red and kept this majority said the speaker today on the capitol steps with the proven leader steve scalise tom emmer. the speaker heard from the american people and given their voice and containing that americans deserve. families have suffered high prices for every day items, open borders and national security in jeopardy. speaker johnson has pledged quote we are going to raise america first banner over this place. i met with the speaker in milwaukee for his statement of being a reaganite. he represent america so well in italy and in mar-a-lago he confirmed the trump-johnson. god bless our troops. open borders put americans at risk for more 911 attacks. trump will reinstitute existing laws to protect american families. for what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> i rise today in support of h.r. 82, the social security fairness act. people in western new york and across the country rely on social security to meet t

with that, i'll turn it over to our great majority leader, steve scalise. mr. scalise: thank you, whip. i, too, want to thank our new members of this really strong unified leadership team in kevin hern and erin houchin and our conference chair lisa mcclain and i'm real excited about the selections our conference made today. we'll miss elise stefanic and she served our country so well for so many years as our conference chair but there are bigger things ahead for her. and we know that president trump will benefit tremendously from elise being the u.n. ambassador. the world is going to see what we've all known, she's a strong leader and will do a great job representing american values and views and trump's foreign policy at the united nations where it's so desperately needed. when you think how we started this morning, we had president trump come talk to us about what is ahead in this unified government. we went around the country and you could see the energy around the country when president trump talked about what he'd do to make america great again, it's not j

with that, i'll turn it over to our great majority leader, steve scalise. mr. scalise: thank you, whip. i, too, want to thank our new members of this really strong unified leadership team in kevin hern and erin houchin and our conference chair lisa mcclain and i'm real excited about the selections our conference made today. we'll miss elise stefanic and she served our country so well for so many years as our conference chair but there are bigger things ahead for her. and we know that president trump will benefit tremendously from elise being the u.n. ambassador. the world is going to see what we've all known, she's a strong leader and will do a great job representing american values and views and trump's foreign policy at the united nations where it's so desperately needed. when you think how we started this morning, we had president trump come talk to us about what is ahead in this unified government. we went around the country and you could see the energy around the country when president trump talked about what he'd do to make america great again, it's not j

and now our majority leader steve scalise. steve: thank you, whip. laid out the bills we're bringing to the floor again this week. yesterday we passed a really important bill for our nation's veterans by juan cisco mauney named after -- juan ciscomani named for elizabeth dole and now passed it and sent it to the senate. i want to talk about the planning we're doing for january. we just got an overwhelming mandate from the voters of this country to number one, reject the far left policies we've seen from the biden-harris administration the last four years, but especially to put the country on another path. we laid out what the plan would be but now are planning for the policies we would put in place with a republican majority with a republican senate and the white house under president trump to get our country back on track, to focus on lowering costs for families at the grocery store and at the gas pump, their energy bills, to secure america's border. so once again, i assembled all the committee chairs last week to go through what we'll be doing in b

steve scalise and tom emmer were so both reelected to their leadership posts. lisa mcclain won the race over kat cammack and rlaces outgoing chair police finite who is president elect trump's pick for u. ambassador ric oklahoma congressman keviner one the post over gary palmer. and richard hudson was reelected to chair the national republican congressional committee for the 2026 election cycle. in the senate, republicans elected john thune as their new leader in congress, and senator thune is currently minority whip and defeated, john cornyn and rick scott for majority leader. current republican conference chair john barrasso was unanimously direct -- elected as whip and senator tom cotton was elected conference chair for the next congress. west virginia senator shelley more capital will be republican policy committee chair and tim scott as chair of the national republican senatorial committee for the 2026 election cycle. watch on c-span and c-span 2 and on our c-span app and c-span.org. >> c-span's washington journal, our live forum involving you to discuss th

house majority leader steve scalise joins us now. for your time. >> good to be back with you. >> lawrence: break it down for us, you feel like y'all have the edge right now, what seats will you be able to pick up to secure this in the house? >> well, of course, california has a lot of outstanding races and i talked to our incumbents in the 50/50 races, they are all leading, what is outstanding are good areas for them. hope that gets done quickly. california should have had this counted on election night, we'll get that done. state like alaska, we have great opportunity to flip alaska from democrats to republican, we are leading, our candidate is ahead by a number of points. they have a slow counting system called ranked choice, it takes extra time. i feel confident we'll flip alaska. another seat in california, scott baugh has a chance to flip, as well. we'll probably be 221-223 range, i'd like it to all get done. good to see senate pick up pennsylvania. casey was a major victory. we flipped two seats from democrat to republican. we

