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conducting further business in the new york real estate industry. judge arthur engoron has already found trump and his executives engaged in fraud. he now needs to decide on the issue of intent and what penalties trump and his company should pay. meanwhile, former president trump is expected to be in the new york court tomorrow morning to attend a pretrial hearing for the hush money case against him involving adult film star stormy daniels. trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to payments made to daniels during his 2016 presidential run. he has pleaded not guilty to all the charges at the same time. in atlanta, there will be a hearing in the election interference case on allegations of misconduct against fulton county d.a., fani willis. willis is accused of having an
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improper relationship with special prosecutor nathan wade. we'll have both hearings covered for you tomorrow morning right here on "morning joe." a lot going on. that does it for us this morning, we'll see you tomorrow at 6:00 a.m. ana cabrera picks up the coverage right now. right now on "ana cabrera reports," victory for democrats, tom swasey winning new york's special election. cutting the gop's already razor thin majority in the house and had maybe giving democrats a new road map for november. plus for the first time in 150 years, house republicans impeach a cabinet secretary. what's next as the bid to oust alejandro mayorkas now moves to the senate. and three of donald trump's legal cases set to reach a crescendo in the next 48 hours. from new york to georgia, we'll
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break down what to expect. it is 10:00 eastern, i'm ann reporting from new york. we kbin with the big win for democrats overnight, tom suozzi claiming victory in new york's special election flipping a highly competitive bellwether district and taking the seat formerly held by ousted congressman george santos. >> this race was fought amidst a closely divided electorate, much like our whole country. this race was centered on immigration and the economy, much like the issues all across our country. >> suozzi's victory ripping through capitol hill where it cuts the already razor thin republican majority in the house. we're going to break down all of this with nbc's steve kornacki at the big board, our ryan
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nobles on capitol hill, and also with us former democratic congressman from new york joe crowley and former republican governor, presidential candidate john kasich. let's start with steve. walk us through how suozzi pulled off this victory. >> it's going to be about an eight-point victory for suozzi. this is basically where it's going to end up. what happened here is, you know, we talked about the third district of new york being sort of a classic suburban district, nassau county on long island, enormous commuter suburb county here, and there's a little touch here of the far edges of queens in this district, and this was an area, this congressional district, nassau county, long island where in 2022 the red wave that was predicted nationally by many and that didn't materialize, well, it did in this district in 2022. it did across long island in 2022, and it did in a few other parts of new york in 2022.
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so this district you could see suozzi winning by eight last night. in 2022, it was george santos, the republican who won this by eight, but if you went back to the 2020 presidential election, joe biden versus donald trump, biden had won this district by eight. so that was the big question heading into last night. was this result going to be like 2022 in the midterms or was it going to be more like that presidential election result from 2020. and republicans were very optimistic because not only had they done well in the 22 midterms on long island, they'd also been doing very well in local races and in county races. republicans, you know, once upon a time had one of the most feared machines in the country in nassau county a suburban political machine. that machine has regained a lot of its power in the last few years. republicans won back the county executive's office. they won back the county legislature that they have here. they won control of that, so republicans felt that there was a lot of momentum behind their
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party and their candidate just because of the general political climate on long island and suozzi, as a democrat, running against that was able to pull off a margin here. again, this is a margin very similar to what joe biden got in this district in 2020. so democrats winning it by eight in '20 they did, losing by eight in '22 and now winning it back by eight points in 2024. certainly given the climate on long island and the suburbs of new york city, they hope this is a model they can export nationally. >> ryan, the gop just went from having a minuscule majority to razor thin there in the house. how soon will suozzi be seated, and how does this affect anything house republicans want to get done now? >> so ana, democrats would like to see suozzi seated as soon as tomorrow. the speaker's office hasn't indicated exactly when that will take place. in terms of how this impacts the
