my team has been engaged in negotiations with the senate democrats and republicans on border security. democrats have put forward a bipartisan compromise on the table. leaders schumer and senate democrats also offered to let republicans propose amendments to the proposal. republicans have rejected this. we don't want you to even introduce your proposal. we are not going to -- the democrats say you can amend it anyway you want. we don't want to do that. this has to be a negotiation. republicans think they can get everything they want without any bipartisan compromise. that is not the answer. that is not the answer. now they are willing to literally kneecap ukraine on the battlefield and damage our national security in the process. host: what is your reaction to president biden and his view of how republicans are handling these negotiations? the associated press reporting that aides and allies to the president have said he's willing to accept new restrictions on asylum and potentially other republican-led policy changes, particularly as the numbers of the border continue to rise. to sup

host: and you think another democratic candidate could beat the likely republican nominee? ller: i think it is pretty obvious that the democrats do not want biden to run for another term. this is their avenue to tell him, you know, we do not want to do this, but we have to. we are going to get enough votes, the 60 votes to impeach you. you don't want to be impeached, just retire, tell them you will not run again, and a lot of this will go away for you. they have a lot of things against you. it will melt like snow on a hot summer day. i believe that is what is going to happen. in a way, the republicans are doing the democrats a favor by impeaching him. and then the democrats are going to pick up on it, and they will go to him and say just retire. and that way, there will not be any scandal on you, anything like that. because if you do not, i think for the betterment of the party, we will get the 60 votes to impeach you, so we can get another candidate. host: got your point here that is jim in florida. this is john out of florida, independent. good morning, you are up. caller:

not a democrat or republican. i have voted for both of my democrats and republicans. is what is happening out there. democrats hang out with democrats and republicans hang out with republicans, and i am proud to say independents hang out with other independents. people are not aware of what is going on in the independent group of people, who tend to be many. there is an absolute movement of independents who are not going to vote for any republican in the next election because they recognized the republican party is not a party anymore. it is an authoritarian movement. in fact a white supremacist authoritarian movement to take over the country, so independents what a strong republican party, and in order to get that, there are independents who are organizing to make sure no republican at any level gets elected in the next round, so when there are fewer if not any republicans left in elected positions, we can rebuild the republican party so it is actually a republican party because the country needs a republican party, a strong one, and it needs a democratic party, a st

not a democrat or republican. i have voted for both of my democrats and republicans. re is what is happening out there. democrats hang out with democrats and republicans hang out with republicans, and i am proud to say independents hang out with other independents. people are not aware of what is going on in the independent group of people, who tend to be many. there is an absolute movement of independents who are not going to vote for any republican in the next election because they recognized the republican party is not a party anymore. it is an authoritarian movement. in fact a white supremacist authoritarian movement to take over the country, so independents what a strong republican party, and in order to get that, there are independents who are organizing to make sure no republican at any level gets elected in the next round, so when there are fewer if not any republicans left in elected positions, we can rebuild the republican party so it is actually a republican party because the country needs a republican party, a strong one, and it needs a democratic party, a

sergey, i still want to finish ours previous conversation regarding the dispute between republicans and democratse republicans are just clearly speculating on the fact that the democrats failed to help ukraine turn the tide of the war during. of this 23rd year, and to a certain extent with kiruvam, they are frankly right, because if we had not received weapons in such microscopic batches, if we had not waited for several months for the delivery of the next batch of weapons that we desperately need, then perhaps today would not be claims against biden by republicans that... they don't know what our, our , that is, american money goes to, why it is used and how it is used and why there are no results, so this is really a topic that takes place, and the administration must also understand that the game cannot be continued, ukraine will not lose, russia will not win. whether ukraine does not win, russia does not lose, in a word, the administration must finally be clear about the fact that if ukraine... wins, it means that it must have all the necessary tools for this. unfortunately, all these tools a

republican colleagues. summarizing, it is worth saying that... currently , assistance to ukraine depends on negotiations on border issues, which are conducted directly by representatives of the senate, from the democratic republican parties, as well as with the white house. in general, how long these negotiations will last and whether they will lead to any positive result is currently unknown, but the fact that the senators will ultimately continue their work and plan to consider this issue, and eventually the leader. democrats in the senate said he even expects to bring aid to ukraine to a vote as early as next week. however, whether they will be able to agree on everything and reach a consensus by christmas, by the end of this year, remains a big question. and many lawmakers i've spoken to remain skeptical that it will ultimately succeed, even with such efforts on the part of the senate and directly on the part of senate democratic leader chuck schumer. therefore, the following. week will be very important on this issue, and after all, the voice of america will cover it live and tell all the latest events. alexei thanks katya, we will continue to monitor this topic. our congress correspondent kateryn

