new york governor kathy hochul. let's bring in tonight's political panel, maya -- cummings the former chair of maryland democratic party. and amy toro cann. former chair of the nevada state gop. amy, let's start with the recording obtained by the detroit news that i referred to earlier. in the program. this rep on former president donald trump in the rnc chair ronna mcdaniel pressuring to republican canvassers in michigan not to certify the 2024 presidential election results. during a phone call days after the election. nbc has not heard or verify the audio recordings. but this is just the latest phone call that we know about where trump was directly involved in efforts to overturn the election. what does this suggest, maya, about the scope of trump's attempts to override the will of the people, targeting states with large black populations at that? >> yeah, so, donald trump has, it would've been anyone else except for donald trump, he would've been under the jailhouse already. but the fact of the matter is, trump e

kathy hochul, governor from the great state of new york, december 20 were different governor hochul said the statue of liberty is the welcome with open arms and we will work to keep you safe. keeping your cost to me. i lived my might be on the golden door. i know it hurt because i like it when i was a child in the country is about. this is what i thought. please, i'm not xenophobic i love my country and backward. my parents took me to the statue of liberty, this is not that. this is a disgrace. do not try to pawn the soft is of the ellis island, trying to come to this country because right now we are not, don't do that to me. it's not a people are coming here in the last six will you can't sit here the taking. all of a sudden advising america is like a bug never know it and that's the way to govern our country right now. we don't even know what we are going to get. now the governor is saying coming to new york, we are truly going to leave the country to go somewhere else. this is what happens we don't provide braggadocio in our country. only a sovereign nation or not? not the united stat

new york governor kathy hochul tonight has put state police and new york national guard on alert, saying the safety of jewish new yorkers is nonnegotiable. emilie ikeda has late details. ♪ >> reporter: on the first night of hanukkah, police across new york ramping up patrols at jewish sites after gunfire caused a major scare at temple israel in albany this afternoon. >> shotgun and a hoodie in the parking lot nearby a report of one shot heard. >> reporter: officials say the suspect is a 28-year-old local who was walking around outside the synagogue and acting very suspicious >> according to witnesses, he fired off a round from a shotgun while making threatening statements >> reporter: law enforcement now investigating the shooting as a hate crime. >> we were told by responding officers that he made a comment, "free palestine. >> reporter: on the synagogue's premises, two dozen preschoolers it was the director of the early childhood center who first heard the shots and called 911, according to officials. the suspect, who has a rap sheet, was apprehended in a neighboring parking lot. >> th

next up, kathy hochul, the governor from the great state of new york. in december 2021 governor hochul said and i quote, as you know the statue of liberty is inscribed and it says give me your tired, your poor your masses, we will work to keep you safe. give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, send these the homeless to me i lift my lamp beyond the golden door, that's what it says. i know it by heart because i learned when i was a child. that is what this country is about and this is what i thought for a. please, i am not xenophobic. i willing to die for my country. my parents took me to the statue of liberty and made me memorize that, this is not that. this is a disgrace. do not try to pawn this off as if this is ellis island people trying to come to this country to find a better way for themselves, right now we ain't got it don't do that to me you don't insult my intelligence and don't insult the intelligence of the american people. now that we have these people coming here in mass it is, go somewhere else can sit here, seats taken per all

new york governor kathy hochul tonight has put state police and new york national guard on alert, saying safety of jewish new yorkers is nonnegotiable. emilie ikeda has late details. ♪♪ >> reporter: on the first night of hanukkah, police across new york ramping up patrols at jewish sites after gunfire caused a major scare at temple israel in albany this afternoon. >> shotgun and a hoodie in the parking lot nearby. a report of one shot heard. >> reporter: officials say the suspect is a 28-year-old local who was walking around outside the synagogue and acting very suspicious. >> according to witnesses, he fired off a round from a shotgun while making threatening statements. >> reporter: law enforcement now investigating the shooting as a hate crime. >> we were told by responding officers that he made a comment, "free palestine." >> reporter: on the synagogue's premises, two dozen preschoolers. it was the director of the early childhood center who first heard the shots and called 911. according to officials. the suspect, who has a rap sheet, was apprehended in a neighboring parking lot. >>

joining us now democratic governor of new york kathy hochul.appreciate your time. >> good morning. >> i want to start on texas. this is a very, very central issue, not just politically but as people try to understand the post-roe environment in particular states. what was your response when you saw it play out? >> this is the nightmare every woman has feared since we actually got the leaked memo about the dobbs decision that it would go against 50 years of rights women fought so hard for. my mother's generation fought for those rights. i benefited from those rights. and now those rights will not be there for my daughter and my granddaughter. so that is, to me, personally abho abhorrent. as a woman, it's tragic, but as a governor, i have a different philosophy on this. we'll talk about what we're doing next november on the ballot in the state of new york. >> abortion will be on the ballot. it's going to be on the ballot to codify that right in the state as people go also to vote on, which is amazing that we don't have it yet, an equal rights ame

