>> because of the crazy people you had on. >> sean: we love you. all my best to my adopted nephews, marcel, your kids are great. and -- >> you're great. >> sean: and anthony. tell them i said all the best. that's all the time we have. call my radio show between 3:00 and 6:00. 1-800-941-sean -- >> laura: i'm laura ingraham and this is the ingraham angle from washington tonight. thanks for watching us. newt gingrich on the latest madness on capitol hill. but, first, the future isn't here. that's the focus of tonight's angle. all right, six votes later, republicans who are supposedly the majority party in the house still couldn't reach the requisite 218 votes needed to elect a speaker. but, i was thinking about this

today -- what looks chaotic and kind of seems counterproductive to many is actually in it's own way refreshing. because it's democracy in action. now, it does remind us, this isn't china. party fall in line with whatever the dear leader decrees. in the gop unlike in pelosi's party, there is a lively debate about policy and tactics. so, everyone has a chance. in this process, to have his or her voice heard and have their vote counted, ultimately. and, plus, what's crazier? what we witnessed in the past two days in the house, or what we witnessed right before christmas, with congress jamming 1. 7 trillion of spending in a giant omnibus bill that by the way no one read. my message is simple. don't get distracted by what's happening in d.c. things will settle out. life will go on. the exciting stuff by the way is not happening inside the beltway

anyway. ice not happening here when we have a federal government run by out of touch octogenarians like biden and mcconnell and the sep septagenarian chuck schumer. they ran the nation in a debt stratosphere, stoking damaging inflation, empowering china, two wars -- a proxy war with russia? that's great. no wonder young people are fed one politics. no wonder they tune them out. i don't blame them at this point. the good news -- there is good news coming out, it's happening far beyond the beltway. it's happening in states where governors are rising above the woke and broke politics of the left because they're focused on pragmatic policies that address the needs and concerns of regular people, people who are right now, tonight, worried about losing their life savings, their freedom, and their ability

to raise their families in safety. and the right and the need to go back to work. >> freedom lives here in our great sunshine state of florida. it lives in the courage of those who patrol the streets and keeps our communities safe. it lives in the dedication of those who teach our children. it lives in the dreams of the historic number of families who have moved from states across this country, because they saw florida as the land of liberty and the land of sanity. >> right. so we have in florida, in texas, in iowa, virginia, we're seeing real success. and what we're getting in washington is just a lot of dysfunction. >> fighting for freedom is not always easy because the threats to freedom are more complex, and

more wide spread than they have been in the past. the threats can come from entrenched bureaucrats in d cs, jet setters in davos, and corporations wielding public power. some even say that failure is inevitable. florida is proof positive that we the people are not destined for failure. >> failure is what woke teachers unions specialize in delivering. supporting lockdowns, all of the radical and race things on our kids. randi weingarten and the game have held our kids in a vice grip of underperformance for decades now. kim reynolds in iowa, doing more than just complaining teacher's unions, they're working on choking off their funds with portable scholarships that parents can use toward the schools of their choice. and in texas, governor greg abbott has done more for border

security than biden will ever hope to do. not even close. >> a dramatic scene on texas' u.s.-mexico border. before sunrise, texas national guard troops arrived to put a razor wire fence alongside the banks of the rio grande. >> texas governor greg abbott sending 00 more national guard troops to the el paso border in an attempt to block the flow of migrants to the u.s. >> laura: unlike biden, abbott has designated the mexican cartels, the ones driving the uninflux, labeled them domestic terrorists and shipped more than 16,500 migrants to some of the biggest cities in the country. why should texas be stuck with the bill and all of the problems that the biden administration created with this illegal immigration disaster? so, abbott right now is standing up for his people. and the rule of law.

no wonder he beat old beto boy by 11 points. let's not forget what's happening in the commonwealth of virginia. that's a state that political pundits a few years ago thought it was irretrievably blue up until '21 when glen youngkin won there. he's broadening the reach by taking on the lunatics on the left whose goal is to separate the children from their parents and have the attorney general launch investigations to the schools behind it all. >> i'm not going away. i'm going to make sure we stand up for parents' rights and make sure children have parents engaged in their lives fully and when we see a problem, we're going to go to work and root it out immediately. >> this is where the battle for the future of america is being fought, in the states, where americans are fleeing to, not fleeing from. and the states led by men and women not afraid to speak basic truths, who are not afraid to

