[ laughter ] gaetz has an uphill battle on confirmation in the senate. wouldn't commit to voting for him. though he will. for sure. [ laughter ] the list of bootlickers is long. and the maga minions, like troy nehls of texas, are lined up to suckle trump's celebrity teats. >> there's no question he's the leader of our party. he's got a mission statement. his mission and his goals and objectives, whatever that is, we need to embrace it. all of us. every single word. it's his mission statement we need to embrace. if donald trump says jump three feet high and scratch your head, we all jump three feet high and scratch our heads. that's it. >> jimmy: troy, you're embarrassing himself. he's not going to sleep with you, okay? [ laughter ] is that what we get from texas now? there are many theories as to why trump is naming a battalion of bozos to do these very important jobs. some believe he's testing the republican congress, to see how far he can push them. some say he's doing this strategically to weaken certain sections of the government. or, and this is the

they bounced matt gaetz, and in donald trump's view, if you got rid of my matt gaetz pick, you need to pick everybody else, though, as you said, one of the issues seems to be that there is reporting that it is republicans who have been less than thrilled with their interactions with tulsi gabbard. >> we'll see if that metastasizes over the next several days. one last question. since we started with florida, let's end with florida house ron desantis doing down there. what does he see as his long term political future? and i ask that because we have reporting that he was golfing with president trump. >> yeah, they're buddies again. in fact, ron desantis had just called a special session of the legislature to address immigration related issues, sort of ahead of donald trump becoming president and issuing executive orders. so they're working hand in glove. they've put aside their differences. and remember, for a period of time, a brief period of what, a month ago or a little more? donald trump wasn't sure that pete hegseth was going to clear the nomination for defense secretary, and he had

but nominating matt gaetz to be attorney general would be a significant mistake. but because he will not have the votes to be confirmed, it's clear a lot of us hope the president elect reconsiders it was not on the record. yeah, well the there was that other than quoting susan how shocked she is and quoting lisa murkowski that she has idea how this happened. you know, we'll see. yeah, no. well, i think lisa murkowski. yeah, they do have a few to spare. lisa murkowski and susan collins and possibly some others. yeah, no, i mean, you would hope you can find for that would at least oppose him. i would assume every democrat would. so, yes. but there be. but there should be a lot more than four who would oppose him and then, like i mentioned, you still have tulsi gabbard and pete hegseth. so just because he is such an agreed just because matt gaetz is so egregious you shouldn't ignore the others and say, okay, you get doubts that scalp or that one that somehow that's a cover for rest of them. and then this whole idea recess appointments which already i believe, you kno

rogers appeared to be going after gaetz there. mccarthy, during his fight to become speaker, made a number of promises to his fellow members to win the votes. those promises, though, ultimately cost him his job. just months later. johnson is reportedly not making that same mistake, not making those same types of commitments. he's still hoping that this afternoon will go his way with relative ease. >> we're going to get this done. look, i'm humbled and honored to have president trump's endorsement for the role again, as well as the endorsement of leaders across the conservative spectrum and the republican party. all of my colleagues that are that are standing with us and we will get this done. look, the things that we're talking about this morning are an illustration that we live in very serious times. we cannot afford any palace drama here. >> we can't afford any palace drama. our panel is here. molly ball, senior political correspondent for the wall street journal, cnn senior reporter isaac deaver, kate bedingfield, former biden

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i think matt gaetz is in a case of his own.astily, without the full process of how these nominees are usually selected. but i think after gaetz withdrew from the i'll jump in and i'll let you i'll jump in and then i'll let you finish. >> factually, how different is that from other picks? because there's been a somewhat hasty or if we want to be diplomatic, untraditional process for more than just former nominee gaetz. >> yeah, i think that one was particularly hasty. it sort of played out over the course of an air force one ride to washington. and i think, you know, we have seen that there's been debates, you know, for the treasury secretary position, that one was one that trump really labored over. i think the one thing that has become clear, though, is in the weeks since these picks have been rolled out, trump is now viewing support for his nominees as a new version of a law loyalty test. so whereas in earlier iterations of this process, trump may have been more, you know, less immune to some of the outside pressures, it is n