nevertheless, at some point , the democratic-republicans will reach a bipartisan consensus and will supply zelensky’s patient with some types of weapons and finances to support life, at least there is no point in deluding yourself here, you should be confident in our armed forces in what we do at the front. i also don’t have any big doubts that the dear ones are hesitant, just amusing themselves, in the end they will agree on something, and most importantly, that all this is predetermined by the general position of the political class in the united states in the west, it is necessary , at all costs, to prevent russia’s victory, but it seems to me that the important news today is that the federation council of iran a few years ago were simply geopolitical opponents in the region. the whole history of the middle east, recent middle eastern conflicts. friends and enemies talked about his political social life, career, about who he was, who he became, and so on, and here in russia, i remember when he came to this studio, and after that to a real verbal battle was unfolding on the internet, whe

doesn't make any difference, democrat or republican. this issue of taxpayer-funded abortion could have been resolved through the ndaa. and whatever the outcome, i'm fine. but bring it to the floor. and let's vote on it. that's our job. but that didn't happen. it's not happening because senator schumer knew that he couldn't get it passed. but that's how d.c. worksment. abortion is so important to senator schumer, that he's not letting us vote on it. therefore, there is no longer a period to have any short-term path to end this pentagon's illegal abortion policy. some other policies will take time for me to work through the process, but that doesn't happen overnight. so yesterday i announced that i would change my tactics and let the promotions go through. the promotions that they needed, our military needed. but again, senator schumer and his colleagues could care less. they held her feet to the fire. -- they held their feet to the fire, no negotiation. but i'm going to continue to hold the four-star generals. people said, why would you

and this is why we see whether it is a republican or a democratic speaker, other side on the senate,uck like this because you're having conversations but nothing really counts until you have legislative bill text, process is not sexy and this is what we're seeing right now and they're stuck and will probably continue through the rest of the we're. >> thank you for being here and merry christmas ahead of time. great to see all of you. we'll be right back. >>> tonight a cnn special reporting black women in the united states, are three times, three times more likely to die in child birth than white women. why is that? abby phillip reports on black maternal health and mortality and the rising trend of home births on a brand-new episode of the whole story with anderson cooper tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern and pacific only on cnn. >>> thank you for spending your sunday morning with us. fareed zakaria "gps" starts next. i'll see you tomorrow on "the lelead." loving this pay bump in our allowance. wonder where mom and dad got the extra money? maybe they won the lottery? maybe they inherited a

instead, the leaders of the democrats and republicans commented on their meetings with the ukrainian president. therefore, the leader of the democrats in the senate , chuck schumer, said that he is calling on the congress not to go on a break, not to go on vacation, so to speak , before christmas, but to continue working until aid to ukraine is agreed upon. and only then go on a break, in turn, the leader of the republicans, mitch mcconnell, once again emphasized that any help to ukraine depends on the fact that the republicans and democrats agree on changing the immigration legislation. i suggest you listen. this morning, the senate welcomed the inspired and determined president of ukraine, zelenskyi. for almost two years, ukrainians have exceeded the expectations of the world. we know that our border is the same as the border of ukraine, israel, and taiwan. must be inviolable, which is why in recent months we have supported the need to take additional action on all four of these threats, my support for ukraine and israel is unquestionable, i also support the preparation of the us mi

is reached by basic senate negotiators will ultimately be presented to the senate democratic caucus, the senate republicans and the course house democrats and republicans to try to see if it's consistent with an agreement that has secure bipartisan support in both chambers. we have made clear in leadership or has made clear that any resolution with respect to the national security supplemental funding package passed to the one that can secure a strong democratic support in the senate and the course significant democratic support in the house and i look forward to a product being presented to us that we will then review, discuss is house democrats in the caucus meeting and figure out our perspective as to whether we can support it. >> any red lines for house democrats in any guidance about what you would not except quick. >> we are in communications with some of the senate negotiators on the democratic side. i expect that should intensify and continue. we have said that publicly and privately that any resolution of any border security measures passed up a consistent with our values as house democrats. our v

