you have razor-thin majority, if someone like elise stefanik goes up to the un, that seat is open.ochul will have 90 days to fill that seat from the day she is confirmed. you will be one seat down. do you remember jeff sessions was taken to ag position, we lost a seat in deep red alabama, you can't take chances. >> lawrence: i will say this, there is a period, holding period as relates to confirmation, before everybody is sworn in, if it comes to point it is too close, he can withdraw the nomination if that comes into play and i would think elise stefanik, she would want that, as well. it puts entire agenda at risk. >> steve: the way, should point out, elise stefanik news comes from "new york post" and way they put the timeline, once she resigns, the governor has to call a special election within 10 days and an election has to be held between 70 and 80 days and that is where rachel came up with the 90 days business. and chosen by chairs rather than primary. there will be a democrat running against her. trump team says that district she represents is ruby red solidly pro-trump, she

maria: i know that elise stefanik wanted the u.n.dor job and she's getting it but what does this mean for your majority in the house? you're going to be losing people because trump's going to be tapping them as, you know, cabinet members. >> yeah, we can't lose too many. and so one is okay. i think our majority is going to be something like 220 to 223. that's not much. we need to keep 2118 218 to hae majority. so i don't think we'll be losing too many members of the house to the trump administration simply because of the numbers. we don't have enough to give him at this point. maria: the house of course, the house china committee is pushing to end china's preferential trade status after republicans won the presidency and flipped the senate. a committee spokesperson said they agreed on a bipartisan basis that now is the time to reset the trade relationship with china so it reflects the threat that we face from the ccp given it is our adversary. china's trade surplus, it's a surplus on track to reach almost a trillion dollars. trump ta

elise stefanik for example very pro-israel and tough on the un and that totally works in mike walter supporting better green beret congressional district that is plus seven that he won by plus 30 liska is extremely popular and again, aligns with trump on his overseas vision i'm happy booth what's been announced so far. i hope it keeps rolling along. maria: stephen miller will be excellent he is a policy. these are smart guys. >> for sure. the democrats keep playing down this enormous when that the republicans have had dnc chaired debby wasserman-schultz claimed it was not a wave election at all for the gop she said this on cnn yesterday, watch this. >> this was not the way the election that the majority of the media is portraying, voters had trump on the ballot the last three elections and we had a very short presidential campaign with our nominee and there were a lot of others as well. maria: excuses keep on coming. they will not focus on the failed policy decisions even though we know that's what voters moved on the selection. >> republicans did better in 48 states than they did in

elise stefanik is set to be nominated as the u.s.dor to the u.n., a role crucial to global cooperation and security. she initially positioned herself as a moderate and criticized mr. trump of than later probably defended him. the president elect plans to elect tom holman as the border czar. he says he hopes to deliver a mr. trump promise to enact the largest deportation operation in history. he served in trump's previous of ministry should, as did stephen miller, who cbs news is serving as the deputchief of staff or policy. let's go to our correspondent jessica parker in west palm beach near the amir locke estate. it is good to see you. let's start with the nominations. elise stefanik for the ambassador to the united nations. what do you think that will mean? jessica: yeah, good evening to you from west palm beach, where it is the hub of the trump transition team at his mar-a-lago home. in terms of elise stefanik, she's in new york congresswoman. once upon a time, a trump skeptic but has become a staunch backer of the president-elect

i want to say elise stefanik, a friend and colleague. exceptional in the role, credible competent in any number of positions of the administration but particularly well suited for u.n. ambassador. recall her fight against anti- semitism on college campuses nap went viral. i think she is going to be a forceful voice for america's interests there in new york with both allies and's adversaries. >> on the recess appointment issue, a way for donald trump, saw this in the first trump administration, sort of skirting senator confirmation, to get the kind of people he wants in the administration to be in those very important positions. >> yeah. you know, because i was a republican for most of my career, i remember when donald trump got cted in 2016. only so much damage he can do. republicans are responsible people. there are three coequal branches of government he can be reined in. that's not true anymore. this idea whether or not senators take their role of advise and consent seriously, we're seeing them roll over, i think, immediately, and abd

ambassador to be, elise stefanik.o has been a staunch ally of donald trump, particularly over the last five years. she was one of his top impeachment defenders back in 2019 up on capitol hill. she replaced liz cheney as the house gop conference chair, and she is somebody who has been very front and center, especially on the tv air waves in support of donald trump, even at some of his most difficult political times here, and now at one point, she was in contention to be potentially his vice presidential running mate, but fell off of that short list over the summer, and now out of the gate, the first one who donald trump is saying he'll tap as u.n. ambassador come 2025. >> vaughn, if she does accept this, and does get it, then that would leave that congressional seat open, right? >> reporter: exactly, and this is where we're getting down to depending on how some of these house races swing, a very narrow likely majority for the republicans in the u.s. house, and that majority is going to be crucial for them in order to e

