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steny hoyer and steve scalise talked about that effort. here are their remarks.

joining us now, the number two republican in the house, congressman steve scalise and congressman, welcomex news sunday." >> congressman scalise: good morning, chris, great to be back with you. >> chris: so the electoral college votes tomorrow. when the electors, 270 of them, vote in favor of joe biden, and he becomes the president-elect, will you stop contesting the selection? >> congressman scalise: well, chris, look, there's been a lot of contesting of the election in multiple states. the president has done it, other groups have done it too and that's because of the concerns people had when you look at the massive vote swings days and weeks after the election. millions of people feel very frustrated with this process. and look, there's going to ultimately be a conclusion to this but for now i think if you just discount the fact that millions of people wonder why is it that in some states, florida, texas, large states, they have the results by 10:00 that night and then in other states it was days and weeks and during those days and weeks you saw massive boat swings that just cede a lot o

joining me right now is house minority whip steve scalise.ays a pleasure to see you. thanks very much for being here. >> morning. maria: tell us about what went on in terms of this bill and how the two sides finally came together. >> sure. great to be with you, maria. you know, look, the big focus for months now has been on getting more relief to our small businesses and the millions of workers tied to those companies so that they can keep their jobs, the businesses can make it through these tough times. so getting a second round of ppp loans authorized was probably the number one priority -- [audio difficulty] like the first round of ppp loans were highly successful, saved over 50 million jobs. that's probably the cornerstone of this bill. businesses that are experiencing at least a 25% loss still to this day will be able to get a second round of forgivable loans. so, of course, a business that's doing better today, they won't be automobile to get it, but -- able to get it, and we fixed what has probably been the biggest complaint for weeks

top house republican steve scalise joins us, that's next.o me, the most important thing about being in the human race isn't winning. it's participating, living life to the fullest... emphasis on living. this is what makes life, life. yet how much of life are we willing to miss out on? untreated hearing loss affects our mobility; it increases the risk of falls by 50%. good hearing health is essential to staying engaged... and doing what we love. hear well and stay vital. get a hearing health check every year. chris: democrats are playing defense with president-elect biden's son under investigation for his tax dealings and republicans demanding answers about congressman eric swalwell, a member of the intelligence committee and his tie toss a suspected -- ties to a suspected chinese spy. joining us now the number two republican in the house, congressman steve scalise. congressman, welcome back to fox news sunday. >> good morning, chris, great to be back with you. chris: so, the electoral college votes tomorrow. when the electors, 270 of them, v

top house republican steve scalise joins us, that's next.hris: democrats are playing defense with president-elect biden's son under investigation for his tax dealings and republicans demanding answers about congressman eric swalwell, a member of the intelligence committee and his tie toss a suspected -- ties to a suspected chinese spy. joining us now the number two republican in the house, congressman steve scalise. congressman, welcome back to fox news sunday. >> good morning, chris, great to be back with you. chris: so, the electoral college votes tomorrow. when the electors, 270 of them, vote in favor of joe biden, and he becomes the president-elect, will you stop contesting this election? >> well, chris, look, there's been a lot of contesting of the election in multiple states. the president's done it. other groups have done it too. that's because of the concerns people had. when you look at massive vote swings, days and weeks after the election, millions of people feel very frustrated with this process. and look, there's going to ultima

there were moments, steve scalise, the whip, come back and our teammates being shot at that morning. and came back strong and he has always represented his faith in a way that i think has impacted potentially far beyond any political work that he may do in this house. there has been times to engage in a more stern manner and serving on the house oversight committee with chairman chaffetz. he did a wonderful job as the house oversight chairman and questioned some of the scrupulous behavior of james comey. i still think peter strzok doesn't cares for me. one of the moments that stand out is questioning cease eel richards when i asked her, does it bother that more african-american babies that are aborted than actually born. she wasn't aware from that statistic. nor did i share away from those fights. when we were working and going back and forth on the born-alive amendment and can't help but remembering the heavyness and oppression of that night. only three of my colleagues on the democratic side stood up and said a baby that survives a botched abortion should have the rights to stay al

