the white house said in a statement that they praised elise stefanik as a team player.ly, i am told that stefanik has grown very frustrated by this holdup. she's complained to colleagues. it's taken a lot longer than she anticipated. however, when asked by her other colleagues, scott wong, when she will be confirmed, stefanik said soon. >> chris, you know, melanie, we've talked a lot about the democrats on the hill and that the fast pace, let's call it that, the chaos that has been caused since the beginning of the new trump presidency, the second term has been a little bit of disorienting. what's the mood on the republican side, though? >> well, republicans have a really honeymoon period right now. i would say they they are unified. they feel like they are ready to deliver on trump's agenda. but lurking just beneath the surface, they are recognizing that these historically slim margins could really potentially be a problem for them. and there are divisions still in the party that they have largely papered over. you have conservatives who are pushing for these deep spen

this seat shut be filled within 90 days of elise stefanik moving over to be the u.n. ambassador.all. it's just corruption on open display. instead of addressing the needs of new york, crime, and, you know, the immigration crisis and the cost of living and anti-semitism on campuses. they are going to try to disenfranchise over 750,000 new yorkers who live in that 21st district it's unconscionable. >> brian: been talking to governor hochul congestion pricing. president is. see if he can keep that amicable. benjamin netanyahu at blair house now. in town, first world leader to meet. what's your message to him. what are you going to be listening for and telling him? >> i have been communicating often. very close the last year and a half since i have been speaker of the house. i will be meeting with him on thursday on capitol hill. we need to be supporting israel as always strongly as ever. critical time in the middle east and a real dilemma. on their hands. president trump is going to echo that marco rubio is doing a great job at state already. everyone in the world need to know that

. >> todd: and heaping to keep el paso seat -- elise stefanik's seat vacant. trump's agenda. party of democracy is trying to deprive district of representation in district congress for months. >> democrats are talking about undermining democracy and election integrity. after what they did in 2020, here is what they are doing. they were fine in law in place for election of a democrat in district three in new york and district 26 in new york and creating special election when mark molinaro was elected in 2022. democrats do everything they can to undermine voters. they overturned will of voters and went back to legislature and overturned the will of the people. this is what they are willing to do, no limit on what they will do to undermine democracy. >> todd: the senate finance committee voting on r.f.k. jr. nomination tomorrow. you recently sponsored a bill wanting children to have a milk op option, why. >> chocolate milk, i had the most wonderful cup of chocolate milk yesterday. whole milk is important. i have largest dairy district in the northeast, whole milk

but problem in the house is when elise stefanik leaves, she will resign soon.crats, that means you can't even lose one vote and fill win. on april 1, they have an election in florida, you will get two republicans members of house replacing gaetz andu wau and waltz. >> it will be tough. >> you know what happens in april. if gets warmer, and sun equipments out. comes on ut and snow melts. >> people have to pay their taxes. larry: that took byron york thank you. thank you. larry: coming up, we talk with wyoming si senator scynthia lummis about debanking, we'll be right back. . (speaking to self) about our honeymoon. what about africa? safari? hot air balloon ride? swim with elephants? wait, can we afford a safari? great question. like everything, it takes a little planning. or, put the money towards a down-payment... ...on a ranch ...in montana ...with horses let's take a look at those scenarios. j.p. morgan wealth management has advisors in chase branches and tools, like wealth plan to keep you on track. when you're planning for it all... the answer is j.p. morga

two bills and he's left it publicly to congress so far and the problem in the house is when elise stefanikd but not yet and going for the balance in the house is 217 republicans to 215 democrats. even losing one vote and still win. now first they're having an election in florida, and you're going to get two republican members of the house replacing gaetz and mike waltz. till then, closer margin ever in the history of the world. larry: very close for him. then again, by april, you know what happens in april, byron? it gets warmer and sun comes out, the snow melts. things are much easier. >> people have to pay taxes too. larry: that too. byron, you're the best of the best. thank you. coming up, talking to cynthia lummis about de-banking among other things. de-banking, she knows enough about that. we haven't talked about it enough on the show. we'll be right back. ♪ chocolate fundraiser. ♪ with the chase mobile app, things move a little more smoothly. ♪ deposit checks easily and send money quickly. [coins clinking] ♪ that's convenience from chase. make more of what's yours. at t. rowe price,

