>> Jesse: A LOT OF YOU OUT THERE
WATCHING ARE PARENTS.
YOU KNOW THE UPS AND DOWNS OF
DEALING WITH CHILDREN.
THEY THROW TANTRUMS, MAKE MESSES
AND CAN DRIVE YOU CRAZY.
YOUR KIDS WILL HIT YOU UP FOR
MONEY, BEG YOU FOR A RIDE
SOMEWHERE.
AND MAKE YOU LATE FOR MORE
EVENTS THAN YOU CAN REMEMBER.
BUT EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE AS
PARENTS WE GET TO FLIP THE
SCRIPT AND USE OUR KIDS AS AN
EXCUSE TO NOT DO SOMETHING.
HAVE A FAMILY BARBECUE YOU DON’T
WANT TO ATTEND OH, SORRY, MY KID
IS SICK.
GOT STAY HOME.
ASK TO STAY LATE AT WORK?
CAN’T, GOT TO RUSH HOME,
DAUGHTER HAS GOT A RECITAL, SON
HAS A FOOTBALL GAME.
BUT IF YOU ARE THE SPEAKER OF
THE HOUSE, YOU GET TO USE
CHILDREN AS AN EXCUSE TO STAY IN
CONGRESS WELL PAST YOUR
EXPIRATION DATE BECAUSE
YESTERDAY NANCY PELOSI MADE THIS
ANNOUNCEMENT.
>>
>> WHEN PEOPLE ASK ME WHAT ARE
THE THREE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES
FACING THE CONGRESS, I ALWAYS
SAY THE SAME THING.
OUR CHILDREN, OUR CHILDREN, OUR
CHILDREN.
THAT IS MY WHY.
WHY I AM IN CONGRESS FOR THE
CHILDREN.
THIS IS MY STORY AND THIS IS MY
SONG.
AS YOU HEAR ME SAY WHEN YOU ARE
IN THE ARENA, YOU HAVE TO BE
ABLE TO TAKE A PUNCH OR THROW A
PUNCH FOR THE CHILDREN.
THAT IS WHY I AM RUNNING FOR
RE-ELECTION TO CONGRESS.
>> Jesse: THAT’S RIGHT.
NANCY PELOSI AT AGE 8 IS RUBBING
FOR RE-ELECTION.
SHE SAYS SHE IS DOING IT FOR THE
CHILDREN.
BUT WHOSE CHILDREN, EXACTLY?
HER OWN CHILDREN.
PAUL PELOSI JR. IS 52 YEARS OLD
AND LET’S JUST SAY HE AND HUNTER
BIDEN WOULD GET ALONG REALLY
WELL.
HE HAS BEEN TIED UP IN A TON OF
SHADY BUSINESS AT THE FEDERAL
AGENTS ARE DIGGING INTO.
IS SHE CLINGING TO POWER TO
PROTECT LITTLE PAULY P.?
PERHAPS.
AND WE WILL HAVE A SPECIAL
REPORT TOMORROW ON THE OFF
SPRING OF THE MOST POWERFUL
DEMOCRATS IN WASHINGTON.
BUT PAUL, HER BABY BOY, ISN’T
THE ONLY REASON NANCY WON’T LET
GO OF POWER.
THERE IS STILL A LOT OF MONEY TO
MAKE.
>> I’M NOT LEAVING.
I’M NOT LEAVING.
I’M NOT [BLEEP] LEAVING.
[CHEERS]
>> Jesse: NANCY ISN’T RUNNING TO
HELP THE CHILDREN.
SHE IS RUNNING TO HELP HERSELF
AND SHE HAS MADE A CAREER DOING
JUST THAT.
PELOSI FIRST ENTERED CONGRESS IN
1987 AND SINCE THEN SHE HAS
BUILT HERSELF QUITE A BANK
ACCOUNT.
SHE HAS BECOME ONE OF THE
WEALTHIEST MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
WITH ASSETS AS HIGH AS
$315 MILLION.
A LOT OF SCRATCH FOR A PUBLIC
SERVANT MAKING LESS THAN SIX
DIGITS FOR THREE DECADES.
SO HOW DID SHE BECOME SO RICH?
AS USUAL IN WASHINGTON, THIS WAS
A FAMILY AFFAIR.
HER HUSBAND PAUL IS A
BUSINESSMAN WHO MAY ENJOY A
LITTLE PILLOW TALK WITH HIS
WIFE, THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.