steve scalise joins me now. good evening, great to have you here.t say you before we even get to whether or not is a valid reason behind these lockdowns the law enforcement saying no, we are not going to do it? >> great to be back with you. you think about these mayors who are trying to defund police and they don't want to lock up criminals but then they tell to lock up restaurant owner who just trying to keep people employed during christmas, talk about misplaced priorities. then they tried to dump it on our hard working men in uniform, law enforcement wants to keep the street safe, they don't want to arrest a local restaurant owner. it is ridiculous. judge jeanine: what's amazing is that, i think it was kate brown from oregon, the government there. she said you might want to, people at thanksgiving have more people at the table, might want to call the police. i've never heard anything like this. what if you have seven kids? throw one out? but then you say what is there and game? what are they getting out of it? policy isn't listening, lori from ch

thank you for going on the record, steve scalise. >> always happy to. rimaries to you, too. ainsley: merry christmas. black lives matter demanding a seat at the table after being egg more by team biden for more than 30 days. in a petition the group writes quote black voters give and give to this country and deserve a voice in the decision making process -- the progress of this future administration. here to react is host of the podcast rob smith is problematic, rob smith himself. hey, rob. >> hey, how are you doing. thanks for having me on on a problematic tuesday. ainsley: all right. what's your reaction to this. they are saying they are being ignored by the biden administration or team right now and they want their voices heard. >> they are being ignored because they were used by the biden team and campaign throughout this entire election season. look, we have been having this conversation for months on end. and everybody knew and a lot of black conservatives like me have been saying that as soon as they got what they wanted, in this case joe biden app

a good friend of mine, steve scalise, got agitated by the rhetoric he was saying and tried to assassinate as many republican congressmen and congresswom congresswomen, and steve was shot. so in public life in particular, there is someone throughout that might be more deranged. those comments are to be con demted. >> do you want to hear more from the president? give than there are deranged people that do pad things? we saw it with steve scalise, do you want to hear the president come out and say it because he has so much sway? >> there is no one with a bigger believe pulpit than the president of the united states. >> thank you, senator kae eor c thank you for your bill, many are in need of help. we appreciate it, sir. still ahead, david purdue warned the nation about overseas hackers. he bought and sold stocks 61 times in a federal contractor that protects companies from hackers. with a key election on the line, could those trades and 2,000 others come back to haunt them? >> and vaccines are on the horizon. are americans convinced their safe? >> i don't trust no one. >> why? >> they could

steny hoyer and steve scalise talked about that effort. here are their remarks. friend, the majority leader to talk about the schedule for next week. mr. hoyer: i thank my friend for yield, the republican whip from the grand state of louisiana. as the gentleman is aware, as a result of his service in previous congresses, when we get to the last days of the congress it is very difficult to fix the schedule because the reason we have not already passed something is because it's controversial and we're trying to work out agreement. in that context, mr. speaker, i am advising members that they will not be expected to be back here to vote on any piece of legislation prior to tuesday next at 6:30 p.m. the reason for that is because an agreement has not been reached on either covid-19 legislation or the omnibus for the funding of government for the balance of the year between now and september 30. as a result, even if an agreement were reached tomorrow, the time for the staff to put it in bill language and to file it would take us at least until tuesday. so there's no p

what happened to steve scalise? two weeks ago on friday which i missed it, if you can before the end of the program, if you could let me know what happened, why i do not see him. that was the question for you. host: the address that briefly and go on with your comment. our colleague steve scalise is currently on administrative is on-- steve scully administrative leave. caller: thank you. that means he will come back. host: it is possible. i don't have all the answers, but yes. caller: thank you. because i love him so much. for mr. fortier, i wanted to say this. 50 years ago, i used the same word. the first word i have is americans are stupid. i am a conservative republican. more thanen does win 150 million votes, i'm going to believe what they say the , they say0 years ago we are stupid for this because it is too much. thank you, thank you. host: any response? know: obviously, we don't the election results and the early voting is suggestive that democrats have gotten not there in the early period. but we do not know