now our majority leader, steve scalise. mr. scalise: i thank the whip. laid out the bills we have -- we are bringing to the floor again this week. last yesterday we passed an important bill for our nation's veterans by juan ciscomani named after elizabeth dole. it was good to get that passed out of the house and over to the senate. going to talk about the planning we're doing for january. we got an overwhelming mandate from the votes of the country to number one, reject the far left policy we was seen from the biden-harris administration the last four years. but especially to put the country on a different path. and we laid out during the campaign what that path would be. but we're now planning for the policies that we would put in place as a republican majority, with a republican senator and the white house under president trump to get our country back on track. to focus on lowering costs for family at the grocery store, at the gas pump. their energy bills. to secure america's border. so once again, i assembled all the committee chairs last week to go t

bring in house majority leader steve scalise of the great state of louisiana.thanks for being here. we know already that trump's chief of staff will be by the way the first woman ever not that he's -- she's a dei candidate and she's the best person for the job and susie wise going before you and the other members of congress again to coordinate plans on legislation with the chief of staff. >> i traveled with it'll on sunday and the north carolina rally to georgia rally, susie was with ustion on the plane and we talk there and we work together with president trump's team and talking about what we'll do in the first 100 days and i started talking with president trump months ago about what that first 100 day agenda could look like if we're fortunate enough to get the trifecta. david: list the top three you're going to hit. >> extending the 2017 trump tax cuts. >> some of those expire at end of 2025. we don't want any of the hikes to happen. kamala did and trump didn't and that was a big issue on the campaign and other tax cuts and we'll be working with them on all

now our majority leader, steve scalise. mr. scalise: i thank the whip. laid out the bills we have -- we are bringing to the floor again this week. last yesterday we passed an important bill for our nation's veterans by juan ciscomani named after elizabeth dole. it was good to get that passed out of the house and over to the senate. going to talk about the planning we're doing for january. we got an overwhelming mandate from the votes of the country to number one, reject the far left policy we was seen from the biden-harris administration the last four years. but especially to put the country on a different path. and we laid out during the campaign what that path would be. but we're now planning for the policies that we would put in place as a republican majority, with a republican senator and the white house under president trump to get our country back on track. to focus on lowering costs for family at the grocery store, at the gas pump. their energy bills. to secure america's border. so once again, i assembled all the committee chairs last week to go t

with that i turned over to one of our proven leaders, our majority leader steve scalise. rep. scalise: last week the american people delivered a mandate to washington that they want to fix the problems that have been plaguing families the last three and a half years. i got the ability to travel every single swing district throughout the nation and i got the opportunity to travel to a number of swing districts with president trump and i saw the same theme everywhere we went. people are furious there is an open southern border and they want it closed. people are struggling because they cannot afford to buy food or fill up their cars or pay their utility bills. the leaders in the white house were not listening. what we talked about when we were out on the campaign trail and our candidates talked about were real issues, real solutions to the problems those families were facing. we talked about how republicans, if we get the white house and the house and senate, would act quickly to get our economy moving again, to lower cost at the grocery store, to lower electricity costs, to sec

here is house majority leader steve scalise. >> we met with president trump and said, please, no moreny more of them to go over d -- we will have special elections and over the next three months fill those spots. >> julie, house republicans have had a tough time with slim majorities before. how are things looking? >> reporter: they have. certainly olivia knows that very well as we were in the hallways for hours trying to figure out if republicans had the votes to pass messaging bills because they had democrats in control of the white house. that's all they can do. now where they have this incredible mandate they keep talking about, they want skbroefr haul tax policy, extending trump's tax cuts from 2017, do things at the southern border and reforming our immigration policy, things that democrats certainly are not going to go along with. that slim majority in the house is going to bite them if trump keeps pulling for his cabinet. it's not just gaetz. it's elise stefanik, ambassador to the u.n. it is mike waltz, who he tapped as nsa director. he keeps picking if from republicans' small

