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00:00:01>> TUESDAY, AUGUST 11 ON C-SPAN,
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00:00:19THAT COULD TIP THE BALANCE OF POWER ON CAPITOL HILL.
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00:00:44>> WELCOME BACK TO WASHINGTON GENERAL.
00:00:48WE ARE JOINED BY CHANDLER HALL, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR PUBLIC
00:00:51SAFETY AT THE CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS. WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM.
00:00:57SO YOUR ORGANIZATION, CENTER FOR AMERICAN PROGRESS, PUT OUT A
00:01:00REPORT WITH THE HEADLINE THE
00:01:04TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S $1.7 BILLION NATIONAL GUARD
00:01:08DEPLOYMENTS FAILED TO REDUCE URBAN CRIME.
00:01:10FIRST, TALK ABOUT YOUR OVERALL
00:01:13FINDINGS AND THEN WE WILL GET INTO DETAILS. >> THANK YOU.
00:01:16SO WE LOOKED AT WHAT WERE THE
00:01:19EFFECTS OF THE -- NOT JUST IN
00:01:21D.C. BUT IN ALL CITIES IN WHICH THE NATIONAL GUARD WERE
00:01:25DEPLOYED, BASICALLY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE ACTUALLY WAS
00:01:28A CHANGE IN THE PRE-EXISTING TREND BEFORE IT GOES DEPLOYMENTS
00:01:32OCCURRED TO THE POST-EXISTING TREND AFTER IT SAW THE NATIONAL
00:01:35GUARD DEPLOYMENTS IN VIOLENT CRIME RATES GET WHAT WE FIND IS THAT ACROSS MULTIPLE CITIES,
00:01:39MULTIPLE DATA SETS, AND MULTIPLE
00:01:42TIME WINDOWS, WE FIND NO EFFECT THAT VIOLENT CRIME ASHLEY DID
00:01:46CHANGE POST THE NATIONAL GUARD DEPLOYMENTS IN ANY OF THE CITIES.
00:01:49THIS HAS ALSO BEEN SUPPORTED BY OTHER RESEARCH, OTHER FOLKS HAVE
00:01:52LOOKED AT THIS QUESTION AS WELL.
00:01:55RECENTLY, THE CENTER ALSO PUBLISHED THEIR OWN PAPER
00:01:58LOOKING SPECIFICALLY AT D.C. AND THEY FIND THE SAME RESULT IN
00:02:02TERMS OF VIOLENT CRIME THAT THE NATIONAL GUARD APPOINTMENTS DID
00:02:06NOT IMPACT VIOLENT CRIME RATES DOWN IN THE CITY OF D.C.
00:02:10ALTHOUGH IN THE INTEREST OF FAIRNESS, THEY DID FIND THERE
00:02:12WAS AN EFFECT ON PROPERTY CRIME AND THEY FOUND A DECREASE IN
00:02:15OPPORTUNISTIC PROPERTY CRIME BASED ON THE NATIONAL GUARD
00:02:19DEPLOYMENTS IN THE DISTRICT.
00:02:20>> SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE DATA
00:02:24ITSELF BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF
00:02:28CONTROVERSY AROUND CRIME DATA. BECAUSE YOU KNOW, THEY WILL SAY,
00:02:32LOOK, NOT EVERYTHING IS REPORTED
00:02:36TO THE FBI. NOT EVERYTHING IS DETERMINED TO
00:02:39BE IDENTIFIED THE SAME WAY.
00:02:40THE SAME -- SOME THINGS ARE AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND NOT
00:02:44CONSIDERED VIOLENCE. THINGS ARE CONSIDERED VIOLENCE.
00:02:47TALK ABOUT YOUR DATA AND HOW WE CAN BE SURE THAT YOU HAVE GOT
00:02:51DATA THAT CAN MAKE THESE KINDS
00:02:53OF IMPLICATIONS, ESSENTIALLY.
00:02:56GUEST: ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S A QUICK QUESTION AND I
00:02:59AGREE WITH ALL THE POINTS YOU MADE ABOUT THE LACK OF
00:03:02CONSISTENT DATA INFRASTRUCTURE IN THIS COUNTRY, ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE DOING COMPARATIVE
00:03:07ANALYSIS ACROSS CITIES. ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE ATTEMPT TO SOLVE FOR THIS IS BY USING
00:03:11MULTIPLE DATA SETS TO TRY TO
00:03:15EFFECTUATE IF THERE ARE ANY BIASES IN THOSE INDIVIDUAL DATA
00:03:18SETS, HOW THEY ARE RECORDING DATA, COLLECTING DATA AND
00:03:22REPORTING IT, THAT WE ARE WATCHING THOSE OUT BY USING
00:03:24MULTIPLE DATA SETS, LOOKING ACROSS ALL THE DIFFERENT WAYS IN
00:03:27WHICH WE ARE COLLECTING DATA, WHETHER OR NOT THE RESULTS ARE
00:03:30CONSISTENT AND THAT IS EXACTLY
00:03:32WHAT WE FIND IS THAT THEY ARE CONSISTENT ACROSS MULTIPLE DATA
00:03:35SETS WE ARE USING, NOT JUST
00:03:36THOSE THAT ARE DIRECTLY REPORTED BY EITHER THE DISTRICT AND THE
00:03:40CITIES THAT WERE INVOLVED IN THIS STUDY BUT ALSO USING A
00:03:44THIRD-PARTY TO SEE AS WELL THAT
00:03:46DOES NOT DIRECTLY RELATE AND USE
00:03:50DATA FOR ANY OF THESE AGENCIES.
00:03:52HOST: PRESIDENT TRUMP DID WEIGH
00:03:55IN ON THE CRIME RATE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. AND I AM GOING TO PLAY WHAT HE PLAYED AND THEN YOU CAN RESPOND TO IT.
00:03:59PRES. TRUMP: THIS WAS THE CRIME
00:04:02CAPITAL, FRANKLY, OF THE WORLD, THE MOST UNSAFE CAPITAL OF ANY
00:04:06COUNTRY IN THE WORLD AND NOW
00:04:08IT'S ONE OF THE SAFEST AND IT'S
00:04:11ONE OF THE SAFEST PLACES IN THE UNITED STATES. PEOPLE ARE COMING DOWN.
00:04:15YOU SEE THE TOURISM IN WASHINGTON. EVERYONE IS SAFE NOW.
00:04:18NOBODY IS GETTING MUGGED, SHOT.
00:04:21WE USED TO LOSE THREE PEOPLE A WEEK.
00:04:25DEATH. THAT'S AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE IN
00:04:29TERMS OF DEATHS. 150 PEOPLE A YEAR.
00:04:32THEY COME DOWN FROM IOWA, FROM INDIANA.
00:04:36I AM LOOKING AT THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT. I'M LOOKING AT -- AND THEY END UP GETTING KILLED.
00:04:42IT DOESN'T HAPPEN ANYMORE.
00:04:45WE ARE ROUGH BUT WE DON'T HAVE THAT ANYMORE.