bevillified by the press, and, oh, are theyvillified. and not afraid to go up against powerful forces in big pharma and challenge the authority of big government when big government tramples on states' rights. i'm telling you, do not fret about washington. when there's so much that's actually working out there. i'd say almost, what, 20-point victory for desantis in florida? that's a clear indication of how much momentum we can have if we play things smartly. and that's the angle. joining me now is virginia attorney general jason myaris. as i mentioned in the angle, mr. attorney general, you announced today you're investigating a story we've been in front of which is thomas jefferson high school in fairfax county, virginia, a school known for the talented and gifted students. they're intentionally withholding knowledge of national merit scholarship awards from the students who

receive them who needed the information to use on their college applications, i guess, all in the name of equity? what are we learning? >> well, listen, thank you so much for having me. the first public reports of this were shocking. this is resonant for me as the only person ever elected as a child of an immigrant, as attorney general. i know for the immigrant story, so many, education is the doorway to american success. and thomas jefferson high school is considered one of the best high schools in the entire country. and it's majority/minority. but as we saw with the national merit, also so many concerned parents in the asian american community felt like their children were losing their dreams and aspirations. and that's what's so heart breaking is that so many that come here that are immigrants, their children are living dreams that were denied them. education is the pathway to the american dream.

we're conducting investigation to two areas -- the national merit recognition denied any of these students based on race or ethnic background? and in the admissions policy in thomas jefferson high school changed quite recently and we saw a huge drop in enrollment in asian american students. as one mom told me, listen, my daughter has done everything right since the first grade and i have to sit down with her and tell her you may lose your dream of attending thomas jefferson high school, not because of what you've done but because of your background, the fact that you're korean american. that should outrage every american. we're conducting a human rights investigation, that's the statute in virginia. we're tackling to get to the answers of what happened. >> laura: looks like the offers of asian students, this is according to "the washington post" today, dropped from the typical 70% to 55%. that's just in one year. that's weird. >> yeah, it was --

>> laura: what's that about? >> yeah, a 20-point drop. you're seeing it nationally all over the country it seems like the only state sanctioned form of bigotry in america today is anti-asian bigotry and a lot of asian americans are similar to where jewish americans were in the 1920s and 1930s, elite places of learning and schools that were capping and denying admission because of their ethnic background. it was wrong 100 years ago, laura, it's wrong now. so, that's what we had the office of civil rights in my attorney general's office. because we're going to root out discrimination. >> laura: oh, no, this is awesome, mr. attorney general. so glad you're doing this. and by the way, of course, they're going to say a lot of this is because of equity concerns. that is the new lingo and we're learning also that the principal at this school is paying a contractor $631,000 for, quote,

equity training that includes an equity-centered strategic plan with a goal that equal outcomes for every student takes place without exception. this is a school for gifted students. they're paying $500,000 to learn about equal outcomes for all students? how does that compute at all? >> laura, equity without excellence is emptiness. that's why we're conducting the investigation. anybody who's part of my team investigating loudoun county, we ask them to be fearless and deliberate. so, we're going to go ahead. we're going to be hopefully they will cooperate with us. we have subpoena powers. we'll do the review of what is happening. to get to the right answers, you is to be willing to ask the tough questions. we'll be asking the tough questions and getting answers

from the commonwealth of virginia on this. >> if you get ahead of this equity nightmare and expose it for what it is, it sounds great -- equity. who's not in favor of equity. it means discrimination. i hope other attorneys general follows suit. mr. attorney general, thank you so much. now to capitol hill where after six votes, as i said, we don't have a speaker of the house. here's kevin mccarthy moments after the house adjourned tonight. >> well, i walk -- >> i felt as though we had a very good discussion. >> well, where it is -- what happens next? >> i think what you should gauge is being able to do that vote that the discussions are going well and continuing. but that doesn't mean they're done. >> laura: joining me now is newt gingrich, former speaker of the house and fox news contributor. newt, i read somewhere today, i should remember where it is, i don't. i've been reading a lot, that there was the idea floated, which might have stirred this

latest progress in the negotiations. that mccarthy at some point might say, okay, forget about this. we're going to form some type of coalition with some democrats and start moving things along. have you heard any of that? no, and i don't think kevin would do that. mccarthy is a solid conservative. the commitment to america was solidly conservative. the rules changes that he proposed were solidly conservative. there's no common ground. and if you give the democrats any sense of control, they're going to demand veto over the investigations, they're going to demand veto over the committee structures. it's not possible. so, i think mccarthy's decided he's going to wear down and work with the 20 members who who have been hostile. i noted that in a motion to