because you went to high school withes elise stefanik, interesting, fun fact. priorities if elected to congress? >> simple, i like fixing big problems. biggest problem is anti-trump hate. biggest problem new york has is people are leaving, we have to get republicans to take control back. it is not good that new york is becoming uni-party state, we need to encourage people to come back. i don't think anyone has identified the problem. i did an interview yesterday an to work on the issue. biggest problem new york has is we are lacking people, nobody will be better than me bringing people back. >> todd: change gears, mike tyson set to fight jake paul. you are a professional boxer and business partner with the tyson team. how is this fight going to go down? >> i think we'll see a big win from mike. i got this right. few people i admire in the world, one is trump and another is mike tyson. i saw trump last night and he waved. i was at dinner at mar-a-lago with mike and meatloaf was great. >> todd: mike tyson is way older than me, you worry about stamina. mike tyson

not elise stefanik. top me, ultimate example of the shift in the gop.ked for the bush white house. she worked for mitt romney in 2012. elected in 2014 as a moderate. didn't even vote for the trump tax cuts and became a trump defender after the first impeachment. started raising all of that money. saw kind of what it did and what it meant for her profile in the, of course, trump republican party and never looked back. >> so many republicans who have gone through this political evolution during the trump years. going from a trump critic to a trump supporter. i think you're totally right that when you talk to folks in washington, republicans, democrats, friends who have known her for many years. she actually tends to fall in this unique category. people are stunned when they think about her sort of arc of evolution politically. not just going from a staunch critic but one of the most staunchest supporters of donald trump on all of the issues. i think think appointment and this choice probably goes to show you. i mean, this is exactly what she had in mind.

republican area. >> steve: elise stefanik won 63% of the vote last week. >> ainsley: that, works out.n: hope carley shimkus always stays safe. >> carley: turnpike over to the news. more news, fox news alert. five people arrested on assault charges for alleged role in attack against israeli soccer fans in amsterdam last week, adding to dozens of arrests that have come as result of this anti-israel demonstration there. israel has issued a warning following that attack. illegal migrant charged with murdering laken riley is due in court today as jury selection is set to start tomorrow in the murder trial. jose ibarra, is due in court at 10 a.m., facing malice murder charge and three counts of felony murder among others. police say he attacked and killed riley in february while she was going for a morning jog on the university of georgia campus. a barber being hailed a hero. two suspects walked into the shop, the barber subdued one of them, the other grabbed a gun and fired at an unknown victim. no one was hurt. the shooting is thought to be gang related, but no arrests have been made and

trump selecting new york congresswoman elise stefanik to serve as u.s.e witkoff showsen as special envoy to the middle east. joining us now executive director hilal. give us your reaction to the appointments, how will it impact the yod nations and specifically israel. >> they send a clear message. we've seen a series of appointments in the past 24 had hours, clearly these envoys understand that israel is a democracy, it's sitting in its ancient homeland. it has rights to defend itself. they are confronting brutal terrorists, funded and armed by the islamic regime of iran which is fighting a seven front war against israel. clearly new ambassador, she'll be confirmed soon, elise stefanik knows that. new ambassador huckabee knows that so a clear message is sent to the world, the united states stands by its allies, stands by israel. maria: this is very powerful, fact he's putting these individuals in these roles. it's clear they will have an impact. elise stefanik, tell me about her. >> everyone was amazed how she grilled the presidents of harvard, penn and

now that elise stefanik is becoming ambassador to the u.n.a mcclain, kat cammack, throwing their hats in the ring. the house majority could become slimmer as walz and stefanik vacate their seats. are you worried about this? both seats are expected to remain republican. it could impact the gop's ability to pass government funding bills. how do you see this, the fact that you lose these two in the house when you're trying to clinch the majority here? >> well, look, i think we'll end up with a majority of four. so if there's more appointments in the house i guess whi i woule a little worried. we're as close as we can be right now in terms of being united and i think this election has really brought republicans together. we are excited. we are energized. we are ready to make this country affordable again and prosperous. we are ready to expand and extend a lot of the tax cut provisions that benefited the working class, the middle class. it was across the board cut as you know under president trump with the tax cut and jobs act, doubled the family

