market and concentrated inny my opinion in order to succeed. liz great to see you, eddie. happy new year. >> happy new year to you too. liz: here we go, closing bell on the first trading day of januar. we look at red on the screen and not too much and the dow clipped by about a third of a percent and no big thing and s&p down a third and it's bitcoin once again roaring 2.8% standing at # 7,000 with 289. trading to be back and so glad you're watching. larry: hello, folks. welcome to kudlow. i'm larry kudlow.

so, with an evil and tragic terror strike in new orleans, it's all the more important to usher in the trump era by moving the speaker's vote in the republican house then certifying the election and paving the way for mr. tram top hit the ground running on january 20th. just a moment, we'll lead with speaker mike johnson on all this and more and then later talking to former secretary of state mike pompeo and newt gingrich and aishah hasnie live on cap hill what. what do you have? reporter: larry, lawmakers willing to go on the record and there's a lot of frustration about how the fbi missed this guy so sources are telling me that the fbi told lawmakers today they had zero intelligence on jabbar before the attack and

they were not tracking him and they believe he was inspired by isis and not directly getting directions from the terrorists organizations. what we know about him at this hour. jabbar claimed to have joined isis before this summer and posted five videos on facebook supporting isis the night of the attack, and he had an isis flag on his truck. we all know that . i'm told the fbi is questioning a houston mosque and some lawmakers are mad that the fbi knew nothing about him until it was too late. >> you're right. it was a failure. we need to look at whether we had intel indianapolis day torrs and look at -- indicators and how he was radicalized online. >> the fbi was more interested in tracking down people that protested the election on january 6, 2021, and they raided mar-a-lago and went after pro life protesters, parents holding school boards accountable. that's a misallocation of

resources based on leadership of this administration. reporter: larry, several told me they find it hard to believe this incident wasn't connected somehow to the las vegas trump tower explosion that happened on the same day. they want more answers about that. in fact, a republican senator josh hawley is now calling on the department of homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas and fbi director christopher wray to come to capitol hill in person and answer questions, testify in a congressional hearing immediately. larry. larry: all right, aishah hasnie, thank you very much for that update. quickly reelect speaker mike johnson in order to move the trump blue collar boom agenda at warp speed and that's the subjected of tonight's riff. this past monday, president trump issued a ringing endorsement for the reelection of speaker mike johnson and he'll be here in just a moment.

on truth social mr. trump wrote and i quote, "the american people need immediate relief from all the destructive policies from the last second-degree ministration and speaker mike johnson is a good, hard working, religious man and he'll do the right thing and will continue to win. mike has my complete and total endorsement. maga". then the next day on n new years eve walking into his galla party at mar-a-lago, mr. trump reiterated his support for speaker johnson. take a listen, please. >> i want to give support to speak eric johnson. i think we're going to have a great time in washington, and i think we're going to get great support. he's the one that can win right now. people like him. almost everybody likes him. larry: all right, add former speaker newt gingrich to the list of johnson endorsements that said in an interview that republicans shouldn't waste time with an ugly floor fight and that the gop needs to get behind

the incumbent speaker. "they need a republican unity program for the next two years". so any number of republican luminaries have endorsed mike johnson for speaker and with pleasure, let me add my name to that list. he's a pro growth supply cider on tax cuts, he's a tough hawk when it comes to closing the border, stopping the biden flood of illegal immigration and eradicating terrorism here at home. he's a law and order man, he's for drill baby drill, believes in trump's america first, peace through strength foreign policy. in other words, speaker johnson is a common sense conservative, and he has been incredibly accessible to the media. tomorrow, house will convene and start the 119th congress with the election of the speaker of the house as the first order of business. i would remind folks that monday, january 6, the house sports must vote to certify the

presidential election. but without a speaker, the house can't certify. if the house along with the senate can't certify, president elect trump might not become president trump on january 20th. think of it. so this is no time to dot l. gop house and senate should hit the ground running. according to senior advisers closest to president trump, he continues to want to see "one big beautiful bill" as he puts it, on his desk from both houses as fast as possible. it would include tax cuts, closing the border, fossil fuel reform and permitting a peace through strength bill. during the campaign, mr. trump's working class coalition was repeatedly promised better laws, added take home pay, tax cuts, cheaper energy and closing the border and so forth and so on.