they've got to come to agreement that we're in this as americans, not as a democrat or republican party>> so let's talk about the details. senate negotiators is considering stricter requirements for those coming into the country and want to claim asylum. limits on humanitarian parole, which allows individuals like afghans and ukrainians to come to the u.s. and also a new way to expel migrants more quickly. are all three of those provisions on the table and do you support all three of them? >> everything that you mentioned, i support. but i'm only one person. but with that being said, they'll find a balance. because everything you said is important. you have to raise the threshold on the definition of asylum. you just couldn't come and say someone threatened me, and come into your country. you have to have proof that this type of threat to you and your family is untenable and you cannot live in those conditions. that is going to change things. even under the lower bar right now, jake, when everything has been adjudicated -- say there is 100 people adjudicated, less than 15 qualify with j

and talk to groups democrats, republicans and independents. it's not about party. it is about an institution that's been sacred to all of us in thisnt country for 247 years but now it's under attack. it's under attack by the politicians. so, this list goes on and on about the problems in the military. it is an absolute disaster and then last week senator schumer stooped to a new low the house and the senate every year puts a budget independently then we bring it together and we vote on the discrepancies. one bill together with the house voted on by people on each side. i was involved that it was a sham. congress is supposed to report it out as a single bill after he put it together. we had no vote. we had no vote. the conference committee it was just bought it brought in for pictures. all of the confirmations were done by the leadership. senator schumer got the number one vote. the abortion policy was in the house side he got kicked out. we were supposed to vote on it. i had the votes to get it done but he knew that and so now we have illegal abortion policy. this

democratic and republican states tried to accommodate that. ug -- dropbox's got a lot of attention in 2020, especially when people in democratic states started to use them. selleck city, utah had a dropbox is for years. anchorage has had dropbox's for years, it was not viewed as a problem. other states in 2020 -- i was one of them trying to do this in ohio -- people because of covid said can't we voted that way? some states of both parties do it. no one thinks there is fraud. there has never been far proven. a letter people chose to vote by mail because of covid to stay safe. it was obviously like it has been in salt lake city, there are ways to do it securely with cameras. in georgia, they allowed it. in michigan and other places they had it. it turns out more people voted despite efforts to show that there was a lot of fraud, it was never born out. i think people made adjustments. this did not happen last-minute. all summer and fall elections officials were trying to manage an election of knew was going to be a lot of people during covid. the

fact, the arrangement this border, because it is the main point. of disagreements between republicans and democratslicans, i understand, it matters, as they say, it's a question, well , it's true, but it seems to me that the game will continue here, i would like both sides to find a compromise, and well, such signs seem to be already there is, but will it be found today? tomorrow and during this week, is it possible somewhere at the very end of the month, let's see, i would like to, well, one more issue that will be relevant in the coming days is the decision of the european union, whether it will be or not, this is the decision to start negotiations with the ukrainian state, dmytro kuleba before the meeting with the ministers of foreign affairs of the european union bruse. said that if eu leaders do not give ukraine the green light to start membership talks at this week's summit, it will be a devastating decision, both for the country and for the eu. let's listen to what mr. kuleba said. i can't imagine, i don't even want to talk about the devastating consequences that will occur if the council ca

i egistered republican but the party is no longer the same. americans, democrats and republicans, deserve better. joseph is calling from fort myers, florida. caller: hello? host: go right ahead. caller: i am opposed to removing him. i think he should have his day and court and if they find him guilty they should just have them vote. i just wonder how much time and money is wasted on this investigation when it should be left alone. we have so many problems in this country that all the time and money, they should've just left it alone. when he is guilty, column meaning and calm off. we have so many other problems that need attention and it seems like nobody cares. nobody is looking at the big picture of all of these major problems. if we kicked out everybody who has lied, we would not have a government. host: if anyone had did any of these things in any other job they would've been fired. what you think of that? caller: well yeah, with the private job it's possible. i don't have a lot of confidence in any of these politicians, democrats or republicans, depending on

