OUT OF THIS VACCINE TALK?
>> I HONEST TO GOD THOUGHT WHEN
WE GUARANTEED WE HAD ENOUGH
VACCINE FOR EVERYBODY THAT
THINGS WOULD KOL DOWN.
THEY HAVE CALMED DOWN A LOT.
I DON’T UNDERSTAND THE MACHO
THING, I’M NOT GOING TO GET THE
VACCINE, MY RIGHT AS A FREEDOM.
WHY DON’T YOU BE A PATRIOT,
PROTECT OTHER PEOPLE?
>> ALL RIGHT.
CURRENT PRESIDENT, FORMER
PRESIDENT BOTH SAYS GET THE
VACCINE.
JOINING US NOW, DEMOCRATIC
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE,
CONGRESSWOMAN NANCY PELOSI OF
CALIFORNIA.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING ON
THIS MORNING.
I KNOW WE’LL BE TALKING ABOUT
THE COVID RELIEF BILL.
FIRST, I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT
THE INVESTIGATION AND SECURITY
SURROUNDING THE JANUARY 6th
ATTACK ON THE CAPITOL.
WHERE DO WE STAND WITH A 9/11
COMMISSION TO LOOK INTO A TICK
TOCK OF WHAT WENT WRONG THAT
DAY?
>> FIRST, LET ME SAY HAPPY ST.
PATRICK’S DAY TO YOU.
I WAS EXCITED TO SEE THE TEA
SHOT ON EARLIER.
LATER TODAY WE’LL HAVE OUR
ANNUAL LUNCH VIRTUALLY, STARTED
BY TIP O’NEILL AND PRESIDENT
RONALD REAGAN, I BELIEVE IT WAS.
THE FOLLOWING YEAR THE TWO OF
THEM INVITED THE T SHOCK.
WE’RE VERY EXCITED TO SEE THE
TEA SHOCK AND THE BREXIT TALKS
COMPLICATED THE GOOD FRIDAY --
THE ASSURANCES THAT WE NEEDED TO
HAVE.
I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF SPEAKING
TO THE DIAL -- THAT’S NOT HOW
THEY PRONOUNCE IT, THE
PARLIAMENT OF IRELAND JOINING
PRESIDENT REAGAN ANDMENT
CLINTON.
TODAY IS AN EXCITING DAY.
WE’RE WELCOMING THE TEA SHOCK
AND THE IRISH AMERICAN PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES TO
CELEBRATE THAT IN THE CAPITAL
VIRTUALLY.
AS THE T SHOCK SAID THIS
MORNING, HE’LL BE HERE AND HAVE
IT IN THE CAPITOL.
IN THE CAPITOL IS WHERE THAT
HORRIBLE THING HAPPENED ON
JANUARY 6 GTth.
THE DISAGREEMENTS WE’RE HAVING
ABOUT HAVING A BIPARTISAN
COMMISSION AND IT MUST BE
BIPARTISAN IS ON THE SCOPE.
ON THE OTHER SIDE, THEY DON’T
WANT ANY FINDINGS INCLUDED IN
HOW WE GO.
THEY DON’T WANT -- THEY WANT TO
TREAT SOMETHING LIKE BLACK LIVES
MATTER PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATIONS
IN A SIMILAR MATT MANNER AS THEY
WOULD DO JANUARY 6th.
THE MAIN PROBLEM IS THE SCOPE OF
THE INVESTIGATION.
WE CAN PASS A BILL.
BUT THAT’S NOT THE POINT.
YOU WANT IT TO BE BIPARTISAN.
IT CANNOT BE BIPARTISAN IF THE
SCOPE OF IT IS TO NOT DRAW ANY
CONCLUSION ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED
THAT DAY AS THE PREMISE FOR HOW
WE WOULD GO FORWARD AND
INVESTIGATE IT.
WE MUST INVESTIGATE IT AND WE
MUST GET THE TRUTH FOR THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
>> ARE YOU CONCERNED THAT --
WERE YOU AT ALL ASKED WHETHER OR
NOT THE NATIONAL GUARD SHOULD BE
DEPLOYED PREVIOUS TO THAT DAY?
>> NO.
>> WERE YOU INVOLVED IN ANY
PLANNING WITH THE SECURITY PREP?
>> NO.
>> WHO WAS?
>> THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT
QUESTIONS.