so promises made, promises kept. one big beautiful reconciliation bill can combine all matter of fiscal policies requiring only a 51 vote majority in the republican senate. let the blue collar boom begin right away. house has already passed hr-1 on energy and hr-2 on immigration. jason smith's w weighs and means committee working on it and senator mike cray ports of entry ready to -- mike crapo working on his bill and it would help president trump fulfill the overwhelming mandate for change. and that's my riff. now, more importantly, joining me now is the speaker of the house, mike johnson of louisiana. speaker, welcome and thank you for your time, sir. it's very hectic. >> hey, larry. great to be with you, and i appreciate your endorsement and

humbled and honored to have yours and president trump's and former speaker gingrich and all of our friends and all the leaders across the conservativee movement are saying the same thing, we have to stay unified and we can fulfill the campaign promises that the american people gave us the mandate to do if we stay unified and that's the key here and it all begins tomorrow and i'm confident we can do that. larry: speaker, let me begin quickly and a lot said and reported and so on and so forth. here we are in the later afternoon. your thoughts on the terror in new orleans, and las vegas and people are criticizing the fbi and intel agencies didn't know this was coming and seemed to have missed it. you probably know a ton more than i'll ever know about this. anything you've got to add to the conversation so far? what are you thinking here, sir?

>> i wish hi more to add and participated in the classified level briefing this afternoon by the intelligence agencies and fbi. i talked to my governor down there, jeff landry, who's a very close friend of mine and attorney general liz merle and they're doing a great job and local officials are doing all they can. we need our federal partners to do our job. and it's very well placed and for four years now, the biden administration has taken its eye off the ball and didn't prioritize in our view the right things and the fbi was off doing all the things and putting emphasis in investigations and eye on conservative catholics and concerned parents at school board meeting ands all these other things and tried to convince us the greatest threat to the homeland was racially motivated extremism and looking at wide open boarder and thought logically that might lead to terrorist attacks in the future. you know, we need a dramatic change and this emphasizes once

again why this election was so important to the country and we cannot get president trump here soon enough. 18 days away from his inauguration and his cabinet coming n. law and order types and going for them and including fbi and doj immediately. larry: two cops were hit and wounded but they're okay. is that true? >> that's the latest information, that's right. i think there's now 15 confirmed dead and that's just a tragedy and a lot of young people and innocent people out just enjoying the new year. and the problem thing that's frustrated us and going to be reactionary and we have known for many months and the attack like this was possible and

perhaps imminent. fbi director christopher wray testified to congress in the spring and red lights were flashing and it was a serious situation. we knew that large scale events when people are on big, you know, pedestrian areas in the street like the french quart fertilizer new orleans, my otay mesa state, they'd be vulnerable for something like this, and the idea that somehow we missed this guy being radicalized is a real concern. larry: well, hearts and condolences out to everybody. i always think of the cops first, but to all the families and i hope those wounded can get through. how does the speakership look for tomorrow, sir? >> i think we'll be okay. maybe one no vote. i think we'll get it done in the first round, hopefully hopeful for that. we need to stick together and the first 100 days of congress and perhaps longer into the year so necessitates that every single republican is diverse as

our caucus is, can put aside their personal preferences every day and work together for the team, and i think everybody understands thanksgiving clearly the mandate that we have and the importance of the moment, and i think they're going to come and get along. look, i'm a proven fig fighter d maga conservative, but also someone that can get everyone in that broad array we have in the house gop to work together, and that's necessary in the days ahead and that's how we're going to deliver on the america first agenda for the people. we can't wait to get started. larry: is president trump making calls for you, speaker? >> i was with him yesterday at mar-a-lago. he and i and jd vance and the vice president elect, his senior team and legislative strategy and all that and he said who do i need to call. i don't think he's calling this afternoon because i haven't identified anybody that he needs to lean on. my conversation withs my colleagues have gone great, and a lot of members have come in very thoughtfully and good faith

and process improvements and we're shifting into a brand new pair dime with unified government and we'll have control of the white house, senate and house. 60% of the house republicans have never experience that had before so it's a totally different environment, totally different existence when we're actually in a law making exercise every day. so we should have a lot more fun. we get to run our agenda instead of playing defense every day, and we're looking forward to that. larry: i said earlier, no time forkfor stalling, you've got a certify case tomorrow, january 3 and correct many if i'm wrong, procedurally if we don't have the speaker, we don't have a house, we don't have a certification, then we don't conceivably go to january 20th and have a president trump. >> >> yeah, we would have ourself as constitutional cries is i would argue. you need a speaker to come in to commence the congress. we've been doing this for

