charlie johnson had everything to live for. to shoot literally dozens of rounds within seconds, these weapons have been rendered even more lethal than they are when you buy them. glock, on the other hand, is known for, since the 80s, you can easily modify the weapons. not only is it foreseeable, we happen to know the progenitor of the company is well aware of it based on witnesses we've interviewed. the be the ottom line, they can redesign their gun and make it -- preserve people's right to have a firearm and stop these automatic weapons. they literally advertise the fun of automatic weapons because they know with 10 bucks, you do adapt their semiautomatic gun to be an automatic one. and so it's causing havoc in our streets, causing massive loss of life, victim s all over the place. it's got to stop. >> you know, you've actually had a really good run of success in the court system. the reason why i love having this conversation with you and my prior guest, marc elias, as you know, i'm a former prosecutor and trial lawyer, i sti

[applause] we have had great people take the stage, charlie kirk, benny johnson, who have incredible podcasts, in one day will have more viewership than the entirety of the fake news. that is how powerful this movement is. the fake news has become, the mainstream media obsolete. the one thing they are good for, i am hearing a gasp in the audience, yes one thing, if you see the fake news attacking someone, what you should do is say i have to support that person. when they attack president trump relentlessly lying about him, it only made people want to support him more. eli crane in arizona, that makes me want to support him more. whoever the fake news is the loudest and attacking the most, that is who we need to get behind. they are good at telling us who the good guys are. the fake news is good for telling us who the good guys are. keep that in mind if you find yourself watching them. so much history will be made in the next four years. do you lay awake at night so excited about what's coming in the next four years? i cannot be the only one. it's funny, i used to lay awake at night,

will: charlie to you as much as shannon, he also hasn't said what his alternative be to speaker johnsoncharlie: which is always the problem, and the wonderful thing about thomas massey but also the difficult thing about thomas massey is that you're not going to buy him off by building a bridge in his district. he really doesn't care about that kind of thing. he's a very highly-principled guy and but it does seem like the question that he's going to wind up getting stuck on is what is the alternative and at a moment like this , where you have, you know, republicans have whatever it is, 80% of what it is that they want and what they need to get things done in washington, do you want to derail that, get things on track with trump in the white house and republicans in control of both chambers of congress. reporter: well it sounds like he's going to make this point and if he's the only vote that johnson loses, johnson could still hold on to this thing. the worst case scenario, way back in the 1860s i think it was somebody went through 133 ballots to get to a speaker. i do not think we're goi

charlie, you're pretty plugged in i think to washington dc. what do you think of this with mike johnson? charlie: one thing for certain is that i understand why people are dissatisfied with why he's handling the funding fight and going for these and there's a one seat majority or a 20 seat majority, if you're not willing to stake out a big position and defend it and past two speakers had trouble with this and think this is bad, imagine where republicans would be right now if donald trump had not won the election and they were dealing with their handful of majority seats. rachel: think mike johnson survives this? >> my hunch is largely because of the same reason he wound up speaker in the first place, they don't want to go. nobody wants to do that job. that's a horrible, horrible job. and so i always sort of, you know, charlie: it shouldn't be a terrible job and say this is what we're doing and lose your seat and ma verity and it should be fun. rachel: democrats were willing to do that with obama care and lose their seats and go big. the other point is there wasn't like an heir apparent

johnson for speaker of the house ahead of a formal vote coming on january 3rd. will: can and there are fears that could put president trump's election certification at risk. charliee rivera joins us live with more. >> reporter: hello, good morning. a number of house ore palins want to to raise their concerns and make sure they are addressed ahead of next week's speaker's vote. johnson is on thin ice with the right flank of the republican conference after last week's messy spending fight. more democrats passed the spending bill than republicans. >> i think last week just raised a lot of concerns about how we're going to do things. are we going to work within our conference to get the solution, or are we automatically going to run to the democrats to get votes? we should not see our speaker shaking hands on a deal without first coming to the conference and getting buy-in. >> reporter: the problem for johnson is that he can only afford one republican defection if all democrats vote against him. that's because he needs 218 votes to keep the gavel. and the next congress will begin with 219 house republicans and 215 house democrats. one republican congressman, thomas m

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[applause] we have had great people take the stage, charlie kirk, benny johnson, who have incrediblemore viewership than the entirety of the fake news. that is how powerful this movement is. the fake news has become, the mainstream media obsolete. the one thing they are good for, i am hearing a gasp in the audience, yes one thing, if you see the fake news attacking someone, what you should do is say i have to support that person. when they attack president trump relentlessly lying about him, it only made people want to support him more. eli crane in arizona, that makes me want to support him more. whoever the fake news is the loudest and attacking the most, that is who we need to get behind. they are good at telling us who the good guys are. the fake news is good for telling us who the good guys are. keep that in mind if you find yourself watching them. so much history will be made in the next four years. do you lay awake at night so excited about what's coming in the next four years? i cannot be the only one. it's funny, i used to lay awake at night, at 3 a.m., and worry about where

