of desperation and urging us. They think we've got something to do with it.
[1:58:58]They're urging us to take them to to Europe. >> Good evening. Democrats in the United
[1:59:10]States have released emails which they say raise serious questions about the nature of President Trump's relationship with the pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. In
[1:59:20]one of the emails, Epstein asserts that Mr. Trump knew about the girls. In another, Epstein says Mr. Trump spent
[1:59:28]hours at his house with an unnamed victim. Uh the White House says the release of the emails is an attempt to
[1:59:38]create a fake narrative and that President Trump was not involved in any uh wrongdoing whatsoever. And uh rec
[1:59:48]Republicans have released thousands more documents relating to Epstein in the last hour, promising to reveal the full
[1:59:57]truth after accusing uh Democrats of slandering the president. Well, tonight we're expecting to hear
[2:00:08]from the White House press secretary, Caroline Levit, who will hold a news briefing at around uh 6:00. But uh let's
[2:00:19]speak now to our US correspondent, Mark Stone, who is in uh Washington. And Mark, these are emails between Epstein and Gillen Maxwell, and also Epstein and
[2:00:31]the author Michael Wolf. Yeah, I mean I I mean those are the first that is the tip of the iceberg that that we have got at the moment. Uh what has happened this morning is pretty
[2:00:42]remarkable uh indeed. Uh and uh first of all uh the House Oversight Committee over on the Hill released the three emails you're referencing. Uh and since
[2:00:51]then they have dumped 20,000 or so documents uh online and we we're in here so that we can just give you a sense of how much. I mean have a look at the
[2:01:00]screen behind me and uh you can see uh just how many uh documents uh there are. Um if I go to this document here and
[2:01:10]open this uh you can see a huge number of documents. Um this is just one of number of different uh files that have been released. If I go back to the
[2:01:22]images section you can see there are huge number of different files. Some of these are are emails. Some of them are publicly available uh articles that were
[2:01:33]sent to and fro between Epstein and his associates. Uh some of them appear to be images um with there there are a few videos here as well. As I say, we and I
[2:01:44]imagine um newsrooms uh right around the world are at the moment trolling through uh what is in here to see what is relevant uh what is not. You can see the blacked out lines uh here are redacted
[2:01:56]bits. So of course there are there are people named in here uh who for for various reasons the house oversight committee uh who has got hold of the Epstein estate and is now releasing uh
[2:02:06]so much of it they have decided to redact certain names and among them uh will be Epstein's victims as well. So, not only newsrooms, Mark, but I would
[2:02:17]think uh that in the White House as well, uh they are trolling through this uh to see what uh what they can um what's in there, how damaging they think
[2:02:27]it might be for the president. But of course, as we know, Mark, w with the Jeffrey Epstein story. Um there are so many tangents. There are so many people
[2:02:36]uh who have been associated with him. And of course, there may be details in here. We've seen one email from Peter Mandlesson, former British ambassador here. Of course, his association with
[2:02:47]Epstein resulted in his downfall as ambassador. There is an email that that we've seen. Uh we're just um we're not going to publish it at the moment, but we're looking at it at it and others. Um
[2:02:58]it certainly uh suggests again a close relationship with Mand between Mandlesson and Epstein. uh uh Prince Andrew, of course, uh the the man formerly known as Prince Andrew, Andrew
[2:03:10]Mountbatton Windsor. Uh he is referenced in here as well. Uh and then of course the president uh himself and a couple of emails that the initial two uh few that
[2:03:20]were released uh by uh the House Oversight Committee. Uh we've got details of them. There is an email from Jeffrey Epstein to Galain Maxwell. Um he of course is now dead. She is in a
[2:03:31]prison uh in the United States. an email from April 2011 uh where he wrote to Maxwell uh he he said to her, "I want you to realize that the dog who hasn't
[2:03:42]barked is Trump. Victim spent and then they've they've blanked out the name of the victim. Uh spent hours at my house with him. He has never once been
[2:03:52]mentioned, police chief, etc. I'm 75% there." So that is an email from uh Epstein uh to Maxwell. Uh there are other emails uh from the the author and
[2:04:03]journalist Michael Wolf uh to Jeffrey Epste. There's one from December 2015. Uh the subject is heads up. Uh and it says uh if he if he says he hadn't been hasn't been on the plane or to the
[2:04:14]house, then that gives you a valuable PR and political currency. You can hang him in any way that potentially generates a positive benefit for you. or if it
[2:04:25]really looks like he could win, uh remember this is just before the 2016 election, uh he could save you generating a debt. So that is uh what appears to be advice uh that the author
[2:04:37]Michael Wolf um who has been a contributor on Sky over the over the past few years uh and and elsewhere of course um he wrote to Epstein in
[2:04:46]December 2015. Now, as you can imagine, Mark, the White House has responded to those initial three emails that were released. Uh, and we have a statement uh from Caroline Levit, uh, the press
[2:04:57]secretary. She says, "The Democrats selectively leaked emails to the liberal media to create a fake narrative to smear President Trump. The unnamed victim referenced in these emails is the
[2:05:08]late Virginia Duprey. uh that uh the woman uh who was photographed, you'll remember in that that now infamous photo uh with Prince Andrew uh in London uh
[2:05:19]and he she reached an outofc court settlement uh with Andrew. Uh the email the Levit um uh statement goes on to say um Virginia Fuay who repeatedly said
[2:05:29]Prince Andrew was not involved in any wrong sorry repeatedly said President Trump was not involved with any wrongdoing whatsoever and couldn't have been friendlier uh to her in their limited interactions. It goes on to say,
[2:05:41]"The fact remains that President Trump kicked Jeffrey Epstein out of his club decades ago for being a creep to his female employees, including Jifrey." So, uh, from the White House in response to
[2:05:52]those initial three releases, those three emails, two of which I read there, uh, a a robust response, uh, saying, uh, that the Democrats are simp simply trying to smear uh, Donald Trump. Uh
[2:06:04]they say that Donald Trump uh has been very open about his historic relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. Uh that he ditched uh Jeffrey Epstein many
[2:06:13]many years ago when he decided he was a wrongan. Uh we also do know that Epstein was once uh frequently at the Maraago club. Virginia Gre worked at that club
[2:06:25]as well. But to sum up, Mark, uh, in effect, the Epstein files, as they have become known, appear today, uh, to have been released. Uh, maybe not all of
[2:06:35]them, but a huge number, and we and many others, I imagine, are trolling through them and trying to put some context and significance to them. >> Yeah. And that that is the point really,
[2:06:45]because the background to all this was this increasing pressure, wasn't it? and and also the White House administration, the Trump administration's reluctance,
[2:06:54]it seemed, to release the the entire uh Epstein files. Yes. Because you'll remember during the campaign before President Trump won um
[2:07:05]one one of the um the demands by by his base of support across the country was to release the Epstein files and he said he would. uh but uh once he took office and you know we we remember that uh uh
[2:07:17]senior uh administration officials uh the attorney general uh and others said that they had the Epstein files they were on their desk uh and yet then uh they they made they changed their
[2:07:28]decision and decided that either there wasn't anything to release or or that they weren't prepared to release them. There was nothing nothing to see here. uh but now uh this bipartisan uh committee the house oversight committee
[2:07:39]has made the decision to release these huge huge number of documents. Okay, Mark, thank you very much. And as I was saying a little earlier, the White House
[2:07:49]press secretary Caroline Levit is uh to hold a news briefing uh just after 6:00 and we will bring you uh that live. And
[2:07:59]uh by the way, before that at 5:45, I'll be joined by a former state attorney in Palm Beach in Florida, Dave Arenburgg. Uh so stay with us uh too for that.
[2:08:11]Now back here, there's pressure on the prime minister over alleged plots to oust him from Downing Street. It all began last night when allies of Saki Starama told journalists that he would fight any attempt to unseat him with the
[2:08:23]finger being pointed at the health secretary Wes Streeting. This morning, a spirited Mr. Streeting told Sky News that he was innocent and was faithful to
[2:08:33]the prime minister. Well, this afternoon the prime minister insisted that he had not authorized briefings against his own ministers, but was accused by the Tories
[2:08:42]of presiding over a toxic culture in Downing Street. >> The health secretary said there is a toxic culture in Downing Street that
[2:08:51]needs to change. He's right, isn't he? >> Mr. Speaker, my focus each and every day is on rebuilding and renewing our country. But let me be absolutely clear.
[2:09:03]Any attack on any member of my cabinet is completely unacceptable. >> These attacks came from number 10, nowhere else. His toxic number 10. The
[2:09:14]person responsible for the culture in number 10 is his chief of staff, Morgan Mweeny. >> Does the prime minister have full confidence in him? >> Morgan Mcweeny, my team and I absolutely
[2:09:24]focused on delivering for the country. And let me be clear, of course, Mr. Speaker. And then Margaret. And then
[2:17:26]>> I didn't know. I had a couple lunch
[2:17:56]where they need to Thank you. >> Guys, Fox triplets out time estimates
[2:18:09]tonight. Don't worry
[2:18:36]about camera real quick.
[2:20:13]That's Are you
[2:45:56]I mean, there's 23,000 pages of documents the Republicans have just released. We'll talk about that in a moment. just on the three in which
[2:46:05]Trump's name appears. Um what do you make of those emails and the questions they uh you know the the questions that
[2:46:17]arise from them? >> Mark, the emails are damaging for three people involved in this. First, of course, Donald Trump. This continues to
[2:46:26]be a drip drip of negative publicity about Trump's relationship with Jeffrey Epste. And Trump could have just said release all the files and then move beyond this. But because he refuses to
[2:46:38]release the files, you see this continual drip of bad news about Trump. And that's something that has infected even his own base. Number two, Gla
[2:46:49]Maxwell looks bad in this because she's trying to get a pardon and yet she's a proven liar. under oath when she interviewed with Todd Blanch, who is the number two person at the Department of
[2:46:59]Justice, she told him that she does not remember ever seeing Trump at Jeffrey Epstein's home. These emails show she knew that Trump visited Jeffrey
[2:47:09]Epstein's home. She is a constant liar. And then number three, Michael Wolf, the author, looks bad because it looks like he was an informal advisor to Jeffrey
[2:47:19]Epstein, even suggesting he gained some leverage over Donald Trump in case he needs him in the future depending on what Trump said or would not say during
[2:47:28]a debate. Yeah. And I mean the White House is very quick to respond saying this is selective choice of or release
[2:47:37]of emails, misleading, a hoax, fake news, uh designed to damage Trump, all that kind of stuff. Um and then we had
[2:47:46]this big release by the Republicans, 23,000. What did you make of the timing of that? Well, the Republicans have released information that's already been out into
[2:47:57]the public. And so that's not the files that the public are clamming clamoring for. They want the entire file. And until that happens, none of this is
[2:48:07]going to satisfy anyone. So the Republicans should be advised to just to push for the release of everything. What they've released has not moved the needle. What the Democrats have released
[2:48:18]has gotten attention because it is new and it does show the relationship between Trump and Epste. Now, are the Democrats motivated by politics? Well, that's a big consideration, but Trump is leading with his chin. He's allowing
[2:48:30]this to happen by refusing to release the entire file. That's what's needed for full transparency here. And this story is not going away until that happens. >> Right. So, you don't think the 23,000 is
[2:48:41]anywhere near the full file? >> Oh, it definitely is not. It definitely is not. Now, in fact, uh most of that stuff has already been part of the public's narrative. They've known about
[2:48:51]this stuff. So, what they want to see are the stuff that's hidden about co-conspirators. It's not clear whether Donald Trump or anyone else did anything illegal here, but there's a lot of smoke
[2:49:02]and the cover up is often worse than the crime. That's why they should allow all this stuff to be out there. And if there are court orders that prevent it, then abide by those court orders, but release everything else. There's still a lot of
[2:49:13]information that is kept away from the public's eyes >> because Trump had originally said, if I'm not mistaken, that he would release the files and then there's been
[2:49:24]backtracking. I mean, will this add on the pressure, you know, on the White House to to release the files because in many ways the Republicans are in a difficult position, the House
[2:49:36]Republicans, because they obviously want to protect Trump, but they've also, as you suggested there, got this base who are clamoring for a full disclosure, right? And since I'm on Sky News, I get
[2:49:47]to use one of my favorite phrases. Trump is hoist by his own petard to use a Shakespearean phrase. And that's because his own supporters, Cash Patel, Dan
[2:49:58]Bonino, were calling for the release of the files, saying there's a cover up going on. And Trump then appointed those two individuals to lead the FBI. And now that they're the head of the FBI,
[2:50:10]they're saying nothing to see here. So that is what is making people so suspicious. Trump's own base is calling for the release of the files because they were promised it and they feel like
[2:50:22]they have been played for fools. So, it's not going away. He needs to release it. And again, there's nothing that we've seen so far that shows that Trump engaged in sex trafficking. But now,
[2:50:33]part of the emails that came out shows that he was at Jeffrey Epstein's home. He allegedly spent a lot of time with one of the girls and allegedly knew about the girls. So we need more information to find out what that all
[2:50:45]means. >> Yeah, as you say, there's absolutely no suggestion of criminal activity, but it does raise questions. Um, so look, just finally, and by the way, we like
[2:50:55]Shakespeare on uh Sky News. Just finally, do where do you think this is all heading? This is heading towards more pressure on
[2:51:05]releasing the files today. There's a new member of Congress being sworn in. And [clears throat] when she gets sworn in, she will provide the deciding vote to get the files
[2:51:16]released. Now, once it passes the House of Representatives, it goes to the Senate. And I think it will pass there and then it will be up to Trump to allow it to be released or to veto it. That
[2:51:26]will make him look terrible. He needs to get in front of the story and just say release everything or else he looks worse and worse every day. >> Right. Well, that's interesting because
[2:51:37]e what you're saying is even if the vote goes through, it will still be up to to Donald Trump to make that final decision. >> Correct. And it's his own Department of
[2:51:47]Justice that is saying we're not releasing it because Trump is making that call. Ultimately, it's up to the president whether the public sees these files as they have been promised for a long time.
[2:51:58]>> Okay. Uh Dave Aronburg, thank you very much for coming on. Appreciate it. >> Thank you. Let's just uh have a look at the weather. And southern parts look mild
[2:52:08]but unsettled all week, while the north will turn drier and colder. It will be quite windy this evening with coastal gales in the southwest and far northwest and prolonged rain from central parts of
[2:52:20]Ireland through to western Wales and Northern England. Elsewhere, many northern and southeastern parts look fine, but there'll be showers for Northern Scotland, while the southwest
[2:52:31]will be drizzly. I don't know what I
[2:52:51]guess here. That means I can move out
[2:53:23]a news briefing. Uh this after Democrats [music] released uh three emails which they say raise uh questions [music] about the nature of President Trump's
[2:53:34]relationship with the pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. The White House says the release of the emails is an attempt to create a fake narrative. More on that at
[2:53:46]the top of the hour. in the dark of night as the bill was coming out of appropriations to give themselves a multi-million dollar payout if they were investigated for the
[2:53:56]January 6 investigation. I have never seen such corrupt anti-constitutional selfdeing as we've seen come out of the United States Senate with this bill. and
[2:54:08]my colleagues who spent seven hours in the House Rules Committee last night and refused across the aisle to vote to take that out of the bill. Which means that when they vote for that bill today on
[2:54:19]the House floor, they are basically voting to pay off and pay out Senate Republicans who don't want to be held accountable for January 6th. And that's the question that people should be
[2:54:29]asking is why Republicans shut down our government. The president withheld food assistance from 42 million Americans and held our government hostage while he
[2:54:40]demolitioned the White House. He went golfing. He threw a lavish set of parties at his private resort. And he gave $40 billion
[2:54:50]to his buddy in Argentina. And now after 55 days, the House of Representatives, which was shut down by the speakers, bringing people back to vote on a
[2:55:01]corrupt piece of legislation. That is what people should be asking about. >> So, a three-year discharge petition is what you guys are going to pursue. What's your optimism around that? >> Well, we got to find a few brave
[2:55:12]Republicans who still have the backbone and some guts to stand up to this administration and actually care for their constituents. It's my hope that the 25 or so moderate Republicans who said that they actually care about
[2:55:24]healthcare reform in their constituents will join us. But ultimately, it'll be up to the American people to hold them accountable to do that. >> Why three years? >> Three years. Well, what I can say is
[2:55:35]that the original negotiating position of the um Democrats in the House and Senate had been a two-year extension. That was obviously rejected. I did not draft the discharge petition. So, you
[2:55:45]will have to ask the leadership about why it was extended to three years, but I certainly support it and we'll be signing on to it this afternoon. >> Are you seeing us being back here in January in the same boat?
[2:55:55]>> Absolutely. January 30th is the end of this CR. Do I think that the Republicans have the political juice to get the rest of their appropriations bills across the
[2:56:04]finish line and a healthcare deal? No. They couldn't even be bothered to sit for seven hours in a rules committee hearing last night and actually have a
[2:56:15]real debate about healthcare. So if we think that they're actually going to in good faith fix the American health care system in the next two months, I think that's a load of >> Thank you for your time.
[2:56:25]>> Thank you. >> Quiet. What's going on?
[2:57:59]What do you think?
[2:58:42]Good listening. President Trump's relationship with the
[2:59:06]pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. In one of the emails, Epstein asserts that Mr. Trump spent hours at his house with an unnamed victim. Uh, the White House says the
[2:59:16]release of the emails is an attempt to create a fake narrative and that President Trump was not involved in any wrongdoing whatsoever. And the Republicans uh have released thousands
[2:59:27]more documents relating to Epstein this evening, promising to reveal the full truth after accusing Democrats of slandering the president. Tonight, we're expecting to hear from the White House
[2:59:39]press secretary, Caroline Levit, who will hold a news briefing shortly. We will join that as it happens. First to our US correspondent Mark Stone who is
[2:59:49]also in Washington. So Mark, well what a few hours three emails from the Democrats naming President Trump and then suddenly this well a dump I suppose
[3:00:01]you could call it of 23,000 documents from the Republicans. Yeah, it is. I have to say, Mark, uh pretty overwhelming uh the amount of
[3:00:12]documents we we've come in here to the podcast studio because it's the best way uh to illustrate to you at this stage uh uh what has been uh released. So you're
[3:00:22]looking here at one uh file within another file within another file which which is just one of these files has got so many different uh documents in it.