not matt gaetz pam bondi got nominated. there are plenty of conservatives, republicans, trump supporters, even trump loyalists who are at least nominally qualified to run the pentagon. not this guy whose own acquaintances and conservative colleagues have said has poor judgment, is bad at managing, is a bad pick for this all important job. and if republicans in this vote that you're about to watch, if they're going to vote for this guy and i, they're saying something loud and clear that everyone's got to remember, what they are saying is they do not actually care about the things they claim to care about, like the security and defense of the country against its enemies. it's just that black and white. sahil kapoor is on capitol hill monitoring the vote for us. joins me now with the latest sawhill. what is the status right now? >> hey, chris. well, pete. >> hegseth moment. >> of truth is almost here. and i got to tell you, there's a little bit of uncertainty in the air in these halls. the vote. >> is in. >> less than an hour,

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one of the problems is, matt gaetz resigned because he wanted to become the attorney general. michael walls will become the national security advisor and at least sonic will become the united nations ambassador. those are true votes that the republicans will later lose. that gives the democrats -- you think they are going to play game today? that will give the democrats a lot of harm to play fast and loose with the republicans. somebody is out sick one day, expect every democrat to show up and shoot down any thing legislatively the republicans try to get done. >> if there is a rubble republican running in one of those districts that is purple, they can put pressure that starts to change the account. that is something we could see today. we hope not. what our enemies think when we go in circles like this is all, it is this array, but this is kind of how it gets done. >> to be clear, michael walz and stefanik, those seats will be filled, but why we are waiting for them to be field -- filled, republicans will basically have a zero vote margin. >> the house comes back in. the cham

uh, just thinking about president elect trump initially trying to get famous mccarthy rival matt gaetz into the attorney general's office and then seeing the speaker vote. do you think we're going to hear more from the ousted speaker this year? >> well, look, as far as i know, the ousted speaker is somebody who makes quite a lot of money now by his proximity to power and his ability to make phone calls and get them returned on capitol hill and from the white house. so i think we'll probably see a lot of that going on for those who want to chase that sort of thing down, which is important. but no, i look there was it was almost all personalities rather than policies that led to that long standing fight between matt gaetz and kevin johnson. i mean, you know, i just i just didn't i never saw that as some kind of a powerful faction fight. it was really more like people who just couldn't get along, didn't like each other and tried to undercut each other in some really unfortunate ways that ground congress to a halt. i think that that is behind us. i hope that that is behind us, because what

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the president elect chose bondi after matt gaetz, his first pick, withdrew from consideration.ondi, the former florida attorney general and close trump ally, heads into today's hearing with strong backing from republicans. she's already let everybody know where her loyalty lies. >> thank you so much. >> the department of justice. the prosecutors will be prosecuted. the bad ones. the investigators will be investigated because the deep state last term for president trump, they were hiding in the shadows, but now they have a spotlight on them. and they can all be investigated. and the house needs to be cleaned out. >> and joining me now is john bresnahan. he's the co-founder of punchbowl news. good morning. wonderful to see you. thank you for being here. a lot going on on the hill today. i'm curious what of these hearings that you are watching most closely. and if you think any of them actually have any, any real hurdles in front of them. >> listen, bondi is a big deal. um, of course you know that she was attorney general for florida for eight years, but she was also trump's lawye

for trump's second choice for attorney general after his first nominee, matt gaetz, dropped ou.ngs this week are big, both for the controversial nominees like ex-fox host peter hegseth, the pentagon pick grilled yesterday, while marco rubio and pam bondi in the hot seat today. so democrats pressed trump's second choice for attorney general on her past election attacks. >> i need to know that you would tell the president. no. >> can you say no to the president of united states? >> president elect trump issues a directive or order to you or to the fbi director that is outside the boundaries of ethics or law. >> i will never speak on a hypothetical. >> will you now retract your previous statements that trump 0 election? >> why do you have difficulty promising to preserve evidence that the department of justice, i will follow the law? >> it shouldn't be a difficult question. >> now. republicans touted bondi's credentials. she has solid experience. she was the attorney general of a large state. they also likened any of the private lawyering, including on behalf of donald trump, as pa

