lauren boebert. ally of former president trump did something trump detests. boebert apologized. under pressure, she tweeted this friday. i apologize to anyone in the muslim community i offended with my comment about representative omar. minnesota democrat ilhan omar is one of only three muslims serving in congress. in this video taken at an event boebert joked and seemed to suggest that omar could be wearing explosives when with her in an elevator. >> i looked to my left and there

it's lauren boebert who's carrying a gun like around the capitol.o it's just sad that it's working, and i don't mean to be a broken record but i do think it comes back to censuring lies when they come out of people's emouths who are in power and regulating big tech so that lives like boebert's -- bigotry like hers can't echo as easily as it does and influence so many people. >> i was going to say, i mean, at the end of the day she doesn't even apology for the lie she perpetuated to those folks. but danielle, i was keen on playing the reaction that she got in that room because it made me think -- to jena's point, a, do you think boebert will face consequences from republican leadership or her colorado colleagues, i should say, in the same way republicans went after liz cheney. we think about what republicans did in wyoming, they wanted to get her out of the republican party. they kicked her out of the republican party in wyoming basically because she stood up to donald trump and stopped perpetuating the big lie. we're not going to see that from repub

the root of the latest problem, republican congresswoman lauren boebert. i'm going to dive into her derogatory and dangerous comments and what should be done to hold her accountable for what she has said. >>> plus, the holidays are a time to be thankful and reflect on the past year. we'll take a look at what democrats should and shouldn't be celebrating this holiday season. >>> when it comes to the economy, all the talk is about the inflation and how consumers won't stop spending. but a record number of americans say they won't be buying holiday gifts this year. so what's actually going on? we'll try to explain that. i'm ayman mohyeldin. let's get started. >>> so there's no doubt about it. thanksgiving a is a great time to look back and take stock of where we are and where we have been. as the "new york times's" michelle goldberg discussed with us, it's tempting to give into a feeling of despair about the headlines surrounding covid, the economy, even the future of our democracy. but if you stop and remember what things were like this time last year, you g

he issued a statement that did not actually condemn boebert's remarks, but it is not just boebert ortion of islamaphobia by the republican party has been going on for 20 years. donald trump may have campaigned on banning muslims from this country. but he did not invent islamaphobia. he just brought it out into the open. now it is an actual part of the platform of republican politicians. they embrace and run on these bigoted positions without any consequences whatsoever. we have a former republican congressman from florida. he is now the executive chair of the serve america movement that is working to build a new political party. he joins me now. david, it's good to see you again. before we get to boebert here, let's talk about kevin mccarthy. how much should we read into kevin mccarthy's lack of a condemnation as a larger indictment of the republican party that he wants to lead going forward? >> look, i think it suggests kevin mccarthy and the republican party have foregone any claim to moral clarity, to moral leadership, in the united states. islamaphobia is not just anti-muslim, it

most recently boebert defended congressman paul gosar before he was censured for tweeting an i me --s paid her husband, not her brother husband, 9 other one over a million in campaign funds. this member is allowed on the foreign affairs committee while praising terrorists. >> reporter: this afternoon congresswoman omar called on house leadership to take action against boebert. she says normalizing this bigotry engangers her life and the lives of all muslims across the nation. she does not specifically mention the apology nor did she mention if her office has heard from the congresswoman. >>> let's discuss with charlie dent and maria cardona. congressman, looking at that video, i can't tell if it's a member of congress or something performing at maga -- it's crickets from every republican leader in congress. what's going on? >> well, jim, first there are readily no place for these ad adhominum attacks. as chairman of the ethics committee, i used to have to deal with situations like this. for not that often. i felt there's a major failure in that regard, and i'm glad she's apologized,

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. ♪ >>> congresswoman boebert is now apologizing.ith ilhan omar. now one republican leader has come out to condemn her remarks. >> reporter: making a suicide bomber joke about being in an elevator with congresswoman omar. >> i look to my leave, there she is. i say, well, she doesn't have a backpack, we should by fine. >> reporter: suggesting that she was concerned omar would blow up the elevator. >> the gee ah squad decided to show up for work today. >> reporter: it was posted by patriot takes, affiliated with left-winging troops. omar responding, saying the whole story is made up, call boebert a buffoon. where hateful tropes get no condemnation. boebert saying she is reached out to omar's office specifically. adding, there are plenty of policy differences to focus on without this unnecessary distraction. but boebert did not apologize for other incendiary remarks made during the same event, including a homophobic remark about secretary beast general taking parental relief. he was not put in charge did you mayor pete is still at home