PAUL PELOSI SR. HAS HAD A
HISTORY OF PERFECTLY TIMED STOCK
TRADES WHILE HIS WIFE HAS BEEN
RUNNING THE PEOPLE’S HOUSE.
IN MARCH OF LAST YEAR HE PULLED
OFF A $2 MILLION MICROSOFT TRADE
JUST TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE
COMPANY GOT A $22 BILLION
CONTRACT TO SELL THE ARMY HIGH
TECH HEADSETS.
AND IN DECEMBER OF 2020, PAUL
AND NANCY GOT A MILLION DOLLARS
WORTH OF TESLA STOCK OPTIONS
RIGHT BEFORE BIDEN ANNOUNCED
ELECTRIC CAR INCENTIVES.
AND IN JUNE, THE PELOSI FAMILY
CASHED IN BIG TIME JUST AS
CONGRESS WAS DEBATING WHAT TO DO
WITH BIG TECH MAKING A COOL
5 MILLION FROM GOOGLE’S PARENT
COMPANY.
SO WHILE NANCY SLOW WALKS
ANTITRUST LEGISLATION TO BREAK
UP BIG TECH, HER FAMILY TAKING
ADVANTAGE AND LAUGHING ALL THE
WAY TO THE BANK.
THEY MUST THINK WE ARE IDIOTS
BECAUSE JUST LOOK AT THE TECH
COMPANIES HER FAMILY IS STILL
INVESTED IN APPLE, TESLA,
AMAZON, MICROSOFT, THE LIST GOES
ON AND ON AND ON.
MAYBE THIS IS WHY PELOSI
DEFENDED CONGRESS’ RIGHT TO
TRADE STOCKS LAST MONTH.
SHE DIDN’T WANT TO KILL THE
GOLDEN GOOSE.
>> SHOULD MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
AND THEIR SPOUSES BE BANNED FROM
TRADING INDIVIDUAL STOCKS WHILE
SERVING IN CONGRESS?
>> NO, NO TO THE SECOND ONE.
WE ARE A FREE MARKET ECONOMY.
THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO
PARTICIPATE IN THAT.
>> Jesse: THIS ISN’T NEW.
BACK IN 2011, "60 MINUTES"
PRESSED HER PRETTY HARD ON THE
SAME THING WHEN SHE RAKED IN
MINUTES FROM A VISA CREDIT CARD
IPO.
>> I WANTED TO ASK YOU WHY YOU
AND YOUR HUSBAND BACK IN MARCH
OF 2008 ACCEPTED AND
PARTICIPATED IN A VERY LARGE IPO
DEAL FROM VISA AT A TIME THERE
WAS MAJOR LEGISLATION EFFECTING
THE CREDIT CARD COMPANIES MAKING
ITS WAY THROUGH THE -- THROUGH
THE HOUSE.
AND DID YOU CONSIDER THAT TO BE
A CONFLICT OF INTEREST?
>> I DON’T KNOW WHAT YOUR POINT
IS OF YOUR QUESTION.
IS THERE SOME POINT THAT YOU
WANT TO MAKE WITH THAT?
>> I GUESS WHAT I’M ASKING IS DO
YOU THINK IT’S ALL RIGHT FOR A
SPEAKER TO ACCEPT A VERY
PREFERENTIAL, FAVORABLE STOCK
DEAL?
YOU PARTICIPATED IN THE IPO.
>> WELL I HAVE MANY INVESTMENTS.
>> AS SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.
YOU DON’T THINK IT WAS THE
CONFLICT OF INTEREST OR HAS THE
APP.ANCE.
>> IT ONLY HAS THE APP.ANCE IF
YOU DECIDE YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE
ELABORATE ON A FALSE PREMISE,
BUT IT’S NOT TRUE AND THAT’S
THAT.
>> I DON’T UNDERSTAND WHAT PART
IS NOT TRUE.
>> THAT I WOULD ACT UPON AN
INVESTMENT.
>> Jesse: HOW DARE ANYBODY
QUESTION HER HONOR AND
INTEGRITY.
EVERYONE IN CONGRESS IS DOING IT
ANYWAY.
LAST YEAR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
TRADED ABOUT $300 MILLION IN
STOCKS AND ASSETS AND GUESS
WHAT?
THEY ALL OUT PERFORMED THE
MARKET.
PELOSI IS JUST THE BEST AT IT.
IF NANCY WASN’T WRITING LAWS SHE
WOULD PROBABLY RUN A HEDGE FUND.