steve scalise and mike johnson told me yesterday, i talked to both of them at length about this yesterday reached his limit on nominating and getting people into the administration from the house of representatives. you doesn't have much cushion, which to me at this point means he at least maybe understands that matt gaetz is not going to get confirmed. remember, it's not just the floor vote. he has to get out of the judiciary committee, which i think will be probably a challenge. before that he has to get through a confirmation hearing. matt gaetz, other people could talk about this with more knowledge than i ask, he was under federal investigation. the biden justice department didn't bring any charges against him, but he was under federal investigation in the last couple of years. he will have to answer -- we will be faced -- he might not have to answer, but he will be faced with questions from democrats and republicans about his federal criminal investigations. so this will not be pretty for matt gaetz. i don't know if he cares. knowing him, i assume he doesn't care. but i am -- i mean

joining the administration and republicans are inching closer to keeping house majority, congressman steve scalise political trif trifecta fanaticed mean for trump. and gavin newsom taking steps to trump-proof his liberal policies in the state. leo 2.0 terrel l will response. and jon daly will join us. we have a big friday show, we thought things were going to slow down, we are just getting started. "fox and friends" minutes away. d. with wegovy®, i lost 35 pounds. and some lost over 46 pounds. and i'm keeping the weight off. i'm reducing my risk. wegovy® is the only weight-management medicine proven to reduce risk of major cardiovascular events such as death, heart attack, or stroke in adults with known heart disease and obesity. don't use wegovy® with semaglutide or glp-1 medicines, or in children under 12. don't take if you or your family had mtc, men 2, or if allergic to it. tell your prescriber if you are breastfeeding, pregnant, or plan to be. stop taking and get medical help right away if you get a lump or swelling in your neck, severe stomach pain, or any of these allergic reactions. serio

speaker mike johnson, majority leader steve scalise and majority whip tom emmer are running unopposedr leadership posts. house democrats will hold their elections next week. tomorrow the senate will vote for a new majority leader in a blind election. a lot of attention on this. three republicans are vying for the position. senator john thune. senator jon cornyn. president trump demand the the leader allow for recess appointments for cabinet members. all three candidates have agreed to do that. as of now senator scott appears to have the backing of many big name maga supporters including elon musk. senator thune who is the minority whip wrote an op-ed pitching himself as someone willing to work with others to deliver trump's agenda. thune has been fairly critical of trump in the past. joining us now, congressional reporter max cohen. let's start with the senate race here. rick scott getting a lot of buzz from the maga right. this is a blind election. at least in the past the senate has been willing to defy trump. what are your sources telling you in terms of the race? >> i think rick s

house republicans re-elected majority leader steve scalise and majority whip tom emmer to their positionsews is andrew. good to see you. >> good morning. >> let's talk about the senate leadership selection. there have been some m.a.g.a. momentum for rick scott but thune wins. what does that say about the potential independence, or not, of the upper chamber? and tell us a little bit about who john thune is. >> yeah. look, john thune has been in the senate for 20 years. he first came into the senate from the house. he defeated tom daschle who was then, of course, the senate majority leader. he came in quite triumphantly. he has been, you know, someone who has been a traditional, more classic republican over the years, someone who is physically security. he is a national security hawk and no someone you would think of as a typically sort of trump aligned republican, but john thune has had to adapt, like so other republicans have had to in this era of donald trump and you heard him there talk about how, you know, we, republicans, are all on one team, united behind trump's agenda. the problema

it woulds also keep in place steve scalise, the current number two republican in the house. emer. tomorrow they will get behind closed doors in the secret ballot process and try to fill out the rest of the leadership structure when it comes to democrats, hakeem jeffries and house democratic leadership are perhaps the only democrats that are not facing fury right now. as speaker amerita pelosi pointed out, house democrats ran well ahead of the ticket. beating out harris' performances. so that process gets going tomorrow. though we heard a warning from johnson and scalise, not to dwindle their majority further with trump take more of those picks for his cabinet. >> so, the wall street journal notes this. some members returning to washington this week, indicated they wouldn't be bossed around. victoria sparts says she is not worried about repercussions from trump if she decided to break from republican leader orders on long term government spending or health care policy. so, do you think she is in the majority or the exception to the rule? >> she is probably the exception. what

