APPARENTLY HE DID NOT DO THAT
OVER LESLEY STAHL AND HE GOT UP
AND STORMED OUT OF THE ROOM LIKE
A LITTLE BABY.
>>> MEANWHILE, HOUSE SPEAKER
NANCY PELOSI AND TREASURY
SECRETARY STEVEN MNUCHIN
CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARDS A
STIMULUS DEAL AS TIME IS RUNNING
OUT TO REACH AN AGREEMENT BEFORE
ELECTION DAY.
AND SPEAKER PELOSI JOINS US NOW.
MADAME SPEAKER, THANK YOU FOR
BEING ON.
GIVE US A SENSE AS TO EXACTLY
WHERE THESE TALKS STAND AND WHAT
THE HOPE IS TO GET RELIEF TO THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
>> I’M HAPPY TO DO THAT, MIKA,
BUT I WANTED FIRST TO GO BACK TO
WHAT JON MEACHAM SAID SKIPPING
OVER WHAT YOU JUST SHOWED, I
DON’T THINK THE PRESIDENT HAS
ANY IDEA OF WHAT THE TRUTH IS.
I THINK THAT HE THINKS THE TRUTH
IS WHAT HE SAYS, SO IT’S A SAD
SITUATION.
BUT YOU GO BACK WITH WHAT JON
SAID, AND JON SAID HOW CAN 46%
OR WHATEVER IT IS OF THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE THOUGHT
THAT WAS OKAY FOR HIM TO BE
PRESIDENT.
LET’S TALK ABOUT HOW WE GO, WE
HEAL AS WE GO FORWARD AND BE
RESPECTFUL OF EVERYONE IN OUR
COUNTRY AND HOW THEY VOTED, AND
JON IS ALWAYS SO INSPIRATIONAL,
SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY I THINK
THE HEALING PROCESS HAS TO BEGIN
WELL BEFORE THE ELECTION.
WE’VE TRIED TO START THAT AND
JOE BIDEN IS JUST THE BEST
PERSON TO DO THAT.
BUT HERE’S THE THING THAT IS
REALLY SAD.
THESE PEOPLE IN OUR COUNTRIES,
I’VE TRAVELED THE COUNTRY FOR
YEARS NOW, SPEAKER, LEADER AND
WHATEVER, THEY’VE ALWAYS
RESPECTED THE CONSTITUTION OF
THE UNITED STATES, WHETHER THEY
AGREED WITH YOU, DEMOCRATS,
REPUBLICANS, DIFFERENT POINT OF
VIEW, THE CONSTITUTION WAS
ESSENTIAL.
MANY OF THEM TOOK THE OATH TO
PROTECT AND DEFEND IT, AND NOW
ALL OF A SUDDEN THE TOTAL
DISREGARD THAT HE HAS FOR THE
CONSTITUTION SEEMS TO BE OKAY
WITH THEM.
THAT’S SAD.
WE HAVE TO BRING PEOPLE BACK TO
E PLUR BUS U NUMB, COULDN’T
IMAGINE HOW MANY WE’D BE OR HOW
DIFFERENT WE’D BE, FOR US TO --
I THINK IN THE PRESS YOU COULD
BE HELPFUL WITH THIS, LET’S NOT
CHARACTERIZE THEM AS NOT
EDUCATED.
THEY ARE EDUCATED.
THEY’RE EDUCATED IN WINNING OUR
WARS, RAISING OUR FAMILIES,
BUILDING OUR COMMUNITIES AND THE
REST, AND I THINK THAT THE
RESPECT THAT THEY ARE OWED AND
THE COMMITMENT THAT WE SHARE TO
THE CONSTITUTION CAN BE A PLACE
WHERE WE CAN COME TOGETHER.
NOW, THERE’S SOME OF THEM WE
WILL NEVER GET, AND YOU KNOW
WHY.
IT’S NO USE MY GOING INTO THAT,
BUT I DO THINK THAT AS WE LOOK
AT WHAT THIS PRESIDENT MIGHT DO
TO UNDERMINE THE CONSTITUTION,
THE ELECTION, THE ENVIRONMENT,
FAIRNESS, WHO WE ARE AS A PEOPLE
DENIGRATING NEWCOMERS AND THE
REST HAS BEEN SO DESTRUCTIVE.