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balance of power in the house of representatives. it was already so thin to begin with. the real complication for republicans is when they want to pass these messaging bills, bills that essentially don't have any hope of passing the senate but it's something that republicans want to get on the board, the best example being what they did last night with the impeachment of alejandro mayorkas. if they want to put a bill on the floor, they're basically going to have to make sure every single republican is available to vote, and then also votes along with this message that they want to send. and that is no how divisive some of the legislation they've put forward. there is the broader question steve pointed to about what this means for the november elections and the messaging associated with it. republicans have leaned in heavily on immigration. they made that a big part of this race last night, and tom suozzi didn't run away from that. in fact, he ran into it. he leaned into it, i should say. and this is a democratic memo that kind of outlines the way this worked out. this is an excerpt from it. it says that suozzi messaged
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aggressively on the issue, running ads that highlighted his support for a secure border and legal pathway for citizenship. he flipped the scrip on his republican opponent, successfully painting her as unsecure to border security because of her opposition to the bipartisan border deal and turned what could have been a devastating political liability into an advantage. this is the first time we've tested this theory that republicans walking away from the immigration deal could be damaging at the ballot box. special elections are their own thing, ana, this is something that could play big in november. >> ryan nobles, steve kornacki, guys, thanks for breaking all that down. congressman crowley, the results here weren't even close. what should democrats learn from this election? >> well, especially in the queens portion of the district, about 15% of the district, he did better than biden did in 2022. that's suozzi. tom suozzi himself is a machine unto himself. he's a pretty interesting cat. he doesn't shy away from anything. and i think -- what it really
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did, he ran a local race on national issues, and i think that's what did the difference. he did embrace. he didn't shy away, and i also think this sends a very, very strong message to other republicans in the state, you know, like mike lawler, even like stefanik, who fancies herself as a potential vice presidential candidate. it's not going to be easy going in new york state by any stretch of the imagination. >> governor kasich, long island is about 2,000 miles away from the southern border, but immigration was a huge part of this election. "the new york times" writes rather than shrink from the ash, though, mr. suozzi made the migrant crisis a center piece of his campaign. he called for mr. biden to close the bored border and went on local news to call for the deportation of a group of migrant men charged for assaulting police officers in times square. it was republicans who killed that bipartisan border bill in the senate, right? is this issue what it once was
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for republicans? >> oh, yeah, sure it is. >> really? >> here's what was interesting about this whole thing is that here he's really taking on the administration, i think joe said it right, he's a man unto himself, and he started talking about closing the border and he challenged republican and said why did your party shut down these negotiations. he also took on the issue of crime, which was related to some folks, some illegals who had been apprehended. but look, it's a special election. this guy is pretty well-known. i think it's just -- and special elections are always -- they're always different. >> they're special. >> they're anomaies in many sense. they spend so much money, it blows your mind what they're spending in order to serve in the u.s. house, which in and of itself, you wonder what they're thinking, right? it's been so crazy down there. immigration is going to be an issue. i think joe biden has not been
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clear enough. he has not spoken out enough about the fact that we were on the verge of having a significant agreement and a republican shut it down. he needs to be out talking about that, and i think what suozzi did is he defanged the issue and said, hey, look, i want to close that border down too. his message was the right message, and he was known and ned a lot of money and apparently the republican candidate wasn't so hot. i see that trump blamed her too. it just goes on and on. >> maybe it was the specific candidates in this contest. maybe it was the shadow of george santos. maybe it was how the candidates talked about the issues. maybe it was the weather. there are so many factors here. let's listen to what we heard from some voters last night about what this race meant for them and the upcoming election in november. >> and what do you think this means for the 2024 battle for the house? >> i think it's hopefully that this is a bellwether that this
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means the people are sick of people fighting and they want to see people who want to work together across party aisles. >> what does this result mean to you? >> this is a lifeline for the democratic party here. i also have a lot of confidence that people are going to reject the extremism of the former president in november, just like we rejected extremism in the new york congressional district. >> congressman crowley, neither president biden nor former president trump got very involved in this specific race, but did they have an impact? >> well, i think it's hard to avoid either of them quite frankly, they're bigger than life. i agree with john on much of this. tom suozzi, he's an incredible campaigner. he's been a mayor. he's been county executive. he's ran for statewide office a number of times. he's a known entity. but as i said earlier, in talking to folks in the campaign, they ran a very local race on national issues. i do think that as tom has said, republican colleagues to beat, stop pandering to trump.