elise stefanik and mr. the two, out of nowhere, they take another one, that is endangering tiny sliver of majority. >> lawrence: if plan works out way ron desantis hope it to be, january 3 will happen, when all members will get sworn in. if election is that day, he can be technically whoever he or she wins that seat can be sworn in next day. talking about a day margin right there. one thing i will say about the talk about attorney general, all of the people they were putting forth wasn't hard enough for the former president, only one name on the list was john ratcliffe and he did not want the job, he wanted to be cia director and donal donald trumps granted that wish. >> brian: well, we'll see, one person that is going to get unanimous is senator marco rubio, so glad he picked him. he lives and breathes foreign policy and i don't think he loves being a senator, i think he loves this. this opportunity came his way. finalist to be vp, parents from cuba, on intelligence, foreign relations committee, known as a

elise stefanik it's a busy job. have to travel all around the world and not that you can't as a woman. i'm proud of her. that would be wonderful. but she is a mom. and razor thin margin in the house. so that might be something to consider. just publications saying it has been confirmed, guys. >> brian: that's really important. i'm not sure if she is going to have the cabinet position. remember, nikki haley had it. her replacement didn't. so she said -- nikki haley said i will take this report directly to you. that's why she had so much teeth in her policies. hopefully elise asks for the same thing. homan reports directly to the president. no one gets ahead of him. home hand security can't say you have no budget. people know that relationship. >> steve: bookers the best in the business. tom homan will be with us one hour from right now. meanwhile overnight donald trump put out something on truth social. he was thanking the people of america for voting for him because he wound up with the biggest popular vote by a rep

the famous elise stefanik. thank you for coming on. you know, i'm just talking about this , the pollsters didn't see it. this is the working folks, middle class new coalition, and what mr. trump did to win, he wasn't just talking to the base. this is my interpretation. i want to hear you out on this. he wasn't just talking to the base. he was expanding the base. all along. the pollsters didn't understand it. the media didn't understand it. and look at the results. i mean, he just smashed the soc so called blue wall but this coalition is growing by leaps and bounds and i want to get your take on that. >> well you're exactly right, larry. this is a historic resounding victory and it's really a political realignment. president trump has grown the republican party into a big tent party. look at the historic support among latino voters, african americans voters, jewish voters, suburban women voters turned out, young voters because his america-first vision of putting american families, hard working families and workers first, when it comes t

and congresswoman elise stefanik, a staunch trump ally, will serve as u.s. ambassador to the u.n.have reports tonight from mar-a-lago and here in washington, beginning here with cbs's ed o'keefe. good evening, ed. >> reporter: good evening, norah. no other issue dominated donald trump's campaign to win back the white house quite like immigration and now his pick to oversee potentially millions the mass deportation of eventually millions of people in this country is starting to play out. >> public safety threats to national security threats will be the priority. they pose the most danger to this country. >> reporter: tom homan is the former acting director of immigration and custom enforcement. set to serve as donald trump so-called border czar. the removal of potentially millions of undocumented immigrants. >> every morning i'm pissed off about what the administration did to the border. >> reporter: homan laid out part of his plan with cecilia vega in late october. >> let me tell you what's not going to be first. it's not going to be a massive sweep of neighborhoods. it's not goin

elise stefanik and waltz, of course, are from florida for national security advisor and u.n.mbassador. it could end up with a majority at 220, maybe 219 seats. my goodness gracious, what a small margin for error, kaitlan. >> yeah. a small margin for error obviously, means basically none. harry enten, thank you as always for breaking the math down for us. >> thank you. enjoy the weather. >>> my capitol hill source tonight is a new york republican who just won reelection in a competitive district. congressman mike waller joins us now. it is great to have you here, congressman. given what you just heard from harry, republicans are poised it looks like to have a trifecta of control in washington, but are you worried about the margins in the house given that two republican colleagues have been picked to serve in trump's administration? >> first, kaitlan, let me say president trump made a great selection in elise stefanik for u.n. ambassador and mike waltz. they will do a tremendous job in the administration. obviously any time you lose members throughout the course of a congress,

so now putting elise stefanik in place to spearhead his efforts to reintroduce his administration on the world stage, she will have a very important role there. >> certainly. thanks so much. >>> moments from now, president biden will lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier at arlington national cemetery to commemorate this veterans day. vice president harris is there with him. and it's her first official appearance since her election concession speech. this is a very solemn ceremony for the president and his final. >> it is, and present biden should be walking up to the tomb of the unknown soldier with vice president harris where the two are expected to participate in this wreathlaying ceremony. they hosted a breakfast at the white house earlier this morning where they welcomed military veterans, their families, and survivors as well to mark this sorrow sought -- solemn day, now after the slaying of the reef, president biden is expected to deliver remarks, vice president harris is not delivering remarks today but this is the first time that we are seeing her and an official w