00:04:47HOST: THAT WAS ON MONDAY.
00:04:51WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO THAT?
00:04:52GUEST: BOTH THINGS CAN BE TRUE.
00:04:56VIOLENT CRIME AND HOMICIDES IN THE DISTRICT ABSOLUTELY ARE GOING DOWN.
00:05:00AS OUR RESEARCH POINTS TO, THAT TREND THAT WAS GOING DOWN IN THE DISTRICT AND IN OTHER CITIES
00:05:05PREDATED THESE DEPLOYMENTS.
00:05:09INDEED, THE DISTRICT IS SAFER TODAY THAN IT WAS A FEW YEARS
00:05:12AGO OR EVEN SINCE BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.
00:05:15THAT BEING SAID, I THINK WHEN THE PRESIDENT MAKES STATEMENTS
00:05:17LIKE THIS LIKE CRIME IS
00:05:21COMPLETELY GONE, IT MAKES IT EASIER FOR FOLKS TO FLATLY
00:05:24REJECT THE KIND OF CLAIMS THE PRESIDENT IS MAKING AND WE KNOW THAT IS NOT THE CASE.
00:05:30IT IS QUITE EVIDENT THAT CRIME
00:05:32DOES STILL EXIST AND AT ANY
00:05:35LEVELS IS UNACCEPTABLE EVEN WITH THESE IMPROVEMENTS WE HAVE BEEN SEEING OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.
00:05:41AND AGAIN, WHAT I THINK OUR RESEARCH REALLY MEANT TO SHOW
00:05:43WAS WHETHER OR NOT THE
00:05:46DEPLOYMENTS AND TACTICS THE PRESIDENT IS USING TO DRIVE DOWN
00:05:49CRIME TO HAVE EVIDENCE TO
00:05:52SUPPORT THE EFFECTIVENESS. WE FIND NONE. I THINK IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT
00:05:55THE PRESIDENT IS CONTINUING TO
00:05:58STILL CHOOSE TO BOAST THAT THESE
00:06:02DEPLOYMENTS, THESE VERY COSTLY INTERVENTIONS ARE SHOWING ANY
00:06:06RESULTS TO TRY TO CONVINCE
00:06:08VOTERS THAT THEY SHOULD SIGN ON
00:06:10FOR MORE OF THESE KIND OF INTERVENTIONS AND FEDERAL
00:06:13OVERREACH BUT AGAIN, THERE IS NO PROOF THAT THEY HAVE ANY EFFECT
00:06:15AND IN FACT, IT'S MAKING IT MORE
00:06:19DIFFICULT FOR THE WORK THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE IN THE CITY
00:06:24THAT IS HELPING FOLKS. HOST: WE HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT
00:06:28NATIONAL GUARD TO PLEMONS IN CERTAIN CITIES.
00:06:30WASHINGTON, D.C. AND OTHERS IN THE CRIME RATE.
00:06:34YOU CAN CALL NOW. CHANDLER PAUL IS OUR GUEST.
00:06:37REPUBLICANS ARE ON (202) 748-8001.
00:06:42DEMOCRATS ARE ON --
00:06:48WHEN YOU SAY THAT THE CRIME RATE HAD BEEN GOING DOWN AND
00:06:51CONTINUES TO GO DOWN, IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN SAY IT IS NOT
00:06:54BECAUSE OF THE NATIONAL GUARD
00:06:58DEPLOYMENTS, THAT THAT TREND HAS CONTINUED? I MEAN, THERE IS NO WAY TO PROVE
00:07:02THAT NEGATIVE. GUEST: THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT OUR
00:07:06RESEARCH ATTEMPTS TO DO AND SO WE DO THAT NOT JUST BY LOOKING
00:07:08AT THE DISTRICT WHERE THE DEPLOYMENTS OCCURRED.
00:07:11WHEN THEY WERE DOING THEIR RESEARCH, THEY LOOKED SPECIFICALLY AT D.C. AND COMPARE
00:07:15THE PRE-EXISTING TREND TO THE POST-EXISTING TREND AFTER THE NATIONAL GUARD WERE DEPLOYED AND
00:07:20FOUND AGAIN THAT THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE IN THE TREND THAT WE
00:07:22SAW PRE-OR POST.
00:07:25THAT MEANS THAT WE CANNOT SIGN REALLY ANY CREDIT TO THE FACT THAT THE CONTINUING TRENDS AFTER
00:07:30DEPLOYMENTS WERE RELATED TO THE
00:07:34NATIONAL GUARD DEPLOYMENTS. WHAT WE DID WAS ACTUALLY TO EXTEND THAT EVEN FURTHER AND AGAIN TRY TO BRING EVEN MORE
00:07:37EVIDENCE TO BEAR THAT IS NOT
00:07:41JUST IN D.C. THAT WE HAVE THIS EXAMPLE WHERE THE CRIME CHANGE
00:07:45ACTUALLY COULD STILL BE CONFUSED WITH THE NATIONAL GUARD
00:07:47DEPLOYMENTS OR NOT BUT BY BRINGING IN AN ADDITIONAL CITIES
00:07:50AS WELL AS USING CONTROLS, USING DIFFERENT DATA SETS ALL OF THESE
00:07:54DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE APPROACHED IT. IT GIVES US THE MOST AMOUNT OF
00:07:57EVIDENCE POSSIBLE TO SAY THAT THE PRE-EXISTING TREND, WHETHER
00:08:00IT IS IN THE DISTRICT OR OTHER
00:08:02CITIES HAS NOT BEEN CHANGED MEANINGFULLY OR MEASURABLY BY THE NATIONAL GUARD.
00:08:06I THINK TO YOUR POINT ABOUT
00:08:09FINDING THE NEGATIVE IN THERE,
00:08:12MY QUESTION BACK TO THAT WOULD BE IF THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT WE ARE SEEING A POSITIVE
00:08:16IMPROVEMENT FROM THESE NATIONAL
00:08:18GUARD TO PLEMONS, IS IT REALLY WORTH SPENDING BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR
00:08:21SOMETHING THAT HAS NO EVIDENCE TO PREVENT THAT IT WORKS IN
00:08:26ANYWAY? -- TO PROVE THAT IT WORKS IN ANY WAY?
00:08:30WE HAVE A LOT OF STRATEGIES THAT WE KNOW TO WORK AND THOSE ARE
00:08:33THE KINDS OF THINGS WE SHOULD BE INVESTING IN THAT HAVE THE
00:08:35EVIDENCE TO SHOW FOR THEM VERSUS
00:08:39NATIONAL GUARD DEPLOYMENTS WHICH AGAIN, GIVEN ALL THE TESTS THAT
00:08:41WE USED AND EVEN TRIED TO BIASED THEM TOWARDS FINDING AN EFFECT OF THE NATIONAL GUARD, WE DO NOT
00:08:45FIND ANY CONSISTENT EVIDENCE.