IT’S NO USE DWELLING ON THAT, WE
JUST HAVE TO GO FORWARD.
AND ONE OF THE WAYS WE HAVE TO
GO FORWARD IS TO CRUSH THIS
VIRUS, WHICH HAS A
DISPROPORTIONATE IMPACT ON MANY
POOR PEOPLE IN OUR COUNTRY,
PEOPLE OF COLOR AND THE REST, AND SO TO YOUR QUESTION, YES,
AND SO TO YOUR QUESTION, YES,
THE SECRETARY AND I CONTINUE OUR
CONVERSATION.
WE’RE PRETTY SOON READY PUT PEN
TO PAPER.
WE ACTUALLY ALREADY ARE MAKING
CERTAIN PROPOSALS IN THAT REGARD
BECAUSE IF WE DON’T CRUSH THE
VIRUS, WE’RE NEVER GOING TO BE
ABLE TO OPEN OUR ECONOMY, OUR
SCHOOLS AND EVERYTHING SAFELY.
FINALLY, FINALLY, AND WHEN I SAY
FINALLY, I MEAN IN THE LAST
COUPLE OF DAYS, THE
ADMINISTRATION HAS AGREED TO A
STRATEGIC PLAN SCIENCE BASED,
WELL FUNDED TO TAKE ON THE
VIRUS.
THIS HAS TAKEN ALL THESE MONTHS
SINCE FEBRUARY AND OUR BILL
SINCE FIVE MONTHS AGO, MARCH
14th, BUT NOW WE ARE -- NOW
WE’RE AT A PLACE WHERE THEY HAVE
FINALLY, AND AGAIN, ONLY IN THE
LAST FEW DAYS, BUT NONETHELESS,
I SEE THAT IT’S PROGRESS.
WE HAVE OTHER ISSUES THAT WE
HAVE TO DEAL WITH, BUT WE’RE ON
A GOOD PATH.
>> YOU’VE BEEN TRAVELING THE
COUNTRY AS YOU SAID FOR YEARS AS
LEADER, AS SPEAKER, AND I’M
CURIOUS WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE
ABOUT WHAT JOHN AND I WERE
TALKING ABOUT EARLIER AS IT
PERTAINS, AGAIN, TO MANY OF MY
FRIENDS, MANY OF MY LOVED ONES,
PEOPLE THAT, FAMILY MEMBERS
THAT -- AND PEOPLE WHO DO
ANYTHING FOR ME.
STILL SUPPORTING DONALD TRUMP 13
DAYS OUT WHEN HE IS CALLING FOR
THE ARREST OF HIS POLITICAL
CHALLENGER, WHEN HE’S ASKING HIS
ATTORNEY GENERAL TO DO THAT.
AND I THINK YOU WERE RIGHT.
WE HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD AND HEAL
THIS COUNTRY AS ABRAHAM LINCOLN
SAID IN HIS SECOND INAUGURAL
WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE, BUT
THE QUESTION IS HOW DID WE GET
TO THIS POINT WHERE SO MANY
PEOPLE CAN DISREGARD THE
CONSTITUTION WHEN A GUY IS
TALKING, AGAIN, LIKE AN EASTERN
EUROPEAN TOTALITARIAN THUG WHO
WANTS TO ARREST HIS OPPONENT
LESS THAN TWO WEEKS BEFORE AN
ELECTION.
>> WELL, YOU AND I HAVE PEOPLE
THAT WE LOVE WHO WILL VOTE FOR
DONALD TRUMP, AND IT’S REALLY
HARD TO UNDERSTAND WHY.
I DO THINK THAT WE HAVE
OPPORTUNITY.
I’D RATHER BE LOOKING FORWARD.
I HOPE THAT THE REPUBLICANS WILL
TAKE BACK THEIR PARTY, THE GRAND
OLD PARTY THAT HAS MEANT SO MUCH
TO OUR COUNTRY HIGH KJACKED BY
THIS -- I DON’T KNOW, THIS
PHENOMENON
PHENOMENON.