kathy hochul, for her part, strongly condemning this, especially since families were, as we just saidreally getting ready to come together to celebrate hanukkah. this is what she said yesterday. >> the fear that it has wreaked, the fear, the anxiety it's caused, i know a lot of people are feeling really shaken right now. and september is one of multiple synagogues targeted with bomb threats. and now to know there's an individual who literally brought a gun, a loaded weapon, to their premises shakes people to their core. >> hoping to reassure the community, hochul ordering the new york state police p also the narc guard to increase their patrols at potential at-risk sites, jewish community centers, and synagogues as well, this would be on top of that boosting of security that we saw play out, just after the october 7th attacks, especially in light of the recent spike in anti-semitic and islamophobic attacks. the suspect is expected to make an initial appearance later today and facing weapons charges and potentially more. >> polo, thank you very much for the reporting. >>> this morning,

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democrat governor kathy hochul bolstering security after weeks of protests targeting key transportation hubs. much more on what officials are bracing for. but first, fox on top of the over the top numbers to close out 2023 at the border. migrant encounters hitting an all-time high. and on wall street, stocks hitting a series of highs, and on the campaign trail where tensions on both sides couldn't be higher. donald trump getting banned from another tate ballot. state ballot. meanwhile, republican presidential candidate nikki haley is here on that as the first big contest in two key states closes in. many. ♪ ♪ david: and good saturday morning to everyone. i'm david asman in for neil cavuto, and this is "cavuto live." first to the record-breaking number ifs at the border. griff jenkins is here to break it down for us. good to have you in new york, but you've got new numbers from the border. >> yeah, david, it's really remark remarkable, we're going to end the year with the southern border in the worst border crisis it has ever seen from a humanitarian standpoint to a national security thr

officially, yasmin, we should know that new york governor kathy hochul, has to schedule a special election at this point. it looks like santos's staff will stay in place. they'll be managed by the house clerk through that office in the house as we wait to see exactly what happens next from new york's third district. >> erin giokos from the white house, thank, you erin. greg, you are there, the district that santos represented. we just heard from aaron as to the special election that will be held by new york's governor. nonetheless, how are folks reacting? >> good afternoon, yasmin. the way the people district are we acting, they are just really looking for a new set of changes. and a new voice they want somebody who's going to be very transparent. of course, harkening back to the fact that, with george santos, there wasn't a lot of transparency with some of the allegations that were put forward. as aaron gilchrist touched on a little bit earlier, this whole process is gonna work to try to fill this vacancy, new york governor kathy hochul has ten days to file a special election that will th

meanwhile today, new yorkers are calling on governor kathy hochul to sign a bill making it easier toto court and challenge convictions even if a person pled guilty. this was the executive director of the families and friends of the wrongfully convicted at a rally outside of the governor's office. >> i spent 27 years in prison for a crime i did not commit. i stand here today to urge the governor to sign the wrongful conviction act. innocent people spend decades in prison fighting for their freedom. >> joining me now is former brooklyn prosecutor, and msnbc legal analyst, charles coleman. can i get your general reaction? when i read that daughter's words it strikes how this is obviously an enormous tragedy for an individual who spent most of their life in prison. but the domino effect of what that means is extraordinary. >> sure, chris, i think that often times the way we have conversations about criminal justice in america neglects to consider the many myriad of factors you were just talking about in terms of the lives that are broken, the communities that are shattered and the famili

governor kathy hochul with that tweet, just minutes ago. us now to continue our conversation is texas congresswoman veronica escobar. a pleasure to see you. i know you sit on the ethics committee, which investigated george santos, and wrote the report that led to today's vote. ranking member of pennsylvania susan wild said the report was unanimously approved by the committee. what is your takeaway from this vote today? >> well, thank you so much for having me on the show again, jose. and this is a very sad day. and very solemn occasion. i never imagined coming to congress that i would ever have to vote to expel a colleague, a fellow member of congress. but this was a vote that had to be taken. the evidence was overwhelming. his violations were so egregious that they rose to the level of shocking. the investigative subcommittee spent months investigating this. and i want to say our ethics team, our staff, our nonpartisan staff really worked very hard to ensure that they provided all the due process required to mr. santos. and gave him the op