[3:00:33]Emails uh articles that were shared by Jeffrey Epstein uh with his um associates. Uh there are some bank statements I think here there there's all sorts. So that's just one file. If
[3:00:44]if I go back a thing back a page here, you can see all these different documents. Uh here within each of these files uh is a wealth of documents. Uh
[3:00:56]and if I go back one more, you can see that there are initially uh four files here. One labeled data, images, natives, uh and text. If I open the text one for
[3:01:05]example, uh there are a huge number of documents again wi with all sorts of of uh documents in them. All of which uh the oversight committee clearly believes
[3:01:17]are in some way relevant. Now effectively what we have got here uh Mark is the release of the Epstein files so-called um files all from the Epstein estate related to him in one way or
[3:01:29]another. Some will be tangental, some will be highly highly significant and on so many different issues as well. Uh significant perhaps relating uh to Prince Andrew uh Andrew Mountbatten
[3:01:41]Windsor as he is now known. Some relating perhaps to to the likes of Peter Mandlesson. We've seen one email between Jeffrey Epstein and Peter Mandlesson that hadn't previously been
[3:01:51]published. We know uh that uh Mandelson's association with Epstein brought about his downfall as Britain's ambassador here in the United States.
[3:02:00]And of course uh related to Donald Trump as well. We know that historically Epstein and Trump were close. Donald Trump uh says he disassociated uh
[3:02:10]himself with Epstein many many years ago when he realized he was bad news. Um, I'm going to pull out just just a couple of emails for now as we and I imagine newsrooms and probably the White House,
[3:02:22]newsrooms around the world and probably the White House are doing what we're doing, trying to troll through all of this. But you mentioned three emails that were initially released uh and then
[3:02:31]followed uh the the dump of of over 20,000 documents. It's kind of similar to what happened with the birthday letter. remember that initially we got just the letter that Donald Trump or the
[3:02:42]birthday card that Donald Trump had sent to Jeffrey Epstein which was damaging say critics of President Trump but then hours later uh the oversight committee then released the whole birthday card.
[3:02:53]Well, today they released just three emails. Uh the Democrats released them and then the Republicans on the committee released this this wealth of these wealth wealth of documents. The three email or one email I'm going to
[3:03:05]pull out to you uh was written by Jeffrey Epstein to Galain Maxwell, his girlfriend. He of course now dead. Uh she is in prison uh in the United States. The email was written in April
[3:03:17]2011. And he says to her, I I want you to realize uh that the dog that hasn't barked is Trump. Uh he then goes on to name a victim. That name has been
[3:03:28]redacted. Uh he says victim uh spent hours at my house with him with Trump so alleges uh Jeffrey Epstein uh he has never once been mentioned police chief
[3:03:40]etc. I'm 75% uh there. So there is an allegation incidentally Maxwell replies I have been thinking about that. So there is an allegation from Jeffrey Epstein uh that
[3:03:52]a victim unnamed uh but who has since been named by the White House and I'll come to that uh spent hours at my Epstein's house with him uh Donald
[3:04:02]Trump. So that that is one email uh of um of clearly of of significance. There are others too. I won't go into those in detail right now, but as I say, we're we're analyzing them all and um so stay
[3:04:13]tuned and go on to our our app and website as well where we'll have plenty more. Now, the White House responded uh Mark to those three initial emails, one of which I just read out there. Caroline
[3:04:25]Levit is the press secretary. She released a statement earlier today uh where she said the Democrats selectively leaked emails to the liberal media to create a fake narrative to smear
[3:04:35]President Trump. The unnamed victim, that's the one in the email I just read, referenced in these emails is the late Virginia Jafrey, who repeatedly said that President Trump was not involved in
[3:04:46]any wrongdoing whatsoever and quote, "Couldn't have been friendlier to her in their limited interactions." The statement goes on to say, "The fact remains that President Trump kicked Jeffrey Epstein out of his club decades
[3:04:58]ago for being a creep to his female employees, including Jafrey. And it concludes, "These stories are nothing more than bad faith efforts to distract from President Trump's historic
[3:05:08]accomplishments." And any American with common sense sees right through this hoax and clear distinction from the government uh distraction for from the government uh opening this uh opening
[3:05:20]back up again. That a reference to the fact that the um the federal government remains uh in shutdown. Uh so a robust defense of President Trump by his press secretary Caroline Lever. A bit of
[3:05:31]context briefly to that. Virginia Grey, she is the woman photographed with um Andrew in that now infamous photo. She worked at Mara Lago, Donald Trump's
[3:05:41]property down in in Florida many years ago. Uh so uh that that is the context there. Uh there is going to be a lot more that comes out of this and as you say, we're expecting to hear from the
[3:05:52]White House from Caroline Levit uh in the hour ahead. >> Yeah, Mark, thanks very much. And I'm just keeping an eye on the podium at the White House where Caroline Levit is
[3:06:01]expected. And I I reckon there's a more than even's chance you'll be asked about the uh emails. Uh some breaking news
[3:06:12]here in the meantime and it is that uh Saki Starma well it involves the appointment of David Kogan as chair of
[3:06:22]the independent football reg. Republicans for the shutdown just passed
[3:06:41]about 40 days or so. >> I was just munching on some chips, [laughter] >> which I shouldn't be eating. Spikes my blood sugar. >> Thank you. Thank you.
[3:06:51]>> I'm putting health first. So, >> anything else? >> All right. Thank you. Thank you. >> And then she does very
[3:07:33]And it's Thank you.
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[3:19:30]You're not going to let us in here anymore after this. There we go.
[3:20:28]Is that right? 2 minutes until minutes until the
[3:20:53]briefing. That's
[3:21:40]I noticed you Yes.
[3:22:33]Good afternoon everybody. Thank you for being here today. We are going to get to my remarks and Q&A as always, but I do have the FBI director with me here, Cash Patel. You all know him well, and he's
[3:22:43]here to provide an update for you all with respect to China. As you know, President Trump had a very successful meeting on his trip to Asia with President Xi, where they discussed the
[3:22:54]need for China to crack down on fentanyl production and distribution, which ultimately makes its way here to the United States of America. And the FBI director recently traveled to China
[3:23:04]following President Trump's meeting to meet with his counterpart in Beijing and he has a really positive announcement for the American people to share. So the president wanted me to bring the FBI director out to share that with all of
[3:23:15]you today. So Cash, please thank you for being here. >> Thanks Caroline. [clears throat] >> As Caroline mentioned, we have some tremendous news thanks to President Donald J. Trump once again for the
[3:23:25]American people. As soon as the president of the United States took office, he issued a mandate to rid America of the scourge that is fentinyl, a drug that has killed hundreds of thousands of Americans. Thanks to his
[3:23:36]leadership and direct engagements with China, we set up a framework to execute that mission eight months ago. Attorney General Bondi immediately thereafter took steps to engage her counterpart in China at the Ministry of Public
[3:23:47]Security. Pursuant to their direct discussions, as the FBI director designated to run counter point on this, along with the Secretary of State Rubio and Ambassador Purdue and the team here
[3:23:59]at the White House, we set forward a path to implement the policy needed to crush the plague of fentinel. Deputy Attorney General Blanch and our teams have been hard at work ever since,
[3:24:10]ultimately culminating in my trip to Beijing last week. This was only possible due to President Trump's historic engagement with President Xi just a few short weeks ago
[3:24:22]that set the stage for today's announcement. At that meeting, the leaders reached an agreement. But just to put this in frame for the American people, a reminder here that nearly
[3:24:33]100,000 people died of fentinol overdoses just last year alone. here this year under this president the FBI has seized 1,900 kg of fentinol so
[3:24:44]far that is a 31% increase from the same time period last year to put it in perspective that's enough fentinol to kill 127 million Americans
[3:24:56]fentinyl precursors are what makes up fentinol while we the inter agency the department of justice have been fighting hard to seize and stop drug traffickers
[3:25:06]we must attack fentinel precursors, the ingredients necessary to make this lethal drug. That was the sole purpose of my trip to China, to eliminate these
[3:25:16]precursors. And if successful, we would suffocate the drug trafficking organization's ability to manufacture fentinel in places like Mexico. This was
[3:25:25]the first time an FBI director has been to China in over a decade and received the audience with his counterpart to address this matter directly. And again, thanks to President Trump's direct
[3:25:36]engage with President Xi, the government of China committed fully to my engagement there on the ground in Beijing at a level never seen before. While at Ministry of Public Security
[3:25:48]headquarters, I met with my counterpart at MPS where the Chinese government agreed on a plan to stop fentinyl precursors. What does that mean? The
[3:25:59]People's Republic of China has fully designated and listed all 13 precursors utilized to make fentinol. Furthermore, they have agreed to control seven chemical subsidiaries that are also
[3:26:10]utilized to produce this lethal drug. Effective immediately, essentially, President Trump has shut off the pipeline that creates fentinol that
[3:26:22]kills tens of thousands of Americans. These substances are now banned and they will no longer be utilized by the Mexican drug trafficking organizations or any other DTO's around the world to
[3:26:34]make this drug. This historic achievement has saved tens of thousands of lives. This historic achievement would not have been possible without the
[3:26:43]tremendous team of President Trump, the Attorney General, the Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Ambassador Purdue in China, whose ground level engagements
[3:26:54]were imperative to achieving this result. This is yet another example of how President Trump defends the American people, provides security for the American people, and puts the American
[3:27:04]people first. This is a historic firstofits-kind achievement by any president to stop the scourge of fentinol and it should be championed by every single American. This achievement
[3:27:16]will save lives. We are thankful for President Trump's steadfast leadership and this FBI will fearlessly follow in his footsteps to ensure that this mission of safeguarding the American
[3:27:27]public is achieved every single day. Thank you. Thanks. >> Thank you so much. Appreciate it. Okay. Thank you again, Director Patel. Before
[3:27:38]we get going, I do have one quick scheduling announcement. Tomorrow, President Trump will be joined by the first lady in the East Room for an executive order signing aimed at
[3:27:47]expanding opportunities for education, career development, housing, and other resources for young people transitioning from foster care to adulthood. This is
[3:27:57]part of the first lady's fostering the future efforts, which are a be best initiative. In other news, the Democrats dragged on the government shutdown for
[3:28:07]43 days, the longest shutdown in US history. But tonight, thanks to Republicans, the White House is very hopeful that this shutdown is going to
[3:28:18]come to an end. The damage caused by the Democrats with this reckless government shutdown cannot be forgotten. It is entirely the fault of the Democrat party. Just look at the vote count.
[3:28:29]Hundreds of thousands of federal employees have missed their paychecks. Tens of billions in wages and benefits were withheld, impacting vulnerable families. Millions of low-income
[3:28:39]Americans missed their SNAP benefits. Nearly 20,000 flights at airports across the country were delayed due to staffing shortages, causing Americans to miss family events, vacations, and work
[3:28:51]obligations. According to Airlines for America, an estimated 5.2 2 million travelers have had their flights disrupted over the course of the Democrat shutdown. And our economy has
[3:29:03]lost billions and billions of dollars in economic activity over the course of this shutdown, hurting consumer sentiment and crushing the travel and hospitality industries. According to a
[3:29:14]CBO estimate, the Democrat shutdown could end up decreasing fourth quarter economic growth by two whole percentage points. The Democrat shutdown made it
[3:29:25]extraordinarily difficult for economics uh economists, investors, and policy makers at the Federal Reserve to receive critical government data. The Democrats may have permanently damaged the Federal
[3:29:37]statistical system with October CPI and jobs reports likely never being released, and all of that economic data released will be permanently impaired, leaving our policy makers at the Fed
[3:29:48]flying blind at a critical period. It's hard to recap all of this without asking a simple question. Why? Why have the Democrats put the American people
[3:29:58]through this pain for 43 days in a row? And it feels like Groundhog Day being up here again talking about this Democrat shutdown. And the answer to that
[3:30:07]question is pure partisan politics. They started this shutdown with a ridiculous demand to force taxpayer funded healthc care benefits to illegal aliens who
[3:30:18]broke into our country. Even after it was clear President Trump and Republicans would never force American taxpayers to pay for free health care for illegals. In fact, President Trump's
[3:30:28]one big beautiful bill fixed that problem. The Democrats kept dragging this reckless government shutdown on for weeks longer to boost their turnout in an election. Perhaps one might guess.
[3:30:40]That's because the Democrats are totally captured by their far left-wing base who only care about attacking President Trump, even if it means hurting innocent Americans in our country. The Democrats
[3:30:51]weakness and their unwillingness to buck the fringe members of their party dragged this harmful shutdown on for seven weeks and inflicted massive pain onto the American public. But let's be
[3:31:03]clear, the clean CR being voted on today in the House of Representatives that will lead to the Leo reopening of the federal government is what President Trump and Republicans have supported
[3:31:14]from day one. Our troops, air traffic controllers, and federal employees will be back to receiving their regular paychecks. Families in need will get back to receiving their food purchasing
[3:31:25]assistance, and the people's government will soon be back open for business. President Trump looks forward to being to finally ending this devastating Democrat shutdown with his signature and
[3:31:36]we hope that signing will take place later tonight. On another matter, I want to address the affordability issue that's received a great deal of media attention this past week, which is ironic because it didn't receive that
[3:31:48]much attention when Joe Biden was here and inflation was at a record high 9%, the worst inflation crisis in modern American history. And President Trump won a landslide election in part to
[3:32:00]address the affordability issues created by Joe Biden and the Democrats. And that's exactly what President Trump has done since day one of his administration. Since the first day in
[3:32:11]office and every day since the Trump administration has taken aggressive action to fix the Biden created cost of living issues. The notion that the same Democrats who just shut down the federal
[3:32:23]government to sabotage our economy, rob people of their paychecks and also helped Joe Biden ratchet up inflation to 9% are now suddenly affordability
[3:32:33]champions. That notion is completely absurd and it's something only the liberal media would have the gall to push. But the reality is that President Trump and his administration have done
[3:32:44]so much to lower prices and increase the economic prosperity of the American people. And this president and his team of amazing economic adviserss are going to keep working on this issue every
[3:32:55]single day. In less than 10 short months, President Trump signed the largest middle class tax cuts in American history, including no tax on tips, overtime, and social security,
[3:33:07]which will guarantee that next year Americans are going to put more money back into their pockets. The president has completely unleashed American energy dominance to help bring gasoline prices
[3:33:18]to the lowest in 5 years, and we expect them to continue to decrease. And it has also lowered energy costs overall. There is more work to do. But again, the president's deregulatory and
[3:33:28]pro-American energy agenda is absolutely going to continue to drive down prices. This this formula worked in the president's first term, and we expect that it's going to work again. And this
[3:33:39]is key because we know energy costs are the number one driver of inflation. Again, just look at what Joe Biden did to our energy industry over the past four years of his administration, and
[3:33:50]look at what happened to inflation as a result. Everything became more expensive. to lower prescription drug prices and health care costs. The president has been working around the
[3:33:59]clock on this issue. He is obsessed with negotiating these good deals on behalf of the American people to bring down pharmaceutical costs and drug costs for
[3:34:09]Americans and he has done so on a number of fronts. You have seen him discuss that in the Oval Office several times. To fuel small businesses, lower their costs and incentivize hiring. The Trump
[3:34:20]administration has already cut 30 unnecessary regulations for every new one on the books, which we know will save employers and small businesses across the country thousands of dollars
[3:34:30]in regulatory burdens. All of these proTrump policies are working and they will continue to work. Wages are rising at the fastest pace of the start of a
[3:34:40]presidential administration in 60 years. The cost of the typical new mortgage is down by nearly $3,000 per year. There's much work to do and this administration will continue to do it, but President
[3:34:52]Trump has already made great progress in cleaning up the economic disaster that was created by Joe Biden. With that, I will take your questions today. And in our new media seat, we have Bev Turner
[3:35:04]who works for a new outlet, uh, a UK outlet, but based here in Washington DC, GB News. Bev, thank you for being here today. Why don't you kick us off? >> Thank you, Caroline. So, the clock is
[3:35:14]ticking on the Friday deadline by which the BBC must retract and apologize for their malicious edit of the president in the documentary shown last year. Uh, the recently resigned director general of
[3:35:26]the BBC yesterday described the organization as the very best of society and blamed the enemies of the BBC for this outcome. Also yesterday, a senior
[3:35:37]government minister launched a fierce defense of the channel in the House of Commons uh saying that the broadcaster remains a light on the hill for people all over the world. So does the
[3:35:48]president feel that the network is taking the situation seriously? Does he believe that they've shown sufficient regret? Does this strain the relationship between the president and
[3:35:58]the prime minister? And given that the organization is publicly funded, is the president prepared to bankrupt the BBC in his pursuit of truth and justice? >> Well, thank you, Bev. There's a lot of
[3:36:10]questions in one there. I will say I know the president has a very good relationship with Prime Minister Chararmmer. You have been there. You've seen them in their interactions. You've questioned both leaders uh in your time
[3:36:21]joining us when we've gone to the United Kingdom a few different times now. Uh however, he has always been very frank when he disagrees with leaders even whom he has a good relationship with and the
[3:36:32]BBC being a fair news organization is definitely an outlet I think these two leaders would disagree. The president has made it very clear that this is a leftist propaganda machine that is
[3:36:42]unfortunately subsidized by British taxpayers and he thinks that's extremely unfortunate for the great people of the United Kingdom and Great Britain. Uh, and I think that the president um was
[3:36:53]deeply concerned by the editing, the purposeful and dishonest editing of his speech that was so clearly fake news. And he rightfully dubbed that term many years ago. And this is a classic example
[3:37:05]of that. We see it in the United States all the time. We see it now in the United Kingdom. As you know, the president's external legal council has filed a lawsuit against the BBC. We expect that to continue and whether they
[3:37:16]apologize or not is up to them. Thanks for being here, Bev. Uh, Ouija, >> thank you, Caroline. >> Sure. Um, I have your statement about the new Epstein emails that have been
[3:37:27]released by House Democrats. Separate from why you believe the emails were made public, can you address their substance, did the president ever spend hours at Jeffrey Epstein's house with a
[3:37:38]victim? >> Uh, these emails prove absolutely nothing other than the fact that President Trump did nothing wrong. And what President Trump has always said is that he was from Palm Beach and so was
[3:37:50]Jeffrey Epstein. Jeffrey Epstein was a member at Mara Lago until President Trump kicked him out because Jeffrey Epstein was a pedophile and he was a creep. And this email you refer to with
[3:38:01]the name of a victim that was unredacted now and has since been reported on in this room. So I will go ahead and say it. Virginia Guy. And it was CBS's own reporting Ouija that recently wrote that
[3:38:13]Miss Guthrie maintained in and God rest her soul that she maintained that there was nothing inappropriate she ever witnessed that President Trump was always extremely professional and
[3:38:22]friendly to her. And so I think it's a question worth asking the Democrat party and you should all go ask them after this briefing of why they chose to redact that name of a victim who has
[3:38:32]already publicly made statements about her relationship with Jeffrey Epste is and is unfortunately no longer with us. Hi, Mary. >> Thank you, Kelly. Two questions on this. Uh, in the interest of transparency, why
[3:38:42]not just go ahead release the full files on Epstein, get this all over with? >> We have, this administration has done more with respect to transparency when it comes to Jeffrey Epstein than any
[3:38:53]administration ever. In fact, this administration, the Department of Justice, has turned over tens of thousands of documents to the American people. We are cooperating and showing
[3:39:04]support for the House Oversight Committee. That's part of the reason you are seeing these documents that were released today because of the House oversight committees and Republicans efforts to get these out to the public.