00:08:45HOST: AND THIS IS A CHART FROM
00:08:49YOUR REPORT AND IT TALKS ABOUT
00:08:54WHERE THE NATIONAL GUARD HAS BEEN DEPLOYED SO IT WAS DEPLOYED IN LOS ANGELES AND THAT ENDED IN
00:08:59JANUARY. WASHINGTON, D.C., WHICH WE TALKED ABOUT.
00:09:02MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, AND NEW ORLEANS. MEMPHIS HAD THE HIGHEST, I BELIEVE, MURDER RATE.
00:09:06CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING AS A RESULT OF NATIONAL GUARD DEPLOYMENTS?
00:09:09GUEST: TAKING A STEP BACK ON ALL
00:09:13OF THESE CITIES AS A KIND OF ALLUDED TO ALREADY IS THAT
00:09:16PRETTY MUCH EVERY SINGLE CITY IN WHICH HE NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL WAS DEPLOYED, WE HAVE
00:09:19BEEN SEEING DECLINES IN THOSE
00:09:23CITIES THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH A BROADER NATIONAL TRENCH THAT WE HAVE BEEN SEEING ACROSS
00:09:27VIRTUALLY EVERY MAJOR AMERICAN
00:09:29AS WELL AS ALL THE CITIES YOU MENTIONED.
00:09:36MEMPHIS WAS A BIT OF AN OUTLIER IN THIS CASE WHEN OTHER CITIES
00:09:39WERE SEEING CRIME COME DOWN IN
00:09:412023 AND 2024, THIS
00:09:44UNFORTUNATELY TOOK A LITTLE BIT LONGER.
00:09:46EVEN THROUGH MOST OF 2024, THERE
00:09:50WERE ELEVATED VIOLENT CRIME AND HOMICIDE RATES.
00:09:53BUT A PATH FROM 2024 INTO 2025,
00:09:57WE STARTED TO SEE DRAMATIC DECREASES IN HOMICIDE AND
00:10:01VIOLENT CRIME.
00:10:05HOST: LET'S TALK TO CALLERS
00:10:09STARTING WITH GARY IN KENTUCKY.
00:10:12CALLER: I JUST WONDERED HOW YOU
00:10:16ARE FUNDED AND HOW MUCH DID YOU BEEN INVESTIGATING THE NATIONAL
00:10:20GUARD, EXACTLY WHAT DO YOU THINK
00:10:27THE NATIONAL GUARD IS SUPPOSED TO DO?
00:10:33IS THE NATIONAL GUARD GOING TO CURE MURDER RATE?
00:10:37NO, THEY ARE A POLICING AGENCY.
00:10:39THEY ARE MAINLY DEPLOYED TO MAKE
00:10:44PEOPLE FEEL -- THEY ARE THE
00:10:50POLICE.
00:10:52HOST: HE WANTS TO KNOW HOW YOUR
00:10:56ORGANIZATION IS FUNDED AND SAYS THEY'RE NOT THERE TO IMPROVE
00:10:59CRIME, THEY ARE THERE TO MAKE PEOPLE FEEL SAFER.
00:11:01>> I APPRECIATE THAT SENTIMENT,
00:11:05THE GUARDING EFFECT ESPECIALLY
00:11:08IN THESE HIGH VISIBILITY, HIGH COMMERCIAL AREA CORE DOORS.
00:11:11BEING THERE AND GIVING FOLKS FROM OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT A SENSE OF COMFORT.
00:11:16AS SOMEONE WHO LIVES AND WORKS IN THE DISTRICT, IT'S NOT BEEN
00:11:20MY EXPERIENCE OF GOING OUT TO RESTAURANTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT AND NOT FEELING SAFE
00:11:23BECAUSE THERE ARE NOT MILITARY PERSONNEL STANDING THERE.
00:11:28IN FACT, I THINK THAT IF YOU ASK
00:11:31SURVEYED FOLKS IN THE DISTRICT, THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERING
00:11:35OPINIONS ON WHETHER OR NOT THEY DO FEEL SAFER WITH THE NATIONAL GUARD IN THEIR PRESENCE IN THE CITY.
00:11:39THAT BEING SAID, I THINK MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT'S A MATTER OF
00:11:43THE FACT THAT THESE DEPLOYMENTS ARE EXTREMELY COSTLY, THEY ARE
00:11:46COSTING THE AMERICAN TAXPAYERS
00:11:48BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO PLACE NATIONAL GUARD IN THE CITY WHERE
00:11:52THAT MONEY COULD BE SPENT ON SUBSTITUTE ALTERNATIVES, WHETHER
00:11:54THAT'S ADDITIONAL LAW
00:11:58ENFORCEMENT PREVENTION MEASURES, THOSE ARE THE KIND OF FOLKS WHO HAVE EVIDENCE TO SAY THAT
00:12:01ACTUALLY WILL MAKE PEOPLE SAFER AND MAKE PEOPLE FEEL SAFER AS WELL.
00:12:09FRAN, A DEMOCRAT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, GOOD MORNING.
00:12:16I'M INTERESTED IN THIS DISCUSSION AS I WAS JUST SPEAKING TO MY HUSBAND ABOUT HOW
00:12:20DISGUSTED I AM THAT THEY ARE STILL HAVING TROOPS IN
00:12:22WASHINGTON, D.C. WILL HE AGREE WITH ME THAT IT'S EITHER TIME
00:12:26FOR THEM TO RETURN HOME OR BE
00:12:30DEPLOYED TO HELP WITH THE FOREST FIRES OUT WEST?
00:12:35HOST: ARE THERE PLACES THE
00:12:38NATIONAL GUARD SHOULD BE BUT ARE NOT BECAUSE OF THESE DEPLOYMENTS?
00:12:45GUEST: I DON'T HAVE PARTICULAR KNOWLEDGE ON THAT, BUT WHAT I
00:12:48WILL SAY IS THAT AGAIN THE NATIONAL GUARD DEPLOYMENTS IN
00:12:53D.C., MEMPHIS, ALL THE CITIES YOU MENTIONED, THEY ABSOLUTELY
00:12:57COULD BE USED ELSEWHERE FOR WHAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY TRYING TO DO.
00:13:01THAT'S A MOST IMPORTANT PART OF
00:13:04THIS, THAT THEY'RE NOT TRAINED
00:13:09OR PARTICIPATING IN LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS.
00:13:11>> LIVE TO SAN FRANCISCO WHERE
00:13:16DEMOCRATIC SENATOR ADAM SCHIFF IS SPEAKING ABOUT THE IMPACT OF TRUMP ADMINISTRATION POLICIES.
00:13:20THIS IS LIVE COVERAGE ON C-SPAN.
00:13:27>> WELCOME AGAIN. SENATOR, I'D LIKE TO START
00:13:29LOOKING TOWARD THE FUTURE, SPECIFICALLY TO NOVEMBER.
00:13:33EMMETT KRATZ ARE MORE LIKELY TO
00:13:36RETAKE THE HOUSE THAN THE SENATE AND THIS NOVEMBER'S ELECTIONS.
