ships had dropped anchor and stopped operating let�*s bring in david fyfe — chief economist at argus mediations from joe biden will hurt russia? that is certainly what they are aiming to do, and data in over the last week shows oil and gas revenues from russia last year versus 2023 were up by about 26%. the timing is very interesting. most analysts expect a relatively well supplied oil market in 2025 and therefore this was probably seen as a window of opportunity to try and reduce some of those revenue flows that have been rising over the last 12 months. i suspect there will be a hit on revenues but it is probably not going to affect the whole 1.5, 1.6 million barrels per day that is being shipped by these vessels that have been directly sanctioned.— these vessels that have been directly sanctioned. china and india are now— directly sanctioned. china and india are now potentially - directly sanctioned. china and india are now potentially in i india are now potentially in search of new suppliers, they have been the big customers here, so how will they respond? they will be very cautious. as

company called bytedance the federal government argues the chinese government could force the company to hand over american users data. but the social media company argues the law violates the first amendment. >> the very first build a new congress is tackling focuses on illegal immigration. it's being called the laken riley act and already passed through the house with bipartisan support. kron four's washington correspondent hannah brandt explains what happened when senators took it up today. >> tomorrow would have been laken riley's 23rd birthday. but last year the georgia nursing student was killed by jose ibarra an undocumented migrant. we're going to make sure that no family has to experience the heartbreak. that likens family is enduring. now. senator katie britt is one of the republicans leading the fight to pass the laken riley act. a bill that would give immigration officials the power to detain illegal migrants were charged with theft related crimes which would have included a the house already passed the bill. now senator chuck grassley is urging his colleagues to do the same primary role. the federal government is to protect i

s. media debating and arguing whether it should be 5 or whether it should be trauma and who gets credit for what's happening, the ceasefire. do it just seems and some distasteful some what? well yes, i agree with you. we all know that there has been, uh, so uh to speak. uh, a lot of excitement between republicans and democrats, uh, over the 1st 4 years since. uh, uh, president the electronic last, the elections invite you to, uh, a 1000 on. and we all know what happened on january 16th, 2021 when from basically a push to support those to uh, uh, go on to attack the, uh, the american congress. uh it's, it's been a very post icon in between both of them. but let me say there's a better strictly here. are we all know the, the, the, the series for the agree between us a is what of yesterday was the same deal that was proposed by president by been back in may. and it was nothing you know, who refused and adjusted the view button, and the u. s. administration was by binding. i've tried in a very diligent way over the past month to try to convince the audio to go with the vin. but he was reluc

that is especially true for the state run legacy media mob that i argued died on november the 5th. they have learned no lessons from the 2024 election. they are still droning on and on about the end of the world as we know it. take a look. >> we are talking about an attempt to portray this peaceful transition of power with people who were convicted in the insurrection attempt attending with the person who for minted the coup being sworn in as president, essentially a delay in the completion of the insurrection. i believe that this idea of the institutions which the bidens clearly believe in have been completely exposed by the selection. >> the nominee for homeland security next to apple ceo tim cook, how is this happening. >> only in america. >> why are people with tons of money up on the dais, up with common on many -- cabinet nominees and family members. >> it's a message. >> i think they are up there for the very reason that -- that you probably think they are up there >> sean: they also turned their sights on donald trump's biggest supporters despite voting for obama and manufa

some people will argue that it's fine for social media platforms to sensor speech. after all, they are private companies and they can do as they please. well, that argument falls apart when the government is bribing, threatening, and controlling them to censor speech. [applause] it also falls apart if they have monopolistic control over the public space. but aside from that, yeah, they do have a legal right to censor. it is legally acceptable. but is it morally acceptable? is it socially acceptable? it shouldn't be. in an authoritarian country like china or japan -- sorry, iran, censorship is socially acceptable. people take it for granted. it's in the air they breathe. in this country, to the extent that we still cherish the spirit of our founders, the bill of rights, the declaration of independence, we do not take it for granted. instead, we greet censorship with outrage. we greet it with indignation. we greet it with contempt. we fiercely reject it. if the day comes when we do not, our descent into tyranny is inevitable. [applause] what disturbed me most during t