when he was campaigning for governor in 2022 someone came up to him and physically assaulted him, steve scaliseolence that day. we see this happening across the country against public officials whether republican or democrat, that should be very concerning. edward: we see this rhetoric we've seen in the past four years, this election was about the economy, immigration but you also see that voters rejected the rhetoric that we've heard over the past four years? >> you can look at it that way, certainly there could be pushback against the biden administration about how they handled, a number of issues, we've heard this in terms of control issues, this idea that the election results were a rejection of democrats rhetoric on culture role issues but we have to remember even though donald trump won a broad swath of the country, won the popular vote, all seven swing states there are a lot of voters that might not be crazy about his rhetoric, i like the trump administration's policies, his view on the economy, i don't like his rhetoric either, that's what they are saying so it goes both sides. edward:

republicans also voted to keep majority leader steve scalise, majority whip tom emmer in their spots and upbeat speaker johnson. >> the atmosphere on the hill is one of euphoria. the republican party is united and energized like i've never seen it. we need house and senate republicans to be in lock step on exactly the same page and we will be. >> harris: in the u.s. senate republicans elected john thune of south dakota to become the new majority leader. he will take over mitch mcconnell's spot. he gave a gracious acceptance speech. >> we'll make sure that the president and his team have the tools and support that they need to enforce border security laws and remove the violent criminals wreaking havoc in every one of our states. we'll work to make america prosperous again by streamlining the bureaucratic machine and overturning costly biden-harris regulations. we'll have an ambitious agenda and will take each and every republican working together to be successful. >> harris: that was yesterday and he is speaking live right now. let's watch. >> after the game, my dad pointed that out

the gop in full control of congress and the presidency, mike johnson and house majority leader steve scalise for official results both are announcing running for reelection. in the letter johnson like i look forward to playing the biggest offensive our lives we have a country to save and we will virginia congressman rob wittman of the house natural resources in china select committees. the vice chairman of the armed services committee. great to see you, thank you for being here. i know you also run one reelection earning 56% of the vote. how do you feel about the red wave. >> i'm very confident of where the nation has told us they want us to take them. were now focused on governing that is our effort and i'm very confident we will indeed take the remaining house seats to gain a majority. i'm confident we have our course staked out front of us, working to get the economy back on track and secure our border and we're going to make sure we address community safety and make sure we restore the nation standing around the world to make sure that we deter the forces of evil from around the world. w

both speaker johnson and steve scalise, the number two in the house republican caucus have said the president-elect donald trump understands how tight these margins are and we shouldn't expect him to pick off any more house members for his cabinet, but that process is still ongoing and so while republicans remain hopeful that this will be it, there is still the possibility that there is someone what trump likes and who he would want to be a part of his administration that he could pick him or her. >> ryan nobles, thank you. >>> coming up next congresswoman pramila jayapal what republicans will do now with both chambers in congress. >>> idaho women are fighting back over an abortion lawsuit. what is happening inside of a courtroom is coming up. what is happening inside of a courtroom is coming up tremfya blocks a key source of inflammation. at one year, many people experienced remission... and some saw 100% visible healing of their intestinal lining. serious allergic reactions and increased risk of infections may occur. before treatment, your doctor should check you for infections and tb. tell your

i turn it over steve scalise. they want to fix the problems plaguing families across this country for three and a half years. i've had the opportunity to travel to every swing district drug the nation and the opportunity to travel with trump. they want the border closed. people are struggling because they can't afford to buy food for fill up their cars for pay utility bills. the leaders in the white house are not listening. your on the campaign trail candidates talk about real issues, real solutions the white house and house and senate would act quickly to get our economy moving again and lower cost of the grocery store. to secure our southern border and restore their place. something we talked about in every community in america and the american people responded. trying to blame themselves. they still will not admit the real problem. because they had no answers, no message to the family struggling. a unique opportunity the american people have given us. one thing the american people can know is president trump in

