john thune started in the senate in 2005, so this is his 20th year with schumer. chuck schumer issued a statement for john thune, congratulating him on his election as the republican leader. that may just be traditional senate collegiality. john thune has never come across as somebody who has been particularly antagonistic towards chuck schumer, nor vice versa. but the roles sure are changing. that is one of the big portions to answer. host: on roles changing, we talked about nancy pelosi stepping away from leadership, hakeem jeffries stepping in cairo now we have mitch mcconnell stepping away after a very long time as the leader of the senate republicans, jumping stepping in. mitch mcconnell's term runs through 2026. what will his role be now that he will not be one of the first people to speak at the beginning of the day in the senate? where does he fit in now just another senator? guest: this is so and traditional. think of the last sets of speakers of the house who, when they left that position, left the house altogether. dennis astor, john boehner, paul ryan gong.

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the sounds paid to the former high commissioner of india to find with dash one john chuck football to you will welcome to the program . so thanks for joining us. i'm just picking up and what we heard from the us. i mean it's no secret. washington dog likes to comment on what it sees is human rights abuses all around the world. but quite a sort of non commit soul response stuff from the state department. what do you make of it? well, it's no secret and the whole world knows the progress. i use the cutting end of the entire gulf. what they find is, it's very close to the americans and the whole, or to june change or the nation. the best thing about this was conducted by the american beauty. so hence, there is not life to undermine disposition, and hence they are not coming to such as the sharp outs a tile escape about american involvement in this top, paying many, according to i mean shake, proceed ourselves, suggested that job i didn't did play a key role and toppling her, she talked about how unwilling us to lease out of course and mountainside and for an american ad base page. a crit

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and john chuck, i bought a 2 sides. the interim government is under the thumb of extreme escripts. the 1st thing this is going to is under any pressure, and it's basically on the top of the stream is this allow me call the nice ations. and they're stored in groups which actually created the process to know which was the difference. uh huh. they called to get the $10000.00 government jobs and now they are running the show in the sense that the sizing and doing things. and i think the law and order, i'm in, or agencies like the army and the police have controlled, and they are very, very hard to do. and they, they things. and those are, you know, they have lots of a small goes along. and those are the people who bought it. i think i think that's the purpose i use for recognize the fact that he does not want. he says that is a very dirty also that he has been give me. but normally it's not, i'm not really just do the political. i think that's a very good awful ripple here to suicide bombing at a railway station in pakistan has killed at least 25 people. that is, according to local gov

people like joni ernst, lindsey graham, bill cassidy, john kiernan, john hoven, chuck grassley, the most senior member. these are people who, i believe, take their constitutional prerogatives to advise with care. i think the nominee for secretary of defense, he is views, his date of views on fox and elsewhere should be carefully examined. >> is defense for war criminals, perhaps? >> his defense for were criminals, perhaps. on that point, alex, here is why it is so important that we have a military code of conduct we have military justice. the u.s. military is the most powerful, the greatest military on earth because of our power, but also because we observe the rules. we have a rule of law in the military that is marrow deep in the training of every officer to excuse a violation of the rules, to excuse war crimes is a major setback. it is a blow. it violates everything that is a fundamental part of the training of any officer, of any enlisted member of the u.s. military. so, that is, in my opinion as someone who used to be the senior legal official of that department, one of the things t

people like john hoven , people like john corbin, chuck grassley , my friend lindsey graham . i know that they understand what the advice of content process is all about. i know it myself, i have been through it three times. they turn your life upside down, looking through everything. with respect to the nomination of matt gaetz and all of the other nominations by this vice president-elect, i hope that the senate takes its duty seriously, does not turn its back on its obligations by going into recess, and scrutinizes this nomination in particular very carefully. >> do you think that this points to potential retaliation? matt gaetz has, and we have some reporting that he is basically going to burn it all down from the inside out. >> to abolish the department of justice itself . it certainly has that feel . it has the feel of retribution, retaliation , and what is interesting to me, i have heard from a number of people now inside the department of justice. the first reaction with a nomination like this is to walk out. literally walk out. but i believe those in the department of

