. >> i just cannot believe the freedom caucus would behave like this inside the hallowed chamber theirollowers almost killed mike pence in. >> charles, biden shouldn't be worried about the outburst because recent experience would tell us that it's not like the rowdy freedom caucus has any actual pull in congress, right? >> well, it actually helps biden when people are unruly, when he's trying to be sober and direct. in fact, his advisors and people inside the white house were saying that they were openly hoping that republicans would do exactly what they did today, which was to heckle him. >> well, i can't believe biden kept interrupting marjorie taylor greene like that. i thought you were a feminist, joe. >> hey, if we believe in the first amendment, we must defend marjorie taylor greene's right to scream the word "china" for 90 minutes. >> good points all around. now, in his state of the union address, president biden made a spirited case for re-election in 2024, touting his positive stewardship of an american economy that no president has ever controlled. >> i stand here tonight aft

during the break, the freedom caucus distributed lapel pins in the shape of sexy green m&m's.e first candidate for president in history who has been impeached twice, eroding his support among all five of the country's remaining moderate republicans. -one of those impeachment hearings was led by our next guest, democratic congressman from california adam schiff. thank you for joining us, congressman. -great to be with you. -absolutely. congressman, do you think president biden has a stronger message than president trump's message of "i sent tina brown flowers when she launched talk magazine but i never got a thank you note"? -[ laughs ] i thought, uh, president biden did a great job tonight, uh, talking about making the economy work for all americans, the progress that we've made under his administration, and the work that's still ahead, so i thought he knocked it out of the park tonight. -sure, president biden has a durable coalition, but trump does have bipartisan cooperation between republicans and white nationalists. -well -- well -- biden has nothing on trump. during his s

she's closer to the power center now. >> to that point, a member of the freedom caucus was reluctantr kevin mccarthy. he saud he want ed the rules changed first. when you're in a narrow majority and trying to protect the next election, many can you sell this in the suburbs? >> it's a piece of america for many decades. they will recognize the configuration as the national. it's important for us to raise awareness of how it's being targeted and to reenforce support for protection of all our constitutional rights. >> he says a piece of america. i want to show you a map that goes back 13 years and you see on this screen mass shootings for the gunman used the ar-15 rifle and the national gun of america. is that smart politics? it maybe this his district in alabama. is it smart for republicans? >> i think the comments came across my screen, i was thinking about last spring when mitch mcconnell started talking about being in favor of that bipartisan gun deal that came across. and what he said was that republicans need to make sure that they are winning votes in the suburbs. the democrats, s

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lauren boebert, paul gosar, and anna paulina luna, and scott perry, the chairman of the far-right freedom caucus, also a subject of the january 6th investigations, have all been appointed to the oversight committee! it's considered one of the most powerful panels in the house. is expected to launch numerous investigations into the biden administration over the next two years. meanwhile, this process -- it's also allowed republicans to exact political revenge on democrats for previously marjorie taylor greene and paul gosar from their committee assignments after they each made threatening posts against some of their democratic colleagues. now, last, week speaker mccarthy blocked representatives adam schiff and aaron swalwell from returning to their posts on the house intelligence committee. schiff and swalwell are outspoken california democrats who previously served as impeachment managers during the impeachment of donald trump. republicans also sought reputation against minnesota congresswoman ilhan omar, citing remarks he made in the past for which he publicly apologized in 2019. that was two c

those in the senate, but there are some loud and growing voices among house republicans, the freedom caucus and others who say, hey, we can't be a blank check to ukraine. preview for us the looming funding fight ahead. when will this take place and what shape will it look like? and kevin mccarthy pointed to some hard line conservative members to this committee who are suspicious of aid to ukraine, someone like congressman massie, a kentucky republican who pointed out just this week instead of having bigger funding packages, he wants that funding separated out into smaller packages focused just on ukraine aid. and that can be difficult to move. i think we're going to see a lot of resistance. as you know a small majority through the house of representatives, only a five seat majority for republicans these bills might not even make it onto the house floor as these very conservative members on the house rules committee blocked them. >> appreciate you starting your day with us and bringing us your analysis, thank you again. yesterday morning we brought you nbc news' interview with the fore perso