. >> jason: joining us with reaction is the house minority whip steve scalise. fox news contributor sarah carter and american conservative union chairman matt slapp. thank you for the three of you for joining us. whip scalise, start with you. you are in the house leadership. they are in the house of representatives. give us more insight, what kevin mccarthy was briefed on, what are the members hearing and talking about and why in the world would nancy pelosi put our nation at risk? there are 200-plus democrats they could have picked but they picked one sleeping with a chinese spy. >> you can't make this stuff up. you served in the house. you know how hard it is to get on the house intelligence committee. i and here is a guy who was compromised when he was a councilmember in california before elected to congress. targeted by the chinese. ended up having a relationship with a chinese spy but she infiltrated his office with other chinese spies. then he gets on the intel committee in his second term. look, there are more questionsse than there are answers right now.

. >> dana: steve scalise demanding answers from speaker pelosi over eric swalwell's deployment to theligence committee. he is up next. and to all of my last minute shoppers out there between now and christmas, you can go to givedenovocooks.com and get a new edition of my new book. and will be emailed a digital gift certificate. you are the hero of christmas. ♪ >> dana: bottom of the hour, time for some top headlines, manhunt is underway in pennsylvania after a handcuffs but suspect shot a police officer. they say that he shot the officer three times and escaped on foot. the officer is reported to be in stable condition. and new criminal charges announced today against the suspected bomb maker. 32 years since a bombing that killed 270 people, most of them americans. and dr. anthony fauci calming fears of children across the globe. >> will santos still be able to visit me and coronavirus season? >> i took a trip to the north pole, i went there and i vaccinated santa claus myself. i measured his level of immunity, and he is good to go. >> dana: the good news just coming days before santa

powerful house republican, steve scalise, sent a letter to house speaker nancy pelosi demanding eric swalwell remove from house intelligence because he is unacceptable national security risk endangering the nation's defenses for his entanglement with suspected chinese spy. we have congressman greg stuebe, kristin state, brandon judd on the big headlines of the day. more how the media is not covering the swalwell story. allegations they're covering it up. white house press secretary kayleigh mcenany tearing into big media, "washington post," "new york times," networks, including cnn, nbc for covering up the hunter biden story before the election in order to benefit joe biden as senator chuck grassley again goes after the bidens from the senate floor, calling them agents of communist governments. democrats and so-called experts are burning gelling, misleading you on vaccine readiness. how they were throwing cold water on it from the start. they are acting like they are the biggest cheerleaders all the time. democrats attacking success of "operation warp speed," questions mount what is

you're talking about kevin mccarthy, who would be speaker if the house were to flip, steve scalise, he'smario diaz balart in florida and others. you had them running away. kevin mccarthy, steve scalise refusing to make any comments about the supreme court loss, just pretending it didn't happen. i want you to listen to a guy named paul mitchell. he is quitting the field rather than standing and fighting as his party goes downhill. take a listen. >> as i saw that amicus brief as well as the discussions over the weekend in the national media, it became clear to me that i could no longer be associated with the republican party that leadership does not say up and say the process, the election is over. it's over today. i saw the president tweet out it's not over until january 20 and he's going to continue to combat this. the people have voted. as i said in my letter, i voted for donald trump. i supported the administration policies, 95%, 96% the last two terms. i've been active in the actual state party. but this party has to stand up for democracy first, for our constitution first, and not po

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two-thirds of the republican conference, including your friend, congressman steve scalise, have supportedfailed effort by texas to get the supreme court to try to overturn the results. he says he still supports the president's attempts to do so. if two-thirds of the republican conference doesn't recognize joe biden's victory as the president-elect, how can you do business with them? >> they recognize joe biden's victory. all of america recognizes joe biden's victory. this is just a small portion of the republican conference that are appeasing and pa patronizing the president on his way. when it is time to governor, if republicans won't meet us half way, we'll go to the american people and continue to push our agenda. this country is in far too much turmoil, and this pandemic, the economic aspects and health aspects, really calls for america to get on one page, solve this crisis and start to move forward. we're not going to let him slow us down. >> brennan: you don't take it seriously? >> no, i don't. they say one thing privately and another thing publicly. the one thing i will tell you is