boebert apologized under pressure, sh tweeted this friday. i apologize to anyone in the muslim community i offended with my comment about representative omar. minnesota democrat ilhan omar is one of only three muslims serving in congress. in this video taken at an event, boebert joked and seemed to suggest that omar could be wearing explosives when with her in an elevator. >> i looked to my left and there she is ilhan omar i said well, she doesn't have a backpack, we should be fine >> reporter: congresswoman omar responded, saying i am a suicide bomber is no laughing matter. she writes normalizing this bigotry not only endangers my life but the lives of all muslims. speaker pelosi and democratic leadership called boebert's comments deeply offensive and concerning and slammed republican leader kevin mccarthy for his repeated failure to condemn inflammatory and bigoted rhetoric mccarthy responded that boebert apologized for what she said and has reached out to congresswoman omar to meet next week kelly o'donnell, nbc news. >>> still ahead, a ne

congresswoman ilhan omar, congresswoman lauren boebert, blasting one another after boebert's anti-muslim

omar told boebert that she should apologize for her anti-islamic rhetoric.ut instances of what boebert has said in the past, saying omar is a hamas sympathizer, has made comments about terrorists. the reason this phone call was supposed to take place today is because leader mccarthy, the republican leader, put out a statement over the weekend saying he talked to boebert about what she had said about omar and suggested that boebert should reach out to omar and that the two of them should talk. so that's why this has happened. but, you know, this is one instance, hallie. the big picture is the tension on capitol hill, especially between these far right members and the progressives, the squad is horrible. and the fact that this continues and does not get better is a symptom of everything that has happened on january 6 and since then as the relationships on capitol hill especially in the house continue to disintegrate. he has a stake in this game, too. he is hoping to win the speaker and telling the moderates he's trying to make everybody happy, but what is happ

why would boebert not keep doing this?a leadership of a party, you have to try to -- what is the best way for me to behave in some kind of behavior modification? i think mccarthy is in a tough spot because there are a bunch of people in his conference boebert included. this is part of their schtick, their existence. i actually think they occasionally do things like this hoping that the leadership will publicly come down on them because then it enhances the overall effect of the craziness they were perpetrating in the first place. so what mccarthy did here was troy to work behind the scenes on a behavior modification strategy and it initially caused some positive result. >> do you know he did anything behind the scenes? >> boebert issued a tweet which is more than i ever thought he would get. i think he is always in this impossible box of trying to figure out what is the right thing to do knowing there is virtually nothing you can do to stop people from doing this because that is what they went to do in the first place as r

"i talked to congresswoman lauren boebert today. has apologized for what she said and has reached out to congresswoman omar to meet next week. i spoke with leader hoyer today to help facilitate that meeting so that congress can get back to talking to each other and working on the challenges facing the american people." it feels as if he wrote this statement up, him and his team, and then he went back to what he was doing because nowhere in this team does he say what she said was wrong, what she said was abhorrent, what she said was racist or islamaphobic. what she said inspires hateful speech. none of it. none of it. should we expect more? >> we should expect more from leadership, but kevin mccarthy has shown no leadership so i don't expect more from him because he's incompetent and is just bound to whatever he thinks, and that's the key. whatever he thinks will make donald trump happy. so, that's his audience, and that's who he's playing to. our level of what's acceptable and what is not at this point from the republican party is s

boebert is a bigot.ress. she called a fellow member of congress a suicide bomber. the scary thing, though, jessica, is lauren boebert is exactly where the republican party base is. you and i consider what she said to be outrageous. the base doesn't. >> it is outrageous. and to just sit there and listen to it, you hear her getting laughs from the crowd there, it is clearly done for laughs. and she's probably going to fund-raise off of it and make a fair amount of money for her re-election campaign. it boggles the mind, but to your point, that's where her base, that's where the republican party base is right now. >> that's the danger. look, lauren boebert is who she is. jessica, the danger for all of us is the republican party base does not consider outrageous and insulting what she said. we're talking about the base of one of our two major political parties, jessica, has become completely radicalized. this is a danger to all of us. >> yeah, i know we sound like a broken record, but it wasn't always extrem