john thune started in the senate in 2005, so this is his 20th year with schumer. chucker issued a statement for john thune, congratulating him on his election as the republican leader. that may just be traditional senate collegiality. john thune has never come across as somebody who has been particularly antagonistic towards chuck schumer, nor vice versa. but the roles sure are changing. that is one of the big portions to answer. host: on roles changing, we talked about nancy pelosi stepping away from leadership, hakeem jeffries stepping in cairo now we have mitch mcconnell stepping away after a very long time as the leader of the senate republicans, jumping stepping in. mitch mcconnell's term runs through 2026. what will his role be now that he will not be one of the first people to speak at the beginning of the day in the senate? where does he fit in now just another senator? guest: this is so and traditional. think of the last sets of speakers of the house who, when they left that position, left the house altogether. dennis astor, john boehner, paul ryan gong. these

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graham calling on chuck schumer, the ranking democrat and us senate, the incoming majority leader of the republicans that will take office in the next us congress in january. and john soon has called and chuck schumer, as well as lindsey graham is chuck schumer does not take action. what will happen in january is that they will then take action against the i c. c. and what that will mean is that the prosecutors could elect it's potentially face blocking entry into the united states. if they have us visas, they could be revoked. and if they have any property in the united states, they could be prevented from conducting any sort of transactions with their own property. kimberly, thank you very much for that. kimberly. how can for say ads the white house, it's gone past 1430 gmc, you're watching all g 0 and continuing coverage of the breaking news story out of a hague, venge, national criminal court issuing arrest warrants for israel's foreign minister. benjamin this out and form a defense base, so you'll have guidelines for war crimes and gaza. it also issued an arrest warrant for him. i asked him on a day for israel says it killed back in july. the i c. c accuses th

chuck woolery the original wheel of fortune host has died at the age of 83. christina coleman has more. >> john chuck woolery died yesterday at his house in texas. his wife reportedly said he was not feeling well went to lie down she said she checked on him a little later is having trouble breathing woolery still passed away. his good friend podcast po host mark young confirmed his death he did not specify the cause. young wrote on exit is with a broken heart that i tell you my dear brother chuck woolery has just passed away. life will not be the same without him. rest in peace brother. was the original host of the hugely popular show wheel of fortune that premiered in 1975. he is also known for hosting love connection he did a few other shows to including scrabble. chuck woolery is not only a personal friend for a lot of years he was a true pro he was the best at his profession. in 2007 his fans love seeing him. woolery was also on fox nation. >> is time to break out your legwarmers, wine coolers and parachute pants fox nation 80th quiz show the ultimate '80s pop culture trivia. i'm your host

john mccain, mitt romney, chuck hagel, in your book this, these are the kind of republicans that you sort of hang out with and that you sort of share a brand within my view. you know, they're often called reino republicans by donald trump. is it strange that so many people who ran as the republican candidate for president would no longer fit in today's republican party? it seems strange on the face of it that the, the former leaders of the republican party are now stigmatized as republicans in name only. that's weird. how did that happen? but i think the reality is that the moderates that i was writing about were dwight eisenhower style republicans who believed in the legitimacy of the new deal order. so they were in some sense, new deal order republicans. then along comes ronald reagan and brings and what we now refer to as the neo liberal era. and even the democrats came around to that. i mean, bill clinton was someone who actually operated under the term set by ronald reagan . i'm from now maybe moving us into a kind of populous era which is different from the other. so in that se

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john roberts. the race for dave mccormick. chuck schumer invited him to washington for orientation.ocratic senator bob casey has refused to concede and help taxpayers around the hook for $1 million to have every ballot that was eligible recounted and a few that apparently worked. >> sandra: the new senate majority writing "this is a blatant attempt by the democrats to violate the rule of law firm for over a week it has been clear that dave mccormick won the election. senator casey needs to concede. he will join with his reaction in moments. >> we began with alexis mcadams live in our new york city newsroom. >> most people at home that are watching about this thing wrapped up days ago. democrats and some election boards are breaking the law and admitting it to overturn the results in the senate race in pennsylvania counting relatives that do not have the required signatures or the right dates but say people break the law all the time. >> mostly because i think we all know that precedent by a court doesn't matter anymore in this country and people violate laws anytime they want. for m

