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it is 5 a.m. here on the east coast. 501 exactly. and here's a live look at the christmas tree display. this is outside of city hall in philadelphia on this christmas eve morning. see some people actually on the ground there walking very early risers. good morning everyone. i'm rahel solomon in today for kasie hunt. wonderful to be with you. drug use, sex for hire and allegations of violating state laws on statutory rape. all included in a house ethics committee report against former congressman and donald trump's first choice to become attorney general, matt gaetz. according to the 37 page report, the ethics committee finds that gaetz, quote, regularly paid women for engaging in sexual activity with him. they also claim that in 2017, gaetz, quote, engaged in sexual activity with a 17 year old girl and that the congressman, quote, used or possessed illegal drugs, including cocaine and ecstasy. now back up their findings. the

committee also released pages of documents including text message screenshots between gaetz and unnamed women and one of the exchanges. the committee says that gaetz is asking a woman to get him drugs by referring to, quote, a full complement of party favors before asking her what will she be wearing to his hotel. another screenshot shared by the committee an unnamed woman and gaetz seemed to be arguing over pay when she says the gaetz quote, so i'm not to be taken care of for. last week. gaetz responds saying, quote, i gave you 250 today and about last week says, quote, you gave me a drive by. now, gaetz denies paying women for sexual favors and lashed out at the committee for releasing the report. in a post on x, writing in part they did this to me in a christmas eve eve report and not in a courtroom of any kind where i could present evidence and challenge witnesses. lawmakers from both parties, now weighing in on the allegations against their former colleague and trump's former pick to

become attorney general. >> the contents of the report, this ethics report are very serious i expect the public to react to it in a serious way. but he's not he's not a nominee. he's not a congressman anymore. he's a private citizen of the country. the country expects us to move on. >> the reflection of this, on the judgment of donald trump as perhaps the most remarkable part of this whole story. >> the trump meantime, is standing by his ally. late last night, gaetz posting this picture with the caption, i got a great note from president trump. the note is written on a printed headline of the story and reads, matt, very unfair. joining me now to talk about this is margaret talev, senior contributor at axios. margaret. good morning. margaret. >> good morning. >> how are you? >> good, good, good to have you. so let's start with just the fact that there was a lot of back and forth about whether this report would ever see the light of day. it has. it's now out. what now? i mean, how do you see this playing out in

washington? >> well, you know, you heard some of the commentary there saying he's a private citizen now. but one of the big questions for people in washington is, is he, um, he he will start shortly as a news anchor on a conservative station. but one of the bigger questions is will matt gaetz try to have a comeback, either in congress again at some point or perhaps in the senate or as florida's governor, as a candidate for governor? so i think if he proceeds with a political campaign in the coming months or year, um, it will renew a lot of this conversation. but what you're seeing is not just the president elect saying, you know, very unfair, but a number of president-elect trump's allies. telling gaetz, don't back down, stay in the fight, or you know, that the mistake he made was, um, uh, you know, leaving

congress. so i think, um, to the extent that he is still in the, you know, in the game politically, this will continue to be an issue. he will also be a commentator. and then there's the question of how this is played out inside the republican caucus. my colleague andrew sjölander at axios reporting over the weekend that the way this report was able to come out was that two centrist republicans or moderate republicans had joined forces with the democrats on that committee, the congressional committee, to allow that report to be released. one of these is a republican congressman from ohio. um, dave joyce, who his background is as a prosecutor. so he's got some respect for the law. and andrew garbarino from new york, and that it was their decision to side with democrats, according to andrew's reporting, um, that allowed this report to come out. so are there going to be repercussions for them or are

they going to be folk heroes inside the caucus or a little bit of both? >> yeah, i think that is sort of an important point to this, that it wasn't just the democratic members of the committee that voted to release this. it was it had to be at least one republican. but according to your reporting, as you just outlined, it was actually two republicans who who actually sided with the democrats. um, talk to me about the significance of that well, i think as we're seeing in these weeks before donald trump takes office, once again, he has wanted to kind of test the boundaries of where republican caucus either fear or loyalty or both will will lay. >> and we've seen it more in terms of the nominees. in fact, gates had been the nominee briefly for attorney general. and, um, so he's wanted to test like, will his party look at his win and see it as a mandate and see the threat of them facing primary opposition as a reason to fall in line and in a couple of cases, we've seen the limits of that. one has been gaetz' nomination