. >>> representative ilhan omar demanding new action after shocking comment from colleague lauren boebert> plus we are a little more than 40 hours away from the start of the potentially explosive trial of ghislaine maxwell. >>> in our 4:00 p.m. hour, we are just days away from the case that could overturn roe v. wade. the supreme court about to take up a mississippi law that is a direct challenge on the very future of abortion rights. that's ahead. >>> we want to start, though, with the breaking news on the new covid strain, omicron. with the last -- within the last two hours, germany and italy have confirmed they have new cases. this is coming just after the uk health secretary confirmed the variant is now in england as well. this means four european nations now have confirmed cases as well as asian and african nations. let's go talk about the latest countries to be added to the do not travel list from the state department. this is causing new restrictions and increased lockdowns around the world, including a u.s. travel ban from southern africa about to take effect as well. meantime, th

lauren boebert of colorado, i inform the house that mrs. boebert will vote nay on h.r. 3992. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? >> as the member designated by mr. cardenas, i inform the house that mr. cardenas will vote aye on h.r. 3992. as the member designated by mr. vicente gonzalez, i inform the house that mr. gonzalez will vote aye on h.r. 3992. as the member designated by mr. swalwell, i inform the house that mr. swalwell will vote aye on h.r. 3992. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from wisconsin seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by ms. jayapal, i inform the house that ms. jayapal will vote yes on house resolution 3992. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from new jersey seek recognition? >> madam speaker, as the member designated by mr. donald payne, i inform the house that mr. payne will vote yes on h.r. 3992. as the member designated by mr. albio sires, i inform the house that mr. sires will vote yes on h.r. 3992. the speaker pro

the one with a mugshot is lauren boebert. mugshot is trying to imply that the one without a mugshot is the criminal? >> that's 2017. she failed to appear for court numerous times. then in 2015 when she was arrested then for interfering with the police arresting underaged drinkers, she told the kids run away. she interrupted so much she got arrested for interfering with the arrest. she should've been charged with resisting but somehow the charges all went away, which is white privilege. because if she was a black or brown woman, she wouldn't get away with that, she might not even be alive. i hope people look at her mugshot. it's on twitter. someone's got various arrests, demonizing people who are pursuing the american dream. it's exceeding it and making vile jokes. >> yeah, and they're not jokes because they could really put her at risk. thank you very much, always appreciate you being here. and before we go, just a quick note to say that when i referred to jeffrey epstein's alleged clients earlier, i was referring to the nume

why aren't they condemning boebert? >> reporter: this is becoming a huge question on capitol hill. representatives for votes. but making it very clear tonight, ilhan omar, the congresswoman from minnesota saying she's received hundreds of threats since 2019 and the kind of rhetoric that her republican colleague, lauren boebert, is spewing now is only adding fuel to that fire and it is part of this toxic environment that's starting to overtake the house of representatives. there are concerns about the fact that these aren't just comments that are vanishing into thin air, wolf, these are comments that could potentially put lawmakers' lives in danger. january 6th is not that long distant a memory. what this culture has done in the house of representatives, they say they're lamargely afra. you heard from omar saying she gets these threats all the time. she played a voice mail from someone that looked forward to taking her off the face of the earth. those are the kind of threats that are regular part of her life. she was asked what should happen to representative boebert after the fact

could be a suicide bomber, and boebert refused to apologize for that in a call with omar where boebertel all of this. i'm joined now by cnn analyst gloria borger. where are the adults in congress, gloria? >> i don't know. i think they are hiding in the basement, but they are certainly not out front in the republican party, and the person i'm talking about is kevin mccarthy who happens to be the leader of the republicans, and i know that he has talked to -- to these women privately. he certainly talked to boebert privately. let me say that, and, you know, expected that perhaps there would be an apology, et cetera, et cetera, to ilhan omar in a phone call that disintegrated and then they went at each other again. look, this is a problem for mccarthy because he's not doing what a leader should do which is he should say we will not tolerate this in the republican party. this is not what we stand for. this is not who we are, and if you can not behave you won't be on your committees. you will be ostracized by the republican party. we have more important things to talk about than your fightin

and we don't have that with congresswoman boebert.don't have any actions on her part in the congress, on her policy positions that support that that was anything then an ill advised joke. here with congresswoman omar we have policies consistent with the statement. it's something we should be spending much more time on and that's why i'm bringing it to your attention. >> very quickly, governor, can you give me a yes or a no. do you want to be president of the united states? >> well, i did in 2016, wolf. and we'll see what happens come 2024. but right now i'll focus on 2022 and helping republicans win governorships, the house and senate back. that's where my focus is going ton and that's why i wrote the book i wrote. >> sounds like it's still possible you may run. former new jersey governor, chris christie. you've been very patient. thanks for joining us. >>> up next -- president biden touting his agenda as concern grows over the new coronavirus variant. we'll be right back. heartiness? yes! living life to the flavor-fullest? heck yes.