adjourn, all but four voted with the conference. only four voted against the republican conference on the motion to adjourn. that's a good sign. i've been told all day from various phone calls that a lot of the members are looking for a way to come back together. they want some concessions. the most of the things they want are relatively reasonable. and that's part of the legislative process as your pointed out earlier. i did a tweet saying it's hard to explain to putin or ping or kim jung un what's going on. this is freedom. and freedom is messy and sloppy and also remarkable -- remarkably creative. we'll get there. and we'll have a speaker probably i think probably sometime tomorrow. and i just checked a few minutes ago, the last time this happened in 1923, it took nine ballots. the following election, the republicans picked up 22 more seats. so people shouldn't assume this the end of the republican party

in any way. this is a healthy, tough, serious conversation and i think sometime tomorrow, virtually all, not all, but virtually all of the conference will have found a way to come back together. >> laura: i wasn't saying that kevin mccarthy was going to do that. but the possibility of that happening, obviously, that -- if that ever did come to fruition after 25 ballots, there would be one group that would be blamed for that. at that point, it wouldn't be kevin mccarthy. that's all i'm saying. that may have been a little bit of a car rot to get things to move. . >> there are some people, you know, congressman don bacon of nebraska has been very open that if the hard liners who are anti-mccarthy stay tough enough that he would, in fact, reach out to try to work something out just purely to try to prove to people, you can't have 10% of the conference dictate to 90% of the conference.

lincoln warned in the first inaugural in 18 1, you get to secede, so does everybody else. that's the problem these guys created. any five republicans can decide to blackmail the conference. that's going to be totally unacceptable as a way of going forward. and it would make the house ungovernmentble and betray the trust of the american people. >> laura: i don't think many people campaigned on the spectacle we've had in the last few days. biden had something to say. this is his take. >> to have a congress that can't function is embarrassing.

>> laura: this is an attack on our institutions? sorry about that. it's mean, but -- >> no, i think the idea that joe biden who's been lying consistently about his son who's gotten rich by means that i think are probably illegal, who never has been to the border and is now going to have a visit next week, you look at his policies and weakness, we don't need to be lectured by joe biden. this is a healthy, free republican party. we're not the nancy pelosi machine. we don't have the culture of the democrats. we're not a collection of oxen that get led around by our nose. if you want to be a free thinking person who wants to argue their case, you ought to be republican. if you want to be part of a

group that does what you're told by a boss, you ought to be a democrat. >> laura: newt, thank you so much. in the wake of damar hamlin's devastating injury, some are questioning if it's time to ditch football or if it's ethical to support the nfl or watch football. we're going to debate the value of america's most watched sport with steve almon, next.

injury monday night reignited an old debate. is it time to ban football in the united states? now, y'all know i'm an avid football fan. i've attended a lot of football games over the years, both pro and college. no one i know goes to see the other team get hurt. i don't know anybody who's there to celebrate violence. in fact, as we saw on monday night, when a player gets hurt, the stadium goes silent. could have heard a pin drop in cincinnati. fans that i know, that i've sat and watched games with are there to celebrate the competition, see the talent, root for the home team. and it's about tradition and community. and i've never been in a place where 100,000 people can be together and have so much fun

and so much joy -- oh, except a taylor swift concert. well, our next guest does not think a ban makes sense. he comes to view the emotion of the game is the embodiment of american penchant for tolerating and revelling in violence. steve almon, against football, one fan's reluctant manifesto. steve, thank you for joining us tonight. you're a fan. a long-time fan of football. but you say there's a lot of violence and racism in the game. so, i guess what i'm -- i'm asking why especially on the racism front then are the majority of players african-american? >> well, i'm glad to hear you say you ear a long-time fan, laura. we have that in common. i've been a huge fan of football for like four decades. the reason my thinking about this sport shifting really in

large part is the class action suit filed against the nfl ten years ago. i don't know if you're familiar with that. but basically 4500 players sued the nfl alleging they had hidden the dangers of the game. the nfl wound upsetling that lawsuit. in the process of doing that, their own actuaries admitted in court that 34% of their own players would end up with chronic enreceivopathy, brain damage. a third of the employees if they're doing their job the right way are going to wind up with brain damage. that gave me pause. that is not to suggest that anybody is going to football games to like embrace violence. but -- >> laura: so why then are you -- why then, are you -- i mean, i think if we can make the game safer, that's great. if it's putting pads in different places.