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matt gaetz is no longer in the congress, which was fun to see -- applause. >> mr.swearing people inside matt gaetz sent a letter he's not going to be part of congress. there was applause bipartisan. he was going to be attorney general. he's out of there. kash patel for fbi. tulsi gabbard for director of national intelligence. she was -- oversees 17 or 18 agencies. pete hegseth, we can host a fox and friends, secretary of defense. which of those three, kash patel, tulsi gabbard and pete hegseth, would you have the strongest opinion on? >> mr. kinzinger: i mean, for the country, kash patel. once you weaponize justice or the fbi, that's a huge problem. now -- >> stephen: there's a lot of autonomy in that job. he says go, the dogs attack. >> mr. kinzinger: yeah, there's really no oversight. next would be obviously hegseth. dod, this is the largest corporation in the world. there's people that put their lives on the line, and pete served honorably in the military mode by the way, anywhere in d.c. there's probably 50,000 people as were better qualified than pete hegseth

that would have been matt gaetz.on those really tough questions. and a name that came up over and over again was kash patel. really seemed like he was the star of this hearing, even though it wasn't his own confirmation hearing. but she, of course, reiterated that he's going to be working under her, she's going to be leading the department and tried to really soothe concerns from democrats, who are, of course, eager to see that maybe kash patel doesn't actually become the fbi director in this administration, but it's important to see that how it happened, really important that i thought was a really fascinating, like subplot to this hearing. >> but the other piece of this that i sort of can't believe is that we're in this posture of people still toeing the line on whether or not trump lost the 2020 election. like, why are we not just saying this at this point? it's stunning. but you're talking about kash patel bondy's hearings finishing up today. but there are also several more nominees coming up to the hill, includi

would be remiss in trying with the 118th congress if we did not mention former representative matt gaetz. he, on the right along with aoc on the left and new model of becoming a member of congress using that as a jumping off point to be a social media superstar. he was making hour and a half long podcast every day going forth. she toppled the speaker. but he quit he made a lot of enemies in congress to say the least. frankly is noty, going to be too sorry to not be in congress anymore he launched. he has got his and millions of followers now. matt gaetz did not spend as eight years in congress that does set us up, i sympathize with young ambitious members there's a lot of very talented smart people on the hill we don't but the incentives for them are really distressing. think about 30 years ago the main away most americans would have understood about congress was reading their local paper which would have been a focus on their particulate representative. it completely and nationalized form of news consumption today and nationalized form of fundraising as well which really things. >> the

one wildcard, matt gaetz. was reelected. could he vote for the speaker? >> we are not expecting him to show up today. so far, as i said, i have not seen him in person. near the house chamber. while he was elected into the 119th congress and remember resigned after his nominating -- he was nominated to be attorney general. said he would not return in january. it is unclear whether that means he could actually appear today and hope your for my understanding based on florida rules for the secretary of state, he's not able to do that but should he do that, it could be a sort of chaotic scene on the house floor to see him not only up here but either cast his vote for or against speaker johnson. really important to note, that president donald trump is for speaker johnson. he has of course been making calls on behalf a speaker johnson, has endorsed him on social media and privately, to rank-and-file members. that is a huge endorsement that speaker mike johnson has that he definitely needed going into today. >> we have heard from paul gosar and eli crane, both re

matt gaetz did not spent his 8 years in congress trying to be a legislature, i think there is a lot of talented smart people on the hill, i don't think we just have a problem of we have a bunch ofeo bums. the incentives are really distressing. think about 30 years ago, main way most americans would have understood about congress was reading the local paper. this would have been focused on their particular representative we have a nationalized form of news consumption today and fundraising that changes things. >> iin think that the nationalization is really a big piece of this. shout out to regional partner association they stillic riftio they are a great group to the hill covering their telln tradings. -- the way that marjorie taylor greene with fund raise off of drama, on the hill, almost nothing to do with legislation those checks are coming in from country not just her district, the same you can say about you know dozens of other members, who really focus on the media opportunities over the legislative process. andhe something that is visually so wild to see is after a big vote ever

