senator james langford told us last night, nothing is on paper and that's the ultimate test. take a listen to what mr. langford said. >> none of it's true till it's written down and we have a chance to pass it around. larry: very important point he made is elongated quotation and you got the jazz of it. the republican house gist of it and the house passed hr2, which is a restoration of donald trump's successful border closing policies. i'm sure the left wing of the democratic party, which is 100% for open boarders will prevent anything that suggests a return to trump policies. but a return to trump border policies is exactly what should be negotiated and republicans should hang tough on this. we must complete the wall. whether or not mexico likes it, we must restore the remain in mexico policy. i would also suggest the derivative of the tile l 42 policy should be restored because of the numerous health issues surrounding illegal immigration. it's not just covid anymore and could be 100 different other viruses and lord knows what other illnesses come in. title 42 is a big help

wide open, it is drug cartels, terrorists and human traffickers that will win. >> brian: senator langfordwe will not get this through thursday or friday. there are large areas resolved, no ukraine aid, no taiwan aid, no israel aid, there is no change to the border. we don't want more soft-sided tents, we need more asylum rule and change in laws. didn't the president see what we're seeing? >> absolutely, this is failure on president biden's watch completely and totally, his policies are magnets to draw more and more people here. he put forth 1.4 million for the program that is red carpet and white glove service for migrants, which attract them. senator langford is right, time for biden to come to the table. >> brian: you got briefed last week about how concerned are counter terror and security officials about a terror attack as relates to the border. what can you tell us? >> you saw senator graham nail it with director wray, he said, do you see blinking lights? director wray says i see them everywhere, increased threat doing something on our soil and pointed to southern border as reason fo

senator james langford. lan lane great state of oklahoma. >> thank you. >> next up after years of prosecution and persecution. donald trump may finally get some relief from the supreme court. we have andy mccarthy to weigh in with kudlow returns, senator lankford is giving it his best shot. who knows what will happen. you have to reimagine the whole thing. maybe that is my word of the day. i'm kudlow, merry christmas, wonderful, i'll be right back with more. market, you'll fd fisher investments is different than other money managers. (other money manager) different how? aren't we all just looking for the hottest stocks? (fisher investments) nope. we use diversified strategies to position our clients' portfolios for their long-term goals. (other money manager) but you still sell investments that generate high commissions for you, right? (fisher investments) no, we don't sell commission products. we're a fiduciary, obligated to act in our client's best interest. (other money manager) so when do you make more m

the reality, which langford and others have acknowledged, is that the house passed immigration bill, which many skefshs are pushing for as part of this supplemental request, it didn't get democratic votes in the house of representatives. and therefore the lift of getting democratic votes on that proposal in the senate is just too high a bar to clear. right now, immigration talks have stalled. that doesn't mean that they can't resume, doesn't mean they can't get back to the negotiating table. but right now, things are not in a good place. and that has complicated the effort to get this funding to ukraine despite the administration making it very clear to lawmakers on capitol hill that they are at the bottom of what money they have left to give ukraine. they're arguing this is an urgent matter, that this money needs to go out before the end of the year. meanwhile, lawmakers on capitol hill have just this week and next week to figure this out. given the fact that republican senators are arguing that they will not vote to advance ukraine aid without border policy changes, that puts this

we'll ask the leading republican in those negotiations, senator james langford. "your world" is now. welcome, everybody. i'm neil cavuto. let's get to it. griff jenkins in eagle pass on how they're trying to deal with that surge that he is witnessing right behind him. to you, griff. >> hey, neil. it's been a busy monday here in eagle pass and now in arizona. let's start in eagle pass. let's go to some footage we shot on the drone of a group that came up behind me. you've got more than four to 500 migrants coming here. most of the ones here are from venezuela, guatemala, columbia. we met a man from africa from the country of angola. that was not the first group. we saw two more of 100 or more in different locations. they stretch the manpower in this little tiny sector in eagle pass where they're closing in on upwards of 1,500 migrants just today since the sun came up. let's go to arizona. 1,000 miles to my west. the remote area there is absolutely getting hammered. they're saying group after group of four to 500. many migrants from far away places like senegal, ba