. >> reporter: new york governor kathy hochul now has ten days to schedule a special election to fills' seat. >> there are going to be efforts on the part of republicans to try and keep that seat within republican hands. but it's going to be an uphill battle for them after all of this. >> juju: our thanks to rachel. >>> coming up, golden couple. america's golden bachelor handing out his final rose and his heart in a dramatic finale. the feeling of finding the psoriasis treatment she's been looking for. sotyktu is the first-of-its-kind, once-daily pill for moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis for the chance at clear or almost clear skin. it's like the feeling of finding your back... is back. or finding psoriasis can't deny the splendor of these thighs. once-daily sotyktu is proven to get more people clearer skin than the leading pill. don't take if you're allergic to sotyktu; serious reactions can occur. sotyktu can lower your ability to fight infections including tb. serious infections, cancers including lymphoma, muscle problems, and changes in certain labs have occurred. tell your do

. >> reporter: new york governor kathy hochul ensuring it stays that way, tapping new york state policethe new york national guard and even the port authority to keep the millions expected to flood the streets of the city tomorrow night safe >> we're not used to the crowds to this level, so we're glad there's security around. >> reporter: jose vega is an nypd veteran, well-versed in the city's new year's eve celebration. >> the plan is really simple, is to keep things as safe as possible there will be metal detectors. they will use vehicles as barricades. drones, helicopters. cam meters radiological pagers, radiological backpacks. >> reporter: security will be beefed up at airports, bridges, tunnels and even mass transit system and with tensions here at home from the israel-hamas war they are planning for protests demonstrations having already erupted during nyc's christmas celebration and thanksgiving parade, security will be as tight as ever across major cities around the country, from boston >> we will have a strong presence throughout all of our boston neighborhoods. >> reporter: to

new york governor kathy hochul warning residents to be prepared.very major airport in the east is in the path of this season. senior meteorologist rob marciano. >> reporter: confirmation that this thing is going to be really expansive. look at the numbers as far as how much rain up and down the east coast. widespread two to four inches. everybody has a chance of flooding. two storms colliding over florida, discharging winds, maybe even a tornado in the southern part of florida during the day. charle charleston, you're going to get slammed. expanding into d.c., philly, new york, the morning rush is going to be an absolute mess, flash flood threat with strong winds. it does wind down fairly quickly monday night, but it's going to be a rough ride until then. >>> we turn now to the other major news this friday evening into the staggering decision, a jury ordering rooudy giuliani t pay $148 million in damages to two georgia elections workers after it was found giuliani defamed them. giuliani accused them of changing votes during the 2020 election withou

. >> reporter: tonight in a show of sport, new york governor kathy hochul is attending services at temple israel. >> the community has been upended, but i'm calling on all people -- don't let this -- don't let the forces of evil take the joy that should be in your heart right now. >> reporter: just here in new york last month, david, the nypd said there was a 32% increase in anti-jewish crime compared to the same month a year earlier. david? >> david: aaron katersky in new york tonight. thank you. >>> meanwhile, to the israel-hamas war. israel acknowledging the israeli military did try to rescue hostages from hamas inside gaza but that it failed. james longman in israel again tonight for us. >> reporter: tonight, as israel intensifies its furious assault on gaza, details are emerging about a failed operation to rescue hostages from hamas. israel says two idf soldiers were severely injured when its forces raided a hamas hideout, but no hostages recovered. hamas claiming one hostage killed in the fire fight, but israel not confirming the death. it comes after the detention of hundreds of me

. >> reporter: minutes after the expulsion, new york governor kathy hochul announced she is bringings to have a special election in one of the dwindling number of actual competitive districts in the u.s. beard both parties, norah, are about to spend a fort george santos' successor. >> norah: scott macfarlane, thank you. turning overseas now to the war in gaza, air strikes resumes today following the collapse of the week long cease-fire and do tonight, cbs's lilia luciano spoke with an israeli soldier who said she warned military officers of extremely concerning hamas activity before the october 7th massacre. >> reporter: renewed air strikes marked the end of the temporary cease-fire. but the fog of war isn't thick enough to cover the failures that led to the october 7th attacks. a lack of intelligence, however, wasn't the problem, said margaret vainshtein. >> i think that the main thing that failed is just... the fact that they didn't listen to us. >> reporter: she is part of a unit of female soldiers who surveilled the gaza side of the border six months before the attack, she notice

. >> reporter: tonight in a show of support, new york governor kathy hochul is attending services at temple israel. >> the tranquility of this wonderful community has been upended, but i'm calling on all the people, don't let this, don't let the forces of evil take the joy that should be in your heart right now. >> reporter: just here in new york last month, david, the nypd said there was a 32% increase in anti-jewish crime compared to the same month a year earlier. david? >> david: aaron katersky in new york tonight. aaron, thank you. >>> meanwhile, to the israel-hamas war. tonight israel acknowledging the israeli military did try to rescue hostages from hamas inside gaza, but that it failed. abc's james longman in israel again tonight for us. >> reporter: tonight, as israel intensifies its furious assault on gaza, details are emerging about a failed operation to rescue hostages from hamas. israel says two idf soldiers were severely injured when its forces raided a hamas hideout, but no hostages were recovered. hamas is claiming one of the hostages was killed in the fire fight, but