you've got republican and democrats every day. that's another question for c-span. he representative asks the question, when he asked them what politics they are about, do you ask them whether they are republican or democrat? you will get the same answer. host: back to the methodology. guest: we do ask what party you identify with. that's a very important explanatory variable for us to understand what's going on and understand differences and behaviors. he made another point which is important to emphasize. it's the confusion of the economic with the political. we see this in measures all the time now. you take your typical confidence indicators. they should be measuring the economy, they seem like they are measuring the economy and politics. when president biden won, republicans were confident in the economy to not being confident and vice versa. it makes it difficult to measure. i think it's important point he made. host: do you have to change your way of polling to account for that? guest: at this point it's baked into the results. we have to recognize we have the

and my team has been engaged in negotiations with senate democrats and republicans on border security. democrats have put forward a bipartisan compromise on the table. leader schumer and senate democrats also have offered to let republicans propose amendments to that border proposal. the republicans rejected it. they don't want to introduce a proposal even though the democrats said you can amend it any way you want. no, we don't want to do that. this has to be a negotiation. the republicans think they can get everything they want without any bipartisan compromise. that's not the answer. that's not the answer. and now they're willing to handicap ukraine on the battle field and damage our national security in the process. look, i know we have our divisions at home. let's get past them. this is critical. petty partisan angry politics can't get in the way of leading our nation with the world. and literally the entire world is watching. what will the united states do? and think if we don't support ukraine? what's the rest of the world going to do? what's japan going to do if we're not supp

.. unpopular, but i don't care what bill is voted on in the end, from the democratic party of the white house or from republicans only a compromise bill will have a chance, where the position of both democrats and republicans will be agreed, but the most important thing for us is that there should be help for ukraine and as soon as possible, because it has already been delayed for more than two months, and this is a delay, this is a question ... life and death is real, it has a real dimension from the lives of our fighters, today we all congratulate the armed forces with holiness, but now we need not only faith in the armed forces of ukraine, we need help from ukrainians, both in the literal sense, and from our partners as well, therefore a compromise, there must be a compromise, here are the words of biden, unfortunately, the right words, absolutely the right words, the call is right, the diagnosis is right. but unfortunately, today this is not enough, a compromise is needed, and that is why i wish, and i know, there are mollusks, there, as our ambassador to the usa, ms. oksano markarova said, is holding the wa

if you look at republicans and democrats attitudes about is crime going up year-to-year? ring the obama years, republicans that crime was going up the most. during the bush years, democrats thought that crime was going up. republicans under obama thought that crime was going up. under president trump, it plummeted into the 40's. we have to see how political ideology plays into attitudes about crime and find commonality and realize that criminal justice reform is a bipartisan benefit. host: randy is in michigan on the line for democrats. hi, randy. caller: i'm happy to see what you are doing here. there is one thing that you are missing. you are in this business of trying to help people that have been in the criminal justice system. one thing that we could do that really takes care of this culture war problem, let's start taking hair samples. we can tell every drug that a person has done in their life from their hair sample, from the time they were born to when they are dead. we can tell every drug they did. that way, a person like me living here in michigan doesn't need to

high degree of acuteness between the republican tamocratic party, respectively, the republican and by the democratic factions in the house of representatives and the united states senate. the republicans decided that now , during the discussion of this package of strategic assistance proposed by biden, they can, and have a chance to implement some of their political priorities, in the part that concerns the reduction of state expenses, in our case, overcoming the immigration crisis and, in general, reforming immigration legislation, and that's what's at the heart of the debate between democrats and republicans about voting on the package strategic assistance, and in fact , positive or negative, the result for us, the way out of this situation depends on whether the republicans and democrats will be able to reach a compromise, that is, of course, one must take into account... the negative attitude towards ukraine of a significant part of the far-right radical republicans, but in general the main thing is the political struggle between republicans and democrats, that is , the focus is on reaching a co

democrats was changed, he was changed, by the way, after the visit. zelensky, because morphy was so tough, he did not want to make any concessions to the republicans, i understand that biden said that we are ready to make concessions, so was murphy, senator murphy was replaced by senator schumer, who is the leader of the majority of the democrats in the senate, and now they are still trying to find a final solution on immigration. politicians and that there is strengthening of the border, conditional strengthening of the border, which is very important to the republicans. last time, i will remind you that the republicans said that they will not even enter into consideration of the package, because their conditions have not been met, again across the border. i hope that they will find, by the way, they worked on the weekend, they will find anyway anyway, that solution, that middle ground, which will suit both republicans and democrats, and yet by the end of this year, before going on vacation, the senate will vote, the congress is unlikely to meet on this issue, and when it is possible ? congress to vote , what is your, well, let's say, optimistic expe

