loa's sister erupted and devastated areas. now mauna loa is flowing again for the first time in a generation. so based on the location of the eruption, officials say they would have ample time, at least a week to warn communities that might be threatened, and mauna loa and kilauea is erupting as well right now, but it's called passively erupting and that lava is well contained. >> thank you. that wraps it up for me. i am josé diaz-balart. you can reach me on twitter and instagram. thank you for the privilege of your time. alex witt picks up with more news right now. good tuesday morning, everyone. i am alex witt here at msnbc headquarters in new york. right now we have our eyes on the white house where president biden is meeting with the big

four. the latest from both parties and both chambers of commerce. it's the first meeting since the mid terms and comes with major stakes, which the president just addressed. >> we will work together -- i hope we will work together to fund the government, ukraine, and all consequential issues. we will find areas of common ground, i hope, because the american people want us to work together. plus, an intensifying fight over who will lead the republicans. why kevin mccarthy's fight for speakership will be something we have not seen in a century. already he's trying to avoid the headaches that come with the horse race. >> this is very fragile. we are the only stopgap for this biden administration. if we play games on the floor, the democrats could end up picking who the speaker is. >> making life even harder for

the republican party, donald trump's mar-a-lago dinner with ye and more are denouncing the former president and some names may surprise you. and then it's not just about advancing but it's about politics and human rights, too. and if inflation was not enough, add the crackdown in china as chinese authorities try to tamp down on the demonstrations. we start the hour with the breaking news at the white house and the meeting between president biden and the big four leaders of congress. nbc's ali vitali is on capitol hill for us, and peter baker, chief white house correspondent for "the new york times," and former democratic congressman, steve israel who served as the

chair. we will dig into what we know about the meeting between the president and the congressional leaders, and the stakes considering there's not long left in the lame duck session to hash out government funding for one. >> reporter: it was already going to be a jam-packed lame duck session, but more agenda items being added to the list. anytime the president meets with the four congressional leaders, it's noted, but this is what we are going to see over the next four weeks, which is busy legislative season on capitol hill, and it's the first time we are seeing the congressional leaders meet with president biden since the mid-term elections. you laid out the ramifications for what the power dynamics are going to be changing at that table, and the fact that pelosi will be stepping down in the

next congress, and the way mccarthy acts in the meeting will be notable especially to those of us on the hill and how he ends up getting to the 218 votes he needs to become speaker, and even just what the tone of this is going to look like once we enter the new phase of divided government, and we will see in the next few weeks if mccarthy will be at the helm of the government party. first they will have to get through same-sex marriage protections, and then government funding runs out on december 16th. there's conversations if there's going to be a stop gap measure, and that's not what dems want to see but that could be where they are at, and all of this swirling here on capitol hill as they

meet with president biden today. >> thankfully, we have a panel to talk about that. peter, they are up against the holidays, right? the president wants to do a directive policy to get all that ali is talking about, to get that done. and do you see a momentary period of peace and deal with this and then pick up the political swords in the new year? >> no, it's washington. we have not seen that in a while. that may have been the way things used to work but they don't work that way right now. there's hope for president biden to get some things done. they remember the 2010 lame duck session after president obama lost control of the house, a 60-seat sweep, in fact, and they managed to get important things done before the new congress came in and he would like to do that here as well. a lot of this is disaster avoidance rather than proactive legislation, and it's trying to avoid the shutdown, and avoid

the rail issue and the debt ceiling default. there are not that many options on the table for proactive things, and there are a few things, the same-sex bill, that seems likely to go forward. there's a lot of talk about the electoral count act. are they going to take measures to clarify the way we have challenges to the electoral college vote to avoid another january 6th while democrats control both chambers, and that's important to a lot of people as well. it will be a busy few weeks. i think you are right, bewary about making strong holiday plans at this point. >> yeah, we will be here, that's for sure. i suspect you, too. let's get to you, congressman, and hanging over all this is the republican fight over who will be leading them once they take the house. i know you served with kevin