langford is a decent day, looked like he was prepared to move in a way, in a direction, that we coulde substance, changing the policy on the border as well as security at the border, but they've walked away. it's take everything we have here, their one proposal, which is extreme, or nothing. in the meantime, the nothing means we don't get any support for our friends and our innocent people of ukraine. anyway, i'll talk to you more after the vote. >> president biden, on ukraine and also china, there's polling by the "associated press" that shows that almost 70% of americans, including 40% of democrats, believe that you acted either illegally or unethically with regard to your family's business interests. can you explain to the americans -- to americans amidst this impeachment inquiry why you interacted with so many of your son and brother's foreign business associates? >> i'm not going to comment i did not and -- a bunch of lies. >> did you interact with their business associates? >> i did not. they're lies. >> mr. biden -- do you think there is any democrat who could defeat donald tru

langford presented a proposal.eakthroughs yet, but the failed vote triggered this rekindling of talks. the white house's role has been complicated. they don't like to be front and center in these legislative negotiations. it is a strategy that worked for them in the past, but based on our reporting they are involved, especially at a staff level, white house staff have been calling democratic senators to nudge them to try to get this immigration deal done in order to unlock passage of this national security supplemental and just two days ago, president biden gave his clearest indication yet he does want a deal, saying he is willing to make significant compromises on the border. now, what do those compromises look like? there are some aspects of the negotiations that are going well. democrats have been, i'm told, been willing to make serious concessions on the issue of asylum to raise that standard, raise the bar through which people can claim asylum and stay in the united states. but the issue of humanitarian parole

langford is a decent guy and it look like he was prepared to move in a direction where we could come up with a compromise changing the substance and policy on the border as well as security at the border. but they walked away. it's, take everything we have here, in there one proposal, which is extreme, or nothing. and in the meantime, nothing means, we don't get any support for our friends and the innocent people of ukraine. anyway, i will talk to you more after. >> the administration is expected to announce another $175 million for a security package for ukraine, this is the presidential drawdown authority that we provide ammunition and other kinds of equipment for ukraine but the administration has been warning for days that they can't keep doing this, they keep using the language, there's not a magic pot of money that it's really imperative that congress approved new funding and of course the big concern right now on timeline, is that members are going to leave town for the holidays before the -- this goes down. >> thank you, we also have melanie who is on capitol hill. how much o

and new negotiations between democrats and republicans will begin in january. which, as senator langford months, at best. so what is it called for dessert? blinken said that biden, it turns out, has a clear plan for the future development of ukraine, which, this plan, does not imply the need to allocate billions of dollars, well, he immediately began to justify himself. budge before they get the concessions they want on border reform. the ukrainian front line currently lacks artillery. the priority for the next few weeks, military sources say, is to preserve personnel, equipment in some places , withdraw short distances, leaving mines the fields are in place, but there is always a risk that the russians could break through. antony blinken said there was no other magic pot of money to support ukraine, reiterating the importance of the president's requests. we have significantly invested in the future of ukraine, in its freedom, and it seems pointless to me to refuse these investments. we have a very clear plan to get ukraine back on its feet militarily, economically and democratically so

james langford is doing a great job, expert on the border. chris murphy is negotiating for the democrats. i like chris, he is a friend. no way chris is -- he is part of the wing that believes in open borderings, president biden will have to step in. >> lawrence: good point, senator, thanks for getting up this morning for us. >> brian kilmeade looks tired, i think he's been up all night counting his money. >> lawrence: i'll let him know. it is hard work, he has so much of it. >> lawrence: he does. still ahead, you know him from our all american summer concert series. >> man, we are trying to make god famous. ♪ we got everything. he's a friend of mine. we got everything we need. >> lawrence: kirk franklin is coming up. >> steve: first main-stream media got a new movement, why nature has same rights as people, not making it up, we'll explain coming up. spinning it at one location, weaving it, then finally into a cut and sewn product. there's value in buying american made it has a real life impact up and down the supply chain. we want our custome

senators are doing the best they can, caps off to senator langford, he's pushing the right policies,ard lines but has a chance because senate democrats will not give, they have no incentive to do so, i've been screaming about this for probably three months back. david: the man at the table dhs secretary mayorkas has said there's no problem at the bar, the border is secure. he didn't say there's no problem but he did say support is secure but clearly it is not. how could a person like that be part of this process? >> you wonder why we want to impeach him. [laughter] the main issues are, it's not cbt, you can't put more border patrol agents on the border to fix this, you can't just add more money to the problem is say it will be fixed. biden requested 14 billion for the border, that's great but will not fix anything. you need to change policy so what senator langford and we have proposed is you have to change certain laws, the asylum laws and make them more rigid, make expulsion authority these are, similar to title 42 but that related to health related incidents, you have to make it m