the clerk is in receipt of a letter from the honorable matt gaetz of the state of florida indicating that he will not serve in the house in the 119th congress. without objection the letters were led into his resignation will be printed in the record. pursuant to law and precedent the next order of business is the election of the speaker of the house of representatives for the 119th congress. nominations are now in order. the clerk recognizes the gentleman from michigan, mrs. mclean. [applause] >> thank you, mr. clark and colleagues. mr. clark, as the chair of the republican conference i am directed by the vote of that conference to present for election to the office of the speaker of the house of representatives for the 119th congress the name of the honorable mike johnson, a representative from the state of louisiana. [applause] welcome, everybody. i am optimistic about our future. on november 5, the american people gave us a great opportunity to get america back on the right track. they give us an opportunity to get back to normal and to get back to the real issues that the country

his pick and received nowhere near the criticism of gaetz. she focused heavily on working to prevent human trafficking. those who know her expect her to plug into border issues, especially the illegal drugs coming across the border, d.e.a. drug enforcement administration falls under the department of justice. it is a two-day hearing but tomorrow just witnesses talking about her character and credentials. the brunt of the questioning from the nominee herself will happen today. it begins at 9:30. she will start answering questions around 10:00 or so. >> bill: 20 minutes away we'll be on it. nice to see you on the hill today. we're also on supreme court watch. the fate of tiktok could be released in a matter of minutes. so stand by. we may get that ruling from the court coming up. >> dana: president biden pushing through 11th hour policies before he is set to give his final address to the nation tonight. he is simply blocking president-elect trump's agenda at the last minute. is that happening? >> bill: victims of the l.a. wildfires volunteering

the republican senate refused to really entertain the idea of matt gaetz serving as attorney general of the united states and who could blame them? the pick to run the dea had to withdraw from consideration after just three days because the republican-based said he was too strict on covid restrictions in 2020. all of which is to say, again, maybe donald trump is not as strong as he wants you to believe. and there's history here, lame- duck presidents historically have struggled to push agendas. here's what george w. bush famously said days after he won re-election in 2004, and for the first time a republican won the popular votes since 1988. >> i earned capital in the campaign, political capital and now i intend to spend it, it is my style, that is what happened after the 2000 election, i earned capital. and i have earned capital in this election and i'm going to spend it for what i told the people i would spend it on, social security and tax reform. >> the agenda, enormous tax on rich people and privatizing social security. that was the agenda, use his agenda for that. and he said w

and if you can remember the chaos of the speaker decision last time with kevin mccarthy with matt gaetz, nothing has changed and those individuals are still in the house, and mccarthy, with the deal he struck, it got him the gavel, but ultimately, a deal that didn't protect him from the narrow margin didn't matter, because they have the same narrow margin tomorrow, but it is that margin that led to mike johnson getting the gavel. now that brings us to tomorrow, and remember, there are different dates in the constitution for when things start, and while president-elect trump assumes office in january on the 2th, congress begins tomorrow on january 3rd, and they will have to pick the speaker -- either ref elect johnson or pick someone else, and the republicans will have tomorrow, the smallest house majority in history as "the new york times" put it, and that assumes that if the democrats under jeffries will be voting on a partyline which is almost how it always goes on these things, and johnson can only afford to lose a single republican vote. well, take a look at this. he already has los

gaetz? can you clarify that please? caller: matt gaetz is the -- in terms of all the nominations. i'm wondering whether or not mr. walker would have voted for matt gaetz as attorney general. guest: i appreciate the sentiment. i'm not a duly elected senator. i don't have that authority. i think pam bondi is an excellent nominee to be attorney general. the question on that gaetz has sort of ended. he has taken himself out of the running. he's a news host on another -- on newsmax. i think that question has been solved by now. host: susan joins us from florida, republican line. caller: how are you? host: go ahead. caller: a couple of things. the people have spoken. they put in trump because we need to save our country. number two, pete hegseth is wonderful. i don't think they would bring up the sexual content about what was going on, which was ridiculous, because then we will have to bring a bill clinton. we do want to do that. let's put him in. let him go and get rid of what is in there and get