new york governor kathy hochul warning residents to be prepared. major airport in the east is in the path of this season. senior meteorologist rob marciano. >> reporter: those two words, grows and strength, we're keying in on that. confirmation today that this thing is going to be really expansive. look at the numbers as far as how much rain up and down the east coast. widespread two to four inches. everybody has a chance of flooding. two storms colliding over florida, damaging winds, maybe even a tornado in the southern part of florida during the day tomorrow. look at the heavy rain through atlanta, raleigh. some of these big airports are going to see delays. charleston, you're going to get slammed. probably some coastal flooding in there too. then sunday night expanding into d.c., philly, new york. the morning rush is going to be an absolute mess monday morning, flash flood threat with strong winds. it winds down fairly quickly monday night, but it's going to be a rough ride until then. >>> we turn now to the other major news this friday evening

. >> reporter: minutes after the expulsion, new york governor kathy hochul announced she is beginning special election in one of the dwindling number of actual competitive congressional districts in the u.s. both parties, norah, are about to spend a fortune trying to elect george santos' successor. >> norah: scott macfarlane, thank you. turning overseas now to the war in gaza, air strikes resume today following the collapse of the week-long cease-fire and new tonight, cbs's lilia luciano spoke with an israeli soldier who said she warned military officers of extremely concerning hamas activity before the october 7th massacre. >> reporter: renewed air strikes marked the end of the temporary cease-fire. but the fog of war isn't thick enough to cover the failures that led to the october 7th attacks. a lack of intelligence, however, wasn't the problem, says margaret vainshtein. >> i think that the main thing that failed is just... the fact that they didn't listen to us. >> reporter: she is part of a unit of female soldiers who surveilled the gaza side of the border. six months before the a

new york governor kathy hochul is prepared to fill the vacancy following the ouster.antos spoke to reporter as he left the house floor. >> did you know this was how it was going to go? >> i'm unofficially no longer a member of congress. i no longer have to answer questions. >> reporter: he didn't always answer our questions anyway,just for the record. joining me is polo sandoval in queens, which is george's district. what's next for his seat? >> reporter: you could see the former congressman's name on his office. that is obviously going to change here very soon. in terms of the process in place to allow the people to turn the page on what's been a very complicated chapter, the process itself is really quite simple. governor hochul now has ten days to announce a special election that's supposed to take place 70 or 80 days after that announcement is made. unlike your typical election, it would not be a primary that would decide the candidates. it would be party leaders at the county level that would bring forth a list of candidates that would eventually end up on the ba

here's what we can tell you directly from governor kathy hochul, who says it was earlier this afternoon at a synagogue in albany, new york that a 28-year-old man is believed to have walked up to the parking lot and then fired a shotgun. now, the good thing to report here, no indication that anybody was hurt. but it's certainly caused quite a bit of concern there in that community as the synagogue itself there at the temple israel in albany. there were several children inside a youth center at the time. so certainly having to go into lockdown there. in terms of what we can expect next, authorities saying that they are certainly going to bolster law enforcement presence, this certainly being the first night of hanukkah festivities. and as far as the suspect, only a 28-year-old man as federal authorities are working to confirm if this was hate motivated. jake. >> all right, polo sandoval, thank you so much. >>> former president donald trump spoke after spending all day at a civil fraud trial in new york. let's take a listen. he's speaking live. >> and it shouldn't go forward. the other thi

just today new york governor kathy hochul announced she actually submitted a letter to some of new york's universities and colleges warning of what she described as aggressive enforcement action, if they don't comply with discrimination laws. basically a preemptive letter to various universities. many of the chancellor of these universities each confirmed call for genocide would be considered a violation of the codes of conduct. very different from what we saw from liz magill a few days ago. we cannot stress enough. much of that outcry, not because of what she said, but what she failed to say, and now you have those two other officials she was flanked by in those images, president of harvard and m.i.t., also under similar scrutiny. the president of harvard actually since yesterday issued a statement of apology via the student newspaper there. >> yes. a hot mess for the leaders of a lot of these very esteemed institutions for just not going far enough in condemning anti-semitism, condemning genocide which should be a layup. joining us now is the university of pennsylvania student who also

all eyes are on the new york governor kathy hochul as she moves forward with a plan to schedule a special election, the election has to be held within the next three months, it is a district that biden won back in 2020, this is a major pickup opportunity for democrats who are already saying they plan to invest heavily in this race. isabel, victor? >> investigations are currently under way regarding alleged fake electors in nevada who are suspected of orchestrating fraudulent electoral college votes following the 2020 election. >> a cnn correspondent recently tracked down the individuals looking to overturn the election results in favor of then president trump. watch this. >> reporter: in northwest nevada nestled among the mountains in the trucky river valley, we find in this quiet reno public library two state republican leaders who don't want to answer our questions. >> you're not going to comment on whether you've spoken to anybody. >> that's going on, right. >> if you would turn that off, we have nothing to talk about really on that, i have nothing to say. >> i don't have any -- >> con