. >> house minority whip steve scalise will be here live, joining the january 6th uprising when theyg in the electoral college. the president should keep on fighting the electoral fight as we move ahead, that kind of support for the president, talk about big-time supporters, jeff van drew switched parties for the president and will be joining us live from new jersey. senator rick scott on the latest, the son of the runoff in georgia, what is at stake, early voting started yesterday. congressman elect will be here live, charles payne on the aid package that could be coming out of congress, $900 billion, don't miss a minute of "fox and friends". i urge you to get dressed. every year, we set out to do one thing: help the world believe in holiday magic. and this year was harder than ever. and yet, somehow, you all found a way to pull it off. it's not about the toys or the ornaments but about coming together. santa, santa, you're on mute! just wanted to say thanks. thanks for believing. >> the current rate we are going you have to be ready for a full shutdown, a pause at the end of the sp

steve scalise and liz cheney are among those who signed the letter.eport claimed the alleged spy targeted other politicians hoping to cultivate relationships early in political careers. >> it shows this is an effort by the chinese that has been undertaken for more than a decade. eric swalwell wasn't targeted because he was a member of congress, he was a city councilmember. that tells us about china more than it does about congressman swalwell, how determined they are to compromise the leaders that should be acting in the best interests of our country. >> the fbi thanked him for his help in their investigation. and his political retribution for work on impeachment. >> the intrigue grows. live in washington, thanks. >> donald trump considering pushing for a special counsel to advance the federal tax investigation into hunter biden. sources told the associated press the president is angry william barr did not publicly announce the probe into president-elect joe biden's son and may pressure jeffrey rosen to appoint a special prosecutor. rosen will take ov

the reason people like mitch mcconnell and steve scalise embrace this idea, it passes laws which restrict voting. newt gingrich responded to the senate runoff elections by claiming the senator made it easier to vote which would harm republicans. to say that there's freud not because they think there's fraud necessarily, it gives them the opportunity to take actions which limit voting which tends to make it less likely for democrats and not republicans to actually cast ballot. >> you're making too much sense, phillip. people who aren't living in reality right now. real quickly because i have to go, do you see any of that changing after the inauguration, that trump is going to fade at least somewhat into the distance? >> i think it's possible. biden is a very different president than either barack obama or donald trump. i think he will be less polarizing. he's a white man which is going to be something that will mute some of the response than obama spurred. it's possible but it's very unlikely there still is political benefit. >> thank you both. like the scoreboard behind you. >> thanks so

house minority whip steve scalise tweeting devastated here luke letlow's passing, he had a tremendous bright future. minority leader kevin mccarthy tweets our hearts break tonight as we process the news of the letlow's passing. we are praying for judy and their young children during this terrible time. this as us cases stand at 19.5 million and over 338,000 deaths. in colorado health officials confirming the first us case of a more infectious form of covid-19 first identified in the uk. governor tweeting today we discovered colorado's first case of the covid-19 variant b 117, the same variant discovered in the uk. the health and safety of coloradans is our top priority and we will monitor this case as well as all covid-19 indicators very closely. in california, record daily case counts, hard-hit la county seeing its highest numbers to date, just under 13,000 new cases, 227 deaths tuesday alone though la county officials admit the higher numbers were do to a backlog from christmas we can, 7000 patients are hospitalized across the county. these higher case counts being posted even as th