hundreds of years and we'll do it again tomorrow. we'll get the 119th congress going historic as it will be. and i've said ask said on the campaign trail all year, genuinely believe, we could be the most consequential congress of the modern era and president trump will be the most consequential president and we have to fix everything. that has to begin on day one. we don't have any time to waste, and i think that everybody recognizes that here. larry: speaking of fixing everything and speaking of blue collar booms and safety at the border and maybe stopping these terrorists and so forth, how about it? some people close to mr. trump are reporting that he is talking about one big beautiful reconciliation bill. one big beautiful bill, speaker. what do you make about one big beautiful bill? does your reimagining one big beautiful bill and how that might work in the senate side at the same time? >> well, look, i think the

senate will get it done and all this begins in the house and i believe we'll be able to build the coalition to do that and one big beautiful bill will have a lot of components if that's ultimately the play call and a lot of meter to this and going to get tax done and energy policy and the border and everything you said all in one big shot but the clock will be taking and we'll have a lot of pressure on it for some time and the american people are going to want to see results and some of those negotiations by design take a long time and you've got to get it right. everybody here is ready to roll their sleeves up and get the job done and put in processes and procedures to make that collaboration happen on a very quick timetable and will be required to do that. i think we're going to be able to get this ball over the goal line for the people and it's going to be a huge thing for the country. larry: i don't want to obsess about it but you'll permit me to obsess slightly and moderate obsessing but it'll be awful hard to get two bites out of the apple. you'll have to tight majority in

the house and very tight majority in the house. discussion on the continuing resolutions through large extent and shows that meme think you can get quick reconciliation bill and there's going to have to be offset toss any border spending anyway and plus defense increases and i just think mr. speaker, i think one big bravely bill is the way to go, and i do think, you know, mr. trump got a mandate for change and enormous mandate for change from the working class coalition and prospects of assuring or reassuring people fatten your wallets and get the tax cuts mre collar boom can begin right away along with closing the boarder and so forth. i think you owe it to your new majority to do one big beautiful bill >> yeah, you've made your case well.

all this we say here on the hill. when we're in the discussion room. well, larry kudlow says it. there are others as well and there's a lot of smart people who are advising on this and sharing their opinions and it's very value and will it'll be a big complicated thing, but it's something we're going to do, and look, you know me personally and appreciate your insight on that and talking to incoming treasury secretary scott bessent about this and many others. steven moore and art laffer and the rest. they make a very compelling case about the one bill strategy a lot of people are listening, larry. we want to ensure success and about measuring the probabilities of passage and we've got to take the best shot we can to get it done and no margin for error. it'll be a delicate dance and we'll deliver for the people. i appreciate all your influence. larry: i don't know if i have any influence but i have a point of view and many share that you just mentioned a bunch of people that share that point of view.

i think i know where your heart lies and the president in his own language and one big beautiful bill and he's been steady on that. i've had reports from u.s. senators and senior staff and others. yourself included that this first surfaced at army navy game or whatever it was a month ago or so. he's not moved on that and i think you have to deliver and propses made, promises kept and don't want to make the mistakes of 2017 when quick republicans went after obama care and this and that. almost getting tax cut through them in late 2017. this time it's russian roulette with a 4 or 5 trillion tax hike. again, i don't want to obsess about it and at least not overly obsess about it and kudlow terms. you've been accessible to the media and appreciate that and you'll be tough on the other

manners and border and terrorism in general and leave it at this, mr. speaker, this is my humble opinion and the sooner we can get tram new mexico there, sooner we can get his agenda moving and hit the ground running and then perhaps hopefully with gods grace the less we'll worry about jihadist and isis and al-qaida and the united states as well as the combination of economic slump and high inflation. there'll be a role in these things but the sooner the better, leave it at that. how about that? >> absolutely right. that's a great way to conclude it. we have to make america great again and we will. larry: speaker mike johnson. thank you for your time. we know you're very busy and good luck on the vote tomorrow, sir. and happy new year. >> thank you. larry: coming up on kudlow, will tax cuts drive the bond vigilantes out of the way? long term rates are going up.