-- >> the freak caucus -- the freedom caucus. the "state of the union" exists to eternity to some degree for all of these republicans. i think that's why the "state of the union" was so critical for the president on this issue itself. he's been talking about rick scott's plan since april of last year. like three weeks after it came out. democrats would say we don't really -- nobody knows who rick scott is, why are you so focused on this. now everybody knows the plan, and everybody knows who it is. 30 million people who watch plus, whoever's watching on streaming, thank you. they know this is elevated to a level where it is a national conversation. that's exactly where the white house wants it to be, especially because they have the -- >> where the white house wants it to be if you're a good government person out there thinking, wait, social security, medicare do have solvency issues, they have to be dealt with. that's usually done with a bipartisan commission. what all this means is we're going to go through at least one more pre

hill" tutors gen-z congressman maxwell frost on how to kill time during the daily three-hour freedom caucus kevin mccarthy's allowed to eat that day. but first, president biden is under pressure to pass police reform despite previously announcing a bold mission to create a crop that grows policemen. it's time for some "big news"! ♪♪ good evening. i'm host and the fun chaperone, james smartwood. top story -- the police killing of tyre nichols has the nation wondering how best to tinker with the big violent gang we overpay to terrorize us. president biden -- or very possibly chatgpt -- issued this statement. president biden, of course, faces strong opposition from the most powerful person on earth, joe biden like a minute ago. -the answer is not to defund the police. -that's right! -it's to fund the police -the answer is not to defund the police. the answer is to fund the police. the answer is not defund the police. it's fund the police. -perhaps biden is hoping that if we give police enough cash, they won't commit violence because it will be too much to wade through. joining me now is democr

were any of the freedom caucus people unhappy with him for being so cordial? >> they are holding their fire at this point. they have not come right out and attacked him for that. i think they will give him a little bit of breathing room and space. as we get closer, as the deadline approaches, that is when you are really starting to see things heating up. kevin mccarthy could easily get this done by getting hakeem jeffries into a room. more republicans and more democrats that want to see this done there -- then there are the small number of conservative republicans who do not want to see this done. they have this motion to vacate that they could bring to the floor at any moment. yamiche: as we think about the economic realities of this, just today we had a jobs report, unemployment is at its lowest since 1969. how does the economic reality factor into all of this? >> the white house was very quick to seize on that jobs report as real evidence thathe cynics were wrong. the critics were wrong. his economic plan is working to keep the economytrong. the challenge f

hill" tutors gen z congressman maxwell frost on how to kill time during the daily three-hour freedom caucuse on whether kevin mccarthy is allowed to eat that day. >>> but first, president biden is under pressure to pass police reform, despite previously announcing a bold mission to create a crop that grows policemen. it's time for some big news. ♪ >>> good evening, i'm host and the fun chaperone, james smartwood. top story, the police killing of tyre nichols has the nation wondering how best to tinker with the big violent gang we overpay to terrorize us. president biden, or very possibly chatgpt, issued this statement. "real and lasting change will only come if we take action to prevent tragedies like this from ever happening again. that is why i called on congress to send the george floyd justice in policing act to my desk." president biden, of course, faces strong opposition from the most powerful person on earth, joe biden, like a minute ago. >> the answer is not to defund the police. it's to fund the police. the answer is not to defund the police. the answer is to fund the police. the a

we've seen the freedom caucus and the maga caucus forcing mccarthy's hand on any number of issues takingantage of that. there are more than a dozen republicans in the problem solvers caucus, is this group willing to flex your muscles, ban together to get what you want? >> we'll do whatever is in the best interest of the country. if you look at infrastructure, it was the squad that defected on that vote. myself and 12 of my republican colleagues ended up putting that bill over the finish line. those weren't extra padding votes. they were outcome determinative votes. of course we're prepared to do it. it's this structure of government that our problem solvers caucus lives for and exists. instead of gridlock we come to the center and build two-party solutions. >> you're willing to break with republican leadership if need be and work with democrats to raise the debt ceiling, for example, if it's the only option to prevent a default? >> we can't have a clean debt ceiling increase, jake. we're going to let the speaker and the president -- by the way, they had a great meeting from all measures.