elise stefanik, what do we know about her?reporter: elise stefanik, she was not only an impeachment defender of his in 2019 on capitol hill, but ever since over the last fiver years, she has remained a staunch ally and defender of donald trump appearing on the campaign trail with him. she in 2020, won, objected on january 6th to the election results in the u.s. house. she is somebody, though, who became a close ally of his when she took over for liz cheney as the house gop conference chair. she elevated her voice within the republican caucus, and at this moment, there were conversations even initially about whether she would potentially play the role of his vice presidential pick. her name dropped off the short list over the summer, but clearly as the first selection of his out of the gate to join his cabinet and administration, this is a clear head nod to elise stefanik in the role she would play in this administration. of course you'll recall eight years ago, the selection of the u.n. ambassador was nikki haley. clearly some

you have elise stefanik.republican in there and open it up to a race, what happens then? >> remember scott brown when ted kennedy died? open race in massachusetts. scott brown won deep blue massachusetts when democrats controlled all levers of government. then you had jeff sessions seat in ruby red alabama. democrats won that seat. when you have all levers of power in a special election usually the party out of power wins those seats. again you pull a house member with a thin majority, they went very red in this election but that doesn't mean they will go read in a special election. again, this is about the america first agenda. you could actually endanger the agenda because you don't have a house that can pass the agenda. a lot of these numbers and seats not called, these are close races and so when members win by the skin of their teeth, they are afraid of their shadows. donald trump wants a house to be bold and you might have members that don't want to be that bold because they think about the next electio

and then elise stefanik but first we have team coverage on this last weekend before election day withing the trump fence campaign in north carolina. and with with the harris wealth campaign in michigan jackie would begin with you in detroit. >> shannon good morning paire vice president harris is trying to get creative in the final moments of the campaign diverging era forests two overnight for a surprise appearance on "snl". >> the american people want to stop the chaos and and he dramala. >> the fcc commissioner said it's a clear and blatant effort to evade the fcc equal time rule. the rule is to avoid this type of conduct. a licensed broadcaster using the public airwaves to exert influence of one candidate on the eve of an election unless the broadcaster offered equal time to other qualifying campaigns. president trump did not receive an invite according to his campaign and it's unclear why the show's executive producer changed plans to bring neither camp does candidate on citing the vary law because "you can't have the main candidates without having all the candidates". there are l

trump shared this news with "new york post," trump told post i am honored to elect elise stefanik to serve as u.s. ambassador to united nations. the house republican conference chair, elise stefanik said she accepts nomination and look forward to earning support in the senate. >> carley: there is a senate leadership race happening and donald trump is weigh nothing on part of it. what is going on there? >> madeleine: that race is heating up, trump is calling on those vies to support senate tool that allows him to bypass congress to quickly get his preferred administration officials in place. in this post on x trump calls for recess appointment, fill federal vacancies while senate is in recess. john thune says we the must act quickly to get the president's cabinet and other nominees in place as soon as possible to execute and all options are on the table including appointments. senator cornyn says this confers power on president to make appointments. here is florida senator rick scott. how do we get trump's agenda done and his nominees done? how do we codify executive order? that is up

i'm so happy he has appointed elise stefanik for the united nations.he will do an outstanding job. we came in to congress together. i have an over some out of respect for her and her abilities. i'm looking forward for her representing us at united nations. we are not respected on the world stage. i look forward to donald trump being president again so he will get the attention of ukraine, the attention of russia, the attention of iran. he will not send billions of dollars to iran so they can fund terrorist like the biden-harris administration did. host: the washington post features the incoming president's cabinet picks so far. you mentioned elise stefanik. matt gaetz. marco rubio as secretary of state. john reckless to go back to the central intelligence agency. tulsi gabbard, director of national intelligence. lee selden heading of the archewell -- and varmints protection agency -- environmental protection agency. should republicans use recessive equipment or should they follow precedent and have hearings and senators vote on who will serve in the pr

for ambassador to the united nations, trump announced elise stefanik. she's a member of the house security committee, stefanik does not have a well of foreign policy or diplomacy experience. for border czar, tom homan, the former acting director of i.c.e., an early supporter of zero tolerance, the policy that resulted in separating children from their parents, a policy, by the way, he has said he would enforce again. >> i'm tired of hearing about the family separation. i'm still being sued over that. i don't give a [ bleep ] bottom line is we enforce the law. i was a cop in new york and arrest a father for domestic violence or dui, i separate that family. when you violate the law with a child, you're going to be separated, but you're right, 250 children have crossed this border since joe biden has been president. they chose to separate themselves. >> they're separating themselves. for deputy chief of staff, under susie wiles, stephen miller will be back. miller, who was the architect of donald trump's most hard line and conservative policies, including