. >> charlie, back to that story that said johnson said, if there is 218 votes, god bless them.ion of, there has to be a speaker. there has been times there has not been a speaker. that is in our recent lifetime. what is johnson's position right now? also, the 38 republican legislators who voted against the trump sponsored bill, do they have pressure to change? >> yes, but the interesting thing, elon musk and donald trump kneecapped johnson by tanking the bipartisan agreement and johnson is weakened by the failure of the bill yesterday, mike johnson is right, i feel sorry for him, he does not have 218 votes and is in a terrible bite and this could affect his ability to become speaker. the reason we are in this mess to begin with, because the hardliners and donald trump wanted to kick the appropriations process into the new year, they got their wish, which is crazy because they should've finished the appropriations bills in december these hardliners are not going to vote for the continuing resolution anyway. the problem in the house republican conference, this goes back a long ti

think it is maybe not this week, but this is coming attractions, stay tuned for more on mike johnson. >> charlie, isn't this really going to come down to sooner are later and i predict sooner, a battle between the true believers on the maga side, and those that are doing transactional politics using the maga base, including trump himself and elon musk and others because i think -- i've seen this happen on the left, i think that they misunderstand or mistaken that some of the people that are out there with them really believe in this stuff against foreigners, against people of color and all, and they're kind of just doing whatever they think will get them to wherever they want to achieve. isn't this going to come down to that and it could come to a head as early with mike johnson and the speaker's race, certainly going to come down to when we deal with h-1b. >> well, yeah, it is going to come down to a lot of different issues. you're going to see this on issues of international trade, on the tariffs, on the spending cuts. you have a lot of the -- you described them as transactional. many of the m

charlie: looking at chips act as rizz -- chicago as resume of those that are running it. you get the sense from brandon johnsoner places as well, i think. you get the sense that he's almost rooting more for trump's failure and more for america's failure than he is for doing something that would be good for the constituents he claims to represent. >> absolutely. john mcarthur writes a great book and said everything rises and falls on leadership and that's what we're experiencing in the city of chicago. we're experiencing the mayor that's neglecting local challenges and trying to look at president and challenge the president. he's neglecting the local talent and talking about caring for the black and brown community and shop spotter contract has been -- is now gone. that shot spotter contract was used to help identify shootings in areas like the neighborhood that we have and very much needed and the mayor's attempt of being spotted by the local chicagoans. charlie: you've dedicated your life to solving real problems and we're grateful to you for that. >> thank you so much. charlie: rachel. rachel: thank you, cha

. >> but, charlie, i mean, i would think democrats, though, would say, okay, who's really running things? why should we? because we know johnson is going to need democrats to help get anything done. if i'm hakeem jeffries and the democrats, i'm saying, wait a second, why are we going to help you when we're negotiating with you? but you're not really even the person who seems to be in charge here. vivian. >> apparently they've already negotiated the bill. they've already negotiated the bill, and they've got democratic support. so put it on the floor and let the votes fall where they may ignore trump and ignore and ignore musk on this because they're going to shut the government down. otherwise they, musk and trump are going to shut it down. but johnson could prevent that just by allowing a vote. >> vivian, let me ask you, because you just broke some news. also on speaking of who's you know, who's powerful right now, you broke the news that tucker carlson is the one who torpedoed mike pompeo's chances to serve in this trump administration. how much influence from your reporting, vivian, does tucker have behind the scenes? >> he

charlie, welcome to you both. melanie, what are you hearing on capitol hill about speaker johnson's chances of reelection, and how support will help him? because trump took his time endorsing him. do you think it hurt johnson? >> i certainly think that endorsement is better than a non-endorsement or anti- endorsement. mike johnson needed this vow of support from donald trump. is over the past few weeks, there were a lot of questions, a lot of skepticism, a lot of critics, including in trump world, i am told, about how mike johnson handled the last spending bill debate. i do think that this is going to sway at least some republicans who have been on the fence about mike johnson. but this is not going to seal the deal for mike johnson. number one, the margins are really tight for mike johnson. the math is a little unclear at this point, it kind of depends on who shows up on january third on friday. but he is only going to be able to lose a couple of republicans. and number two, trump has made demands in the past including during the last spending bill debate, and some conservatives defy him anyway. 38 house republi

charlie dent, former congressman dent. so several republicans have been noncommittal about whether or not they're going to vote to have speaker mike johnsone house speaker in the next congress. he's gotten a lot of blowback. steve bannon was out there saying that he doesn't have the right stuff to be a house speaker in the age of trump. do you think speaker johnson can keep his job well, given what happened over the past few days where elon musk and donald trump essentially kneecapped speaker johnson, they made him look very effective by tanking the deal that he just negotiated. >> then again, johnson puts a bill out yesterday, gets defeated. this is all bad for johnson. and when you go into the speaker vote, the majority will be 219 to 215. and so johnson really can only afford to lose two votes. that's it. and i believe one has already said he will not be voting for johnson. so i think speaker johnson is in a very tenuous, perilous situation. and, you know, he can thank donald trump and elon musk for help putting him there. had they not had that that big blowup a couple of days ago, i think johnson, he was already going to have difficul