media giant tiktok. representatives for the company arguing that the law requiring tiktok to sever its ties to china or ceaseions in the u.s. by january 19th violates frfree speecprotections. >> am i right that the algorithm is the speech here? >> yes, your honor. it's basically how we predict what our customers want to see. >> reporter: both liberal and conservative members of the court skeptical over the premise that an algorithm is speech. >> how are those first amendment rights really being implicated here? >> the court has never held that a foreign government has free speech rights. >> reporter: and justice ketanji brown jackson pointing out that the law is not an outright ban. >> you're wrong about the statute being read as saying tiktok you have to go mute. because tiktok can continue to operate on its own algorithm, its own terms as long as it's not associated with bytedance. >> reporter: former tiktok product manager, drew kirchhoff who worked with the company for six years told us selling tiktok and keeping it the way it is would be impossible. >> chinese people know how to run it. in the u.s., the

tiktok's team argues that this is an unprecedented shutdown of a major media platform that will impacteech of 170 million users. here's a bit of the back and forth we've been talking about. connection between the regulation of tiktok and the burden on expressive conduct, and your basic position is that interfering with the ownership of tiktok constitutes a direct regulation of the expressive conduct of other, other people. but i think it's quite clear, though, that if you're saying to a company, you have to stop talking unless somebody else does something and that's imposed by the force of law. it d directly fects that company's speech. now, both justice elena kagan and amy coney barrett argued that as a foreign company, tiktok doesn't really have the same free speech rights as a u.s. company, and that the company does have a way forward, a way to remain in business, and that is to comply with the law that was passed by a bipartisan body. the u.s. solicitor general argued the same thing. and i think congress expected we might see something like a game of chicken by dance, saying, we ca

. >> any content provider i would argue and i said like a c media is dead and i said that back in 2007if you want to be successful as a content provider you have to tell people truth i go through the laundry list of cases russia collusion, faisal warrants, ukraine but things like richard juul, duke will cross, ferguson missouri, freddie gray we did not rush to judgment, george timmerman pretty for you to be successful in this industry moving forward. to me the issue for donald trump is fundamental. i think the agenda he ran on is the agenda that will make him historically a transformational president. if he does seek your the board and we know he will and if he does support murderers, rapists, gang members, cartel members and we no known terrorist in the country. if he does that and if he's able to tap into the wealth that we have under our fee is called energy and make us an energy wealthy dominant country that will be transformative to be. if he brings back america's military that will be transformative. that is prepared for the next generation of warfare. all of these things are jus

awareness, if you ask me, about the importance of having independent professional media coverage in gaza. and i would even arguee of israel itself has been very ill—served by their policy of not allowing anyone into gaza, because basically, the narrative that has taken over the world — and specifically very much the arab world — is hamas' narrative. and i think israel should ask itself pretty big questions about this choice. now, this week, there have been some developments on the future of tiktok. on tuesday, president trump was hosting some big tech players in the white house when he announced his thoughts on a deal that could keep the app running in the us. the deal, i think, is this. and i've met with ownersl of tiktok, the big owners. it's worthless if - it doesn't get a permit. it's not like, _ oh, you can take the us... the whole thing is worthless. with a permit, it's worth, like, $1 trillion. _ so what i'm thinking - about saying to somebody is, buy it, and give half to- the united states of america, half, and we'll give you the permit. - well, that was president trump answering questions about tiktok

enormous influence on our media paid these are effectively i would argue front groups for the ideologyenormous amount of money much of it from overseas. where is the fbi? where is the cia where is the department of homeland security? i agree with the 1000% but we haven't cut off these sources of funding and ideology that are being pushed into our country. i want to ask about that are you looking for a walk-in tub, for you, or someone you love? well, look no further. january is bath safety month. and for a limited time, when you purchase your brand-new safe step walk-in tub you'll receive a free safety package. and if you call today, you'll also receive $1,500 off your entire order! yes! $1,500 off the price of our brand-new safe step walk-in tub. proudly made in tennessee, a safe step walk-in tub is the best in its class. the ultra-low easy step helps keep you safe from having to climb over those high walled tubs, allowing you to age gracefully in the home you love. now you can enjoy the best of both worlds. the therapeutic benefits of a warm, soothing bath, that can help increase mobi

i think that is part of what the media has been articulating this entire time, arguing that the g.o.p. reduces humans to an identity, when really it's them shoving these countries into boxes. president trump sees them as partners. >> what's interesting is that trump is trying to bring about a world where he will drop the rate for companies that come here and make some of that stuff to this tax rate. we may not have to miss coffee or whatever we think -- because, maybe some of the countries will come here and package their stuff, distribute it from here. he is trying to make that happen. i want to know who columbia -- called. who did he call? somebody had to say -- i'm sure he called a friend. which one did he call, among those who are also one of the 160 countries that have people here illegally that are committing violent crimes? is there a group of them? i'm guessing there might be, and if that's the case, everybody get your planes ready, your presidential planes ready, because we have some bulk you need to take back. here's the other thing. we scroll this list last hour. it was so

