armed services, cory mills weighs in on the china threat coming up. who is the best golfer in the trump's family? the donald trump's granddaughter has a hilarious response. i'm todd piro. carley shimkus has the day off. start with brooke singman with more on the shutdown deadline approaching. >> brooke: 1500 spending page bill tomorrow is effectively dead on arrival. president trump and his allies torched the massive package. trump sending this message saying any republican that would be so stupid to vote for this should and will be primaried. elon musk celebrated when the deal was dead saying your elected representatives have heard you and the terrible bill is dead. voice of the people triumphed. j.d. vance paid the speaker a late-night visit before vance left with his son. >> we had a productive conversation, we are in the middle of negotiates and will be able to solve problems and keep working on it. >> brooke: chaos putting speaker vote in focus as johnson struggles to keep the party united. this is on capitol hill, while donald trump was meeting

congressman, cory mills, thank you for getting up with us.ars, it is cyber monday and holiday deals combined with the aftermath of hurricane helene is leaving to increase in holiday scams, specifically western north carolina. just horrible. senior director of the enter, and the, what specific scams ar? >> they are seeing a lot of different types of schemes but particularly with the hurricane impact we see targeting folks in western and north carolina in a number of ways. impersonating folks from charity organizations or federal organizations like fema. but has just had, really sad to. >> todd: how can people in general, hurricane victims protect themselves from the scams? >> to be really mindful and you have to pay attention to what you are clicking on. make sure that the website address is that you are going to are legit and real. doing some check on the charity organizations if you are sending money to them. be mindful across the board of. if you are logging into your account's multifactor authentication in place and strong username and pas

[laughter] congressman cory mills -- >> i walked away from it, stuart.always a pleasure. merry christmas. >> thank you, stuart. stuart: congress just unveiled its solution for the looming government shutdown. it's a spending bill, of course. how many pages? lauren: 1,547. and lawmakers have three days to read true this raft of new spending that could touch off a revolt among republicans. politico dubs this speaker mike johnson's nightmare before christmas. here's what it includes in part, hundreds of billions of dollars in new spending for disaster relief, think the hurricanes. more aid for farmers, 500 to pages of health care provisions, and the list goes on. elon musk says the bill should not pass in this x post, he calls it a piece of pork and congress must pass it or the government shuts down midnight friday. stuart: that's the way it is. thanks, lauren. check this out, futures, this is wednesday morning. a little bit of green for the dow but some red for the s&p and the nasdaq. the opening bell is next. ♪ since 2019, john deere has invested more tha

cory mills, thanks for being with us.. >>> now this, mark zuckerberg reportedly looking for an active role in the trump the administration. what kind of role? lauren: mark zuckerberg is willing to work with the trump administration on technology innovation. in other words, he wants to help the u.s. lead the world in artificial intelligence. i'd call this a sea change. you have another silicon valley executive who wants a seat at trump's table. in fact, mark zuckerberg had that seat last week when he had dinner at mar-a-lago with the president-elect. stuart: he's not going to do a musk, is he in. [laughter] lauren: he probably wants to compete with musk, and he might be sick of the department of justice and the regulatory actions under the biden administration if. stuart: yeah, had be his role. lauren, thank you. quick check of futures, please. a little bit of red ink, down 50 on the nasdaq, down 30 on the dow. we'll be back. ♪ ♪ glittering, you light me up like tar light on a christmas -- starlight on a christmas tree. ♪

i want to bring in republican congressman cory mills. he voted against his party's latest funding bill. congressman, good to see you. frankly, you have been consistent in voting against all crs. you have a fundamental issue with them, period. >> i do, and one of the biggest reasons i'm a military combat veteran, i really care about the strength of our military. i care about the robustness of our defense capabilities. and when you do a cr, it actually prevents new programs of record from coming on board. so as our adversaries, we know that china, russia, iran and north korea has a geopolitical alignment. they're an axis of evil. while they advance their programs for hypersonic ballistic missiles. as an example, we can't start new programs director for research and development, so it actually hinders us. not to mention adds billions of dollars per day in additional spending. >> when you think about the fundamental reasons why you are against it versus the process by which they're trying to do this, right now, all eyes are on speaker johnso

mcmaster, florida congressman cory mills and massachusetts seth moulton.report." i'm aishah hasnie >> laura: good evening. i'm laura ingraham. thank you for wa.