we know matt gaetz had resigned. he had been the attorney general selection for the president elect. he pulled out of that effort and said he's not going to come back. so that would make it 219 to 215. for context, we keep talking about how razor thin the margin is, how narrow this majority is. the last time the majority was this small was 1917. that's how long it's been, more than 100 years. it is a very, very thin margin. so what's actually going to happen today where we're going to see how that margin actually plays out for speaker mike johnson? dana was just talking about call to order by the clerk of the house. we've seen that following the chaplain prayer, then the clerk would call for the electoral confirmations, then a quorum call to make sure that get a number of people that are actually there. what we're actually leading to now, and it will include nomination speeches for hakeem jeffries and for mike johnson, is to the roll call vote. now, anybody who watches the house closely and everybody should it's a wo

not to mention the vacancy left by matt gaetz' exit. until special elections are held to fill them, johnson will only have a two seat majority, 270-215, for the first two months. this means that if you wants to have any chance of passing bills in house committee is not only going to have to get follow republicans in line, but he will have to find a way to play ball with democrats as well. that is the very thing that caused the last speaker his gavel in nearly caused johnson his job before the holidays. and then there is the trump and maga factor at play. johnson will soon have president-elect donald trump and elon musk to please. we know how president-elect donald trump reacts to gop leaders who fail to get his policies over the finish line. just ask paul ryan and mitch mcconnell. joining me now to discuss all of this is former florida congressman and msnbc political analyst carlos cabello. carlos, thank you for being with us. let's just start with the situation that johnson finds himself in. sure, he won the first round and he still ha

we would be remiss in talking about the 118th congress if we did not mention matt gaetz. he on the right, along with alexandria ocasio-cortez on the left, have pioneered a new model of becoming a member of congress and using that as a jumping off point to become a social media superstar. it was making an hour and a half long podcast every day, holding forth, and lo and behold, he toppled the speaker. he became the first member in the history of congress to do that. now he easily won reelection in his district but he quit, of course, because he was getting appointed attorney general. that did not work out for him. he made a lot of enemies in congress, to say the least. frankly, he is not going to be too started to be in congress anymore because he launched -- he has got his millions of followers now. he is the firebrand. what is example that says for other ambitious members because matt gaetz did not spend his eight years in congress trying to be a legislator. i do think that sets us up -- i sympathize with the young ambitious members. i think there are a lot of talented,

republican congressman matt gaetz was nominated for attorney general but withdrew from consideration amid scrutiny over a house ethics report. trump's pick for dea administrator also withdrew. florida sheriff chad chronister from hillsborough county drew backlash from some conservatives over his strict crackdown of covid restrictions during the pandemic, including the march 2020 arrest of a megachurch pastor who held services with hundreds of people. the bay area is represented in the picks. san francisco's harmeet dhillon, a former vice chairperson of the california republican party and a national committeewoman of the republican national committee for california, has been nominated as assistant attorney general for civil rights at the justice department. dhillon responded to the nomination on x, writing, quote, i'm extremely honored by president trump's nomination to assist our nation's civil rights agenda. it has been my dream to be able to serve our great country, and i am so excited to be a part of an incredible team of lawyers led by pam bondi. mr. trump describes kimberly guil

even closer because of some personnel reshuffles, including the departure of gop representative matt gaetz. >>> today is the final day in congress for oakland representative barbara lee. that marks of a 26-year run that saw lee sometimes taking lonely stands on controversial issues, most notably in 2001. she was the only lawmaker to vote against the authorization for the use of military force in the wake of the september 11th attacks. during her time in office, lee ascended the ranks of house leadership, becoming the highest ranking black woman in congress. in a farewell statement, lee reflected on her tenure saying, "together we have raised our voices and pushed the envelope for peace, justice, and equity. it has been the honor of a lifetime." lee will be succeeded by former b.a.r.t. board member lateefa simon who won the seat in the november election. >>> a number of organizations and community members have urged lee to launch a bid to become the next mayor of oakland. she says she has not ruled it out but is still considering her next steps. stay tuned. >>> meantime police in oakland in

