family. our hearts are with them for what they have gone through and the memorial service today and the other hoge families. that does it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." follow the show on social media @mitchell reports and rewatch the best of our show on youtube, go to msnbc.com/andrea. chris jansing reports starts right now. reports starts right now. good day, i'm chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters. how much is too much? will senate republicans balk at the latest batch of bad news surrounding president-elect donald trump's picked to leave the defense department, pete hegseth and did trump hobble house republicans goal for majority rule?

blueprint for a crackdown, the state of texas with ideas for trump's mass deportation pledge and their new offer of land and resources to help him pull it off. a stunning declaration from a key u.s. ally, the president of south korea imposes martial law, what it might mean for the country and for the 30,000 american troops that are stationed there. we began on capitol hill, where multiple battles are being fought with republicans, democrats and president-elect trump all testing the limits of their political power. in the senate, that means republicans figuring out how much questionable behavior they are willing to overlook when it comes to his picks for top jobs. in the house, it means

reconciling trump's plans for his first 100 days, with the reality that they may be starting the 119 congress with the slimmest majority in more than a century and it's partly trump's own fault. after tapping multiple house republicans for roles in his own administration and with democrats leading in the final outstanding house race, what was once a five seat majority, may be down to just two. and because bills need a majority to advance, that means, just one republican voting no, could derail anything they try and do. okay, ali, let's start in the house, republicans have a lot of plans for the coming years, passing task cuts, rolling back a lot of biden programs,

what is the level of concern that you are hearing that trump has made it harder by shrinking their majority? >> they've got a lot of plans but not a lot of wiggle room. i know for people like carlos and michael and vaughn, who know the hill so well, we saw what the chaos of slim margins has looked like over the course of the last two years for republicans. now we are about to see it almost on steroids as we see this majority that was already slim, seeming to shrink because of the president-elect own decision. certainly the speaker has been aware of those choices. we heard from steve scalise, in the immediate aftermath of two of those republican pics being announced, that he was hopeful that he wouldn't see any more departures and then of course matt gaetz was selected for attorney general, that . will end up being a wash because they republican will likely take that seat when the special election is held next year but this is something republicans are aware of and i think the thing for viewers or anyone who enjoys tracking this, is pay attention to if anyone is sick,

has the flu, schedules an appointment, a delayed flight, even, could be the difference for republican if they are saying that they only have a 1- 2 vote dissension margin and someone happens to be absent for a key vote, that will be potentially the decisive factor in this congress for the house. >> to be clear, it could be 100 days until those seats get filled. >> that's exactly right. i think april is when we are talking about for some of those seats. it will take a little bit. >> congressman, you know these folks on the house side, what do you think the chances are that all 217 republicans can stay united, no defections, no illnesses, no doctors appointments, no late planes. >> chris, ali is absolutely right, and just to put this

into perspective, the 115th congress when donald trump came into office the first time, republicans, we had about 240 members in the house, and the first major piece of controversial legislation that republicans try to pass was a repeal and replacement of the affordable care act, they lost 20 votes on that bill, and they passed it by two votes, that kind of condition does not exist as we look ahead to the 119 congress, so especially for bills that are controversial, high profile, it is going to be very difficult to get all the votes, to get everyone together on these bills, it'll be difficult. and the more ambitious the agenda grows, the harder it is to keep people together. this will be a wild ride in the 119 congress for the u.s. house of representatives. >> i don't think there are a

lot of folks on the republican side, who thought the house might end up this close, so, what should be the democrats plan to take advantage of the best situation they have frankly, which is the closest to the house? >> you are talking a few votes, so a member over sleeps and misses a vote, then the speaker has to go to leader jeffries and try and get support there. democrats will try to extract as much as they can. >> that also means that democrats can't take a day off. >> this is great news, i think, because at the end of the day, the speaker needs leader jeffries for a number of these bills and so, that means any