democrats say yes. almost 7 out of 10 republicans agree. our family and friends for information about elections? it turns out that democrats and republicans agree on this one and actually they trust friends and family more than any other source it seems. tread carefully on politics. but you know, they do trust each other. important data science happening here, should t-shirts ever cost more than $20. 57% of democrats say never. 59% of republicans say absolutely not. another one for you, should influencers be required to disclose paid endorsements on social media? a big priority in the biden administration lately. 7 out of 10 democrats and 7 out of 10 republicans say yes. taylor swift, favorability, a majority of democrats and republicans like taylor swift and her boyfriend travis kelce. safe table topic. >> you're talking t-swift, beyonce, how is her favorability? one of the most popular americans as it turns out the polling shows that, a recent nbc poll found more than 35% of americans like her. but the numbers are split between democrats a

with democrats in control, republican governor glenn youngkin won't be able to pass is promised 15-weekyears of his term. and in kentucky, democrat andy beshear won another term as governor in an election defined by his support for abortion rights. now, these results should not have surprised republicans. they are not shocking. a recent survey found that nearly 75% of voters believe that the gop has gone too far on abortion restrictions this year. and yes, that includes 51% who voted for donald trump in 2020. and with the presential election and another major supreme court case on the horizon, 2024 promises to be, at least if not more consequential for the future of reproductive rights in the united states. the nation's highest court has already agreed to weigh an appeal from the biden administration on the ruling of texas over the availability of medication abortion. and ballot measures involving the procedure are poised to pop up in 13 states next year. and that includes several swing states. so, as we head into 2024, it is clear that democrats have the momentum in the sport of the am

full democrats and republicans -- both democrats and republicans have pledged full support. before this, we have always been trusting in the support of our strategic partner. we think it will continue in this way. ukraine will not remain alone. >> thank you, so much. i'm from an agency in ukraine. next summer, the united states will host a nato summit which raises a lot of hope, especially for ukraine. president zelenskyy what does the ukrainian side expects from the summit. -- ukrainian side expect from this summit? president biden, what conditions is the united states ready to support ukraine membership of nato? thank you. pres. zelenskyy: i will answer quickly on this complicated question. we are not allies until now. we are allies but not members of nato. that is why it, i will pass this question -- [laughter] two our big friend -- [laughter] president biden. pres. biden: i am very proud -- [laughter] of how strong and unified ukraine and the u.s. has become. when we met back in geneva, he is gotten the nato-ization of finland instead. as we said, ukraine will become a m

my team has been engaged in negotiations with the senate democrats and republicans on border securitydemocrats have put forward a bipartisan compromise on the table. leaders schumer and senate democrats also offered to let republicans propose amendments to the proposal. republicans have rejected this. we don't want you to even introduce your proposal. we are not going to -- the democrats say you can amend it anyway you want. we don't want to do that. this has to be a negotiation. republicans think they can get everything they want without any bipartisan compromise. that is not the answer. that is not the answer. now they are willing to literally kneecap ukraine on the battlefield and damage our national security in the process. host: what is your reaction to president biden and his view of how republicans are handling these negotiations? the associated press reporting that aides and allies to the president have said he's willing to accept new restrictions on asylum and potentially other republican-led policy changes, particularly as the numbers of the border continue to rise. to suppl

the spending numbers are the spending numbers that the house republican colleagues agreed to. house democrats are in agreement with those spending numbers. senate republicans are in agreement with those spending numbers. senate democrats are in agreement with those spending numbers. the biden administration is an agreement with those spending numbers. we've got one group of people on an island by themselves, effectively trying to renegotiate in agreement that, by simply trying to do that, will take us down the path of a government shutdown. we are not asking for more than the numbers that were previously agreed upon, but we just don't think it's a viable to do less. >> i apologize, the leaders on a tight schedule, we do have to let him go. thank you leader jeffries for be biden and former president donald trump. >> thank you for being here. >> it's like star wars. >> i know. are you darth vader or luke skywalker? [laughter] liz's new book is out. i was going to buy it so i could have it today and i went on amazon and it said it is sold out. you have outrun amazon on book sales. i authored two