. >> john: then there is this. chuck schumer not inviting david mccormick, w who is the republican senator elect by declaration in the state of pennsylvania. saying that there is still 100,000 votes to be counted in pennsylvania. this thing is not over yet. here is what "the wall street journal" said about that. "the associated press" and most other media have called the senate race for republican dave mccormick. never fear, democrats, the lawyer is on the case trying to steal the seat for incumbent bob casey. can someone say election denial? we should point out that schumer has also not invited ruben gallego in arizona to come to the freshman orientation. but that is because that race has not yet been declared. >> the old joke that labs are getting rid of rats in favor of long years. there are some things that rats won't do. you know, this is really the final round. it is not so surprising that mark elias has shown up. that figure that was at the heart of the russian conspiracy hoax. he was accused in the campaign of hi

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i have -- [laughter] i have a simple message for chuck schumer and for bob casey. it's over. >> johnes saying the days of woke are over. and at the time has come for the pennsylvania senate race to end. let's bring in senator daines now. do you think casey should give out his recount? critics are saying he is embarrassing himself by allowing it to continue, particularly after the shenanigans that the elections officials and those four counties were undertaking. >> absolutely, there is no mathematica way that bob casey can beat dame mccormick. the ap has called the race, decision desk is called the race. it's going to waste a million dollars of pennsylvania's taxpayer money for this recount. the race is over. bob casey needs to concede. chuck schumer needs to concede. dave mccormick will be the 53rd republican u.s. senator to be sworn in in january. >> john: i don't know if you heard the latest, we had that bucks county election official saying i don't care what the law says, i'm going to violate the law. she sounds more contrite, listen here. >> we all say things that are out of turn

just as john and vanessa were talking about chuck grassley a top republican senator. he told politico this. he was telling reporters this politico reporting, i'm concerned about the potential of it. when asked if he was worried about another trade war on the horizon but he says right now i see everything that trump is doing on tariffs as a negotiating tool and we'll have to wait and see how successful he is. he is about that as a negotiating tool. it gets back to the question, do you take him seriously? but should republicans do you think be worried about trump. and this negotiating tool and or trump implementing this well, i think senator grassley is right to be concerned because no state would probably have more to lose in a trade war than iowa. >> much of the corn of iowa goes, i'm sure, to mexico mexico retaliate against tariffs but as a negotiating tool, yes trump wants to use these tariffs as bargaining chips. but he also wants to use these tariffs as a revenue source to help pay for at least partially offset um, the reauthorization of the 2017 tax cuts and so h

a former member chuck had no answer when asked about gates by reporters. john a former judge said i am still trying to absorb all of this. senator john kennedy when asked said happy thanksgiving. senator lisa from alaska said gates is a unserious candidate, adding if i want to make a joke i would say i am waiting for george santos to be named. other congressman who publicly clashed with gates over the years was more sanguine. >> i completely trust trumps decision-making on this one but at the same time he needs to come to congress and sell himself. there are a lot of questions that will be out there and hopefully he is able to answer the questions right. >> that is senator mark wayne of oklahoma today. the same senator that once said this about congressman gates. >> he was accused of sleeping with the underage girl and there is a reason why nobody in the conference came to defend him because we all saw the videos he was showing on the house floor of the girls he slept with. he would brag about crushing ed medicine and chase it with a energy drink so he could go