itself. there were too many republicans in the senate who just weren't going to go for it. um, but the house is a different story. the house districts tend to be much more gerrymandered. it's really hard to be, um, a moderate, a republican, moderate in most congressional seats around the united states. so, um, but the margins are going to be so narrow. the republican majority is going to be so narrow as donald trump takes office, in part because he has pulled some house members in to serve in his administration. um, that really all it takes is a couple of republicans to, um, in the house to sort of fall out of line to halt him. overall with legislation. and at the committee level, i think we're also seeing the boundaries of that. there are some things and some people, and i think matt gaetz is one of the rare forces who unites most members of congress. not all, but most members of congress. there are some

limitations to that loyalty or following up on what donald trump has asked for. >> yeah. i mean, just speaking of limitations and just how narrow the majority is, you think about how difficult the path ahead might be for someone like speaker johnson, sort of trying to to to manage the conference. margaret talev, thank you for joining us this morning. >> morning. thanks very much. >> all right. straight ahead on cnn this morning. aaa projects a record breaking holiday travel, but storms from coast to coast could cause some holiday hiccups. plus, former president bill clinton in the hospital after developing a fever. there is hope that he will be home for christmas. and shaky ground why some republicans may be having second thoughts on who should hold the gavel in the upcoming congress. >> you told me earlier this week that you that speaker johnson does not have your vote on january 3rd. is that still the case? >> even more so. >> yeah. >> he doesn't have my vote. >> i can't fool myself. it was

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but the newly released house ethics report sheds light on allegations that have long plagued gaetz, ultimately leading to the downfall of his attorney general bid under donald trump. >> it was unclear whether the report would ever be made public, especially since gaetz resigned from congress and then dropped out of the running for attorney general and still has the backing of trump. but according to the report, quote, although several committee members objected, a majority of the members of the committee agreed that the committee's findings should be released to the public. joining me now is d.c. correspondent for the nevada independent, gary gabby berenbaum and washington correspondent for spectrum news new york. one, kevin frey. good to see you both. gabby, let me start with you. now that it's out, how does this impact matt gaetz? i mean, what happens now for him? >> i would imagine matt gaetz, his career is probably done in washington, although you never know. stranger things have happened. look, i think the fact that this report was even released, right, for a former member who had resigned, who had taken himself out of any potential to be in the

administration, shows just how little love there was for matt gaetz in the house. this is not someone who was beloved by his colleagues. this was someone who was really a thorn in their side. and so i think the fact that this report even came out is just sort of the latest, the latest evidence of that. >> kevin, i want to get your reaction to something. so this was in an op ed in the new york times, written by the deputy editor of the new york times editorial board, david firestone. and he says in it, when you read through the details, you can see the commonality between the two men and the reasons trump held gaetz in high esteem. it's not just the contempt for women as disposable commodities for hire or plunder, it's the contempt for the law. so, kevin, do you think we continue to see trump standing by gaetz? and does this hurt trump at all? >> well, i mean, we already saw that message you had earlier in the show that trump wrote to gaetz. >> and this is kind of the one open question, which is, yes, he was not confirmed by the senate and his campaign was just getting out. there was no love lost for him, particularly on capitol hill. but could he

potentially try to put him into a position in his administration that doesn't require confirmation on capitol hill? that's kind of the one outstanding question. and certainly trump still has him in his orbit and clearly appointed him as ag before. obviously, that all fell apart because he saw him as someone who was an ally and someone who could act in his interest to essentially try to tear down or upend the department of justice. and so it is an open question as to where exactly he lands next and how long he will stay within trump's graces. >> yeah, i think one thing sort of heading into the new year that's also an open question is, is mike johnson's future? i mean, obviously totally, completely different. but i want to ask you about the upcoming speaker election. here's what one republican said earlier this week. take a listen. >> you told me earlier this week that you that speaker johnson does not have your vote on january 3rd. is that still the case? >> even more so. >> yeah. he doesn't have my

vote. >> gabby, let me start with you. i mean, after just the whole spending debacle, budget debacle last week and sort of how it all came together literally at the very last minute, what happens now for speaker johnson? >> i think what happens now for speaker johnson? there are two questions we have to parse, right? number one, are enough republicans frustrated with him to depose him as speaker? i think that number that answer is definitely yes, right. given the margin, 1 or 2 votes there, you know, scores of republicans who feel like he's been a poor leader. the second question is, are they willing to sort of start off 2025 this year, that they're coming in with a trifecta in government? trump returning to the white house? do they want to start that with a protracted speaker battle? and i think one person who will, you know, give us clues as to how to answer that is trump himself, right? does trump want to expend political capital saving johnson if it looks hairy on the hill? and i said, i think that will be, you know, the top story line to look for as we move into the speaker battle at the beginning of january. >> and kevin, to that point, where is president trump on