sort of radical right-wing policies that he would want to put in place would be extracted by leader jeffries in those negotiations. this is great news for all of us sane americans who just want things to function properly. >> pete hegseth, back on capitol hill today, i think he's got 3 to 4 meetings. on monday, we heard some senators defending him against allegations of sexual impropriety and public intoxication, let's listen. >> they are throwing disparaging remarks at someone who has earned a great deal of credibility. our soldiers, are they sometimes wild child? yes, that can happen but it's clear that this guy is the guy who at the time when americans were losing confidence in their own military, in our ability to protect strength around the world, pete hegseth is the answer to that concern. >> it's entirely possible that some members of the senate have a different definition of what wild child means or the age at

which that is appropriate but my question more directly is how much political capital is trump willing to spend on pete hegseth? >> well we haven't seen donald trump go on social media, to go and project confidence or demands to have them pass -- >> is he making phone calls like he did for matt gaetz? >> not that we've heard at this point in time, i think pete hegseth is someone who is a lone man walking up on capitol hill, having to go and answer the questions for himself. i want you to listen to jason miller who's the trump campaign advisor, this morning over on cnn, he talked about pete hegseth and his confirmation process, take a listen. >> when it comes to pete hegseth, there aren't any concerns and we feel good about

his positioning for being confirmed by the senate that we have to take the process seriously. this is one of the rare times you will hear me say that the process when it comes to this, is very important, and that is because the senate takes it so serious, to go and have the one on one meetings and have these confirmation hearings, to give senators a chance to get some of these questions answered. i believe pete hegseth is ultimately, when he can present his case, it'll come across very clearly that he will be a great person to leave the dod, and he didn't do anything wrong. >> miller projecting a confidence there but let's be very clear. team trump, is not naove to the dynamics of the republican senate right now, and just like ali knows, when you are looking at the reality that they cannot lose more than three republican senators, trump has a tendency to oli or threatening , to go after fellow republicans, but you can't

exactly do that with the senators, we are talking about them, they would be the ones to determine whether pete hegseth and others were confirmed. if you look at the likes of susan collins, you can try and primary her, but donald trump lost the state of maine by seven percentage points and any other republican, there would be a good chance they would not win that seat in 2026, lisa murkowski, he tried to primary her in 2022 but he failed to do so. look at john curtis, met romney replacement, out of utah, he's got a six year term, a more moderate republican voice, mitch mcconnell, he has already announced that he is retiring, so some of these senators, you could add ty young out of indiana, he's in the mix, he is still four years away from having to win reelection, so trump actually only has a cudgel against his fellow republicans to a certain degree. they have a lot of independence

and political protection right now, so there's a recognition and a cognizance that it'll be up to pete hegseth to go and personally convince the senators that he is confirmable. >> i want to play a fascinating moment i think, for monday when pete hegseth was meeting with tommy to prevail and the media was brought in to take video. let me play that. >> it's like a gaggle in the locker room. >> the ark of the article suggest that you have an alcohol pro -- problem. >> exit, right here behind you, let's go, guys. >> talking about that new yorker article that quoted a number of people that had worked around pete hegseth, an article we have not confirmed, that he often drank to the point of intoxication and had to be helped. what is your take, is that stuff landing, is hegseth in trouble? >> these are serious allegations that we've seen both in the jane mayer piece and also in lengthy police reports around the sexual

misconduct allegations, charges were never filed, hegseth lawyer said he paid a settlement to the lawyer because he was worried about his career but these are serious questions for any a many to be faced with during and in the beginning stages of the nominating process. i do think though, that senators, at least on the sexual misconduct piece on this, when we caught them in the hallways, they've been willing, if not eager to explain those away, as just hearsay, and it seems at least, when you hear people like senator lammas, who you heard earlier talking about wild child, these are flimsy ways to brush off serious allegations -- >> can i interrupt you for a second? josh hawley was just on camera and he made a pretty lengthy answer to the question essentially that i was asking you, but i want to read the