last night republican senator langford said he doesn't think they'll get a border deal by thursday or friday when they are set to recess for the holidays. talks are stalled. the white house is only talking to democrats, not republicans about the border. lots of folks want the president to get into this now. zelenskyy is supposed to meet with president biden later today and meeting with house speaker mike johnson now. some folks are hopeful that senator schumer will keep the senate around to keep on talking. we await to see if that's what he decides to do. sandra. >> sandra: aishah with the latest development on all of that. now this. the sorority at the center of a lawsuit over admitting a biological male appears to be retaliating against its own members. an appeals court is hearing the case filed by six kappa kappa gamma sisters against their chapter at the university of wyoming, the lower court tossed the case. the sisters want the higher court to define the word woman. one of the plaintiffs on this program last week explaining why she had to act. >> there has been a lot of differen

neil: let's go to senator james langford, nice to see you in the flesh. great to see you. >> when i talk in dc. neil: let me ask, the pause stopped after 7 days, very little prospects how things stand, that hostages will be released and still fighting the environment. where are you now? hamas closer to the door on that and simply going out. >> there's maximum amount of leverage, striking hamas targets, created the opportunity before, israel is focused, cannot allow hamas terrorist to function as we wouldn't allow al qaeda to do that. they won't allow hamas to thrive that they are knowingly, two days ago when the pause on that point. they are attacking an israeli bus station. neil: another risk facing pressure from the white house, they seem to be sending a clear signal to get more of these hostages out, a number of officials, if it risks saying no to the united states and we love the united states and respect your government but this is our home, our place, our security. we aren't going to do that. >> the pressure on the first round, this won't be let's b

james langford is the top republican negotiator. senator, good morning and thank you for your time.week you said you look at one issue and there are 100 other issues underneath it. characterize for our audience how you see your measure of negotiation thus far. >> we are making real progress on this. we have everybody at the table and admitting it is a national security creels is we have to address. that's progress that may seem shocking but it is a long time to get to this point. we had the highest september and october in his and november and this will be the highest december in history of any crossings of any time on our southwest border. it is spiraling out of control as you have highlighted over and over again. our focus has been on how to get it back under control. setting caps and limits. dealing with how we process asylum. we aren't just releasing people to be able to do asylum later. they have to do the qualification right there and turn around people that don't qualify to get this under control. we all know it. it is getting common agreement on it. >> bill: i wonder how man

langford is a decent guy and i thought we would compromise on the border and security at the border,y walked away. it is take everything we have here, one proposal, which is extreme or nothing. in the meantime, the nothing means we don't get support for our friends and our innocent people of ukraine. i'll talk to you more -- >> president biden on ukraine and china, there is polling by associated press that shows 70% of americans and 40% of democrats believe you acted illegally or unethically in regard to your family business, can you explain to americans why you interacted with your son and brother foreign business associates. >> president biden: i did not, that is a bunch of lies. i did not, they are lies. >> mr. biden, president, do you think there is -- >> harris: he didn't want to take that question as much as the ukraine question, he is still at the door. >> president biden: i will defeat him. >> who else could defeat donald trump, mr. president? >> harris: okay, he blamed republicans on the border and you almost came up off the couch, sean. >> sean: we talked earlier in the hou

. >> monica, here's what senator langford had to say about the state of the border talks.isten to this. >> there's no way to be able to get it done this week. the question is are we staying into next week or does this move into early january to resolve, and that's a big unknown and it depends how it goes and how we are getting something that works. >> it's unclear if they will get it done this week or done at all. >> this is something that president biden has stressed he would like to see lawmakers stay closer towards christmas to try and work this out, but we know, and of course, as you heard from senator langford, there's not much of an appetite to do that, and president biden had the urgent remarks, and the president himself said, look, i am open to compromise. he said in his words, he believes the border system is broken and there are changes that need to be made, and he signaled much to the chagrin to some of his loyal supporters, that he would make changes, and some hispanic caucus, they said it could lead to cruelty to some of the families seeking asylum after the t