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arguing he's the target of false attacks. >> there was a coordinated smear campaign orchestrated in the media against us. >> reporter: but hegseth facing a grilling from senate democrats, including over a 2017 sexual assault allegation. police investigated, but no charges were filed. the local prosecutor saying, quote, no charges were supported by proof beyond a reasonable doubt. >> you've admitted that it was consensual, were you still married and just had a child by another woman. >> completely false charges against me. fully investigated, and i was completely cleared. >> you have admitted that you had sex while you were married to wife two after you had just fathered a child by wife three. you've admitted that. now if it had been a sexual assault, that would be disqualifying to be secretary of defense, wouldn't it? >> it was a false claim then, and a false claim now. >> we need somebody who's going to go in there, fight for innovation, fight for change. i think you are that person. and i appreciate your willingness to sit here and listen to some of these undignified attacks. it's ridiculous. >> reporter: democrats also going

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lawyers for that social media giant will argue against a law that would lead to its ban in the unitedhe law in question requires china based tiktok owner bytedance to cut ties from the company before january 19th, or lose access to app stores and web hosting services in the united states in southern california. here, deadly wildfires have burned entire neighborhoods. firefighters still working to get the upper hand on flames. authorities have announced a 6 p.m. curfew today in areas impacted by the palisades and eaton fires that will be in effect until 6:00 tomorrow morning. we know at least ten people have been killed in the fires. 180,000 people are under evacuation orders. people are being warned about contaminated air, some being told to boil their tap water. authorities say the palisades and eaton fires grew in size, but containment went up marginally as well. eaton fire went from 0 to 3% containment. the palisades fire stands at 8% containment. about 150 firefighters from the bay area are now on the fire lines in los angeles county, battling the worst firestorm that region has e

lawyers for the social media platform will argue against a law that would lead to its ban here in theuestion requires china based tiktok owner bytedance to cut ties from the company before january 19th, or lose access to the app store and web hosting services here in the u.s. [music] russia's that fast. >> it was a beautiful ceremony. the nation's capital came together for a final farewell to former president jimmy carter. he was honored with a state funeral at the washington national cathedral before his casket was flown to georgia to be buried alongside his wife, rosalynn. now, all five living presidents were at the funeral to pay their respects. president obama and president elect donald trump sat next to each other, even shared a laugh together. president joe biden delivered the eulogy, and he remembered jimmy carter as being a humble man of deep faith. colleagues and family members also honored the former president's legacy of selfless leadership and service. >> people here in the bay area also celebrated the life of jimmy carter. outside san jose city hall, a memorial was held t

of course, that turned out to be false but overnight he did post on social media arguing the attackshat only strengthen -- leadership can stop. he did comment briefly on the incident in los angeles. his son, eric, did put out a statement thanking local responders there but trump has been largely silent on this issue. we have not seen him on camera since the attacks unfolded yesterday. he did spend a large part of yesterday at the golf course, his golf course here in palm beach county, but we have no indication he plans to address any of these attacks at any point today. still waiting to hear from the white house on when biden may deliver more extensive remarks. he, later on today, is expected to deliver remarks several times, including on judicial nominations and honoring presidential medal given to chairs of the january 6th committee, liz cheney and bennie thompson. >> we will hear from him there and of course to the surprise of no one, president trump would not admit he made a mistake. gabe gutierrez, we appreciate it. >>> time for a look at the other headlines this morning. a new

arguing he is the target of false attacks. >> there was a coordinated smear campaign orchestrated in the media against us. >> reporter: hegseth facing a grilling from senate democrats over a 2017 sexual assault allegation. police investigated and no charges were filed. local prosecutor said no charges were supported by proof beyond a reasonable doubt. >> you admitted it was consensual, you were married and had a child by another woman. who you do you explain your judgment. >> you have admitted you had sex while you were married to wife two after just fathering a child by wife three. you admitted if. if it had been a sexual assault that would be disqualifying to be secretary of defense. >> if it is a false claim then and a false claim now. >> reporter: republicans rallying to his defense. >> we need someone to go in there and fight for innovation and change. i think you are that person. i appreciate your willingness to sit here and listen to some of the undignified attacks. >> reporter: democrats going after hegseth's past opposition to women in combat roles. >> you have to change how you see women to do the job well. i don't