with republican congresswoman elise stefanik being named trump's un ambassador.e colleagues are jumping in the race to succeed her as gop conference chair which is the number four leadership post. members have until noon today to decide whether or not they want to run. republicans will hold their elections tomorrow. speaker mike johnson, majority leader steve scalise and majority whip tom emmer are running unopposed to keep their leadership posts. house democrats will hold their elections next week. tomorrow the senate will vote for a new majority leader in a blind election. a lot of attention on this. three republicans are vying for the position. senator john thune. senator jon cornyn. president trump demand the the leader allow for recess appointments for cabinet members. all three candidates have agreed to do that. as of now senator scott appears to have the backing of many big name maga supporters including elon musk. senator thune who is the minority whip wrote an op-ed pitching himself as someone willing to work with others to deliver trump's agenda. thune

i think that elise stefanik is great, she is fre great, i only met her on the radio.retary, one of most eloquent and informed and persuasive people out there, a look at susie wiles, i point out to people, donald trump, jeb bush. rick scott, and marco rubio like susie wiles, she must be special. lee zeldin, great d domestic affairs, i am impressed. i really like the national security people, i have my eye on justice and defense and treasury cia and dni they are our national security things, you know more about the economy. i am very confident he will continue to bat a thousand. larry: i forget, my memory short. some billionaire about a week ago said that donald trump does not like to surround himself with smart, strong intelligent women, i am looking town the list, susie wiles, elise stefanik, kristi noem. the list send less, there may be -- list is endless there may be more, what happened to, that i have not heard him or democrats apologizing for saying that stupid thing, trump is out the of gate. susie wiles, elise stefanik, kristi noem. and et cetera. that is a pret

elise stefanik deserves it. these folks will take care of the american people. >> okay. >> i don't know what we're up to now. 79 million votes maybe? the american people clearly sent a signal to washington that right track, wrong track, 75% of american people think the country is going to the wrong track. these people will put it back on the right track. >> when david talks about moving smoothly. who knows? you got resumes, you've got experience. yes, all of that. it is chaos and back- biting and leaking that defined the last administration. so for this to be different, that would be different. you do have someone like elon musk playing a role in here, too. having conversations with all these people. is that a positive thing over time? >> listen, i am hesitant to make predictions. something i was struck by in the west wing was how much infighting and personal vendettas ended up ing some of the work. i don't know susie wiles but hopefully she will get work done. there was also infighting. and then you introduce t

new york republican elise stefanik, who trump has named to be the us ambassador to the united nationsfamily home was targeted by a bomb threat. police are investigating the incidents, which happened on tuesday night and wednesday morning. let's speak to our correspondent in washingtonjessica parker. what more can you tell us? we not this what more can you tell us? - got this statement from donald trump, a strike in one, in the last few hours. they are saying, as you just mentioned, that last night and this morning, several, they say, of donald trump cabinet nominees and other administration nominees had been targeted, either by bomb threats, or as you explained, these swatting incidents as well, so violent threats, donald trump's team and said, then we headed statement from the fbi, us law enforcement agency, confirming they were looking at numerous incidents, and they say working with law enforcement partners on this. some names are no emerging as people targeted in these incidents. as you mentioned, elise stefanik has come out on x, formerly twitter, saying herfamily twitter, saying

musk wrote on x about elise stefanik getting the nod for u.n. ambassador.ote, "elise is awesome, but it might be too dicey to lose her from the house, at least for now." it's fascinating to me he is weighing in on kind of a granular level publicly about this, about rick scott in florida. >> we said this the other night. i think he'll be the most influential adviser to donald trump. it depends how long they last because they both have huge egos. she was not a pro republican and became hard maga in the last four years, been one of his biggest vocal defenders. i think she really made her mark for the ambassador job at the u.n. when she was so incredibly forceful with those college presidents who testified before the house committee about the campus protests, the israeli-gaza war and two of those presidents resigned after they were questioned in part by elise stefanik. she's been also a very staunch critic of the u.n. it will be very interesting to see her i think in that role. >> it's interesting to think kamala harris was promising a republican in the cabinet