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larry: so the question is will tax cuts driver the bond individual leeanneties out of the way in d vigilantes out of the way? we don't really know what that means. we have john carney, breitbart finance coed torr and breitbart business digest and taylor riggs cohost of the big money show. happy new year, kids. john, welcome back. so what i'm getting at is the fattest cut there by -- fed cut target rate by 1 basis point and the 10-year bell weather treasury, which is an indicator of inflation fears; right, has gone up not down, gone up by

about the same 100 basis points or 1%. meaning if you buy into this thing, there's going to be trumpen inflation and not what they called for and more goods and services and combat inflation or maybe we are doomed because the fed is running monetary policy. john, i'll start with you. >> yeah, look, the bond market is clearly rejecting the fed cuts and they're telling the fed they gave the wrong thing and fed is now rejecting its own cuts and saying we might cut twice this year and look at market pricing and they're saying maybe twice, maybe one more time this year. which is a total retreat from where they were. i think there's a danger that they may have reignited inflation, but the way out of it is trump economics. we need more on the supply side. we do not want to try and squeeze the economy into a slow down or cause recession to stop inflation. we want to deregulate and we

want more fossil fuels and needs the tax cuts in order to ramp up production. larry: you know, these are threats, not facts yet. the stock market turned pretty shaky over the last month or so. had a great trump bump right after the november 5 election. but, taylor, i mean, you look at this and let's say the 10-year treasury about 460 and got to 5 or 5.25. that could signal higher inflation and losey st stocks ad lower -- lousy stocks and lower economic growth and not the scenario an incoming president would want to have. >> it's different than the scenario in 2016. i'm so glad that you mentioned the 10 year at 5%. that's the magic number that we keep hearing about where that is going to be the big pressure on the equity markets. the simple math is all of usny know, the higher the discount rate, which is the higher the 10

year yield, the lower the present value of what my stock is worth. and so if it goes up to 5%, the math says my stock is worth less. and that's just the way it goes. bond vigilante is fighting all this and that could be where the equity market is a bit pleasured. larry: you're telling the bond vigilantes to use that very old but still accurate. they're saying don't right now. joe biden said don't to russia. nobody listened to joe biden but everybody listens to the bond market. the bond market is saying to the fed don't. >> yes. larry: okay, now the fed may or may not listen to the bond market. >> therein lies the rug. i think at some point and, john, maybe you jump in here, i think the fed will have to listen to the bond market. if the bond market is revolting, eventually that's higher inflation and higher growth on the horizon and either way none is the federal reserve cutting

and we also need to think about what will tame the bond vigilante and going to be 3-3-3 scott bessent plan. >> i think we're going above 5% on the 10 year and the problem with that is going up 22% and rise in stocks and probably looking at 5 or 6 or 7% in some type of the future for stocks, if you can get that risk free with a 10 year, then that takes a lot of money out of the stock market. you can go into bonds without the volatility that you're getting from the stock market. so that means that you have another alternative in stocks that would be dangerous. larry: what mr. trump wants is a blue collar boom. he doesn't want the bond market to get in the way. he doesn't want jay powell to get in the way.

he doesn't want chuck schumer to get in the way. and he wants to hit the ground running, start going after big reconciliation bill that would cut taxes, open up the fossil fuel spigots and close down the border. he wants a blue collar boom and wants to say to his new coalition of working folks, whatever color, say i am keeping my propses. i'm just saying right now -- promises and right now the fed is making those promises look a little shaky, in the shorter run. >> it is. this cut that they did in september, which was very irresponsible that locked them in the november and december cuts was a terrible idea. it has put trump's ability to get his agenda through a bit in danger, but i will say he should keep pursuing it and shouldn't let what's happening in the bond market stand in the way. there'll be people that say no, no, you can't cut taxes because of the bond market vigilantes

are coming in. he needs to cut taxes and latest gallop poll shows 54% of americans personally expect trump to cut their taxes. if he disappoints the expectation for tax cuts, it's game over really for the trump administration. larry: hate to obsess about it but i will obsess about t how many brainiacs should we let in the country? >> 480,000; right? h-1b visas and b stands for brainiacs. trump has been firmly saying he was never against the program. we want legal immigration and we want those who are smart and love the country and work hard here. larry: he's pro growth. >> hard core admissions in the country and ivy league colleges that try to weed out the

underperformers and high skilled immigration in the country. we're just not doing it right right now. right now what we need to do is start testing people to come in. if you scored 95% or higher on the gres, come on over. if you score below, we want the highest achievers in the world coming but not the middle ground people competing with americans. larry: i agree. we don't need accountants and -- the program needs reforming. it's a good idea. john carney, taylor riggs. catch taylor with brian brenberg and jackie deangeles on the big money show weekdays 1:00 p.m. eastern every day here on fabulous fox business. coming up next here on kudlow, how many isis or al-qaida cells are actually operating in america right now? that's the important question today. we'll ask former secretary of state mike pompeo when kudlow returns.