majority whip steve scully said -- steve scalise and tom emmer were both electe lisa mcclain won the cference chair and replaces elise stefanik, preside-elect trump's pick for u.s. ambassador kevin hea won the policy chair post or gary palmer. north carolina congressman richard hudson was reelected to chair the republican congressional committee for the 2026 election cycle. republicans elected john thune as their new leader, succeeding their longest-serving party leader mitch mcconnell. the senator serves as minority whip and defeated john cornyn and rick scott for majority leader 29-24 on the second ballot. conference chair john barrasso was elected as whip, the number two post, and senator tom cotton was elected republican conference chair over iowa's joni ernst. shelley more capital -- moore capito will be republican party chair and tim scott for the election cycle. you can watch live coverage about the house and senate on our c-span now app and on our website, c-span.org. >> washington journal, our live forum involving you to discuss the latest issues in government, politics and

some jockeying for some other lower leadership positions, namely majority leader could be between steve scalisen but, for the most part, that is where the house republican leadership lies and senate republican leadership is going to be interesting to see who takes that top spot. >> we will be covering that all week long. daniella, thank you. >>> next up, live to cnbc for an early look what is driving wall street after the stock market ended last week with a record high. >>> tesla cap is over 1 trillion. suggestion that donald trump's return to the white house could have an impact on that. i think we know why. "way too early" will be back moment. know why. "way too early" will be back moment swiffer duster traps 4x more dust, for a clean even mom approves of. that reach! making hard to reach... so easy. swiffer. wow. the mother of all cleans. love it or your money back! >>> welcome back. time now for business. for that let's bring in cnbc charlotte reed who joins us live from london. good morning. u.s. stocks closed at a record high on friday notching their best week of the year. how is wall str

speaker johnson and steve scalise said please put me in place we would like to do it again. if trump is backing them they might not be able to have the drama of last time. >> lawrence: i get the sense, ainsley, they are way more organized this time when it comes to the house. they are ready to go. not only did donald trump know how washington works now, but he has great relationship with the governor. mike johnson is ready the only thing that is in the air right now, although there is control for the republicans of the senate is who is going to be the next leader of the senate. >> ainsley: right. i mean, this is just emblematic of americans wanted change. voters wanted change. republicans are going to take the house, the senate, most likely -- and most likely the house. they have the senate, and then the presidency as well. donald trump yesterday announced that his chief of staff would be susie wiles. she would be the first female chief of staff. and she is very experienced. has a lot of political experience, veteran political strategist. she is always working. the lady work

house speaker mike johnson and steve scalise are not waiting for it to be of i'll.ction. i know you are running to become the next chairman of the republican study committee facing off with texas congressman august pfluger. tell us what you're hoping to do. >> well, as i said, the rsc is the policy arm of the republican conference. working with the administration coming in on these great new ideas for policy changes and making sure that we increase efficiencies, reduce wasteful spending. i'm excited to take the budget, the balances that we created at rsc and try to apply that real world. but the speaker, the image opter leader, all of our leadership is doing a fantastic job and we're just excited to get to work with a new trump administration and a republican led senate to help the american people. maria: how many seats do you expect the house to have republican? >> you know, if we're at the same point where we left off at the end of this congress, that would be fine. but i anticipate we've got some great new members coming in and we should be able to be a seat or t

majority lear steve scalise and majority whip tom emmer both were re-el to their leadership post.oma lisa mcclain won the conference race and repla outgoing chair elise stefanik who is president trump's pick for u.n. ambassador. oklama congressman kevin hern wonolic chair post over garyalme north carolina congress congressman richard hudson was re-elected to chair the national republican congression committee for the 2026 el cycle. over in the sen t republicans elected south carolina senator jonathan as their newr in the 119th congress, succeedingheir longest serving leader mitch mcconnell. senaune who serves as minority whip defeated texas senator john cornyn and rick scott for majority leader 29-24 on a second ballot. currentublican chair john barr waso was elected as whip, the number two leadership post and tom cotton was elected erence chair for the next congress over iowa's joni erts. shelley moore capito will serve as policy chair and tim scott for the senatorial committee. and senate on our c-span now app and on our website at c-span.org. >> students, time to create a docum

and steve scalise and mike johnson said trump reached his limit. he cannot put any more house republicans into the administration after mike waltz and elise stefanik who are national security advisor nominee and ambassador to the united nations. i know there are a lot of people from a lot of different delegations who want this role. but if you, it doesn't mesh with the fact that trump has a very aggressive 100-day agenda that he'd like to put in place as do house republicans and senate republicans. if you don't have a majority, you're not able to pass that agenda. annie and i have been covering this incredibly tight majority and it will be equally tight. and remember, he's going to have already, mike johnson is going to have basically no room for error. special elections take time. i know the trump administration oftentimes at least from 2017 to 2021, they were befuddled by capitol hill. they didn't understand it. nor did they care to understand it. but special elections take time. each state has its own statute, its own law about when they have to