and elise stefanik, selected as ambassador to the united nations, praised the response to her upstate new york home after a threat this morning, thinking the "extraordinary dedication of law enforcement." this wave of new threats, a disturbing reminder of attempts on mr. trump's life this summer. today, a transition spokeswoman declared, "dangerous acts of intimidation and violence will not deteter us." >> kelly, in the meantime, president-elect trump also making more key appointments today. >> reporter: that is right, mr. trump has put forward retired general keith kellogg, who served in the first administration as part of the national security team for a new role as special envoy to ukraine and russia. mr. trump has said he would like that war over quickly, even claiming he could end it within 24 hours. lester? >> kelly o'donnell, thanks the war over quickly even claiming, he could end it within. 24 hours. >>> three americans the americans held for years in chinese prisons have been released as part of an unusual prisoner exchange.e. nis mackey frayer is the latest for us from beiji

the president elect tapping republican congresswoman elise stefanik for u.s. ambassador to the united nations, the staunch defender of israel who's been outspoken about anti-semitism on college campuses, will fill a key role at a pivotal time for the war in gaza. critics concerned that israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu's close relationship with president elect trump could embolden him into further escalation. president elect trump will meet with president biden at the white house on wednesday, with two months to go until he takes office. with the senate now in republican control, the three potential candidates for the leadership role are backing president elect trump's call for the senate to allow recess appointments, meaning he could put cabinet officials in place without a confirmation process or a vote. in washington, alice barr, nbc news. coming up at 530, our political analyst larry gerston joins us. he's going to discuss governor newsom's latest plan to prepare california for donald trump's next term with the governor's trying to do before mr. tr

ambassador elise stefanik and epa administrator lee zeldin. zeldin said a pipe bomb along with a pro-palestinian message were sent to his home. stefanik's office says the congresswoman was travel traveling for thanksgiving when a bomb threat come in. the new york state police said they did not locate any explosive devices. tom homan says threats against him and his family have not stopped since he was named trump's border czar. >> i will be honest with you i have not taken it serious up to this point. now i know what has happened in the last 24 hours, i'm not going to be intimidated by these people. trump transition team as president trump with our example violence will not deter us. tonight the white house reiterated president biden unequivocally condemns threats of political violence. he has been briefed and in touch with law enforcement and the president-elect's team. meantime, the president-elect announced today former fox news contributor retired general keith kellogg will serve as assistant to the president and special envoy for ukraine a

i think elise stefanik is great. on the radio only and she's great and talent level being able to speak for them on behalf of the united states. marco rubio is absolutely, if in fact secretary rubio, one of the most eloquent and informed and persuasive people out there. when i look at susie wiles, i point out to people, donald trump, jeb bush, rick scott, and marco rubio all like seussy wiles and she must be -- susie wiles and she must be something special. i've only talked to her once. lee zeldin is great domestic affairs and i'm impressed with everything rolling out of the conveyer belt and orderly speed in which it's advancing and i like the national security people and going for them and going for the treasury and cia and dni because those are a national security going about the economy and i'm very confident he'll continue to bat a thousand. larry: you know, i forget. my memory is short, but some billionaire about a week or two ago said that donald trump does not like to surround himself reqwith smart, strong an

ambassador elise stefanik as well. he is about to give a speech. let's listen in for a moment. ♪ ♪ god bless the usa ♪ ♪ from the lakes of minnesota to the hills of tennessee ♪ >> thank you very much. this is a very nice gathering, isn't it nice? nice to win. always nice to win. a lot of good friends in this room. so you know we had like historic kind of numbers, especially for the president but we won't get into that. [laughter] but the house did very well and i think we're responsible for 31, helping you with 31 meaning we could have lost by quite a bit and we ended up. i guess you will be five up? are you looking at five or four, right? doesn't matter, we get used to one for a little while. when you get used to one you can get used to anything. i just want to thank everybody. you have been incredible. we worked with a lot of you to get you in and you helped me, too. and my numbers were so they say the 129 years the most important election in 129 years. that's pretty good. i said who is the 129 years, what was that? who is 129 years ago? i never

interestingly, elise stefanik's position is of confidence secretary.he number four position when they're in the majority. and the position largely has a history of elevating a republican woman. and so you're seeing republican women kind of begin to look at that seat. the intriguing thing about this is elise stefanik, once she is confirmed to be u.s. ambassador will vacate a seat that likely stays republican. she won handily this time. if republicans are wrestling with a two-seat majority, all of a sudden that gets smaller, and then the total wild card here is mike johnson, who barely got the speakership, and barely held on to it, and so many protests to the speakership early on. he has to go through the machine again. the presumption is he will succeed, but watch out, all bets are off when republicans are behind closed doors. >> the president has decided to appoint someone, congresswoman, to the u.n., who has never been a huge fan of the u.n. that aside, what are you going to be watching as these final races unfold? >> i'm really looking what everyone'