speaker johnson? i mean, initially and you heard speaker johnson say just moments after the house passed the bill that he had just spoken to trump. trump. um, you know, i'm paraphrasing here, but he said something to the effect that that trump was sort of happy or pleased with how it all came to be. politico has some reporting that trump is anything but pleased with how it all came about. where does trump stand on this? >> right. and i mean, to build off of what was just said, representative tim burchett, who was one of those that voted to get rid of mccarthy last congress or the the currently ending congress. uh, basically argued the other day to some reporters on the hill that this is all going to be decided by trump and what he wants. he's going to be the one that picks the next speaker of the house. there was that reporting in politico, which is pretty for johnson's future, in no small part because trump is reportedly very annoyed that he doesn't see johnson as having enough of a spine to do his bidding. on the idea of the debt ceiling, which has, because it did not get done within this most recent package. it gives democrats a deal of leverage heading into the next congress. democrats

already had a deal of leverage heading into the next congress because of the fact that the margins are so slim, because of the filibuster in the senate and because, quite frankly, republicans struggle to coalesce as a unified group. and when you have a vote margin of 1 or 2 at most, getting things like reconciliation, a giant tax package done is going to be difficult. throw in the animosity that could be caused by a speaker fight, and that sets up a recipe for really disaster for their legislative agenda. >> yeah. stay tuned. gabby birenbaum thank you. kevin frye thank you as well. good to have you both. and still ahead on cnn this morning, the year ahead promises to be a big one at the box office. we'll take a look at some of the most highly anticipated movies of 2025. plus, the green bay packers lock in their spot for the playoffs. more on that when we return with our cnn sports update. >> scott luther, never too much

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the playoffs for the fifth time in six seasons. >> it's big time. you know, that's something that obviously the goal is super bowl. so that's the first step right there is making the playoffs. obviously this was a big time game to clinch that spot and proud of the way we came out here and handled business. and yeah so it's big time and you will have to wait too long to get your next nfl fix. >> netflix has a christmas day doubleheader coming up tomorrow. it starts with the chiefs visiting the steelers at 1:00 eastern, followed by the texans hosting the ravens at 430. millions of fans will be tuning in to watch houston native beyoncé perform during halftime of the second game. ravens quarterback lamar jackson says he plans to catch the show even though he should be making halftime adjustments. >> i'm going to go out there and watch. yeah, go out there and watch, man. my first time seeing beyonce perform and it's at our game. that's dope. i'm going to go out and watch. sorry sorry sorry

fellas. >> can you blame him. it feels like the super bowl. you could say joel embiid second game back from his sinus fracture did not go well. just before halftime the sixers star called for a charge against the spurs. victor wembanyama. embiid picking up a technical foul for arguing the call. then he followed referee jenna schroeder around the court, earning another t and the second ejection of his career. the sixers would go on to win the game 111 106. the final. turning to hockey, buffalo finally back in the win column, the sabers dominating the islanders to the tune of 7 to 1 last night, putting an end to their 13 game losing streak. captain rasmus dahlin led the way with a career high four assists, while 20 year old forward jiri kulak notched his first ever two goal game. the sabers and their fans can savor this one for a while. >> they're off until saturday, when they host the chicago blackhawks. >> and in a donation tradition that has happened each year since 2018, look how great this is. this is fans of spanish la liga soccer team real betis and making it rain during halftime of their match on sunday,

showering the pitch with thousands of cuddly stuffed animals. and these toys are going to be donated to disadvantaged children over christmas and the new year fans, setting a new record this year. >> by the way, collecting 20,000 toys, all of them going to somebody in need. >> i just think it's so sweet. a magical sight, something you certainly don't see every day, but for a good cause. love it. yeah. no. that's beautiful. all right. carolyn manno. thank you. carolyn. yes. all right. from superheroes to action blockbusters and timeless fairytales, audiences are gearing up for an incredible lineup of 2025 movie releases. here's a taste of some of the most anticipated films. >> that's the pattern, isn't it? >> you refuse to sacrifice the ones you hold close.