charlie: we're seeing real politics in new york trying keep elise stefanik after nominated to ambassadored nations, how's all of that going to play out? >> you know, it looks like we may get her vote on this week of being ambassador to the u.n. only at that point resign from the house. you know how tight the margins there are there so democrats at the state level there in new york are apparently having a conversation about changing the way that they handle these elections normally it would be within ten days of her announcing resignation governor would have to announce a date for the election to fill it within 830090 days later some of the reporting out of albany democrats control state house there in new york, that potentially they would want to move to june or even november as part of the conversation clearly that's the last thing house republicans want or need. we'll see where it goes because i don't know that state republicans in -- you know new york are going to havement ability to shut something like that down. >> let's put up balance of power in the house right now it's 2:15 dems

they're going to pass a law to change how we fill our special elections to try to delay filling elise stefanik'songress. it's unconscionable. it's abuse of power. >> i don't know if republicans can do anything, whether you can do anything to change that but we do have as you point out a one or two seat advantage in the house and part of it's because we're not going to to get the special election done. what can you do? >> well, one, we're drawing attention to it because their corruption it lives in the shadows in albany. i was the state chairman of the republican party. i know a little bit about this. and what you have going on right now is the new york state legislature trying to change a law that they changed three years ago to make it easier to have special elections when andrew cuomo wouldn't call them. now, you have them trying to allow the governor to delay special elections. it's unconscionable. they want to leave the seat open so that we have one less vote as we go into this reconciliation process. maria: that's unbelievable. >> massive power grab in the state capitol today. maria: it loo

well, don't leave elise stefanik's seat open until the fall. >> lawrence: something's got to give. >>erage can't have it both ways. >> ainsley: has to be a deal. close her seat make sure fill that seat and voters who voters get to decide. won't go after the tax all the people that drive in new york city. same with gavin newsom. fix your state. make sure the water is working. make sure you lower taxes and maybe it's give and take. we do want to help the people though that lost everything in california. but this is what they are doing in california. this was on -- cut right across party lines. >> lawrence: $50 million. >> ainsley: all the democrats voted for. >> brian: i had it wrong it was 50 million. >> ainsley: you are right when you said 25 million to challenge the actions by donald trump and his administration. but in addition to that another 25 million to defend the migrants facing possible deportation. >> lawrence: can he still veto this. this is opportunity to take a stand and say, you know what, in the best interest of our state, we're going to let this die. >> brian: what abou

elise stefanik supported it. all people in the new administration, i have confidence that the way we wrote the law, the way that it's been upheld by the supreme court, i think it's just a matter of time before what we ask to do, which is to have the communist chinese party not be a part of tiktok. and i think there'll be a divestment, divestment here soon. >> do you think it's unfortunate that it has to wait at least until april? yeah. >> well, yeah, i think waiting an extra month and giving time to find a new buyer and and separating it from the communist chinese party is part of the process. i would also say that putting vice president vance in charge of this, as president trump has done, working with the national security advisor, mike waltz. i have immense confidence in both of them to look out for the best interest of u.s. citizens and to protect our data and make sure the communist chinese party, our adversary, is not, you know, stealing our intellectual property. >> you mentioned some of the news that i fi

and it depends on the day if someone's out sick, if elise stefanik resigns and goes to the administration, there are all these variables that you need to take into consideration. and i'll be honest with you, what you said on medicaid. now, the trump administration, house republican leadership, senate republican leadership says they're not going to touch medicare and social security. medicaid has been expanded so much over the last couple of years, last decade or so, that it is not only now for low income or impoverished people, it is. >> for a. >> whole host of people. because of that expansion over the last decade or so, jeff van drew, republican from new jersey, formerly a democrat who represents southern jersey, has expressed those concerns. he told us last week to the administration, to his leadership, that he doesn't want to get into deep cuts on medicaid because he worries about the impact, both the political impact, i assume, and the policy impact. so this is an extraordinarily narrow bridge that they have to that they have to navigate over the next couple of months. >> here is the