[3:39:15]This administration also moved, the Department of Justice also moved to unseal grand jury testimony, which we know unfortunately a judge declined those those uh requests. So, this
[3:39:25]administration has done more than any. It just shows how this is truly a manufactured hoax by the Democrat party for now they're talking about it all of a sudden because President Trump is in
[3:39:36]the Oval Office. But when Joe Biden was sitting in there, the Democrats never brought this up. This wasn't an issue that they cared about because they actually don't care about the victims in these cases. They care about trying to score political points against President
[3:39:48]Trump as we have of course seen with this government shutdown and this entire thing. Again, it's not a coincidence to the American people at home. There are no coincidences in Washington DC. And it
[3:39:59]is not a coincidence that the Democrats leaked these emails to the fake news this morning ahead of Republicans reopening the government. This is another distraction campaign by the
[3:40:10]Democrat and the liberal media. And it's why I'm being asked questions about Epstein instead of the government reopening because of Republicans and President Trump. But given your interest in transparency, Caroline, why are White
[3:40:20]House officials then meeting with Representative Boowbert in an effort to try and get her to to not sign this petition uh calling for the release of the files? >> Doesn't it show transparency that
[3:40:30]members of the Trump administration are willing to brief members of Congress whenever they please? Doesn't that show our level of transparency? Doesn't that show the level of transparency when we
[3:40:40]are willing to sit down with members of Congress and address their concerns? That is the that's a defining factor of transparency having discussions having discussions with members of Congress about various issues and I'm not going
[3:40:52]to detail conversations that took place in the situation room in the press briefing room. Reagan >> uh I have a question about the government shutdown. >> Thank you. >> I'm glad someone does. >> Um first on the government shutdown. Uh
[3:41:03]the shutdown deal reverses the administration's rifts and it also prohibits war from happening until the end of January. I'm wondering if the president had input on this element of the deal and if he's at all disappointed
[3:41:14]that's going to reverse the downsizing of the federal government that they did during the shutdown. >> I mean, look, I think it's about 6,000 workers total when you look at that in comparison to the reduction in the federal workforce that this
[3:41:25]administration has done since January to get rid of the waste, the fraud, the abuse, and to uh reduce the size of our federal bureaucracy. We've done a lot of great work on that front. Um, and we
[3:41:36]will continue to u but obviously the president's main priority was to reopen the federal government and get people back to work and that's what this deal accomplishes. >> And on the Middle East line, [clears throat] uh, there's been reports
[3:41:47]in Israeli media that the US is considering building a temporary military base on the Gaza border. Can you confirm these reports? So, I had a conversation directly with the reporter
[3:41:56]who wrote this article. And this article was based on a single piece of paper, a a an inquiry that somebody in the Department of Navy made about an idea
[3:42:07]that may happen in the future. Uh, and this reporter deemed that as an official plan and ran with a story that the United States is looking into it. I checked with the highest levels of the United States federal government. This
[3:42:18]is not something the United States is interested in being engaged in. It's not something we are currently involved in right now that we will be funding and the president has been very clear he doesn't want to see boots on the ground with respect to what's happening in the
[3:42:30]Middle East. We've made great peace we've made great progress with the peace plan in Gaza and we want to continue to see that move forward but u I put a comment in that story for a reason and sometimes we see reporters take a piece
[3:42:41]of paper like this and and just deem it as official policy and um sometimes that misleads people a little bit. >> Sure. Sure. There's been a question uh about [clears throat] UK intelligence
[3:42:52]sharing uh regarding the u drunk interdictions involving times milit. How will that affect the US military operation? There's been a lot of
[3:43:03]discussion about the high caliber of the [clears throat] intelligence that has been provided uh before any of these uh military actions have taken place.
[3:43:12]>> I I've seen that report. Oh, hello. [laughter] I've seen that report. I'm familiar with the reporting, but we don't comment on intelligence matters, classified intelligence matters, as you
[3:43:22]know. As for the Trump administration's position on our narot terrorist campaign in the Caribbean, it is going to continue and the president has made it very clear he's not going to allow
[3:43:33]terrorists to uh to bring illegal drugs that kill American citizens into our great country. Um, sure, John. I'll go to John and then Zolan. Go ahead.
[3:43:44]>> Thank you so much. Uh Trump has talked about sending a $2,000 checks to uh US citizens. Earlier this year, he also talked about sending a Doge dividend. That didn't materialize. Should US uh
[3:43:54]citizens expect the $2,000 proposal? Is the White House committed to making that happen? >> The White House is committed to making that happen. Yes. And we are currently exploring all legal options to get that done. I don't have a timeline for you or
[3:44:06]any further details, but I can confirm for you that the president made it clear he wants to make it happen. And so his team of economic adviserss are looking into it and when we have an update we'll provide one. >> Solen,
[3:44:17]>> uh, you said at the top that one of the costs of the government shutdown was that people missed their SNAP benefits. Um, can you explain then why the administration went to court to fight
[3:44:28]the funding of food stamps and SNAP benefits? So, uh, recipients missed their SNAP benefits because the Democrats shut the government down and they forced the administration to tap
[3:44:39]into a contingency fund that did not even fund the full entirety of this program. And so then you had an unhinged judge who was trying to dictate from the bench what the executive branch has to
[3:44:51]pay for and where that money has to come from. That is judicial overreach at its finest. And so that's why the administration pushed back on that. You can't have the judicial branch telling the executive branch that we need to rob
[3:45:03]the children nutrition fund, which is what this judge was trying to do to pay for SNAP benefits. That's completely inappropriate and it's unconstitutional and we've been proven right with that legal argument. But now the good news is
[3:45:14]again thanks to Republicans and in several hours, President Trump, the government is going to re be reopened and uh SNAP recipients are going to receive their full benefits, which is what President Trump has always wanted
[3:45:26]to do. Stephen, >> why why also did you need the judicial process for that? I mean, during this shutdown, didn't the administration have a responsibility to tap into any of
[3:45:37]those reserves to ensure that essentially a poor people could rely on we did tap into it. We did tap into the contingency fund and then the judge told us, "No, you have to get more money from
[3:45:47]a ch children's nutrition fund." And we felt that was judicial overreach. She shouldn't tell the president which fund he has to rob because the Democrats are holding the country hostage by shutting down the federal government.
[3:45:58]>> Can I go as well if the president is considering a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell? >> Again, he's answered this repeatedly. It's not something he's talking about or even thinking about at this moment in time. I can assure you of that. Stephen
[3:46:09]>> Caroline, I've got two questions about New York for you. >> Sure. First, >> you always do. >> Mayor, [snorts] >> I ran for the New York Post. Well, uh, Mayor Elect Donnie, uh, he
[3:46:20]said that he plans to reach out to President Trump and that, quote, "This relationship, uh, this is a relationship that will be critical. Does the White House have a response to this planned outreach?" >> It's the first time I'm hearing of it.
[3:46:32]I'll let the president respond himself u to that comment by Mr. Mdami. >> And my second question, Jack Schllober, the grandson of President Kennedy, announced today that he's running for
[3:46:42]Congress. Uh he in the recent past has referred to his uncle the HHS secretary as quote a uh rabbit dog and he has said that the Trump administration is quote the most corrupt in American history. Uh
[3:46:54]does the White House have a comment on this sort of comment uh from a rising star in the Democratic party. >> I don't even think such ridiculous comments are worth uh responding to. Obviously those things are not true and
[3:47:05]Secretary Kennedy is doing a phenomenal job bringing transparency and the gold standard of scent science back to our health care system. >> Uh Eman, >> thank you Caroline. The president's
[3:47:16]hosting a number of Wall Street CEOs for dinner tonight here at the White House. Can you give us the names of the CEOs who are going to be here and give us a sense of what the president's message to Wall Street is going to be tonight? >> I don't have a full list for you in
[3:47:27]front of me, Eman. I know you've reported on some names and we've helped you navigate whether those names were truthful or false. Uh, but I know the president actually plans to bring some of you into the dinner tonight. So, you'll see for yourself in several hours
[3:47:38]if that's okay with you. >> And there's been some reporting that the White House is frustrated with Bill Py and the roll out of this proposal for a 50-year mortgage. Can you tell us if the White House is frustrated with that roll out and if the White House still
[3:47:50]supports the idea of a 50-year mortgage for Americans? >> This is a proposal that the president himself has commented on. I would refer you to the president's statements and it's something that the administration is discussing and seriously looking
[3:48:01]into. Sure. >> Thanks. Um >> Danny and then go ahead. >> Thank you. Um some Democratic members of Congress have uh invited uh Britain's former Prince Andrew to testify uh on
[3:48:13]the Epstein scandal. I was just wondering if President Trump thinks that uh former Prince Andrew should indeed come and testify to Congress on that. >> I haven't spoken to him about that specific matter, but I can ask him and
[3:48:23]get back to you. Mhm. >> Um on the government shutdown, um the president and House Republicans had made clear they were not going to negotiate healthc care strategy while the or policy while the government was shut
[3:48:34]down. Now assuming that it reopens tonight, is the president intending to invite any Democrats over to have negotiations over these subsidies or any other plan to bring down the the cost of
[3:48:46]health insurance? I will just add that as you pointed out, the Democrats were holding our country hostage to try to negotiate on a health care system that they created. Obamacare as it's famously
[3:48:57]called, is a system the Democrats created. It is a broken system. It has driven up health care costs dramatically in this country. And now they shut the government down to try to fix that system they broke. It doesn't make any
[3:49:08]sense to us, which is why the president said that's a completely untenable position. However, once the government reopens, the president, as he's always maintained, is absolutely open to having conversations about healthcare. And I
[3:49:20]think you'll see the president putting forth some really good policy proposals the Democrats should take very seriously to fix again the system that they broke. You can't trust the same people who
[3:49:30]broke the system to fix it. And so, the American people will be continue to hear from the president on this issue. And one follow up on the question about the $2,000 uh payments um off tariff
[3:49:42]revenue. The president had also talked about using tariffs to bring down the national debt. Would this be in lie of that? Like this is now the new way to maybe to to use that tariff revenue. >> No, the president put out a statement on
[3:49:52]this clarifying he wants to do both things with the tariff revenue that he's bringing into this country. Trillions of dollars are expected to continue to pour in. Um, and it's part of the reason that
[3:50:03]the Supreme Court case is so vital for our our country's future to restore our manufacturing uh industry in this country to protect our national security to continue to allow the president to
[3:50:14]use tariffs as leverage to negotiate economic deals that are again are good for our national security. Uh, and that revenue can then be used for various reasons to pay down our debt and also perhaps to give these rebate checks back
[3:50:26]to Americans which again the White House is exploring the legal options of how we can get that done. Katherine, go ahead. >> Um, Victor Orban said this week that President Trump has promised Hungary some kind of financial shield. Do you
[3:50:37]have any details on how that will be structured or what that would look like? >> I don't, but I'm happy to check with the National Security Council and get back to you. >> One more. You recently said you check with President Trump about why he needs to get an MRI on his recent trip to
[3:50:48]Walter Reed. Do you have any more detail on that? >> I do, and I'm glad you asked. As stated in the memo provided on October 10th, President Trump received advanced imaging at Walter Reed Medical Center as part of his routine physical
[3:50:59]examination. The full results were reviewed by attending radiologists and consultants and all agreed that President Trump remains in exceptional physical health, which I know all of you will see with your own eyes later this
[3:51:10]evening uh when he opens up his dinner to the press and perhaps you will see him when he signs the bill to reopen the federal government. So stay tuned on
[3:51:18]plans for that. Thank you everyone. So, let's all just join together and
[3:51:34]insist on that. And Donald Trump should be asked why it is that he is opposed to the release after saying initially that he was in favor of it. >> And just finally, 30 seconds. Um, just
[3:51:44]give us a sense of what this is like for the victims to go through these, you know, weekly, monthly battles for this. It's excruciating to my clients to have
[3:51:55]this drip drip drip. They're trying to get back to living their lives. They're trying to move on and then you wake up and there's more documents in the news connecting Jeffrey Epstein to Donald Trump and they have to relive it. They
[3:52:07]have to try to deal with it. They have to put it aside. They have to go back to therapy. I mean, this is excruciating for them. In the name of the victims, release all the files and let's have transparency.
[3:52:17]>> Lisa Bloom, thank you for coming on. Appreciate it. Okay. Well, we've just been hearing from the uh White House and Caroline Levit uh
[3:52:29]saying that uh the emails prove absolutely nothing other than Trump did nothing wrong. But uh the questions of course will go on and there's 23,000
[3:52:39]other uh files that have just been released as well. Right. Finally, let's have a a look at the weather. Southern part I know.
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[4:00:09]warning guys. Morning. Heads up.
[4:03:05]Good afternoon. Good afternoon. It's a high honor and a distinct privilege to be joined today
[4:03:14]by Whip Katherine Clark, Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar, members of House Democratic Leadership, and the House Democratic Caucus. House Democrats are
[4:03:25]here on the Capitol steps to reiterate our strong opposition to this spending bill because it fails to address the Republican healthc care
[4:03:35]crisis and it fails to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credit. [applause] House Democrats will continue to support
[4:03:47]our men and women in uniform. We will continue to support hardworking federal employees. We will continue to support our law enforcement personnel. House Democrats
[4:03:59]will continue to support our air traffic controllers. We will continue to support our TSA agents. We will continue to support our civil servants who have been under
[4:04:10]attack since day one of the Trump administration. But we cannot support the Republican effort to gut the healthcare of the
[4:04:19]American people. [applause] >> Today, House Democrats will introduce legislation to extend the Affordable
[4:04:30]Care Act tax credits for three years to make sure [applause] that tens of millions of Americans don't experience dramatically increased
[4:04:39]premiums, co-pays, and deductibles. >> [snorts] >> We believe that workingclass Americans, middle class Americans, and everyday
[4:04:49]Americans deserve the same level of certainty that Republicans always provide to the wealthy, the welloff, and the well-connected. The same level of certainty.
[4:05:00]And so, we're calling upon our Republican colleagues to join us and extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits. And we will be working hard
[4:05:10]today, tomorrow, and throughout the balance of this year to make sure that those Affordable Care Act tax credits are extended.
[4:05:21]Now, Republicans control the House, the Senate, and the Presidency. They own the mess that has been created in the United States of America.
[4:05:33]>> They own it. In a few hours, we will convene on the House floor. And our message to the American people
[4:05:44]is no matter what happens on the floor later on today, our promise to you remains the same. House Democrats
[4:05:56]will continue to fight to make your life more affordable. House Democrats will continue the fight to address the Republican healthc care crisis. and
[4:06:06]House Democrats will fight to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits. This fight is not over. We're just getting started. [applause] We're just getting started.
[4:06:22]Now, among the many outrageous things that has been said during the Trump Republican shutdown or done during the Trump Republican shutdown,
[4:06:32]the longest shutdown in American history, that Donald Trump made the stunning claim that in his mind
[4:06:43]he holds two titles, that he has two positions. Donald Trump says that he's both the president
[4:06:53]and the speaker of the house. [snorts] That's what Donald Trump said in the midst of him shutting down the government. And what we've seen from compliant
[4:07:04]sickopantic Republicans, corrupt House Republicans, is they continue to go along to get along. They don't function like a
[4:07:16]separate and coeal branch of government. From the very beginning of this presidency and all the way through this Trump shutdown,
[4:07:26]Republicans in the House have continued to act like a wholly owned subsidiary >> of the corrupt Trump cartel. That may be the House Republican
[4:07:37]position for damn sure it ain't the House Democratic position >> because we know and what we say to the American people
[4:07:46]is that we don't work for Donald Trump. >> We don't work for JD Vance. >> We don't work for your billionaire donors. We work for the American people. >> [applause]
[4:07:56]>> And that's what this fight by House Democrats, joined by our colleagues on the other side of the capital, has been all about. We work for the American people
[4:08:08]as we stand on the Capitol steps, ready to continue this battle on the House floor, a battle that we waged week after week after week and that will
[4:08:20]continue regardless of the outcome. We say to the American people that we know you deserve better. You deserve much better than the chaos, the cruelty, and
[4:08:30]the corruption [applause] that you've seen. And so, as House Democrats, we're going to continue this fight to lower the high cost of
[4:08:40]living in a country where America is far too expensive. Far too many people struggling paycheck to paycheck, can't thrive, and can barely survive. That
[4:08:52]should not be the case in the United States of America, the wealthiest country in the history of the world. And so, as Democrats, we're committed to addressing this affordability crisis. That's what this fight has been all
[4:09:02]about. And we'll continue to work hard to lower the high cost of living. We'll continue the fight to fix our broken health care system. And we'll continue
[4:09:12]to fight to stand up for Medicaid. We'll continue to fight to stand up for Medicare. We'll continue the fight to stand up for the Affordable Care Act. and an extension of the tax credits. We'll continue to fight for your
[4:09:24]hospitals. We'll continue to fight for your nursing homes. We'll continue to fight for your community-based health clinics. And we'll continue to fight for the principle that in this great country, the wealthiest country in the
[4:09:35]history of the world, health care can't simply be a privilege available only to the wealthy, the welloff, and the well-connected. Health care must be a right available to every single
[4:09:46]American. And that's the fight that House Democrats will continue to wage for the American people. It's now my
[4:09:57]great honor to yield to the freshman leadership representative. Someone who's gotten off to a great
[4:10:06]start, helping to lead the freshman class, the first term members during this turbulent and tumultuous period here in the United States Congress and
[4:10:18]for the country. from the great state of California, the Honorable LS Reebas. [applause] >> Thank you, Leader Jeff with Clark and
[4:10:32]Chair Agular for your leadership. House Democrats are back in Washington, DC, ready to vote once again to protect healthc care for working families across
[4:10:43]the country. Recently, I spoke with Speaker Johnson directly in the Capitol and handd delivered stories from my and my fellow freshman colleagues
[4:10:53]constituents who have been impacted by the Republican shutdown. This includes the story of Steven Heler, a constituent from Vanise, which is in my district.