chuck grassley had no answer when asked about gaetz. he stood there in silence. john cornyn said i am still trying to absorb all this. senator john kennedy merely said happy thanksgiving. senator lisa murkowski said the gaetz is an unserious candidate, adding about one to make a joke maybe i was say now i am waiting for george santos to be named. other senate republicans, even those of publicly clashed with him over the years are saying this. >> i completely trust president trump's decision-making. at the same time he has to come to the senate and sell himself. hopefully he is able to answer the questions right. >> that is senator mark mullen from oklahoma. it's the same senator who once said this . >> he was accused of sleeping with an underage girl. there is a reason why no one in the conference came to defend him. we had all seen the videos. he would brag about how he would crush medicine and chase it with an energy drink so that he could go all night. >> let show what he said now about gaetz. >> i completely trust president trump's decision-making on this one, but

chuck grassley had no answer when asked about gaetz, he stood there in silence. john a former judge said i'm still trying to absorb all of this. john kennedy when asked said happy thanksgiving. senator lisa murkowski said that gaetz is a, quote, unserious candidate. if i wanted to make a joke, i'd wait for george santos to be named. others who publicly clashed with congressman gaetz over the years were more sanguine. >> i completely trust president trump's decision making on this one, but at the same time he's got to come to congress and sell himself. -- the senate and sell himself. there are questions out there and he has to answer those questions and hopefully he's able to answer the questions right. >> so that's senator mark wayne mullen of oklahoma today. it's the same senator who once said this about congressman gaetz. >> he was accused of sleeping with an underaged girl. there's a reason why no one in the conference came and defended him because we had all seen the videos he was showing on the house floor and all of us walked away of the girls he slept with and

chuck when i need, and i chose all of the show up the yeah. and the whole just even a month ago. and when that's gonna know, that had been to john highlight the bill and i had to say that when it comes the i'm always optimistic. but of course this hums, have the citizenship revoke the one of those is the way people maybe look at you. and that to be honest, has been one point for me that anything the damage to my reputation, the ability to get published at the office. the other also houses have my house. i have this this is office how you pay a lot would we've got pleasant. we realize that now, okay, best basis time you right now is maybe not inside city anymore. yeah. and that's it, that's been a family decision. and we just take it one step at a time. once i race the chat with you, hopefully and in this number, then what that means is we will come in and out. and so hopefully he'll be able to come in and out degree and best to kind of digital to see that we want, you know, cuz obviously i'm banned from quite a few countries. but if i can get you guys some of the team, you guys can go up lineup. but if they know you're on the en

chuck when i need. and i chose all of the show up the yeah, and the whole just even a month ago and when that's gonna know that had been to john highlight because i get one bill and i had to say that when it comes the i'm always optimistic. but of course, this hums obviously isn't cheaper, but the one of those is the way people maybe look at you. and that, to be honest, has be more important for me than anything, the damage to my reputation, the ability to get published. and i've been at the office, the also houses have my house, i have this this is office how you pay and we've got play that we realize that now. okay. best basis time you right now is maybe not inside city anymore. and next it has to be the funding decision. i would just take it one step by time once i race the child, hopefully and it's done, but then what that means is we will come in and out. and so hopefully he'll be able to come in and out degree and best to kind of legitimacy that we want, you know, cuz obviously i'm banned from quite a few countries, but if i can get you guys some of the team, you guys can go up. why not? but if they know you're, i'm the

john c cornyn have been pitching in private. trump endorsed no candidate. dave mccormick will be voting. outg outgoing chuck schumer has invited mccormick and gallego. bob casey refused to know coseed. seven million people cast their votes, our county election officials will finish counting like they do in every election, american democratic process was born in pennsylvania and will play out. on the south side, republicans are two seats from retaining control of the house. they secured 216 seats and democrats 207. in california 22nd republican valdeo has beaten democrat solis and mike levin held off gunderson. democrats have to nearly run the table to take control of the house. >> todd: keep up ddating the house. >> carley: what is taking so long? >> todd: thank you. pennsylvania senator elect dave mccormick just attended orientation, he will join us. >> carley: glad he got invited and samuel alito is planning to stay on the supreme court, dethe spite requests to step down. this man has never thought about this job from a political perspective, this is not co consistent with who he is. some republicans look