refuse, i think, because of the power of the freedom caucus, far right, to deal with people like greene paul goldstar who made threats against fellow members of the house. that is when democrats acted. >> shannon: you are referring to the animated thing this had attack on aoc. you want to respond? >> you are right, republicans did take responsibility. political actions sometimes create political consequences and your mouth, when you use it in way that is hurtful to other people, you open the door in politics and in the united states of america to suffer the consequences and she did and republicans used the actions of the democrats and nancy pelosi to make their case. >> cancel culture an. >> shannon: speaking o mcconnell removes from senate panel. democrats and know ares, this is not just a partisan thing, this was rick scott and mike lee who helped mount a run at the position mitch mcconnell holds. >> it is pretty safe and 100% of cases to assume political maturations are afoot and the driving motivator. ilhan omar went out of her way to make a different case. if you strip the emotion

deal with democrats because of the new rules, it is very possible you could see someone in the freedom caucusn to vacate the speaker. is theo democrats to vote to keep him? that is the dynamics. the dynamics are if the speaker could be removed from making a deal with democrats then he only way he could make a deal with democrats is that democrats would obviously vote to keep him which would be unprecedented in the history of this country. so that's what the political dynamics i'm looking at. neil: interesting, scenarios, all it takes one of them to say you're out. the one thing that happened back in 2011 too, congressman, i wanted to bounce off of you, is there that was sort of an understanding between the two sides that, republicans would look at reining in a little bit of defense spending. democrats would on some discretionary, domestic spending, you know it was a clumsy deal but there was sort of like a wink and a nod tying to that debt limit increase. could you envision something like that or the president supporting something like that? >> listen, i think we need a clean debt ceiling rel

trump's chief of staff and other freedom caucus members signed onto that bill. and said, we have to have environmental justice in spartanburg. now that can happen in spartanburg, south carolina, and you having nancy pelosi. mayor breed and the president with this kind of a commitment. we leveraged 300 million there's no telling what you're going to be able to leverage here. and who's gonna kick against? the ills that we see and especially after the pandemic. when you look at fentanyl and the opioids all of the crisis that we see the behavioral health issues after being locked up in the pandemic. era. h h s secretary of hhs, who is also from california, javier. i mean, when you look at the people that's on the team and lined up, it's just like me. setting this weather up for you today. it is going to be incredible. what takes place here? and that's why i have to say thank you. for your commitment in this city for what you do and what you're doing, taking a step forward embracing this project. everywhere around the country. people are looking for shovel ready proj

all the concessions kevin mccarthy made to the freedom caucus and the far right flank of his conference18 republicans in the districts that biden carried, the 16 that trump won by 5 points or less, they can say no. he's betting they're going to be the ones who buckle and accept his concession to the right which includes removing her from this committee. so far that's paying off for him. >> we heard from president biden about his meeting with speaker mccarthy about the debt limit. we heard from the speaker. let's listen to the president and then the speaker. >> i don't know how we do that anymore. we have to. we have to start treating each other in ways different than we have in my humble opinion. >> i would like to sit down, find common ground and put us on a path to balance so we don't harm the future generation of america. >> they were both optimistic after coming out of that meeting. a little upbeat, cordial. ron, do republicans in the house want to hear a cordial, calm kevin mccarthy after this meeting? >> you know, there was polling yesterday that showed most republicans want their