one of the reasons we did the paper now is arguing that the adoption on platforms like blue sky or mastodon, which proceeded blue sky, protocol based social mediaan opportunity to experience it without trying to prevail upon the giants to do it themselves. papers have been written about middleware in the past. frank fukuyama wrote one in 2017 arguing that it would be an effective tool to reduce centralized platform power, developing more power to the user. i think you are seeing signs that platforms want to do that. elon musk is talking about giving users more control over the feed. mark zuckerberg is making pendulum swings that are alienating a large part of the user base saying here, you can control it yourself. this is something that you will see from them, they will start to try to opt in in small ways. otherwise, you are right, it is very much at the, you know, at the pleasure of the platforms that such a thing can exist when dealing with a large centralized giant. mike: from those giants we have seen that moderation has been a labor-intensive endeavor. how would middleware not suffer from the same sort of challenge and who would do the he

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trouble be in charge of regulating social media which i think is in great need of regulation. we arguek tok you also have these people where the gravy train of funding for the tech regulation and of course face exploration all tied with the president-elect. >> we will leave it there panel. all right on israel's phase one of the hostage deal takes effect today. moment by moment and up next up next these ryley bester to the u.s. joins us to discuss weather he thinks his deal could lead to long-term cases. plus congressman jared on what the u.s. show -- to be playing in postwar gaza. ♪ ♪ if you like options, you'll love my $6 all day big deal meal. choose from 4 delicious entrées and 5 tasty sides with a drink. oh, and nobody else includes breakfast items all day. just this guy. at jack, every bite's a big deal! welcome to jack in the box! ♪ ♪ dreams begin here. welcome to the goodnight club. there are no bad decisions when it comes to my new chicken fajita and caesar jack wraps. two new flavors for $3.29 each. unless you don't get one. that would be a bad decision. get my jack wraps or t

media. $50,000 has been raised toward the $1 billion that they will need. new opinion piece argues pink slip for the w.h.o. was a good step toward keeping america healthy. >> we withdrew from the world health organization. [cheers and applause] where we paid $5 hundred million a year and china paid $39 million a year despite a much larger population. they said we'll let you back in at 39. we'll reduce it from 500 to 39. i turned them down because it became so popular i didn't know if it would be well received even at 39. but maybe we would consider doing it again. i don't know. maybe we would. they have to clean it up a little bit. >> harris: first of all, can you believe how out of balance things were. china was able to hide, cover up the origins of a disease that killed people all around the world, dr. siegel. and they paid so much far less than we did to the w.h.o. >> do you remember, harris, when the w.h.o. leadership said china it was a regional problem. w.h.o. aided in the smoke screen. the president is saying what are you doing for us? what is our money getting us here? well

media platform representatives of the social media platform have been appearing before the court in a last—ditch effort to overturn a ban. the us government arguesld be used by china as a tool for spying and political manipulation. tiktok says it's being unfairly targeted and the measure violates free speech. a decision by the court has to be made within days. president—elect trump — who will return to the white house in just over a week — is now arguing against the ban. joanne molinaro has built a brand around her profile, the korean vegan and has racked up more than three million followers across tiktok and instagram. shejoisn me now from los angeles. before we talk about tiktok, i know that you have had to flee from your home, so i want to ask you first of all how you are and what state is your home in? ., , ., , , in? no, my home is 'ust fine, thank you t in? no, my home is 'ust fine, thank you so h in? no, my home is 'ust fine, thank you so much _ in? no, my home isjust fine, | thank you so much for asking. thank you for inviting me. we are saved, we evacuated last night, the fire that sprung up right by our home is now under control, so we

media deals. paramount and cy vance responded to critics on the pending merger, arguing that the critical filingstive and lack merit, showing that critics fail to show how they will be harmed by the deal and that some of the proposed measures are unconstitutional. paramount agreed to merge with sky dance back in july and it would make david ellison the controlling shareholder and ceo of paramount. taking a wider look into the world of entertainment, and the botts office, for the coming year with chris palmeri. i want to talk about the bots office in what's happening with paramount and sky dance. this deal really, as you know, just never ends. but, specifically, do critics have a problem with when it comes to this pending merger? >> there was a smattering of opponents. most notably is a group challenging them around partisan political groups, hence -- it tends to side with conservatives in saying that the big media is biased, saying that cbs news, you know, needs to speak to everybody in the country. and that we actually got a conciliatory sort of statement from them today saying that they liked w