steve scalise, the number two house republican, was actually just asked about this.ainly that president trump, president-elect trump, will get the picks he wants on his cabinet. but as for the fate of this report, typically when members hand in their resignation letter, as we know that gaetz did yesterday, it was effective at noon, that means that this investigation and the potential report that would be released dies with it. however, there is precedent -- they have releapsed these reports at least twice in the past, so we'll see what happens here. >> julie, what are senators telling you about this report and the confirmation process? >> reporter: that is why this is so interesting. senators, both republicans and democrats, say they want the report, they need the report in order to make sure that gaetz is the best possible nominee for trump. this isn't just my words. these are the words of republican senators like kevin cramer who said that matt gaetz has a very steep hill to climb to get his vote and other votes, too. watch this. >> i have concerns about him, about

>> reporter: for leadership, we're looking at speaker mike johnson, majority steve scalise, whip tomership remains firmly in place. trump has thrown his support behind them including mike johnson. we do have a couple other lower leadership positions that are yet to be decided upon. at this point, the team we saw last year is going strong into this year. they won the house, they won the support of trump and that last piece may be the most key of all. >> red wave is official. >> that's right. emily thanks. emily wilkins. >>> should you short the world? carter worth is looking at the chcatenils for the msci world index and it is not looking good. we'll discuss in market navigator next. (vo) this holiday, verizon will turn your old or broken phone into a gift. anyone can trade in any phone, in any condition and get samsung galaxy s24+ with galaxy ai and watch and tab, all three on us. even if your phone is old or dated, you can turn it in at verizon for gifts for you and the family. all three on us. that's up to $1,900 in value. only on verizon. >>> welcome back to "power lunch." a quick

it's why you hear from speaker mike johnson, from steve scalise, his number two, saying, wait a minutetop taking people from our ranks. it's not just matt gaetz. he is the latest of three. we had elise stefanik named as ambassador to the u.n., mike waltz to the nsa. trump making these appointments in rapid-fire fashion. it's not likely he will listen to anybody on the hill and do what he wants. a stark warning from republicans who want to get his agenda through. >> thank you. up next, trump wants matt gaetz as the next attorney general. why steve bannon says trump is, quote, going to hit the justice department with a blowtorch. plus, we will check back in with one of the -- the father of one of the american israeli hostages who just met yesterday with president biden. the president told him about efforts to rescue those still missing. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. t of dinner with ben and kate it's them... hi, oh you have to cancel! downy ultra soft is not only luxuriously soft and fresh, it breathes life into your laundry. hi, my name is damian clark. if you hav

steve scalise said maybe it's best that they not take any more members at this point despite what thewealth of riches in this republican conference. >> and so on the senate side, aly, as we talk about this race to be the next leader. maga die hards including elon musk and tucker carlson are pushing for rick scott. why rick scott? is he the front-runner at this point? >> rick scott is one of three names and two are more establishment figures within this republican conference on this republican side. john cornyn and john thune and he is looked as the maga faithful. both cornyn and thune have broken with the former president at various times and both men have sought to patch up their relationship. that's not something that rick scott has to do. that being said, he is someone that is seen as a bit of a long shot. nevertheless, this is how he was talking about the role he might play in the conference as he walked into work. take a look. >> i think i'm uniquely positioned to help trump. i have a great relationship with all of the leadership in the house. >> does trump have to come out and s

house speaker mike johnson and majority leader steve scalise are both seeking to keep their house leadership positions. they sent letters to their fellow house republicans asking for their votes in a letter. the letters detailed plans to push gop legislative plans, like securing the border and prioritizing, quote, the needs of americans above foreigners. leadership elections in the house are set for december 13th. >> and we now know president biden will address the nation 8:00 tomorrow morning. our time here out west. and earlier today, president biden invited president elect trump to the white house to discuss the transition, an invitation trump accepted a vote counting continues in the presidential race, but mr. trump could be on pace to sweep all seven swing states. >> ktvu political reporter greg lee has more tonight from both camps. >> this is not a time to throw up our hands. this is a time to roll up our sleeves. >> vice president kamala harris stood before a crowd of supporters at her alma mater, howard university, publicly conceding defeat to president elect donald trump, urging peo