john cornyn and rick scott. another fight breaking out over pennsylvania's senator-elect david mccormick's victory as chuck schumer is trying to hold him back from sn senate orientan as bob casey has yet to concede the race. joining the conversation all morning long, michael lee, republican strategist tricia mclaughlin and fox business' cheryl casone. "mornings with maria" is live right now. ♪ maria: it is time for the hot topic of the hour. president-elect donald trump sweeping the swing states after officially winning arizona this weekend. trump now zeros in on new cabinet members. fox news correspondent madeleine rivera with the latest details. >> reporter: president-elect trump and his team are working to sign off of staffing picks. he made this announcement on truth social last night. tom homan will be joining the trump administration in charge of our nation's borders, the border czar. there is nobody better at policing and patrolling our borders. likewise, tom homan will be in charge of all deportation of illegal aliens back to their country of origin. homan once served as acting director of immigration and

through the trump agenda and they were not so sure about john thune being able to do that or wanting to do that. republicans are pushing back against chuck schumer because he is refusing to allow senator elect david mccormick to attend the senate orientation. two despite the associated press calling the pennsylvania race, gop senators eric schmidt, katie britt, mike lee say they will grant mccormick entry into the building so he can be escorted to orientation. i spoke with dave mccormick yesterday and brought up the challenges to him, here's what he told me on "sunday morning futures". >> the ap called this race a number of days ago because mathematically there's no path for senator casey to win and i'm up by 40000 votes which is a very significant margin. and ultimately senator casey is going to have to decide when he's ready to acknowledge that. i lost a close election by 900 votes in 2022, i know it's tough to do that. maria: i wonder if this is a trick that they do want david mccormick to voice his support for rick scott. they will wait a couple of days before bob casey concedes. he will not concede even though ap called the race. >>

john thain -- thune, the senior senator from south dakota. >> the american people have loudly rejected the failed policies of the biden-harris, chuck schumer this republican team is united. we are on one team. we are excited to retain the majority get to work with our colleagues in the house to enact president trump agenda. >> he had to address his past breaks with donald trump. in 2016, after the release of the access hollywood tape in which trump bragged of insulting women, thune called on him to leave the race. he decried efforts to overturn the election results. trump said thune was a rhino, threatening that his political career was over. thune works this year to prepare the relationship, meeting with trump in march and writing that he is open to the demand for recess appointments. he spoke to that today. >> but we will do is make sure that we are processing his nominees in a way that gives them into those positions so he can implement his agenda. i have said that we expect a level of prosecution -- cooperation from the democrats to get these folks installed. obviously we will explore all options to make sure they get moved quickly. >>

olleyour colleagues, soon-to-be colleague john fetterman who had populist tendencies and you have them come out every now and then. as well as people like chuckumer, but specifically your colleague from your state? >> he is not always been nice to me on social media, but i absolutely think i will be ablel to find ways to worky with hime as we disagree on 90% of things, no doubt he has a different view of economic policies much more about socialist. and thto te mike and i am free enterprise for the future, but he is incredibly strong fighting backn anti-semitism and incredibly strong in support of israel and one of the rare boe democrats w actually called help the crisisn border. so i think hd.e has a man whoet speaks his minhid and i admirean that. when he speaks his mind, i think we can work together and i will be the first tms ao try to do t. these problems, as i said, don' lend to one party but affect everybody. so, i willve be one to fight on principle what i believe is right but someone who knows you have to find common ground with others to make things happen.bs >> laura: and especially o ingo the jobs in pennsylvania that you will need

john thune. winner needs 27 of 53 gop votes. >> lawrence: thanks. looks like he had a change of heart. he's doing the right thing. >> brian: chuck?ence: yeah, race has been called, there is no pathway. it is hard to criticize former president about transition of power when they were blocking it. he did the right thing. >> steve: he'll be able to sit down with people he's never met before and winding up going to senate for this orientation today. originally mike lee was going to escort him around. this senate leadership battle is healthcared and we saw madi talk about republicans who have come out in favor of thunun that. dave mccormick will be voting. >> ainsley: just because guy who lost does not cop con, other outlets have. schumer know shouldn't stop him from that. >> brian: i thought it was ceremonial, know kyrsten sinema said it is important. you said chuck schumer won't come on the radio show. >> steve: you said you never invited him. >> brian: that is my fault. he is probably a viewer, i asked bernie moreno, is chuck schumer going to block dave mccormick, he's in washington. is he going to come there, could we see a big co

