elise stefanik said he was wrong. >> it is clearly a tryout for vp.e that, other than to show donald trump that if she is chosen, she'll go out there and defend him to the end, like the way mike pence did, frankly, for most of his vice presidency. look, i've known elise stefanik for a long time. we worked together on the paul ryan vp team. she was on the mitt romney team. she's smart and knows what she is doing. we recall her first few years in the house when she was a moderate, middle of the road member, and that's because that's what her district was more like back then. as her district became trumpier, she saw the writing on the wall and she became a different person. so she is very good at playing the political role that she thinks she needs to for that moment, and that's clearly what's going on here. she'll say what she needs to if it means she could potentially be the vice president of the united states. i think it is really dangerous that this is the place we have come, that you have to reject reality as a basic litmus test. but, you're right,

. >> next, the house republican conference chair, elise stefanik speaking at the political action conference. she talks about recent hearings on anti-semitism where soon after the president of harvard resigned. this is 20 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome your chair of the house republican conference, congresswoman elise stefanik. ♪♪ (applause) >> hi, hello cpac. i have two very important questions for you. are you we ready to fire joe biden this november? and are we ready to elect president donald j. trump to save america? [applause] >> yes, we are. it's time to make history. we always say that every election is the most important election in our lifetime, but this election truly is because in just three short years, joe biden and the far left democrats have laid waste to our great nation. for the first time ever, the majority of americans believe the next generation will be worse off than their parents. this is fundamentally not who we are. the american dream is being destroyed by the radical left and we are in a country that's in crisis. from joe biden's catastrophic border

now it's trump and the elise stefanik country. after the first election in 2016 democrats came after me with millions of dollars in attack ads because i was the only elected republican woman in the northeast who stood by president trump. the democrats spent every penny they could muster but i double down, fought back and proudly voted for president donald j. trump. and with all of how this is. trump defied odds, made history and made america great again. but the vicious left is relentless and i was underestimated yet again when during the first shan impeachment in 2019 into this russia hoaxer adam schiff, adam schiff was so bothered by my crystal-clear defense of the constitution, the rule of law and president trump that he broke the congressional rules to try and shut me down. but he failed. and like all of you on january 6 i stood up for the constitution and election integrity. i then went on to defeat and replace pelosi's public liz cheney. and now i'm proud to serve as top leadership of house republican conference chair and i'

elise stefanik is not reasonable. she's not sensible. she's not moderate.tart contextualizing her comments as such. >> okay, what about you, susan, because there's a lot of speculation about who is going to be in the running for trump's vp. aside from stefanik, this rumored list, includes south dakota governor, congresswoman marjorie taylor greene, also senators j.d. vance and tim scott. of that group, who do you think would likely have the best shot at it? >> it's hard to say, maybe tim scott, but the reason i don't think any of those people will be the vice president nominee is because they have too big of a platform. donald trump does not want someone who could go out and speak better than he does, to rally people more so than he does. he doesn't like the attention on someone else. and certainly, you know, if you look at mike pence, he picked someone at the central casting who just obeyed, followed, and kept his head down. i don't think he can trust any of those folks would do it. so i go with tim scott because he seems to be more of an institutionalist

and elise stefanik, at least they served in the u.s.and cast votes over the next election. so what they are saying is true, if the voters decide that joe biden should get reelected, they're making it very clear they're not going to accept that result, they're going to permeate these lives about election security in order to justify throwing out democracy, throwing out the peaceful transition of power. throwing out the very principles are republic was built upon for political gain. when you've a member of the house and the senate who are both jockeying to be part of the would-be donald trump presidency here, that's incredibly dangerous. tucker carlson, he's not in congress. he's not a decision-maker, he is literally no power, no authority over the next election, in any way, shape, or form. senator vance and congresswoman stefanik do. >> david, i want to get your reaction to the sound of hillary clinton, who was talking to alex wagner, just a couple days ago, about tucker's interview with putin. here's what she said. >> he is what's calle

as tough moment to watch elise stefanik do that, but she did it and owns it.s taking control of the party. if you are a never-trumper today in the republican party, why are you staying? who are you fooling? yourself or the american people? because there is not an internal tension any longer between donald trump and republicanism. donald trump is republicanism, republicanism is donald trump. if you are a never-trumper in the republican party, it is time to leave. what are you waiting for? >> there is a detail in your reporting, mckay, that almost to me shows how maybe somehow this could have all been different. we've quoted former trump adviser earlier on the topic of pre-politics. here is come more. i loved this exchange. he pointed to trump's salary negotiations with nbc during his apprentice years. jeff zucker who ran the network at the time said trump once came to him demanding a raise. at the time trump was making $40,000 an episode but wanted to make as much as the entire cast of "friends" combined. zucker countered with $60,000. when trump balked, he sai