wait, wait. >> it's a human. >> what did you think i was? >> nothing. ghost. i hope you'll be safe from the queen. here. >> the queen stole everything from all of us. i'm gonna need your help. >> it's time to restore our kingdom. please. >> and joining us to discuss is the host of boston globe today. segun odu olowo. great to have you, shagun. good to have you this morning. >> thank you rachel. as you can see behind me, it is christmas. it's christmas eve i'm excited. so yeah, let's talk some films for 2025. >> and i see you're in los angeles, which means we're really pleased to have you. thank you for waking up early to be with us today. so we just saw that that warner brothers footage from james gunn's superman reboot with krypto the superdog, the first look at a lot of new characters. what can we expect there? >> well, you can expect mixed results because this movie is getting savaged online due to

the trailer. i mean, superman is bleeding in the snow, superman doesn't bleed. you know this again. they are rebooting superman. i'm not sure why. it's one of those characters that, for whatever reason, he doesn't seem to connect with audiences. what we can expect are multiple characters, right? characters that we haven't seen before. i don't want to spoil it. they've already shown you krypto the the, you know, the wonder dog. so they are swinging for the fences, hoping that this reboot will be similar to when spider-man rebooted again and again and again. i've got my fingers crossed. i'm a comic book guy, but this superman kind of like the flash that we saw before. i don't think it's going to. i don't think it's going to wow audiences. but again, fingers crossed. 2025. hope. hope springs eternal. >> we'll see. certainly going into the new year optimistically. so let's talk about some of the other movies. so you have the second part of wicked for good, the continuing

the story of elphaba and glinda. mission impossible, final reckoning, and then the live action snow white. what else can we expect to see next year? >> oh my god. so if 2024 was about sequels and prequels and just like a regurgitation 2025, is that in overload? there's avatar three that's going to be out. there's going to be another mortal kombat two that nobody asked for, but they're going to do. you mentioned the mission. you mentioned the mission impossible story finally coming to its head that long movie that tom cruise has, you know, has had gestating for years. there's also a movie that's going to be cute, bad guys two, which is a which is an animated flick with animals that are, you know, were once thought of as bad guys, but now do good things. so there's den of thieves two, which again, no one really asked for this movie, but i'm kind of excited. it's got ice cube's son in it at reprising his role. so there are there are

going to be a lot of movies that are just going to be the follow up from what we saw in 2024, because that's what seems to sell. there's even another captain america movie from marvel, so buckle up its sequels again and again and again. >> what about there were some whispers, just whispers. but there were some whispers about another black panther. do you know anything about that? >> you see? listen, look, you and me need to start our own fan fiction, because there has been whispers about another black panther. allegedly, it was going to be his sister, and she was going to be taking up the mantle. but as of yet, it's been absolute radio silence. and i'm. look, i saw black panther one. i was there, i had on, you know, i had on my dashiki and wakanda forever. i saw the second one kind of let me down, because no one can replace chadwick. but if they

do a third one and they kind of skew it the way disney has done before and make a female protagonist and make a female hero out of his sister, i would love to see that. i'd love to see that. so again, fingers crossed. let's start that fan fiction page and make sure that it happens. >> yes, we're on to something. clearly going into the new year with maybe a new project sort of happening here. and then just lastly, as someone who sort of follows the space so closely, what are you personally looking forward to in the new year in terms of box office? >> well, i'm hoping that people will come to the box office. well, you know, it's been a while since we saw barbenheimer, right? we saw barbie and oppenheimer kind of galvanize people back to the theaters, and we haven't really seen this, like moana two kind of outdid expectations. deadpool and wolverine in 2024. i want to see people get off their couch. leave that 80 inch flat screen that everyone seems to have hanging on their wall in some room and go to the theaters. a lot of these movies need to be

experienced with popcorn reclining people talking sticky floors like, you got to get out back to the theaters. and i'm hoping that people will do that. and i'm hoping that the industry will stop taking the movies out of the theaters and putting it on streaming before people can enjoy them in the cinematic experience. so that's what i'm hoping for. i'm hoping the movies bring us back to the theaters again. >> it's such an interesting point. i was just recently saying to a friend, let's go see mufasa. and my friend said, oh, we can just wait for it to come. and i'm like, oh no. like, i think the movie is the movie experience. to your point. it's, you know, it's just fading. consumer habits are changing. but great to have this conversation with you. have a merry christmas. that's fun. thank you, thank you, thank you rachel merry christmas. merry christmas. all right. and up ahead on cnn this morning, a bombshell report. the house ethics committee releases its long awaited findings in their investigation into matt gaetz. plus, why some of america's biggest companies are lining up

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