ones i did a piece on this last week and john cornyn said standards are evolving, but the compared to those past scandals correct. and that interestingly, chuck grassley was the person who did a lot of that. the senator from iowa, chairman of the finance committee back then who did a lot of the vetting on taxes. so we'll see if that same tax vetting occurs with these, uh, nominees. >> i have a feeling some of the standards still may be evolving, and i want to turn the discussion more about the potential of overreach, because this happens in every administration coming in. they come in they view they have a clear mandate sometimes. they often go too far. and then there's blowback in the midterms. offense time and time again. this is just where things stand in terms of trump's winning the popular vote versus kamala harris right now he's just under 50%, just look at how his popular vote victory compares to past presidents not as much as joe biden back in 2020. that was 7.1 million votes, 2016 hillary clinton. you can see she lost, of course, the electoral college that he had. trump is behind her and then all down behind well how does that affect

john cornyn's face, like he tasted something strange. not a great sign when the hopeful interpretation is that you're having a stroke. another g.o.p. senator, chuckssley, was so exasperated by gaetz questions that he stopped talking to reporters and stood there stone-faced for 30 seconds. grassley is 91. are you sure that was "exasperation"? "oh, look, grandpa's so exasperated that he closed his eyes and plunged face-first into his soup." remember when he used to sno snorkel? alaska senator lisa murkowski said she didn't see this one coming. >> i don't think it's a serious nomination for the attorney general. this one, this one was not on my bingo card. >> stephen: oh. okay, senator, that is your first mistake. now that's trump's been reelected, we all get new bingo cards. with none of those boring numbers like b14 and n7. mine has "trump/putin, matching track suits," "chief justice kid rock," and "deport ricky martin." there you go. ooh, ranch dressing fountain. one reporter asked idaho congressman mike simpson if he thought gaetz had the character to be attorney general, then simpson stared at them incredulously, waited six seconds to answer an

john fetterman who had some populist tendencies. you hear them come out every now and then. as well as people like chuckumer but specifically your colleague from your state? well he has not always been nice to me on social media. but i absolutely think that i will be able to find ways to work with him. we probably disagree on 90% of things no doubt. he has a very different view of economic policies. he is much more of an devout socialist. and i'm certainly think preenterprise is the path to the future. he has been incredibly strong on fighting back on anti-semitism. he has been incredibly strong in support of israel. he has been one of the rare democrats actually called out the crisis on the border. so, i think he is a man that speaks his mind. i admire that and when he speaks his mind about something where i think he and i can work together, i will be the first to try to do it. listen, these problems as i said don't lend themselves to one party. they are problems that effect everybody. so, you know, i'm going to be one who fights on principle for what i believe is right, but i'm somebody who knows you

host: the current senate majority leader chuck schumer on the or yesterday congratulating the incoming majority leader, senator johnne with republicans leaving both the house and senate in the white house and the white house in the new year. they believe they have a mandate. this morning we are asking you if you believe that, what is it? sean, democratic caller. >> good morning. no, they don't have a mandate. he won by less than 3%. there republican party seems to claim the mantle of law and order, and yet mr. trump was tried and convicted for 34 felonies prior to the selection, and didn't spend a day in jail. the rest of the world is looking at that and says how is that law and order? thank you for taking my call. host: baltimore, republican. caller: thank you for taking my call. i don't know what the mandate is, but i think is to register as a foreign agent and put in place an arms embargo and stop all funding to israel. that should be the number one priority. host: deandre says that as a republican in baltimore. larry in georgia, democratic caller. caller: yam. first i would like to make a statement to the ameri