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if you get the inside scoop, james langford worked hard to get them talking as recently as a week agosome of this stuff doesn't make sense in terms of urgency now. we'll see. but finally we're on board together. stuart: we've heard reports and put them on this program that the white house is open to new border security roles. little bit open to checking the rules. have you heard anything from the white house on this? >> here's what i can distill from this. mayorkas' rear is on the line and he's been the point person for this and he's been more active. biden politically is under water with the border now rising to equal importance with messed up economy. it's the senate democrats that have been the hardest to engage, and now i think all of it is culminating in the fact that the ball is in their court. what are they going to do with it? stuart: senator, biden is urging restraint on israel in gaza. are you okay with that? >> well, with what happened on october 7, i think you've got to grant the israelis full latitude to root out hamas so they're not around and i've read a bit recently ab

senator james langford spoke about that.lay what he said. >> i think people don't understand the complexity and the number of decisions that have to be made on every single part. people see these big ideas and say it's spl just to be able o-to-settle that. underneath every big ide is a hundred smaller decisions that have to be made. >> reporter: which brings me to big obstacles that remain. let's put four items that i listed on the screen here. there's the fine print, james langford was alluding to that. you have to write this in a very delicate way. these can be interpredy future presidents. moats are concerned that a future president, wheth it's donald trump or someone like him could try to abuse some of these powers if they're granted overly broadly for the president. there's the question of the republican-led house. there's no guarantee that something that gets through the senate is going to be accepted by the new republican speaker, mike johnson who's under pressure from hard liners to go much further, and there's the q

the two met in person yesterday with republican negotiator senator james langford along with homelandy alejandro mayorkas. striking an agreement on immigration and border policy is key as republicans demanding it in exchange for unlocking additional aid for ukraine, israel and the indo-pacific. senate leadership promised yesterday negotiations would not stop until a deal is reached. >> when we return in the new year, we hope to take swift action on the national security supplemental. passing a national security supplemental is not going to be easy. it's one of the hardest things this senate has undertaken in a very long time. it will take compromise, good faith, and recognition from both sides that nobody is going to get everything they want. >> my colleagues at the negotiating table are under no illusions about how difficult it is to fix our nation's broken asylum and parole system. they're working on what would be the first serious repair in more than 30 years. >> joining us now is capitol hill reporter for "the wall street journal." what are your sources telling you about the kind

that is what senator langford and others are trying to accomplish. >> you mentioned you wanted the president to get involved. would you consider policy changes through executive action? >> mr. president, you may not know this but you can fix this without any of us doing anything. you could go back to the policy of making people wait outside the country for their hearings which is four years away. you are not going to pay 10,000 or $15,000 to get to the united states to remain in mexico for 4-5 years. that is why people stop. parole. about policy fixes. we need statutory classes -- here's what he needs to understand. if you don't use your executive tools or work with us for a statutory solution, none of us can vote on a supplemental because you are making us pick countries abroad over our own homeland security. i have never been more worried about a terrorist attack on our nation than i am right now. and it is not just me saying this. it is everyone in the diligence committee. mr. president, you are the commander in chief and you have a bunch of people working for you. you are in charge of th

democrat chris murphy, republican james langford and independent kristen sinema are participating inine, today too, but in remote mode, it seems that the negotiations should last all weekend so that from monday they can start moving towards the law, which should provide for assistance to ukraine. as i understand it, writes the people's deputy, there is discussion and controversy only on the part of politics, and it seems that they have already found a compromise on the issue of when it is possible to ask for asylum in the usa, let me remind you, we only have december 11-14 as a date for the congress to vote, well, in principle, the process has started. as mykhailo sergiyvych gorbachev said, this is good, and we hope that he will come to the point where we will be allocated money. thank you for being with us, i say goodbye to you until monday, i wish you a good weekend, take care of yourself, heed the air alert, support the armed forces of ukraine. good evening, we are from ukraine. every day, every hour, every minute we receive a large amount of information. the most anticipated even

i give a lot of credit to senator langford and cinema and tillis and murphy.ertainly nothing happens without john cornyn making his inputs on there and appreciate their efforts on that, but the time is now. the time for national security package is now. in my district it is pure chaos and people are upset because their lives have been turned upside down. my district is predominantly hispanic. many are first and second generation americans but they're tired of the high-speed chases, tired of their schools going into lockdown. i would argue, yes, we've been talking about the amount of people coming over that we don't know who is entering our country and the terrorist threat from external, but i -- i would also talk about a terrorist threat internal. i think to 9/11 and what happened there, but i also think back to the oklahoma city bombing and what is happening, people in this country are furious at this open border crisis. it's why it's so imperative that the senate and house work with the president to come up with a national security package that puts the coun