elise stefanik, j.d. every word. tell us about how they symbolize the evolution, if you will, of the republican party under donald trump. >> well, they certainly do. as you watch -- as you watch the trajectory of both of them, i mean these are smart individuals, these are well-educated individuals who had no illusions about who donald trump was or who he is now. and they haven't changed their mind because donald trump has grown as a person or has grown in office. they changed their mind because they're following wherever the republican party is going. and they're all obviously deeply ambitious. what you're seeing now is an audition for one man. it is an audition for donald trump's favor and perhaps a spot on the vp ticket. what's really striking about it, though, is not just how radical nar change of views is, it's also just how naked the ambition is. it's their willingness to go on and check every single box, defend every single outrage of the president to mirror his -- his most extreme language. so, yes

elise stefanik, who everyone thinks is an odds-on favorite at 8%. tim scott, wow, 8% after all that. and i think it's important to note that you know, a lot of folks have been talking up the whole kristi noem/trump angle. what's your take here? how do you see these sweepstakes playing out? >> well, you and i both know from our years at cpac that the straw poll isn't exactly the most scientific or reliable poll. i mean, ron paul used to win that thing all the time. so i'm going to dismiss that as anything that's serious, but i can also tell you those who know, kristi noem will never be vice president. she'll never be a pick for trump because of some of her behavior with other people in the trump circle. so that will disqualify her off the top. again, this is one of those celebrity contests where it's like, oh, who was there, who was top of mind? oh, yeah, we like kristi noem. it's not happening with her. now, elise stefanik on the other hand does have a greater chance because she has been an absolute sycophant and she has decided to completely sell h

. >> elise stefanik knows going full election denier will boost her chances of winning the apprentice autocracy season one with the dubious prize of becoming trump's running maim, hang mike pence not withstanding. her absurd comments kept a week of republican embarrassments which included knifing the border bill they demanded and a failed impeachment attempt. also, tonight, president biden calls israel's military response to hamas over the top, as prime minister netanyahu signals a ground invasion of rafah could be imminent. plus, the right wing supreme court has been a big supporter of states' rights in cases involving reproductive rights and control over women's bodies but not so much when it came time to decide whether states can kick a proven insurrectionist with the last name trump off the ballot. but we begin tonight with special counsel robert third's report about president biden's mishandling of classified documents. having had a day to digest the nearly 400-page report, i can comfortably say this is one of the most nonsensical, absurd, and outrageous documents i have seen sin

right after that, donald trump's ally, elise stefanik, went on tv saying she would have helped donald trump overturn the 2020 election. did not mess up a word. which one is dominating the news today? donald trump, who's there ends to be a dictator on day one? donald trump, who called to washington d.c., the nearly 900 criminals convicted for attacking the capitol on january six? donald trump, whose lawyers were in the supreme court yesterday, arguing that he did not do an instruction, but if he did, he could not be cross acute for it because he should be immune from all crimes? >> insurrectionists should not be able to hold federal office. there is a tool to ensure that does not happen. namely, federal prosecution of insurrectionists, and if convicted, congress made clear, you are automatically barred from holding federal office, just typically, or under 23, 83, you agree that someone could be prosecuted for insurrection by federal prosecutors. and if convicted, could be or shall be disqualified then from office. >> yes, but the only caveat that i would add is that our cline argues he

i'm hearing elise stefanik. i'm not sure the other two know any better, but she was a normal politician who decided to sell her soul. >> she was a moderate new york republican at one time. >> they still exist somewhere. >>> coming up, much more on today's momentous ruling deniding trump's claim of absolute immunity. plus, the failed impeachment vote. this is actually something, the failed impeachment vote against secretary mayorkas. when "the reidout" continues after this. you have to know how to count. if you're looking for a medicare supplement insurance plan that's smart now... i'm 65. and really smart later i'm 70-ish. consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan from unitedhealthcare. with this type of plan, you'll know upfront about how much your care costs. which makes planning your financial future easier. so call unitedhealthcare today to learn more about the only plans of their kind with the aarp name. and set yourself and your future self up with an aarp medicare supplement plan from unitedheal

well the only punishment outgunned c4 elise stefanik is if he picks her as his vice presidential choiceunishment system now. inside the gop. they don't take what elise did and hold it against her. what they do is just move on to the next matta player. and so that's part of the shifting reality here, it's yes, this is a big win for democrats. but it is not dispositive of anything except what happened in the third congressional district of new york. you now have to go out and game plan strategically districts around the country where you can pick up those seats and you can make that case. meanwhile, leveling out the conversation to buttress the president of the united states in his successes, that's where he comes in, lands air force one, gets off the plane, do the biden shuffle, and make it work. look, embrace everything about yourself in this administration, because you've got reams of success to talk about. yeah, i may have a tick in my speech or maybe a bit slow in my waddle, but baby, i moving far better than any republican on the planet right now. and donald trump can't touch this.