rachel: kathy hochul looking to hold a special election to fill his seat.xandria hoff has the latest. >> reporter: the governor declared some confusion on this. up the party leaders in new york to choose the candidates will be part of the swing district special election. some thought governor hochul's statement said that she alone would choose santos's replacement stating, quote, i am prepared to undertake the solemn responsibility of filling the vacancy in new york's their district by scheduling a special election. the people of queens deserve nothing less. there will be scheduling for the third district seat, likely to place mid to late february. after that vote, 311 in favor, 114 nos and two present votes. santos flipped out before voting concluded. it was embarrassing and house ethics investigation found he used campaign funds for personal purposes and engaged in fraudulent conduct. within hours the house changed the locks to his office and removed his nameplate. he becomes the sixth member of the house and the first republican never to be expelled. san

all eyes are on kathy hochul and when she will schedule this special election which has to be held withinhe next three months. obviously democrats already trying to compete for this seat. which joe biden won in the 2020 election. democrats vowing they're going to invest a lot of money in this race, wolf. >> lauren fox on capitol hill, thank you. >>> joining us now, chris christie. thank you so much for join ug. i want to get your reaction to george santos's expulsion from congress. what does it say that top republican leadership voted against it? >> well, i disagree with them and i think it is the right thing to do to expel george santos. he's a liar and a thief. he needed to be expelled from congress. he should have never been there in the first place. and so, from my perspective, the 105 republicans did the right thing and if i were there i would have done the same thing. >>> and a federal appeals court ruled that president trump doesn't have presidential immunity from civil lawsuits over the insurrection. how big of a blow is that to trump, governor? >> it just continues to pile on his

new york governor kathy hochul has ordered a police presence throughout the state to be increased on top of what we saw play out after the october 7th attacks, and also governor hochul issuing what we can call a preemptive letter to colleges and universities in new york state, basically issuing a warning that any sort of calls for genocide on campuses would be a direct violation of the institution's code of conduct. and if said institutions would fail to react or address that with disciplinary action, then they could potentially lose out on receiving funding. so what we're seeing here as the state's chief executive, seeing what played out just this week on capitol hill with the heads of those three universities, and basically reminding institutions here in new york that that can not happen, and for her part, her office saying the heads of many of those universities here in new york are responding saying that they are very well aware and are prepared to respond with any disciplinary action should those calls for genocide play out on their campus. so not to mention losing funding, but

hochul of jake bequette show podcast, jake bequette. let's go to david in washington with the latest, david. >> david: the governments hunter biden chose not to pay $1.4 million in self-assessed federal taxes, but he had money to do so. this indictment was filed in central district of california, that of coers los angeles, which hunter biden calls home. between 2016 and october 16th 2020, the defendant spent on drugs, escorts, hotels, exotic cars, clothing and other items of a personal nature, in short, everything but his taxes. charges include failure to pay in 2016 and 2017. also failure to file in 2017 and failure to pay taxes in 2018. then we move to felony of tax evasion allegations following false return which is a felony and following false return on another tax document in 2018, another felony. expenses include 1.4 million in atm withdrawals and payments to various women, at least $397,000 for clothing and accessories, tuition and education, 237,000 on health, beauty and pharmacy products and $214,000 on food and groceries, $188

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new york's governor kathy hochul will soon be setting the date for a special election and democrats arering up already to try and reclaim new york's third congressional district, a seat republicans had flipped with santos' win, a congressional district that joe biden carried in 2020. one of the democrats vying for the nomination is former new york state senator anna kaplan, she joins us now. thank you for coming in. >> thank you for having me. >> when santos was finally expelled i was looking at your statement, you said this in summary, this has been an embarrassing episode. why do you think this embarrassing episode sets you up to win back the seat? >> so it is really amazing somebody like him, a fraudster to get into office by lying and cheating. i got into this race in mid-may because i truly believe we deserve better. the residents deserve better. i made my announcement through a video, the video has gone viral, we've gotten over 1.6 million views. i'm happy to say up to today my campaign has been able to raise 1. $1.176. it's $25 campaign contribution average from over 26,000 uniqu

new york governor kathy hochul signing a bill on reparations. legislation creates a commission to study the proposed payments. here is what the governor said at a ceremony a few moments ago. >> new york would like to think we're on the right side of this. slavery was a product of the south. the confederacy. we're proud of the legacy of incredible warriors for justice and liberation. today i challenge all new yorkers to be the patriots and rebuke and not excuse our role in benefiting from the institution of slavery. >> dana: there will be a commission and a review and if the state of new york follows california did the same thing. or san francisco. california has a statewide one. i noted last week on "the five" the san francisco commission and its work had to be halted due to budget cuts. so >> bill: did she mention money today? i don't know. >> dana: they'll study it. how long they study it will probably be a source of controversy, i imagine, as well. also get you to this. there is a funeral service that will be held at the national cathedral in