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stop just every day falling down on your knees to him and start standing up for yourselves. i do think that people do respect that, and i think john kasich just did a great example of that. people who just don't kowtow to others. suozzi has been a maverick within the house itself. i think it sends a strong message. you have to represent your district, and i think tom 'cause does that well. >> this district is suburban, the median household income here is in the six figures. if you will, how do you see, you know, just the makeup of this district translating into the general election? >> well, first of all, i want to return the compliment to joe crowley. those were the days when we used to figure things out. so he had a spine, and he knew what he wanted to do. look, at the end of the day, ana, it will come down to the economy, how do people feel? i know there's all these economists, sometimes we confuse them with astrologers. the bottom line on this is what
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does it cost for a dozen eggs, a quarter of milk, that's what's going to matter. they can say how great the economy is, but people have to feel it in the checkout line at the grocery store. at the end of it all, that's what's going to matter. one other final thing, i think trump has got -- you know, i don't believe he's going to get these independent voters. they're not going to break towards him because of some of the crazy things he says. i think he drives those independent voters away, and he also hurts himself with a lot of disaffected republicans. joe biden has got to get out there. he's got to talk about what he wants. the democrats want to hide him. can't hide him. he's got to speak, and even if he has gaffes, that's okay. show you know what you're doing. show you're in charge, that's where i think this whole thing is going to go. >> i enjoyed this conversation, super refreshing to hear two people from different parties appreciating the other person. thank you so much, joe crowley and john kasich, good to have you here. >> thank you. >> thank you. now to some breaking news
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out of our nation's capital where the washington, d.c., police unit is confirming that three officers were shot by a suspect early this morning. nbc's gary grumbach is there for us. gary, what's the status of those injured officers and do we know, has the suspect been caught? >> reporter: >> ana, this began at the 8:00 a.m. hour in southeast d.c. when metropolitan police officers were serving an arrest warrant to an individual inside a home here in southeast d.c. he began shooting from inside the home towards the outside. we're told three officers were injured in this shooting. we're also told a fourth has minor injuries as well. this is still a very active, ongoing situation. we're expecting a briefing here from police in any moment now, and what we're hearing is still an active situation in terms of -- actually, we have a briefing going on right now. here we go, folks. >> good morning, everyone, i'm
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chief pamela smith with the metropolitan police department. i'm here today just to give you an update on the officer-involved shooting that occurred this morning. our officers assigned to our criminal apprehension unit responded to the residence here in the 5000 block of hannah place southeast to serve an arrest warrant that was occupied by the humane society for cruelty to animals around 7:30 a.m. this morning. our officers attempted to make contact with the individual inside the residence in order to execute the arrest warrant. the individual refused to come outside. as officers attempted to gain entry, the individual fired upon them. a barricade has been declared in this particular incident, our officers were struck by gunfire, three of our officers to be exact. all three have been transported with nonlife-threatening injuries to our local area hospitals. a fourth officer was also injured but not shot. at this time, the individual remains barricaded inside the residence. this remains an active situation and the individual has continued
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to fire from that location. we are asking everyone to please stay out of this location until we are able to apprehend the suspect. are there any questions? >> chief, do you know if the suspect is alone inside the house? >> at this time, we do not know if there are any other individuals inside the home. >> are you communicating with the suspect? >> we are in constant communication with the individual, our negotiators are in negotiation with him at this time. >> do you know him? >> i do not know him. >> do police know his name, his identity? >> we're trying to obtain that right now. >> chief, is there any kind of information that this person was armed before they went to the home. >> that information was not available to us, that's part of the investigation. >> what kind of warrant are we talking about? >> an arrest warrant for cruelty to animals. often times we assist the humane society. >> is it a no knock warrant? >> we will continue to monitor the press conference. three officers shot responding to a situation here in washington, d.c. sound like they were serving an arrest warrant and now they have
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a suspect barricaded and shooting at police. the three officers who were shot we're told have nonlife-threatening injuries. the suspect remains barricaded. aur thanks to gary grumbach for responding quickly and bringing us his reporting. when we're back in 60 seconds, the second cabinet member ever impeached in u.s. history, what happens next for dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas. also ahead, a look inside a tunnel designed for hamas leaders that was converted into a makeshift dungeon for hostages. plus, donald trump's busy legal calendar this week, could the d.a. in his georgia election case be disqualified? and later, breaking down the costs of valentine's day. we'll look at the price of amore. a amore. om rsv in people 60 years and older. it's not for everyone and may not protect all who receive it. don't get abrysvo if you've had an allergic reaction to its ingredients.