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larry: so question very relevant with the terrorist attacks, how jihadist cell blocks are operating in the united states. take ago stab is great friend and distinguished secretary of state and mike pompeo and fox news contributor. mike, thank you for this. i know lots of people are asking you lots of questions, but i don't know, i mean, i've never seen a head count and fbi was shaky on this attack in new orleans, terrorist or not. does anyone have intel on how many isis or al-qaidas are here? >> hey there, to you. look, i don't want to give a number, but we know the answer to this. we know that the american kansas city chiefs passty to push back against radical -- american capacity to push back against radical islamist is less today

than four years ago. isis was running free when trump came in and cutting heads off people in the beaches in the middle east and threat in the united states was very real. president trump pressured radical islamic terrorist everywhere in the middle east and states with real law enforcement and intelligence collection. that's the model we need to get back to. there's far too many terrorists that are working the streets of the united states or attempting to get here and a couple hundred have crossed the southern border on the terror watch list this. is a real challenge and we saw the effects of that yesterday in new orleanss and perhaps las vegas as well. we saw it in europe when you're afraid to just speak the truth about radical islamic terrorist and political islam, you get more of it and sadly that's the place the united states finds itself today and for 20 more days we'll suffer from a weak leadership that's allowed this to metastasized and grow here in the country. larry: you know, a lot of people are saying a lot of terrorist

threats are coming through the northern border, canadian u.s. border, and i know there's going to be a change of government pretty soon there and so forth and so on. but from your experiences and your research and your intel, how much of them going to be going on the line. >> in the east with vancouver and seat and will in the west and going for -- seattle and going for them and we thwarted a number of efforts through canada and it's a real challenge and ports of entry as well. not just border crossings themselves formally but think about the airports and how goods and people and terror plots and full on take capitalist department of homeland security, fbi and intelligence collection abroader come together to

deliver security and safety for the american people that failed us epiically yesterday in new orleans. larry: you know, i can't wait. i honestly want john radcliff to get over in cia, asap. i want kash patel getting over at fbi asap. i don't know if they would have thwarted the horrible thing in new orleans or not but i'd feel better if they were in place doing a bit of house cleaning, how about yourself? >> there's no doubt this administration whether secretary mayorkas or the leadership at the agency haven't done enough to call out radical islamist and we saw the results in afghanistan and october 7 in israel and islamists could rule the united states and we need a few team and folks that will focus on this i apply the resources and reduce this risk greatly. it's possible to do, you saw it, larry, and i pryor it happens as soon as they get in.

larry: i know you want to make a pitch nimn nipon steel buying u.s. steel and the latest is they're saying that any changes in management or operations or opening closing plants can b i don't thinp looks favorably on the nipon steel takeover and the treasury has basically thrown this over to biden. biden has got to make a decision the next couple of days. they punted on it sending into treasury and punted on them and gave to biden. what's going to happen here? >> well, in the committee that was responsible for evaluating that security risk became politicized instead of just looking at national security risk and of course there's none. it's an ally of japan that's going to invest in america and make steel here in america. build here in america. i hope president biden will say that this transaction goes forward and if not, i hope

president trump will reconsider for the workers of pennsylvania, that nearly all favor this transaction moving forward. everybody but the senior union liberal leadership favors this moverring forward and good for the workers and community and the valley and i hope they'll awe see this is good. we want to build things here in america, president trump has said this repeatedly, and nipon steel -- nippon steel agreed to invest billions in pennsylvania to do that. makes total sense for american national security and american steel to be produced here at home. larry: maybe the only way to save u.s. steel. actually, mike, going back after all those meetings with the late great prime minister of japan, we went right -- japanese car makers bigger domestic content in the united states than american car makers and i don't see what the threat is in nippon saying what it'll do and so forth. i don't know. i kind of like it and i'd let