second half of it. he said i would say to some of my republican colleagues that are worried and a number are expressing public concerns, i would say before they make up their mind, let him have his hearing and listen to him under oath and let's go through the process, give him a shot to answer this and lay out his vision for the dod. is that what we would expect to hear from josh hawley, i'm looking at the whole top of this, he says, you know, he has denied all of these accusations and it's not however a full throated endorsement, at least this one piece of it. >> it's not a full throated endorsement i think you can read that in one of two ways, and it's a sort of a choose your own adventure, it's like let the chips fall where they may, that was some of the commentary i was hearing from skeptical republicans with matt gaetz or you could read that as someone who's just trying to play into the role of advise and consent. it makes a ton of sense, they

would say, let's have the process play out. that makes sense because that's how this is typically done. so i'm not exactly shocked that josh hawley would say that. i do think that it feels at least publicly, and we don't know what is being said in these rooms and i've been in rooms like the one we are showing on the screen, for example, with pam bondi, the question i try to ask was what does it mean to investigate the investigators, those are the questions that the media is asking in terms of these sticking points are the controversial points of some of these nominees. i don't know if those are the questions that senators are asking, certainly they like to keep the process piece quiet, that behooves people on both sides of the equation. so we don't know if they are taking it seriously privately but publicly, and in some of the clips we played already, we have people saying let's let the process play out or

alternatively, they are downplaying the allegations and what we've seen reported in the press. i think this is why fbi background checks are so important and why the regular process of vetting these nominees is so important, to just get everything out there and give senators the most information possible so they can make informed decisions on this. >> yeah, and one way to look at this, congressman, is if you do at least, give pete hegseth a hearing and you go through the confirmation process, that's a step further than what matt gaetz god, and you can say, we tried to give him the opportunity but i wonder if having already said no essentially to matt gaetz, making it clear that his nomination wasn't going anywhere, that it makes it tougher to go against anyone else. >> chris, i think josh hawley is trying to buy time for pete hegseth and for some of these

other more controversial nominees. what they don't want is another episode where 4 to 5 republicans come out of the gate and say under no circumstances are we going to vote for this candidate and they have to withdrawal the way matt gaetz did which was frankly a little embarrassing for the administration, about a week after the nomination was announced. and i think what you see here, if you listen closely, especially to some of these more centrist republicans, i think they're starting to realize that donald trump needs them about as much as they need him. and i think that's why a lot of them are being a little bit more bold then we have been accustomed to seeing republicans on the hill, saying, no, we need to have a process here. we need to ask all the candidates the tough questions at least, and then we will make our decision. that's not how it typically works in the gop under donald

trump. a lot of people just want to walk in lockstep with trump. i think you are seeing a break there, at least in the senate. >> all right, michael, you understand how these power plays work, having worked for who you did. how do you see these fights playing out, especially if they do get to the point of actual hearing, the ones that do? >> it obviously sets the tone in terms of whether it'll be an acrimonious relationship or whether senate republicans and the trump white house can work together. so even if this gets ugly now, they still need each other over the next four years. i am concerned to see how mitch mcconnell is going to play this, because he's got the political capital to manage this either way. i think men -- many members of the conference will follow in some way. >> thank you all, in 90 seconds,

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for mass deportation facilities. included in the idea, plans to potentially use national guard and active duty military trip -- troops to build tents and more. courtney, what more can you tell us about the idea for the land and some possible facilities? >> the texas land commissioner's office bought about 1400 acres in late october, just under $4 million. it's right along the rio grande and we have learned recently that governor of texas, governor abbott, met with the incoming borders judgment border czar, and spoke about the possibility of using that land for these mass deportation facilities. one option to the incoming trump administration that they have discussed is the possibility that president- elect trump would declare a national emergency and that would give him additional resources that could help them build a facilities, it could be

simple things like pop-up tents, soft sided facilities, and it could allow them to use military resources to do that. not only using the military to help potentially build these facilities but also to use them along the border. chris, they are also looking into the possibility of using those you s military to be part of the effort to bring these migrants to the facilities. this is just one of the ideas that the incoming border czar is looking at. the texas land commissioner's office said they are also looking at additional pieces of land throughout texas and she said her office is very interested and eager to work with the trump administration on this effort. >> it's fascinating reporting, the president does have the ability to declare a national emergency. it was done in the aftermath of