and now there's also support in the administration from the new elise stefanik, the new un ambassador, in her testimony at confirmation that she supports the expansion of israeli settlements to take over the west bank to the borders with jordan, that's also unacceptable to jordan. it's unacceptable to the palestinians in the west bank. they were supposed to be given the right to a separate state all those years ago in camp david and in successive u.s. administrations, both republican and democratic presidents over the years. that was part of the deal. but it collapsed completely under the trump the first trump administration. and now it's just a hope. the only thing that president trump has in terms of leverage, or the biggest thing that he has in terms of leverage with prime minister netanyahu, is that both of them have a common goal of saudi arabia. and being the biggest and most important of the arab nations who have yet to recognize israel. that was always the hope. that was the hope in september and october, before october 7th, when i was in new york talking to all of these leade

mention they're about to have a one seat margin in the house, potentially as soon as next week when elise stefanik leaves for the administration. so it's just an incredibly complicated dance that they're doing here. we'll see whether it actually gets done. it's a very ambitious timeline and agenda that they laid out. >> well, we will be watching peter, melanie, joyce hayes, thank you all for starting us off this evening when we return. you knew this story would be in this, our new reporting on one member of elon musk's doge team resigning after being linked to wait for it, a deleted social media account with racist posts. we could play mad libs and you could have guessed that at the end. and later, one of our next guests argues that donald trump is working to transform the american presidency. but the actual question is can he get away with it? he wins on headlines unclear on policy. we're going to get into it. the 11th hour just getting underway 11th hour just getting underway on a thursday night. —hi! —hi! ♪♪ chocolate fundraiser. ♪♪ with the chase mobile app, things move a little more smoothly.

for example, if new york decides not to have a special election for elise stefanik seat.that even makes the margin smaller. if the governor of new york waits until the next election to fill that seat. the two races in florida for two vacancies there in the house, they could be more contested than initially was thought. so even the republicans are not sure they have a hold on the house. >> president trump campaigned on fixing things. is this fixing? >> it is certainly chaos. if chaos is what they wanted for a fix, they've got that. and i don't see any likelihood it's going to get better in the short term. we're really being tested as a democracy right now where our processes are not being followed. the institutions some are holding, some are not. the courts are holding right now. the courts are following the rule of law. no one else seems inclined to do so. >> john dean, always great hearing from you. thank you so much. >> thanks, fred. >> coming up, millions of people hit by snow, sleet and ice and the severe weather threat this week is far from over. the forecast is next

we have a 217-215 seat majority after elise stefanik is confirmed.what we are doing with the salt. everyone has to give. you are not going to get everything you want. it has to be a balance, and that is the only way that we can be successful and deliver for the american people. annmarie: on salt specifically at sounds like you might be close to clinching a deal? raising that cap? do you have a ceiling of where that can go? rep. smith: we definitely have to raise the cap. there is no question that the $10,000 cap put in in 2017 would be tolerated amongst our salt members in new york, california, new jersey. we will definitely raise it. i'm not going to give that number but we are going to find a good balance that is going to provide a lot of tax relief for the majority of their constituents. annmarie: as you are debating tax policy the president is coming out with a number of directives when it comes to tariffs. china went into place this week. whether or not it is one bill or two when it comes to reconciliation, how contingent are tariffs as a revenu

. >> van jones elise stefanik griffin brad todd. thank you. coming up, more breaking news.ey deadlines that potentially could lead to thousands of the fbi being forced out over their role in investigating, investigating, doing their jobs. the january 6th riots. plus, trump's attempts to push the limits of presidential power and reward allies that. what lessons can history teach us about that? has that happened before? pulitzer prize winning presidential historian doris kearns goodwin joins me for that. >> cooked books, corporate fat cats, swindling socialites, doped up cyclists, and yes, more crooked politicians. i have a feeling we won't be running out of those anytime soon. >> a new season of united states of scandal with jake tapper coming in march on cnn. >> introducing new american gel, the first fda cleared ed treatment available without a prescription. a roxxon gel is clinically proven to work within ten minutes, so you and your partner can experience the heights of intimacy new attacks on treatment gel. >> top line this is a quality, comprehensive exam. come again?