actually be to his benefit to pick elise stefanik.you're trying to figure out what has happened to her, i'm exhausted by people trying to pretend that republicans have been taken out of something out of the body snatchers. president trump has laid words in the brains of republicans, it's not what's happening. republicans, writ large, are tired of being dismissed, tired of being disrespected, tired of these shifting goalposts where one day democrats are allowed to pretend that ray epstein is a hero, on another day they're going to sit here and pretend that anybody who is even in the presence of january 6th is somehow the same as somebody who quite literally forced their way into the building, broke glass, defecated in the building, all these different things. as we have to be specific because where we are right now, or people in congress are referring to republicans writ large as insurrectionists, i think that is how we got into this place where the division has basically run it over and got us to the rhetoric that has gotten people in

elise stefanik did an outstanding job in that hearing. to be some real investigation, the white house, the house and the senate has to turn republican and be a trump administration in order to get antisemitism off of these ivy league campuses. that's the only way it's going to happen. right now the biden administration will slow walk this, jacqui, i guarantee you. nothing will happen because everything rests on the mechanism of the department of justice. >> jacqui: we will continue to watch it and certainly if anything comes out of this that, you know, is concerning as it has in the past, we have seen social pressure build and have results, time does not wait for that. so, we'll keep monitoring it. leo terrell, thank you so much. appreciate your time. >> thank you, jacqui. thanks for having me. >> john: the former estate of alex murdaugh is sold at auction and the new owner has plans for it. what are they? we'll tell you coming up next. we'll tell you coming up next. clerp cler otezla is the #1 prescribed pill to treat plaque psoriasis. .

kaitlan collins spoke with elise stefanik last night and asked her what she would do if she were in mike pence's shoes on of the day of the insurrection. >> had you be vice president on january 6, 2021 what would you have done. >> i would have stood up for the constitution. >> what would you have done if you were the vice president. >> i would not have done what mike pence did. i specifically stand by what i said on the house floor and i stand by my statement -- >> so you would have rejected the reach. >> there was unconstitutional overreach in states like pennsylvania and i think it's very important that we continue to stand up for the constitution and have legal and secure elections which we did not have in 2020. the tens of millions of americans agree with me. >> back with us to discuss are john avalon, errol louis and lee carter. there's a reasons tens of millions of americans agree with her and i would note that the pence team did a significant amount of legal analysis and research before making the decision of what authority he did or did not have before he acted. john avalon, when

it's now people like the tim scotts of the world, the elise stefaniks.ple who should know better that now it's giving a permission structure to people who thought they were the normies that i guess this is okay. that's what steven's book is about and i'm glad they wrote it. >> it's literally, we showed the thumbs up pictures. they made lil wayne do the picture. they have to do a specific symbol of their adoration for him, the thumbs up has become a thing you must go down there and take a picture with him. it reminds me not just of a cult but also this. i'm old enough to remember the televangelist thing that took off in the '80s. this is 2019, jim baker, who is a sort of version of donald trump for tv. >> this coin is our point of contact. when i asked the lord why the coin, he says because when you take the coin, it's a point of contact. your faith is being released with a million other believers to pray, protection, and peace and wisdom and counsel over the president of the united states and over his family. >> okay, so what's on that coin, tara, is a p

elise stefanik, the third ranking house republican, and j.d.were recently asked if they would have done what then-vice president mike pence did in certifying the 2020 election results. >> i would not have done what mike pence did. >> if i had been vice president, i would have told the state likens of india, georgia and so many others that we need to have multiple slates of electors and i think the u.s. congress should have fought over it from there. laura: senator tim scott of south carolina, and republican who campaigned against donald trump has also refused to answer that question. all three of them, tim scott, j.d. vance, and elise stefanik are potentially on the short list for trump's vice presidential picks. ritalin said election to nihilism has become a litmus test for the modern gop under donald trump. >> they are pushing the same conspiratorial thinking. there's no way the election was stolen. it was proven over and over again. they are allowing the base to drive them where they need to go so they can win reelection or have some kind of