what are your concerns when you heard what boebert had to say and how this whole thing is playing out? >> well, we know since january 6th and even before there have been more threats to members of congress than ever. this year is going to be the highest sort of threat level that there's ever been. when you have this kind of just unconscionable attack -- and it's not just that she needs to apologize to the congresswoman who she attacked, she needs to apologize to the american people. she needs to poapologize to the republican party and a lot of other people. it goes way beyond that. i'd also like to point out that she has a republican opponent, a marina zimmerman, who in response to adam kinzinger pointed out lauren boebert is trash, i would agree. and marina zimmerman said help me take out the trash. and that's what i think needs to be done here. both lauren boebert and marjorie greene have republican women who are running against them in the primary. i'm on two pacs that support republican women who we specifically do not support marjorie greene or lauren boebert, and you know, even

and now boebert has this apology basically asking for an apology to her. it really is an example of turn around here and explains the challenge to kevin mccarthy who chooses to try to deal with this in private rather than make a public statement of condemnation. >> yeah. also, i mean, lauren boebert there is acting somehow offended that ilhan omar is asking for a public apology in boebert's own telling of the conversation, she didn't even offer her a private apology. never mind a public apology for insinuating that her fellow member of congress was a terrorist. john, the incentive structure in american politics is so perverted and this is yet another perfect example of it, because what boebert gets here is the opportunity to put out that video on her twitter page that has a link at the top of it to her win red, donate here to lauren boebert's campaign website, and so she is able to fund-raise, rally the troops off of this, pick a fight with a target on the democratic side, and win the day for her own personal political purposes. unfortunately, the country,

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boebert then posting this statement on social media. >> make no mistake. i will continue to fearlessly put america first, never sympathizing with terrorists. unfortunately ilhan can't say the same thing, and our country is worse off for it. >> look, you got to know about it. i hate running it because it gives her more attention. that's exactly what she wants. but it's an important story since it's about anti-muslim hate, islamaphobia. let's discuss now. cnn political commentators charlie dent and alice stewart. good evening to both of you. charlie, you served in the house of representatives for seven terms. what do you think when you hear boebert spew more bigotry and gop leadership basically stay silent? >> look, it's clear that she's now defiant. she really doesn't feel any sense of remorse or contrition. don, when i was on the ethics committee for eight years, two years as chairman, i dealt with members who were about to be sanctioned for misbehavior or misconduct or bringing discredit upon the house. they usually felt some sense of remorse and regret,

up on boebert.k to instagram to say this afterward. >> make no mistake, i will continue to fearlessly put america first. never sympathizing with terrorists. unfortunately, ilhan can't say the same thing. >> and omar releasing a statement saying this, in part. instead of apologizing for her islamophobic comments and fabricated lies, congresswoman boebert refused to publicly acknowledge her hurtful and dangerous comments. so, there's that. ourt front with me now is republican congressman tom reid of new york. congressman, thank you for being here. you know, this really went from ugly to uglier just when you thought it couldn't get more ridiculous in the house of representatives. i mean, what -- what do you think of this? >> i would agree. i mean, first, obviously, i disagree and condemn the kind of comments that were made by my colleague in congress towards a fellow colleague on the other side of the aisle. but you're absolutely right. this is a pox on all our houses and i would just tell you, this rh

that wasn't the only hateful thing that boebert said in that speech. took a homophobic swipe at pete buttigieg who is the father of twins. >> he wasn't even put in charge of the supply chain crisis. someone else was tapped for that because mayor pete is still at home trying to figure out how to chest feed. some somebody ought to tell him so he can get back to work. >> she was a troubling track record of making incendiary comments. on the biden administration's efforts to encourage vaccinations, she tweeted that biden had to deployed his needle nazis to mesa county and warned everybody in washington that she plans on carrying her gun up on capitol hill. >> i will carry my firearm in d.c. and in congress. this caused outrage from democrats and the media. why? >> and you can even find her at the border mocking the vice president with a cardboard cutout. ♪ >> now, kamala, i want you to stand here and look at what you've done. >> but she should look at what she's done. boebert appears to believe that trolling over racism and the glorification of political v