YOU HAVE TO GIVE THEM CREDIT FOR
BEING A CON ARTIST TO THE N
DEGREE.
FORGETTING HIM AND GOING FORWARD
BECAUSE IN 12 DAYS, 13 DAYS
WE’LL BE ON TO OUR FUTURE.
I DON’T TAKE ANYTHING FOR
GRANTED.
I FEEL CONFIDENT BECAUSE WE’RE
WORKING SO VERY HARD TO MAKE
SURE THAT THAT HAPPENS.
BUT AGAIN, TO YOUR POINT, AGAIN,
HOW DO WE GET HERE?
YOU AND I CAN HAVE THAT
CONVERSATION.
LISTENING TO PEOPLE AND EVEN NOW
VIRTUALLY THEY PREFERRED HIM
PERSONALLY TO THE OTHER PERSON,
SADLY, FOR WHATEVER REASON.
SECONDLY, THEY DIDN’T THINK HE
WAS GOING TO WIN.
THIS IS -- WE DIDN’T THINK HE
WAS GOING TO WIN.
WE JUST MADE A PROTEST VOTE.
WE DIDN’T THINK HE’D WIN, OR
THIRD, I THOUGHT HE’D MAKE A
DECENT PRESIDENT.
I THOUGHT HE’D RISE TO THE
OCCASION.
OUR COUNTRY HAS PAID A BIG PRICE
FOR THIS.
AGAIN, LOOKING FORWARD,
REPUBLICANS, HOW COURAGEOUS SO
MANY OF THEM ARE TO COME OUT FOR
JOE BIDEN.
HOW STRONG SOME ARE WHO MAY BE
HELPFUL IN THE TRANSITION SHALL
WE SAY, AND THE -- AND THEN,
AGAIN, WE HAVE TO BE TALKING TO
EACH OTHER ABOUT HOW WE GO
FORWARD, AND WHAT BETTER CAUSE
TO GET -- IT’S A HORRIBLE COST,
BUT WHAT MORE IMPORTANT REASON
THAN TO STOP A PANDEMIC AND TO
STOP IT IN A WAY THAT IS FAIR.
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE FAGTIGHTS T
WE HAD WITH REPUBLICANS IS THEY
TOOK OUT ALL OF THE LANGUAGE
THAT ADDRESSED MINORITIES IN THE
BILL.
NOW, IF YOU ARE A BLACK CHILD,
YOU ARE FIVE TIMES MORE LIKELY
TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL WITH COVID
THAN A WHITE CHILD.
IF YOU’RE AN HISPANIC CHILD,
YOU’RE EIGHT TIMES MORE LIKELY
TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL WITH
COVID.
AGAIN, MORE PEOPLE OF COLOR HAVE
DIED THAN WHITE PEOPLE OF IT,
AND THAT’S BECAUSE WE DID NOT
MAKE WHAT WE HAD TO DO IN
TESTING, TRACING, TREATMENT,
MASK WEARING, SANITATION,
SEPARATION, AND THE REST OF THAT
THAT SCIENCE TOLD US FROM THE
START WOULD STOP THE SPREAD OF
THIS, AND WE HAVE TO, AGAIN,
CRUSH THAT.
AND THAT’S SOMETHING THAT COULD
BRING US TOGETHER WHEN WE HAVE
LEADERSHIP IN THE WHITE HOUSE
INSTEAD OF IT’S A HOAX.
YOU KNOW, AGAIN, YOU KNOW AND I
KNOW THAT WHEN A PRESIDENT
SPEAKS, PEOPLE LISTEN.
ESPECIALLY IF THEY VOTED FOR
HIM, HE MUST BE RIGHT, RIGHT?
OR I’M WRONG, I HAVE BAD
JUDGMENT IF HE’S NOT RIGHT IN
TERMS OF THEMSELVES.
THEY’RE PROTECTING THEIR OWN
JUDGMENT THAT THEY MADE.
BUT AGAIN, WHEN HE SPEAKS AND
SAYS THIS, IT’S A COMFORT TO
KNOW THAT THIS ISN’T SPREADING,