9/11. how do you think the american people would look at that being a national emergency and potentially bringing in the military? >> republicans feel emboldened on this issue, this is the issue that during the biden administration, the public and all the polling we've seen has shown the most frustration with, republicans feel like there's a lot of political upside here, they feel like they are justified in being aggressive. is the risk? for sure. i think if they go too far, we saw that during trump's first term, the child separation policy, that was a step too far, the public -- president lost support even from republicans in congress when that started but when it comes to controlling the border, securing the border, if it is done in a way where people don't perceive that human beings are being mistreated, i think donald trump is going to have a

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president biden spoke at the national museum of slavery in angola, a region where the ancestors of million african americans were sold into bondage. it's the first time an american president has visited there. and the message recognize the tragic history that the two countries shared but look forward saying the future goes through africa. >> i've learned that history can be hidden, it cannot and should not be erased. it should be faced. it's our duty to face our history. in time, the united states would write a different story. in partnership with the people who were brought here. it's a story of mutual respect, and mutual progress. that's the history that brings me here. the first american president ever to visit angola. over time, and i'm proud to be. >> kelly o'donnell is at the

white house also with us is eugene daniels. kelly, what does president biden hope to accomplish by going to angola? >> there are a number of things and they are centered on history and the modern moment of so many americans, who have roots that went through angola and wanting to connect with them. and it's about trying to take a position for the united states on the continent of africa as a counterweight to china. china was willing to make a lot of investment there and that shifts the powerbase and president biden and others in his administration believe very strongly that you s involvement, investment and concern about africa is good in the us national interest because of our adversary, competitive partner, china, and their interest in investing in

the continent. so part of what he wanted to do was make good on a promise that had been canceled a couple of times due to other events where he hoped to visit, he wanted to get this done and acknowledge in his remarks that his time is limited in what is left in his term so that was part of it, keeping his promise and also talking about in like investment. here's a portion of what the president talked about and part of this trip is highlighting the impact of long-term rail on the continent which should open pathways for investment. >> we are building railroads in zambia and the drc and all the way from the atlantic ocean to the indian ocean. it'll be the first transcontinental railroad in africa and the biggest american rail investment outside of americ >> and so, that's about the future and investment, modernization but as we've indicated, this was also about looking to the past and acknowledging the important

place that angola played in the lives of those persons who were taken from africa, transited to slavery in the united states and elsewhere and how important that is as well, to recognize the history and also look toward the future. it was an important trip and what could likely be the final international trip of the president. that's not certain but given the few weeks left, the likelihood that he would go overseas again, that is doubtful, it's something he had wanted to do throughout his presidency. >> tell us about the significance of this visit for president biden and his decision to speak at angola's slavery museum. >> i think kelly captured it so well, right, this is, any time that a leader from the united states or any country that benefited from the slave trade and the horrors of slavery on this planet, that is important

for everyone to hear, right, there's been a conversation in this country for a long time, about the erasure of history and what should be taught, the conversation about race in this country, what it should look like, and that is something the president was trying to get across. also i would say the important is,, when you think about 26 years now, 25% of the population will be african, not african american, africa. this is a forward-looking policy, to make sure that they are seen on the continent as partners with these countries, for a really long time, america has just kind of not invested as partners with these countries, so they tried to change that over the last four years and honestly, because of

that, it's something that couldn't continue under the trump administration. >> there's also political purchase -- purpose. joe biden said the future goes through africa. one example, angola has some things that the u.s. would want, not the least of which are critical batteries, is this the kind of thing where joe biden thinks that he could make some progress as his presidency draws to a close, kind of a move to say i'm not 100% done, i have almost 2 months left? >> i think so. this is the president at the very end and to be clear, he promised to do this a while back, so this is something we've been waiting on, and they have sent the vice president, the first lady and many other senior members of the administration to africa to prove to the continent that

they are all in. i think this is one of those things that at the end of the presidency, you realize that you weren't able to finish it off. there's no indication that the trump administration would continue in the same way that the biden administration has thought of and wanted to invest in the content of africa. that is going to look probably a little bit different. and so, if he actually does care about it as much as he says he does, maybe that is on the list of something he will continue after the presidency. after january 20th, there won't be much that he will be able to promise these countries. >> thank you both so much. coming up, chaos in south