i graciously accepted a call from lauren boebert.islamophobic lies, she continued on in the conversation. >> kevin mccarthy urged boebert to callow mar. he wanted this to go away. but it's not. >> we saw the true colors in a video where she doubled down on her remarks. clearly she's not sorry, but you do see kevin mccarthy try to put out the fires behind the scene and urged a meeting between inhallow mar and lauren boebert and also has had a call recently with marjorie taylor greene. he's trying to tell them not to attack those in the party and what you hear from some moderates in the party is yes, we understand that mccarthy is in a tough position politically but there's a difference between politics and doing what's right and calling out this rhetoric has no place in the party. >> unless they stop and unless they apologize they will not be welcome, they won't have committee assignments and we don't care if we get the majority or not because principle is more important than power, a case made by not just me but one of his fellow rep

lauren boebert. ally of former president trump did something trump detests. boebert apologized.er pressure, she tweeted this friday. i apologize to anyone in the muslim community i offended with my comment about representative omar. minnesota democrat ilhan omar is one of only three muslims serving in congress. in this video taken at an event boebert joked and seemed to suggest that omar could be wearing explosives when with her in an elevator. >> i looked to my left and there she is, ilhan omar. i said, well, she doesn't have a backpack, we should be fine. >> reporter: congresswoman omar responded, sayin i am a suicide bomber is no laughing matter. she writes, normalizing this bigotry not only endangers my life but the lives of all muslims. speaker pelosi and democratic leadership called boebert's comments deeply offensive and concerning. and slammed republican leader kevin mccarthy for his repeated failure to condemn inflammatory and bigoted rhetoric. mccarthy responded that boebert apologized for what she said and has reached out to congresswoman omar to meet next week. kelly

paul gosar of -- of -- or marjorie taylor greene or boebert or any of these people.hing. he's a pretzel he's so tied in a knot. just laugh at him. just be amused by it. but don't -- don't get in the volley in this. it's not the place you want to be. >> so, what -- i mean, what happens? the more people get elected like this, who are just mining their social media profiles, trying to get more instagram followers and tweets and stuff like that. what happens to not only the republican party but also just our democracy? >> well, we got a problem. we got a lot of crazy people in this country and a lot of 'em vote. and we got to work really hard and people like me, the democrats, have got the only chance for this country. we got to work hard to -- to try to win as many elections as we can. but this country's always had a lot of crazy people, and seems like now we might have more than normal. but the response to them can't be we'll see your crazy and then we'll raise you another crazy. the response is we're not getting in this game. we're -- president biden's doing a hell of

what exactly did lauren boebert say?l you, it's even more rare when we see a public apology from an ally of former president trump, and that that's certainly what congresswoman lauren boebert, a republican from colorado is. she's part of the so-called maga squad in the house, and she apologized on friday after some intense backlash she received over comments she made over the thanksgiving holiday in which she was captured on video describing a moment in a joking manner, in which she was in an elevator with congresswoman ilhan omar. she's, of course, muslim, and she's a democrat from minnesota, and she said in that video, well, she doesn't have a backpack, we should be fine, implying that the minnesota democrat was a suicide bomber. she apologized, like i mentioned. you just saw that tweet on your screen. she issued an apology to, quote, anyone in the muslim community i offended with my comment about rep omar. i had reached out to her office to speak with her directly. there are plenty of policy differences to focus on wi

she calls him weak and she's close with lauren boebert, too. like these two women.ouse floor together. they are walking together and the fact that one of her fellow sort of far right republicans is rebuking lauren boebert for suggesting she is apologizing is going to complicate this whole situation. basically she's trying town do what mccarthy -- this damage control that mccarthy is doing behind the scenes right now and, you know, that could sort of get mccarthy to sort of back off because he needs this woman to back him to become speaker some day and he want to be speaker some day so it complicates the situation, and i'm not sure how it's going to end up this week, but i'm sure this is not last we've heard of it. >> complicated indeed. >>> on a policy friend, members of congress return from thanksgiving break this week with big items to do, the debt ceiling deadline and build back better legislation. it's shaping up to be a real busy and consequential week on capitol hill. based on your reporting, do you think the democrats will find a way to keep the government op