>> THE WOLF OF WASHINGTON.
RUN FOR CONGRESS AND YOU, TOO,
COULD BUY SOME EXTRAVAGANT
PROPERTIES LIKE THIS NAPA VALLEY
MANCHIN NANCY AND PAUL BOUGHT
WORTH ABOUT $25 MILLION.
OR A GORGEOUS WATERFRONT CONDO
IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
THAT PELOSI PROPERTY NOW WORTH
OVER 2 MILLION.
OR THE FAMILY’S MULTIMILLION
DOLLARS RED BRICK MANCHES MANSIO
CALIFORNIA PACIFIC HEIGHTS.
COULD BE YOURS IF YOU SPEND YOUR
LIFE IN WASHINGTON PLAYING THE
INSIDE GAME.
WHILE THE PELOSIS ARE LIVING THE
HIGH LIFE IN SWANKY HOMES, HER
DISTRICT IS TURNING INTO THE
THUNDER DOME.
>> WELCOME TO ANOTHER EDITION OF
THUNDER DOME.
>> LOOK AT THIS DRONE FOOTAGE
COURTESY OF THE DAILY MAIL.COM
SHOWING A HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT IN
THE CENTERED OF SAN FRANCISCO.
THE AREA OVERRUN WITH TENTS,
NEEDLES, DRUG ADDICTS AND THIS
IS THE DISTRICT OF THE LEADER OF
THE CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS.
MAYBE NANCY COULD INVEST MORE IN
HER DISTRICT INSTEAD OF HER
PORTFOLIO.
IF NANCY DUMPED A FEW SHARES,
SHE COULD HELP MAKE SAN
FRANCISCO LESS OF A DUMP.
A LITTLE GOES A LONG WAY.
JUST A FEW CRUMBS.
INSTEAD, SHE WILL CONTINUE TO BE
THE WARREN BUFFET OF WASHINGTON.
THAT IS UNTIL YOU, THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE STEP UP AND YOU HAVE.
THE HEAT IS ON THE SPEAKER.
AND SUDDENLY SHE HAS FLIPPED
FLOPPED.
NOW, NOW SHE THINKS CONGRESS MAY
HAVE TO REIN IN THE DAY TRADING.
WATCH.
>> I TRUST OUR MEMBERS.
IF, IN FACT, WE SHOULD HAVE
SEVERE PENALTIES FOR DELAY IN
REPORTING ON STOCK THEN DO THAT
TO GIVE A BLANKET ATTITUDE OF WE
CAN’T DO THIS AND WE CAN’T DO
THAT BECAUSE WE CAN’T BE TRUSTED
I JUST DON’T BUY INTO THAT.
IF MEMBERS WANT TO DO THAT I’M
OKAY WITH IT.
>> Jesse: THAT’S OKAY, NANCY.
PROMISE TO STOP ONCE YOU GET
CAUGHT.
WE ASKED NANCY PELOSI FOR
COMMENT AND HERE IS WHAT SHE
SAID.
>> THE POINT IS, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, THAT GREED, FOR LACK
OF A BETTER WORD IS GOOD.
GREED IS RIGHT.
>> Jesse: SORRY THAT WAS THE
WRONG TAPE.
THE SPEAKER HAS NOT YET
RESPONDED TO OUR INQUIRY.
BUT, WHEN IT IS NOT ABOUT THE
MONEY, IT’S USUALLY ABOUT THE
POWER.
THIS MORNING, WE FOUND OUT
LIBERAL JUSTICE STEPHEN BREYER
MAY BE RETIRING FROM THE SUPREME
COURT.
LEAVING BIDEN TO PICK A
REPLACEMENT.
SO IF JOE PICKS KAMALA, THAT
WOULD CREATE A VACANCY IN THE
VICE PRESIDENCY.
THIS WOULD LEAVE NANCY PELOSI AN
OPENING TO INVOKE THE 25TH
AMENDMENT AND REMOVE BIDEN FROM
OFFICE, GUESS WHO TAKES OVER AS
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF?
YOU GUESSED IT, NANCY PELOSI.
PRESIDENT PELOSI.
NOW, THAT THEORY IS BONKERS AND
WILL LIKELY NEVER HAPPEN.
I ADMIT.
WE’RE JUST EXERCISING OUR
CONSTITUTIONAL IMAGINATION.
HEY, IF WE CAN’T GET AWAY WITH