the thing go through but i'm not running the show. give your last word, mike pompeo. >> thanks, larry. i hope this makes it. it's important for america and certainly important for the workers there. we've taken billions of taxpayer dollars to have the semiconductor manufacturers coming here to america and i think that's fine and i think we're asking for the japanese putting their money, capital at risk here in the united states and build american jobs and create wealth for american families. we ought to do that. larry: the japanese will hire more american worker than the american. >> by the hundreds, larry. larry: mike pompeo, happy new year, sir. thank you for coming back on. >> happy new year, larry. larry: great friend and mentor newt gingrich and former speaker of the house and fox news contributor. happy new year, newt. i don't know if you saw any of t but we had the current speaker of the house and you've endorsed mike johnson and only a couple

days ago j6 january 6 certification this is no time for doddeling and there's no horrible new orleans thing here and nothing else will. >> mike johnson has the hardest job in washington and the smallest majority i think in history and he's shown that he has the patience, the calmness, and he's almost like job, he's willing to sit and listen, talk to everybody. now, some people would like to wave a magic wand. and have the world changed and that's not how this works and the fact is that with president trump's leadership, and with senator thune's leadership in the senate, and with speaker johnson, i think if republicans agree to work as a team and

legislate sergeant a team support fully as much as football or soccer or basketball, i feel they'll agree to work as a team and they can get an amazing amount down and we're together on the urgent need to pass a really large tax cut and deregulation bill. that can get done. it will require every republican, even the most self-righteous to decide that they're part of a team and will get the best deal they can get but in the end, they're going to stay together and i'm very concerned because there are a handful of them that think they're somehow so much smarter and so much superior that they can reject the president, they can reject virtually all the members of congress and go off and cause chaos. it'll be a bad thing for america if speaker johnson is not elected tomorrow and it'll be a complicated thing for president

trump, who is supposed to get elected formally by the electoral college on monday. this is no the a full-time time for games. it's a time for working together. larry: i made that point in my opening riff saying this is not time to dawdle and smack up against monday, january 6 the certification process and if all else fails, mr. trump not sworn in on january to the and if all that fails, who knows who will be screaming across the -- streaming across the northern border and southern boarder and running the fbi in a fair impartial and tough way. all these things are linked and i want to get the trump agenda in place and hit the ground running, newt. >> well, look, the fact is that the founding fathers designed a very difficult machine in order to make it impossible for a dictator to force it to work. that means as citizens, we have to get together voluntarily and

that's hard. i understand that. you spent 20 years in the house, four of them as speaker and i understand how complicated it is but i'll tell you, if we didn't pull together as a team, we wouldn't have balanced the budget for four straight years and only time in your lifetime. we would not have gotten a big tax cut or welfare reform. all those things were a team effort. and i think president trump will come in really ready to do the right things for america, but he'll need to have house republicans and senate republicans work together with executive branch to get it done. that's what the constitution and going to be well positioned to get this done as anybody. it is amazingly hard job. larry: so it is. happy new year, newt gingrich and we appreciate it very, very much. folks, next up, you're never going to guess who joe biden is giving the presidential

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larry: all right, we've got hall of fame radio man mark simon, wor radio host and he's got hot news for us. mark simon, you have some news on a medal for liz cheney? really? >> yeah, it's the presidential citizen medal. couldn't come up with a better name. this shows you how democrats can flip felon on anything and the cheyneys were the most hated by the democrats. water boarding, umd, halliburton, as soon as they hated trump, democrats loved them and embraced them and didn't suddenly hate trump out of principal, it was because he attacks the iraq war and wiped out the bush dynasty. it was all of that and she'll need a pardon in a couple of weeks and that'll be her second. larry: joe biden will give her this award or medal. he'll emerge from wherever he's emerging from. >> he doesn't know it but he's going to give it to her.

larry: and he'll get a preemptive pardon? >> the dirtest pardons come in the final week and she'll get the cop that shot the protester at the capitol that day, he'll need a pardon, don't be surprised if some hunter business associates get pardons. the dirty ones come in the final couple of days. larry: what gives her the citizens medal? what did she do for this country? >> for the deputies, she did plenty. january 6 committee, she played around with witnesses, exculpatory evidence withheld and provided quite a service for the democrats. larry: trump won anyway. won big time. >> people realize. >> ugly as can be. wasn't insurrection and didn't disrupt the democracy and had to wait two hours and cabinet hearings and had to postpone. larry: maybe trump will take her medal away. she may deserve a lot of things

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