but t the departured of elise stefanik and mike walz trim the g.o.p. ranks. >> if someone gets ill or has a car accident or a late flight on their plane. i don't expect we will have more members leaving. >> chad: but a narrow majority could mean the same old headaches. hard line conservatives could challenge the speaker for the gavel during internal g.o.p. leadership elections. >> any reason to think motions to vacate and all that, that has been put to rest because you have run a majority? >> i don't expect any drama. i think we will have everybody working together and excited about the agenda. >> 16 races remain uncalled. half lean toward the g.o.p. democrats are seemingly resigned to their fate. >> still kind of hope that we could take back the majority, but i'm not going to hold my breath on that one. >> president-elect trump meets with house republicans on capitol hill tomorrow. trace? >> trace: and, chad, on the senate side, republicans pick a new majority leader tomorrow. >> that's right. the g.o.p. chooses between john cornyn, john thune, and ri

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. >> dana: you will try to replace elise stefanik. she is being tapped to be u.n. ambassador.n fact, moskowitz, democrat from florida said she will do a good job in that position. i want to show everybody on the board here you will be running against a couple of other folks that have thrown their hat in the ring already. kat cammack of florida and blake moore of utah. what would you do different to what elise stefanik has been doing over the last couple of years? >> first i think elise has done a remarkable job. i would follow a lot of her lead. i have been with president trump since day one. even when it wasn't popular, much like elise has been. and the issue is we have to bring the coalition of very unique voters together. we have a very big di verse caucus. we have a big and diverse america. what i think we have a commander-in-chief in president trump to set the agenda and tone and it will be my job as conference chair to get the conference together, make sure that we are singing from the same hymnal to move his agenda forward and be able to articulate in a very simple mann

trump saying quote, i am honored to nominate congresswoman elise stefanik to serve as u.s. the united nations. she is a strong, tough and strong america first fighter. two people not joining the next administration nikki haley and mike pompeo. he won't be inviting them to join his administration. he wants to do it quickly posting any republican senator seeking the coveted leadership position in the united states senate must agree to recess appointments in the senate without which we'll not be able to get people confirmed in a timely manner. sometimes the votes can take two years or more. this is what they did four years ago and we cannot let it happen again. we need positions filled immediately. the vetting of cabinet picks will continue this week in palm beach. there are already candidates getting on planes from washington to fly here today. >> dana: exciting time indeed. >> bill: over the weekend on saturday. it was a hot day for the american southwest. arizona and nevada ended up at 312 electoral votes for donald trump. what happened in nevada and arizona? similar story

with elise stefanik leaving congress after she is confirmed, that could be difficult for republicans with the margins in the house. in new york, the special elections around 2.5 months is when the special election would be. host: stephen neukam, there are questions about whether the senator elect from pennsylvania should participate in events on capitol hill. can you tell our viewers about that? guest: there was a question over the weekend about whether dave mccormick who is the senator elect from pennsylvania who defeated the incumbent bob casey . ap has called the raise in other news organizations haven't. there is a lot of outstanding vote, over 100,000. the race is sort of within .5% which is an automatic recount. in pennsylvania, still a close race but ap has called the race for dave mccormick. chuck schumer, the senate majority leader, was not allowing others, lives over the weekend, not invited them to new member orientation happening today in washington. he has changed his mind and they have invited both to the orientation today. host: stephen neukam of axios joining this as

trump saying i am moderate to nominate chairwoman elise stefanik to serve in the cabin as u.s.sador to the united nations. she's a strong tough and smart america first fighter. two people who will not be joining the new administration, nikki haley and mike pompeo trump saying over the week and he will not be inviting them to join his administration in the service cabinet he wants those posted quickly and immediately and calling of the u.s. senate and the new leadership to appoint these cabinet pics during recess time. recess appointments, the vetting will continue here in palm beach, candidates are already on the plane flying down to mar-a-lago to meet with the president-elect. >> thank you very much, tom homan will be on this program at 11:00 o'clock or in the 11:00 o'clock hour. now this the new york times reports that trump plans to withdraw from the 2015 paris climate accords, pete hegseth joins me now. i get the impression that these climate guys are in retreat and they see your smiling nothing. good think of the exact opposite of what the woke left has been advancing and

he's going to do an extraordinary job in his position as is elise stefanik and i'm sure matt gaetz. there are other here who president trump has interest in serving noar positions, and i said, please, sir, no we have great talent here. excited for that. excited to work with this team. they're a great group of people, excited to serve the country, they're going to work for their constituents and for america. thank you so much for being here today. bless you. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2024] >> republican senator john thune spoke with reporters after winning the election. he and other lawmakers discussed the priorities of the republican party and addressing the biggest issues for american in the 2024 election. at the start of congress he will replace mitch mcconnell, who was leader of the gop for 18 years, the longest in history. [applause] >> i have the team assembled. good afternoon, and thank you all for being here. it is a new day in the united states senate and in america. the american people have loudly rejected the failed policies of the biden-harris-sch