these five families are the house freedom caucus and the main street caucus and the problem solvers caucus republican governance group and the republican study committee, but we should note the godfather in these negotiations, house speaker, kevin mccarthy, is not directly involved. let's discuss -- first of all, can i just say, i've never heard this term before, the five families. >> they're trying to make it a thing. we shouldn't help them make fetch happen in this regard. listen, kevin mccarthy i think learned from boehner, he had a top-down leadership style. the folks in the five families didn't like that. now he's going to each one of them to copal together some sort of agreement. at this point, who knows what each of these groups want? they want to try to get to 218 without all the bickering, all the bickering we saw when he was trying to cobble together to get the 218 to become speaker. >> was this a thing, did you ever hear this before? >> i'm unfamiliar with the term. definitely trying to make fetch happen. this is a smart approach by speaker mccarthy. i also think it's really sma

he has the freedom caucus causing some problems behind the scene. it takes one number to call for a vote to vacate the chair. -- obviously, having anybody leave permanently and having the -- seat vacant causes problems. they had another congressman that fell off a roof. so -- but is why you have not seen the leadership call for george santos to resign. they know that he is an absolute liability to the republican party in order to try to keep the majority. quite frankly, until we wait until he resigns or maybe a law enforcement take some action against him, quite frankly, he is the gift that keeps on giving to democrats. i don't know that we want to be so quick to get rid of him. ali continues to do is more stuff comes out and continues to shed the light on the hypocrisy of the republican party. >> congressman, i'm out of time. but let me ask you this. lawmakers in your own state of florida voted friday to expand the states practice of relocating migrants to sanctuary cities and blue states. the bill hunting to governor ron desantis's desk -- to relo

i'm a proud member of the house freedom caucus and the house second amendment caucus and we are united in our opposition to these unconstitutional attacks on the rights of the american people. i will always stand for our constitutional rights and protect our second amendment right in congress. thank you and i yield back. . the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from ohio, ms. kaptur, for five minutes. ms. kaptur: mr. speaker, social security coverage is an earned benefit. in january, social security beneficiaries began to see an 8.7% cost of living increase. the largest since 1981. this cola covers retirees as well as workers who become disabled and surviving children under age 18 whose working parents died. for nearly a century, america has honored the sacred insurance promise intergenerationally. those who work throughout their lives will benefit from the fruits of their labor. yet this historic cost of living adjustment will help americans manage their cost of living to pay bills and put food on the table. in addition millions of medicare users will now only p

he's got the freedom caucus, causing problems behind the scene.takes one member to call for a vote to vacate the chair under the new rules they agree to. obviously, having anybody leave causes them problems. they had another congressman that fell off a roof, so they lost that vote temporarily. so that's why you have not seen leadership call for george santos to resign. they know that he is an absolute liability to the republican party, in order to try to keep the majority. now, quite frankly, until we rate for him to resign, or maybe law enforcement take some action, he is the gift that keeps on giving the democrats. so i don't know that we want to be so quick to get rid of him. all he continues to do as more stuff comes out, and it continues to shed the light on the hypocrisy of the republican party. >> congressman, i'm out of time. but let me ask you this, lawmakers in your home state of florida voted friday to expand the states practice of relocating migrants to sanctuary cities in blue states. the bill headed to governor ron desantis. it would

joining the pennsylvania congressman freedom caucus chairman and the member of the house foreign affairsod to see you thank you very much for getting up early before us we know it was a late night give us your take away on the night. >> it was a little bizarre and out of touch with reality maria but we are republicans we want to be respectable we don't to the back of the president we don't all wear the same color protest. obviously we know there will be some disagreements and would rather republican be the president but he's the president so we are going to go in listen it's good to get a little rowdy when you act in an outrageous way. the standard go to line for democrats when they don't really have anything to offer which is republicans are going to push granny over the cliff and take her social security and medicare, not one republican the house of representatives is talking about changing medicare social security benefits, not one and of course the president could not name one, we want to be respectful but let's stick to the facts a little bit it was completely out of touch with real

because with each round mccarthy and his agents were making deals with the rebelius house freedom caucusng more and more away to them, and at some point you give away so much they are basically dominating the agenda. that is what we see now. i think the public rendered a verdict on this last november and one of the reasons why the republicans did so much less well than they were expected to do. too many were election deniers and impeachment and investigations instead of problems that touch peoples lives. i think it is a political mistake for mccarthy and the republicans to go down the road. he might be a short-lived speaker given the concessions he made. but the caucus itself may be a short-lived majority. >> we have seen him appoint some of the most far right members, marjorie taylor greene to the house oversight committee. gosar that is amazing. >> paul gosar, racist, threatening memes. listen, this comes down to the fact that kevin mccarthy needs votes. he is going to keep the right flank happy at whatever cost he is able to. the big test is coming with the debt ceiling. many of us sa