health minority, steve scalise today saying he's hopeful help is on the way. >> i really think we willpleted by today the final details were almost worked out last night. today i think you'll see it come together and tomorrow we can vote on the package. reporter: yesterday in jacksonville, florida, small businesses not receiving assistance so far in 2020 could apply for up to $2000 of cares act funding from the city. across the country, 74% of small businesses say they need government support. it's 81% among minority owned businesses. >> black and brown businesses are suffering. half of black businesses may not make it and close permanently because of the pandemic. absolutely the money can be -. reporter: in minnesota, the governor signed a to $16 million small business relief package. indoor dining there remind closed and 150 restaurant owners are bound to defy the state orders. retail sales are plummeting. the commerce department says sales fell 1.5% in november, biggest in seven months and more people stay home, pushing small shops over the edge. it businesses with people out of hea

minorities whip steve scalise and liz cheney signed the letter, the report claims the alleged spy targeted politicians attempting to cultivate relationships early in political careers. >> it shows this is an effort by the chinese undertaken for more than a decade. eric swalwell wasn't targeted when he was a member of congress but when he was a city councilmember. that tells us more about china than congressman swalwell and how determined they are to compromise the leaders that should be acting in the best interest of our country. todd: the fbi thanked him for his help in their investigation and this story only leaked as political retribution for his work on impeachment. jillian: thank you for that update. todd: molly hemingway says the threat from china is real and time for democrats and the media to address it. >> the media have not been covering this as they should. the new york times hasn't told its readers about eric swalwell being compromised in this way. china does target a lot of people. they have an advanced spying operation not just a problem democrats are dealing with but what is

representative steve scalise said she's walking a bill to deliver paycheck protection funds to workersnesses but she managed to find time for a vote on pot legislation this week. they are referring to the tiger king. that has to be what it is. jillian: cannabis and cats sounds like a wild weekend. restaurant owners taking back power calling back lawmakers for hypocrisy. >> the uproar continues over a supervisor that voted to ban outdoor dining, protest was gathered, their voice and anger, mitchell and restaurant owner spoke last hour. >> i am proud of my people in the restaurants we run. it is safety, she doesn't even -- he went out and wasn't scared. >> reporter: it took affect before the ban went into effect. she did it before the ban. >> a big company moving to texas. >> reporter: deep into the heart of texas. hewlett-packard announcing it is leaving the golden state for the lone star state, building a brand-new campus in houston which is a win for grosvenor greg abbott who is actively recruiting corporations to come down, the state income tax, lower real state prices, more attracti

this morning from steve scalise. alexandria ocasio-cortez this year americans had one cheesy graving this morning. mornings with maria live right now. ♪ ♪ maria: european markets this morning are lower, the uk beginning rollout of pfizer vaccine, first shots given today. the dax index lower by 28, overnight in asia red across the board. take a look at the markets, worst performer does -- was korea. today marks the safe harbor dead, deadline for all states to finalize election results. republican lawmakers in pennsylvania making a final push to the supreme court to void their state's vote count as texas senator ted cruz suggests he is ready to argue the case and could join the state's legal team watch. >> i'm hopeful the supreme court will step forward to its responsibility and resolve this case and resolve other cases as needed according to law and according to the constitution to say this is a country that we respect the rule of law and we follow the constitution. maria: this as u.s. judges in michigan reject lawsui

that is -- that's just a notch against them forever whether house minority leader mccarthy or steve scalise or whoever. if you signed onto that madness, you've made a really bad decision that i think should stick with you. what will you think about senate republicans who vote with house republicans to fail to, you know, overturn the election when that happens next week assuming any of them do so? >> look, it is part of the process that we are experiencing throughout the trump presidency but especially since the election. we send people from the united states all over the world trying to instruct countries how to stand up democracy. now we have a president who is in so many ways trying to teardown our democracy with the active support or at least tacit support of much of his party in congress. if you look at all the pieces we're watching since the election, these repeated efforts to subvert the clear will of the voters, the lawsuits, the threats of congressional action, the pardons that we've seen for his cronies and confederates in the campaign, his open demands on the justice department to