00:13:39AS A FORMER MEMBER OF THE HOUSE, WHAT WOULD BE THE FIRST
00:13:44INVESTIGATION WE WOULD WANT THE
00:13:45HOUSE TO UNDERTAKE AS DEMOCRATS
00:13:49-- IF DEMOCRATS WIN CONTROL?
00:13:50SEN. SCHIFF: FIRST OF ALL, THANK
00:13:54YOU FOR MODERATING AND THANK YOU
00:13:57TO THE COMMONWEALTH CLUB FOR INVITING ME. I'VE BEEN HERE MANY TIMES OVER THE YEARS.
00:14:00THE FIRST TIME WAS WITH ELLEN TAO SURE MODERATING, SO I'M
00:14:06THINKING OF ELLEN TODAY.
00:14:07SHE WAS A GREAT COLLEAGUE IN THE HOUSE. THAT'S A DIFFICULT QUESTION,
00:14:12BECAUSE WHAT I MIGHT IDENTIFY TODAY MIGHT BE DIFFERENT A WEEK FROM NOW.
00:14:17I HAD PLANNED TO GIVE A FLOOR
00:14:19SPEECH ON 10 TOP CORRUPTION
00:14:23SCHEMES OF THE PRESIDENT, AND
00:14:27THE REPUBLICANS, FOR A NUMBER OF
00:14:31REASONS, CANCELED THAT DAY SESSION.
00:14:34SO TWO WEEKS LATER I CAME BACK,
00:14:36BUT DURING THOSE TWO WEEKS, I KEPT TEXTING MY STAFF, WE HAVE
00:14:40TO ADD THIS ONE, AND WE HAVE TO ADD THIS ONE, BECAUSE THERE WERE
00:14:44NEW CORRUPTION SCHEMES EMERGING EVERY DAY.
00:14:47SO I THINK I GAVE THE TOP 13 OF
00:14:50THE TOP 10 CORRUPTION SCHEMES,
00:14:54SO IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO SAY. BUT I DO THINK A COUPLE OF THINGS.
00:14:59FIRST, WE SHOULD FOCUS PRIMARILY ON WHAT WE ARE CAMPAIGNING ON,
00:15:03THAT IS BRINGING DOWN COSTS FOR AMERICAN PEOPLE.
00:15:06SO OUR TOP PRIORITY SHOULD BE INTRODUCING LEGISLATION THAT
00:15:10ATTACKS RISING GAS PRICES AND
00:15:12ENERGY PRICES GENERALLY, FOOD
00:15:16PRICES, THE COST OF HOUSING.
00:15:18THE OVERSIGHT THAT WE DO I THINK
00:15:25ALL HAS TO ALSO COME BACK TO THE
00:15:30COST TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.
00:15:33AND THE MESSAGE ABOUT DRAIN THE
00:15:36SWAMP HAD A LOT OF RESIDENTS. NOW, HE HAS MADE THE SWAMP JUST
00:15:40OVERFLOWING, BUT NEVERTHELESS, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DON'T LIKE
00:15:44TO SEE A CORRUPT GOVERNMENT. BUT THEY MOST PARTICULARLY DON'T LIKE IT WHEN THEY SEE THAT
00:15:48CORRUPTION AFFECTING THEIR PERSONAL LIVES.
00:15:51AND SO JUST TO GIVE ONE EXAMPLE THAT IS MUCH IN THE NEWS THESE
00:15:55DAYS, AND THAT IS THE PROPOSED
00:15:57MERGER BETWEEN PARAMOUNT AND
00:15:59WARNER BROS..
00:16:03IT'S ONE THING IF THAT MERGER IS GOING THROUGH BECAUSE THERE HAS
00:16:06BEEN A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THE COMPETITION IN THE INDUSTRY AND
00:16:10IT IS BELIEVED THAT THIS IS BEST FOR CONSUMERS.
00:16:13IT'S ANOTHER THING IF THIS IS GOING THROUGH BECAUSE OF SOME KIND OF CORRUPT BARGAIN WITH THE
00:16:17PRESIDENT THAT GOES TO THE
00:16:18CONTENT OF CNN, TO CHANGE THE
00:16:23CONTENT OF CNN. THE WAY THE PREVIOUS MERGER INVOLVING SOME OF THE SAME
00:16:25PARTIES HAS AFFECTED THE CHANGED
00:16:29CONTENT AT CBS AND THE NEUTERING OF THINGS LIKE 60 MINUTES.
00:16:33IF THIS MERGER IS FOR AN ILLICIT PURPOSE, THEY WE SHOULD
00:16:36INVESTIGATE WHAT IS BEHIND IT. THEN YOU COULD HAVE THOUSANDS OF
00:16:41PEOPLE LOSE THEIR JOBS IN THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY AND
00:16:44THROUGHOUT THE ECONOMY AT THAT INDUSTRY SUPPORTS.
00:16:47YOU COULD HAVE FEWER STREAMING SERVICES AT HIGHER PRICES FOR CONSUMERS.
00:16:51SO THE COST COULD BE THOUSANDS OF LOST JOBS.
00:16:54IT COULD BE HIGHER PRICES FOR WHAT YOU PAY FOR STREAMING SERVICES.
00:16:59AND I THINK THE OVERSIGHT THAT WE DO SHOULD ALWAYS COME BACK TO THAT.
00:17:04WHAT DOES IT COST THE AMERICAN PEOPLE?
00:17:07I WOULD PRIORITIZE, AND THIS IS
00:17:12A COST THAT IS MORE DIFFICULT TO MEASURE, BUT I WOULD PRIORITIZE
00:17:15THE CORRUPTION THAT WE HAVE SEEN
00:17:19WITHIN THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ITSELF. AND MAYBE THAT'S BECAUSE I COME
00:17:22OUT OF THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, I HAVE A CERTAIN REVERENCE FOR
00:17:26THAT DEPARTMENT. BUT ALSO BECAUSE I THINK THE DAMAGE TO THAT DEPARTMENT HAS
00:17:29BEEN THE MOST WIDESCALE OF ALL
00:17:33THE AGENCIES, CERTAINLY THINGS LIKE USAID HAVE BEEN DEVASTATED.
00:17:37BUT IT WILL TAKE YEARS, IF NOT
00:17:39DECADES, TO RESTORE THE REPUTATION OF THE DEPARTMENT
00:17:42FROM INDEPENDENTS AND PARTNERS,
00:17:48BUT THAT DEPARTMENT CONTINUES TO DO GREAT DAMAGE.
00:17:51SO IN THE CASE OF THE SLUSH FUND
00:17:55FOR COMP LEADERS, THAT IS 1.76
00:18:02BILLION DOLLARS THAT IS A DIRECT COST TO TAX -- TAXPAYERS IF THAT
00:18:05IS ALLOWED TO GO ON. THE PRESIDENT TODAY WAS ASKED
00:18:08ABOUT IT AND HE SAID, WELL, THAT
00:18:10WILL BE UP TO TODD BLANCHE. WELL, I DON'T REALLY HAVE MUCH
00:18:15CONFIDENCE IN TODD BLANCHE. I COULD SEE A SCENARIO, FOR
00:18:18EXAMPLE, WHERE INSTEAD OF RESURRECTING THAT PARTICULAR
00:18:20SLUSH FUND, THEY SIMPLY USE
00:18:23OTHER FINDS OF THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO PAY OUT PEOPLE WHO
00:18:25ATTACKED THE CAPITOL IN BEHALF OF THE PRESIDENT.