shot, but he's come back, and he's been a friend of mine for a long time, house majority leader steve scalise much. and what a good man he is. steve? [applause] i went to the hospital to see him come of the night he got shot, the doctor told me he had a 15% chance, he had almost no chance, and he lived. i actually think he's better looking today that he was before he was shot. i told him, you know, you are a better looking guy than you were. but he's a great guy who took a big hit. man. the doctor said he lost more blood than anybody that i've ever operated on or tried to save, and he said, i've been doing this for 25 years, and he lived. he lived because he's a strong person. former democrat, presidential candidate, somebody who is very popular, tulsi gabbard. tulsi? [applause] thank you. and she just turned republican. she just turned republican. governor sarah sanders, my friends. thank you, sarah. she's doing a great job. she's doing a great job. a woman i have a lot of respect for, i've watched her for years. i mean, she happens to be beautiful, but i did not watch her for that reason. i

steve scalise got the crazy person who tried to kill supreme court justice brett kavanaugh. of course, donald trump was nearly assassinated during the campaign. so i agree with bakari. i don't know where they're coming from but i do know that we have the climate in this country that has somehow, over the last several years, led to several conservatives and republicans being targeted with these kinds of swat things, or with actual violence. so i'm not happy about it honestly, as a republican, i don't like it that these people have been had their names put forward for public service, and now they are immediately being treated. this way. so i hope folks calm it down and whoever is doing it stops doing it. because when you have this kind of climate, it's supposed to instill fear and it's supposed to keep people from wanting to step forward and serve our government. and it's pretty darn despicable. so i hope they stop and, lee, what do you make of the trump transition team? >> steve contorno just talked about this a few moments ago. this ethics pledge that apparently excludes the

. >> house majority leader steve scalise posted on x, quote, "the lawfare must end," and called for the prosecutions of president donald trump to be terminated. >> seth: and you know what? you'll probably get your way because the supreme court gave trump immunity and the doj has a dumb policy about not prosecuting sitting presidents. and it stinks. we have a stupid system that basically makes getting elected president a get out of jail free card. they're going to have to add one to monopoly that says, "run for president. win, collect $200." [ laughter ] and then a second card that says, "unless your name is rudy giuliani, then you're still broke and disbarred and weird." [ laughter ] and sure enough, doj officials are already getting ready to comply with republican demands. >> i'm told that jack smith is someone who understands that he has to follow whatever the rules and regulations of the justice department are. so, at this point they are looking for ways to wind this down. i'm told it's unclear when this will happen. i'm told that the formal discussions, according to my source, have

you see trump shaking hands with not just the speaker, but also steve scalise, the number two, congressman elise stefanik who right now serves as the conference chair for the republican party, but who will serve as his u.n. ambassador, one of the earliest announcements that he made. and as you see him there, clearly he's come with some prepared remarks, but a raucous applause from the house republican majority that really has made his image here. >> let's listen in to the remarks right now. >> a lot of good friends in this room. so, you know we had, like, historic kind of numbers. especially for the president, but we won't get into that. but the house did very well. and i think we're responsible for 31, helping you with 31, meaning we could have lost by quite a bit, and we ended up, i guess you'll be five up. are you looking at five or four? five or four, right? doesn't matter. we get used to one for a little while. when you can get used to one, you can get used to anything. i want to thank everybody. you've been incredible. we worked with a lot of you to get you in and you helped me and y

interestingly, when we assess the prospect of keeping the house majority, steve scalise said we needat buffer. he suspects, should donald trump prevail, and it's looking very good for him right now, several house members will depart and various cabinet members and the administration. so you have to start thinking about that. that is a political cancellation you can solve. on the inside it is something to think about nonetheless. i would say this, the word on other networks i'm hearing constantly is the word "underperforming" for kamala harris. we are seeing it repeatedly and among demographics. she is underperforming, and while we don't have results right now, we do have trends, and the trends do not look at it. >> bret: let me just interrupt. as we see on the screen here, this is wisconsin, 1.2 million to the incumbent. if we could flip it over to michigan, mike rogers has a lead on slotkin in that race. 50.3 to 46.9. these races, they fall in the same category. as i mentioned before, ohio, michigan, wisconsin, they have a lot of the same issues. energy, all of them campaign similar