congresswoman elise stefanik for instance once a normie republican and now full fledged maga republican would not even commit to certifying the 2024 election results during an interview with nbc's kristen welker. >> what about 2024? >> we will see. if this is a legal and valid election. >> just to be very clear, i don't hear you committed to certifying the election results. will you only commit if president trump wins? >> it means if they're constitutional. what we saw in 2020 was unconstitutional circumventing of the constitution. >> medish and mcclearly write in their piece that good faith can no longer be assumed. that is certainly the case. before mike johnson became speaker, meaning before anyone knew who he was, the louisiana congressman was a mouthpiece for wild conspiracy theories supporting the big lie. he then voted against certifying biden's victory even after the january 6th attack on the capitol. mike johnson isn't just an election denying republican speaker who could overturn a presidential election as if that wasn't enough, he's a man with a two-seat majority who cannot p

i really appreciate matt gaetz and elise stefanik, getting on the record the people that support donald trump that understand and are willing to declare that there was not an insurrection that took place on january 6th. i was here. many of my colleagues were here. weed to witness and know that it was not an insurrection. donald trump did not engage in an insurrection on january 6th as shown by multiple courts which have dismissed the bogus charges. this is nothing more than election interference. it is on full display and we would appreciate if the media would start coming forward and admitting to that. it should be just as easy for congress to pass this resolution as it is for the court to dismiss those cases or as i like to say if we were trying to pass a resolution to spent another several billion dollars to help, say, ukraine, may be then, we could get everybody in congress lined up to support the resolution because those go through pretty fast. let's get everybody on this now so that we can put out in the public sphere that congress does recognize that there was not an insurrection

but elise stefanik, as we know, she's willing to say and do whatever it will take to maintain power.someone who is completely loyal to him in the republican party is betting on someone like this. someone who will be the right- hand person to donald trump. someone to do his bidding for him. >> court, here's what you said in the guardian about trump's vp process. it is very clear he is holding these open auditions like it's the apprentice. he will flip with everyone. he will make them dance. they were all debase themselves and humiliate themselves and jockey for that spot. stefanik putting herself in the former vice president use on january six, it she auditioning specifically for that role? >> very clearly. it's really interesting when you think about the trajectory. this is someone who, at one point in time, with thought to be more of the establishment centrist rational wing of the republican party. that's how she couched in promoting herself earlier in her career. now she has gone full maga. it is really revealing that a prerequisite to be on donald trump's shortlist, to be one hear

as elise stefanik is in the conversation to be his vice president.a choice, he has. both trump and biden have r downside. what the biden campaign is trying to stress is the downside to a potential trump presidency as you put people in place who may change the fabric of our democracy. again, you might say i want that to happen. you might want to support a trump ticket. if you are concerned about what that could mean the new might not want trump to be an office. quite frankly, that could put at least stefanik in position to make the types of decisions that she is now criticizing former vice president pence for making. it is a true decision. i think sometimes that gets lost in some of the other side conversations. the risk of a trump presidency is that trump and his allies, they've said it over and over again, certain decisions that pence and others were praise for making on january 6th, or the days leading up to january 6th, they would not have made. >> which tells us a you just take what we now know, what trump wants. you transported back to january s

. >> senator jd vance, who you mentioned earlier and congresswoman elise stefanik, who now hold to your former job as a gop conference chair? both of them are now saying that they if they had been vice president in january 6, 2021, they would not have voted to certify the election. they would have not allowed the process to go forward. i'm not even sure what the constitutional agenda there is. there's no role, no basis. yeah. but they say they wouldn't have should republicans be comfortable supporting a ticket with jd vance or at least a phonic on no, of course not. i mean, i think >> that what they're describing is the antithesis of the rule of law. what they're describing is congress that ignores. the rulings of the courts, that ignores the plain language of the constitution. and i think there's something very important going on here. if you look, for example, at, at the navalny assassination and how important it is for the west and for organizations that are committed to freedom and democracy to strengthen themselves and to stand tall i'll now one of the most important of those in th

others, sarah sanders, elise stefanik. tim scott, he mentioned him on our network with maria bartiromo a week ago, i think he's under serious consideration. short list of who could win over independents, he stands out. i will not ask if you will take the vp shot, will you debate kamala harris? yes, i would like to do it in eagle pass, texas and debate the border czar. fantastic pick if he is. >> david: really smart going into south carolina three days away to play to it. trump is playing smart politics and messaging. 60 to 35 or whatever the real number over nikki haley, bring support to the table, you want to crush your opponent. >> emily: that was going to be my question, who is not on the list is nikki haley and many argue her ship has sailed and past point of no return to be considered despite what tim scott said on hannity, she would never be welcomed back. >> harris: i think trump and nikki haley, maybe not the word ship has sailed, she didn't want second seat, we'll see what happens. politics are a blood sport. tim