mccarthy. what will happen 35 days from now and it's potentially historic. we could see kevin mccarthy face a floor fight for speaker, and that has not happened in a century. literally a century. the longest was 133 ballots over two months. is the position with the makeup of a republican caucus -- the question is, is it worth the fight for kevin mccarthy? if it takes that much to take the job, imagine the challenges if he gets it? >> that's a great question, alex, but kevin mccarthy is doing everything he can to project strength ahead of the vote. he withdrew and did not take the speaker fight to the floor. this time he's saying that's not going to happen again whether you give me the votes or not, we will have the vote on the house floor. if kevin mccarthy doesn't get

the 218 votes he will need or half or however house members are present, can any other republican get to that number without democratic support. a lot of people -- by the way, alex, there are democrats that privately said they would be willing to support a consensus candidate. a lot of people think there's a chance we could get a speaker elected by a coalition of republicans and democrats, and that would be historic, and kevin mccarthy is doing everything he can to avoid that situation. and we should watch his conduct negotiations very closely. >> 100%. his every move and every word is being scrutinized. what about you congressman israel, you know kevin mccarthy. you know exactly how internal

leadership horse races work in the house. punchbowl news is reporting this. he will take his quest to be the next speaker to the floor no how many gop lawmakers threaten to vote against him. he will not drop out and plans to force a floor vote over many circumstances. what are you hearing from your friends in congress? how close are your friends watching this tug-of-war? >> i have been on the phone with my former colleagues nonstop on both sides of the aisle, and the words that i hear most often are are fragile and unpredictable. kevin mccarthy is skating on thin ice and constantly trying to thread a needle aimed at his spine. this is about act and react. every time he acts there's going to be a reaction. the question is what price is he willing to pay, to the point you

made earlier, alex, what price is he willing to pay to secure the gavel? effectively seating control of every piece of legislation that goes to the floor to those freedom caucus members on the rules committee. is he willing to give them the opportunity to vacate the chair? that means call for the election of a new speaker on any whim? he's trying to figure out how to thread that needle. finally, to carlos' point, kevin mccarthy is doing what carlos and i have seen before. this is brinksmanship. at a certain point you have to force those members, telling them you have to dare them to vote against you and see what the consequences are. this is a very difficult and complex time for kevin mccarthy. >> seems like the last point you are making is his playbook, certainly. peter, with the midterms being over, and 2024 already a conversation, republicans also have to contend with donald

trump's controversy with nick fuentes and ye. former vice president mike pence said last night, trump should apologize. and we are getting reaction from republican senators. here's part of that. >> the meeting was bad. he should not have done it. again, you know, there's a double standard about this kind of stuff. i don't think it will matter. in terms of his political future. but i do believe we need to watch who we meet with. >> there's no room in the republic ton party for white supremacists and anti-semitism. he's wrong. >> i think it's ridiculous he had that meeting. just ridiculous. >> it's clear there's no bottom to the degree to which president trump will degrade himself and the nation. >> several notable names there like rick scott and lindsay graham, who is a close ally, and i have no clue what he means

when he says there's a double standard. and others are likely making the calculation that this will fade away or are they worried about alienating some group of voters? >> well, they are, of course, worried about alienating voters. where the republicans lost their opportunity in the mid-term election where history would have normally benefited them was in the suburbs with moderate republican voters who otherwise might have gone with the party, but are turned off by some of donald trump's selective candidates, and by donald trump's continual flirtation with extremism. it's interesting to see all these republicans say that, and the question is if it changes the dynamics. we have seen this movie before, we saw republicans say stuff after charlottesville and other times mr. trump did things that bothered them and gave troubles to the party, and it does seem to fade away and the former president was able to reassert

his control over the party. he's at a moment of weakness, and following the midterms there's a perception from republicans that he's no longer the force he once had been, and there's a sense in the republican party right now of fatigue with him and it's possible that even people that like donald trump, they say i like his policy and it's time to move on to a new generation. that's what we has to worry about the most at this point, and he pushes people like that away with dinners like the one he had with ye and nick fuentes. >> to peter's point, is the party running the risk of alienating a larger share of voters with the controversies like this, and then the silent from the leaders like kevin mccarthy about them? >> alex, the bottom line is that this trump approach to politics is a loser, and republicans have seen that in a very obvious way for a couple of election cycles

now. republicans will be in this trump trap for as long as they choose to be in it. they can rip off the band-aid at anytime and tell the american people, we're cutting off from this guy. this is bad news. this is not who we are. this is not the direction we want to take the country in. as long as they refuse to do that, they are going to continue to be in this trap and they are going to suffer politically. it's all up to them and by now the results are pretty clear. >> trump trap. first i have heard that and i will quote you many times because that's certainly what is happening here. meantime, i thank you all. thanks, guys. we have more news, and it's from capitol hill this afternoon with word of another key witness testifying today before the january 6th select committee.