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the resolution is adopted. >> for only the second time in american history, the house has impeached a sitting cabinet secretary. the house impeaching homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas last night in its second try. it passed by just one vote, with three republicans voting no. and now it moves to the senate where already some republicans are openly skeptical of holding an impeachment trial. don't forget, while this vote focused on mayorkas's handling of border policy, house republicans essentially just sunk the senate's bipartisan border bill. and joining us now, nbc's julie tsirkin on capitol hill and nbc's david noriega covering the border from san diego for us. julie, president biden blasted this impeachment vote as a blatant act of unconstitutional partisanship that has targeted honorable public servant. so what happens next and what are we hearing now from
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senators? >> it's not just democrats and president biden that are blasting this as a partisan exercise, as a sham, as a waste of time. it's also senate republicans who are some of them at least, dismissing this already publicly saying the house should be focused on taking up border security, including that bipartisan package that they helped sink last week instead of impeaching alejandro mayorkas for something that is essentially dead on arrival in the senate. i want to read you a quote from one of those republican senators, kevin cramer. he's a conservative from north dakota. this isn't a moderate republican. he said, quote, it's obviously dead on arrival. i mean, it's the worst, dumbest exercise and use of time in a time constrained environment, and what happens next in terms of the steps here practically, the senate is out on recess for the next week and a half. when they're back, the house impeachment managers will deliver these articles of impeachment. there are two of them, then senate majority leader chuck schumer will begin this trial. they could move to dismiss it very quickly with just a simple majority. we'll see what happens next on
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that. >> david, the house impeached mayorkas because they said he wasn't enforcing border laws. you're at the border. what is the latest on the situation there? >> yeah, ana, good morning. i'm in san diego, which is one of a couple of border patrol sectors where authorities have been apprehending a substantially rising number of migrants in the last few weeks. that said, the numbers are still significantly down from where they were in december. let me show you, behind me you can see there's a group of about 20 or so migrants who are waiting to be processed by border patrol. they're on the other side of this fence in an area that's actually in between two border fences. all of that is u.s. soil, and it's an area that the border patrol has been using as a kind of de facto open air detention site to hold people until they take them to actual holding cells to be processed. this particular group pretty much spent the whole night here. i want to say it was a very cold night. it almost got down to the 30s. advocates here on this side of the border say that the border
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patrol should be meeting these people's basic needs while they wait in the open air, giving them shelter, food, water, it's volunteers who are kind of filling that gap and giving those people, for example, some of the mylar blankets that they now have as of this morning in order to keep warm. i just want to say, ana, what we're seeing today, migrants crossing the border illegally in order to turn themselves in to border patrol and enter the legal asylum process, that's not new. that was happening under trump. it was happening under obama. the numbers are up. the numbers are up because you have to consider that globally, we have a border patrol vehicle behind us, probably on its way to migrants. we're seeing an unprecedented era of global migration. what's happening on the u.s. mexico border is one small part of that global picture, which involves many tense or hundreds of millions of people. ana. >> so what can be done? because clearly there is a situation that's unsustainable for the u.s., officials who are, you know, in charge of
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processing all of these people who want to come into the u.s., david. we mentioned the republican opposition that tanked the bipartisan border bill that would have added a lot of resources to border security. so where does that funding stand now? >> so my colleague julia ainsley has done some reporting that shows that the failure of the senate border bill could not only not result in new funding, but could actually lead to a funding shortfall. that would obviously create operational problems for cbp on the ground in terms of managing these waves of migration that are arriving at different parts of the border. there are different schools of thought about what can be done about this, right? one is that resources could be put into sort of expanding and organizing the asylum process to make it so it is not as chaotic and disorganized as we've seen it become. the other school of thought is more sort of enforcement oriented or even what was attempted in the border bill trying to find ways to
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effectively shut down the asylum process so that the people, like the people you see mind me, don't have an opportunity to enter into a legal immigration process once they cross the border illegally. >> david noriega, julie tsirkin, thank you both so much for the reporting. it is a high stakes legal week for donald trump, as his georgia case, his new york fraud trial and the hush money case all collide. that's next. plus, nikki haley talks exclusively to nbc news. her response to trump's comment s about her husband and if she would serve again in a potential second trump administration. you're watching "ana cabrera reports." stay right there. rts. stay right there your trash tal. i'd rather work on saving for retirement. or college, since you like to get schooled. that's a pretty good burn, right? mara, are you sure you don't want -to go bowling with us tonight? -yeah. no. there's my little marzipan! [ laughs ] oh, my daughter gives the best hugs! we're just passing through on our way to the jazz jamboree. [ imitates trumpet playing ]
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welcome back. this week is pivotal in several of the legal cases involving former president donald trump. in new york, the former president will be back in court tomorrow for a hearing that could determine the timetable for the hush money trial. then in georgia, judge scott mcafee will hold a hearing tomorrow on whether to disqualify fani willis from the election case over allegations of misconduct. and on friday, back here in new york, we're expecting a verdict in the civil fraud trial and to the trump business empire. let's bring in msnbc legal correspondent, lisa rubin. let's start with this hush money case, lisa, which could be trump's first criminal case to go to trial. a reminder for everybody, he's