. >> ainsley: that is what elise stefanik says, too.lames kathy hochul and former governor cuomo. talk about another story affecting small towns. this is colorado, they are banning gas-powered lawn equipment because of pollution, particle pollution. they say 671 thousand tons eshg 85 lent to 7 million cars. this time start with pete. >> pete: i guess the denver bronc bronc and colorado avalanche won't be flying in their jets for hundreds of games, little guy with chain saw and weed whacker. i bought an electric weed whacker and chain saw when i was trimming trees and contractors made fun of me, it only worked for 20 minutes. >> ainsley: will, how about you? >> will: here is what i would say, colorado, you're a beautiful state, you have the rocky mountains, i suggest you do not take a lesson from the state that is your model, california. california instituted another law similar to this, small engines that will implement in 2024. colorado, california has pacific ocean and mountains and they are losing people, you have beautiful mountains

and this just in, elise stefanik filing bar complaint against leticia james for violating rules of professional conduct by conducting bias investigation and a prosecution of donald trump. the investigation of fani willis continues. evident iary hearing over allegations willis engaged in an improper affair with the special prosecutor, nathan wade. what a mess. a "washington post" opinion piece argues it is a bad idea to gift someone roses on valentine's day. the clasic romantic gesture is bad for the environment and 34 billion dollar global industry with a massive carbon footprints, estimated 250 million roses are sold every valentine's day. "washington post" gave the guys an out, just say to your wife, i was afraid of the carbon footprints, i'm saving the world. >> ainsley: stay home and don't do anything. >> life is bad for global warning. >> brian: i'm a terrible orderer, my valentine's gift arrived is the. >> last saturday? >> brian: couple days ago. >> steve: that is ago. >> brian: got to stay fresh. >> ainsley: oh, flowers? put them in the refrigerator. >> brian: not saying they are flower

. >> i have to ask you about something that your conference chair, elise stefanik, told my colleague,aitlan collins last night. she said if she were vice president on january 6th, 2021, she would have rejected electoral votes. listen to exactly what she said in her own words. >> i would not have done what mike pence did. i don't think that was the right approach. i specifically stand by what i said on the house floor, and i stand by my statement, which was -- there was unconstitutional overreach in states like pennsylvania, and i think it's very important that we continue to stand up for the constitution and have legal and secure elections, which we did not have in 2020. and the tens of millions of americans agree with me. >> congressman, you did vote to certify the election. do comments like that from someone who could be donald trump's vice president worry you? >> the only reason i'm not worried is because what she's say is so completely incorrect. the constitution gives you no power, you, being the vice president, gives you no power to decertify the election. it's very clear. i mea

the first up, elise stefanik. on january 6, 2021 what would you have done?would not have done what mike pence did. i don't think that was the right approach. >> it is 2024 and despite payouts and reality she is still in stolen election note. not to be outdone by fellow competitor jd vance who enters the conversation. >> would you have certified the election results had you been vice president? >> if i had been vice president, i would have told the states pennsylvania, georgia, and so many others that we needed multiple slates of electors. i think the congress should have handled it from there. >> senator tim scott is another potential pick. >> you must really hate her. >> i just love you. >> that's why he's a great politician. >> that moment is, well, noteworthy since trump is referring to the person that appointed tim scott to his senate position. >> and it is with great pleasure that i am announcing that i am appointing our next u.s. senator to be congressman tim scott. >> sometimes in the audition process and applicant is asked to elaborate on the candida

obviously, elise stefanik, everyone else is moving on to figuring out who the vp will be. >> political analyst brandan buck, thanks for joining us. thank you for getting up "way too early" this friday morning and all week long. have a good weekend, everybody. enjoy the super bowl. "morning joe" starts right now. >>> a while back, they found classified documents at joe biden's house, and merrick garland appointed a special prosecutor to look into it. well, today we got the results of the investigation in a report. the special counsel will not seek criminal charges against president biden. so if you're in a fantasy league for presidential indictments, it's still, trump, 91. every other president ever, 0. you got that? clean that up. >>> good morning. welcome to "morning joe." it is friday, february 9th. good to have joe, willie and me here together. along with us, the host of "way too early," white house bureau chief at "politico," jonathan lemire. nbc news national affairs analyst john heilemann. former u.s. attorney and msnbc contributor chuck rosenberg. and nbc news justice and intell