saying, standing with israel for these past 15 months with huge opposition in the media in parts of his own party, you could argue his challenge for reelection insurmountable. well guess what? a new poll last week actually backed that up. the survey from yougov found that 29% of americans who supported biden in 2020 sat out the 2024 election, specifically due to u.s. support for israel's war on gaza. keep in mind, democrats lost the race due to a huge drop off in voter turnout on their side. while joe biden secured some major domestic achievements for this country, he will sadly be remembered for two things first, the mass killing and utter destruction of gaza that was made with american weapons and diplomatic support. and second, handing the keys to the white house back to a maga movement that is now stronger and more dangerous than ever. a legacy of shame and infamy. with me now to unpack all of this is msnbc political analyst peter beinart. he is the author of the beinart notebook on substack and has an upcoming book called being jewish after the destruction of gaza. peter, it's good to have you with us. i wan

media. you can see that a lot of reports, although there are no accurate numbers. i would argue that it is a somewhat easier for them to, to return because they are moving. we deem dissenters fiction within the same country. and therefore, you know, there are no darnell authorities which could present their returns back to their, let's say displacement area, etc. but when we're talking about refugees, this is something else. this enables crossing international and border and this, it was, you know, a lot of authorities and jurisdictions that of, in europe or 11 and or others might not allow the return of districts to just back to a backpack to say in the, in this country. so it is a bit more complicated when it comes to refugees and relatively easier for i did these nevertheless. all the challenges we talked about reading duration, economy recovery, some security issues are relevant, not just for refugees, but also friday peace. okay, thank you very much. i'm in that good talk miles young. from the condo, the mili center stephanie's interior minister has suggested the syrian ref

representatives of the social media platform appeared before the court on friday in a last-ditch effort to overturn a ban. president-elect donald trump has also arguedan. let's speak to our north american technology correspondent, who has been following this. what was said in court today? >> as you alluded to, tiktok has long framed this debate as being about free speech, and that is what we heard from lawyers from tiktok in court today. it is also what we heard from a number of young people who woke up early, lined up here so they could get into the court and listen to those oral arguments live. the u.s. government has a different take. they say it is not about that. they say it is actually about who owns tiktok, and that is the chinese company bytedance. the justices today, most of them seemed fairly animated by that argument. we heard a number of questions about that. as you laid out, the argument is that association with china could create the possibility of manipulation of what people see on the platform in the u.s. it could also create the opportunity for data harvesting that could be used by chinese intelligence. that is what we heard today,

some would argue that we need a whole lot more rules and regulations on everything from social mediacial intelligence but it is clearly not the way that the people, including elon musk, who are around president trump now see it. it is the trump tech people who have been the ones ascended in this coalition. >> dana: almost as if joe biden's presidency pushed these guys into the arms of president trump whose arms were wide open and said come on in. a graphic of all the tech titans that donated to trump's inaugural campaign. they came as well and happy to be part of it and they seemed sere energized and excited including elon musk. a headline from the associated press, elon musk, his presence stamps him in trump's orbit. 47% approve. we have to wait to see what's happening. w walter, i traveled overseas on my flight there are three people reading your book about elon musk. people are taking a continued interest in it. call for number five and i will give you the rest of the time. donald trump and what he wants to do an mars. >> president trump: the united states will once again consider

media. >> while they tried to push that program they tried to censor anybody arguing against it they pushede effects you basically need to take down. these people from the divided administration would call up our team and scream at them and curse. like these guys are killing people. i don't know. then all of these different agencies and branches of government basically started investigating and coming after our company it was brutal. >> martha: that is extraordinary. former economic advisor to president obama, 32 advisor founder ceo fox news contributor let me pull up number 2... posted this leonardo dicaprio meme from april 21st what was the year on that? 21? from the divided administration that they wanted taken down. can we get there's a little tighter so people can see this? says 10 years from now you will be watching tv and you will hear to do or a loved one take the covid vaccine and it goes into a sort of the legal adds we are used to seeing. robert we will start with you what is going on here? >> obviously i don't think anybody is for censorship. what i would say and you when i have