[4:11:03]Steven and his wife are independent contractors who have to pay for their own health insurance. Because Republicans let the ACA tax credits
[4:11:12]expire, Steven and his wife are facing a monthly healthc care premium increase of $1,000 per month in 2026.
[4:11:22]This will bring their monthly total to nearly $2,100 per month and nearly $25,000 for the year just in health insurance.
[4:11:33]That is, in Steven's own words, a terrible financial blow and an enormous financial burden. Constituents across the country like Steven and his wife
[4:11:44]cannot afford Republicans deal. I will vote no and continue to fight with House Democrats to protect the ACA subsidies that Steven and millions of Americans
[4:11:55]rely on. House Democrats will continue our fight to protect health care, lower the cost of living, and keep the American dream attainable for all. Thank
[4:12:06]you. And next, [applause] I'd like to introduce my amazing colleague from Michigan, Congresswoman
[4:12:16]McDonald Rivet. >> Thank you very much. I come from Mid Michigan. the part of the country where
[4:12:27]workers actually invented the American dream to work hard enough to pay your bills, put a little bit away, and take your kids on vacation every once in a
[4:12:36]while. But the dream is further and further out of reach. In my district, 70% of our jobs pay less than $60,000 a year. So this healthc care crisis that
[4:12:47]Republicans have created, a trillion dollar in Medicaid cuts and gutting the ACA in order to pay for the tax break for the ultra wealthy is making things
[4:12:56]so much harder. So let me give you an example. A couple in my district, they actually go to my church called and told me they're in their 60s and they rely on
[4:13:08]the ACA tax credits to pay their insurance premiums. But now, because the Republicans have failed to extend these credits, their insurance premiums are
[4:13:17]going to jump by $11,000 next year. An impossible sum for people on the edge of retirement. Health insurance already consumes 72%
[4:13:29]of their retirement income. Let me say that again. 72% of their retirement income and is about to go up another $11,000. That means they're facing devastating
[4:13:39]choices between doctor's visits and paying the mortgage, between cancer screenings and putting food on the table, between prescription drugs and
[4:13:49]heating their home or even frankly to get insurance at all. They told me, and this is a direct quote, they are strongly considering going without coverage and taking their chances rather
[4:14:00]than continuing to pay the premium. Cuz here's the reality, they actually can't pay that premium. I came to Congress. We all came to Congress to help people like
[4:14:10]them. Lower cost, better care, more jobs. One easy critical step is simply passing to extend the ACA credits. >> Yes.
[4:14:20]>> It is time we pass it before they pay the cost. Thank you. [applause] >> It is my pleasure to introduce my colleague from California,
[4:14:32]Representative Tron. Thanks. >> [applause] >> Good afternoon. I am Congressman Derek
[4:14:41]Tren and I proudly represent Orange and LA counties in California's 45th district. Today I want to share the story of Peter and Esther. Peter and
[4:14:53]Esther are retired and living in Orange County, California. They're on a limited income and their health insurance costs are overwhelming.
[4:15:03]They pay over 18,000 every year just in health care premiums and next year their costs are going up to over $21,000.
[4:15:15]When you're retired and living on a fixed income, that kind of cost increase can be devastating. Peter has been trying to get his wife
[4:15:25]Esther on Medicaid so she can get the care she deserves without going bankrupt. But he keeps hitting roadblocks.
[4:15:34]The red tape, long lines, and staffing shortages preventing Esther from even being considered for Medicaid coverage is harmful to our country. And instead
[4:15:46]of joining us to fix this crisis, the Republican majority has demanded more cuts, causing more pain and suffering
[4:15:54]for the American people. I am here today for people like Peter and Esther. They deserve better than this. Every American
[4:16:05]deserves better than this. While we're fighting for healthcare, Republicans are fighting for tax cuts for the billionaires. I'll keep fighting to make
[4:16:15]sure people like Peter and Esther can afford the care that they deserve. and I hope our colleagues on the other side of the aisle will join us. Thank you so
[4:16:27]much. [applause] >> It is with great privilege that I introduce and yield time to Congresswoman Sarah McBride from the
[4:16:38]great state of Delaware. >> Sarah, [applause] >> thank you so much, Representative. Thank you so much, Leader Jeff, Whip Clark, and Chair Aguilar, for bringing us
[4:16:49]together today. We stand here today, 42 days into a government shutdown and 54 days since the House last met because Republicans have presented the American
[4:17:01]people with a false choice between reopening government and addressing this healthcare crisis. There is simply no reason why we can't do both. The only
[4:17:12]thing that has been standing in our way is Republican cruelty. >> That's right. Republicans have played a game of chicken with food assistance,
[4:17:21]travel safety, and federal paychecks. All because they will stop at nothing to cut your healthcare. The only thing that congressional Republicans are more loyal to than
[4:17:33]Donald Trump is to cutting the healthcare of the American people. Let's be clear. This healthcare crisis is a choice by congressional Republicans
[4:17:42]and Donald Trump who have inserted a $1 trillion bomb into the American health care system and it is starting to go off. Millions right now are facing
[4:17:53]skyrocketing premiums. The largest cut to Medicaid in American history is on the horizon. Rural hospitals will close. Doctor's offices will shutter. Donald
[4:18:05]Trump loves to own things and slap his name on them. Well, he now owns the American healthare system. >> It is Trump care. Millions losing
[4:18:14]coverage. That's Trump care. Americans paying more for insurance. That's Trump Care. Everyone having to drive longer and take more time off work. That is
[4:18:24]Trump care. Donald Trump and congressional Republicans have raided your healthcare and used that money as a piggy bank to
[4:18:34]reward their donors with massive tax breaks. Cruelty is the currency of his corruption because Donald Trump only cares about himself, his ballroom, and
[4:18:46]his billionaire buddies. And he certainly doesn't care about you. House Democrats are here for everyone, whether they voted for us in the last election or not. I'm here on behalf of all of my
[4:18:58]constituents, including a family of four in Middletown who will see their premium skyrocket by $10,000 next year. That's why we are all voting against this
[4:19:09]budget. And it's why we will not stop until every single American can get the health care that they need to live and thrive in America. Thank you all very
[4:19:18]much. And it is now [applause] it is now my pleasure to introduce my friend from the great state of Alabama,
[4:19:29]Representative Shamari Figures. [applause] >> Thank you. You know, House Democrats just spent the
[4:19:40]better part of the last 40 plus days fighting to keep healthc care affordable for millions of Americans while our House Republican colleagues were on a taxpayer funded vacation.
[4:19:52]During this shutdown, the realities hit home for a lot of people. Mothers had to worry about how they would take care of their children, their babies without wick.
[4:20:03]Families stood in pantry lines. Families are still standing in food pantry lines in the month of November, the month of Thanksgiving
[4:20:13]because SNAP benefits were expired and this administration chose to use them as pawns in this game. Capital police officers, members of the military, my
[4:20:23]staff, all of our staff, and millions of other federal workers had to deal with the uncertainty and the stresses of missing missing paychecks.
[4:20:34]And for what in the end? What were Republicans willing to give in the end? Nothing more than a handshake deal
[4:20:43]to take a future vote on extending the healthcare subsidies when we all know that that future vote is the equivalent of asking two wolves
[4:20:54]and a chicken to vote on what's for dinner. It is dead on arrival.
[4:21:03]It is dead on arrival. Now, I can speak to you as someone from a different perspective. A lot of us represent districts where we
[4:21:13]can talk about what could happen or what may happen. Let me tell you about what my district looks like in the state of Alabama. And it doesn't look too dissimilar from my fellow colleague from Alabama,
[4:21:25]Congresswoman Terry S's district. I got about 50,000 people in my district who are slated to see their healthcare premiums on average nearly double.
[4:21:36]And this is in a district where the individual median income is just north of $32,000. I have 13 counties in my district. 10 of
[4:21:46]them either do not have a hospital because it has recently closed or their hospital is on literal life support and they have to go to a county commission or a city council every single month to
[4:21:57]make payroll. And the largest hospital in Montgomery, Alabama, the nation's the state's capital is in the midst of a bankruptcy
[4:22:07]and also facing facing risk of closure. And this all in a state that has the third lowest life expectancy in the United States of America.
[4:22:18]So health care for us is not a talking point. Health care for us is protecting health care for us is a requisite. It's a requirement. It's something we have to
[4:22:29]do. And if you ask us if the shutdown was worth it, I say hell yes, it was worth it. Because fighting to maintain health care for American people,
[4:22:40]there's nothing more pure than that. There's no more no more important role that we have here as members of Congress than to ensure the healthcare of the American people. >> [applause]
[4:22:56]>> And so while the failure of Republicans to do anything to protect healthcare is truly disappointing, I want the world to know that my Democratic colleagues here in the House,
[4:23:07]they can ride with me in any battle I face in my life. They stood with us under the leadership of Hakeem Jeff to make sure that we kept this front and center. and I look
[4:23:18]forward to remaining committed to this fight for all of Alabama and for all of America. With that, turn it back over to our leader, future Speaker Jeff.
[4:23:29][applause] >> I want to thank all of our distinguished colleagues who spoke so powerfully and eloquently about the nature of this
[4:23:41]fight that we continue to wage on behalf of the American people. And these are firstterm members of Congress, but they recognize that as
[4:23:51]Democrats, we stand on the shoulders of many who decade after decade, century after century, have always fought to
[4:24:00]make life better for everyday Americans and to protect the health care and enhance the health care of the American people. That's that's the continuing and
[4:24:12]enduring legacy of the Democratic Party. FDR fought for it. Truman fought for it. JFK
[4:24:23]fought for it. LBJ fought for it. Carter fought for it. Clinton fought for it. Barack Obama fought for
[4:24:33]it. Biden fought for it. And no one fought harder in the House of Representatives than our Speaker America Nancy Delesandro Pelosi.
[4:24:44]That's in the DNA of the Democratic party [applause] from FDR to Nancy Pelosi to these first term members. And so our
[4:24:56]promise to the American people is that we are in this fight until we win this fight for all of you. Cancel the cuts,
[4:25:05]lower the costs, save healthcare. God bless you. God bless the United States of America. [applause] Major breaking news story this afternoon
[4:33:46]and that of course is from the United States. Questions about Donald Trump's relationship with the pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein has again been called into question after newly released emails show that Epstein saying
[4:33:56]that Trump and this is a quote knew about the girls. The emails made public by Democrats on the House's oversight committee in the US Congress also include one written by Epstein in 2011
[4:34:08]where he says that Trump had spent hours at his house with a victim of sex trafficking. The White House has reacted tonight by accusing the Democrats of selectively eking those emails to create
[4:34:19]a fake narrative to smear the US president. These emails prove absolutely nothing other than the fact that President Trump did nothing wrong. And what President
[4:34:31]Trump has always said is that he was from Palm Beach and so is Jeffrey Epstein. Jeffrey Epstein was a member at Mara Lago until President Trump kicked him out because Jeffrey Epste was a
[4:34:42]pedophile and he was a creep. And this email you referred to with the name of a victim that was unredacted now and has since been reported on in this room. So I will go ahead and say it. Virginia
[4:34:53]Guy. And it was CBS's own reporting Ouija that recently wrote that Miss Guffrey maintained uh and and God rest her soul that she maintained that there was nothing inappropriate she ever
[4:35:04]witnessed, that President Trump was always extremely professional and friendly to her. And so I think it's a question worth asking the Democrat party and you should all go ask them after this briefing of why they chose to
[4:35:15]redact that name of a victim who has already publicly made statements about her relationship with Jeffrey Epstein is and is unfortunately no longer with us. >> Well, let's bring in our US
[4:35:26]correspondent David Leven who's in Washington for us tonight. David, um what's the sense of significance if you like in DC this evening? Well, you've heard there from the White
[4:35:38]House. They are doubling down on their view that this is a distraction tactic, that the Democrats are creating a fake narrative to smear. The president and Caroline Lever, the press secretary,
[4:35:48]insisting uh that really the only thing the emails prove is that the president did nothing wrong. There's a lot of information we're trying to wait our way through. More than 20,000 pages of
[4:35:59]documents released by the oversight committee. Let's just have a look at some of those emails. There is a 2011 exchange between Epstein and his then girlfriend and co-ac accused Gileian
[4:36:10]Maxwell in which he writes, "I want you to realize that the dog that hasn't barked is Trump. Victims spent hours at my house with him. He has never once
[4:36:20]been mentioned police chief, etc. I'm 75% there." And as you've just heard, the White House is claiming that that victim was the late uh Virginia Grey,
[4:36:31]who never accused the president of any wrongdoing. Uh there's a 2019 exchange from Epstein to the author Michael Wolf in which he writes, "Trump said he asked
[4:36:41]me to resign. Never a member ever. Of course, he knew about the girls as he asked Galain to stop." Now, presumably he's talking about resigning from Trump's club because Trump claims he
[4:36:53]threw Epstein out for being what he describes as a creep, but we don't know the context of these words. Important to remember that Trump also accused Epstein
[4:37:03]of stealing staff from his Marilago residence. And then there is one in 2015 from the author Michael Wolf to Epstein in which he writes, "If he says he
[4:37:14]hasn't been on the plane or to the house, then that gives you a valuable PR and political currency. You can hang him in a way that potentially generates a
[4:37:24]positive benefit for you. Or if it really looks like he could win, you could save him generating a debt." Uh now there's a lot as I say to weed my
[4:37:34]way through but the president in the last few minutes has also responded posting on Truth Social that he believes the Democrats are trying to bring up what he calls the Jeffrey Epstein hoax
[4:37:45]because they'll do anything to deflect from how badly they've done on the government shutdown. Uh the Republicans of course believe this is all a distraction from the fact that there's
[4:37:56]going to be a critical vote on the Hill tonight which could bring to an end that record 43day government shutdown. But of course, if the government does resume,
[4:38:05]there is a potential a pothole ahead for the administration because a Democrat who's been unable to take up her office since she was elected eight weeks ago
[4:38:15]will finally be sworn in and her vote just might tip the balance on a discharge petition which could lead to a vote on the Hill on the release of the Epstein files at last.
[4:38:27]Okay, David live for us there in Washington as always. Thank you very much indeed David Blevens. Well, let's bring in Mitchell Epman. He's a former federal prosecutor who spent time prosecuting sex offenders. Mitchell, a
[4:38:38]very good evening uh to you. Um you have uh gone through some of these emails. What what stood out to you this evening? >> So, the biggest thing that came out in
[4:38:49]these emails is that the Crawford session that Ghislaine Maxwell did with um Mr. Blanch, the deputy attorney general, to great fanfare and they released two
[4:39:01]days of transcripts makes it pretty clear that Ghislaine Maxwell either lied or didn't remember the truth when she
[4:39:10]denied that she had discussions or conversations or communications with Epstein about Trump and his connection to all of this. That 2011 email about
[4:39:21]the dog that has not barked is pretty damning. Um, and it in my training and experience, a potential cooperator, uh,
[4:39:32]cooperating codefendant like Golin Maxwell would be treated and should be treated like toxic waste. Uh, cabins
[4:39:41]tight tightly contained because they could destroy everything that surrounds them. Uh, it appears to me that thus far
[4:39:51]the Trump DOJ, unlike every predecessor of both parties, is acting to protect Donald Trump and his agenda as opposed
[4:40:02]to following the training and experience that has guided the United States Department of Justice for about 250 years. And Mitchell, we will well get to the
[4:40:13]point of course where essentially as you have our previous correspondent pointed out that there may well be a vote in all of this. But what do you make of the White House's argument that and David
[4:40:25]was making this point context matters here and these are quite selective emails that may read bad in one way but that's why you need to see the the full cache.
[4:40:36]So context is always important, but this strikes me as a person who's been accused of murdering somebody at a sporting event, saying, "Well, I didn't
[4:40:46]kill any of the 20,000 other people who were spectators." >> What do you mean by that, sorry? What I mean is, if you have one thing that
[4:40:57]falsifies Trump's contention that he was not involved at all, the fact that the other 19,000 emails don't say anything on that topic really does not matter.