now democratic new york governor kathy hochul says she's prepared to name someone to fill that vacancy for the rest of the term. joining me now is "new york times" reporter grace ashford and cnn senior political analyst, ron brownstein. it's great to have both of you. ron, let's start first with you. long island has evolved toward the republican party in the trump era, it's become a bit more red. can the democrats reverse that trend with the santos replacement, and help people understand why the republican leadership was very nervous about this because it makes their small majority even smaller. >> right, they have a small majority, they're down another seat. on paper, this is a district that voted for joe biden in 2020, one of the 18 districts held by house republicans that voted for biden. and many republicans are worried that if you kick out santos the democrats will pick up the seat. they may still be favored, jessica, but it is going to be tougher than i think kind of conventional wisdom has it. long island really is one of the few suburban areas anywhere in the country that is tr

the governor of new york, kathy hochul, will set the date within the next three months. obviously it is going to be a tight race, given the fact that this is a district that biden won in 2020, jake. >> lauren fox, thanks so much. >>> let's bring in kellan curry, a new york republican already vying for george santos' old seat. thank you for joining us. the democrats are going to do everything in their power to flip the seat blue. why jump into this chaos? >> oh, absolutely. jake, thank you so much for having me. i'm encouraged by all the people that have been standing with us in this campaign. we desperately need better leadership in this country. the better leadership we can provide. right now we're not getting that from mr. santos. it's a great day he's gone and our district can get back to work and i look forward to being a part of that solution. we've been at this for nine months and we've gotten endorsements from congress, and have raised money and we're fired up and ready to go. >> does it concern you if you get elected, your leadership, house speaker mike johnson,

new york gove no kathy hochul now has to declare a special election to replace santos, which should be right around the corner. joining us to discuss, robert zimmerman, the democratic candidate that lost to george santos in last year's elections. i'm sorry to say that, bob, i know every time it comes up -- >> great reception, jim. >> probably stings a little bit every time it's said. >> good to be with you. >> are you going to take another crack at this? >> i told the political leadership, because -- in new york state, when we have a special election, it's the political leaders who choose the nominee, and for the democrats, it will be, of course, jake jay could bes, the nassau county chairman, congressman greg meeks, the queens chairman. they'llcon susulting with the governor and with hakeem jeffries. this is so much more than me, j jim. it's critical for queens and nassau county th, and so, i madt clear, i'm there to help. >> and what is your reaction to santos being expelled? and i have to ask, maybe you've been asked this before, but were there any rumblings at the time that there w

kathy hochul? oh, j.b. pritzker, he will try to buy his way into office.ill take those matchups any day of the week against any of our people in the future. now, we haven't even mentioned josh hawley, j.d. vance, elise stefanik. all very strong voices for the future and it's not just on those economic issues that we have talked about so much in the past year that we are seeing growing support. social conservatism is also on the rise while liberalism is waning. that my friends is great news. really when i thought about it i thought about writing this as my last "angle" for the year. ever since the 2008 financial crisis and the rise of obama, what that meant, that many on the right and sometimes i have felt this way, i have been a little bit on the defensive. at times it's been painful for all of us to see the radical changes pushed by the left. and the weakness, utter weakness of so many who should have fought back harder and pushed back harder. but now, time to push away that pessimism because the momentum is on our side. the left has gone way too far. i l

it will now be by state law new york governor kathy hochul that will announce a special election that we're told will likely happen in february. now, the parties wouldn't actually hold a primary for candidates, so, instead, what we'll see take place, those county party leaders will get together, hold a vote, and then put forth a candidate. already, the pool of potential candidates include everyone from a retired new york police detective, a war veteran, even the man who used to hold that seat before he pursued unsuccessfully a bid for the governorship. so, certainly questions about what's going to happen to what is a critical, politically critical seat here. when you look at the layout of the house of representatives here, and a reminder that santos was just one of four republicans that actually flipped districts that were traditionally blue. so, certainly republicans would have a lot riding on this. in terms of what we have been hearing if the last several days, really since yesterday from residents here, i want you to hear from one of them, who is quite grateful that they're turning

in new york state we have kathy hochul trying to ban gas stoves and gas heaters and according to there center of public policy that will lead to global reduction of 0.05%. we are spending all this money, having our freedoms taken away, less consumer choice and this will reduce temperatures by one or 2 °, maybe we are making progress. we are losing our money, losing our prosperity and making almost no dent in temperature. this is a total scam, and irretrievable fraud. stuart: strong stuff. how can you explain what seems to be a contradiction to al jaber who runs an oil company is the whole get co2 initiatives down conference. >> not sure why organizers agree to have this affair. stuart: it costs a lot of money to put these things on. like an anti-gambling office, surrounded by fossil fuels if they are floating upon lakes of petroleum. stuart: next year because it is so extensive nobody wants to host it. by default it goes to germany and if it goes to germany, al jaber is the president again. >> he will talk about there being no science behind is and the germans have gotten away from w