tony ornato. and joining me is ryan noble to talk about this. what do we know about his testimony and what do we anticipate the committee wants to press him about? >> well, alex, he had a unique position in the white house, not only that he served as a secret service agent and took a leave of absence from the service to serve as a deputy chief of staff for donald trump, and he not only has the former protection of the former president, and also his thinking on the day leading up to january 6th. he's a key figure of the testimony in the star witness of cassidy hutchison who said it was him that told her about the incident in the suv, the lead vehicle in the presidential motorcade where the president allegedly lunged at the driver of the motorcade demanding to go

to the capitol. members of the secret service pushed back on her account saying it was not 100% accurate. that's what led the committee to bring them back in to requestion them about their recollection of what happened. they have to wrap things up quickly. they need the report done by the end of the month before republicans take control of the house of representatives. at this late hour, they are still asking very important witnesses very important questions about what happened on that day. >> 100% they are. the intrigue continues. thank you for showing us that today. up next for all of you, closing streets and searching peoples' cell phones. senator mark warner, chair of the senate intelligence committee will join us on that. plus, one week out on georgia's senate runoff. we will get the latest on the

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it could have an impact on the global economy as well as the leadership of xi jinping, who has so far said nothing about the protests. this morning china promising better covid rules, but also cracking down. streets that swelled with protests now walled off and guarded, with police standing out and clamping down in several cities here, and even searching phones for images or messaging apps that could link people to demonstrations. to prevent the extraordinary scenes of protests here. let's go together, she chants. the demand for people from the controls that have brought cities to a standstill. the zero covid policy here closing schools and businesses and removing people who get sick with covid from their homes. with the restrictions now, people need a negative covid test every 48 hours to go anywhere in the city. health officials here today

acknowledging that people are fed up and a woefully low vaccination rate among the elderly is a major problem. they say they will start using big data to track them down to get their shots, and the western vaccines are still not approved here, stoking the government's fear that opening up too fast could trigger a wave of covid cases. protests here capturing the world's attention, and sparking concern that the unrest or perpetual lockdowns could affect the global economy. stocks sliding yesterday as the world watched, and the white house weighing in. >> the white house supports the right of peaceful protests. >> reporter: it's unclear if this moment for protesters will last. it's difficult to organize in a country with a massive security apparatus and a government with little tolerance for dissent. the challenge for xi jinping

will be quelling the unrest, and at the same time not walking back his own policy, which could impact his representation at a time when frustration is growing. alex? >> it certainly is. thank you, janice, joining me from beijing. and now joining me from virginia, mark warner. as we have noted, and i know you are keeping close track of, china has not seen protests like this in decades, and demonstrators even calling on xi jinping to resign. what do you make of this and how much of a game changer could it potentially be? >> it reinforces what i have been saying for a long time. our beef is not with the chinese people, but it is with xi jinping and the communist party. and your viewers saw all of

these people holding up blank sheets of paper, and it's a protest against china's ability to sensor technology and information flow that is virtually unprecedented. it's important as a policy maker to make clear we don't get termed into this as an anti-chinese screech coming from the west. it also brings home what i think is going to be the issue of the next decade and that's the technology competition we will see with china. congress in a bipartisan way has taken on the issues around the chinese health care provider, and other technology areas like artificial intelligence and quantum computing and in some of these areas china is ahead, and we are trying to make sure we don't allow china to have that

kind of leadership. and it brings home one of the issues, the challenges of tiktok provides, and not only does it suck up huge amounts of information, and the tiktok it provides the chinese people is different than the rest of the world gets. china very much moderates and modulates the information that appears on the chinese population differently than here and around the world. and breaking down the censorship rules is where i hope we can head american policy. >> it's extraordinary. paper being held is a peaceful way to demonstrate about a powerful policy that the chinese people are against. as we go to the economy, sir, china has the second largest economy in the world. what threats does the zero covid

policy have on the u.s. economy, on top of what we're dealing with in inflation and the war in ukraine? >> this where inflation comes out. if you have the chinese economy freeze up, as we have seen, it would appear things were opening and now the new wave of covid, because they have not allowed, frankly, western vaccines into the country. you could see that hit global supply chains. you could see iphones, and unfortunately, apple makes a lot of the phones in china, and supply issues go up and supplies go down, and it's sourcing all the tesla electric battery cars that are made in china, and we need to move some of the supply chain not just to america but to more friendly countries around the world, allies around the world.