[4:41:08]And the White House spokesperson is uh grabbing at straws to find something to say to deal with this really horrible news for the White House. I mean the the
[4:41:18]allegation of the email seems to be that references Virginia Du Fray so the Republicans or the White House alleges and she has been on the record
[4:41:29]previously or had been on the record saying that she didn't have anything inappropriate in in regards to President Trump. >> All due respect, you're missing the
[4:41:39]point and let me try to make it clear. The point is that up until now, Trump's line has been that Ghislaine Maxwell and
[4:41:49]Epstein never had any discussion about Trump's connection to any of this. That's not true. We know that's not true. Now, these emails show it's not
[4:42:01]true. The fact that the person who demonstrates that's not true said that Trump didn't do anything inappropriate with her really is irrelevant to the
[4:42:11]fundamental lie that's at in play here. >> Okay. Just finally on this Mitchell, where do you think this goes next? How does this play out if you like
[4:42:21]in terms of the legal case uh potentially against President Trump or indeed about whether we get to see all of these emails actually in full? So
[4:42:31]there is no legal case against Donald Trump. Uh he is guaranteed that this Department of Justice will not present a case against him. The United States
[4:42:41]Supreme Court has ruled that um the DOJ essentially can't go after a sitting president. So that is not a real issue. The issue is how does this play out in
[4:42:52]the court of public opinion? And I'm not an expert on that. I will say that this has been extraordinarily corrosive to
[4:43:02]Donald Trump's standing with his um core advocates in the MAGA world and in particular the people who have made such
[4:43:14]a big deal out of the idea of Pizzagate and that there was some vast conspiracy amongst the government to protect pedophiles. It appears that the one pedophile cover up that is going on
[4:43:26]relates to Donald Trump. >> Well, Mitchell, obviously, of course, the US president has denied any wrongdoing. Um, and we will see how this plays out h in the coming days. Certainly going to dominate the news
[4:43:38]agenda in the United States. Mitchell Epner, thank you very much indeed for joining us from New York for your into that. Thank you. >> Okay, you're watching the politics up
[4:43:47]here on Sky News with my superstar panel tonight. And up next, we're going to be looking at some of the superstars who may well challenge. Ouija that recently wrote that Miss
[5:00:28]Guffrey maintained and and God rest her soul that she maintained that there was nothing inappropriate she ever witnessed that President Trump was always extremely professional and friendly to her. And so I think it's a question
[5:00:40]worth asking the Democrat party and you should all go ask them after this briefing of why they chose to redact that name of a victim who has already publicly made statements about her relationship with Jeffrey Epste is and
[5:00:52]is unfortunately no longer with us. >> Well for let's bring in our correspondent David Blevins who is in Washington for us tonight. And David 20,000 documents that's a huge amount of
[5:01:03]information to go through but so far what do we know about what's in them? Yes, we are still working our way through those documents. Uh they were
[5:01:13]released by the Epstein estate to the oversight committee that is the congressional committee that has been investigating the crimes of Jeffrey Epstein. But there are some highlights I
[5:01:24]think it would be fair to say among the emails. There is a 2011 exchange, for example, from Jeffrey Epstein to his then girlfriend and co-acused Gileian
[5:01:34]Maxwell in which he writes, "I want you to realize that the dog that hasn't barked is Trump. Victim spent hours at my house with him. He has never once
[5:01:45]been mentioned, police chief, etc. I'm 75% there." Uh, as you've just heard, the White House is alleging that the unnamed victim in that email was the late
[5:01:56]Virginia Guprey, who never accused President Trump of any wrongdoing. There's then a 2019 exchange from Epstein with the author uh Michael Wolf
[5:02:06]in which he writes, "Trump said he asked me to resign. Never a member ever." Of course, he knew about the girls as he asked Galileain to stop. Now, presumably
[5:02:17]he's talking about being asked to resign as a member of Trump's club because the president claims he threw Epstein out for being what he describes as a creep, but there is no context to these words.
[5:02:27]And I think it's important to stress uh that Trump has also alleged that he fell out with Epstein for stealing members of his staff. And then in 2015, there is
[5:02:37]another exchange, this time from Michael Wolf to Epstein in relation to how Trump should handle an upcoming interview. And in it, he writes, "If he says he hasn't
[5:02:47]been on the plane or to the house, then that gives you a valuable PR and political currency. You can hang him in a way that potentially generates a positive benefit for you. Or if it
[5:02:58]really looks like he could win, you could save him, generating a debt." So, a reference to the potential leverage that Epstein would hold over Donald
[5:03:08]Trump if he won the election. Now, the White House, of course, is dismissing all of this just as a fake narrative. >> Yeah, David, it's interesting, isn't it?
[5:03:18]Donald Trump has consistently and always denied doing anything wrong, distanced himself from Jeffrey Epstein that, you know, he's saying, and his press secretary is saying this raises glaring
[5:03:29]questions, calling it a hoax by the Democrats. How long can can this hold? Because you could argue that there are glaring questions for Donald Trump to answer.
[5:03:40]Well, it is the question really that we've been asking since Donald Trump returned to the White House because this is the issue that really will not go away. And to some extent, it's because he fueled the conspiracy himself during
[5:03:52]the election campaign when he vowed that he would release the Epstein files. And then when he found himself back in the White House, his attorney general said there was nothing to see in those files.
[5:04:03]The White House is doubling down on its suggestion that all of this is just a false narrative being generated by the Democrats to smear the president. Caroline Levit says the only thing these
[5:04:15]emails show is that the president did nothing wrong. But the leading Democrat on the congressional committee looking into Jeffrey Epste, Robert Garcia, says
[5:04:24]these emails raise huge questions for the White House about the nature of the relationship between Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein. The president himself
[5:04:34]has also posted online a short time ago that this is just the Democrats generating what he calls the Epstein hoax because they want to distract from a critical vote taking place on Capitol
[5:04:46]Hill tonight which could bring to an end the record 43-day government shutdown. I think it's worth stressing though that if it does end the government shutdown, there's another potential pothole uh for
[5:04:57]the Trump administration because a Democratic representative who's not been able to be sworn in will finally be sworn in and she could tip the balance in terms of a discharge petition, a vote
[5:05:09]on Capitol Hill which could ultimately lead to another vote on the release of those Epstein files. >> David, thank you. David Leven with the latest for us from Washington tonight.
[5:05:20]Now, a damning report has found that an officer at a notorious detention center for young offenders may have been the most prolific sex offender in British history. Neville Husband is thought to
[5:05:31]have groomed and attacked hundreds of trainees in the kitchens of Medamsley Detention Center. It happened between 1961 and 1987. Young men physically and
[5:05:42]sexually abused by staff at that center. With the home office, the police and prison managers all missing a string of opportunities to put a stop to it. Our chief north of England correspondent
[5:05:52]Greg Milm has this next report. For the entire 26 years of Madamsley detention cent's existence, young men suffered horrific violence at the hands
[5:06:03]of staff. Police investigations have already revealed the extent of that abuse. Some staff have already been jailed. But an inquiry by the prisons and probation ombbudsman has found that
[5:06:14]the prison service, the police, and the home office knew about the abuse but ignored or dismissed it. No surprise to victims like Eric Samson because even the police who took him there as a
[5:06:25]17-year-old seemed to know. >> The two police officers who were taking us there was saying, "You're going to get the hell kick down your violence I had done to me was terrible. I was only
[5:06:36]small. See, I could have been killed in there. The amount of times I was knocked about every day was hell on earth. Every day and night was hell on earth for the full nine and a half weeks with all the
[5:06:46]all the abuse and the obviously the sexual abuse I had done to us. It totally ruined me life. Totally ruined me life. I've never been married and all
[5:06:54]you know but the thing is what can you do? You know it shouldn't have happened in the first place or that could have been stopped. One member of staff,
[5:07:06]Neville Husband, the ombbudsman found was possibly the most prolific sex offender in British history. He is now dead. The victims failed by those in authority.
[5:07:15]>> They regularly ask the question, had this been detected uh in 1961, then all of us would not have gone through this. And that's the question that haunts many
[5:07:26]of them throughout the night um that this could have been avoided if some people had discharged the duties that they were assigned properly. But those representing victims at Medamsley say it wasn't alone.
[5:07:38]>> I've spoken to men from 20 different detention centers. Um, and they complain about the same treatment. I think it was
[5:07:46]a systematic uh thing that these prison officers were cogs in a big machine which was designed
[5:07:55]culturally or by training uh to treat boys really badly. The government today apologized to the victims at Madamsley. The Minister for Youth Justice wrote
[5:08:07]that the failings set out in the report are truly harrowing and we must ensure nothing like this ever happens again. Durham Constabularary has also apologized for what it called its
[5:08:17]historic failure. I fully appreciate that the level of abuse and the consistency and time frame of abuse that we are dealing with will
[5:08:27]have affected their lives forever in a way that they have had to deal with this through uh an emotional, psychological and also a physical manner. Um and for
[5:08:37]that again I I I absolutely wholeheartedly offer my apologies and just to say I am so sorry that we let you down. >> Madams Lee is now long gone. The
[5:08:48]ombbudsman said further prosecutions are unlikely for many victims. Even this report is far too little and far too late. Greg Milm, Sky News.
[5:08:59]>> Well, earlier today I spoke to former inmate at Medamsley Detention Center, Peter Tul. I started by asking him to describe his time there. >> Hell,
[5:09:11]basically hell. Um, mental torture, physical abuse. and your liberty taken away from you.
[5:09:20]>> You spent your 21st birthday >> center. Can you tell me what that was like?
[5:09:27]Um, apart from getting me head split Yeah, I know.
[6:01:28]I guess the room. replicated in the largest sex
[6:02:05]trafficking scandal in the history not only of the United States but potentially in the planet. And so this email, especially the 2011 email from
[6:02:14]Jeffrey Epste to Galain Maxwell directly references Trump. It directly talks about how he spent time with one of the victims of his se sex trafficking crimes
[6:02:24]at Jeffrey Epstein's house. [music] >> Donald Trump was a friend of Jeffrey Epstein before they fell out. The name redacted from the new emails was
[6:02:33]unredacted by the Trump administration. They named her as the late Virginia Du Fray, Andrews accuser. This was a White House standing by their man.
[6:02:44]>> These emails prove absolutely nothing other than the fact that President Trump did nothing wrong. And this email you refer to with the name of a victim that was unredacted now and has since been
[6:02:56]reported on in this room. So I will go ahead and say it. Virginia Guy, she maintained that there was nothing inappropriate she ever witnessed. that President Trump was always extremely
[6:03:05]professional and friendly to her. >> Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein have long demanded a full release of relevant files for full public scrutiny. A lawyer
[6:03:16]fighting their case gave her latest views on the latest developments. >> The emails are from Jeffrey Epstein himself pointing a finger of accusation
[6:03:26]at Donald Trump. Uh really from the grave. Among 20,000 documents newly released, Andrew Mountbatton Windsor appears to get a mention. In response to
[6:03:36]a newspaper planning to run a story on Epstein, his actions and associates, someone called the Duke emailed Galain Maxwell and wrote, "Hey there, what's all this? I don't know anything about
[6:03:48]this. You must say so, please. This has nothing to do with me. I can't take any more of this. >> I wish I'd never met him in the first place." The documents appear to show
[6:03:58]Lord Mandolson, former US ambassador, was in touch with Epstein in 2016. In November that year, Epstein emailed him writing, "63 years old. You made it."
[6:04:08]Mandles replied, "Just. I have decided to extend my life by spending more of it in the US." Epstein wrote back in the Donald White House.
[6:04:19]It is the story that stalks Donald Trump. These capital corridors echo to a near constant cycle of Epstein revelations and yet they are matched by
[6:04:31]White House denials that for now at least keep a distance between scandal and a sitting president. But in this scandal there is a distance
[6:04:41]to run. James Matthews, Sky News in Washington. >> Well, we'll get more from James in a moment. First though, let's head to Mark Stone who's been taking a closer look at the documents released today. Mark,
[6:04:53]thousands of documents. I know you and your team have been going through them. What else have you found? >> Yeah, I mean, honestly, that there are so many uh documents. It's been kind of
[6:05:04]overwhelming, I think, in newsrooms around the world and I imagine in the White House as well. Uh they have been looking through them as much as they can perhaps uh in um Buckingham Palace as
[6:05:15]well. Uh Peter Mandelson's home. I imagine he's been trying to access them as well just to see uh what uh is in these documents. Look, I mean this is we've got one uh file here which is
[6:05:27]within a file within a file within a file which gives you a sense of how many there are. This is one of the files here. There are there are emails uh there are I mean some of it is less relevant than other parts. parts of
[6:05:38]these documents are actually just um uh scans of of newspaper articles, scans of books that were written about the uh the issue. Um but within them and it's kind
[6:05:50]of hard to find them. You can see here uh lots of different files. I open another file uh and you can see within them if the computer will work there are so this is a book that was written
[6:05:59]filthy rich about uh Jeffrey Epstein. So some of it is more relevant than other bits and the interesting bits take a little while uh to find. Uh and look be
[6:06:09]beyond what James outlined in his report there. There is really very very interesting stuff related first of all to to Peter Mandlesson clearly a UK interest there. Uh this email uh between
[6:06:20]uh Peter Mandlesson and Jeffrey Epste an exchange an email exchange November 2016. Now, that's important because it is much later than we previously knew.
[6:06:30]Mandelson and Epstein had been in touch. It was it was publicly known that they'd been in touch in 2010, but not as recently as 2016. And as James said,
[6:06:40]they discussed the prospect of Donald in the White House. Peter Mandlesson writes to Epstein, "Donald, will he get there?" This was two days before the 2016 election, which we know Mandal uh we
[6:06:52]know that um Trump won. Uh, and then they they talk about somebody named only as Andrew. And Mandlesson intriguingly writes, "Yes, without Andrew, it would
[6:07:02]it would not have gone nuclear. Without Andrew, it would not have gone nuclear." Now, we don't know precisely what that refers to. I I've been in touch with Lord Mandlesson today. I've messaged him. I've asked him uh for if he's got
[6:07:14]any statement. He's seen the message, but he has not yet uh replied. Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, formerly known as Prince Andrew, uh, and Gileain Maxwell. They are all mentioned uh, in these
[6:07:25]emails. Uh, fascinating insight too between Galileain Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein. Of course, uh, they were um, they were together. They were a pair. Uh, and what we get a sense of is the
[6:07:37]sort of they kind of scrabbling with how to deal with both the legal storm that it was unfolding and the the media storm that was unfolding around them. There's
[6:07:47]an email from January 2015 uh where uh Epstein writes to Galain Maxwell. Uh they need uh and they need me to say
[6:07:56]that I was not aware of massage uh with Andrew in my house. Uh these things have to stay along with meeting and uh rebutting those allegations. I need it
[6:08:08]ASAP. So, a glimpse there into the private emails between uh Galain Maxwell, now of course in an American prison for her part in all of this, and
[6:08:18]Jeffrey Epstein uh who died in prison uh back in 2019. >> Lots of uh work underway quite clearly, Mark. Thank you. Well, let's bring in James now. And quite clear what we saw
[6:08:28]today, James, is a political battle ongoing uh which has led to the publication of these documents. >> Hi, Anna. Yeah, this, make no mistake,
[6:08:38]is a difficult uh episode for Donald Trump. Increasingly difficult. No doubt. The story, it drips new detail on a rolling basis. It has done for months.
[6:08:48]Incrementally, it gets closer to the president. His his opponents already see guilt by association and they are convinced by that. Uh there are many in
[6:09:00]Republican ranks who too have serious suspicions. Trump's defense thus far, as you said, has been, "Look, this is all a Democrat hoax, and he's dismissed this
[6:09:11]contact with Epstein as a long ago friendship with a man he now labels a creep and a pedophile." His defense doesn't necessarily get any easier with these emails, these fresh documents.
[6:09:22]Interestingly, uh there's no denial from the White House of the email that says Trump was in Epstein's house, Epstein's house with an Epstein victim. Their
[6:09:33]response was to name that victim, Virginia. Her name was mispronounced at the White House. They make the point that she didn't have a problem with Trump. He was
[6:09:44]professional and friendly to her. But, you know, if we're now saying and agreeing that Trump is placed in Epstein's house with a victim for ours, then if nothing else, that raises
[6:09:56]questions of its own beyond him being well behaved. She was a victim of sex trafficking. Did he know that? Why didn't he know that? How could he not
[6:10:05]have known that? What did they discuss? What did he think a young girl was doing in that set of circumstances in that
[6:10:15]situation? It's interesting the White House chose to name her uh in you know, Virginia Giuffre, her family have been very vocal uh about Donald Trump
[6:10:26]themselves. They've had a lot to say about the Trump administration and what they have said is release all the Epstein files. So new fresh problems for
[6:10:36]Donald Trump. No doubt politically it is a story that continues to move. A new Democrat Anna is due to be sworn into the House of Representatives. That will
[6:10:46]give them the numbers to get this petition over the line. A petition calling for the release of the full Epstein file. So that will be uh another
[6:10:56]political difficulty for Donald Trump and generally in this story. The more we learn, the closer it all does get to the president. >> Yes, a much delayed swearing in of course. James, thank you very much
[6:11:08]indeed. Well, a little earlier I spoke to Lisa Phillips who survived grooming and abuse by Jeffrey Epstein. She told me that she and others like her want full justice and for all the documents
[6:11:19]to be released. How difficult is it for you every time this come up that you have to reconfront what you went through >> for the survivors? It's very
[6:11:29]traumatizing to hear any new information. A lot of things are very triggering. >> And what do you make of of what you've heard today?
[6:11:40]>> I'm I'm deeply upset. It wasn't what I was expecting. Um, I'm just I'm saddened.
[6:11:55]I don't really know how to comment on it except for it's just it's upsetting and very confusing. >> Well, clearly the uh the White House has said that the first emails released by
[6:12:05]the Democrats were deliberately selective and chosen to smear the president. Then we have thousands more released by the Republicans. But as far
[6:12:14]as you're concerned, is any release of information, you know, progress in in what you ultimately want, which is transparency for victims? >> Well, of course, every information
[6:12:25]that's released gets closer to finding out a little bit more of the truth. So, we have to go through all of this to figure out what's really going on. So, I absolutely believe I mean, it's not easy
[6:12:36]to to hear and it's not easy to connect the dots, but I think it's very important that, you know, they're being released. >> How far from the truth are we?
[6:12:46]>> Very far. I think we're very far from the truth, but we're getting closer. I just think there's a lot that's going to be coming out over the next few months. >> So, what ultimately do you want to see?
[6:12:57]>> Well, we want to see justice. We're not quite sure what that's what that looks like. and maybe just understanding what's really going on. Um, and what's most important is also just protecting
[6:13:08]the survivors that names are being released with the information. That's I think that's the hardest part. Um, is the survivors really understanding the impact that
[6:13:19]that has on them, retraumatizing them, and making sure the information is is correct as well. >> I know you spoke out after Virginia Dra
[6:13:30]did. Why did you decide to speak out? >> The only reason why I chose to speak out was because of Virginia's story and I
[6:13:40]felt like it was important to stand up for her and believe her because so many people don't believe survivors. That's the number one thing that
[6:13:51]survivors go through is that people don't believe them. And I'm here to change that narrative. I'm here to say no matter how hard it is and how much I
[6:14:01]have to tell my own story, stories like Virginia's are very very important and she was trafficked to many powerful people. That's not okay.