you can ask hochul about the fact that they're keeping elise stefanik congressional seat open, which seems like a real power grab. at least that's what republicans are saying. and it's. >> the perfect question. >> just a just a thought, just an idea. like, why not have a special election to fill that seat unless okay, anyway. >> jake. rhetorical questions. i love it anyway. >> sorry, sorry. just just popped into my head. plaintiffs are challenging trump left and right on his attempts to overhaul federal government. in fact, his actions led to cases in front of at least five different judges today. but isn't this what trump actually wants? and democrats in congress also trying to push back the new legislation they're lining up? but it's elon musk, not trump, that they're focusing on. i'm going to talk with congressman james clyburn about it coming up. >> lockerbie, february 16th on cnn. a sleep number bed is perfect for couples. the climate 360 smart bed is the only bed that cools and warms on each side. and all our smart beds adjust the firmness for each of you and now save 50% on th

the white house is directing the senate to slow walk the nomination of republican congresswoman elise stefanik of new york to be the next ambassador to the un. majority leader thune said he assumes it's because of the extremely slim majority the gop currently has in congress, an assumption i think thune is exactly right to be making. joining us now, congressional reporter for the hill, michael chanel. all right, michael, so first let's start with this rfk jr nomination. it portends really what we expected throughout this entire process that republicans were ultimately going to fall in line. but is that true for everyone else who's yet to come? we talked about mcmahon. we talked about patel. >> this certainly seems to. >> be. the pattern, right? i mean, this is essentially the third time we have seen republican senators who have deep concerns with the nominee fall in line and vote for them. >> it started with pete hegseth. >> you had, for example, joni. >> ernst, someone. >> who's a stalwart against. >> sexual assault in the military. vote for pete hegseth. >> then tulsi gabbard, you had someon

mechanisms co-opted by enemies of the united states, fortunately president trump has deported at elise stefanikwill stand firm for america first. many of the nonprofits doing the bidding of dictators are being supported, what can we do to ensure indeed these agencies are working, the people we are trying to help and not prop up dictators or support terrorists. >> i think the biggest thing is oversight. need to follow up on the oversight. we hear every year how many erroneous spending programs there are, how money is being wasted. we hear the reports but when i was in congress i didn't see an act. i go back to the purity of purpose and what's the mission. we have to stay within the guard rails and we need to make sure while the body of congress needs to make sure they stay that way. it's a tough thing. if it was a static world it would be easy but it's a tough world. >> also in the best florida tradition our secretary of state marco rubio as announced just last week a great letter to chairman asked about how they would be stepping in to identify programs and promote those who promote the people

very fortunate that we actually will be joined soon by the ambassador to the united nations, elise stefanik, so that will certainly enhance our hearing today. with that in mind, as we consider the state of education, i know firsthand of the positive parts of this in that i am grateful my wife taught at an alternative school, giving young students the opportunity of a second chance. my father served on the school board in charleston, south carolina. my wife and i appreciate teachers, who are after the third grade. our four sons succeeded in math only because of educators, resulting in our oldest son being the attorney general of south carolina, our second son is an orthopedic surgeon, and our third son is commercial real estate, and our youngest is an industrial engineer. these successes are really due to educators making a difference. with that in mind, i believe it's because of the success of local elected school boards, and i very much support president donald trump for his courage to promote local elected school boards with the elimination of the duplicative, wasteful interfering and fed

look at the national security team that president trump has put together, from john ratcliffe to elise stefanike, stefanik all supported the tiktok ban. so did mike waltz this morning. president trump, it's been reported he's putting jd vance in charge of that. and mike waltz i think we'll get to a resolution on this. and it won't be good for tiktok. >> congressman lahood, i'll ask both of you. we had ro khanna on the broadcast. well, we had him just a couple of days ago, but a couple of weeks ago, he effectively said that. and i don't want to put words in his mouth. but the conversation you're having right now about tiktok is a lie. that's what he basically said. he basically said that that, that, that he's seen the intelligence and that it is a lie that there's with the with to the extent that tiktok is actually taking that information, giving it to the chinese government or the chinese government is using tiktok in some kind of nefarious way today, that's not to say that prospectively, in the future it couldn't. and that's a clearly a possibility. and if we want to say that that's a threat,