it could have a very dramatic affect. you saw the markets react, and i thought they would react greater yesterday. you saw the chinese government be able to squash the protests a bit overnight, but i think this frustration in china over these strict policies, the fire that killed ten people probably due to some of the covid policies. i am not sure you can put that genie back in the bottle. i think the whole world will watch where this plays out in the next couple of weeks, but i think it could be one more hit on the inflation needle, and the last couple of weeks we had been getting better news. >> yeah, we don't need it to turn in the wrong direction. secretary of state, anthony blinken, announced $350 million for the aid to ukraine is for

the critical electric grid, and then i would like to play for you, sir, what a congressman, likely the next chair of the foreign affairs committee said about aid to ukraine. >> i think everybody has a voice in congress, and the fact is we are going to provide moreover sight, transparency and accountability. we are not going to write a blank check. these are american taxpayer dollars going in. >> what if that oversight ends upholding critical aid from ukraine by the republicans? >> i think the overwhelming majority in the house and the senate, and not just today but even come january when the republicans take a four-seat majority will be to support ukraine. it's morally the right thing to do, and militarily the right thing to do, to take one of the

largest adversary and make sure russia -- if we had not stood up, the border would have been at poland and romania, and we could look at article 5 interventions into nato countries, and it's the right thing to do maintaining the structure of nato. are there things we can do to better track that? there are some in the republican house who are simply the donald trump -- some of the folks on the fox news network that many times seem to be puppeting the putin line, i don't think that's the vast majority where the american people are at. i think they want to stand by ukrainians winning on the battlefield. now would be the absolute worst time for a pullback on assistance. better oversight, i am all for it. pulling back on the assistance,

and i think the administration has done a good job of balancing the economic and military aid to make sure we maintain this unanimity, particularly of nato. some countries are more forward leaning than others and that's why balancing the military hardware we are giving to the ukrainians that doesn't unduly escalate the war is a careful step and the administration, again, has done a good job. >> i appreciate your balanced response to the question. i hope everybody heard it. thank you. coming up next, a crippling shutdown in the middle of the holidays, and first we are one week out from the georgia senate runoff, and early voting is already smashing records. we are live ahead of a warnock rally just ahead. y just ahead nt. cabenuva helps keep me undetectable. it's two injections, given by my healthcare provider,

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country out of this country. >> i know there are differences in the country, and i think it's safe to say that in my race, this is no longer about republican and democrat, right and left. this is right and wrong. >> nbc's vaughn hilliard who is at an event for warnock. welcome to you both. vaughn, one week away from the runoff. what does the race boil down to now? what will make the ultimate difference? >> this is going to be twofold. on one hand, you are looking at a 2020 election here in georgia just three weeks ago in which there were more than 200,000 voters that opted to choose republican candidate for governor, brian kemp, but did not vote for herschel walker, the candidate for the senate. more than 200,000 of those

voters. herschel walker. the republican needs it. and then the second part of the equation is the democratic turnout, and they did just that in 2020. that elevated two runoff wins in 2020. now the question is will the same sort of turnout take place here in december. we are one week away, and raphael warnock will be appearing here at ft. valley state university, and it's a historically black university, and this is one of his stops today, and he looks to not only turn out democratic turnout, but black voters, and that outpaced republican turnout in white voters in the 2020 runoff. the democrat here in this race needs that same thing to happen this time around. >> and simone, you have obama

headed to georgia to boost warnock, and then michelle obama is also helping with robocalls with warnock's campaign, telling folks to get out and vote. and on the other hand, president biden seems to be sitting this out in terms of the runoff, and donald trump is doing so as well. and donald trump will not cross the florida state line after both camps decided the former president's appearance carried more risks than rewards. i added the word georgia so you know the mapping. instead, donald trump will hold a call with supporters, because he was not only the first presidential candidate to lose the state in 20 years in 2020, but he was a factor with the voters, so just making phone calls. if he can't go to georgia in the mid-term, how in the world is he supposed to run nationally in