[6:14:12]>> And in terms of your own story, as retraumatizing as it is, would you mind me asking where you were when you first met Jeffrey Epstein? >> I happened to meet Jeffrey on his
[6:14:22]island. I wasn't supposed to be there. I wasn't brought on the plane. I was brought by boat from another close island uh close uh island close by and
[6:14:33]um another young girl brought me thinking, "Oh, this is a great guy. He's a mentor. You know, he's done so much for me. He got my visa to work in the United States." She was Eastern European
[6:14:43]like so many victims were. And um just happened to go with her. I don't believe she was expecting um Jeffrey to abuse me that evening. Um
[6:14:54]but for some reason he took a liking to me. Um during dinner dur sorry during dinner he got to know me and asked me a lot of questions about my family and I
[6:15:05]had actually grown up in England for the first few years of my life. So um yeah, we found it interesting and the conversation went from there to you know
[6:15:16]your ambitions and aspirations and your goals which made me feel kind of like oh I'm special and I felt um safe in his presence.
[6:15:27]>> So were you saying you were abused the first the first night you met him? Well, I was there for the entire day on that island and then after dinner later on that evening is when uh one of the other
[6:15:39]young girls uh knocked on the door and said that Jeffrey was ready for his massage and as you know this is Jeffrey's MMO. He had massages with the young girls and the massages turned into assault.
[6:15:50]>> And how did you feel after it? >> Oh, horrible. Uh I think for months for months after I I was I blamed myself wondering like
[6:16:02]what did I what did I do wrong or you know why why did he do that to me? I thought I was the only one. I didn't know at the time the other girls on the
[6:16:11]island were also um victims of the same type of abuse. I know you have a podcast now speaking to survivors often about the complexity
[6:16:22]of abuse because you you did keep in contact with with Jeffrey Epstein over subsequent years. >> Yes. And I wanted to explain why. A lot of people don't understand why would you
[6:16:33]go back, but a lot of times it's a grooming process where they reel you in, you know, like I remember what you said on the island. I can help you out now. you know, these things that when you're
[6:16:43]a young girl and you're entering the world and and building your career, a lot of times people help you and good people help you and you don't really know the difference between a good
[6:16:53]person helping you and and a bad person that has um you know, evil intentions, so to speak. >> And did you ever see Donald Trump in any
[6:17:03]of those interactions with Jeffrey Epstein? >> I've I've never seen him. No. There was talk of survivors producing their own list of perpetrators.
[6:17:14]Is that still possible? And will more people be brought down by this in your view? >> Well, this list that I spoke about on Capitol Hill was a list that myself, a
[6:17:26]few of the survivors, not all of them, uh, and the attorneys have been compiling over the last few years. So there's a very long list of names that were seen or um
[6:17:37]or uh some of these victims had experiences with. So there's always been a list. I was just trying to put some pressure
[6:17:46]on the DOJ to say, "Okay, you're keeping this list hidden and you're not revealing anything to the public, but also remember that we know who's on the
[6:17:58]list as well." So, I think that was a little push to them and I think it's been working. >> Is the Donald Trump question holding up
[6:18:07]the release of more information that you and others so desperately want to see? >> We desperately want to see
[6:18:21]more. We desperately want to see the files and the information that's out there. Yes, of course. >> Full disclosure. >> At full disclosure, we won't we need
[6:18:32]full transparency of what's going on. Everybody wants that. I do believe the focus is so set on Trump that we're not really getting to the
[6:18:42]other issues and the other problems, the other perpetrators, the other enablers, because the focus is so on him. So, this is what I've been speaking out about for months now is that we need we need to
[6:18:53]know more information about others. But things have come to light now that now I'm just a little confused on, you know, what's really going on.
[6:19:03]>> And are you hopeful that you will get that full transparency? And if so, would that help for you for for closure for what you went through? >> Well, I'm always hopeful. That's what we
[6:19:14]want. That's what we're working on. And us survivors are working on quite a few things in the background. And I believe
[6:19:22]that we will start getting more answers. Just a lot of times when things are revealed like this, it kind of throws a monkey wrench and things, right? Cuz
[6:19:33]some things are like shocking and we didn't sus we didn't expect we didn't expect what was revealed today to be
[6:19:43]revealed. Lisa Phillips talking to me a short time ago. Well, let's bring in Gloria Orred who is a lawyer representing Epstein victims. She joins me now from New York.
[6:19:54]Thank you very much indeed for joining us. 27 victims I think you were representing. No doubt you heard what Lisa Phillips was saying there about
[6:20:02]this retraumatizing process as you seek transparency and as she put it full justice. >> That's correct. And uh you know she's
[6:20:12]very brave to speak out and uh not all of the victims are willing to speak out all the survivors because many of them
[6:20:22]have gone from victims to survivors and some to the highest level which is fighters for change. But right now I agree with her that survivors are
[6:20:33]seeking transparency, the whole truth and a measure of justice. And there is apparently a political battle going on uh in which you know there is there has
[6:20:45]to be a battle in order to obtain the release of all of the files of the Department of Justice. By the way, there
[6:20:54]shouldn't have to be a vote in Congress. There doesn't have to be a vote in Congress. The United States Department of Justice could just release all of the
[6:21:03]files, but apparently uh we're just going to have to fight in order to obtain them. Today, there were some new uh emails that were released in the
[6:21:14]thousands of pages that have been dribbling in. Uh, and it's interesting because uh we see uh an email from
[6:21:24]Jeffrey Epstein uh that indicates that uh Mr. Trump was in the house allegedly with Virginia Guay, meaning in Jeffrey
[6:21:34]Epstein's home. If we look back at was at what Ms. Maxwell told the deputy attorney general when she was interviewed by him, Todd Blanch, who
[6:21:45]formerly uh represented uh Mr. Trump when he was Mr. Trump uh and the uh subject of a criminal uh trial, which he
[6:21:56]ultimately was convicted. But he's Todd Blanchch now, the deputy attorney general, interviewed uh Miss Maxwell and she indicated that uh Mr. Trump had
[6:22:07]never done anything inappropriate and she did not recall putting that in quotes because recall is what she said uh Mr. Trump ever being in Jeffrey
[6:22:19]Epstein's house. So uh that doesn't mean he was never there. It doesn't mean he was there. It doesn't mean that if he was there uh that he did anything that
[6:22:30]was wrong or inappropriate or criminal. But having said that, it's interesting that Jeffrey Epstein says that he was in his house uh and that for several hours
[6:22:41]and it turns out that the victim whose name was redacted, the White House said it was with Virginia Guay, who then of course in her book said he didn't do
[6:22:51]anything inappropriate. Trump didn't. Uh but we don't know why she said that. Uh maybe that was the truth. Uh maybe it
[6:23:00]wasn't. Maybe she was in fear. We don't know and we'll never know because she's deceased. >> Well, certainly Caroline Levit uh White House press secretary picked up on that point. The Virginia Jafrey said he had
[6:23:12]done nothing wrong. Couldn't have been nicer in fact in her any interaction she'd had with him. But that that speaks, does it not, to the complaint of the White House about the selective
[6:23:21]choosing by Democrats of the initial emails they released that Donald Trump had spent several hours in Epstein's house with a victim, redacted. The redacted person was as you pointed out
[6:23:33]Virginia Def Fray who said Donald Trump had done nothing wrong. So you know why did they specifically pick bits and not do the rest of it. So was it right for the rest of the thousands of documents
[6:23:42]to be released in your view for that all important context especially when it pertains to the US president? >> Well of course I can't speak for members of Congress and why they decided to
[6:23:53]release what they released. Having said that, of course, if they had all of the Epstein files that the House Oversight
[6:24:03]Committee is seeking, which they don't have at this point, then that could all be released and then everyone could figure out the context if it's possible
[6:24:13]to do so by what's in the investigative files. But because they don't have all the files, I mean, whose fault is that? That's the Department of Justice because
[6:24:25]they could release them at some point. Pam Bondi, the attorney general, said she would release them, but then there's been a change. They're not releasing
[6:24:34]them. Now, one member of Congress was uh asked to appear in the White House situation room with highlevel uh appointees of President Trump this
[6:24:46]afternoon. uh her vote as a Republican, you know, it appears they were trying to influence uh but it reportedly they weren't
[6:24:56]successful. Uh and this Republican member that was called into the situation room, very unusual by the way, for her to have been called there, is
[6:25:06]going to stick to her vote, which is to have all of the files released. And that's consistent with the polls in the United States where Republicans and
[6:25:16]Democrats agree that there must be transparency in the release of the files and that all of the Epstein files should be released. So words like smear and
[6:25:27]Democrats trying to single out. I mean really it's a deflection. Why not just release all >> of the files? >> Apologies. We're running out of time. You're right. It's a political battle.
[6:25:39]It's a fight for justice. There is more information to come out. We really, really appreciate you joining us. Thank you very much indeed. Thank you. >> Thank you. Bye-bye. >> Well, this is the world. Next up, Alex
[6:25:49]Corford. Special report from Europe's people [music] smuggling front line, East Libya. Back with that. Heat. Heat.
[6:27:08]Um I like >> Okay, there you go. >> Perfect. >> Yeah. Okay, sir. >> So, we'll do this and I'll we're going to raise your >> rec. Thank you.
[6:27:17]>> Okay. So, we poseing Handshake. >> Handshake.
[6:27:27]>> Yep. >> That's a big >> honest woman. Why do you take so long to get
[6:27:38]>> that would be another that would not be my question. >> This is the Look, I really like this lady. She's going to be an excellent member of Congress. She's a great person. I just told her on the way in that she fills her father's shoes or
[6:27:50]she's going to try. No one can. >> No one can. >> He was a giant around here. Served a long time. Served his state very well. I served under him in the natural resources committee for a while and uh admired the way he did the work. He was
[6:28:00]tenacious. So, she has a proud family legacy and we're delighted to have her here. She may not agree with me, but we follow the custom of the house on the timetable and we've had a little, as we say in the deep south, some intense
[6:28:10]fellowship about that. Okay. But, um, she's here now and I promised that we would have her the oath administered before we began legislative uh business. So, she hasn't missed a vote and uh we're we're delighted you're here. So,
[6:28:22]anything I can do to help you as I do all members, happy to get you acclimated and do everything, but you know more than most cuz your dad was here for a long time. >> I visited I I never did this job. So, this is brand spanking new. So,
[6:28:33]>> I will take the offer of help. >> Congratulations. >> Thank you. >> I I gave it Say hi. Hey, good to see you here.
[6:29:19]>> I saw you from behind. I was like, "What is that?" >> Yes, >> that's me. >> How you doing? >> Okay. How are you? >> Good. Oh, that's cool.
[6:51:51]That was you. >> That was >> just something.
[6:52:23]I don't know. A lot of people liberal, but no, I
[6:52:37]didn't end up >> [laughter]
[6:53:03]>> Testing. >> Testing. One, two. Wait,
[6:53:33]>> I get she's like
[6:53:43]I was actually back.
[6:54:26]I asked her >> finally >> to be honest.
[6:54:42]I was ready, but I was like blacked out. >> Oh, I totally was so intense. >> I totally understand that. [clears throat] It's like in the heat of the moment.
[6:54:52]>> No, it's been the same when I talked to >> 12. It was at 12.
[6:55:10]It wasn't formally >> announced. Yeah.
[6:55:58]>> She did stop. She was she was >> and get back to really doing the things
[6:56:15]for the American people, not using their suffering as as leverage like the Democrat Whip Clark is willing to do.
[6:56:26]Democrats have spent weeks performing political theater by refusing to open government and continue to perform that political theater. But we need to
[6:56:37]prioritize the reopening of the government and stop the suffering that the Democrats want to use as leverage. And with that, I yield two minutes to the gentleman from New York.
[6:56:48]>> Gentleman from New York is recognized for two minutes. >> Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of this rule and ending this shutdown chaos. For more than 40 days, the American people have endured a painful
[6:57:00]and entirely avoidable government shutdown. Not because of policy differences, but because Senate Democrats and Chuck Schumer chose politics over people. And while
[6:57:10]Washington stalled, hardworking Americans paid the price. Our air traffic controllers went without pay. a system stretched thinner by the day, putting new strain on that system that
[6:57:21]put millions of lives at risk. Americans depend on them to keep our sky safe. And families who rely on SNAP and Wick, parents just trying to feed their kids,
[6:57:32]were left wondering how they'd make it through another week. And at the same time, our border agents and our Coast Guard members, they continued to serve this country as their own families went without pay. And through it all, while
[6:57:44]everyday Americans carried the weight of the shutdown, Senate Democrats had chance after chance to end it. But instead, they chose to prolong the pain. That is not leadership. That's
[6:57:55]hypocrisy. It was never about budgets or priorities. It was about power. It's not about turning government on. It's for them, it's about turning government into performance where the people paying the
[6:58:06]highest price are the ones furthest from Washington. For more than 40 days, families were used as political pawns and props while those responsible stood
[6:58:16]in front of cameras pretending to solve the crisis that they created. I actually saw a member from my home state stand at a food bank, decry the fact that
[6:58:27]nutritional assistance was in question, then swear up and down that they would vote against ending this shutdown. That is the epitome of hypocrisy. And the American people deserve better than
[6:58:38]that. House Republicans did our job. We passed a clean continuing resolution weeks ago. The same kind of straightforward measure that should have been agreed to immediately to keep this government open. But Senate Democrats
[6:58:50]blocked that 14 times, prolonging this shutdown just to score points to their woke, angry mob. This measure before us today is the same bipartisan framework
[6:59:00]they could have passed 40 days ago. The only thing that has changed is the political calendar. So, Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support the rule, stand with the American people, the
[6:59:11]families of veterans and public servants who have carried the burden of this shutdown, and let's reopen our government, and let's get this country moving again. And I yield back, Mr. Speaker. >> Gentleman from Massachusetts.
[6:59:22]>> Mr. Speaker, I uh ask unanimous consent to insert into the record an article from ABC News entitled, "Inflation climbs to the highest level since January, beef prices soar." Without
[6:59:34]objection, >> uh, I request unanimous consent to insert into the record an article from the Washington Post entitled, "From Groceries to Gas, Americans say they're spending more under Trump." >> Without objection,
[6:59:46]>> I ask unanimous consent to assert into the record an article from the New Republic entitled, "No, you're wrong. Trump spirals when pressed on rising food prices." Without objection,
[6:59:56]>> I uh ask unanimous consent to insert into the record an article from the New Republic entitled Trump admits he doesn't care about affordability as economy plunges. >> Without objection,
[7:00:06]>> I I ask unanimous consent to insert into the record an article from MSNBC entitled, "Not a big issue. Republicans shrug as consumers confront healthcare sticker shock." Without objection,
[7:00:17]>> I ask unanimous consent to insert into the record uh an opinion article published in MSNBC entitled, "Trump's Argentina bailout once again puts America last." >> Without objection,
[7:00:28]>> I ask unanimous uh consent to insert into the record an article from PBS entitled uh Trump administration working on doubling Argentina financing to $40 billion. Without objection,
[7:00:39]>> I ask unanimous consent to insert into the record an article from Forbes entitled, "Presidency boosts Trump's net worth by $3 billion in a year." Without objection, >> I ask unanimous consent to insert into
[7:00:51]the record an article from people.com entitled Donald Trump hosts Great Gatsby themed Halloween party as 42 million Americans brace for SNAP benefits to expire. Without objection,
[7:01:01]>> I ask unanimous consent to insert into the record an article from the New York Times entitled Trump's latest white house makeover the Lincoln Bathroom in marble and gold. >> Without objection, >> I ask unanimous consent to insert into
[7:01:13]the record an article from the nation entitled, "The bill to end the shutdown is full of giveaways to Republicans." >> Without objection, >> Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 15 seconds.
[7:01:23]>> Gentleman is recognized for 15 seconds. I'm sorry that the gentle lady thinks that uh trying to stop uh people's u healthcare premiums from doubling and
[7:01:33]tripling and quadrupling is political theater, but we don't. And I don't have time to address all the BS coming from my colleagues across the chamber. But it's clear that this Republican leadership is not only failing to
[7:01:44]deliver on their promises, they're selling out at the expense of the basic needs of the American people. I reserve. >> Time is reserved. Gentle lady from Minnesota. >> Mr. Mr. Speaker, I yield two minutes to
[7:01:56]the gentleman from Texas. >> Gentleman from Texas, Mr. Roll is recognized for two minutes. Thank the gentleman from Arkansas. I thank the gentle lady from Minnesota.
[7:02:05]And here we are on September 19th. House Republicans passed legislation which would have funded government through November 20th. Here we are on November
[7:02:14]12th and we are basically where we would have been had we just passed the bill that we passed in September. And what did we get for all of that? What
[7:02:24]happened over all these days? Well, my colleagues on the other side of the aisle were searching for a reason for voters to support them next November.