we've seen steve scalise, nancy pelosi was on with jake earlier talking about this being kind of the second year anniversary of the attack on her house that went to her when her husband was injured. donald trump himself has gone through this why are we talking about training guns and politicians heads? this is this doesn't make any sense to me. what does it make sense because it's a bad thing to do but two, you're running for office. why are you attacking somebody who's not on the ballot right? i mean, this is a classic campaign. tactics you don't argue as the candidate staff can argue amongst each other. surrogates can argue amongst each other. why is the candidate attacking someone who's not on the ballot? >> i think that's a bad use of candidate time. and it reminds people of the trauma. i think the collective trauma that people had during the trump years, which was all of this sort of chaos. well, it was all back in full color over the last week. and i think voters are starting to turn. >> and i mentioned liz cheney's statement. she said, you know, this is how dictators destroy f

i'd also like to thank my friend, majority leader steve scalise for bringing the dole act to the floor. he's reaffirmed his and the rest of the house republicans' commitment to service members and their families. last but certainly not least, i want to personally thank my friend and recent presidential medal of freedom recipient, this bill's namesake, senator elizabeth dole, for working for months to get this bill to where it is today. our nation's veterans have no better friend than senator dole. and i'm honored she's with us here today. madam speaker, two weeks ago the american people voted us a mandate to fix problems they talked about at their kitchen tables. in effect -- and affects families every day. the dole act is the foundation for that work to begin for the veterans community. i urge my colleagues to do right by the veterans and support the bill. with that i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. takano: thank you, mr. speaker, i yield myself as much time as i may consume. the speaker

house speaker mike johnson and majority leader steve scalise are both seeking to keep their house leadership positions. they sent letters to their fellow house republicans asking for their vote. the letters detailed plans to push gop legislative plans such as securing the border and prioritizing, quote, the needs of americans above foreigners. leadership elections in the house are set for december 13th. >> our time is now 504. election protesters in san jose rallied against president elect donald trump. about three dozen dozen people gathered in san jose at story and king roads, protesting against anti-immigration policies and the likelihood that the united states will continue to support israel in its war against hamas. the activists say they will also hold the biden administration accountable. during its final days in power. >> we asked an organization, think that the biden administration was, you know, just doubled down on closing off the border, limiting asylum refugees also empowered trump's racist rhetoric by not offering a counter to it. >> now, the activists said they were planning t

house majority leader steve scalise sent a 100-day plan and keeping the tax cuts permanent and buildingall at the southern border. guys, a lot of confidence right now among house republicans. of course, we are still waiting to see the final results. they are not waiting to kick things into gear. >> i like bernie. >> i was going to say -- >> it's not bernie's fault he moved the democratic party so far left that the rest of the country's like who are these people? that's not bernie's fault. we have senator thune coming on later. is he in the running for majority leader? >> reporter: he is. he is one of the top three, some would argue the top two candidates. we have thune and cornwyn. they have been raising money for the fellow senators and across the country raising money for them. they are making case both are going to be well positioned to lead the caucus for the next couple years particularly with the role they played in 2016 with the tax battle. that is a must-do for congress this year regardless of how the house turns out. they are not the only ones running. rick scott of florida is

house majority steve scalise said in a recent letter to colleagues that while trump can make many changeshrough executive action, republicans have to lock in a policy. rhonda, new jersey, democrat, good morning. caller: good morning, america. what a sad time for america. it is a very dark time for america. i would like to say on a spiritual level, because i love god with all of my heart and soul, that america is in a lot of trouble. i was not too upset when i saw him pick the lady as his chief of staff from new jersey, i said maybe he will get some common sense in here, maybe somebody will calm him down. then when he made stephen miller is assistant -- host: assistant deputy chief of staff. caller: we are in trouble. i want you guys to go on youtube and look at stephen miller. he is a demon spirit. host: come on, rhonda. caller: they are going to tear our country up. they are going to deport all of these babies. my grand daughter has babies crying in her classroom. her best friend, who is a little mexican girl, 10 years old, she said mom, she said she did not talk the whole day. she never