. >> another big decision, republican house member elise stefanik, trump's pick to be the next u.s. ambassador to the united nations. all of it part of a massive transition operation that will ultimately have to settle on some 4,000 political appointees over the next ten weeks. but trump has not yet submitted a legally-required ethics pledge, promising to avoid conflicts of interest and without that the law says no security clearances, no intelligence sharing, no defense briefings. i want to bring in nbc's vaughn hillyard in west palm beach, juanita tolliver is an msnbc political analyst, matt gorman, helped lead tim scott's presidential campaign. vaughan, give us the big picture here. it's a big job. who has trump's ear and who is helping him make key staff decisions? >> reporter: elon musk is somebody who we are told by multiple sources has been a frequent presence, a constant presence over the course of the last week at mar-a-lago. a source telling me that on saturday night that donald trump and elon musk were dining together. this for donald trump, though, i think that this is k

elise stefanik 40 years old. j.d. vance 40.ber when donald trump took office in 2016, '17, everyone was older. everyone was much older. so, this is interesting. >> steve: a new generation. >> lawrence: i will say we have to appreciate the balance of the administration right now. you got fire brands and you have more traditional republicans that are still america first, so, for example, you got michael waltz who is going to be national security adviser. you got marco rubio who is the secretary of state. and then you have pete hegseth as the defense. one is going to be a fire brand that is going to interrupt the military in a way that some people are not prepared for yet. but, again, this is something that the former president campaigned on. is he going to get rid of the wokeness there. and so there is a balance approach. >> ainsley: do you think he learned his lesson from the first administration like i need people that i know are staunch conservatives? >> lawrence: there is a time for a compromise and then there is. >> ainsley:

sources telling those targeted are pete hegseth, elise stefanik, and lee zeldin saying a pipe bomb threat targeting me and my family at my home was sent in with a pro palestinian theme message and tom homan, says he and his family have also suffered death threats. >> i'm not going to be intimidated by these people. they aren't going to silence me. i'm going to do this job. i'm going to do this job because it's your national security, so you're not going to shut me up. i'm not going away. reporter: the fbi says they are aware of these bomb threats and swatting incidents and are working to get to the bet om of it. the biden white house also says prpresident biden has been bried on "the situation" and they are monitoring the situation closely from nantucket. david: hillary vaughn from d.c., thank you very much. for the very latest on these threats, to president-elect trump's cabinet picks we turn to florida congressman byron donalds and new york congresswoman claudia tenney. byron, we just heard tom homan is a tough cookie, we all know that. you can't intimidate him any way, anyhow, but you

pr president-elect tapped waltz and elise stefanik. that puts house republicans in precarious position, they can afford to lose no more than two and special election must be conducted for outgoing members. >> todd: special election means campaign season continues. fox news alert, millions across east coast waking up without internet. verizon reporting significant disruption. outage spiked between midnight and 2 a.m. according to down detector. no word on cause of the outage. >> carley: and today judge judge merchan will decide if to up hold the new yorkerce haveus trump case. presidents have broad immunity from criminal prosecution. on nov a jury convicted president-elect in may on falsifying business records. amazing scene on columbia university campus. group of american-flag waving veterans showed up to counter an anti-israel protest. it started with a group gathering in front of the school's library to reframe the day martyr's day. yesterday's proest it was far cry from thes tent encamment we saw last spring and drowned out by the p

i think, you know, one of the more interesting picks will be elise stefanik. and i've never been a globalist. i find the u.n. to be historically, virulently anti-semitic and anti-american. i don't trust the w.h.o. we know they covered for china during covid. i don't like the wef. i never liked the paris accords. the iranian deal is asinine. the worst deal ever made. so i would imagine if the elise stefanik that lectured the pro-hamas professors before congress, if that elise stefanik shows up at the united nations, that's going to be a little bit of a shakeup, the likes of which maybe we haven't seen in our lifetime. that could be entertaining. it'll be very entertaining. but more importantly, it's going to be a great revelation of what's wrong at the un and why, for many years, i've never understood why we kept dumping money into it. i've often said, get a jackhammer, hammer the thing right off and float it into the east river and invite any country who thinks they could enjoy it to have it. she's not going to be invited to a lot of after five cocktail partie