2024? >> i mean, i think it's a question for the fact that donald trump is essentially radioactive, and republicans are saying democrats and democratic strategists are bankers on television. i think it's a question that he is going to have to answer and we will see play out. i like to say it's still early, alex, and it's a long way to a republican primary and a long way before the first debate and a very long way before the general election in 2024. for democrats in georgia and the people on the ground, they are making the calculations about what is the best way to use the outside resources to turn people out to vote. this is a turnout game as vaughn was talking about. there has been more than $56 million spent. democrats have out spent republicans, and 36.1 million of those dollars are democratic dollars because that seat matters. the influx of help from the obamas is positioned to turn

people out, and obama is coming on a thursday while early voting is happening, and this upcoming saturday there's no early voting. the clock is ticking on what the impact can be. i have a special on peacock about this starting tonight on demand, and we are deep diving into georgia and talk to the chair of the democratic party as well as the party chairs in places like dekalb county, and cobb county, and what they are saying on the ground and how they will turn people out. >> and you have covered the arizona returns, and one county failed to turn it in and the secretary of state office is now suing that county saying it disenfranchises voters. explain what is happening now

and the legal battle ahead? >> right, 14 of the 15 counties met the deadline, and the bigger deadline is next week, december 8th, and that's when by arizona state law the arizona state governor and secretary of state and attorney general will certify the state results here. this is where the state law gets tricky. on one hand this is exactly what the secretary of state is currently suing cochise county over, because the state statute says they shall certify the results, that it's their obligation to do so. there's another line in state law that says when it comes time to certify statewide results if a county does not certify its results, they should not be included in the statewide certification, and if that happens then the cochise voters will be disenfranchised. the republican candidate won by

5,000 votes, and if you move cochise votes, that would give the democrat the win. >> thank you for that. you can watch simone's special of the georgia senate runoff airing for you on demand on peacock starting tonight. president biden met with top congressional leaders in the last hour and urging congress to approve a labor deal to avoid a national rail shutdown. he said failing to get it done could devastate the economy weeks before christmas. spoker nancy pelosi said the house will vote on the bill and it's expected to pass, according to multiple voices. joining me now is monica alba. tell me how involved the president has been in the process and how confident the white house is they will get this thing done by december 99?

>> reporter: the president has been involved and he had to be a key player in the 11th hour negotiations, and it's that tentative agreement that is still in the air between the labor unions and rail companies. the president said in a lengthy statement last night he did not want to have to use the lever to call on congress to get involved to approve the terms, but it's such a catastrophic impact on the economy, he said it was too great to have this looming strike take place. that's why the president did call on congressional leaders who he was meeting with here at the white house, and we believe that's still ongoing on many issues, but he's trying to implore them to agree on this. it has to go back to the senate even if it passes the house.

when reporters left that meeting a little bit ago, they asked the president if he was confident it could get done, and he did say he was confident but there was still a lot of the logistics to figure out. even though the deadline is some days away, the rail companies need to notify if they are going to go on strike by this friday, so the clock is ticking on a very important economic matter. >> it sure is, and the holidays are not going to be delayed. thank you so much. coming up, it's active again. lava is flowing from the largest volcano, and that's the mauna loa in hawaii. residents are not in danger but need to be prepared, and 16 million people could be in the path where nocturnal tornadoes could break out.