house republican steve scalise, were you surprised the president had a four minute video where he tore this thing up and said do better and upgrade the one-time payment? >> it's good to be with you. you'll go back to lester, president trump has been frustrated with with these omnibus to bills. he's had frustration with speaker pelosi. she waits until deadlines, if you remember just a few nights ago there was almost a government shutdown. we had to do a short-term funding bill so we can get relief for businesses, for small businesses that are dying. it those are the thing the president has been focused on. pelosi said just a few days ago she held up the relief that could have been done back in september of this year because she was waiting for a new president. those were speaker pelosi's words. all those businesses that have closed, there are a lot who have gone for good. a third of every small business and the entire state of new york is gone for good, and she held because she wanted to wait for a new president to come. you could probably see his frustration there. at the end of the da

when you look at these names, including the minority house whip steve scalise, when the election results as definitive as they are, what are you thinking? >> brooke, a couple things. one, as someone who was a republican until trump took over the republican party -- you know the radical republicans of 1860, those are the guys that passed the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments, got rid of slavery, enfranchised black male voters, these are the radical iced republicans. that's how this is going to go down. i sedition, it's a coup. look, right now the judiciary is the only branch of government holding this remust be intact. i don't want your viewers to miss i'm calling this a coup on purpose, sedition on purpose. when you have the executive and the legislative working in concert to overturn an election that has been certified by sovereign sister states, that's a coup. that's what it is. >> it's a strong word. i hear you loud and clear. jonathan, we have seen 18 now state attorneys general to back the lawsuit. if the supreme court has the one sentence, no noted dissent, is that the end? this is o

senate republican leaders but house republican leaders have been quiet on this so far, including steve scaliseif the republicans do it, it happened in the past, he didn't seem to have an issue with them going forward with it on january 6th. >> sounds like a good use of their time. manu thank you. >>> coming up, we are getting crushed. that's from a doctor in los angeles who said his hospital could soon run out of beds. he's our guest next. ♪ ♪ irresistibly smooth chocolate. to put the world on pause. lindor. made to melt you. by the lindt master chocolatier. honey honey? new nyquil severe honey is maximum strength cold and flu medicine with soothing honey-licious taste. nyquil honey. the nighttime, sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, stuffy head, fever best sleep with a cold medicine. who invented we're car vending machines and buying a car 100% online. now we've created a brand-new way for you to sell your car. whether it's a year old or a few years old. we wanna buy your car. so go to carvana and enter your license plate answer a few questions. and our techno wizardry calculates your car'

with joe manchin, the issue of controlling the senate comes up with that and house minority whip steve scalisel start here at 2:00 p.m. eastern. gillian: well, new york once again shutting down indoor dining as covid cases in new york city surge, alex hogan outside of one of apple restaurants that's feeling the pressure now from the restrictions, hi, alex. alex: hi, gillian, that's right, so outdoor dining, pretty soon that's all you will see in new york. we have empty forefront, so the city really preparing for new ways of restrictions as the governor prepares for more cases. we will be right back. itis b, have been treated for heart failure, or if you have persistent fever, bruising, bleeding or paleness. don't start enbrel if you have an infection like the flu. visit enbrel.com to see how your joint damage could progress. enbrel. eligible patients may pay as little as $5 per month. it's moving day. and are doing the heavy lifting, jess is busy moving her xfinity internet and tv services. it only takes about a minute. wait, a minute? but what have you been doing for the last two hours? deleg

. >> john: steve scalise tweeted this out.me get this straight, nancy pelosi is blocking a bill to deliver funds to workers and small businesses but she managed to find time to vote on pot legislation this week. obviously, legalizing marijuana is important to some people. not important for other people. the democrats would say we have been negotiating since last may with republicans on covid relief and they have failed to come to the table. >> they are coming up with a bill that is actually helping the people who need it the most. if we can focus on getting the small business is back on track we can get people who right now are having a hard time struggling to put food on the table and pay their mortgage. those of the folks we need to have targeted, timely and temporary support for, but we have the ability to do it. we need to get serious, we need to kick out the political politics and political theater and start thinking about what these families need. >> john: just about 20 seconds left, but this bill that has been negotiate