[7:02:34]They were searching for a cause. And we know this because there was intervening elections and a lot of rhetoric, but no result. We're here right now with Democrats
[7:02:45]having joined senators to send a bill over here to fund government through the end of January with three appropriations bills which we work through regular order that keeps spending relatively flat, advances the priorities the
[7:02:56]American people sent us here to advance to back up the president who is securing the border which he was sent to Washington to do to restore our military to focusing on defending this nation
[7:03:07]rather than advancing woke priorities which the American people sent him here to do. for us to continue to work to grow and to build this economy after four years of being wrecked with
[7:03:18]reckless spending, but also abhorrent policies. The American people are now saying, "What on earth were Democrats doing?" And my Democrat colleagues
[7:03:27]response is healthcare because it's the only default position they have is the default to health care. And the fact is it's because they broke the system so
[7:03:38]badly that they are now coming and asking us to have the Treasury print money to then give out in order to enrich insurance companies with massive
[7:03:49]subsidies. That's the actual fact. And the American people understand this and they recognize that they don't want insurance companies to be enriched, but they want to be able to go get the
[7:04:00]doctor of their choice. The American people understand this and so do we. And we're here to open the government and we are here to stand up for doctors and patients instead of insurance companies
[7:04:11]and big regulators. I support this legislation. I know my Republican colleagues do. The question really is will Democrats or will they wish to perpetuate the shutting down of
[7:04:23]government to enrich insurance companies? >> Gentle from Massachusetts. >> Well, a couple things, Mr. Speaker. I don't want I don't think we want to be lectured by somebody who over the years has been the king of government
[7:04:34]shutdowns and who worked for a United States senator that pushed for a government shutdown and uh to object to uh the Affordable Care Act. Uh but by the I just want to make it clear to everybody this is this is a Republican
[7:04:45]shutdown. They control the White House. They control the House. They control the Senate. You know uh this this government shut down because they don't want to negotiate. It's their way of the highway. This is a Republican shutdown. They own it. I now yield one and a half
[7:04:56]minutes to the gentleman from Maryland, the distinguished ranking member of the judiciary uh committee, Mr. Raskin. >> Gentleman from Maryland's recognized for one and a half minutes. >> And thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you, Mr. McGovern. This bill, which they now
[7:05:08]call imperfect, contains the single most corrupt provision for legislative selfdeing that anyone in this chamber today has ever voted on. It is such an
[7:05:20]egregiously corrupt act of legislator self-enrichment and plunder of the taxpayer that not only did every single House Democrat oppose it in the rules
[7:05:31]committee last night, but multiple Republicans were denouncing it, that is before they were summoned into a side room and instructed to vote for it,
[7:05:41]which they all proceeded to do. Now they're telling us, "Vote for it today and they'll repeal it." Well, maybe next week or maybe the week after that or maybe before Christmas they'll repeal
[7:05:52]it. I've got a solution for you. If you don't like this corrupt provision, don't vote for it today. That will work. This is a great bill. a great bill. That
[7:06:03]is, if you think eight Republican US senators should have a right to collect at least $1 million in a jackpot bonanza
[7:06:12]payoff from the taxpayers simply because they were subject to the exact same rules all other Americans were subject to and are subject to now. And they don't propose to change those rules for
[7:06:24]anybody else. Not for more than 300 million Americans, not for the members of the House of Representatives, not for governors and mayors, but for themselves. They want to deal themselves
[7:06:35]a special legal uh privilege in this Republican class war of Great Gatsby economy where President Trump has made
[7:06:44]more than $3 billion since he reoccupied the White House, the federal building which he has proceeded to demolish in large part where millions of Americans
[7:06:55]face losing their health care and their SNAP benefits. This provision is an affront to our taxpayers, to the rule of law, to everyone who believes Could I
[7:07:05]ask for 15 seconds more? >> It is an affront to everyone who believes that we in public office must be the servants of the people, not the
[7:07:16]masters of the people who get special legal rights and privileges and multi-million dollar payoffs. people who think that they have a a right to better treatment than everybody
[7:07:27]else, like Galileain Maxwell in their prison camp where she gets room service, puppy time, and special gym privileges. >> Gentle lady from Minnesota.
[7:07:39]>> She reserves her time. Gentleman from Massachusetts. >> I yield one minute to the gentleoman from Oregon, uh, Miss Bonamichi. >> Gentle lady's recognized. >> Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise today in
[7:07:50]opposition to this continuing resolution. I will not support a bill that will continue the Republicans assault on Americans and their pocketbooks. At a time when Oregonians and Americans are already struggling
[7:08:02]with rising costs, this bill locks in devastating cuts to health care and drives up the cost in many cases significantly. The assault on health
[7:08:12]care and the Republican shutdown more broadly. They're further proof that the first 10 months of this Trump administration have been chaotic, harmful, and completely out of touch with the needs of the American people.
[7:08:24]Donald Trump held an extravagant Great Gatsby party at Mara Lago the night before SNAP benefits expired while the administration and Republicans continue to ignore the needs of working families.
[7:08:35]That's not governing. They've abandoned their responsibility to bring down costs and grow the economy. And Mr. Speaker, this bill was already bad, but now they added this corrupt get-richqu scheme to
[7:08:47]give hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars to Trump aligned senators. That is outrageous. Oregonians and Americans deserve better. My colleagues should listen to their constituents, vote no
[7:08:58]and come back to the table and join us in the work to make healthcare affordable and accessible to all. I yield back. Gentle lady from Minnesota
[7:09:09]with 14 and one half minutes remaining. >> Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And Mr. Speaker, I yield two minutes to the gentleman from North Carolina. >> Gentleman from North Carolina is recognized for two minutes.
[7:09:19]>> Mr. Speaker, I rise today as we are in the process of ending the longest government shutdown in our nation's history. And to affirm that this Congress will get back to leading
[7:09:29]America into her next golden age. Over 40 days. That is how long the government has been closed. For over 40 days,
[7:09:40]Democrats here in this body and in the Senate have chosen chaos over our country. They chose to shut the government down because politics
[7:09:49]demanded it, not policy. The elites who dominate their party's decision-making are the ones least impacted by its decisions. Were the far-left activists
[7:09:59]and Democrats here in this body the ones not getting paychecks? No, Mr. Mr. Speaker, that was the air traffic controllers, our troops, and our Capitol
[7:10:08]police officers. When these same people passed Obamacare, were they the ones impacted by the law, or was it the middle class teacher in North Carolina
[7:10:19]who could no longer keep their doctor? We all know the answer to that, Mr. Speaker. And across the nation, federal workers are working two and three jobs
[7:10:29]just to stay afloat. Also, Democrats could champion illegal aliens who exploit our compassion as they poison our communities with deadly
[7:10:38]fentinel. That is not governing. That was extortion of the American taxpayer. But that ends today. Today, we are in
[7:10:48]the process of finally reopening the government, returning to the business of the people, and further implementing the mandate our constitu constituents sent
[7:10:57]us here to deliver on. Democrats chose to have a month of political theater, but political shows don't do one thing, to help make the cost of everyday items
[7:11:07]more affordable. It is time to govern and to focus on making America more affordable for the middle class. Mr. Speaker, I urge a yes vote on this rule. And with that, I'll yield back.
[7:11:18]>> Gentleman from Massachusetts. >> Yeah, Mr. Speaker, we're getting lectured on governance by a guy who uh is just coming off an 8week paid vacation. Give me a break. At this time,
[7:11:29]I'd like to yield one and a half minutes to the gentleman woman from New Jersey, the next governor of New Jersey, Miss Cheryl. [cheering] [applause] The
[7:11:40]>> gentle lady from New Jersey is recognized for 1 and 1 half minutes. Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to a rule for a bill that does nothing to protect
[7:11:50]over 450,000 New Jerseyians who will see their health care premium skyrocket. I took my first oath to the Constitution when I was 18 and went to the Naval
[7:12:00]Academy. It's an oath to serve, to run toward the fight. And so I ran for Congress after I saw Washington Republicans attacking the Affordable Care Act. I promised I would take on the
[7:12:12]status quo. I would fight the big fights because that's what people expect of their leaders. That's what people deserve from their leaders. And I'm
[7:12:24]proud of the wins that I've delivered as your representative for New Jersey's 11th district. Capping the cost of insulin and prescription drugs for seniors, funding the Gateway Tunnel, the
[7:12:35]PAC Act for veterans, flood mitigation projects, delivering for Pikatin Arsenal. You have trusted me, New Jersey. And last week, you placed your trust in me again, electing me your 57th
[7:12:46]governor. So, I ran on a similar promise to take on anyone and stop at nothing to lower cost and build opportunity for everyone.
[7:12:58]This will be my last speech in this chamber. I intend to submit my resignation next week and turn to protecting all of New Jersey. So, my parting message to Jersey
[7:13:08]is thank you to my staff. Thank you for your dedication to serving the 11th district of New Jersey. To my colleagues,
[7:13:20]do not let this body become a ceremonial red stamp from an administration that takes food away from children. Gentle lady, >> away healthcare. >> No 30 seconds.
[7:13:30]>> Gentle lady's given another 30 seconds >> that rips health care away from people and takes food away from children to the
[7:13:41]country. Stand strong. As we say in the Navy, don't give up the ship. Thank you. And I yield back. [applause] [applause]
[7:13:57]>> Gentle lady from Minnesota reserves. >> Yes. >> Gentleman from Massachusetts. >> Uh Mr. Speaker, I yield one minute to the gentleman from Rhode Island, Mr. Magaziner. >> Gentleman from Rhode Island's recognized for one minute.
[7:14:08]>> Mr. Speaker, House Republicans are back from their 54day taxpayerf funed vacation. But don't get me wrong, they do know how to work hard.
[7:14:19]When billionaires wanted tax breaks, they moved mountains to make it happen. When Argentina needed a $40 billion
[7:14:28]bailout to help Trump's buddy, they moved quickly to make it happen at the White House. But when working people need help, when millions of Americans
[7:14:39]are seeing their health insurance costs double and triple, and Americans all across this country are feeling like they're going to have to go without health insurance for the first time in their lives because they can't afford it
[7:14:49]anymore and have to make that terrible decision about which of their family members they're going to cut off of their insurance. House Republicans are nowhere to be found. When Donald Trump's
[7:14:59]stupid tariffs are raising the price of groceries, the cost of coffee is up 40% over the last year. House Republicans are silent. When working people need
[7:15:09]help, they are absent. Shameful. So they will work. When billionaires need tax cuts, when Argentina needs a bailout, but when working people need relief,
[7:15:20]they go on a taxfunded payer vac taxpayer funded vacation. Shameful. Mr. Speaker, vote no on this budget. do not cut the healthcare of the American people. And I yield back.
[7:15:30]>> Gentle lady from Minnesota. >> Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and I yield one minute to the gentleman from New York. >> Gentleman from New York is recognized for one minute. The reason we know this is a democratic shutdown is because of
[7:15:41]how angry they are that we're about to reopen the government. Period. That's all you need to know. In 2023, Jerry Nadler said shutdown is really an
[7:15:51]extremist policy designed to appeal to an extremist base and hold the whole country hostage. That is exactly what the Democrats have done over the last 43
[7:16:00]days. They have held the American people hostage trying to extract insane things like free health care for illegal immigrants. If they were serious about
[7:16:11]tackling the healthc care affordability crisis in this country, then they would address the fundamental problem with Obamacare. Since Obamacare took effect,
[7:16:22]health care premiums have risen by 96% and on the open market by 114%. When I asked Leader Jeff to sign on to
[7:16:32]the one-year extension of the premium tax credit, he refused. He stuttered. He stammered. He couldn't answer a single question because this shutdown was never
[7:16:42]about healthcare. It was always about appeasing a far-left radical base. Chuck Schumer said, "Every day gets better for us." Katherryn Clark said, "Of course,
[7:16:52]people will suffer. We want to use this as leverage." It is an embarrassment to this country. You should all be ashamed of yourselves for inflicting this pain
[7:17:02]on the American people, taking away food stamps from 42 million Americans, defunding Wick, not paying our troops, our federal employees, our air traffic
[7:17:13]controllers. It's a disgrace and you should all hang your heads in shame. Vote yes to pass the bill and reopen the government.
[7:17:24]>> All right, let me remind my colleagues. >> Yeah, >> I fully recognize that there's a lot of pent up anxiety >> and emotions have been elevated
[7:17:35]somewhat. But please in the interest of the decorum of this house to direct your comments to the chair and do not engage in personalities toward the Senate,
[7:17:46]toward the president and others. Gentleman from Massachusetts with 14 and 12 minutes remaining. >> Yeah. Well, Mr. Speaker, let me just say the gentleman from New York sounds as as extreme as his voting record. Um, and
[7:17:58]I'd like to I'd like to say to the gentleman who just spoke, by supporting this bill, he's betraying 7,000 constituents in his district who rely on the ACA to afford their healthcare. Boy, I'm glad he's not my representative. At
[7:18:10]this time, I'd like to yield one minute to the gentleman from New York, Mr. Kennedy. >> Gentleman from New York is recognized for one minute. >> Mr. Speaker, as the representative of Western New York, where so many people
[7:18:20]in my community, like others across the country, are already struggling to afford health care, I urge my colleagues to reject this disgraceful bill. As an
[7:18:30]occupational therapist, I know exactly who these cuts will hurt. I've heard from so many who are desperate for a lifeline, like Iris, a mom in Buffalo
[7:18:41]who's worried about how she'll keep her kids' health insurance. Or Andy, a nursing home resident in Tanawanda who relies on Medicaid to get the services
[7:18:51]he needs. Or the kids at Borne Hava, a special needs school where I provided therapy who depend on early intervention services. Donald Trump and congressional
[7:19:02]Republicans began their assault on the people of our country in the big ugly bill. This bill further devastates health care and leaves millions of Americans to pray they don't get sick.
[7:19:13]Shame on anyone who goes along with it. This country deserves better. I'll be voting no and I urge all of my colleagues to do the same. I yield back. >> Gentle lady from Minnesota. >> Reserves.
[7:19:25]>> Reserves. Gentleman from Massachusetts. >> Mr. Speaker, some big news and breaking news in the last hour. I'm proud to say that our newest colleague, Representative Adalita Graalva, just
[7:19:35]became the 218th signature on the Massie Kana discharge petition to compel the release of the Epstein files. And to all my Republican colleagues who refuse to
[7:19:44]sign on, uh, time is up. You need to figure out where you stand on this because you're about to go on record. Is your loyalty to Trump more important than going after pedophiles? Because
[7:19:56]make no mistake, these files will come out. It is no longer a question of if, only when, and whether the White House chooses to stand with the survivors or throw them under the bus. Uh, and at
[7:20:07]this time, Mr. Speaker, I'd like to yield one minute to the gentleoman from Oregon, Miss Dexter. >> Gentle lady from Oregon's recognized for one minute. >> Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise today in
[7:20:17]strong opposition to this rule and the underlying bill. As a physician who spent 20 years saving lives, I did not come to Congress to let health care be
[7:20:27]decimated by Congress. I came to fight for my constituents who deserve to be able to see a doctor they trust, afford their medication, and keep their
[7:20:36]families healthy. If House Republicans let the ACA tax credits expire, they are complicit in forcing Oregonians to make impossible choices like whether to keep
[7:20:48]their insurance or put food on the table. As a physician, I know what comes next. People go without. They go uninsured. They delay care. And they skip refills. They get sicker. And
[7:20:58]sometimes they end up in medical debt that is devastating. The cost of living is already too damn high. Republicans are committed to cutting your care. They
[7:21:09]patently rejected amendments to protect Americans, ignoring millions of American families who are desperate for relief. I will be an absolute no on the rule and
[7:21:20]the underlying bill and I refuse to give up on ensuring affordable health care for all. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I yield back. >> Gentle lady from Minnesota. >> Mr. Speaker, um I just wanted to say
[7:21:32]just really quickly, you know, the ranking member mentioned the discharge petition and he's very proud that it has 218 u signatures, but
[7:21:41]not that long ago um today we had a UC that would have moved that along would have moved that resolution along over to the Senate and
[7:21:52]I believe the Democrats objected to it. So, it seems more like a political stunt than it does that they actually wanted to have that resolution moved along
[7:22:02]because if they had not objected, it would have gone on its way and they would have accomplished what they wanted to do. So, I I I don't see their real desire to have uh the resolution passed.
[7:22:12]I see it more of, like I said, a political stunt. And it certainly is actually a mood point uh given that oversight is already releasing many of those files. As a matter of fact, I believe they've done tens of thousands
[7:22:23]of them, but I believe this morning they did another 20,000 uh files. So, they are being released and this this all seems for not. But, uh with that, Mr. Speaker, I would like to yield one
[7:22:34]minute to the gentleman from California. >> Gentleman from California is recognized for one minute. >> Mr. Speaker, uh Jimmy Phala offered Democrats this pro tip. If you're going to call it the Republican shutdown,
[7:22:45]you're not supposed to get mad that it's ending. Anyone who remembers our schoolhouse rock knows that once the House originates an appropriation, the Senate
[7:22:55]must either amend it or pass it. Now, the House did its job on September the 19th with a simple appropriation that made no policy changes. It merely kept the government operating at current
[7:23:07]levels while we finished debating priorities. Democrats deliberately blocked the Senate from acting, demanding $1.5 trillion dollars of new
[7:23:16]spending as a ransom. Finally, thank God, eight of them put country ahead of party and voted to end this madness. Now, hearing the bitter recriminations
[7:23:26]from our leftist colleagues, it seems unlikely we'll see much bipartisanship today. But with or without them, we will reopen the government tonight and get back to addressing the challenges that
[7:23:38]confront our country. I yield back. gentleman from Massachusetts with 11 minutes remaining on his side, nine minutes on the majority side.
[7:23:48]>> Yeah, m Mr. Speaker, I'm I'm surprised that the gentle lady brought up the UC request, but I'm glad she did because I want to I want I want want the record to be clear. I didn't hear any objection on
[7:23:58]the floor. The Republican uh chair basically uh ruled it as an improper UC request. Um and so that is why uh that is why it didn't move forward. And I
[7:24:09]would but I but but but I do know this because I'm on the rules committee and I do know the general lady time and time and time and time again voted to re voted against releasing the Epstein
[7:24:20]files. Um and I know my Republican friends are hoping that they don't have to go on record because they don't want to get Trump upset at them. But the bottom line is every single Republican
[7:24:31]will go on record and you will have to make clear whether you're on the side of a pedophile or whether you're on the side of the victims. Gentleman from Massachusetts is reminded to direct his comments to the chair. Please. You may
[7:24:42]continue. >> Uh I now yield one minute to the gentleoman from Washington, Miss Gyopal. >> Gentle lady from Washington's recognized for one minute. >> Mr. Speaker, I rise to oppose this bill
[7:24:53]that allows health insurance premiums for 22 million American families to skyrocket and raises health care costs for everyone. Trump and his Republican
[7:25:04]cult of followers in Congress have unleashed shameful crisis of cruelty and corruption on the American people. First, they slashed Medicaid by a
[7:25:14]trillion dollars, kicked 15 million Americans off of healthcare, set up the playboard for rural hospitals to shutter. All so that you could give $7 trillion in permanent tax breaks to
[7:25:26]their billionaire buddies. Then they refused to negotiate with Democrats to extend the Affordable Care Act tax credits so that 22 million Americans wouldn't have to choose between health
[7:25:35]care and rent. And when we refuse to go along with that, they caused this 45day Republican shutdown, illegally refused to pay SNAP benefits for the hungry and
[7:25:47]illegally canled flights, throwing the country into chaos. Trump and Republicans want to make you poorer and sicker. while Trump builds his gilded ballrooms, protects pedophiles, pardons
[7:25:59]those who buy his meme coins, and lets Americans starve. Shame on you. I'm a hell no on this bill. >> Gentle lady from Minnesota.