elise stefanik, she is a member of your new york delegation. a republican conference chair. you two have tangled a bit, particularly over the issue of january 6th. she had a sit down with kaitlan collins last night, where she's on the short list for vice president. had she been vice president on january 6th, 2021, would she have done what mike pence did? she made clear her answer was no. i'm interested what you think of that. >> i think it is unbelievably revealing and incredibly shameful. she issued a statement on january 6th castigating and chastising those who attacked the capitol, saying they should be prosecuted. she has now erased that statement and is now going back and saying that she would have overturned a lawful election if she were the vice president. so you not only have someone at the top of the ticket who is overtly anti-democratic and wants to be a dictator. but you have someone vying to be his vice president, who knows better, frankly, who is also willing to go along and overturn a lawful election. that should scare the american people. because that is anti-

that's why you see in the house speaker johnson, steve scalise, elise stefanik, all extremely negative on the bill. of course we don't know what the state of the bill is. but the reason really is trump, because he sees this as more of a win for his rival, joe biden, in the general election. >> take that as the political reality, john. what then is going to convince lawmakers, senators is what we're focused on now, what is going to need to happen, or what do you think can happen, if anything, in the next three days for them to agree to move ahead with this procedural vote, this first key test vote that would be coming wednesday? what reward? what would convince them? >> they've done the hard work to come up with a solution. people say washington doesn't get anything done. prove that you can get something done. don't let the extremes and donald trump stop people from having faith that government can work. and take a big step back. >> i'm looking at it now. could they look at it through a different lens, which is avoid the extremes, but when you're all in it together, there's the a lot of

south dakota governor kristi noem and the congresswoman elise stefanik both on stage.oster of speakers includes maga influencers, right—wing conservative media types, and this man — the conservative activist jack posobiec — who spoke at the opening session on wednesday on a panel moderated by former white house adviser, steve bannon. all right, welcome, welcome. ijust wanted to say welcome to the end of democracy. - we are here to overthrow it completely — we didn't getl all the way there on january 6th, | but we will endeavour to get rid | of it and replace it i with this right here. we will replace it. with this right here. amen. that's right, because all glory is not to government, - all glory to god. right, setting that aside for a second, but i'd like to talk about is the numerous attendees who have been on stage this week who say they've been impressed by formerly fox news's tucker carlson, who did that vladimir putin interview — all of them seemingly adopting trump's position on ukraine. 56% of republicans now say the united states is doing too much on ukraine.

h he has indicated he likes theasd idea of a woman, elise stefanik on capitol hill has been doing fund-raisersort of win brownie points as kind on a geo sessions for this role. but so are others? it is making the hill kind of interesting stomping ground for people with the deep states. you have tim scott who donald trump has also spokenpoke highly of. that is someone who would possibly follow a more traditional path and maybe hee. could be tapped there.yo and you have senators like j.d.m vance who seem to bein auditioning. that is probably why you are hearing comments and why they would not have found the same thing as mike pence in terms of certifying the election. so, you are really trying to see people separate themselves orto appealed to trump in terms of loyalty test. >> trey: all right, the republicans lost the specialial election to replaceelec george santos, which makes ah pretty narromaw minority likelie minuscule. it looks like republicans have responded by continuing to throw rocks at one another over who ib to blame. what is the reality? are folks getting along really, really fabul

congresswoman elise stefanik from new york. >> immigration and getting the border under control as wellchange. >> my top concern is the war in europe with russia and ukraine. >> the economy and the job market is my biggest priority but also i just think america's image worldwide. >> state of the economy has to be the top issue understanding where we be when we get to the workforce. >> dana: any surprises there? >> not at all. one thing that is important to note every single chair in our commission center on convention weekend had one of my department deliverables, a mock republican platform. we do that as well. it was a full length 60 page policy document where we think the republican national platform will be after the convention in milwaukee. >> dana: ramsey, you said stefanik is the ticket. do you ever do predictions for the general election match up if it is biden and trump? >> no. that's not traditionally what mock convention does. the most special part about mock convention is really leaning into the out of power party digging into that and giving students the real experience of w

take for example congresswoman elise stefanik and senator j.d. vance, two people our sources say are under consideration to be vp potentially. had you been vice president on january 6, 2021, what would you have done? >> i stood up for the constitution. >> what would you do if you were vice president? >> i would not have done what mike pence did. i do not think that was the right approach. >> i would have told the states like pennsylvania, georgia and so many others we need have multiple slates of electors. that is the legitimate way to deal with an election a lot of folks including me had in 2020. i think that's what we should have done. >> it was a legitimate election. there were no problems. everyone has said that. but underneath those answers, it is a clear political calculation that those two lawmakers are making. i should note the vice president only has a ceremonial role when it comes to counting the electoral votes, something we noted to the congresswoman. come this election when vice president harris is in that position would you pay if s