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two veterans serving their country in congress, cory mills and a marine veteran both on the house armed committee. great to have you both today. >> thank you for having us. shannon: you have a lot going on including funding the government will me run out of money if we get to that cliff again. some have raised more funding for ukraine. reagan national defense does a survey and they ask about this defense. the number has been dropping. where do you think that goes? >> one thing that you see is people are really concerned about the pacific, about china. what message does this send in china about starting a war of aggression if we let putin get away with this. if we all agree that we want putin to lussier, we want ukraine to win, at the same time , we don't want this to go on forever. shannon: what is the hope for resolution? maybe there will be a conversation about some of this territory. does that only incentivize putin to do this again. >> i think this has been handled wrong since it originally kicked off. we had a nuclear agreement that was called to budapest memorandum. the idea was r

joining me now is florida congressman cory mills. congressman, there is a lot of day one he has his own. a lot other people want him to tackle. what issues do you want to see him taking on immediately? >> well, i think the biggest thing is to look at immigration. i think that we have to get an executive order to stop biden's parole rules which allows for our borders to start finally being secured and wall to be built. leading the mass key poor station by tom homan. also birthright citizenship which we know under the 14th amendment will be a clash or challenge within scotus. again, i support the idea of one or both parents being american citizens. in order for the child to qualify. the other thing is going after the cultural wars. we have to get dei, esg and crt out of our schools, and our military, and out of our corporations. we need to get back to actually allowing each individual to be able to go ahead aand thrive because of their merits, not because of any type of inclusivity that they call it by race, gender, religion or otherwi

mcmaster, florida congressman cory mills and massachusetts seth moulton.hanks for watching "special report." i'm aishah hasnie >> laura: good evening. i'm laura ingraham. thank you for watching. my angle in moments. first, this is a fox news alert. the jury in the daniel penny trial has gone home for the day. and the manslaughter charge has been dismissed after the jury was deadlocked. but the case isn't over. fox news correspondent c.b. cotton is outside the court with all the details. c.b., what can you tell us? daniel penny's fate hangs in limbo until monday when they come back to deliberate criminally negligent homicide a charge that carries the potential of up to four years in prison. jurors came back twice today, deadlocked on the most serious charge, second degree manslaughter. this evening after lots of debate between defense attorneys, prosecutors, and the presiding judge. the judge ultimately made the decision to dismiss that charge. since when deliberations first began on tuesday. jurors have asked to review several pieces of evidence lots of vi

cory mills of florida is fed up. >> i'm losing confidence with each day.hnson has to do his best to finally start showing that he is going to do what says and not just continue to hakeem jeffries. republicans relied on democratic votes to avert a government shut down last week. democrats hinted they would bail outer johnson last spring if conservatives tried to oust him. that's because he avoided a shutdown and sent money to israel and ukraine. but johnson is on his own right now. >> there will be no democrats available to based on the breaching of a bipartisan agreement? >> some republicans oppose conservatives repeatedly undermining their own house speakers. >> we're different members. we're getting a little uppity against the speaker. i do support speaker johnson for being the speaker right now. >> now it's about the math. the house begins with 434 members on january 3rd. there are 219 republicans but 218 is the magic number to become speaker. the most votes does not win. the house. >> i would not want mike johnson's job right now. being the speaker whe

we had conversations with lawmakers, both sides of the isle, including cory mills and seth moulton abouthey view the state of defense. we also talked with general h.r. mcmaster, he had very interesting things to say about where he thinks trump goes next with all of these huge foreign policy challenges waiting for him. so we've got live coverage of syria today as well as you guys too, so we kick that off in just a little bit. will: all right. thanks, shannon, we'll be watching. charlie: great to see you. >> have a great sunday. rachel: interesting stuff. police in arizona still searching for two escaped prisoners after six of them broke out of a detention center overnight on the white mountain apache reservation about three hours east of phoenix. officers say they're searching the area and reaching out to the inmates' families. no word on why the men were being held or how they escaped. >>> check this out, a late night rocket launch as the spacex falcon 9 taking off on a mission to deliver nearly two dozen more of elon musk's starlink satellites into orbit. the next launch is set for this

thomas massie of kentucky is a no, freedom chairman caucus andy harris is undecided, cory mills of floridak that johnson has to do his best to start finally showing that he's going to do what he says and not just continue the try to make deals with hakeem jeffries. >> reporter: republicans relied on democratic votes to avert a government shutdown last week. democrats hinted they would bail out johnson last spring if conservatives tried the oust him. that's because he avoided a shutdown and sent money to israel and ukraine. but johnson is on his own right now. >> and it will be no democrats available to save him or the extreme maga republicans from themselves based on the breaching of bipartisan agreement. >> reporter: it's about the math. the house begins with 434 members on january 3rd. there are 219 republicans, but 218 is the magic number to become speaker. the most votes duds not win -- does not win. the house is paralyzed if it cannot elect a speaker. some republicans are upset at conservatives repeatedly undermining their own speakers. >> different members are getting a little uppity