chuck grassley stands on this issue. so if he sides with some of his members on the committee, like john cornyn, a senior member of that committee, who wants to see that report, perhaps that would put some pressure on them to move ahead. but we'll see how that plays out. you've broken so many of the stories of this ethics investigation paula. i wonder if you think it's going to leak the report so they don't release it through formal, formal, formal channels, either officially or in a redacted form? i would actually be a little bit surprised if it leaks because this committee does not leak, much to my chagrin. but i understand why it is they're trying to protect not only the subjects of these ethics investigations, but also the witnesses because remember, at the heart of the gaetz investigation is a group of pretty vulnerable women who were perhaps preyed upon by much more powerful, wealthy men in the state of florida. i've talked to some witnesses who were interviewed in the justice department probe, and for the ethics probe. they don't want the report released. they don't want to dredge all this up again. that's part of why the

majority leader chuck schumer, the outgoing majority leader as he was leading the senate, declined toto comment. when he was asked about it as he was leaving, we do expect fromfrom johns today. we'll get a sense on how he is assessing this. he has been handling all these nominations pretty carefully now, not saying one way or the other how he would respond. >> and this is just one day after trump announced he wants former congressman matt gaetz to be his attorney general. susan collins of maine said she was shocked by the announcement. she called gaetz an unserious candidate. what else are you hearing from senate republicans? >> there is a big push. you have the house ethics committee which is a bipartisan panel investigating matt gaetz for more than a year about allegations of sexual misconduct, allegations that gaetz denies. they want that report to come out publicly. that's mostly coming from senate crats who are demanding for it to be released. some democrats are aligning with that view including john cornyn said he wants to see that report. but that committee, jake, plans to meet tomorrow morning to discuss the fate of that long-awaited report. this comes as a l

john leung. swidan from houston. kai li from long island, new york, according to senator chuck schumer.months according to u.s. officials. the white house saying that president biden had brought this up to chinese president xi at the apec summit earlier this month. and again we're told that those three americans have been released according to a senior u.s. official. they are safely in u.s. custody and on planes back here home to the u.s., andrea. >> gabe gutierrez, thank you so much. >>> and breaking news also. we learned from donald trump's trump transition that cabinet nominees and administration nominees have been targeted, ranging from bomb threats to swatting attacks. one of them involved trump's pick for the u.n. ambassador, elise stefanik, released a statement saying she, her husband and 3-year-old son were driving home to saratoga in new york from washington for thanksgiving when they were informed of a bomb threat to their residence. we should note that three senior law enforcement officials tell nbc news these were not credible threats. kelly o'donnell is live at trump transi

chuck schumer from confirming anymore biden judges can. >> i believe the senate should have access to that report. >> that's republican senator mark mullen of oklahoma. here's texas republican senator john cornyn, who's a senior member of the senate judiciary committee who will hold a confirmation hearing for matt gaetz if his nomination makes it that far in the process. >> the fact of the matter is whether we get the ethics report or not, the facts are going to come out one way or the other, and i would think it would be in everybody's best interest, including the president's not to be surprised by some information that might come out during the confirmation hearing in the background check. so we'll do our job under the constitution, and in the process i believe provide the president some assurance that he knows exactly what the facts are about each of his nominees. >> an attorney for two young women who were witnesses in the house ethics committee investigation of matt gaetz told nbc news hallie jackson about their testimony. >> what did your client witness at the party? >> she was walking outside to the pool and observed to the right her friend, who was 17 at the time, having sex wit

john: we have guy benson here. the democrats spent more than a billion dollars and lost in historic fashion and now there is a lot of self-reflection going on including chuck schumer. listen to what he said. >> we did a lot right and a lot of what we did right was focusing on economic issues. focusing on implementing the great things that we did in 2021 and 2022. we also did a lot of things wrong and we will look in the mirror and analyze those. >> john: like that michael jackson show. i'm looking at the man in the mirror. no message could have been any clearer, guy. >> i'm perplexed by this, john. he said what we did right was focus on issues that americans care about like the economy and tout our policies when we had full control. that's what led them to do a lot of disastrous things. to blow up inflation, to withdraw from afghanistan, the list goes down the border crisis started. it's why they lost. if he thinks those are the good things they did the self-reflection has dug teep. if they want to say we got it right on policy let's continue to have that debate. >> john: policy is one thing. everything else that went on. portraying trump as hitler, denigr