they could choose to use elise stefanik they could choose to use hezbollah to show their anger. so yes, the white house walks on eggshells. but it comes back to iran and where do they turn up the heat next. >> important to look at the incidents and realize they're not isolated and zoom out to get the fuller picture. this is taking place we've seen thousands gather in tel aviv for protests against the netanyahu government demanding they do more to bring the hostages back home, more than 100 of them. what's the latest on that front? >> i think each weekend we're seeing more and more people, several thousand possibly according to the organizers, maybe as many as 10,000 today coming out on the streets, protesting about the government saying the government is not caring for the interest of israelis, they're not -- they haven't essentially been taking care of the country's interests and that's partly how the war in gaza precipitated. but also saying they want to have elections and saying the elections should be called now and could happen in about three months time. i think this growi

republican conference chair elise stefanik called the deal an absolute nonstarter.peaker mike johnson called the border bill, quote, dead on arrival, after recently bragging about having a direct hotline on mar- a-lago. >> president trump is not wrong. he and i have been talking about this pretty frequently. i talked to him the night before the last about the same subject. >> that was two weeks ago. and what is johnson saying this week, you may want to know? >> is donald trump calling the shots here, mister speaker. >> of course not. he's not calling the shots. i am calling the shots for the house, it's our responsibility. >> it's not donald trump, okay -- i guess it's just that house republicans, and now most senate republicans, we don't want to enact a republican brokered bill that addresses a top republican issue. if it doesn't make sense to, you're not alone. i mean, all that moment was missing was at the two maga favorite psyop, taylor swift. but the week is young. joining me now is congressman colin allred of texas. he's currently running in the democratic pri

new york republican congress woman elise stefanik accusing her state's attorney general of launchinginvestigation of former president trump. filing a complaint now with new york state. she says that letitia james could be disbarred. james accused the former president of overvaluing his properties. he denied it. here's what some of what she's said in the past, letitia james about the former president that has stefanik very concerned about what her motivations were in all of this. watch this. >> no one is above the law including this illegitimate president. so i look forward to going in to the office of attorney general every day suing him, defending your rights and going home. >> i say one name. donald trump. that should motivate you. >> will you sue him for us? >> oh, we're going to sue him. we're going to be a real pain in the [bleep]. he's going to know my name personally. >> president trump cannot avoid justice. since i've been in office these past two years, yes, my office has led or joined 68 lawsuits against this administration. >> we'll see where this goes. if stefanik can get

you've got a lot of elise stefanik that area and staten island and crossover votes we're already seeing showing up in some of the polling could make it really interesting. stuart: outside of new york, it's trump country. new york city is trump country. lauren: trump was complimentary of eric adams last night. did you hear? it's not his fault. he was wooing him to make this. >> that's understandable. eric adams, you might not love everything he says depending on where you stand politically, but he has tried to get albany to move on some of these no bail issues and he did clear out a lot of the tent areas that were popping up around the city. he did, you know, enforce that police officers can pull some off the street if they think they're mentally unstable. there's been a lot of things that have been to his credit. stuart: let me turn the conversation to nikki haley. she told you on your program yesterday that she's going to fight all the way through the primaries. watch this please, roll it. >> my focus right now is running in a republican primary. it always has been. what matters to me

and experienced, accomplished like katie brit, senator from alabama, sarah huckabee sanders, elise stefaniks actively auditioning for the role of v.p., number three, number four in the house and joni ernst or marsha blackburn, governor kristi noem. >> john: he mentioned kristi over the weekend as one of the people that potentially he could pick, saying she's been a terrific ally of his, she acknowledged she could not beat him in an election, although ally would say they never want to run against the person to be president, and i'm hearing mr. trump do as mr. biden did four years earlier and pick a woman as his running mate. mr. biden and country suffer daily the consequences of embracing identity politics. people think woman against woman for vice president would be a great way for the president to offset that potential advantage the democrats have, and set up 2028 naturally if he wins the presidency to have the first woman president and be a republican. >> two things there, john. like i said, all the women i've mentioned in the piece and beyond are very capable would do a better job than b

expect more than performance, i expect some substance and for them to do the right thing and for elise stefanik in that interview the other night, when you continue to ask her and she flat out said she wouldn't have done it, should never be holding office, she shouldn't even be in the congress or now if she actually thinks that is what should have happened on january 6 or that is what she would do if she was vice president, that is extremely troubling and voters should be paying attention to that. >> scott, do you think it is disqualifying? >> it will not be disqualifying to the person who makes the decision and that is donald trump. ultimately, look, as i said, i said many times on and after dinner the sixth, i think what happened that it was shameful, there is no world in which the vice president of the united states should be able to unilaterally change the outcome of an election and i think the reforms that have been put in place have moved -- made that clear going forward. do you think donald trump will pick someone who years on television say i disagree? of course not. so the performative