>> the anger and outrage with lauren boebert is not limited to democrats.mace a south carolina republican a moderate had to say on our air over the weekend. >> we have a responsibility to lower the temperature and this does not do that. i didn't come to congress to throw bombs on twitter, to take advantage of people by saying crazy things to raise money or to be a comedian. i'll leave comedy to dave s chappell. >> you condemn the comment? >> 100% absolutely. >> reporter: so clearly republicans are starting to get fed up with some of the extreme behavior by some of their gop colleagues. i also heard from a moderate house republican over the weekend who said they're worried if marjorie taylor greene and boebert become the face of the party it will undermine their efforts to win back the majority. despite frustrations in the gop, there is little appetite to punish boebert. you saw kevin mccarthy over the weekend try to turn the temperature down and play courig between boebert and omar. and there's concern if they punish someone who apologized for remarks and t

if you were hoping this was going to bring a moment of reconciliation, here's what lauren boebert had i never want anything i say to offend someone's religion. so i told her that. she kept asking for a public apology. so i told ilhan omar that she should make a public apology to the american people for her anti-american, anti-semitic, anti-police rhetoric. >> congressman omar said instead of apologizing for her comments and lies, representative boebert refused to acknowledge her hurtful and dangerous comments and doubled down on her rhetoric. i decided to end the unproductive call. i believe in engaging in those we disagree with respectfully but not when it's rooted in bigotry and hate. so that resolved absolutely nothing. in fact, made it worse. i wonder, i don't know how much you were following this in front of the scenes, boebert put out or maybe somebody on her staff put out almost a contrite tweet and marjorie taylor greene basically shamed her for being conciliatory on this. i guess the trump lesson is never apologize, even if you are 100% bigoted and wrong. >> it definitely see

i want you to see this response to what congresswoman boebert did.ver back in colorado. watch this. >> representative lauren boebert launched an islamophobic attack against congresswoman ilhan omar on the house floor today, saying she's a terrorist, and repeating an unsupported smear that omar had married her brother. >> the jihad squad member from minnesota has paid her husband/brother a million dollars in campaign funds. this member is allowed on the foreign affairs committee while praising terrorists. >> it's time we acknowledge something, that we hold lauren boebert to a different standard, to a far lower standard. if we held her to the same standard as every other elected republican and democrat in colorado, we would be here near nightly chronicling the cruel, false, and bigoted things that boebert says for attention and fundraising. this is not about politics, assuming politics is still about things like taxes, national security, health care, jobs, and public lands. this is about us as journalists, recognizing that we'll hold a politician accou

omar said she hung up on boebert. dana bash has been covering this.ivalent of a schoolyard "i know you are, what am i." are the players happy with letting this bubble up in public? >> i think that congresswoman boebert seems to be happy with it bubbling up in public. she 's the one who, to go back to your schoolyard, she started it. i mean, she did. this is about this particular incident, but it's about so much more. you and i were talking about this before coming on. this is an extreme version of the anger and the ridiculousness that the rhetoric here in washington and around the country has gotten to. but there are so many examples of this that are really troubling, from debbie dingell in michigan getting her district broken into and vandalized, a democrat to republican, fred upton and other republicans having death threats on their voice mails. it has reached a level that is incredibly scary, and there is nobody in the leadership on the republican side right now trying in an earnest way to bring the temperature down, and that is what is so troublin

you can back up off of lauren boebert or just go hang with your real gal balls the jihad squad.ed being called anti-semitic. house democratic leadership is calling on minority leader kevin mccarthy to take action over boebert's comments. keep in mind, if democrats choose to censure boebert as they did with representative paul gosar, this could put them in a tricky tit-for-tat situation especially republicans take back the house as early as next year, bret. >> bret: something to watch. aishah hasnie up on capitol hill. thanks. tomorrow is a huge day at the u.s. supreme court. justices will hear arguments about a mississippi abortion law. it's possible their eventual ruling could overturn one of the most controversial and talked about decisions in the court's history. correspondent david spunt reports tonight from the supreme court. >> [chanting] >> nearly half a century after women were granted a constitutional right to an abortion, that right may soon look drastically different. >> i was using birth control responsibly. it failed. so i'm devastated. >> barbara phillips incident