exports the thing, but the full fury of the cycle will be 1st in about 2 to 3 hours when it's ms. langford in his heart of the area. now of course, this is a big so i clone, it's packing speeds, wind speeds of about a $150.00 and some of the post saving a 150 kilometers per hour. and the surge is of a war to a uh, estimated one to one to help me to it. so it's a big one. okay. and how also are she's preparing for something like this, which could obviously do some serious damage. yes, it's going to say it has damage and the apologies a fairly well, but they've been monitoring the cycle and as it was bearing down into southern india. so you have the natural disaster response force on stand by several districts in other positions particular all ready load. people have been evacuated from low line areas. wilson, tom and nadia. an answer for this temporary shelters have been set up in an under for this to in house, people who been displaced and they've got medication. they've got a some food supplies blankets. and so to help those who get displaced in this, in the storm. and of course, under pr

been a real commitment by senate minority leader mcconnell, by the negotiators that include senator langford. and what i'm hearing from the small room, that they are making steady progress. they are dare drafting the lang that we would take up and pass. and politics -- >> they are drafting language? >> yes, they are. >> so i'll take that as progress because that is not what i've heard as we haven't seen anything, we can't -- and when it comes to immigration policy, it is all about the language and details no matter what broad agreement is that there is a crisis on the border. let me get your reaction to the news out of colorado, donald trump removed from 2the 2024 ballot for now. what is your reaction? >> a striking ruling. a plain reading of the text of the 14th amendment. and i'll remind you the provision was written to prevent those who were part of the confederacy who took up arms against the united states in our civil war from returning to federal elected office. but there was a finding by the court in colorado looking at the evidence, that former president trump participated in an insu

senator langford is doing a great job to put a limita parole -- >> griff: so plsz changes? changes, if you change the policies, you have to have the will. >> griff: when does a deal get done? >> early january. are you saying fix policies from the white house? >> change the people. >> joey: change the president -- >> you're a smart dude, if you are sick and tired of border being overrun, having to mortgage your house to get gas, vote for trump. >> carley: let's say 2024 is just days away, what is your opinion of what is going on in colorado? how will it impact 2024? >> i think the supreme court will slap it down. a state interpreting is a bad idea, they hate the guys guts, want to have hr 1. they are the radicals, not donald trump. cheekingful chick-fil-a -- >> carley: are you prompting us to ask you a question? >> the guy on before me, the christian dad. >> carley: what a reasonable man. >> what a reasonable man, the state of new york wants to make chick-fil-a stay open on sunday. if you can have a satan club in school, surely they can close on sunday. chick-fil-a people, s

over the weekend alone senator james langford, the top republican negotiator, said that the white house didn't even reach out to him at all. this week is the last week the senate is scheduled to be in session until the holiday recess. so if there's no break through within the next 24 hours or so here, there's no reason for the senate to remain in town, and the house is already intent on leaving. the house obviously being the much bigger obstacle to passing more ukraine funding here. and, you know, right after he -- president zelenskyy meet with senators today, he's going to also have a one-on-one meeting with house speaker mike johnson, which is going to be an equally important meeting for him, but again he's walking into a really impossible political dynamic on the hill today. >> and then he'll head to the white house where he'll meet with president biden and we certainly can expect both men to pak an impassioned pitch for this aid. it seems like the clock is ticking. and those i've talked suggest this deal is really unlikely. if that's indeed the case, if they can't get something done

langford, john kennedy, kayleigh mcenany, pete hegseth, andy mccarthy, benjamin hall and you.t minutes and 30 seconds on the channel you trust for morning news. you are watching really early, "fox and friends first." this administration has been holding us up saying there is not a formal impeachment inquiry. we are not going to give you paperwork. we are not going to let people come and testify and those sort of things. that excuse is going to be gone as we pursue what is going to be happening here. the thing about yesterday that was so interesting. if it would it have been a meeting with russian oligarchs. a meeting with maybe ukrainian energy company or, perhaps, aa board meeting with some chinese equity firm. no doubt hunter biden would have been there. but he did not show up. instead he came to the capitol and a publicity stunt. it's unfortunate to see that. >> todd: when alerted to the fact that he was under impeachment inquiry. joe biden said republicans should be more focused on border security than impeaching him. can you even begin to comprehend the uberous in that st