WE WERE ASSURED BY THE SECURITY
FOR THE CAPITOL THAT THEY WERE
PREPARED
PREPARED.
I WAS NOT ASKED ANYTHING ABOUT
THE NATIONAL GUARD UNTIL AFTER
1:00, SOME TIME AFTER 1:00 WHEN
THE PRESIDENT’S INCITEMENT OF AN
INSURRECTION HAD ALREADY TAKEN
PLACE, AND I WAS PULLED FROM THE
PODIUM, AND AT THAT POINT I SAID
YES AND THEY ASKED SENATOR
McCONNELL AND HE SAID YES FOR
THAT REQUEST.
THERE WAS A DELAY IN TERMS OF
RESPONDING TO THAT.
WE HAVE LATER LEARNED THAT THE
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA ASKED FOR
THE DEPLOYMENT OF ITS OWN
NATIONAL GUARD, AND YOU PROBABLY
HAVE SEEN THE RESPONSE FROM THE
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE WHICH IS
JUST DEVASTATING IN TERMS OF HOW
IT WAS SUPPRESSING ANY REAL
DETERRENCE ON THE PART OF THE
NATIONAL GUARD.
THAT’S ALL PART OF WHAT AN
INVESTIGATION WILL BE.
WHAT WE HAVE BEEN PROPOSING,
SOME OF THE PROPOSALS THAT
GENERAL HONORE, AND HE ASSEMBLED
A GROUP OF EXPERTS WHO ARE
NATIONAL SECURITY AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT EXPERTS AND CIVIL
LIBERTIES EXPERTS TO MAKE
RECOMMENDATIONS TO THEM.
ONE IS WE WOULD HAVE A
PERMANENT, DESIGNATED NATIONAL
GUARD UNIT ALWAYS AT THE READY
IN CASE THERE IS A THREAT OF
SOMETHING HAPPENING.
IT WOULD BE MUCH SMALLER BUT
READY, BUT WITHOUT HAVING TO
HAVE ANY QUESTION AS TO WHAT WE
WENT THROUGH THAT DAY.
ALL OF US ON THE PHONE, MR.
HOYER, MR. CLYBURN, MR.
McCONNELL, EVEN AT SOME POINT
THE VICE PRESIDENT, TRYING TO
SEE WHY THE NATIONAL GUARD WAS
NOT BEING RELEASED TO WEIGH IN.
WHEN THEY WERE, IT MADE A BIG
DIFFERENCE.
>> MADAM SPEAKER, IT’S WILLIE
GEIST.
GOOD TO SEE YOU.
>> HI, WILLIE.
HAPPY SAINT BAT TRICK’S DAY.
>> DOWN AT THE BORDER RIGHT NOW
THERE’S A SURGE OF MIGRANTS
INCLUDING HUGE NUMBERS OF
UNACCOMPANIED MINORS BEING HELD
AT DETENTION FACILITIES UNTIL
THEIR CASES CAN BE SUSSED OUT.
IF YOU LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE
COMING INTO THE COUNTRY AND THEY
SAY QUITE PLAINLY, WE THINK IT’S
GOING TO BE EASIER TO COME TO
AMERICA AND TO STAY IN AMERICA
THAN IT WAS UNDER PRESIDENT
TRUMP BECAUSE OF MORATORIUMS ON
DEPORTATIONS, A POTENTIAL
PATHWAY TO SIT SENATOR HILLARY
CLINTON FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME
HERE ILLEGALLY.
WHAT SHOULD THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION DO, I UNDERSTAND
THEY’RE POINTING THE FINGER BACK
AT PRESIDENT TRUMP, BUT WHAT
THEY SHOULD BE DOING TO EASE
THIS CRISIS.
>> THANK YOU, WILLIE, FOR THAT
QUESTION.
MANY OF US HAVE SPENT A GOOD
DEAL OF TIME ON THE BORDER OR IN
THE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN.
THE PRESIDENT, I UNDERSTAND, IS
REPORTED TO HAVE SPOKEN OUT AND
SAID STAY HOME, DON’T COME NOW,
A.
B, HE SENT FEMA TO HELP
FACILITATE MEETING THE NEEDS OF
THESE PEOPLE.
THIS IS COMPLICATED BY COVID.
THERE ARE 13,000 BEDS THAT COULD
RECEIVE MANY OF THESE INCOMING
IMMIGRANTS.
HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF COVID, YOU
CAN’T USE 13,000 BEDS BECAUSE