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facing 34 felony counts here of falsifying business records. what are we expecting tomorrow? >> so what we're not expecting is oral argument. trump has made a series of pretrial motions all to dismiss the complaint on different theories. some of them are about a lack of evidence in the grand jury, he's also moved to dismiss on the base of selective or dismissive prosecution. he has another motion that's about the legal theory of this case. alvin bragg has charged him, as you noted, with falsification of business records in order to commit or conceal another felony. that underlying felony on one theory of the case is a federal campaign finance law. trump's going to argue that because bragg is trying to use federal campaign finance law, that's the law that should count. if anyone was going to charge him, it should have been the u.s. department of justice for violating campaign finance law, not a state prosecutor who's using a -- this is their argument -- using a falsification of business records claim to sort of back
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door into a campaign finance violation. so we're expecting judge juan merchan to release his rulings tomorrow and assuming the case survives those motion, he'll move on to talk about trial scheduling. >> march 25th is the one date that had already been thrown out there. we'll see if that holds or if it gets shifted around a little bit. let's talk about georgia. a big hearing tomorrow, which could have a massive impact on this case, right? judge scott mcafee weighing whether to disqualify d.a. fai willis over what has been alleged as an improper relationship with the special prosecutor she had brought on board in this case. there are cameras in the courtroom of course, in georgia. what will you be watching for? >> the thing i'm watching for for tomorrow, and this is a hearing that could last two days. is the testimony of a gentleman named terrance bradley. he was a friend and business associate of nathan wade. he briefly became his divorce
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lawyer. micro man, his attorney says terrance bradley will show up tomorrow and testify that the relationship between willis and wade started long before wade said it did in a signed and sworn affidavit, and that as a result of that, there is a financial conflict of interest that would be disqualifying, not only for nathan wade but more importantly for d.a. fani willis. >> if she's disqualified, the question is then what happens? does this case go away? does it get handed off to a different prosecutor? a lot of unknowns at this point, lisa. i'm just going to quickly go to the other case that we're following this week because we're expecting a verdict on friday in the civil fraud trial. judge arthur engoron, we know already found that there was fraud committed by trump and his co-defendants in this case, but we're waiting for a decision on intent as well as the penalties they'll have to pay. lay it out for us. >> the attorney general has asked for $370 million from donald trump and the other defendants in this case who
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include his sons, don jr. and eric. he wants to claw that back. he says that those were profits that they weren't entitled to because they were obtained through that fraud that judge engoron has already found. he also wants to ban them in increments ranging from five years to forever from participating in the new york real estate industry and serving as officers and directors of a new york corporation. you should note, don jr. and eric, they run the trump organization now, so if they are banned, that's a big deal for the trump organization as it currently exists. >> it'd be bye bye. thank you so much. lisa rubin, for all of that. nikki haley's new message this morning, i'm the one that saves the republican party. in a wide-ranging, exclusive interview with nbc's craig melvin, the only republican candidate left challenging trump spoke on a whole host of issues including her comments that trump is no longer qualified to be president, despite raising her hand on the debate stage to support him if he were the
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nominee. >> i have said any of those 14 would be better than joe biden because everybody sees how diminished joe biden is. i will also tell you there is no way that the american people are going to vote for a convicted criminal. they're not. >> but you said you would. >> they're not. >> but you said you would. >> no, that is not the question. every republican nominee signed a pledge before they could even get on the debate stage that said if we were not the nominee, would we support the nominee, and i said yes, and i stand by that, that i would support the republican nominee. >> but you said he's no longer qualified to be president. >> if you don't know the value of our men and women in uniform, if you don't know the sacrifice that they go through, why should i as a military spouse and all our military families trust you to know you're going to keep
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them out of harm's way? i mean, the reality is he's never been anywhere near a military uniform. he's never had to sleep on the ground. he's never known how to sacrifice, and the most harm he's ever possibly had is getting hit by a golf ball when he's sitting in a golf cart. that's the truth. >> he is clearly head and shoulders above the rest in terms of front runner status right now, you would concede, what does that say about the party? why has your message not broken through so far? >> i think my message has broken through. not only are we getting republicans, we're getting independents, we're getting reagan democrats, the people who want the anger to stop, the people who want the division to stop, and the people who want us to stop having 80-year-old candidates -- >> is there one state where you can say we can win there. >> you need 1215 delegates, coming out of new hampshire, he had 32, i had 17. we've got multiple states. after south carolina within ten days we're going to have hit 20
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states. let it happen. as long as we keep it competitive -- >> some have suggested you might be hurting the potential gop nominee the longer you stay in. >> i mean, how ridiculous is it that you're literally saying that i'm hurting him by staying in? >> diverting resources. >> okay. resources, from a man who spent $50 million of his own campaign contributions on his personal court cases, where the rnc is broke. i'm the one hurting resources, i don't think so. i'm the one that saves the republican party. look at every general election poll, look at any of them, trump loses by 5, by 7. on a good day he's even. margin of error. i defeat biden by up to 17 point. >> but president biden's not in the primary. don't discount that i defeated a dozen fellas. don't discount that i ended up with 20%, don't discount that i got 43% in new hampshire.