00:18:29INDEED, THEY HAVE ALREADY STARTED TO USE SOMETHING CALLED THE JUDGMENT FUND AND THE
00:18:33FEDERAL TORT CLAIMS ACT TO PAY OFF SOME OF THE PRESIDENTS
00:18:37CRONIES AND ENABLERS. PEOPLE LIKE MIKE FLYNN, YOU
00:18:39MIGHT REMEMBER IS THE ERSTWHILE
00:18:43NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR FOR TRUMP IN THE FIRST TERM, UNTIL IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT HE HAD
00:18:46LIED TO THE FBI ABOUT CONTACTS
00:18:49HE HAD WITH THE RUSSIANS AND
00:18:50PLED GUILTY TWICE TO LYING TO
00:18:54THE RUSSIANS WHEN THE ADMINISTRATION INTERVENED AND
00:18:58BASICALLY DISMISSED A CASE IN WHICH THE DEFENDANT ALREADY PLED GUILTY, WHICH IS QUITE EXTRAORDINARY.
00:19:03ANOTHER TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IN ITS SECOND ITERATION HAS GONE
00:19:05FURTHER AND HAS PAID OFF, WITH
00:19:08YOUR MONEY, WITH TAXPAYER MONEY,
00:19:11$1.25 MILLION -- SO WE ARE
00:19:14SEEING THOSE PAYOFFS TAKE PLACE
00:19:17OUTSIDE THE PUBLIC VIEW AND OUTSIDE THIS PARTICULAR SLUSH FUND.
00:19:21BUT I THINK INVESTIGATING HOW THEY ARE ABUSING TAXPAYER DOLLARS AT THE JUSTICE
00:19:25DEPARTMENT, LOOKING INTO THIS
00:19:28CORRUPT IRS SUPPOSED SETTLEMENT,
00:19:34ISSUES LIKE THAT WARRANT THOROUGH INVESTIGATION BY A
00:19:37DEMOCRATIC HOUSE, AND I AM INCREASINGLY OPTIMISTIC,
00:19:40DEMOCRATIC SENATE.
00:19:42>> I WANT TO GET TO THE SENATE
00:19:46LATER AND CERTAINLY MORE ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND
00:19:48TODD BLANCHE'S RECENT CONFIRMATION OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS.
00:19:52BUT GOING BACK TO THAT SENATE FOR SPEECH, YOU LAID OUT AGAIN
00:19:56WHAT YOU DESCRIBE IS THE TOP 10
00:19:56WAYS THAT TRUMP HAS PROFITED
00:20:00FROM THE PRESIDENCY.
00:20:02YOU NAMED A COUPLE OF THEM,
00:20:05DONATION, FINDING HIS BALLROOM RENOVATION, THE SETTLEMENTS WITH
00:20:07MEDIA COMPANIES, THE -- THE
00:20:16MONEY HIS FAMILY HAS MADE MOSTLY FROM CRYPTO IN HIS FIRST YEAR IN OFFICE.
00:20:20HAVE ANY OF THOSE ACTS MET THE
00:20:23THRESHOLD OF AND IT -- OF AN IMPEACHABLE OFFENSE?
00:20:26SEN. SCHIFF: I THINK THERE HAVE CERTAINLY BEEN ABUSES OF THE
00:20:31PRESIDENCY THAT WOULD QUALIFY.
00:20:33THE QUESTION I THINK WILL BE A TACTICAL ONE WHEN THE TIME
00:20:37COMES. DOES IMPEACHMENT PROVIDE THE
00:20:38BEST REMEDY, OR ARE THERE OTHER
00:20:42REMEDIES THAT WE SHOULD USE? I DON'T WANT TO PREJUDGE THAT.
00:20:45I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE COUNTRY IS GOING TO BE WHEN WE GET TO
00:20:49THE NEW YEAR, WHICH IS WHEN, KNOCK ON WOOD, WE WILL CONTROL
00:20:53ONE OR BOTH HOUSES.
00:20:56THE COUNTRY I THINK LOOKS
00:20:59FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT TODAY THAN IT DID SIX MONTHS AGO AND
00:21:01IT LOOKED SIX-MONTH FOR --
00:21:04DIFFERENT SIX MONTHS AGO THAN IT DID A YEAR AGO. SO I DON'T WANT TO PREJUDGE
00:21:08IMPEACHMENT AS A REMEDY, BUT THERE SHOULD DEFINITELY BE
00:21:11CONSEQUENCES FOR THIS CORRUPT
00:21:15REGIME AND THOSE WHO HAVE ENABLED IT.
00:21:17I FULLY EXPECT AS MUCH AS WE SAW
00:21:20DURING TRUMP 1, THE
00:21:24ADMINISTRATION IS GOING TO STONEWALL OUR SUBPOENAS. FOLKS MIGHT REMEMBER IN THE
00:21:27FIRST IMPEACHMENT, THE PRESIDENT
00:21:30WAS IMPEACHED FOR TWO ABUSES OF POWER.
00:21:32THE FIRST WAS WITHHOLDING HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
00:21:36IN MILITARY AID TO UKRAINE IN ORDER TO EXTORT THAT COUNTRIES
00:21:40LEADER ZELENSKYY INTO HELPING HIM CHEAT IN THE ELECTION.
00:21:42AND THE SECOND WAS HIS
00:21:45STONEWALLING, HIS IGNORING, HIS REFUSING TO COMPLY WITH CONGRESSIONAL SUBPOENAS.
00:21:48THAT SECOND ARTICLE WAS ALSO GOING TO BE AN ARTICLE OF
00:21:53IMPEACHMENT FOR PRESIDENT NIXON HAD HE NOT RESIGN FROM OFFICE.
00:21:57I FULLY EXPECT PEOPLE TO DO THE
00:21:57SAME AGAIN, AND WE WILL HAVE
00:22:01LIMITED REMEDIES ON WHAT TO DO
00:22:02ABOUT HIS STONEWALLING, BUT THE
00:22:06PRIVATE SECTOR WILL NOT BE IN A POSITION TO STONEWALL US, AND
00:22:10THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN ALL TOO MANY CASES HAS ENABLED AND PARTICIPATED IN THIS CORRUPT
00:22:14REGIME.
00:22:17BY THESE EXTORTED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE BALLROOM AND OTHER TRUMP
00:22:22PROJECTS, AND I WOULD CERTAINLY
00:22:23LIKE TO KNOW WHAT OTHER
00:22:27MACHINATIONS WENT ON FOR EXAMPLE
00:22:30IN THE CAPITULATION OF LAW FIRMS AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS TO THE PRESSURE OF THE PRESIDENT.