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as opposed to a cr. all of us agreed the cr did harm on the military side and domestic side, or at least that was the consensus in the room. it was a good meeting and we made good progress. >> it's exciting to have this marriage equality bill come up, so we passed it a while ago in the house and look forward to having a beautiful signing ceremony for that. okay, so the business at hand. first of all, i think it's really important for people to know that we left -- if we don't have an option, we may have to have a year-long cr. we don't prefer that. we don't think it's a good idea, but nonetheless, we have to have a bipartisan agreement as to what the top line is for

defense, domestic, discretionary nondefense spending. in good spirit, we will go -- >> it was a good spirit with the four of us that we could have a meeting of minds to get enough votes to pass in the house and senate. >> it's something we would like to get to work on right away. our appropriators have been working on it and now we are taking it to the next step as soon as possible. on the subject of the rail strike -- to avoid the rail strike, the president made his statement yesterday. tomorrow morning -- he asked congress to act, and tomorrow morning we will have a bill as early as 9:00 in the morning with the legislation, and it accepts the initial agreement

and then the negotiation between the labor and the railroads presided over by the president, the administration. we will bring that agreement to the floor. it's not everything i would like to see. i think we should have paid sick leave. every developed country in the world has it, and we don't. nonetheless, we have an improved situation and, again, i don't like going against the ability of unions to strike. but weighing the equities, we must avoid a strike. jobs will be lost, and even union jobs will be lost. water will not be safe. products will not be going to market. it is -- we could lose 750,000 jobs, some of them union jobs. that must be avoided. tomorrow morning in the house we will bring up the legislation and send it over to the senate. >> and leader mcconnell and i

agreed we tried to get it done asap. while the actual deadline of the railroads being shutdown is the 8th, our real deadline is sooner than that, because as the speaker mentioned, many of the suppliers, if they believe there may well be a shutdown will then not send their goods. chlorine, a desperately needed perishable, and cities and towns need that chlorine for their water supplies to keep them safe. the real deadline is sooner and we will try and solve this asap. the one other thing i would say on the budget, which the speaker mentioned on the funding. there was goodwill in the room and a desire to come together and solve this problem. that made us feel quite good about it. >> do you have the numbers to

pass in the senate? >> look, the leader and i will have to get together and try to get that done and we're working on it. we're working on it. >> if i may just close to a personal note, as the leader began, yesterday, sadly, we lost one of our members from virginia. my last communications with him last week were about the strike and he was expressing the concerns of his constituents about the down side, shall we say, of a strike, and i told him what i thought that the president would be making a statement, and i couldn't speak to what thatbe. but that -- he should be alerted to that. he thanked me for keeping him posted. little did i know that by monday, he would no longer be with us. right up until the end, he was advocating for the people of

virginia and for his district. >> thank you, everybody. >> everybody, that was a very important meeting that was held at the white house in the roosevelt room. there you see chuck schumer, nancy pelosi having talked about that loss on the economy. there was a somber note at the end respecting the passing yet of the virginia congressman of many years. it's all about the economy. there was discussion about keeping the government funded, whether that had to go through the less than ideal approach of a continuing resolution that would last for another 12 months. they hope to avoid that. the other thing, the rail strike. you heard chuck schumer say asap. that has to happen. that could be imposed a week from thursday, just ahead of the holiday season. he enumerated why that would be a disaster. for you waiting at home for

things coming for the holidays, they hope to get that passed. there was goodwill among the leaders. right now, this is not good news. millions of americans are facing dangerous weather this afternoon. it's a severe storm system from northeast texas, through much of the gulf coast states. storms, hail, strong winds, likely tornadoes. that's why we have bill karins joins me with more on this severe weather. how bad, bill, do you expect this to be? >> i would be surprised if at this time tomorrow we're not showing you video of devastation somewhere. it's one of the setups where it looks like it's going to happen. we don't know why yet. how unusual. what's going on? this is late november, almost december. how many tornadoes do we typically get this? you notice texas, louisiana, mississippi, alabama, this is where we get tornadoes. if you remember the beginning of

the month, we had a good outbreak in north texas and arkansas. almost right in that same spot is where the biggest threat is. this map was just updated. we were at 16 million people included. now there's 18 million at risk. yellow, a slight risk. a chance of severe weather. orange is close by. if you are in the red, look out. have your safety plans for your family. tornadoes could be nearby. pay attention to the forecast, even as you go to bed. these are the most deadly tornadoes, the most dangerous. especially if they happen after sunset, the storm changers aren't going to give you as much of a heads up and locate them. we will see the storms forming in northeast louisiana and then head into mississippi. eventually, up into tennessee and a section here of northern alabama. central portions of starkville around columbus, that's the area