. >> new york congresswoman elise stefanik and j.d. vance rumored in the v.p. consideration, both scheduled to speak tomorrow. in a conference call this week, desantis told supporters he had no interest in being vice president, did not rule out a 2028 run, and that trump is likely using identity politics to guide his veep decision. and they called desantis a sad little man. desantis is not scheduled to speak here at cpac nor is the former south carolina governor nikki haley who is still very much challenging the former president of the republican nomination. jacqui. >> jacqui: rich edson, thanks, rich. >> john: don't miss a special edition of "america reports" live from south carolina on saturday for the republican primary. we'll be on the air at 1:00 eastern, as nikki haley and former president donald trump fight for every last vote in the winner take all contest in the palmetto state, and i'll be broadcasting for a regular friday show tomorrow. now this. >> i'm putting the victims first and making sure that he stays in custody. i don't want this individual ge

they do it well from graham to scott to mike turner to elise stefanik.re is a unique shamefulness to it. what we can't overlook and this is a little bit of what we see from mike turner there, is the orthodoxy of the republican party has shifted over the decades. i don't believe the republican party today sees russia as an adversary, i don't believe they see vladimir putin as evil. that is a pivot interest gop orthodoxy. i think what is so fascinating about that, as concerning as it is, sure, there are national security interests for the u.s. and the west to no longer see donald trump as an adversary -- or see vladimir putin as an adversary if republicans take control or if donald trump ends up in the white house. flip side of that coin is the embrace of american weakness. if you think about the challenge between the united states and russia and the fall of the soviet union over the decades, it was about the strength of america and the contest of ideas to protect individual liberty, to defend democracy, to protect a republic. we championed that on the wor

representative tulsi gabbard came in second and 9% followed by house republican conference chair elise stefanikcott at 8%, byron donalds kaman was 7%. arizona senator candidate carried like 6% while ben carson, ron desantis and arkansas governor sarah huckabee sanders got each 5%. by the way nikki haley no big surprise got less than 5% but kristi noem and ramaswamy are among the cpac voters. stuart: thank you so much, cases of a nasty stomach bug are on the rise. will ask doctor siegel what to look out for and how best to protect yourself. elon musk accused of not fulfilling his obligation to the u.s. military, lawmakers worry that the tech in case of chinese aggression a full report next. ♪ j.p. morgan wealth management knows it's easy to get lost in investment research. get help with j.p morgan personal advisors. hey, david! ready to get started? work with advisors who create a plan with you, and help you find the right investments. so great getting to know you, let's take a look at your new investment plan. ok, great! this should have you moving in the right direction. thanks jen. get ongoin

elise stefanik wants to get the house on board with the senate bills like the kids online safety act.now the situation that's going on in the house of representatives and getting people to agree on things. we hope like it did in the senate, it brought everyone together. our children are at risk. i think anyone that can't see that is not doing their duty as a representative of our people. >> this is all part of a day of advocacy today hosted by senators blackburn and blumenthal. they co sponsored the kids online safety act. they don't want to lose the momentum of yesterday's hearing. that got so intense, mark zuckerberg was compelled to stand up and apologize to all of those parents that were in the audience. what happens next with senator lindsey graham and senator josh hawley? they said that they will try to force votes on some of these social media bills as well as senator graham telling me that he will caught up speaker mike johnson and suggest to him to hold a similar hearing here in the house. guys? >> aishah hasnie on capitol hill. thank you. we'll be right back. each day is a u

republicans feel good about early voting, too, but last night they rallied for pilip, including elise stefanik. a win by her could underscore the border crisis is a winning issue for republicans in november. she attacked souzzi for voting for biden policies while in congress. >> his time is over. he created this mess, the border crisis. he opened the border and as a result we are facing a border crisis which we have to take care of as soon as possible. >> now, pilip says she would vote to impeach department of homeland security secretary mayorkas, both candidates have dist distanced themselves from trump and biden, pilips refused to say whether or not she voted for trump in 2020, until recently, she said she did. >> sandra: a lot to watch for. thank you. >> john: migrant teen accused of shooting a new york city tourist during a botched shoplifting in times square just made his appearance in manhattan criminal court. the 15-year-old is being charged as an adult. a migrant from venezuela who came to the city less than six months ago and living in a shelter. mike lawler coming up with reaction to

. >> elise stefanik knows going full election denier will boost her chances of winning the apprenticeg trump's running maim, hang mike pence not withstanding. her absurd comments kept a week of republican embarrassments which included knifing the border bill they demanded and