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and don't discount me now. >> hypothetically, if your former boss is the nominee again, would you serve in another trump administration? >> i don't want anything. i don't want vice president. i don't want anything. i am running because, yes, while i thought he was the right president at the right time then, i do not think he's the right president at the right time now. i know what the american people want. they want to be heard. they've been through a lot. they don't see enough money in their wallets. i'm doing this because we have to do something. we can't just sit back and let it happen. >> and a reminder, the primary for haley's home state of south carolina is ten days away. developments in the middle east, inside the hunt for the leader of hamas, and an architect of the october 7th attack on israel next. 7th attack on israel next. odt may . it's the only medication that can treat a migraine when it strikes and prevent migraine attacks. treat and prevent, all in one.
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we're back, i want to take you live to capitol hill where the house speaker mike johnson is speaking regarding the special election that happened here last night as well as the impeachment of alejandro mayorkas, let's listen. >> mishandle this issue and effectively give democrats something to campaign on? >> no, not at all. look, the american people are with us on this issue. i mean, they are with us because they understand you have to actually solve the problem, and the product that was produced by the senate did not solve the problem. you've all heard us hammer over and over, hr too, right, that was our signature piece of legislation we passed many, many months ago last year. the reason that all those components are important, again, is because they have to fit together. that's got to solve the problem. you have to address all of them. the senate bill didn't do that, and that's why it was rejected over there. we have to -- we have to do it. it's been mentioned that i've been requesting a meeting with the president for weeks now, a month. i've been asking to sit down with the president to talk about
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the border and talk about national security, and that meeting has not been granted. and i'm going to continue to insist on that because there are very serious issues that need to be addressed and if the speaker of the house can't meet with the president of the united states, that's a problem. i don't know why they're uncomfortable having the president sit across the table from me, but i will go in good faith because we have to solve this issue and do every single thing we can. as you know, he has a broad arsenal of executive authority that he could use right now, he u could have used yesterday, he could have used months ago to stem the flow. that's not our view. that's what the law says, and we've spelled that out. we also documented 64 specific actions that he took from the day he walked into the oval office and his agencies to open that border wide and create this catastrophe. that is why we have a problem. we've got to get to it. scott in the back. >> thank you, mr. speaker. you've talked about the challenge the president's cognitive ability. you've said he is not fit to be president, don't believe he can do the job. why do you think a meeting, a one-on-one meeting with the president of the united states would solve all of these problems?