representatives of the social media platform appeared before the court on friday in a last—ditch effort to overturn a ban. president—elect donald trump has also arguedhnamoorthi. speaking to the bbc — he pushed back on the idea from the chinese communist party that banning tiktok is an assault on freedom of speech. none of the justices believe that bytedance, as a ccp—controlled company has first amendment rights. of course, its users have first amendment rights. however, there's no first amendment right to harm our national security, and that's why congress acted in the way it did, which is allow tiktok to continue to survive but not under ccp control. because if ccp continues to control it, it will have access under its national security laws to the data of 170 million people. we know that it has repeatedly stolen tens of millions of americans�* records, data, including in the anthem, equifax and office of personnel management hacks, and it's only a matter of time before they did the same with tiktok and so, that's why congress acted. there's been a different reaction from tiktok influencers, including nadya 0kamoto. she's the cofounder of august,

tomorrow, but i know that republicans now, contrary to how they'd argue the last four years, kind of had their finger on the pulse of the mediakind of thumb on what the media will do, controlling many of the sources of information on social media. you know, "the washington ," l.a. times, fox news, et cetera. you'll have this imagery if the media covers it appropriately, of individuals ripped away from their families. tom homan has already said the way you don't separate families is you ship them all back together. that's going to start tomorrow. you're going to go in and, yes, everybody agrees, particularly around this table, that everyone who committed a crime needs to go, right? but that's not the only thing. when you walk into these homes and have somebody who committed a crime, who is in a mixed status household, there is a 10-year- old child, you're sending them all back to a country they don't know. that image should be plastered across every screen in the country. that is going to say, are you unifying the country or tearing it apart? >> what is done by pen and phone can be undone by pen and phone. you'll see donald tr

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argue with me, if you want. >> no, you're very much correct. there's an obsession in the mediaunderstanding -- trying to make it make sense. well, here the exact sequence of events that took an ordinary person made them deranged enough to commit if an attack, and you're exactly right that it doesn't neatly track ideology like the new orleans if guy, his initial plan was to kill his ex-wife and family, and then he said he had a dream about isis, and he was told to join isis. that's crazy stuff. and you're right that the media spends too much time -- and also we can spend too much time on people's motivations and why in a way that makes them more famous and that we worry then inspires copycats. it plays into people who have a desire for grandeur, delusions of grandeur, that kind of thing. now, we can't not cover the news, and people are going to get this information. there's no way not to. howard: sure. i'm not criticizing people who cover it. and, by the way, on this show because this is my personal feeling, we're not naming these people for exactly the reason you said. people t

arguing about facts, we would be much better. it's all the same. there is left wing, radical left wing mediacts so that you think my god what is president trump doing? you know what we're doing? we're restoring america. it's based in god. we were made a man, a many would. we are not letting boys in girls bathroom and vice versa. making you go to schools and get jobs based on merit not on the identity. making people worry that they have to check a box and be an other. we're getting america back. people need to have faith in that. and this is not a fear-mongering thing. it's taking us to a simpler, more constitutionally protected america. it's the america we know. we haven't seen it for a while. he is getting us back there very quickly. >> laura: all right, alina, great to see you. get some rest or a little bit. thanks so much. >> thank you. >> laura: all right. just ahead, trump is keeping his promises, including cracking down on birthright citizenship. the legalityge next. ♪ you can rely on ontario for energy to power your growing economy and for the critical minerals crucial to new technolo

and i do believe that legacy media died on november 5th, and they don't have the power, the impact, the influence that maybe they did when you were speaker. and i would argue that democrats, they don't know how to handle him, they've thrown everything they could possibly think of at him and it wasn't successful. so now, like people in the media are back to, you know, calling him or elon musk a nazi, that's what they seem to have been reduced to. i think all his nominees get through, and i think his agenda gets through. >> look, i mean, i guess my only caution, sean, would be this is phase one. this is not the realignment. this was the ticket to get into the dance. now we've got to dance well enough that we keep the house in 26, and we've got to deal with the world. that's dangerous. there was a reason that john f kennedy had a little boat, or rather a little plaque on his desk that said, o lord, your ocean is so big and my boat is so small. we're now in a world of north korea, iran, russia, ukraine, gaza, you know, israel. excuse me? and in that kind of a world, you have to remember every morning with a certain humility that even somebody as big as preside