you were talking about cory mills we were joking around about that.someone that's not all in. mike from new york is saying let's get this over with what guy is saying but a lot of the hesitation comes from the bill. from that spending bill which included a hundred billion dollars in defense aid. the disaster preparedness aid, which didn't necessarily need to be in a bill that was intend just to keep the government open. and that got president trump, incoming president trump pissed off. but we need a speaker guy is right we need a speaker. sara: kicked it down the road now what happened come january if we can't get mike johnson back? lisa: it is a tough time you're talking about mid-march within the first hundred days of president trump's presidency he wants to do so that does give in democrats trying to renegotiate that -- at that time because look, we have majorities in the house and the senate but they're not large. and they're not filibuster proof and the senate as well. that's going to give democrats some leverage and create some complications. i

ho>> cory mills, florida congressman had this to say about confidence and the lack thereof on friday. take a listen. >> i'll tell you i'm losing confidence with each day, and i think we have a lot of our colleagues losing confidence. we're esnot sticking to the principles and values we say we fight for. >> responding to a question, he said, the question what do you think he needs to do to retain his speakership and whether or not or earn your vote if he urdoesn't already have it? to me, look, i think members say a lot of things on the way out the door before a holiday break and it's one thing to have these conversations hinow, it's anoth thing about what happens on january 3rd. you at one point were a member of the republican caucus in the house, not this one. this is a particular markup. but just talk about the dynamics within the house and what elon musk did earlier this week, this public erpressure campaign, and frankly not the first time, right, this is just now it's geared towards house members, he's been doing this and rallying, you know, pieces of the maga base against senators

florida ra republican cory mills and seth milton, a marine veteran both on the house armed services committeedafi both today. you guys have a lot of things going on including funding the government when we run out of money december 20th of you get to the cliff again. some of the senate names reagan national defense does a survey and they ask people about this, a majority still send weapons of aid to ukraine but that number has been dropping. where do you think that goes? >> one thing you see in this survey as people are concerned about that pacific, about china. what ukraine has to xi jinping in china about starting a war of aggression if you let putin get away with this. ethically all agree we want putin to lose here and want ukraine to win. but at the same time we don't want this to go on forever. there's some common ground the there. >> shannon: what is the hopeful resolution? it feels like president zelenskyy is conceding there will be a conversation about some of this territory and has it ceded to russia but does that only incentivized putin to do this again? >> this is being handled wro

place to be that defense around the world, we have veteran bipartisan wall panel pouring them at cory millsmp advisor retired generk about all the things confronting the world and will make trump 2.0 china, iran and beyond periods bill and the fact the new national security advisor talking with zelenskyy how to end this war in ukraine. i'm sure it will be a fascinating show. have a great weekend. >> see you sunday. >> john: thanks, chana and mike shannon. >> sandra: hanging in the balance after federal appear at the appeals court and we will have a live report just a head. >> john: for the police on the hunt for unitedhealthcare's ceo killer as we learned the new evidence fueling the nypd search. former fbi next when i hear cancer, i hear death sentence. at that moment, it was sadness, scared, surprised, worry... everything. every 15 seconds someone will hear the words, “you have cancer.” at the american cancer society, this is why we're here... to help people facing cancer through their entire journey. every cancer, every life. and today, we're asking for your support. i was ready to battl

and i spoke with congressman cory mills earlier tonight, and he talked about the prospects of speaker johnson being vulnerable when his own fences are being tested. listen to what he had to say well, i was actually part of the trump administration in his first term. >> and i've supported the president. and i'll always continue to support the president's agenda. i want it to succeed, but we can make things successful in a very fiscally responsible way. i think that johnson should be concerned. he's losing a lot of the confidence of his own conference, when he would rather try and make a deal across the aisle than actually rally his own conference pete, when you hear that and obviously look at the numbers any speaker is going to have to incorporate and get some buy in from the democrats. >> but what's your take tonight? knowing what has transpired and the potential vulnerability of someone like speaker johnson yeah. >> well, if we're doing references tonight, i think of chevy chase playing. i think it was gerald ford on saturday night live. you know, i didn't know there was going to be

you were talking about cory mills. we were joking around about that. here's the other name he is, but he is the other name of someone that's not all in. >> mike lawler from new york now is saying, let's get this over with. what guy is saying? but a lot of the hesitation comes from the bill, from that spending bill, which included $100 billion in defense aid, to disaster preparedness aid, which didn't necessarily need to be in a bill that was intended just to keep the government open. and that got president trump incoming. president trump off. but we need a speaker. guy is right. we need a speaker. >> kicked it down the road. right, lisa? i mean, they kicked the cr down the road now. now what happens come january if we can't get mike johnson back? >> well, and it's a tough time because you're talking about mid-march. that's going to be within the first hundred days of president trump's presidency. and he's got big things he wants to do. so that does give democrats some leverage in trying to renegotiate that at that time. because, look, we have majoritie