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>> well, that's a very good question, but i have to do everything that i can, and he is the commander in chief right now, as uncomfortable as that makes most of this country, and i have to work with what i have. i have to do my job, and i'm going to insist to continue to do that. the house republicans are going to continue to do our job. we're going to continue to move the ball forward. we're going to continue to demand that before we take care of issues all around the world, we take care of our own first. i'm telling you, that is not a campaign message. that is the truth, and that is what resonates in the hearts of the american people. we are on the side of common sense, it's the side of security, the side of stability, it's the side of sanity, and the president of the united states will not acknowledge that, and it is of great alarm to us. i'll take one more. >> welcome back. you have said that you want a meeting with the president, as scott was saying, hr-2 is dead in the senate. you yourself were part of killing the senate compromise bill. you called it dead on arrival. so my question to you is why you
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say there need to be solutions, what are house republicans doing to get to a solution on the border and on ukraine? or are you going to actually do nothing? what is your proposal? what are you doing? >> no, we're addressing each of those issues. they're important issues on the table. we are not going to be forced into action by the senate who in the latest product they sent us over does not have one word in the bill about america's border, not one word about security. the reason that the other one was dead on arrival is because it did not meet the moment. it would not have solved the problem. you can't leave giant loopholes and codify some of the things that have gotten us into this situation. what we're doing right now is the house is working its will. the house republican conference we met an hour ago with all the members and there are lots of ideas on the table of how to address these issues. we will address the issues. we'll do our duty on that matter, and all that begins in earnest right now. we have to address this seriously. we have to actually solve the problems and not just take political posturing as has happened in some of these other
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corners. thank you. thank you. >> get those spending bills done in time? >> that was house speaker mike johnson taking on a lot of questions following the impeachment of alejandro mayorkas, the dhs secretary last night, so a lot of the focus there on immigration and border security. he says he wants to meet directly with president biden on this issue. he defended the house rejection of the bipartisan border security deal that had looked to be initially successful in the senate, but of course it wasn't after he came out and said that it would be dead on arrival in the house. he claims president biden could just use executive authority right now to address the border situation. that of course doesn't address the funding issues for resources there on the border, and he says there are a lot of ideas still on the table that republicans are trying to work through to address the issue at the border. turning now to the israel
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and gaza situation, as israel continues its battle against hamas, it is now day 131 and the cia director william burns just concluded negotiations with top middle eastern officials yesterday without a new deal for a cease fire or the release of hostages. this as a looming israeli offensive in rafa has forced families of displaced gazans to evacuate and once again seek refuge. raf sanchez is in tel aviv for us. he caught one the leader of hamas in gaza, raf, what are you learning? >> reporter: so ana, sinwar is not at the table for these negotiations on a cease fire in cairo. he is believed to be in the tunnels underneath southern gaza, but he looms very large over these talks, and there is an irony here that israel is indirectly negotiating with this man, and at the same time, trying to track him down and kill him.
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>> four months into this war, israel claims to have killed, captured, or wounded around half of hamas's 30,000 fighters in gaza. >> we've shattered 18 out of 24 hamas battalions, and we're mopping up the remaining with ongoing raids. >> reporter: but israel's number one target remains at large. yaya sinwar is the leader of hamas in gaza. the man who masterminded the october 7th massacre. sinwar has been in hiding since then. israel's military says this video shows him fleeing in a tunnel with his family three days after the attack. two former intelligence officers confirmed to us it shows sinwar. but despite a $400,000 bounty on his head and an air and ground assault on gaza that's killed thousands of palestinian civilians, he's so far stayed one step ahead of israeli forces. we joined some of those troops as they pushed into gaza.
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arriving in the remains of khan yunis, sinwar's home city. >> where we're standing here, my soldiers fought to take this ground. >> reporter: we followed them deep underground into a set of tunnels where they believe sinwar was recently sheltering. they offered no firm evidence, but said these beds suggest senior leaders were here, while inside this cage troops say they discovered the dna of three young hostages all released during the temporary cease fire deal in november. somewhere in this vast tunnel complex, the israeli military believes sinwar is hiding. it is not clear if he is still able to give commands to his troops, how much he can communicate with the outside world, but every day that he is alive is a day that he is defying israel. and so the hunt continuecontinu. >> you've been chasing sinwar for four months. why is it you haven't caught him yet? >> we'll get him. he doesn't care about his people. he's putting his people between him and us.
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>> reporter: israel now hunting sinwar, while at the same time negotiating with him over the fate of the hostages, and few believe his death will mean the defeat of hamas. >> israel has assassinated so many of hamas leaders in the past, didn't do anything to the organization, but make it stronger, more determined. >> but for israel killing sinwar would be a battlefield victory and some small measure of justice. and ana, i met sinwar in gaza five years ago. he's a very intense man, as you can imagine. israeli officials believe he is likely keeping some of those hostages close to him for his own protection, and they say they believe he will not surrender alive. ana. >> reporter: raf sanchez, fascinating report, thank you. next on "ana cabrera reports," plan ahead this valentine's day, the thousands of ride share drivers who are shifting into park to picket.