of concern. we have strong thunderstorms. these are not tornadoes. they will be late afternoon and into this evening in this area. the timing of it. i paused this map at 7:00 p.m. anywhere you see bright red dots, that's the potential, the area we target for tornadoes likely. south of memphis, north of jackson. this is where the storm chasers are waiting. i hope they are misses. we will get tornadoes. we don't know if they will hit where people live or if they are harmlessly out in the woods or in farmer's fields. >> let's hope they don't hit at night. thank you so much for the vigilance on it. we are just a couple of hours away from team usa's must win match against iran at the world cup. with the excitement very high, so is the tension both on and off the field. iran took issue with the u.s. soccer federationposting the

flag without the islamic sign on the flag. meagan fitzgerald, tony blinken has been weighing in on this. take us through all we have seen. >> reporter: what we have seen over the last several days, since this tournament began, is politics, human rights and supports colliding together. when the iranian men, for example, took the field in their first match, they stood silent as their national anthem rang out, seemingly standing in solidarity with the women of their country that are fighting for basic human rights. we saw that same game, protesters in the stands. a couple of days later, at the second match, we saw pro-iranian government protesters clashing with anti-iranian government protesters. as you mentioned, we had the u.s. soccer federation, what they were trying to do. that angering the iranians,

catching the team in the crosshairs. secretary of state blinken at a press conference today basically saying we need to watch the game and let the players do what they came to do. >> i'm sorry to interrupt. we have to go back to the white house. we have kevin mccarthy now talking about the meeting that happened about an hour ago. take a listen. >> he didn't know who fuentes is. >> did you get a sense that anything is different in dealing with this white house now that republicans are going to have a house majority in dealing with the border or in dealing with energy? >> i think the administration got an indication it's going to be different. >> how so? >> i invited the president to go to the border with me. i explained to the president -- he asked me about the border. i told him about my trip. just in el paso, in one -- one

overhang of a freeway, 70,000 people have come across in the last seven weeks. if we would send people back to the country that they came from, the border agents would tell you they stop coming. the border agents themselves are cut short that there's not enough of them, that they sit and work the job as processing. we could have somebody else do that job so they could be out front. i explained to the president what i saw. a woman hung because she didn't pay the cartel. her feet cut off, put on fire. the cartels controlling as you watch. i explained fentanyl. there's not just any city. every city today is now a border city. your affinity with bakersfield and our own junior high, the age

of 13, brought 150 fentanyl to school. it's killing our youngest generation from 18 to 45. the number one factor. coming from china. making these cartels wealthy. you have to lean on president xi. you have to stop the cartels. my expression to the president was, it is a different situation that has become so bad that we need to have our own military embedded with the border agents to be able to be on a level competing with these cartels and what they have done. the control of our border is lost right now. that is why i asked homeland security secretary to resign. come january 3, we will have an investigation of why the border has become the situation it is and not to allow them to continue along the same path. >> your position on the rail legislation. >> it's unfortunate we are here. i know the president told us

this was solved, long before the election. now we find ourselves in the last moments, in the last hours asking us to rush a bill to the floor. nobody wants the economy to fail. nobody wants this to happen. but this is another situation where an administration told us one thing, just like they told us about inflation, it was transitory, we found it was not. this was a negotiation that was selected by this administration. this was something that was celebrated by this administration that it was fixed. now right before holiday season, right when farmers need to ship their goods and others, we have to rush something to the floor. >> do you think it will pass? >> i think it will pass. it's unfortunate that this is how we're running our economy today. this has got to stop and change. we need an economy that is strong. if you are passing a bill to

force the rail workers to work, how strong is your economy? if you have gas prices that you can't simply depend upon it continues to rise, you are going into winter, and you are wondering can you afford your winter heating, that's not an economy that's strong. i think that's why in the selection, they made a change in congress. this is what we're going to focus on for the american people. we will make an economy that's strong. it's not government dictating where somebody can work. we will have an economy that workers can work. we will have an economy that has energy prices that are lower. you have money to fill up your tank and still go to dinner. we will secure our borders so your kids know they are safe. we will have a government that's accountable. no longer is administration is going to lie to you and tell you a border is secure when it's not. >> what about ukraine funding? >> keeping an eye on twitter under elon musk? >> that's offensive to me.