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we have breaking news from overseas, south korea's parliament just voted to nullify the declaration of martial law that was made by the country's president a few hours earlier. protests broke out after the

president accused the opposition of being sympathetic to communist north korea and trying to paralyze the government. janice, the white house says it is in touch with the government there, watching the situation very closely. what exactly is going on? >> well, this was an extraordinary political move by the south korean president. he said he had no choice but to resort to martial law and order to safeguard free and constitutional order. this is basically a move against the government, citing what he called, despicable pro- north korean state forces. he's been in a bitter standoff with opposition members since he was elected in 2022, most recently, failing to get the budget passed. the main opposition party has condemned the move. they moved immediately to call it unconstitutional and then defied the president with a vote to revoke martial law which by law, the president has to honor without delay, and to

this point, he has not done that. the pressure will now shift to security forces, military leaders are saying it will remain in effect until the president orders otherwise. we see the large crowds gathering in seoul and people are inside the building and police are around it and there is, for the moment, a lot of confusion about where things stand, and what martial law means. under the order, political activities are banned, protests are prohibited, media is censored, the biden administration is in contact with the south korean government and is monitoring the situation closely but president biden has yet to comment on the declaration of martial law itself. south korea is a staunch ally of the united states. there are some 30,000 american troops stationed in the country to guard primarily against

north korea. so we see a political situation that is tenuous and unclear and people in south korea have been stunned by what is and older, chris? >> thank you. new tests for the fragile cease-fire in lebanon. this morning the lebanese health ministry said 11 people are dead from is really airstrikes which israel said was in retaliation for hezbollah attack. both sides are accusing each other of violating the cease- fire. what more can you tell us? >> reporter: yes indeed, chris, the cease-fire that began last week was meant to contain a 60 day period of cessation of hostilities, but as you said, each side is accusing the other of violating the deal. it started first with the un peacekeeping force in the southern part of lebanon saying that israel had violated the terms of the deal approximately , this is a quote, approximately 100 times. the lebanese army and minister have accused israel of violating the terms of the

truce. after that, after those accusations, hezbollah launched an attack on a disputed portion of land, and that is when israel said that the cease-fire agreement had been violated, and it launched several drone attacks over the last day or so in southern lebanon. so israel says that they are enforcing the agreement, though chris, there are no provisions within this deal that would give one side or the other, any authority to enforce. there's meant to be a multinational committee that enforces the deal, that monitors the cease-fire and that is meant to then make a decision and assessment if a side is violating that. but today, the defense minister of israel said something interesting. he said if the cease-fire collapses, chris, then israel reserves the right to strike

back at lebanon and there will be quote, no longer an exception for the state of lebanon, meaning that it's saying it would go beyond hezbollah and strike targets elsewhere in the country. of course, that is very concerning and u.s. officials have reportedly expressed concern that the cease-fire agreement is on shaky ground to their israeli counterparts. we are keeping a close eye on this. but there have been some worrying developments on that front, chris? >> thank you for that. a new legal battle playing out right now in a georgia