and republicans don't see her nearly as bad as matt gaetz. right. >> i mean, i think what we're seeing with pam bondi and what we will see with her hearing is a much more conventional sort of old school confirmation hearing where the democrats are going to be against her because they are substantively have differences with her on policy. feel like what she said about the 2020 election was, you know, wrong and irresponsible. but this this is sort of a substantive difference. they have in terms of her disclosures, in terms of her qualifications for the job. there doesn't seem to be as much question on the republican side. and that's why i think you're going to see a smoother road for her. yeah, i think with hegseth, part of the issue notwithstanding the allegations, is just that there's been a lot of pushback to getting just the basic information that committees usually get before these hearings, and that's going to be an issue. >> i do want to just quickly talk about rfk jr.. he's not facing a hearing this week, but he will very soon. he's bee

and then this from matt gaetz, former member of congress saying this and putting this out on x say mike joss will be elected speaker today on the first vote. people might like ore dislike that. i'm just reporting the news. , matt gaetz former congressman now with his own show reporting saying that he believes mike johnson has the vote. we will see as pedro was just telling all of you, it sounds like it's up in the air. does he or does he not have the votes? what happened on the first round or not? will there be more rounds of voting today keeping cameras in the chamber will capture all, the 119th congress will gavel in at noon eastern time. we live on capitol hill before all of the action begins simulcasting the "washington journal" here on c-span and c-span2 and your message to lawmakers in the 119th congress is a question for all of you and part of our conversation. huntsville, alabama, republican. >> caller: how are you today? good morning. i would like to remind the house of representatives that what i will knows president trump was given a mandate to execute his agenda, the house a

was it because they are not they don't like matt gaetz, or is it because they were willing to take on donald trump? >> i can't take you behind the scenes of how the ethics committee operated with the report itself is public now, but i can't discuss what happened behind the scenes or what motivated anybody. >> are you confident the report's comprehensive? >> yes. that was a report that was worked on for a very long time and was gone over many, many times. >> all right, congressman, thank you i appreciate it. all right. still ahead here on cnn this morning, with just days left in office, president biden giving his final print interview as president, and he is still adamant he could have won the 2024 election. also, apocalyptic scenes in southern california. a cnn crew making a harrowing escape last night from the flames will bring you that. just coming up next. >> kobe the making of a legend premieres january 25th on cnn. welcome to tackling life with jordan and veronica, brought to you by experian. >> who takes longer to get ready on game day? >> you know for sure. >> well, when you ha

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i mean, you already lost matt gaetz.ing matt gaetz is not returned tomorrow, that means there's a 219 to 215 majority. he's lost thomas massie. that's it. you can't lose any more. do you think he's going to lose more? >> i don't think so. i think they will probably. i mean, this is my speculation. they'll find out a way for these folks who are ambivalent about johnson to save face, maybe vote present. and that way johnson can ascend. i think there's a very different tolerance in 2023 with democratic senate democratic president. you're not going to get anything of substance done to burning the clock on what's essentially the first 100 days or first hundred and 50 days of a republican trifecta. very different. but that's a that's a practical argument that matt is making. >> but that argument does not usually it doesn't always translate well among some members of the colin gray. >> yeah, i could see people eventually voting for him. i think 1 or 2 votes will go by where they don't make their their point known. but i also th

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he was speaking with one of his old colleagues, matt gaetz, who has a tv program now of all things.ut let's listen to what thomas massie had to say. >> you can pull all my fingernails out. you can shove bamboo up in them. you can start cutting off my fingers. i am not voting for mike johnson tomorrow. and you can take that to the bank. >> yeah, that's. i think that's the only manny petty you could get in washington, d.c. these days. but, alyssa, your thoughts on this? i mean, could there be a jailbreak that we're going to see later today if other republicans get on board with thomas massie, this thing could get ugly. >> it could. listen, i've been through a lot of these speaker fights in my previous life on capitol hill, and a lot of it is about sending a signal. so i actually agree with the congressman you were interviewing before. there's a world in which mike johnson goes down on the first ballot, and a number of freedom caucus members, i'm watching who we call the gaetz eight, who last congress voted against kevin mccarthy on multiple ballots. where's lauren boebert? where's chi