. >> some house republicans from the freedom caucus or the maga republicans, whatever you want to call twitter saying he should be at our southern border here or in east palestine, ohio, not supporting this foreign war. you want to react to that? >> i don't even know how to react to it because it's not really worth my brain space to spend time responding to fools. these people know nothing about national security and foreign policy. they don't understand that it's no our strategic interest and our security interests and the american people's interests to have a stable, free and prosperous and free europe and free world. that's what this fight is about. it's not mutually exclusive eitherment we can have a secure border and be engaged in the world. in fact, the united states of america has done that for a very long time and done it successfully. we can continue to do that. i'm here, by the way, on a bipartisan delegation. the leader of our delegation is a republican. more republicans. there's a very small number of people who make a lot of noise, but not a lot of people pay attention to

and the race question concerned, especially when it comes to desantis, a founding member of the freedom caucuser the primaries said, let's not monkey up the budget in florida in regards to this candidate, his opponent, who happens to be black. i think when it comes to desantis specifically, he doesn't mind using these opportunities to blow a dog whistle. and i think holistically, in terms of the conversation as a whole, it's about resources. and i think the fact that kids who could be using this as a leg up for college are getting this leg taken away. >> here's what the superintendent says. parents say academic excellence should not be experimented with for the sake of social justice. but it was very jarring when teachers looked at their a.p. enrollment and realized black and brown kids were not there. they felt obligated to do something. >> we lack such nuance in these conversations, so all of a sudden it becomes about wokeness. when you try to -- when you take a principle of doing the right thing, what the execution is for, now you want to throw away the whole effort. that is a problem. our

lisa: the house judiciary committee is packed with freedom caucus and other harder line conservatives, including texas congressman chip roy. >> that is 2020 to 2022. almost migrant deaths at the 1000 southwest border of the united states. >> the border is dangerous. drugs pour across, international terrorists, criminal gang members. lisa: u.s. customs and border protection saw a record 2.3 million encounters with migrants in the southwe last fiscal year, driven by spike in migrants from venezuela, nicaragua, and cuba, with many repeated attempts by the same individuals. the hearing was parts heated and sharp accusations from republicans. >> month after month after month we have set records for migrants coming into the country and frankly i think its intentional. lisa: part ardent defense from democrats, who say republicans are being political. >> no one who wants a safe, secure, well-managed border than those of us who live and work on the border. >> this hearing is titled "bidens border crisis," that is completely wrong. it is not bidens border crisis this has been a crisis for over

freedom caucus republicans who really gave mccarthy a hard time getting elected because he wasn't farto the right. and tonight you saw them. you saw them go at the president more than once. people can decide for themselves whether it made any sense. the thing i thought was interesting was when he started talking about social security and some republicans he said let's get rid of it and some republicans have. that was not a dream. that was the truth and then the maga republicans got outwards and started screaming at him. liar, liar. biden turned around and said oh, you say you are not in in favor of this. okay. now we know that social security and medicare will not be taken off the table. it was mastery. he took something that was literally attempting to gun him down and turn the whole thing around 180 degrees. i've never seen anything like it. >> let's talk about the republican rebuttal. it was done by arkansas governor sanders. she delineated the differences in her in age and style from the president and then about the parties when she said what is normal and what is crazy. talk to m