00:22:35WHAT KIND OF DISCUSSIONS WERE
00:22:37HELD ABOUT THE EXTORTION OF
00:22:40MONEY FROM ABC AND CBS?
00:22:44THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO REFUSE OUR SUBPOENAS.
00:22:48SO THERE IS A LOT OF OVERSIGHT THAT WE CAN DO TO OVERSEEING THE
00:22:51PRIVATE SECTOR'S RELATIONSHIP
00:22:52WITH THIS REGIME, AND WE CAN
00:22:56ALSO USE THE POWER OF THE PURSE TO GET ANSWERS, TO FORCE COMPLIANCE.
00:23:01SO WE WILL HAVE TO USE THOSE
00:23:02TOOLS AND OTHERS TO DO THE OVERSIGHT WORK THAT IS NECESSARY
00:23:06TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ROOT OUT CORRUPTION AND AT THE GOVERNMENT
00:23:10STARTS TO WORK AGAIN FOR THE PEOPLE AND NOT TO ENRICH MEMBERS OF THE ADMINISTRATION.
00:23:14>> IF YOU WERE THE LEAD HOUSE
00:23:19IMPEACHMENT MANAGER AND PRESIDENT TRUMP'S -- IN PRESIDENT TRUMP'S FIRST
00:23:22IMPEACHMENT, I'M CURIOUS, DID
00:23:23YOU THINK THE TWO IMPEACHMENTS
00:23:27-- A KIND OF THINKING ABOUT IT IN CONTEXT OF 2024 WHEN
00:23:30PRESIDENT TRUMP RETOOK THE WHITE
00:23:33HOUSE, HE HAS BEEN IMPEACHED TWICE.
00:23:35DEMOCRATS THINKING ABOUT IMPEACHMENT, THOUGH, OR IS IT
00:23:40TAKING POTENTIAL LESSONS FROM 2024 AND THINKING MAYBE
00:23:44IMPEACHMENT ISN'T THE BEST PATH FORWARD POLITICALLY, AND WERNER
00:23:48-- VOTERS WEREN'T THAT SWAYED IN
00:23:502024 WITH TWO IMPEACHMENTS ON
00:23:54THE PRESIDENT'S RECORD? SEN. SCHIFF: I'LL SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS.
00:23:58FIRST, OUR THINKING DURING THE FIRST TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, IN
00:24:01THE HOUSE, WAS THE PRESIDENT HAD
00:24:06ABUSE THE POWERS OF HIS OFFICE. HE HAD COMMITTED IMPEACHABLE OFFENSES.
00:24:11WE WENT INTO THOSE IMPEACHMENTS KNOWING THAT THE BURDEN IN THE
00:24:15SENATE OF PERSUADING A TWO
00:24:18THIRDS MAJORITY TO CONVICT WOULD
00:24:22BE VERY, VERY HIGH. BUT OUR VIEW WAS THAT WE HAD A
00:24:26RESPONSIBILITY IN THE HOUSE, IF SOMEBODY HAD COMMITTED IMPEACHABLE OFFENSES TO CHARGE
00:24:30THEM WITH IMPEACHABLE OFFENSES. AND I THINK THAT WAS THE RIGHT DECISION.
00:24:35I DO THINK THAT THOSE IMPEACHMENTS AND WHAT THEY
00:24:37REVEALED ABOUT THE PRESIDENT
00:24:40ALSO CONTRIBUTED TO THE
00:24:42COUNTRIES UNDERSTANDING OF THOSE
00:24:46EVENTS AND THE SERIOUSNESS OF THOSE OFFENSES.
00:24:49SO I THINK THERE WAS GREAT VALUE IN THOSE IMPEACHMENTS, AND
00:24:52CERTAINLY THE PRESIDENT FEELS THERE WAS GREAT STIGMA ATTACHED
00:24:55TO THOSE IMPEACHMENTS. IT'S PART OF THE REASON WHY HE
00:24:59AND HIS ENABLERS IN THE HOUSE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO EXPLORE IS
00:25:02THERE A WAY TO EXPUNGE THOSE
00:25:05IMPEACHMENTS, IS THERE SOME WAY TO TAKE AWAY THE STAIN OF THOSE
00:25:09IMPEACHMENTS, HE WILL FOREVER BE THE MOST IMPEACHED PRESIDENT IN HISTORY.
00:25:15WE WILL HAVE TO MAKE THAT DECISION, AND CERTAINLY THERE ARE GOING TO BE CONVERSATIONS
00:25:19ABOUT THAT WHEN WE TAKE OVER THE
00:25:22MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE.
00:25:24BUT WE WILL ALSO THINK, WHAT IS
00:25:27THE MOST IMPORTANT TOOL RIGHT NOW? GIVEN WHERE THE COUNTRY IS AT THIS POINT.
00:25:32AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE
00:25:34RESOLUTION WILL BE, I THINK THERE WILL BE ENORMOUS PUBLIC
00:25:38INTEREST IN AN IMPEACHMENT, BUT
00:25:41WHETHER WE WILL MAKE THAT DECISION OR NOT, I RESERVE JUDGMENT ON THAT.
00:25:45BUT I DO THINK BOTH IMPEACHMENTS IN HIS FIRST TERM WERE MORE THAN
00:25:49WARRANTED, I ALSO THINK THEY WERE INCREDIBLY PRODUCTIVE AND I
00:25:53WILL ALSO SAY THAT I SERVED ON
00:25:56THE JANUARY 6 COMMITTEE, I'M VERY PROUD OF THE WORK YOU DID
00:25:58ON THAT COMMITTEE TO EXPOSE THE
00:26:01VIOLENCE OF THAT DAY, THE PRESIDENT'S ROLE IN THE
00:26:04INCITEMENT THAT DAY, AND TO SET
00:26:07THE HISTORIC RECORD, AND I SAY
00:26:10THAT SEEING EVERY DAY HOW MUCH
00:26:13THEY ARE TRYING TO ERASE THE MEMORY OF THAT DAY, AND THE
00:26:17TERRIBLE PERMUTATIONS AND
00:26:20GYRATIONS THAT PEOPLE GO THROUGH WHEN THEY APPEAR BEFORE A
00:26:23COMMITTEE, SENATE JUDICIARY
00:26:27COMMITTEE, AND CANNOT SAY THAT THE PRESIDENT LOST HIS
00:26:32REELECTION IN 2020. THEY CANNOT PRONOUNCE THOSE WORDS IF THEY HOPE TO BE
00:26:37CONFIRMED, IF THE HELP NOT TO HAVE THEIR NOMINATIONS WITHDRAWN
00:26:41FROM THE BENCH ARE OTHER HIGH APPOINTMENT.
00:26:46AND IT IS BREATHTAKING TO ME
00:26:49THAT, AFTER WHAT OUR COMMITTEE
00:26:52REVEALED, THAT THIS WOULD EVEN BE POSSIBLE IN THIS COUNTRY.