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her 2020 election interference case. that panel, then issued a pair of subpoenas back in august that willis ignored. this marks the first real court test of the state general assemblies subpoena power. lisa rubin has been following all of this for us. i was so interested, i stopped you in the hallway earlier today to let me start with this. the centers around fani willis and her relationship with nathan why -- nathan wade who she appointed as a special prosecutor. walk us through what all of this is, what's happening here? >> this is an attempt by the georgia legislature and in particular, one investigative panel of the georgia state senate to learn more about that relationship that wasn't already excavated in the hearings that judge mcafee held last spring. you and i both know that fani willis could remain in control of her case and the conflict of

interest was not such that it was disqualifying for her. that decision is now on appeal to the georgia court of appeals and while they wait, the georgia legislature again, in particular this one panel in the state senate is trying to learn more about that relationship and has called for not only her testimony but a battery of documents including every document essentially that would evidence their relationship. all documents regarding what he was paid as a special prosecutor, all text messages between them and any communication that she had with any office of the federal government with respect to her investigation. >> that feels pretty broad. the question was whether wade actually profited off of this relationship, that seemed to be the heart of what the questions were during that hearing. >> that was but the former governor of the state who represents willis was arguing this morning, that the subpoena itself is not only overbroad but it's also improper because under georgia statute, both

houses of the general assembly have to authorize the issuance of a subpoena for investigative purposes. he made an interesting, this morning saying y'all basically who are federalists over there, you are so into textualism, that is, what the plain meaning of a statute is, this ignores the plain meaning of georgia law, passed by the very georgia assembly one house of which is now trying to get willis to come in and say more about that relationship and expose much more on paper than we've seen before. >> we've got less than 30 seconds but, ultimately, does any of this matter, could the georgia case i anyway? >> it could die anyway, if an appellate court holds that willis was impermissibly conflicted and removes her and her entire office from that case, a panel is supposed to

appoint a new prosecutor but there's largely a thought that the panel won't appoint anyone to take over the case and the case will die on the vine, irrespective of the fact that donald trump is about to take office again which poses its own constitutional barriers. >> thank you. now to exclusive reporting, the fbi has just searched the home of an alleged january 6th writer, known to online sedition sleuths, as old double shot. he was given that name after he appeared on video with both hands with -- ryan riley has this exclusive reporting for us, ryan, what is the latest, what do we know about old double shot? >> this started for me more than three years ago because i was talking about the importance of facial recognition in the january 6th investigation and i had a bunch

of tips from the online sleuths so i end up calling a few of these potential suspects and i ended up getting in touch with this individual's insurance company, he wouldn't get on the phone with me but the two other people i had reference were mentioned in the same story are now serving prison sentences. this is one of the longest identifications that online sleuths have made that there have been no arrests yet and it was unclear whether haddad then any progress we now know that the fbi has confirmed that they searched an address that was associated with the individual who was identified by these online sleuths, and what i heard when i called up his insurance company is that he's no longer associated with that company, he left in 2021 even though it bears his last name and they confirmed that his home had been searched and his home is attached to the insurance company itself, and an employee there, had told me that she was not sure if he was still living in the country. so i had a number of january 6th defendants who have fled and that seems like a potential of what the reason was for that here. >> it's not just arrest, it's

trials, two, one of which is going on right now of a former d.c. police lieutenant. prosecutors are arguing in court that he became a sympathizer and double agent for the proud voice. what more can you tell us about him? >> i just came back over from court and we had a special agent testifying about these communications between enrique tarrio, the chairman of the proud boys who is serving 22 years in prison, the communications between enrique tarrio and lamont, they said essentially that he tipped off enrique tarrio that he was going to be arrested and enrique tarrio also came into d.c. a day early of the january 6th attack because he expected he could get picked up at the airport for a previous crime that he had been charged with involving the burning of a black lives matter banner, that

was hung up at a church. the big thing here now is that now that donald trump has been elected, enrique tarrio will be testifying and is expected to testify for the fence. this is the individual that is serving the longest sentence, who could be testifying in the coming days in this trial, of this officer who allegedly tipped off the individual who is now serving the longest sentence in connection with january 6th. >> we know where you will be. ryan riley, thank you for that. backlash against the hunter biden parton, willed items decision in bolden the incoming president and hurt democrats? stay close, more chris jansing reports after this. if you're on medicare, remember, the annual enrollment period is here. the time to choose your coverage... begins october 15th...

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