but also congressman matt gaetz, former congressman matt gaetz, he is considering this as well.it's just fascinating to see how president trump has, you know, in his appointments, have played a role in sort of the political makeup of florida. remember, it wasn't long ago that mike waltz is incoming national security advisor was also being considered for governor. but, you know, big question about donalds, because we know that ashley moody was, you know, desantis major pick or seem to be his pick for governor going forward. so it's unclear sort of who desantis and also who trump ends up backing going into 2026 to say one name. >> we haven't mentioned lara trump, right. we may see going forward. all right. julia manchester. thank you. thank you. really appreciate it. all right. coming up here, an agreement on the ceasefire and hostage deal between israel and hamas. but airstrikes have still been hitting gaza. plus, the nba's top two heavies who came out on top. andy scholes, up next in sports. kobe. >> the making of a legend premieres january 25th on cnn. >> here's to getting bett

that are. >> open. >> after mike waltz was. >> tapped by the trump administration. >> and then matt gaetz path, and of. course then. resigned for all the reasons. >> we've reported. >> but we have two. >> trump endorsed trump preferred candidates. >> if you will. chief financial. >> officer in the state of florida, jimmy patronis. >> as well as state. >> senator randy fine. >> and so. >> among many other reasons, including the strength of the gop. and this idea of balance, of power. also a litmus test, if you will, for trump's endorsement. >> you know, we're just in the nascency of. his presidency. >> and depending on how today goes, we will see those special general elections on april 1st. >> jose. and these are uber republican districts, both. >> absolutely. >> and so, marissa, yesterday, governor has called a special session for the florida legislature. quÉ paso. there was like some back and forth there. >> there was. so this was in part to discuss. >> immigration, hardline. >> immigration policies. >> that the governor wanted. >> that. >> the governor wanted. >> this special session.

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meantime, byron york, matt gaetz, the recently-resigned congressman from florida, obviously up for ag and pulled his name from that nomination, he put out on x earlier, "mike johnson will be elected speaker today on the first vote. people might like or dislike that come i'm just reporting the news." that with the news. thomas massie said this didn't age well when the vote was hinging and then he just came back and said actually, looks like mine did each well. a lot of social media back and forth, byron. your thoughts as we wait to hear these speeches, what this moment means, and kind of what it means for the agenda -- and also for the democrats, who are kind of licking their chops come i think come about this slim majority and maybe things they can do or not do. >> well, republicans narrowly averted the specter of speaker jeffries again, but this is actually a triumph for mike johnson. he had a majority in which he could only lose one vote and still win, and that is what he did so that was pretty impressive. as i was saying before, i think it is a trump affect, and more trump influenc

but gaetz actually also endorsed mike johnson. yeah. no, look, this is people won these races, especially of the 14 who are saying that they might vote no. they got massive amounts of help from donald trump. and there's a mandate now to deliver on the trump agenda. and if they're going to stand in their way, the constituents of those folks are going to really cry out. so, yes, by doubling down with the man who delivered a victory and a majority, yes, i think is the right strategy. >> they're also going to make a rules change that will also make it harder to, to, to, to, to to challenge the speaker in the future. but the real problem though is if they if they limit the ability of minority of the democrats to do that, that will be very undemocratic. and i don't think they should do that right now. my understanding is only the majority can bring a motion to vacate the chair. i think that would be a blow to our democracy if that were to happen. >> by the way, the rules would the parliamentarian step in at some point? >> they're not they're

thought -- in chips, and batteries -- and thought we were far ahead of china, china catches up and then gaetz us. so we have to remain vigilant -- and then lease us --beats us. so we have to remain vigilant. think about the data, the energy, the money that goes into it, china will invest about one trillion to $2 trillion in the next 10 years in ai. regulations, infrastructure and workforce, we have to think about all of those elements in terms of competition. one or two aren't enough. which then brings us to the chip controls. i 100% think that the trump administration is going to -- they will agree with the imperatives, that the execution was enormously flawed, right? we are putting arbitrary caps on countries on compute power, rather than using chip diplomacy. if we are the preeminent ai chip designers, we have to use diplomacy to get countries to work with us for the move to china. , yes, movie china's ai chips are a bit behind, but they can put more together to get the same compute power. we export the chips, give american businesses the opportunity to get in those markets. but then there