charlie: but larry he's got the bully pulpit. mitch mcconnell doesn't want to bring it. larry: he's got to say to mr. thune, who i think is a very capable man, and mike johnson, he's got to say, this is what i want. i want tax cuts out of the gate. i want border security out of the gate. i want a big fat reconciliation bill and i want you to deliver it to me by the spring whether it's 100 days or 120 days or 131. this is what i want. he has to say that. charlie: well okay. it's exactly what i'm saying. larry: actually i be. i was in there once and i used to say it. >> [laughter] charlie: when you were in there you were saying it. you know, i would say this and we're just going to have to accept a level of volatility in the markets going forward. i just think listen, i'm a journalist, i like freaking out oveover headlines. larry: what was the final? was it 1,100 points? charlie: 1,100 on 40,000 ain't like armageddon here, and you know, tomorrow something will come back and we'll talk about how retail sales are up or down, something better and the markets get better. just for the average viewer -- larry: between straight days. charlie: i don't know. i'm not sa

charlie hurt to see what they have coming up next hour on the bottom line. jackie: hey, liz. >> thanks, e-mac. we've got a great show ahead. we've got we talk to ron johnson biden can do before he leaves washington and we'll talk about how trump wants to make america wealthy again. jackie: and interesting, because joe biden says that kamala harris, charlie, she's at the forefront of the democrat party in the future even though a lot of people don't necessarily believe that. they think she's done, and also, what about those restaurants who are saying they don't want to serve food to trump and anybody that has anything to do with him? there is consequences, we're going to talk about it, all coming up top of the hour we'll see you then. (sneeze) (hooves approaching) not again. your cold is coming! your cold is coming! thanks...revere. we really need to keep zicam in the house. only if you want to shorten your cold! when you feel a cold coming, shorten it with zicam (revere: hyah) here's something you don't see very often... elves not working and why not? i gave them the day off. thanks to weathertech. with so many gifts for everyone they won't have to work a

charlie baker, president of the national collegiate athletic association ncaa. mister baker served as governor of massachusetts for two terms, welcome. i will swear un and we are also joined by johnson bademosi. a former collegiate and nfl football player. after his collegiate days at stanford he played in the nfl for nine years and served as nfl players association rep, thanks for coming. for next, keith whyte is exhibitor after for the national council on problem gambling, position he has held since 1998, national council serves as an advocate to regulate gambling related to harm. next witness is david rebuck, director of new jersey's division of a gaming enforcement for 13 years before retiring in 2024 during his time as director launched online gambling and sports betting, he served as consultant in the american gaming association. final witness is doctor harry levant, director of public health advocacy at northeastern university school of law. he's a recovering gambling addict himself who has been in recovery for ten years so first i will administer the oath and we will take testimony. if you would rise and raise your right hand. do you swear your testimony will be the truth, t

charlie dent and former special assistant to president biden meagan hayes. all right. congressman, start there. what will the speakership election tell us in terms of how the 119th congress is going to go? >> well, speaker johnsonhe will not be voting for johnson. i don't believe that johnson can lose any more than that. so if republicans melt down and can't rally around johnson for speaker we could see a fair amount of chaos because it didn't seem to be somebody else waiting in the wings who does have the necessary votes to become speaker. so right now what happens is if donald trump decides to weigh in and support johnson, that will give his candidacy a boost. but given what happened just before christmas when elon musk and donald trump more or less kneecapped johnson on the continuing resolution negotiated a bipartisan deal, they helped weaken him. now you are hearing leaders of the freedom caucus saying they are uncommitted who they will support. this could be messy leading up so january 6th. they will have to certify the presidential results. >> i want to play part of what republican lawmaker claudia tenney said. >> this is going to be a slim majority. we don't want to go through the speaker battle we went

johnson. >> okay, charlie. >> okay, charlie. >> well, i mean, on a scale of 1 to 10, i mean, it's hard to getsitive figures, isn't it? you know, because they're just going backwards. you know, this is a government that said that they weren't going to slap on taxes. they've slapped on the taxes. they've slapped on the taxes. they've slapped on the taxes. they said they were going to protect the pensioners. they scrapped the winter fuel allowance. they said they were going to be the most rural protecting the rural environment. they've now taxed farmers, the people that keep our food on our tables. you know, they let prisoners out early. they scrapped the grander scheme from day one, the only deterrent, as you rightly said, benjamin, it's what people care about, stopping people coming into this country, just to be clear. and they scrapped the cleah and they scrapped the deterrent from day one, the first thing they did, how on earth can anybody rate them at all? and i think if the bank of england, because you're right, it is all about the economy as well. and, you know, the bank of england downgr