gunman who shot up republican congressionals at a baseball practice nearly killing representative steve scalise>> that is the problem we are talking about. the democrats have contempt for the trump supporters for 75 million voters think they are racist and stupid. they have the contempt. the problem with that is the media completely agrees with them. so the media goes through and all the blame for all the discord in the country is laying at the feet of those supporters as opposed to either democrats, which i don't believe. i don't believe in ever attacking any voters. i think it is a wrong thing to do. it's wrong to have contempt for however, you know, however much you may disagree with those voters. the contempt is clear from democrats and the media. >> harris: mary anne? >> contempt is five years of divisiveness from trump's tweet and bad behaviors that was unaddressed by the republican and the media. it's not the democrats going to state house with guns and threatening to overthrow the democracy and threaten people's lives. the fact is since trump has been in the white house hate crimes are

including the number two republican in the house, steve scalise, the chair of the national republicanmittee who would see a bunch of victorious house republicans no longer have their elections certified if this went through. so why are republicans backing an assault on an election system? in short, because donald trump told them to. i asked lamar alexander about the suit he said it goes against what the republican party stands for. take a listen. there's the lawsuit out of texas by the texas attorney general and tennessee attorney general apparently signed onto this and that lawsuit is essentially asking the supreme court to essentially overturn the election in four other states. do you see any of this as being kou constitutionally sound? can you imagine another state telling tennessee how to count its votes to see who the electors are? >> that doesn't sound like a republican argument to me. republicans believe that states are in charge of elections. and texas is a big state but i don't know why it has a right to tell four other states how to run their elections. so i'm having a hard

i'm thinking of giuliani, i'm thinking of steve scalise saying let the legal process play out, as if it hasn't already played out and their narrative is that they are trying to restore trust in democracy for the americans who voted for donald trump who feel disenfranchised when in fact they're disenfranchising the millions who voted for president-elect joe biden. so i think they're going to stick to the script, but again, once january 6 hits, game over. >> natasha. this is an opportunity for mitch mcconnell, one that he might, might be willing to take. look, i'm not giving him medal for being a profile in courage here, what he's done the last month or so but the way he has spoken over the last week indicates he's been looking for a chance to turn the page. >> yes, i think that again when you have these, you were talking about this being a formality, something that the average american didn't pay attention to, it's a really important moment, this electoral college vote today, and again, that joint session that's going to happen on january 6th, because it allows leaders like mitch mcco

on the house side, the republican leadership, kevin mccarthy, steve scalise, they still have refused to recognize reality. they still are not doing the right thing and saying that biden has won, which he clearly has. and that is very, very disturbing. if they were to come around and all of them would go to the white house and tell the president it's over, as you correctly point out, it may or may not work. probably wouldn't, but we shall see. everybody stand by. there's more breaking news we're following, as congress gets closer and closer to finally approving more covid-19 relief, are both parties prepared to do even more in the weeks ahead? i'll speak with democratic senator mark warner. there he is. >> and new york governor andrew cuomo is slamming the feds for failing to ban travel from the united kingdom where a new coronavirus is spreading. governor cuomo, he will join us later this hour as well. to listen, is to hear more than what's being said... and offer the answers that make someone feel truly heard. i understand, let's get started call a dell technologies advisor today. f

joining me now for more reaction to congressman massive coronavirus bill, minority whip congressman steve scalise. thank you so much for being here. i have to tell you, the process that nancy pelosi has employed, i watched it play out. i watched her do this time and time again.it wait until the week of christmas, spend trillions of dollars in force members to vote on a bill they have an even have a chance to read. in fact, the democrats voted unanimously, right to bypass alu the rules and put this bill up. >> wright, jason, unfortunately we have seen this movie before when she was bigger last time as she was speak of this time. she loves setting arbitrary deadlines, running up past the deadline and then just trying to threaten for things that nobody else wants to give. in fact, we didn't give her a lot of those things she wanted to. you saw and you covered it a little bit earlier. president trump offered her a lot more relief and money months ago and she walked away from that not because she didn't like the deal because she didn't wane president trump to get credit. she said she was waiting for a