james langford and republicans want major changes to asylum law, parole, these are legal pathway which immigrants can enter the country, but they want to restrict them further to limit border crossings as reduce the flow. so they have a lot to work through with democrats who are skeptical of these changes, and these negotiations have been dragging out very slowly. >> mika, how far apart are they, on all of this, for funding and immigration, which is tied to it? >> yeah. congress has a lot of work to do in the last few weeks, and a lot revolves around competing interests and all these avenues that they have to get done. the funding bill, there is still a lot of contention around these remaining appropriations bills. speaker johnson has to work out another deal, you know, with house conservatives once the government is set to potentially shut down again come january. and then there is also the ffaa and these fisa regulations that they have to work through. >> so it's going to be a very happy holiday season for everyone, including you all up there. you follow along trying to get all of th

so, republicans are holding strong on this senator langford is right now meeting with homeland security and the democrats, and they are trying to find a way forward. but, we have to have money on the border for security. not for processing, not for beds, not for giving theme plighthem flights to other cities but secure the southern border, put that barrier up. build that wall. that is what they need in order to secure the nation. larry: to switch gears, someone that i would like to see go home is harvard university president, miss claudine gay. she is going to survive. harvard corporation will stay with her. stuff in the papers, yesterday and today, the issue of plagiarizing came up in official announcement this is blows my mind. in the official announcement by the harvard corporation, i guess it was, they say that all is good. miss gay is oppose genocide, israel, oppose anti-semitism, not allowing this business about calling israel genocidal, which harvard has yet to prove, they ranked last among the large universities for free speech. but, just listen. last tuesday. was congressional

. >> and the fundamental dynamic here, and james langford is a conservative republican but someone who democrats typically have believed is negotiating in good faith, basically saying i can't go home to my constituents and say i'm willing to help out the other countries across the globe but i'm not going to help out my own country by protecting the southern border. again, an immigration-related thing. these politics feel familiar to me. i mean, do you recognize that in terms of how -- i mean, this seems to be a part of the broader story of the fracturing of the west and an inward turn. >> yeah, nationalism is rising up everywhere really and being more interested in domestic affairs because there are genuine problems domestically and having less of an eye on global events. and it is the lack of intervention i think that you are seeing here particularly from america, obviously america is still the world's policeman. but there is a lack of will domestically on continue with that, and that has global repercussions and allows countries like russia to take advantage. >> for sure. max foster,

senator langford yesterday said it's more realistic they'll be talking about framework or deal in principleetime in january. is there was a number of republican senators who sent a letter requesting a special republican conference meeting when they return january 8th. i think that does tell you, if you're reading between the lines, that there is an expectation that this probably isn't going to get done and voted on this week. in fact yesterday, i asked senators s sinema and murph fy, there a framework, how are you going to make sure that the legislative text is written. and something that can be communicated to senators and people are ready to vote in a matter of three days. i think that's a really tall order at this point, kate. >> also, can i just say, i'm surprised they're not able to hammer something out right now. we're talking about changes in immigration policy which, again, we've said it a million times, it's been three decades since anything significant on that. it's not surprising even with the best of intention they're not getting there. which is why there's a question -- if they

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i spoke with both senators langford and sinema earlier today who said today's negotiating session was positive, that members of leadership from both parties in the administration are engaging. i am hoping we can get this deal resolved and move this supplemental package forward before we break for the holidays. >> let's see if that happens. senator chris kunz, thanks as usual for joining us. >> thank you, wolf. >>> the legendary journalists bob woodward and carl bernstein standing by live to join me. i'll get their thoughts on the u.s. supreme court responding to a historic request from the special counsel, jack smith. >>> cnn has obtained exclusive new information in the trump classified documents case. the special counsel, jack smith, looking into outreach from donald trump and his associates to a longtime mar-a-lago employee who quit his job after the fbi seized records from the property. let's get the latest developments, our senior justice correspondent, evan perez joining us. how extensive was this outreach? >> reporter: very extensive outreach. this happened about three months a

that's what even the top republican negotiator, james langford, part of the effort to see if there's any deal on immigration to unlock aid to ukraine. he told me no matter what volodymyr zelenskyy says behind closed doors his approach won't change. >> he says can you just approve ukraine aid, punt on immigration, and approve -- >> no. no, no. again, we have a responsibility to the united states of america. that will mean me going back to my state and saying i care about what's happening in other countries and not in my own country. we've got to do two things at once, pay attention to our own needs while we're dealing with those around the world, as well. there's flow way to do it that -- no way to do it they. >> you think this is -- >> i'd love to see results sooner, but if we can't get to a resolution on this, this will go into 2024 until it's resolved. >> reporter: so that is the real expectation right now, that this could drag into 2024. that's what democrats are particularly concerned about. they say they're not going to give in to the republican demands to take -- to move from m