but refuse because the power of the freedom caucus to deal with people like green.deal with people who have made threats against fellow members of the house. that is when the democrats asked. >> that had an attack on aoc as part of that she went to responder forward and the rest the panel? what steve can you're right the republicans to take responsibility. but political actions sometimes create political consequences. you are a mouth when using a way that's hurtful to other people you open the door in politics the united states of america to suffer the consequences and she did. the republicans he is the actions of the democrats and nancy pelosi to make their case. >> it's cancel culture it's vengeance by the republicans. shannon: talk about reactions and consequences this has a from the "washington post" mitch mcconnell as gop lawmakers challenges leadership. democrats and republicans this is not just a partisan thing but this was about rick scott and michael e with a run at the position senate minority leader. >> were also talking about imagination on capitol hill

because with each round, mccarthy and his agents were making deals with the rebellious house freedom caucusg more and more away to them. at some point, you give away so much that they're basically dominating the agenda, and that's what we're seeing now. no, i think the public rendered a verdict on this last november. it's one of the reasons why the republicans did so much less well than we were expected to do, because too many of them were election deniers, to many of the more promising impeachment and investigations instead of progress on the problems that were touching peoples lives. i think it's a political mistake for mccarthy and the republicans to go down this road, and i think he maybe not only may he be a short-lived speaker, given the concessions that he made that give them the right to throw him out, but the caucus itself may a short-lived majority. >> we've also seen him a point, i mean, some of the most far-right members. paul gosar, marjorie taylor greene, to the house oversight committee. i mean, gosar, that's pretty amazing. >> paul gosar is someone who's beyond election deni

it's basically the freedom caucus in a few others, this is political gold within the right wing. this is what you need to lead on if you want to win a primary. but many in the gop have long ago given up trying to attract a middle, or even trying to win over some democrats. i don't think it's gonna change your fervency and doing this, it's not gonna change the fact that will be pretty much a sole focus of the oversight in the new urbanization committee, and quite honestly i don't think it's gonna move the needle one way or another. i don't think anybody's gonna vote republican that didn't or wouldn't have, because of hunter biden's laptop, hunter biden is not the president of the united states. he's not a u. s. senator or congressman. he's a private citizen, what he did is the jurisdiction of the fbi, and i think most americans understand that that doesn't belong, necessarily, on the front page of political action. >> dana, you hear phil mattingly talk about how officially the white house doesn't want be seen as having anything to do with this, is that realistic given how much the

>> i mean that depends on how much sway people like marjorie taylor greene and the house freedom caucus the folks saying america first, no more money for ukraine. we'll see how empowered they feel. to mondaire's point, listen, i think republicans will have a good case to make to the american people that, look, we put a deal together. we have a plan, and if you want to raise the debt limit, it needs to come with some cuts. american families all over the country are making cuts at home. i think they'll understand that. victor, as you say, the devil is in the details. it's what they want to cut, and if that's going to be entirely palatable to american voters. >> s.e., mondaire, thanks. >>> the head of nato says russia's new offensive is beginning with shelling in eastern ukraine already intensifying. we'll have a live report from kyiv up next. >>> just six weeks after suffering cardiac arrest on the field, damar hamlin took in the big game as a fan, and even there he met lebron james. what he's saying about a potential return to the field ahead. ney moves with merrill. so no matterer what

it's the freedom caucus and a few others. this is, you know, political gold within the right-wing. this is what you need to lead on if you want to win a primary. many in the gop have given up trying to attract the middle or try to win over some democrats. i don't think it's going to change their fer vensy in doing this. it won't change the fact that this will be the sole focus of the oversight in the new weaponization committee and, quite honestly, i don't think it will move the needle one way or the another. i don't think anybody is going to vote republican different or wouldn't have because of hunter biden' laptop. hunter biden is not the president of the united states. he is not a u.s. senator or congressman. he is a private citizen. what he did is the jurisdiction of the fbi and i think most americans understand that doesn't belong necessarily on the front page of politico action. >> dana, you talked about how officially the white house doesn't want to see as having anything to do with this. is that realistic given how much the president likes to speak off-the-cuff and how prot