that's fantastic. a lot of progress in helmets. a lot of serious calls on targeting, which i think in years past weren't made. why not focus on safety. it's about violence or racism. some of what the football means to the players i think addresses in part some of your concerns. watch. >> we have a respect for what it takes to go out on the field and play in the attention to this being a 365 day a year job. and the stresses of physical health, mental health, emotional health that it puts on us. we put our bodies on the line. we love doing it, we love competing. we enjoy providing entertainment. >> i'm big on the family unit. like my mom, my dad, my little brother. that's my whole world.

play with energy or passion on to the ball. make plays where the ball is in the air and lead wherever you're at. >> that was damar hamlin, obviously, steve. player after player, people coming out of difficult circumstances who might not have other opportunities. football has been a lifeline for them. knowing the risks and the potential problems down the road. so it's their body, their choice, correct? >> i never would question a player's decision to play football. my focus is on the fans. we built an football industrial complex. >> laura: what do you want? i've seen stamm peedz at soccer games, major fights at hockey games. i've seen fights at cricket competition. what do you want?

i'm not getting it. >> well, i think the nfl could if they were forced to, if it was an incentive, could make the game overnight for players like weight limit so the players aren't bulking themselves up on unnatural weights, putting monitors in helmets to make sure they're not suffering con cussive or sub con cussive events. they could do that tomorrow. they have a pr problem. like at fox news, we have hosts who are sexually harassing people. fox news throws money at that to make that pr problem go away. that's the powerful people. >> laura: nobody has done more to expose. >> you know that. >> laura: that's a cute little move. i'm trying to get you to answer a question. >> i am. >> laura: your point is that football should become more safe. i don't think nick really

disagrees with that. but you come at it by saying -- >> there are a number of measures. >> laura: hold on. you say fans are in effect perpetuating a culture of violence and racism. how in the heck does that work? you say you ear a football fan, do you see racism in the stands? i see a lot of happy people. a lot of happy people. >> trying to emphasize that the nfl has the ability to make substantial changes to the game that would make it safer. they're not going to do that until there's an economic incentive. you're a brilliant, well-read person. you know people in large corporations, powerful people change their behavior in with an incentive. >> i'm not talking about the unions. >> laura: they have an enormous amount of bargaining power, right? they are the cogs in the wheel

that turns the money machine of the nfl, right? so, they have an enormous amount of -- what happened in george floyd. they had enormous amount of influence on corporate america, the actions of corporate america, the actions of the nfl. they change the whole corporate approach to race and equity and all of the things that happened 2 1/2 years ago. i think they had an enormous amount of influence. >> now, i know you're focused on the players. i'm focused on the fans and what i believe is not that any government ban is going to make football safer and not some mythic woke mob that you mentioned to try to scare your viewers. think what's going to happen. >> laura: football is not about politics. it's not about politics. you're making it about politics. >> that's your entire economic model. that's to scare your viewers.

that's your whole gig. >> laura: you want football to be banned. >> the only way to change the behavior. >> laura: you want football to be banned. >> no, i don't. this is what you do. >> laura: you want football changed into i don't know what -- like have a sensor in the helmet, i guess, okay. propoise one. >> is that technology troubling to you? >> laura: no, not in the slightest. >> if you're concerned about the players, why wouldn't you want them to play in a way that's safer. you're not concerned about the players. you don't care about them at all. >> laura: there's ways to make baseball safer, lacrosse safer. i played three sports. i know a lot about safety in sports. i think everyone can celebrate that. but underneath at all, you seem to have a belief that football has -- has a history based in racism and a celebration of the fans of violence. and what i'm saying to you is, i think -- i don't know what kind of fan base you're going to, they don't celebrate violence. they're there to enjoy the game.