. >> that's the point, for example, senator langford, leading this on the republican side, is making.uys, the white house, coupled this together in the supplemental and it's got to stay coupled for us to get ukraine funding. why is that wrong? >> we didn't --sy didn't say it was wrong. we put border and ukraine and israel and indo-pacific funding in the supplemental. and we are not certainly walking away from the idea that there is a negotiation going on right now to talk about border security and immigration reform and to get funding for ukraine. we are approaching this pretty pragmatically. we understand that certainly in the republican side that they have got both of these sort of attached to one another. we are willing to engage, you know, in a very transparent way on both. >> i want to move to what the president is going to do today with hostages. he met with families of those hostages still being held by hamas on zoom a couple of months ago. it's going to be in person today. there was a striking moment where we saw you meeting with ruby chen. we had him on a number of times. his

senator langford says a deal is not looking promising, saying we are not at this point and you can'tuage ready to get it done. my point being, this will be next year. the white house seems to be coming to the table on the border. among the, according to politico, title 42-like expulsion expedited removal of migrants, mandatory detention policy and changing fear challenge, seeking asylum type of thing the migrants use, maybe clamping down on that a bit. there is progress. kyrsten sinema is in on this. more money from the feds. we'll have to see. the white house is like, let's talk. >> todd: because next year is election year, 2024, all damage has been done, he will say, i tried something at the border, don't know if it will work. i will go like this, awkward moment, kamala holiday party. >> cheryl: i know. i will play the video, just watch what happens. >> madam vice president, did you -- [screaming] -- >> did you know that in bethlehem -- why did you -- >> i'm speaking. [cheering] >> cheryl: that was a state democratic lawmaker from delaware yelling at our vice president saying cease

gop oklahoma senator james langford concedes this is challenging. >> they are looking for changes in policies so we can secure the border. that means we have to actually bring proposal forward that will actually make that different, that can actually reform how we handle asylum in his words from top to bottom. >> the goal is to wrap it up by christmas. time is slipping. lawmakers are leery about leaving washington for the holiday with israel and ukraine on the hook. dana. >> dana: chad pergram. keep tabs on it for us. >> bill: ships under fire in the red sea. a series of attacks target the u.s.s. carney and three other commercial liners. the u.s. pointing a finger directly at iran. congressman mike turner has reaction on that. >> dana: a mother pleading for the return of her daughter kidnapped by hamas. >> bill: the big apple crime crisis and the growing number of bodega owners getting guns for self-defense of them and their business. >> out there looking to rob us, hurt us, kill us, beware, you may be walking into the wrong bodega. now we have the same fire power you have. but we kn

the top republican negotiator, james langford says they've not heard from the white house and four days. david: thank you. florida republican congressman mike waltz is here with more on this, great to see you. we heard schumer say europeans will say what is going on? americans, looking at our border saying what is going on right here in our country? that has to be solved before anything else is solved? >> a couple of clarifying points. one, the president introduced border into the massive package with taiwan, ukraine, israel and other things, introduced it in the wrong way. she wants to throw more money behind bad policy. it wasn't republicans who introduced border, it was him. we are just now republicans trying to fix bad policy one, this isn't about politics. it's about national security in a secure border is national security, it biden's fbi director is saying it is only a matter of time until we are attacked by one of the hundreds on the terrorist watch list they are trying to track down. that alone would be enough for the biden administration to change policies and when it does com