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this valentine's day, a different kind of drama at america's airport than the dramatic race to the gate in your favorite rom com. today, thousands of drivers for uber and lyft say they won't pick up passengers at ten major airports as part of a nationwide strike for fair wages. nbc's steven romo joins us from newark airport. what are you hearing from drivers and what are they looking for? >> reporter: that boycott is set to happen from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. today in different ten different cities across the country. they got their t-shirts on as they prepare to pull off this demonstration during that two-hour boycott of the app. we did get to speak to them earlier today, hearing their concerns and as you would probably guess, it is about their wages, which they say the company is raking in profits, but not shirting it with them. here's more of what they had to say. >> most of the drivers, they have the perception it is a
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modern day slavery they're doing. but since they are caught up in this web, they don't know what to do. since they're new in the country, and how expensive things are here, they are feeding families here and families back home as well. so now they're not making anything, anything. >> i only make 80 bucks yesterday, all day working. monday, $43, all day. how am i going to pay my rent? >> reporter: here are some of the demands for the group justice for app workers, which are organizing this. they are asking for a living wage and to end unfair deactivation on the app, a process they say is way too cumbersome. they want healthcare access, safe work environment, restroom access and a right to unionize. it is something we heard from the app workers we have spoken to today, asking specifically for living wage saying they just can't afford rent while they keep hearing reports of the companies raking in lots of
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money. ana? >> steven romo, thank you for that report. and so, j. lo famously saying love don't cost a thing. here is a question. how much does it cost the average american for valentine's day? we're breaking down the numbers next. alentine's day? we're breaking down the numbers next they'd arrive with a replacement we could trust. that's service the way we want it. >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace. ♪ as someone living with type 2 diabetes, i want to keep it real and talk about some risks. with type 2 diabetes you have up to 4 times greater risk of stroke, heart attack, or death. even at your a1c goal, you're still at risk ...which if ignored could bring you here... ...may put you in one of those... ...or even worse. too much? that's the point. get real about your risks and do something about it. talk to your health care provider about ways to lower your risk of stroke, heart attack, or death. learn more at getrealaboutdiabetes.com covid-19? i'm not waiting. if it's covid, paxlovid. paxlovid is an oral treatment for adults
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decker buses, a million fans are expected to attend and at this year's event, love is in the air as well, because it is valentine's day, of course. and the parade, serendipitously combines two american faves, celebrity couples and football. there is no guarantee taylor will be in attendance. her eras tour resumes friday in australia. it is valentine's day, so, we'll see if travis kelce has a date. love might be in the air, but that doesn't mean it is free. between chocolate and cards and flowers, you could be dropping a whole lot of money this valentine's day. so, even though every one of us might say you can't quantify love, we're going to try. brian cheung is here to take us through valentine's day by the numbers. break it down for us, brian. >> happy valentine's day. i love that j. lo reference, love don't cost a thing. it does, though. the national retail federation says $14.2 billion, that's how much is expected to be spent on significant others this holiday.
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that's a record, by the way, would be a record. 57% will buy candy. $6.4 billion spent on jewelry. $2.6 billion on flowers. by the way, none of these stats even cover the cost of just buying one of those hallmark cards, 145 million cards get exchanged on the holiday. all part of what should be a pretty big valentine's day this year. >> i'm one of those who goes with the card and nothing more. so, looking at relationships what are this year's trends? >> well, look, a lot of people and couples will be going on dates tonight. and i've got some stats for you on valentine's day date night. $4.9 billion estimated to be spent on date night. 32% of americans are planning a night out, in many cases going to a restaurant. what is interesting about the trends of trying to get a reservation online, so easy to do, yet there are a lot of last minute schedulers, 30% of valentine's dinner reservations made within 24 hours. that is according to rezy with
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the spend of $203. not cheap at all. but if you did plan it last minute, don't say that, say you had it months in advance. >> i like it as a good excuse to get out of the house without the kids. i know. exactly. got to love it. thank you, brian, for bringing us that fun segment. that's going to do it for us today. happy valentine's to you at home and thank you for being here with us. i'm andrea cabrera reporting from new york. jose diaz-balart picks up our coverage right now. good morning, 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific. i'm jose diaz-balart. new overnight, democrats flip a u.s. house seat in the special election to replace expelled congressman george santos. how the win could be a sign of things to come in other elections nationwide. the house votes to impeach a sitting cabinet member. what is next for secretary alejan
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