van langfeld showing more courage and character than house minority leader kevin mccarthy, and steve scalise combined. why? they don't actually believe this crack pot stuff, do they? it's just they're afraid of donald trump? >> i haven't spoken with them, so i can't tell you what rationale they have for supporting this other than trying to support the president. i can tell you that i appreciated speaker chatfield, the state house speaker speaking up today, and he did so in response to a state legislator that when asked about they had some plans in lansing for continuing protests, they were asked, well, people feel safe, he couldn't guarantee that. we had a state house member talk about the fact that violence may occur today. in fact, we had credible threats of violence as determined by the michigan state police against electors. the head of security shut down all the state office buildings. when you can't conduct an election without threats of violence, we become a third world nation. what are we venezuela? i mean, it's ridiculous, and to have an elected official, there should be no violence

kate, house republican leader, kevin mccarthy still silent on the issue, as is his number two, steve scalise. >>> joe biden made clear yesterday he's had enough of this. what are you hearing today now, jessica? >> reporter: we heard from president-elect biden himself on a call to supporters last night. he said at least 7 senior republicans called him to congratulate him, reach out to him and they hoped to work together. it's long been biden's theory that once president trump is out of office that republicans will be willing to make deals, specifically senate republicans. a lot of people said, look, this isn't the same senate you were in years ago. this is a very different environment. but biden has been quite hesitant to go the legal route. web when we were waiting for the the election to be validated by the general services administration he said over and over again he believed his experience showed that republicans would come over that the fever would break and he would be acknowledged by them as the president-elect. and that's what we're beginning to see now. but as manu just noted, a lot

people like steve scalise did sign-on to this brief agreeing they should overturn the results of thisction, siding with this texas lawsuit so many people have dismissed as frivolous. and remember it was the president who personally instructed louisiana congressman mike johnson to go out and get republicans to put their names on this list. in another attempt to discredit joe biden's win president trump is now asking how the country can be run by an illegitimate president while he clings to another far-fetched lawsuit as his efforts to override the election grow more desperate by the minute. >> all i ask for is people with wisdom and courage, that's all. because certain very important people if they have wisdom and if they have courage we're going to win this election. >> reporter: that was trump's message for a hanukkah party as he's now eagerly backing a lawsuit filed by texas attorney general ken paxton, attempting to stop the certification of votes in four swing states trump's lost. legal experts said they doubt the high court will take it up, but trump tweeted the supreme court has

it was the majority of house republicans to include steve scalise who is in the republican leadership. president trump has the support of the conservative media echo chamber. the republican party has been cast in the image of donald trump, and that will persist long after he leaves this white house and it presents an immediate challenge and a problem, frankly, for joe biden that he's going to have to figure out how to navigate, chris. >> yeah, no kidding. and while the president ignores the growing pandemic, heidi, biden's job dealing with coronavirus gets bigger and bigger. if he doesn't deal with it, that's more on joe biden's plate. you've got new reporting, his aides are looking to invoke the defense production act to ramp up vaccine production. what more can you tell us about that? >> chris, it is the trump administration that is promising this general population vaccination by the spring/summertime line. and it is the biden folks who have to carry that out. and right now there is not the supply to do that. so biden's senior advisers tell nbc they're looking at a number of option

for you -- i want to break in and play for you some sound from one of those republican members, steve scaliseisten here. >> the silence deafening on swalwell schedule a chinese spy have some kind of a relationship with him. a lot of people are asking what was that relationship and how long back did it go. the real question is did speaker pelosi know that he had a relationship with a chinese spy prior to putting him on the house intelligence committee? all these questions need to be asked. and the bottom line is he should be removed. >> dana: dan, should speaker pelosi have known about that? >> i think he should have. but, let's also be clear, representative swalwell was the target of a chinese spying operation. there is no evidence whatsoever according to the fbi that christine phang was able to fano acquire or steal information. we have to be careful about rushing to conclusions about his guilt until we consider him innocent until proven otherwise. again, i think just because he was a targets, listen our defense officials, national security officials they are targets every day. i don't think