james langford of oklahoma, said zelensky was unable to say anything during his communications with senators a grandfather needs. are delighted that zelensky lost in the war, grandfather was shown a program on tv, grandfather watched so that grandfather was sent, and actually came out and quoted, what he quoted was on a piece of paper, well, that is , they tried for the grandfather, he somehow managed, well, this is one of the elements, this is one of the elements of pressure on the republicans, which are used over a long period when hung. days ago that this visit is not a visit about ukraine, it is a visit of confrontation between biden and the republicans, he invited zelensky, well, believing that in this way he can strengthen his position in putting pressure on republicans in order to push through this decision on financing, which he needs, against the backdrop of the election campaign, he needs a victory, even a small one, he is still the current president, yes, he must show results and, most importantly, achieve. result, so to speak, but you know, in general, in the last couple of weeks

senators kyrsten sinema, james langford, chris murphy have been working closely together. this group of lawmakers does have, you know, a past together. sinema and murphy worked on gun legislation together and got a deal when no one thought they could. still, immigration is different. any lawmaker will tell you that is the kiss. kyrsten sinema said this is the most complicated bipartisan negotiation she has ever been a part of and she happs been partf several. that gives you an indication this is a third quarter and thorny political issue that so far lawmakers haven't found a path forward. and they tell you when they agree on something, they realize there are four or questions that they still have to answer. >> yeah. it is something. lauren, appreciate it. good to see you. thanks. >>> new this morning, the city of chicago says it's working to find space for asylum seekers staying at o'hare airport after they were flown there from texas. tuesday night the governor chartered a flight from el paso to chicago with more than 120 asylum seekers onboard. abdid this after chicago b

i have been involved with the negotiation -- you know, discussions with senator langford and several republican colleagues. they are trying to keep it restricted to border. when you talk about immigration, it's trying to squeeze an end of a balloon. what's going to happen at the other end? dynamics are impacted. if you want to talk about reducing the flow, the numbers of people coming to the southern border of the united states you've got to look at what's pulling them here or driving them here. when i put that on the table they don't want to talk about it. they want to talk about more border patrol officers. i appreciate the president saying we need more july 4th to shear these asylum cases, make determinations, who is eligible, who is not. the last i checked republicans are trying to cut the budget, not add resources. >> i understand you are saying hr 2, which is what republicans in the senate want, addresses the border. you have to deal with it at the root and at the border. but senator, yes or no before we move on, will the senate go on rece rewithout getting more aid to israel a

with that, we will go to our video remarks. >> i am senator langford and wish i could be there with you se issues religious freedom in many areas around the world. we seen even in the past few weeks the real pain, the real trauma of anti-semitism. people violently attacking people based on visitor we can >> while there has been significant progress in many areas around the world, we haven't seen in the past few weeks the real pain and trauma of anti-semitism and people attacking based on faith and we have seen it there and we have seen it in china and what continues to happen over and over again and muslims with limitations and they continue to face and the reeducation camps and we see it in nigeria and in allies and friends like india and limitations of freedom that it happened there for so many people who are just trying to live their faith and we talked over and over again about pakistan and our continual push to make sure that we continue to hold it to account as to what is occurring and we did make a lot of progress in the areas of civil rights and there will always be areas of foc

james langford, the top republican negotiator on the border talks told reporters last night that he is not giving up. that he continues to try and have a conversation with his democratic colleagues but they are still really far apart. as you pointed out, next week, lawmakers are set to leave for their holiday break. not returning until the new year. that means it's very possible and you're starting to hear this from republican leaders as well that they could leave without giving ukraine or israel additional funding at a time when both countries believe it would be critical for their future. so it's a really huge question right now. and we were just talking about the united states senate. we still would have to deal with what happens in the house of representatives. mike johnson telegraphed he needs a robust border security to put anything on the floor. it's hard to tell what that could be that would pass in the senate then be enough border security that mike johnson would feel comfortable putting it on the floor of the house and not face potential upheavel from his right flank. so a lo

these key, core senate negotiators, sinema, murphy, langford being the main group. a deal onto paper this week, this is an in-depth issue. lawmakers would want time to look at it and propose amendments potentially. this is going to be a complex, very litigated issue that they have to look through thoroughly. additionally, the house is giving no signal that even if the senate were to pull this out of a hat this week, manage to get a vote, that they are willing to come back and add the house-necessary vote to send it to the president's desk before the end of the year. >> let's say a deal is not reached before the holiday break, either because the house isn't here or the senate can't get it over the finish line. talk about what this will look like in january where we know there's no much more on lawmakers' plate, as well. >> yeah, absolutely. that's the really complicating issue and why some senators are really hoping to get this done before january. when we get into the new year, we are looking at government funding deadlines, those looming, ominous government shutdow