republican congresswoman lauren boebert doubling down on islamic phobia comments over omar. ryan nobles is live on capitol hill for us this evening. ryan, good evening to you. my question is, the january 6th select committee announcing they will vote on another criminal contempt of congress referral for jeffrey clark. what can you tell us about that? >> yeah, don, this is a significant move by the january 6th select committee. this is the second time they have moved or planned to move on a criminal contempt referral for someone they issued a subpoena for and jeffrey clark they view as a key cog in this investigation that they have underway. clark was at the department of justice in the days after the november election leading up to the january 6th insurrection. hes the trump ally within the department of justice encouraging superiors to use the agency as a way to investigate these false claims of election fraud across the country. now, his efforts were rebuffed by then acting attorney general jeffrey rosen but still, they believe that clark could be a key link between the wh

you're worked about what kind of member that boebert is sending.t she's say and get very carried away and do something with terrible consequences. >> let me be blunt, the gop might be spewing anti-muslim bigotry. donald trump took it to a new height. attacks to muslims are higher than after 9/11. so that's perfectly in line with the gop? could we be nice to each other? how about republican leaders announce open bigotry, but they won't paul gosar in his an i me clip, what about -- they've been telling ilhan omar for months she's a sympathizer, and so, look, these bigotry, it's rank, but sadly it's part of the gop. they're not going to condemn it. >> governor, does the republican party just have a problem here, as dean is saying? >> look, it's about respecting the religion of our people. jim, it's not just the republican party that's lost its way. religion has driven out of the public square too much of the time. with we look at each other, and we fail to see the fact that we are commanded to love other people and treat them the way that other -- we

he tweeted, calling boebert, quote, trash, and that's about it.d and that's about the reaction that we have from republicans on the matter. we also have democratic leadership led by speaker pelosi, of course, calling for a full retraction from boebert for the comments that she made, alex. >> okay, julie. thank you so much for all of that. it's always interesting, shall we say, some of the reactions there on capitol hill. >>> coming up next, everyone, a tale of two verdicts in america. why the outcomes were so different. >>> plus how a text message never shown to the jury would play a big role in the sentencing of ahmaud arbery's killers. sentencing of ahmaud arbery's killers. ♪ superpowers from a spider bite? i could use some help showing the world how liberty mutual customizes their car insurance so they only pay for what they need. (gasps) ♪ did it work? only pay for what you need ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ spider-man no way home in theaters december 17th ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ when our daughter and her kids moved i

congresswoman boebert was heard making islamic phobic comments about omar. implying that the muslim lawmaker was a suicide bomber. >> and after congresswoman omar demanded accountability, kevin mccarthy encouraged them to work out their differences. cnn's manu raju is here with what happened next. tell us about the exchange between the two. >> reporter: it is contentious, according to an account from both sides. according to what congresswoman boebert, said she called congresswoman omar, talked to her about what happened. omar said that she wanted a public apology for what happened, but then it turned very negative. boebert said omar apologize for some of her past rhetoric, and omar hung up in the after math of the back and forth, and releasing a video statement, boebert says incendiary things saying that omar sympathizes with terrorists. >> make no mistake, i will continue to fearlessly put america first, never sympathizing with terrorists. unfortunately, ilhan can't say the same thing. our country is worse off for it. >> so mar released a statement about t

. >>> a feud between congresswoman ilhan omar and laurenne boebert is getting uglier.nday the two lawmakers had a tense phone call that ended after omar hung up on boebert. remember, their feud escalated after a recent video surfaced online with boebert making bigoted antimuslim remarks suggesting omar had been mistaken for a terrorist. take a look. >> and i see a capitol police officer running hurriedly to the elevator. i see threats all over his face and he is reaching -- the door is shutting. i can't open it. what's happening? i looked to my left. and there she is. ilhan omar. i said, well, she doesn't have a backpack. we should be fine. >> boebert was condemned by democrats and republicans for those remarks and apologized on friday to the muslim community via twitter. but in another video recapping their phone conversation, boebert said, quote, rejecting an apology and hanging up on someone is part of cancel culture 101. and she said this. >> make no mistake, i will continue to fearlessly put america first, never sympathizing with terrorists. unfortunately, ilhan c

lauren boebert is no stranger to inflammatory comments. why is she apologizing today?is a same term, jihad squad on the floor just last week. and it should be noted that omar responded to this saying this event never even happened. and it was offensive. just to echo those comments. the other thing that is coming is that boebert didn't just say these comments in a vacuum. she went on at that same event to go after transportation secretary pete buttigieg who recently just had a baby with his partner. here is what she said. >> meanwhile, you have the secretary of transportation, good old mayor pete, he wasn't even put in charge of the supply chain crisis, someone else was tapped for that. because mayor pete is still at home trying to figure out how to chest feed. somebody ought to tell him so he could get back to work. >> reporter: and he is in a same-sex marriage that should be noted for part of why that is so offensive. and she also called the president of the united states, president joe biden, that piece of crap in the white house. so she has not apologized for those