[7:26:08]>> Mr. Speaker, I yield two minutes to the gentleman from Tennessee. >> Gentleman from Tennessee is recognized for two minutes. >> Mr. Speaker, I rise today to oppose the Senate's provision that allows senators
[7:26:20]to make financial gain off illegal government surveillance. Three things can be true at once, Mr. Speaker. The first truth is this. The shutdown has to
[7:26:31]end. The American people and countless Tennessans I represent uh are suffering and experiencing real pain. This record-breaking Schumer
[7:26:42]Democratic shutdown has was completely avoidable and it was completely carried out for political purposes. The second truth is that the last administration
[7:26:52]led by Joe Biden and his autopin unfairly surveiled conservatives and conservative members of Congress. That included sitting United States senators.
[7:27:02]Yet, Mr. Speaker, the third thing I would note is that the American taxpayer has suffered enough because of the last administration. No one in this body should support allowing senators to sue
[7:27:13]and collect from taxpayers because the FBI went rogue under President Biden. But don't get me wrong, the overreach is more than troubling. It's unfathomable that the Department of Justice was
[7:27:25]weaponized in this way. I fully support holding those radical agents accountable and the ongoing investigations into their misdeeds. Yet, no elected official
[7:27:35]should profit from the political calculation of left-wing bureaucrats and judges. Mr. Speaker, the folks I represent are still reeling from historic Biden inflation, the effects of
[7:27:47]the border crisis, and the regulatory agenda of the last administration. It is shameful to ask them to shoulder the burden of paying US senators a half a
[7:27:57]million dollars or more for those misdeeds. With that, I yield back. Mr. Speaker, gentle from Massachusetts. >> Uh, okay. Um, Mr. Speaker, I yield one
[7:28:09]minute to the gentleman from Texas, Mr. Green. >> Gentleman from Texas is recognized for one minute. And still I rise, Mr. Speaker,
[7:28:19]I rise to call to my colleagues attention that they are no longer claiming that this is a clean CR.
[7:28:30]The truth is that it is a dirty, filthy, stealthy CR that has been contaminated with millions of dollars for people who
[7:28:41]have not earned it, but rather who want to take it from the taxpayers of this country because they have concluded somehow that they have been harmed when no harm has been proven or brought to
[7:28:53]our attention. I believe that health care for all is important because we in the Congress have the best health care in the world. Yet people with the best
[7:29:03]health care in the world do not see fit for persons who need it, who are among the least, the last and the lost to acquire health care, something that they have. Health care is becoming wealthare
[7:29:14]for too many people in this country. We need to extend extend the subsidies. We need to make sure that everybody who can
[7:29:23]get to a doctor gets care. This is not a poor country. I refuse to take a poison pill and have you tell me that I'll regurgitate it next week. The poison pill.
[7:29:34]>> Gentleman's time is expired. >> Gentle lady from Minnesota reserves. >> Gentleman from Massachusetts. >> Inquire. How many more speakers the gentle lady has? She doesn't seem to
[7:29:46]have very many. U I believe we have one more, Mr. Speaker. >> All right, we have several. Uh Mr. Speaker, I yield I yield one minute to
[7:29:57]the gentleoman from New York, Mr. Casio Cortez. >> Lady from New York is recognized for one minute. >> It is great. It is great that Democrats have a line of people who are willing to
[7:30:08]fight for workingclass Americans from coast to coast in this country because God forbid that we have a member of the Republican caucus who stands up and actually wants to extend the America the
[7:30:19]Affordable Care Act so that people with cancer, insulin, and issues across all sorts of healthc care issues across this country have their health insurance protected and extended throughout 2026.
[7:30:30]It is unconscionable that what we are debating right now is legislation that will give eight members of the United States Senate over a million dollar a
[7:30:42]piece and we are robbing people of their food assistance and of their health care to pay for it. How is this even on the
[7:30:53]floor? How can we as members of Congress, Republican or Democrat, vote to enrich ourselves by stealing from the
[7:31:03]American people? That is what this legislation does. In fact, Senator Graham just went before the press earlier today saying he was going to seek well over a million dollars from
[7:31:15]the American people from this. We cannot support it and we cannot stand for it. Thank you. >> Gentle's time expired. Gentle lady from Minnesota. >> Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And I just
[7:31:26]wanted to point out to uh some of my colleagues that, you know, the the Democrat government shutdown stopped the SNAP benefit. So, if they were very
[7:31:37]concerned about those uh about making sure that people had their nutritional uh assistance, they wouldn't have shut down the government because that is what caused it. And with that, Mr. Speaker, I
[7:31:47]yield one minute to the gentleman from Texas. Gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It was great to hear from the new leader of the Democrat
[7:31:57]party, Mrs. Alexandria Kaziocortez. Unfortunately, we didn't also get to hear from their other leader, Mr. Zoron Mandani. Mr. Speaker, I'm going to be proud this
[7:32:08]evening to vote to reopen the federal government. >> House should be in order. >> Mr. Speaker, for for 40 days, the
[7:32:18]Democrats shut our government down to pursue unrealistic policy proposals that they know the American people do not want. Mr. Speaker, the American people
[7:32:30]do not want health care for illegal aliens. They do do not want our tax dollars funding left-wing media outlets. and they do not want to drive up our
[7:32:40]debt $1.5 trillion dollar as part of a short-term continuing resolution. Mr. Speaker, the last 40 days have been nothing but pure political nihilism, and
[7:32:51]I'm glad that this nightmare is over so that we can get back to work on behalf of the American people. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I yield back. >> Gentleman from Massachusetts,
[7:33:01]>> you did not condemn him, Mr. Speaker. >> Gentleman from Massachusetts. reserve. >> I reserve. >> Gentleman reserves his time. Gentle lady
[7:33:11]from Minnesota. >> Reserve. >> Reserves. Who seeks time? >> Uh, M. Mr. Speaker, let me first of all just say to the gentle lady, um, this is Republican shutdown. Um, didn't need to
[7:33:22]happen. Um, all you need to do is extend the ACA tax credit so that people wouldn't get screwed on their health insurance bills. But I also point out to her that the president of the United States illegally withheld SNAP benefits
[7:33:33]and two uh federal judges basically two court order orders uh backed us up on that. Um and he's the first president ever in history to actually shut off food benefits to people during a
[7:33:44]shutdown. Shame on him. I now yield one minute to the gentleman from California, Mr. Connor. >> Gentleman from California is recognized for one minute. >> Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, our
[7:33:54]country is at a moral crossroads. Just today it comes out that billionaires are worth8 trillion dollars, more than 50% of Americans
[7:34:05]combined. And what does the president do? He decides he doesn't have the money for the American people. He's going to starve the American people to give $40
[7:34:14]billion to the corrupt libertarian leader in Argentina. $9 billion would have fed the American people. How is that America first? And then he says, "I
[7:34:25]don't care about the Texas the cab driver who's paying $2,600 now per month in health insurance as opposed to $44
[7:34:36]because I don't want to save the 20 million Americans who are going to face high premium increases." How is that America first? >> We need national health insurance in
[7:34:48]this country. We need to tax billionaires in this country. We need to fund SNAP in this country and we need to stop funding Argentina and corrupt
[7:34:58]foreign leaders. >> Gentle lady from Minnesota. >> Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And I just wanted to address for just a second the healthc care issue that the Democrats
[7:35:07]continue to bring up and and act like this had anything to do with everyone in the country's premiums because it this
[7:35:17]is we are talking about the COVID era affordable health affordable care actsuh COVID era subsidies.
[7:35:27]So this is not what is affecting other pe people's premiums other than those folks that qualify for those COVID era premium subsidies. That's it. They they
[7:35:39]continue to make it sound like this is responsible for every kind of um every kind of increase that people are seeing. And so the Affordable Care Act's
[7:35:48]original subsidies will remain in place. So that's the original subsidies ensuring that millions still qualify for the incomebased tax credits and capping
[7:35:58]out-ofpocket costs relative to income. It's the COVID era. I can't say that enough. It is the COVID era subsidies that are in question here. Premium in CA
[7:36:08]and premium increases are actually driven by multiple factors including medical inflation, provider consolidation, and rising drug costs. But to actually reduce premiums, that's
[7:36:19]what me we must address. And we must have comprehensive discussions about that. Not just political theater and sound bites. We have to actually sit down and have those discussions. And
[7:36:31]that's what getting the government back open will do. >> I reserve. >> Gentle lady reserves her time. Gentleman from Massachusetts.
[7:36:41]>> Mr. Speaker, the ACA polls at 65%, Donald Trump is at 37%. I now yield one minute to the gentleoman from Massachusetts, Miss Presley. >> Gentle lady from Massachusetts is recognized for one minute.
[7:36:51]>> Mr. Speaker, I rise today on behalf of every elder who can't afford their prescription, every parent who went to work hungry so their child could eat. In the United States of America, there is no lack of resource. Only a deficit of
[7:37:02]empathy, political will, and courage. At its best, government is a backs stop, a compassionate steward to the public good. At its best, government catches people when they stumble in a moment of hardship. At its best, government does
[7:37:14]right by the people. All the people. Struggle does not discriminate. Mr. Speaker, hardship is not a character flaw. It has zero to do with work ethic. Every single person is one diagnosis,
[7:37:25]one layoff away from hardship. Life can change at an instant. What we are bearing witness to is not only a lack of political courage, but it is a fundamental betrayal of the people. Incompetence and indifference to the
[7:37:37]suffering of our constituents and our neighbors, the shame and the sham of it all. Any member of Congress who would vote to deny a child a meal or medication, it is child abuse and neglect. I ought to file a 51A on you
[7:37:48]for that. Every person in this chamber, every person in our country has lost a loved one to cancer. And yet you would vote to deny people life-saving cancer treatment and research. Republicans
[7:37:59]control the House, the Senate, and the White House. And with THE MAJORITY, YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO ENACT harm to make people hungrier, poorer, sicker, and less safe. THE SHAME AND THE SHAME OF it all. You
[7:38:09]the people deserve better. We the people deserve BETTER. AND I WON'T STOP FIGHTING until you get it. >> Gentleman from gentle lady from Minnesota. >> Mr. Speaker, I'm prepared to close.
[7:38:21]>> Gentle lady's prepared to close. She has four minutes remaining. Gentleman from Massachusetts. >> I'm not. Uh so I'd like to yield one minute to the gentleman from Wisconsin and Mr. Pokean. >> Gentleman from Wisconsin is recognized for one minute.
[7:38:32]>> Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, the federal government will officially reopen with the House vote today. But here's what won't happen. We won't protect the 22 million people paying more for the
[7:38:42]Affordable Care Act or the 15 million people losing their health care outright due to Republican actions in the big ugly law. Nor will we stop the healthc care rate increases for everyone in this
[7:38:53]country. And we won't be restoring food assistance today for millions of Americans who benefit from SNAP because House Republicans voted to cut the number one program that keeps kids and
[7:39:04]seniors out of poverty by over $180 billion. Nor will we be able to roll back the tax cuts for billionaires and your GOP donors that you funded by
[7:39:15]gutting those health care and food programs. But I sure hope you're tanned and rested after your 8-week paid vacation because you're going to need it. Democrats are going to continue
[7:39:25]fighting every single day for people's health care and food benefits and we're going to be on you day after day until
[7:39:34]we get it done. Vote no. I yield back. >> Gentleman yields back his time. >> Gentle lady from Minnesota. >> I'm prepared to close, Mr. Speaker.
[7:39:45]>> Gentleman from Massachusetts. I'm not quite yet. So I I yield one minute to the gentleman from Maryland, Mr. Oshevski. >> Gentleman from Maryland's recognized for one minute. >> Mr. Speaker, this funding deal is why
[7:39:56]Americans have lost faith in Congress. It does absolutely nothing to address the crushing costs of healthcare and what amounts to a massive tax hike on
[7:40:08]working families. It does absolutely nothing to stop President Trump from cancelling the very funding we would provide. Something he's already done
[7:40:19]again and again. But here's what it does. It allows senators to write themselves and only themselves milliondoll checks because their phone
[7:40:30]records were legally subpoenaed. Checks paid for by American taxpayers. It's corruption at a whole new level. With bribery and insider trading, someone
[7:40:41]breaks the law. Here, Congress is writing a law that protects and funds corruption. It's brazen and disgusting in an effort to legalize corruption. And
[7:40:52]anyone who votes for the CR is complicit in that corruption. If government still belongs to the people and not the powerful, we must reject the selfserving
[7:41:03]scam. I yield. Gentleman yields back his time. Gentle lady from Minnesota still prepared to close. Gentleman from Massachusetts with two and one half minutes remaining. >> So I'll close, Mr. Speaker, for our side.
[7:41:14]>> Mr. Speaker, I don't have enough time to rebut all the absurd claims made by the other side. Suddenly, they all have an opinion on healthcare. They had a decade to come up with a plan. They and they came up with nothing. Uh but I'm glad
[7:41:25]they finally acknowledged that this is a dirty Sierra that shovels millions of dollars into the pockets of Republican politicians. They hate this bill so much uh that they're all going to vote for
[7:41:35]it. Um they they say that we shut the government down. Really? The last time I checked, Republicans are in charge around here. Uh we heard for months about their mandate. They control the
[7:41:46]House, the Senate, and the White House. They have a duty to keep the government open, and they failed. They did not have the votes. They refused to negotiate with us because we wanted to help
[7:41:56]regular people instead of billionaires. And now they want to blame us for the consequences of their own actions. What the hell is wrong with them? Give me a freaking break. America is the richest
[7:42:07]country in the history of the world. We are blessed with an abundance of so much. There should not there should not be an affordability crisis. Every single person in this country should be able to have a good job, a living wage,
[7:42:19]affordable food and healthcare, and have a shot at a better future. That's what I'm fighting for. That's what we're fighting for. That's how I want to make America great. That's the democratic vision for what this country could be.
[7:42:31]And from a moral perspective, from a set of values, we believe it is immoral to have a system that gives so much to just a few billionaires while depriving so many of the basic things they need to
[7:42:42]live a good life. And it is clear to me after this debate that Republicans do not share those same values. And I'm going to fight like hell. We are going
[7:42:53]to fight like hell because I believe in America. We believe in America. and we believe that the hopes and the dreams of the American people will prevail. And with that, I yield back.
[7:43:04]>> Gentleman yields back his time. Gentle lady from Minnesota with four minutes remaining to close. >> Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And uh as we wrap up this debate, I want to take a
[7:43:14]moment to cut through the noise from our colleagues, the noise from our colleagues on the left. Instead of focusing on the legislation before us,
[7:43:24]they're resorting to fear tactics and tossing out false claims about what this shutdown is really about. The CR would have kept the government open to continue and finish the appropriations
[7:43:35]process. And yet, the Democrats refused and instead chose to shut down the government. And you know, my colleague mentions values. Democrats claim that
[7:43:46]our values are different. Democrat Wick Clark said, "Of course, there will be families that are going to suffer, but it is one of the few leverage times we have." So, if that's
[7:43:58]the values they're talking about, I don't share those values. I won't make American people, the American people, suffer.
[7:44:08]Whether it be their SNAP payments, whether it be keeping air traffic controllers paid, whether it's paying our troops, making the American people suffer is not
[7:44:19]the values that I share. And for the record, Republicans did not cause this shutdown. And we've not been on vacation. I've been splitting my time
[7:44:29]between DC and and the district, as I mentioned before, meeting with constituents in both, meeting with federal agencies, hosting a telet town hall, and I know how hard my Republican colleagues have been working for their
[7:44:41]constituents and the American people. It was the Democrats who shut down the government when they refused to support a clean CR that would have kept the
[7:44:51]lights on and protected critical services. And now it's the Democrats who continue to shift to the blame. Now, getting back to the issue at hand, let's
[7:45:02]talk about what this bill actually does. HR5371 restores the funding for SNAP and Wick. It reimburses the contingency reserves that made to make sure that programs
[7:45:13]remain stable and reliable. Um, actually, President Trump moved $300 million of tariff revenue to fund Wick during the shutdown. Republicans are the
[7:45:23]ones protecting food security and not playing games with it. This bill also delivers for our farmers and ranchers and for rural development and invests in the community that feed this country and
[7:45:34]keep the economy strong. It supports our troops and federal workers. It ensures our service members and their families have the support they need. And it honors the promises we have made to
[7:45:44]those who have served. And yes, it reopens the government, restores stability, and resumes regular order. So, let's be honest about a what a yes
[7:45:55]vote means. A yes vote me is a vote for Veterans Care. A yes vote is a vote for SNAP and Wick. A yes vote is a vote for $700,000
[7:46:06]a fire engine in ranking member McGovern's district and a million dollars for the Navajo Nation Community Development Division in Representative Ledger Fernandez district. A yes vote is
[7:46:17]for farmers. A yes vote is for troops, for our troops, and for federal workers. And yes, it is for reopening the government. and a no vote. Well, that's
[7:46:28]a vote against all of that, including the development of a wastewater treatment facility in Mr. Nagus's district and 1.5 million in watershed conservation in Representative Clark's
[7:46:39]district. It's a vote against federal workers. It's a vote against healthc care. It's a vote against feeding hungry children. And it's a vote against common sense.
[7:46:51]Mr. Mr. Speaker, with that I yield the back yield back the balance of my time and I move the previous question. >> Question is on ordering the previous question on the resolution. Those in
[7:47:00]favor say I. Those opposed, no. >> Opinion of the chair. The eyes have it. Mr. Speaker, gentleman from Massachusetts hearing aid. I think um I ask for the A's and
[7:47:10]>> the A's and are requested. Those favoring a vote by the A's and A's will rise. Special number having risen, the A's and A's are ordered. Members will record their votes by electronic device. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule 20, the
[7:47:21]chair will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote on the question of adoption of the resolution. This is a 15minute vote. Yeah.
[7:50:05]All right. Heat.
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[8:12:16]this vote. The A's are 216. The nays are 213. The previous question is ordered. Question is on the adoption of the resolution. Those in favor say I. Those opposed, no. Opinion of the chair, the
[8:12:27]eyes have it. M. >> Mr. Speaker, I ask for recorded vote. >> Recorded vote is requested. Those favoring a recorded vote will rise. Sufficient number having risen, a recorded vote is ordered. Members will
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