00:26:55BUT FROM MY POINT OF VIEW, THAT
00:26:57DOESN'T NEGATE THE INFLUENCE OF WHAT HE DID AND THAT COMMITTEE
00:27:01IN A REAL WAY AND IT ONLY
00:27:04ACCENTUATES THE IMPORTANCE OF WHAT WE DO. >> YOU MENTIONED SUBPOENAS.
00:27:09SHOULD THE HOUSE OR COMMITTEES SUBPOENA MEMBERS OF TRUMP'S
00:27:14FAMILY AS PART OF INVESTIGATIONS
00:27:17INTO HIS BUSINESS DEALINGS WITH FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS,
00:27:20CRYPTOCURRENCY, THE CRYPTOCURRENCY BUSINESS?
00:27:24HOW MUCH MIGHT THE TRUMP FAMILY BE PART OF SUBPOENAS OR AN INVESTIGATION?
00:27:27SEN. SCHIFF: I THINK THAT'S VERY
00:27:30POSSIBLE AND VERY LIKELY, GIVEN THE NATURE OF WHAT HAS BEEN
00:27:33ALLEGED AND IT WOULDN'T BE
00:27:37OVERSIGHT INVOLVING HIS FAMILY JUST FOR THE SAKE OF DOING
00:27:39OVERSIGHT ON HIS FAMILY. IT WOULD BE ONLY OVERSIGHT OF
00:27:43MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY IF THERE IS CREDIBLE EVIDENCE THAT THEY
00:27:45WERE ENGAGED IN CONDUCT THAT
00:27:48VIOLATES THE INTEREST OF THE
00:27:51COUNTRY, THE LAWS OF OUR COUNTRY, THAT INVOLVES
00:27:55CORRUPTION, AND THEY DON'T GET A PASS ANYMORE THAN ANYONE ELSE.
00:27:58I SAW THE PRESIDENT RECENTLY WAS
00:28:00ASKED ABOUT THE ETHICS LANGUAGE THAT I'VE BEEN FIGHTING TO GET
00:28:04INTO ANY BILL WHEN WE ARE SEEING
00:28:10CRYPTO. AND THE PRESIDENT MAKING THE FALSE CLAIM TO REPORTERS AT THAT
00:28:13WANT TO TREAT ME DIFFERENTLY THAN EVERYBODY ELSE.
00:28:16NO, ACTUALLY THE PROM FOR HIM AS WE WANT TO TREAT HIM THE SAME AS EVERYBODY ELSE.
00:28:20HE WANTS TO BE TREATED DIFFERENTLY. HE DOESN'T WANT ETHICS RULES TO
00:28:24APPLY TO HIM. AND THEY SHOULD APPLY TO HIM,
00:28:28AND THEY SHOULD APPLY TO HIS KIDS JUST LIKE THEY SHOULD APPLY
00:28:30TO ANYONE AND THEIR FAMILY, IF
00:28:34THEY ARE ENGAGED IN CORRUPT CONDUCT.
00:28:35WE SIMPLY DON'T KNOW WHEN THIS
00:28:40ADMINISTRATION IS MAKING DECISIONS ON FOREIGN POLICY, ARE
00:28:43THEY WITH THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC IN MIND?
00:28:47OR ARE THEY BECAUSE THE PRESIDENT GOT A $400 MILLION JET FROM QATAR?
00:28:51ARE WE MAKING DECISIONS
00:28:55VIS-A-VIS SAUDI ARABIA BECAUSE THEY ARE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE COUNTRY, OR BECAUSE THE
00:28:58SAUDI'S ARE INVESTING BILLIONS
00:29:01IN JARED KUSHNER'S INVESTMENT FUND, OR BECAUSE HAVE INVESTED
00:29:04BILLIONS IN TRUNK PROPERTIES ARE
00:29:08CRYPTO ENTERPRISES, OR THAT OF THEIR KIDS?
00:29:12THERE'S IS SIMPLY NO WAY OF KNOWING, AND TO PROTECT THE COUNTRY, WE REALLY DO NEED TO
00:29:16KNOW.
00:29:17SO I WOULD SAY NO, AND NO ONE IS
00:29:24INCLUDED JUST BECAUSE OF WHO THEY ARE OR WHOSE FAMILY THEY
00:29:26ARE IN A POSITION TO INFLUENCE
00:29:30THE POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES.
00:29:31>> SUPPOSE THEM WEDNESDAY WHITE
00:29:35HOUSE IN 2028, WE ARE GOING AHEAD A COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT 2028 HAS STARTED.
00:29:40WHAT IS THE FIRST THING THAT YOU WOULD RECOMMEND DOING TO BEGIN REVERSING WHAT YOU HAVE
00:29:43DESCRIBED AS TRUMP'S ABUSES OF PRESIDENTIAL POWER?
00:29:48WOULD YOU REHIRE THE FEDERAL WORKFORCE? WOULD YOU REBUILD THE DEPARTMENT
00:29:52OF EDUCATION, USAID, WOULD YOU OVERHAUL PRESIDENTIAL ETHICS LAWS?
00:29:59WHAT IS DAY ONE IF A DEMOCRAT WINS THE WHITE HOUSE, WHAT SHOULD THEY DO?
00:30:01SEN. SCHIFF: I THINK THEY WON,
00:30:05WE SHOULD BE READY TO GO WITH AN
00:30:08AGGRESSIVE, BOLD AGENDA TO TRY TO MOVE THE COUNTRY FORWARD.
00:30:13AND WE SHOULD TAKE AIM AT I THINK THE CENTRAL PROBLEM FACING
00:30:16THE COUNTRY, WHICH IS THAT PEOPLE ARE WORKING HARDER THAN
00:30:20EVER AND THEY ARE JUST STRUGGLING TO GET BY. THAT OUGHT TO BE OUR PRIMARY
00:30:25FOCUS, A REASON FOR BEING.
00:30:27AND I WAS A KID, MY FATHER WAS
00:30:33IN A BUSINESS -- IF YOU DON'T
00:30:37SPEAK YIDDISH, YOU SHOULD LEARN.
00:30:38IT IS USED FOR THE CLOTHING
00:30:41BUSINESS, OR THE RIDE BUSINESS, AS MY FATHER USED TO CALL IT.
00:30:44HE WAS A TRAVELING SALESMAN AND
00:30:45HE MADE $18,000 A YEAR.
00:30:51ON THE STRENGTH OF THAT, MY PARENTS BOUGHT THEIR FIRST HOME FOR $18,000.
00:30:55YOU COULD BUY A HOME FOR THE ANNUAL INCOME OF THE CLOTHING SALESMAN.
00:30:59NOW WE HAVE A WHOLE GENERATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WONDER IF THEY WILL EVER BE ABLE TO BUY A HOME.
00:31:02THE YEAR THAT I WAS BORN, THE
00:31:06AVERAGE NEW HOME BUYER WAS 28 YEARS SO. THE AVERAGE HOME BUYER TODAY IS
00:31:1040 OR SO.