he said the only way a deal will be struck is if democrats take on board the changes republicans wantn it comes to the asylum system, border security controls. many democrats, rep -- progressive once say, it is inhumane, there are no compromises. i want to give you something that eric schmitt, a republican on the far right of the party said to us. he said these showdowns happen in washington all the time. said this is not like that this time. he said the border issue is something they are deadly serious about and there will be no budging on it. in terms of what happens next, it is unknowable. it is hard to say what the timeline is in terms of getting ukraine the support that zelenskyy wants. caitriona: one of the set pieces of president zelenskyy's visit was meetings with members of the senate. i spoke with senator kramer earlier. having listened to president zelenskyy, did he persuade you that the u.s. should keep giving support to ukraine? sen. kramer: he did an excellent job making his case. i do not know if there is new information necessarily, but he didn't excellent job outlinin

well, there is still discrepancies between republicans and democrats, because republicans is say that every national security concern should start a width of the board or it with the border between the us and mexico. my johnson b, a speaker of the house of representatives that the republicans and both the senate and the house of representatives are pretty clear about that. and that the why tells them that democrats are not recognizing that. so they will need to find the type of concessions we will see more negotiations happening there. but it shows also how difficult it is for the us to show all the allies that it will continue it giving a to it to a ukraine. president biden had a talk with the 7 leaders before this boat took place yesterday. and he said that it's the image that the us wants to show. and what other, you some leaders of my be wondering if the us it's not sending additional age it to ukraine. why should we do that? so we can expect this to continue. we see at how local politics are shaping. we also saw and heard it present and by the knowledge thing is that that the bor

that didn't work out for republicans in virginia so i think we can expect to see democrats continue tocans need to rework on abortion. if the economy, if it continues to be on the uptick, that's going to be good for democrats, good for president biden. but it's going to continue to see inflation if there is more pain at the grocery store and people's wallets, that's going to be a good sign for republicans that they can sort of latch on to. but if democrats are talking about abortion, that's going to be difficult for them. >> jason, in the 2022 midterms, republicans were disappointed. they were disappointed in virginia just last month. look they senate streak looks good for them. not a high bart when you look at the races they have there. can they reclaim that murder, can they reclaim the senate? >> they were disappointed, true. they still took control of the house of representatives one reason we have impeachment inquiry going on right now. that would be one of the more immediate concerns if republicans also took control of the senate that the impeachment inquiry in the house wouldn't

we saw that political report which ranks how tough a race is going to be for a democrat or republican. it was lean gop, now it's a republican toss-up. >> this is a race, if you look at that 3rd district, which you saw -- in fact, they had previously been tossed up. they went over to lean gop and if you look, the third district is a district donald trump one but a little less than ten points. no boebert is going to the fourth district, one but a little less than 20 points. the idea she could pick a sustain herself in a general election. as you mentioned, i still a primary in colorado's 4th district. there are at least six other republicans that are running. this idea that this is magical cure for her, to reelect herself into congress, i'm not necessarily sure it is. yes, the general election would be easier -- >> it's not clear shall become the nominee. >> that's right. that's the problem. lauren boebert, maybe she might get back into congress, but based on the numbers, we don't know yet. >> harry enten, i know you will keep us updated. >> i'm going to try. >> thank you all, and thank

fight with russia, no, of course, that’s not the point, the point is that the republicans have the same sponsors, the democratsher projects, lince graham is ready finance the sponsors of the democrats only after the democrats guarantee him that linzi graham's sponsors will also remain in the money, so all these questions that zaluzhny poses, which are voiced by ostan, which are raised there by either republicans or democrats in the united states of america, this will exclude. questions about money, about making money, where you can earn more, will be shared, okay, everything will be decided, the same goes for presidential candidates, that is, biden, trump, or even rama with you, what's the difference, it will come from democrats, oh, from the republican with you , who is now saying the right things, having won with the right things, he will still send money to the americans, to his sponsors, who make money , including from the war with russia, including, so to speak, some... projects that harm us and which harm, by the way , the american people, because if one of the american politicians wanted to help the ame

why are extreme maga republicans wasting so much time on these efforts to target democratic members of congress, target president biden, target president biden's family members? it's because the extreme maga republicans have nothing to show for their narrow fading and decreasing majority, nothing to show the american people. no progress on any issue of significance. no progress on the economy. no progress on health care. no progress on public safety. no progress on education. no progress on anything designed to improve the health, the safety, or the economic well-being of the american people. instead, extreme maga republicans are actively targeting social security, actively targeting medicare, actively targeting reproductive freedom and a woman's freedom to make her own reproductive health care decisions, actively targeting the affordable care act, and actively targeting our democracy. and they want to hide that extreme right-wing agenda from the american people. that's why we continue to see censure resolution after censure resolution being brought to the floor. and next week we're go