new york governor kathy hochul grants clemency to rapper travail coleman.committing a 20-year-old cold case murder. the rapper was sentenced to 15 years to life, he served 13 of them. 's commutation makes him eligible for parole earlier than his original 2025 data. and incredibly rare moment as a woman with a double uterus gives birth to two twin girls on two different days. the rare pregnancy has a one in a million chance. for more on these and other stories, download the fox news apps, scan the qr code or go to foxnews.com/apps. >> a big legal for donald trump and legal setback for jack smith. i would argue jack smith lost more than a legal issue at the supreme court, he lost credibility, this may be his molar moment. viewers remember when special counsel robert muller struggled and stumbled to find an answer and couldn't answer why he applied a different standard to donald trump than anyone else ever prosecutor or other investigation by the department of justice. i submit that if this the bob muller moment for jack smith because everyone remembers. john:

hakeem jeffries and kathy hochul corrupted the court of appeals by stacking it, removing the former chief, forcing her to step down, putting a new chief judge in, forcing another judge to recuse herself so they could appoint a new york city judge to serve on this one case and render a 4-3 decision ordering the maps to be redrawn. no question they want to eliminate me from public office and they are going to do everything they can but i point twice to democrat districts, i flipped the status "barron's roundtable" in 2020 and last year flipped the congressional seat president biden won by 10 points. they can try to gerrymander my district but i win because i'm talking about the issues that matter to the american people including yesterday getting my first bill signed by the president in the nda to create a special envoy for the abraham accord so we can normalize relations between israel and arab majority countries to ensure long-term peace and prosperity in the middle east so i am doing the job. i'm not concerned about the politics and attempt by the democrats to gerrymander the maps. we wi

new york governor kathy hochul now has ten days to schedule it. disgraced politician, punch line, historical footnote. while we're at it, fraud, accused criminal, conman. the possible descriptions go on and on, almost as long as the list of lies told by george santos. but the story of a man who has compared himself from everyone to rosa parks to mary magdalene is far from over. the original "star wars" was in theaters longer than santos was in office. but the farce is strong with santos. a local newspaper called the north shore leader was sounding the alarm months before n part because even among his fellow republicans, there were questions as basic as his name. >> another congressional nominee. george santos. george, who we know is a friend, he's known as anthony to me. so, i don't know where george santos came into the thing. but that's what it says here. >> what followed was a barrage of bloviating bs, a flowchart of falsehoods, from his education, the prestigious prep school with no record of him, to the fictitious all star volleyball career a

kathy hochul? oh, j.b. pritzker, he will try to buy his way into office.l take those matchups any day of the week against any of our people in the future. now, we haven't even mentioned josh hawley, j.d. vance, elise stefanik. all very strong voices for the future and it's not just on those economic issues that we have talked about so much in the past year that we are seeing growing support. social conservatism is also on the rise while liberalism is waning. that my friends is great news. really when i thought about it i thought about writing this as my last "angle" for the year. ever since the 2008 financial crisis and the rise of obama, what that meant, that many on the right and sometimes i have felt this way, i have been a little bit on the defensive. at times it's been painful for all of us to see the radical changes pushed by the left. and the weakness, utter weakness of so many who should have fought back harder and pushed back harder. but now, time to push away that pessimism because the momentum is on our side. the left has gone way too far. i lik

hochul said it's a new york city problem, not a new york state problem. she really let her down, because at the time, the mayor of new york needed all the hope that we can get, frankly, left catherine hochul to hang out. >> i want to go to you first on the heels and heroes, jen, but let me say my heels of 2023. i want to highlight my favorite florida lid starting with congressman matt gaetz. few politicians not named a trump have dished out more self inflicted wounds on the republican party. congressman gaetz forced mccarthy to force -- and then exploited that vulnerability to replace him with a far more radical speaker less than a year later. only time will tell whether gaetz will cost his party the asked majority in 2024. my ultimate heel weighs down -- sunshine state governor ron desantis, once a leg up on other challenges to trump, but 2023 was the ear of desantis stumbled in his race for the white house, whether it was his off-putting demeanor or obsession with anti-wokeness, governor ron did not exactly put his best foot forward. and he took a beati