boebert only apologized after a bipartisan outrage.an leader kevin mccarthy said that boebert had reached out to omar for a possible meeting, but notably, mccarthy did not condemn her actions in the statement. how can congress function when one party encourages such vile, bigoted lies, lies with death threats being sent to congresswoman omar? >> well, i think, reverend, because of this and other things that not just lauren boebert and other members of congress have said about ilhan omar about the congresswoman, including the former president, that this is resulted in her having numerous death threats against her and her family. and it's really outrageous for kevin mccarthy only to say that lauren boebert has reached out to congresswoman omar. i mean, it's after the fact. you know, the fact is that kevin mccarthy and the republican party refuse to discipline their members of congress who say these outrages things and endanger people's lives. and i think, you know, that the congress should do something, but the fact is that even when dis

mccarthy has so far not condemned boebert's remarks.f paul gosert and marge ree taylor green following their own remarks. >> what are you hearing from republican leadership and rank and file members about these comments? are they going to let this slide? >> today a moderate republican, telling cnn they believe mccarthy is taking the middle of this conference for granted. the moderates. they could have a bigger problem with the moderates in winning back the gavel because embracing the extremists will alienate some critical voters. they are also warning the two wings of the party are headed for a collision course. that if mccarthy fails to rein in the fringe members of the party, moderates will start speaking out saying quote, our side isn't going to take this much longer. >> we'll see. thank you for that report. >>> how china is trying to silence the conference about tennis star who has not been seen in public in weeks. ♪ i'm chi lan, i am a mom, and a real estate agent. after having a kid, everything that you used to do for yourself goe

. >>> a phone call between republican congresswoman boebert and omar didn't do a lot after boebert insinuatedmar was a suicide bomber. here is how boebert described the phone call. >> i never want anything i say to offend someone's religion. i told her that. she kept asking for a public apology. i told omar that she should make a public apology to the american people for her anti-american, anti-semitic, anti-police rhetoric. >> so omar reportedly hung up on boebert, and then she issued the following statement. instead of apologizing for her islamopaphobic comments and lie congresswoman boebert didn't acknowledge her hurtful comments but doubled down on the rhetoric, so i decided to end the call. i want to engage those we disagree with respectfully, but not when it is rooted in outright bigotry and hate. let's discuss this with congresswoman deb bie dingell o michigan. it is sad to watch this back and forth. i wonder what your reaction is to it. >> you know, i'm really -- well, good morning. i'm really concerned about what we're watching and witnessing happening in this country. what you just

>> well, let's start with this isn't the first time congresswoman boebert has something like this.rred to the jihad squad as she calls it. this is something, it's not that kevin mccarthy missed the tweet or can look past the video. this is something that happens from day to day on capitol hill at this point. the thing to remember about lauren boebert and marjorie taylor greene, they're avatars for former president trump so mccarthy feels beholden to and knows he punishes one of them he'll get backlash from somebody he needs to become speaker. the former president's supporters in congress back him. he's in a bind. if he becomes speaker, he will be a weak one because he'll always be beholdinen to this person not in congress. >> trying to keep e keep his power. i spoke to congresswoman omar before the censure vote on congressman gosar a few weeks ago. he posted a threatening video on twitter. she told me she feels like the presence of some house republicans makes the house feel, quote, less safe. there is widespread distrust, even fear among these members of congress. how does that im

boebert for her part did confirm that omar wanted a public apology.er page explaining that and saying she had asked omar to apologize for comments she had made in the past. you'll remember that late last week that video emerged of boebert making anti-muslim comments directed right at congresswoman omar, essentially calling her a terrorist for being a muslim. in fact, omar had asked for kevin mccarthy, the house minority leader, to come out and take action against boebert, but so far that has not happened. christine and laura? >> jessica, thank you. >>> former trump defense secretary mark esper says americans need to read what's in his new book about the cahaos that was rampant in the trump white house. esper is suing the pentagon for not clearing his book manuscript. he said the defense department under president biden is blocking publication of conversations that he had with trump. >> my view is that the american people deserve a full and unvarnished history of the last presidency that the trump administration, and what i aim to do is provide importa