friends, we can't do a bill, where you got 50 democrats and 15 republicanscrats this is doing enough on border that you lose democratic votes. i'll accept that. let's go back to last week and maybe add a couple more things for our republican friends. you know, let's not do so much that we blow the whole deal. my last point -- and thanks for giving me this much time, but last point, some of the people screaming the loudest on the border will never vote for ukraine no matter what happens. >> neil: you think they're using this as an excuse. they say more americans are concerned about what's happening at the border than sadly what's going on in ukraine and israel. i don't know how true that is. many in your party share that view, that this is blowing up in your face. are you afraid of that? >> i would say this, i'm not sure that the leadership of the freedom caucus is who i'm gauging where all-americans are at. if we've got american soldiers in poland, the baltic nations, part of nato, next year in harm's way because russia won in ukraine, i wonder what folks wi

whether they are democrat? republicanmmer now that santos is gone. look, can i speak in defense of doing nothing? [laughter] i think a lot of republicans are relieved to have a do nothing congress. and a lot of americans are relieved to have a do nothing congress. what was the democrat majority congress doing when they were in charge? they were passing trillions and trillions and trillions of dollars of spending that unleashed the worst inflation in 40 years, the first collapse in real wages in four decades. highest gas prices on record. highest food prices since 1979 and massive labor shortage that stymied our economic recovery and we are still digging out of those disasters. so, for a lot of people, doing nothing is better than doing what the congress was doing for the last three years before the republicans took over. >> bret: well, i'm just happy you are not a do-nothing panel. thank you very much. >> i wish you the best. we'll see you. >> merry christmas, bret. ♪ finally tonight a special salute. >> this may be the o

with the security of your own border, but what exactly are the differences between the republicans and the democrats regarding immigration legislation, i suggest you listen right now. republicans have spent years urging the administration to begin meeting minimum obligations. on the security of our southern border and the enforcement of our country's laws, right now, because of the crisis caused by the biden administration, 3,000 illegal immigrants enter the us every month, that's almost like the population of an entire city lexington, kentucky, who arrive every month, because of abuses of asylum laws and temporary residence permits that clearly need fixing, illegal immigrants are entering the country easily. it is short-sighted of republicans to suddenly suspend aid to ukraine, which they say they support, and demand that we address the issue. don that had been a problem for years and solved it in a matter of days. still, we democrats were willing to give it a try. for three weeks, democrats sat down at the negotiating table with our republican colleagues to see if something could be done about the

has been a deal on the table for years, something that lindsey graham and democrats worked out and it was blocked by republicansd actually address this problem. demagoguery is very much a part of politics, whether it's democrat or republican, but i think given where -- what biden's main issue is, i don't know that immigration, you know, is the issue that is going to hurt him that much. >> charlie, i want to give you a chance to weigh in, i think the other question here is, independent of all the indictments, all the charges of possible conviction, is the crisis at the border something that could propel trump to a second term? >> i do think that the border issue is very impactful in this upcoming election. you heard from congressman tony gonzales who represents probably the largest border district in the country in west texas, and he is very responsible and thoughtful on the immigration issue, but i think his point is valid, that there can be no immigration reform in this country, and the system is broken. it cannot be fixed as long as there is chaos and mayhem on the southern border, with 10,000 migrants enteri

i hear it every time i go out on the road and talk to groups, democrats, republicans, and independentsmean, it's not about party, it's about an institution that's been sacred to all of us in this country for 247 years, but now it's under attack. it's under attack by politicians. so, this list goes on and on about the problems in the military. it's an absolute disaster. and then last week, senator schumer stooped to a new low. the house and the senate every year puts a budget independently and then we bring it together and then we vote on the discrepancies, and to build one bill together with the house, voted on by people on each side. i was involved in that. but it was a sham. the congress is supposed to support it out as a single bill after we put it together, but we had no vote. we had no vote. the conference committee was just brought in for pictures, all the confirmations was done by the leadership, senator schumer got the number one vote. the abortion policy was in the house side, it got kicked out. we were supposed to vote on it, i had the votes to get it done. he knew that so no