. >> this will be the most controversial time kathy hochul ever write her name.bill new yorkers would pass. it is ahistoric. the overwhelming majority of new yorkers from 1776 did not own a slave or want to slaves or seek slavery. we were one of the first states to free all the slaves. we should be proud of that legacy. david: the same in california, yet there going -- >> putting collective guilt on people who are not responsible. i have as much connection with stonewall jackson as i do napoleon bonaparte and i'm not responsible for paying the bad things were either of those which i have news for democrats, there's an entity that still exists today that spend hundreds of millions of dollars every year that if you go back to the 1860 convention, the 1850s and 1840s there's an institution that supports slavery, the democratic party. they are still in power today. of democrats want to make reparations an issue they should look at their own party platform going back one hundred 74 years. of that is ridiculous to them think how articulate the topic is in general. davi

. >> reporter: new york governor kathy hochul ensuring it stays that way tapping new york state policee new york national guard and even the port authority to keep the millions expected to flood the streets of the city safe. >> we're not used to the crowds to this level so we're glad there are security around. >> reporter: jose vega is an nypd veteran well versed in the new year's eve celebration. >> the plan is to keep things as safe as possible. there will be metal detectors. vehicles will be barricades, drones, helicopters. radiological pagers and backpacks. >> reporter: security at bridges, tunnels and even mass transit systems. and tensions here at home from the israel hamas war, they're planning for protests. demonstrations having already erupted during nyc's christmas celebration and thanksgiving day parade, there will be presence. >> you will have a strong presence. >> to las vegas. >> every piece of information. every source that gets reported to us. every tidbit gets followed up vigorously. >> reporter: this right here may be one of the best views of the ball drop in times sq

maria: sounds like you think he's more apt to run for mayor than take on kathy hochul for governor.ing to go for governor. >> i don't know if he's going to go for governor again. maria: we'll see. >> he's got me too issues that are never going to go aaway. there are those women that love cuomo still. maria: claudia tenney, thank you. congresswoman from new york. >> thank you. maria: we'll be right back. ah, these bills are crazy. she has no idea she's sitting on a goldmine. well she doesn't know that if she owns a life insurance policy of $100,000 or more she can sell all or part of it to coventry for cash. even a term policy. even a term policy? even a term policy! find out if you're sitting on a goldmine. call coventry direct today at the number on your screen, or visit coventrydirect.com. maria: welcome back. well, the man accused of hitting one of president biden's secret service cars now facing charges. lauren with details. lauren. >> hi, maria, wilmington police say a 46-year-old driver was impaired when he caused this crash as you can see here, that provided some frightening

. >> and we reached out to new york governor kathy hochul's office about the mass exodus and waitingn on that as they drive south. >> dana: melissa carney's two book the two-parent privilege. it's not being straight or white or male, it is being born into a two-parent household saying the declining marriage rate is what's driving many of the country's economic problems. 1.5 million babies were born to unmarried mothers. 40% of all births that year. i think at the start we should be clear. you are just stating facts and providing people information. not passing judgment on people who are trying the toughest job in the world is being a single mom, no doubt about that. tell us about your research and what you found. >> i appreciate that. that's right. what i'm doing is pulling out mounds of data and evidence to make an economic case that the decline in marriage, which has happened largely outside the college educated class, dramatic rise in the share of kids in the u.s. born outside a marriage or to single parents, that has contributed to economic insecurity of people without a college

adams may be having his own political problems right now, but when it comes to the migrant crisis, kathy hochul said it's a new york city problem, not a new york state problem, and she really let him down, because it was at a time when the mayor of new york needed all the help he could get, and frankly, kathy let him hang there. >> and when i go you first on the heels and heroes, jen, but let me say my heels of 2023. i want to highlight my favorite florida man, starting with congressman matt gaetz. few politicians, not naming trump, have dished out more self inflicted wounds on the republican party. congressman gaetz forced mccarthy to accept a historically weak speakership, and then exploited that vulnerability to replace him with this far more radical speaker less than a year later. only time will tell whether gaetz will cost his party the house majority in 2024. but my ultimate he'll wears them in his b sunshine state governor ron desantis, once in georgia, leg up another challenge is -- 2023 was the year of desantis stumbling in his race for the white house. whether it was his off pu

., new york governor kathy hochul signed a bill creating a commission to consider reparations for blackew yorkers who have endured the ongoing legacy of slavery and racism. it's the third state to launch such a taskforce after california and illinois. among other things, the commission will investigate housing discrimination, policing and incarceration, and income inequality. a recent report by the new york city comptroller's office found white households in the state have a median net worth almost 15 times higher than black households. the commission could recommend monetary or other forms of compensation, though new york would not be compelled to abide by these. reverend al sharpton spoke at tuesday's signing ceremony. >> i do not know where the commission will go, but i know that history is made because there is a commission and there is a recognition. and sometimes even if you can't take away the pain and the scar, we gain a lot by being recognized. amy: in germany, acclaimed russian-american writer masha gessen received the prestigious hannah arendt prize on saturday in an extremel