patrick mchenry, the financial services committee, david joyce, scott perry, the freedom caucus.conservative members. so far in this piece, this is dusty johnson's, the level of trust and engagement within the 5 families i have not seen in the previous four years. ralph norman of south carolina among those who was not going to vote for kevin mccarthy back in the beginning who ultimately did. we're trying to get to the framework. we all want buy-in. there's a sense the group puts something out, another group puts something out. we don't want you propose this, she proposes that. the question is, you can start a conversation, can you get to the finish line? >> i would expect optimism from some of the key negotiators there. and ultimately, speaker mccarthy is speaking to a concern voiced by republicans, that power needed to be decentralized, that everyone should have a role in these key negotiations. but the problem for republicans is going to be landing on what exactly these cuts will be. this is a party that has, i think, like to brand themselves on austerity. then when you get to

her politics, aligning with speaker kevin mccarthy even splitting with some of those hard right freedom caucus mem members, but her tactics, her core politics remained unchanged. we saw that last week with her outburst during the "state of the union" calling president biden a liar. her conduct during the oversight committee hearing with former twil twitter executives. and also what was reported from the classified briefing over the chinese spy balloon, she was as fiery as ever, she is as combative as ever. she was still, you know, the same marjorie taylor greene that quite frankly she said she would be. and i think some people wondered this evolution of marjorie taylor greene, would this come with a little bit of change in tactics, a bit of change in her approach to politics. and what we saw last week that is not the case. she is still remaining true to her and true to kind of that brash demeanor that she brought to congress. that hasn't changed even as she's showing a little bit of savvy politically in who she chooses to align with. >> yeah, it is a fascinating evolution. tia mitchell, thanks

announcement is trying to use the extremes of the house republicans and the fact that now the freedom caucus really taken over and is wielding power with the speakership in a way that they haven't ever before. president biden is trying to use that on the campaign trail, is trying to say this is the republican party that i'm adamantly against, this new maga republican party. >> using each other. >> the reality is it's probably a pretty short relationship and the president is not going to invaest a lot of time in a long relationship. who knows how long he'll be there. >> we'll see how that goes over the next several months. up next, nikki haley wants to be your next president. not long ago she said she would not run in 2024 if donald trump did, but he's already in the race. haley is about to join the republican field. anant-man and the wasp have arrived. saving the world fromom epic dangers. while we feed the hero in everyone. spend $30 on your next visit to ihop and get a fandango movie ticket to see marvel studios: ant-man and the wasp: quantumania in theaters february 17th. ihop. let's put

then you've got ralph norman a member of the freedom caucus and ally of donald trump saying he's going to stand with nikki haley, it's time for a generational change. then you have the location and my colleague at axios has been sort of looking into this that she is in charleston, she's blocks away from the mother emanuel church where of course those mat shootings at an african american church at the hands of a racist in 2015, not just galvanized the country, it was a national moment of mourning, bipartisan moment for action, but also prompted nikki haley to make what was at the time a very controversial decision in south carolina, at least to take down the confederate flag at the state capitol. in a way she's positioning herself as the next generation and also positioning herself as a return to the old school republican values, honor, strength of country, less of this populism messaging. we will see where it goes. i think her ties for trump are problematic for that narrative, but this is the message she's trying to convey as she comes out of the starting gate here. >> kristen, one thi

is there a reason to worry that the far-right freedom caucus is really going to block all of that future >> of course. because they trade on ignorance and grievance and creating false narratives around everything from domestic policy to national security policy. and that is true here. if joe biden is trying to project international security on the world stage in the face of a threat from russia, then republicans on the far-right are going to reflexive lee be against it and create a false narrative. the danger there is that there truly is a national security on the line. and a traditional provider meant -- we would be having a debate over the, our defense posture. and the baltics and in poland and what is the right level of investment. what happens during a kind of quote -- review process of where we put the best assets. these are very sober, and a legitimate national security questions, more seasoned polls are having right now. in cooperation with the white house. what you are seeing is an antagonistic far-right reflexive move by arguably some of the most ignorant members on capitol hill