00:31:12IF YOU LOOK AT HAVING AN EQUIVALENT CIRCUMSTANCE TO MY
00:31:15DADS, AND BE ABLE TO BUY A HOME
00:31:17IN CALIFORNIA, FOR YOUR ANNUAL
00:31:20INCOME YOU NEED AN ANNUAL INCOME
00:31:23OF ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THAT WAY
00:31:27IN THIS COUNTRY, AND I THINK THE DEMOCRATS SHOULD HIT THE GROUND
00:31:30ROLLING WITH AN AGENDA THAT BRINGS DOWN THE COST OF HOUSING
00:31:33AND THE COST OF CHILDCARE AND
00:31:35THE COST OF HEALTH CARE AND EXPANDS ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE
00:31:39WITH BOLD, NON-INCREMENTAL IDEAS OF HOW TO DO IT.
00:31:47ONE OF THE THINGS REPUBLICANS HAVE DEMONSTRATED THAT I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE A PAGE OF THAT
00:31:50BOOK, IS THAT IF YOU HAVE THE COURAGE OF YOUR CONVICTIONS, YOU
00:31:53CAN MOVE THE COUNTRY FAR AND FAST.
00:31:58THAT IS WHAT I WOULD WANT TO SEE THE ADMINISTRATION DO.
00:32:03IN TERMS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ITSELF AND REFORMING
00:32:06THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THERE'S GOING TO BE AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT
00:32:09OF WORK TO DO, AND I THINK AS WE
00:32:12REBUILD, WE OUGHT NOT TO REBUILD
00:32:14IN EXACTLY THE FORM AND FUNCTION
00:32:17MAY BE SOME OF THESE AGENCIES HAD BEFORE.
00:32:19IT'S NOT AS IF THE FEDERAL
00:32:23GOVERNMENT AS ANY OTHER INSTITUTION IS IMMUNE FROM THE
00:32:26NEED OF CHANGE AND REFORM.
00:32:28SO AS WE REBUILD, WE SHOULD REBUILD WITH AN IDEA OF MAKING
00:32:32IT BETTER THAN IT WAS. THE IDEA OF SIMPLY SAYING WE ARE GOING TO GO BACK TO THE STATUS
00:32:37QUO, THE WAY THINGS LOOK BEFORE THIS WRECKING CREW CAME ALONG,
00:32:41IS JUST COMPLETELY
00:32:48UNSATISFACTORY. WHAT SHOULD A JUSTICE DEPARTMENT LOOK LIKE?
00:32:51YES, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO
00:32:53DEAL WITH ALL THE IDEOLOGUES AND ALL OF THE DECISIONS THAT THE
00:32:56DEPARTMENT HAS MADE THAT HAVE
00:33:00REALLY TORN AT THE WHOLE IDEA OF
00:33:04BEING KNOWN AS ABOVE THE LAW. BUT WE NEED TO RETHINK IN TERMS
00:33:07OF THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OR OTHER AGENCIES, WHAT IS THE
00:33:11FOCUS OF THIS? ?
00:33:13AGENCY HOW CAN IT CONTRIBUTE TO
00:33:16BRINGING COSTS DOWN?
00:33:19THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF SHOULD
00:33:20HAVE A MUCH HEAVIER EMPHASIS FOR
00:33:24EXAMPLE ON ATTACKING THE
00:33:30ANTICOMPETITIVE CONCENTRATION OF POWER WITHIN THE CORPORATE WORLD. PART OF THE REASON WE SEE FOOD
00:33:33PRICES GOING UP SO HIGH IS WE SEE ALL THESE MERGERS OF GROCERY
00:33:37CHAINS THAT ARE JUST RAISING
00:33:38FOOD COSTS, AND A LOT OF THE
00:33:42CONCENTRATION OF INDUSTRY HAS RESULTED IN HIGHER PRICES FOR PEOPLE. SO AS WE GO ABOUT REFORMING THE
00:33:45FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WE HAVE TO
00:33:47DO SO ALSO WITH AN EYE TOWARDS WHAT IS THE OBJECTIVE HERE?
00:33:53AND CENTRAL TO THAT OBJECTIVE I THINK IS MAKING THE ECONOMY WORK
00:33:57FOR THE PEOPLE AGAIN.
00:34:00THE PART WE HAVE TODAY'S NOT THE SAME AS THE RECESSION OR THE GREAT DEPRESSION.
00:34:06THE PROBLEM TODAY IS NOT THAT PEOPLE ARE OUT OF WORK, THE
00:34:10PROBLEM IS THAT THEY ARE WORKING AND THEY CAN BARELY AFFORD TO GET BY.
00:34:13I DON'T THINK OUR DEMOCRACY WILL EVER BE ON A SECURE FOOTING
00:34:16UNTIL OUR ECONOMY IS ON US CURE FOOTING AND PEOPLE FEEL IT IS
00:34:20WORKING FOR THEM. FOR TOO MANY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE, THEY LOOK AT THE WAY THE ECONOMY
00:34:23IS FUNCTIONING NOW AND THINK, MY
00:34:26PARENTS HAD IT BETTER OFF.
00:34:29LISE IT WASN'T AS HARD FOR THEM. THEY COULD AFFORD A HOME.
00:34:32THEY HAD SECURE RETIREMENT.
00:34:35THEY HAD HEALTH CARE THAT THEY STAYED WITH THEIR WHOLE LIFE.
00:34:40AND I THINK WHEN MILLIONS OF
00:34:43PEOPLE START TO SEE THE LIFE THEY HAVE IS LESS THAN THEIR
00:34:48PARENTS, ALL TOO MANY ARE WILLING TO ENTERTAIN ANY
00:34:52DEMAGOGUE THAT COMES ALONG PROMISING THEY ALONE CAN FIX IT,
00:34:56SO WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THESE BIG ECONOMIC CHALLENGES.
00:34:59>> [APPLAUSE]
00:35:08>> YOU MENTIONED THAT YOUR
00:35:11FATHER WAS ABLE TO AFFORD A HOME ON AN $18,000 SALARY EVEN
00:35:15ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION.
00:35:21THAT'S NOWHERE WHAT YOU NEED IN SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA TO
00:35:24AFFORD A HOME, SO TO PUSH ON THAT, TO PUSH ON DEMOCRATS
00:35:28LEADING THE CHARGE ON THE ECONOMY, IN SAN FRANCISCO, THE
00:35:32MAYOR CAST THE FAMILY ZONING PLAN TO BUILD MORE HOUSING HERE,
00:35:36BUT EVEN SO, THE RATES ARE
00:35:40ALARMINGLY HIGH TO BUY A HOME IN
00:35:44CALIFORNIA, OR IN SAN FRANCISCO, YOU TO WORK IT SEEMS LIKE AT AN
00:35:47AI COMPANY. SO HOW SHOULD VOTERS TRUST --
00:35:51WHY SHOULD VOTERS TRUST
00:35:55DEMOCRATS TO REMEDY SOME OF THE
00:35:56ECONOMIC CONCERNS W