>> i don't think the fans celebrate violence. i agree with you, laura. i don't think the fans are celebrating the violence. i think they tolerate the violence and see when somebody like damar hamlin is almost killed in front of them. or i remember watching darryl stingley get paralyzed as an 11-year-old. i didn't stop watching football. lots of fans don't because they enjoy it so much because it's so thrilling. the reason people change their behavior is because there's an economic incentive. a couple of years ago you talk to a survivor of parkland mass shooting, you apologized because advertisers withdrew from your show. >> laura: nice try, buddy. this is what they always do. we're going to welcome all points of view on the show. >> are you prepared to forego the chance to be the greatest player to ever pick up a racquet, statistically? because you feel so strongly about this jab? >> yes.

>> i do. >> why? >> because the principles of decision making on my body are more important than any title. >> laura: hard to believe that the debate over tennis great novak djokovic not getting the vaccine is still happening. it's 2023 and he's about to miss two more major tournaments over the vaccine thing. why is this happening? the tsa says all foreign travelers must be fully vaccinated against covid, even though we all know people who are vaccinated who are spreading covid now. former tennis player, author of "dear john," his autobiography. so, john, he didn't cave before djokovic. and there's no way i think he's going to do that now. but how much more can people take of this? he's one of best players in the world, he can't play in the united states?

>> enough is enough, isn't it? he played the french open. he can play wimbledon, he can play the australian. the only place he can't play is america. the hypocrisy of it. take the u.s. open last year. you had, what, 40,000 people a day coming in. no one checks about their vaccination status. and novak can't get in. it's actually -- he's had covid twice. come on -- it's time to move on a little bit, isn't it? he's already sacrificed. his number one ranking. he's -- the chance of him becoming the greatest player of all time, perhaps. it's time to move on a little bit. i think everybody wants that to happen now. >> laura: i think a lot of players felt, john, compelled to get the vaccine that might have had covid. because they want to work. and that's -- >> correct. >> laura: that's compulsion. that's forcing someone to get a drug that's still not gotten

full fda approval in order to make a living. and that's still happening all over the world, including in this country. it's shocking. >> it's shocking. novak said all along, he's not an anti-vakser. he has no problem -- he knows what -- in his opinion, is best for his body. xer. he has no problem -- he knows what -- in his opinion, is best for his body. he wants to go ahead of it. for him to be stopped from playing in the states, you have to move on here. you have to admire him sticking up for his principles, i don't understand why this keeps going. enough is enough? >> laura: you played tennis over so many years on the highest of levels and anyone who competes at the level that you all compete at and you competed at, these are the fittest people in the world. to be able to play five sets in the blazing heat, wimbledon or the u.s. open, that tells you

where you are as a physical specimen. and, yet, this is still happening when you can spread the virus after getting the vaccine and you can still get covid with the vaccine. it's so upsetting. i want to see him play selfishly, but i feel terrible. do you think it finally ends? >> it will -- it has to. america can't be the only sort of place that won't allow him to play. it can't go on. it's ridiculous. >> embarrassing for this game and the game. biden is a no show at pope benedict's funeral. and shocking video of a man fighting off car jackers. seen and unseen with raymond arroyo is straight ahead, stay right there.

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cultural stories. for that, raymond arroyo. happy new year. so good to see you. >> good to see you. >> laura: the white house, ray, seems to have a bit of a problem with the funeral of former pope benedict. >> it would be helpful if the white house could get his tid correct. this is karinne sean pierre on the emeritus pope. >> as the said in his statement as i'm you saw, he joins catholics and so many others around the world who joined the passing of pope emer-aye-tus -- >> sounds like he had a. biden is not going to pope benedict's funeral. listen to this bizarre exchange between the and the reporter today. >> not going to the funeral tomorrow, why? yue tell me? you can tell me, sir? >> the reason i'm not going to

the funeral tomorrow is because -- (indiscernible) it's not -- taking it the wrong way. get in the way. >> just get in the way. did he get in the way at george floyd's house or queen elizabeth's funeral. it's important for head of state to honor another head of state. particularly one that has a connection to up 0 million catholics living in the country that joe biden leads. so, i can't quite figure it out. it is strange. i think what he's not saying there but implied that the vatican only invited two delegations from germany and italy. they're trying to downplay the significance of benedict and create a more muted funeral. that's the wrong direction. >> laura: i don't like that at all. >> me neither. >> live coverage of pope benedict's funeral, tune in to fox news channel at 2:00 a.m.