it's going to be the most exciting committee on capitol hill that the leaders of the kind of freedom caucus, the champion extreme right wing on this committee, the democrats as a result for their most combative and shop folks on it as well. so the question is moving forward and this is just the 1st of many investigations, the other ones are going to be into the by the family or into the border into various other issues. is this going to be about payback or is, is really going to be about trying to get to the bottom of problems and issues the face of the united states. she have things that she ever turns down. capitol hill. thank you. new zealand largest city has been lashed by more torrential rain flooding in oakland force road closures and caused landslides. the city is under a state of emergency that was declared after a unprecedented damper on friday for people have died. thousands of homes have been damaged in many businesses, have closed. an underwater volcano has erupted off the archipelago of our new i. 2 in the south pacific ships and aircraft have been warned to avoid the area abou

congressman, serving three terms from 2013 to 2018, desantis was one of the founders of the house freedom caucus. desantis, which is bedevilling kevin mccarthy today. desantis was an especially fierce opponent of entitlements. he helped lead the effort to shut down the government over the funding for the affordable care act and in the same year voted to pass a budget resolution to cut over a billion in medicare and social security and he voted to repeal the affordable care act and cut taxes on wealthy donors. you can go on and on. he's doing this because if he wasn't doing culture war stuff and racial provocateurism, he would have to talk about what he's for, which is the same thing the outlandish republican crazy caucus is for. >> joy, i actually think both theories apply in this case. sure, there's some performative politics here playing towards the extreme maga republican base, as he intends running for president in 2024, but there's also a bedrock philosophy that ron desantis and the larger republican party are putting on display here in florida. and i think we need to understand it just not

leader kevin mccarthy monday night ahead of the speaker vote, and urged him to accept all of the freedom caucus'sds but unfortunately mccarthy told him hair gel in the water fountains wasn't feasible. [ laughter ] goldman sachs this week ended its free coffee perk for employees, which is weird, because there are still piles of sugar on the desks [ audience ohs ] [ laughter ] a federal appeals court ruled -- [ light laughter ] a federal appeals court ruled last week that a teacher in washington state who wore a maga hat to school was protected by the first amendment. "cool," said one of his students [ laughter ] according to a new report nearly half of american workers are planning to look for a new job in the next six months and some will still be looking for the same one [ laughter ] the "new york post" recently launched a contest for a high school students to win a chance to publish an article, and it was a reminder -- you cannot trust hannah r. with anything. [ laughter ] a baby gear start-up company this week unveiled a $3,300 self-driving stroller. previously, all the self-driving strollers

guest: the funniest force in congress is the freedom caucus.his ability to stick together on their extreme positions. in congress with this low of a margin, separating republicans from democrats, any group that can hold together and have that kind of leverage, it is only the extremes who are able to exercise that, and that is something that is a problem for moderates. there are usually too many on that, and they want everyone to get along. that is what happens. host: let's go to new york. republican line. caller: i would like to say hello teargas. [indiscernible] i will be as quick as possible. my question is how are illegal aliens [indiscernible] and the huge cost of illegal aliens with everything else of criminals and the ngos and all of that what did -- wicked activists, and how does that transfer form the party. and i don't know if you are a trump supporter or hater. i like president trump. he was one of the greatest presidents of all time, and this president currently it is current regime is destroying our country. hordes of people. as far

mrs.boebert: i thank my friend and fellow freedom caucus colleague and proven fighter for the second amendment. thank you so much for highlighting what's going on here. mr. speaker, the a.t.f. knew the pistol brace rule violates the separation of powers. bureaucrats don't create laws, congress does. this rule functions like a law that congress never passed. a.t.f., alcohol, tobacco and firearms, western colorado, we call that a fun weekend. but d.c. bureaucrats have used this agency to infringe on the rights of the american people. when you reebb search how many pistol bracees are expected to be registered, some say 10 million, some say 20 million and may even be 40 million. why such disparities because the a.t.f. doesn't know how many are out there because americans don't trust them enough to tell them. in fact, there is going to be many more boating accidents this spring and summer than we have encountered. we don't trust the a.t.f. because of their overreaching actions exactly like we are seeing with this rule. we have been talking about the a.t.f. and i'm waiting to hear a good r