chuck rocha. americans with different perspectives are not talking to each other, but here they do >> good evening. abbey is out. i'm john berman. you might know me from a cable morning show, though not the one that might soon have a defense secretary who paid a woman that accused him of sexual assault nor the one that just sent two anchors to mar-a-lago, then talked about it like it was the yalta summit no, i co-host the morning show here on cnn that starts in like ten minutes. so let's get right to what america is talking about. phoning his friends tonight. donald trump is dialing for votes. he wants senators to support matt gaetz to confirm him as the next attorney general, even as they watch and listen to vivid accusations about what gaetz allegedly did to women. pay for sex and engage in sex with a minor she was invited to a party in july of 2017. she testified to the house that as she was walking out to the pool area, she turned to her right and she witnessed her client. i'm sorry, her friend having sex with representative gaetz and her friend at that time was 17. >> so did. does your client have any idea as to whe

chuck schumer to step aside. there is new sheriffs in town and we intend to deliver for the american people. >> senate republicans vote for majority leader tomorrow. the candidates rick scott, johnune. >> you want to hear what's on the hearts and minds of your colleagues, know what's important to them in the next leader and what they want to see us focused on. a lot will be shaped by president trump and his landslide victory that gives us a mandate to work with him and his team on an agenda that gets america back on track. >> there is a candidate forum tonight. they pick the leader by secret ballot during a conclave in the old senate chamber. control of the house is trending toward the gop. they have at least 214 seats. the democrats 205. dana. >> dana: leave it to you to give us word of the day, conclave. hemmer has to use it before the end of the show or he doesn't get lunch. >> bill: the challenge is on. >> dana: thanks, chad. >> dana reads sports. >> dana: the miami dolphins snap a three-game losing streak with a 23-15 win over the rams last night. >> here is a toss and on the run into the end zone washington for the touchdown. >> dana: that was dolphins wide receiver washin

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chuck sivertsen abc news, new york. >> one of san francisco's oldest restaurants is getting ready for a big election day bash. extra food and drinks were delivered at john'sll for the traditional election day luncheon. the gathering has been going on since the 1980s, and you see mayor breed here and district attorney brooke jenkins. this is all video from last year. as politicians running for office were trying to take a break from months of intense campaigning. >> there's no such thing as any expression of unfriendliness at this event. >> the event at john's grill is hosted by former san francisco mayor willie brown. it's open to the public and the food and drinks are free. abc seven will help you navigate all the races and measures on the november 5th ballot. we have a voter guide on our website, abc seven news.com, and you'll find it under the election section. new developments. now, former louisville police officer was found guilty of violating breonna taylor's civil rights during a 2020 police raid when she was shot and killed. taylor was a 26 year old medical worker. her killing helped inspire nationwide protests against police brutality. her mom sp

chuck sivertsen, abc news, new york. >> one of san francisco's oldest restaurants is getting ready for a big election day bash. extra food and drinks were delivered at john'sion day luncheon. the gathering has been going on since the 1980s, and this is video from the last election. it's a moment for politicians. you see, district attorney frank jenkins there a moment ago for all of these politicians running for office to basically take a break from months of intense campaigning and have a bite to eat. >> there's no such thing as any expression of unfriendliness at this event. >> the event at john's grill is hosted by former san francisco mayor willie brown. it's open to the public, and the food and drinks are free. abc seven will help you navigate all the races and measures on the november 5th ballot. we have a voter guide over on our website, abc seven news.com, and you'll find it under the election section. new developments now. former louisville police officer was found guilty of violating breonna taylor's civil rights during a march in 2020 during a police raid when she was shot and killed. now, taylor was a 26 year old medical worker. her killing help