eastern tomorrow morning. raymond is going to join trace gallagher and lauren green to bring you the coverage of the historic event. ray, over the holidays, the car thefts in your hometown of new orleans continued, understand, it's bad. >> it's unbelievable. i obtained this video. it's a friend of a friend. he's getting hit. they tried to deliver gumbo. he took his car. and he puts it on the sunroof trying to pull that guy out. i know the video played a little fast. they finally got in the other car and took off. but you know, what this tells you, this is by the way this tells people, not the way to deal with car jackers. even this friend of a friend, the you could have made decisions and probably would have, he's had it up to here with the crime of the city. 4,000 car thefts in new orleans in 2022, this is another outrage. >> last year was the record setting for car thefts in the united states.

i think all total, it was a staggering number. but it's really bad. what's happening with our favorite former royals, by the way? >> well, yeah, the sussex belly aching stretching into the new year. after netflix gripe-umentaries and a book, harry is at it again. >> aye would like to get my father and brother back. they've shown no willingness to reconcile. they feel it's better to keep us somehow as the villains. >> why does he think trashing the family on oprah, netflix, and print are paths to reconciliation and family harmony? this is like the mobster wiping out half of the family and he's offended they don't invite him to sunday dinner. this is what happens. >> he punches you in the face and he says, why don't you apologize. and harry now is doubling down, i understand, raymond, with anderson cooper.

>> why be so public. you say you tried to do it privately. >> every time, there have been leakings and stories against me and my wife. the family motto is never complain, never explain. it's just a motto. >> a lot of complaining and a lot of explaining being done in through leaks. >> through leaks. >> oh, my god -- laura, watching a leak is more interesting than what these people are offering up. 20 million pieces of silver to sell out your family in print. not a good look. he called his books fair. i guess megan can call her's strike, she knocked down not only the prince but the rest of the family too. i'll leave it there >> laura: the next book should be bear. they have series books, you have the spider who saved christmas. just rhyming with spare -- spare, hafr -- maybe looking his? i don't know. >> how about snare. that's a good one.

>> sam is telling me we have to go. like a hair. we'll be watching tonight. 2:00 a.m. on the coverage of the fox news challenge of pope benedict's funeral. listen up, your kids' brains are getting changed by social media, not for the better. what we're going to tell you is going to make you want to delete all of the kids' accounts. the details next. stay there. - [announcer] this is jabra enhance select. it's more than just a hearing aid. it's a smart hearing solution that makes hearing aids more convenient

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university of north carolina did brain scans on kids age 12 to 15 to measure the effects of social media use act. they found kids checking it all the time were likely to be more sensitive to social awards than ever and could be long term consequences well to adulthood. joining us is the founder of the log off movement. she's a college student now. emma, you started this movement, log off, because you were experiencing some of the negative effects of social media. what happened? >> so, as a young individual, i entered the social media apps at the age of 12, laura. as i began to spend more time in the on-line spaces, i felt my rates of anxiety and depression

skyrocket. alongside being a young woman, i felt my self-image deteriorate as i began to develop harmful eating habits. all of this is not an isolated incident, laura. i being the log off executive director have heard countless stories from young people, how they incurred the harms from social media. unable to largely unplug because of addictive algorithmic systems in place that prioritize maximizing profit over user well being. what we're risks here, laura, is a generation of young people who are unable to make decisions and whose decisions are made by big tech if we don't take societal, governmental action to ensure that our future is bright, we could be heading in a bad direction. >> the social media companies know what they're doing. it's like the porn industry know what they're doing because of the way they portray people and they entice young men to stay on

porn sites longer with buttons and all that going on. is that legal action? some kind of an agreement to avoid legal action, what's next? >> you know what? i sauce say you have to take two different approaches. from the bottom up to the top down. the bottom up, individuals have to rethink their usage of social media, we need to begin to see communities come together to set boundaries and talk about digital habits and become more conscience. but from the top down, we need to see regulatory action. because right now, there's no incentive for big tech companies to change their habits and continue to protect their user ifs there's not governmental oversight, laura. >> laura: emma, log off, so proud of what you did with this movement. keep it up. we're going to be following you. good luck in school. thanks so much. here, the angle proven right again. the last fight, we'll explain.

changes, but they came up short. >> i'm pleased to welcome him to cnn. he's appearing for the first time in the new role, senior political commentator. congressman, thrilled to have you onboard. welcome. welcome. >> laura: that's the big change? msnbc must have been unhappy to miss out. who could have seen that coming. thanks for joining us tonight, gutfeld is next. >> greg: okay, okay. knock it off.