he's about to meet with gop senators. it's one of the goals is extending his tax cuts for all americans, unleashing u.s. oil & gas and shutting the border. we'll monitor this throughout the hour. now this story. >> maybe donald trump can get it done by buying canal. maybe he can get it done some other way but let's give the guy flexibility to stick the landing. liz: the latest action, that was congressman dusty johnson saying yes, the u.s. should get back the panama canal. the congressman introduced a bill to do that today. coming up, even senate democrats now warming up to president trump's new monroe doctrine on all of this. former trump white house deputy press secretary hogan gidley will join us. he's got a lot to say about it. plus we've got far left prime minister justin trudeau resigned, amid a growing wave of fury and outrage in canada against the liberal far left, against him. but now trudeau is getting ripped on twitter and social media for trying to again attack president trump. we've got seattle radio host jas

manu chao it wasn't wasn't most of the gop didn't. but 17 is a pretty big number here. >> absolutely. >> and then you go to january of 2025. how many of those folks are still in the united states congress? it's just five. it's just five. pretty much the ones who did were all run out of town. there are just two house members, three senate members who remain. the bottom line is this. and we'll say it over and over and over again. this is donald trump's republican party. that's why he could pick up the phone, make those calls to ensure that mike johnson held on to his speakership. but it's not just within the republican party. it's nationally among the general populace as well. so take a look at donald trump's net favorable rating. take a look here. trump's net favorability rating. you go back to january of 2021. donald trump was way underwater, way underwater, -20 points. that's your favorable minus your unfavorable look. he's still a little bit underwater, but he's now at minus one point he's considerably more popular. so folks who are

that is the gop tax scam part one. and as a part of that effort, republicans on a strictly partisan vote, destroyed the state and local tax incentives. and now, some of my colleagues want to race down to mar-a-lago to bend the knee and pretend like they are the firefighters? it is a laughable thing. house democrats will work with any serious minded individuals to fully restore the state and local tax adduction in order to help working families and the middle class who were hurt by the gop tax scam and the destruction of the state and local tax deduction. >> -- prior to that, icc released arrest warrants against vladimir putin for his abduction of ukrainian children. you think the sanctions against the icc may undermine efforts to bring justice to the russian government and do you agree with this bill? rep. jeffries: i voted against the bill in the last congress and i will evaluate if i will vote against or for the bill in the next. >> where do you specifically see places for bipartisan cooperation on immigration? is th

and not facilitating the gop tax scam part two. which is designed simply to enact massive tax breaks billing and wealthy corporations and not help those americans who are really inne need. >> leader jeffries, thank you. you mentioned house democrats stand ready to help those in california. what that assistance look like? how quickly will that become a reality? flexible will evaluate requests that are made from the government of california as well as in the current administration. we are prepared to act quickly and stay in washington as long as necessary in order to get the emergency relief out to the families a who are in harm's way in california. >> congress passed a bill that will create a plaque to honor officers who were injured in the bond of january 6. could you give an update why that is not happened? the question you have to direct the speaker and house of representatives frequency depressed hime off? potentially be sending correspondence on that. >> hakeem jeffries thank you for what kind of dialogue have you had the incom

coming up, we have house gop conference chair ms. lisa mcclain. look forward to hearing about all that. i'm kudlow, be right back. ♪ progressive makes it easy to see if you can save money with a commercial auto quote online so you can get back to your monster to-do list. super helpful. see if you can save money at progressivecommercial.com. thank you. advil liqui-gels are faster and stronger than tylenol rapid release gels. ♪ also from advil, advil targeted relief, the only topical with 4 powerful pain fighting ingredients that start working on contact and lasts up to 8 hours. lock in let's go. rated e for everyone. [rock and roll music playing] xfinity. made for gaming. rewards members, get early access to an ea sports fc25 kit. visit xfinity.com/rewards. larry: more on the high noon draconian that and bring in house gop conference chair, lisa mcclain. lisa, thank you. i know it's a busy day. appreciate your time very, very much. just a quick word, virginia foxx is a friend of mine fell down the stairs, marble stairs and i know how slippery that

maria: you didn't even touch on what that means for the gop.argin in the house and senate. newt gingrich says they need to have a second bill if it is two bills with tax cuts done, passed by july 4th. otherwise, all bets are off here and we could really see this go off the rails. marianne, real quick on earnings, your thoughts on next week's big numbers coming out? >> yeah, maria, i like the banks. i think we're going to see some really good numbers. so again, if we can start off earnings season on a good foot, i think that can fuel the rally that we're in. i have bicycles. it looks like the month of january is going to be a good one. maria: we'll leave it there. marianne, good to see you. quick break and then congress officially certifies the 2024 2024election yesterday as president-elect trump reconsiders his ask for large reconciliation bill. richard mccormick is here with all of that coming up. you're watching "mornings with maria" live on fox business. stay with us. ♪ [sofi mnemonic] can a personal loan unlock your ambitions? oh yeah. cons

welcome 209 show, gop strategist ford o'connell. do you make of this because axios and politico reporting that more and more democrats are willing to engage and work with republicans to pass legislation to fix america on things like the border. what do you think of this, ford? >> if congressional deputies are smart and they're going to side with donald trump and work with donald trump because he won a mandate from the american people, not just through republican voters and particularly on the issues of inflation, illegal immigration, and public safety. right now they're saying the right things, liz, but at the end of the day, what really matters is action. liz: three months ago they were calling him hitler and saying he was fascist and never any evidence of fascism in the first term and even representative alexandria ocasio-cortez told president trump aligning with his new position on the class and working class voted for president trump and two reflexively anti-republicans and your democrats are focusing on this agenda too. >> look

and i really wonder what the internal conversations will be like in the gop.said, that they might be under. but we should also say the democrats are not going to have an easy time of it. and, you know, they're also talking about who their next leadership should be. well, i think you raise a really important point, which is there's going to be a spotlight on the moderates in both parties, right? um, there's a spotlight on the moderates in the republican party for obvious reasons. where do they fall in all of this? um, but as you mentioned, the democrats, too, they're trying to figure out which way to take the party. and so you'll see some of these, um, groups like the blue dog democrats or the problem solvers caucus, right? ...trying to redefine themselves in an age of trump and in a congress that's under republican control. so that's definitely something i'll be watching out for in this new congress. just coming back full circle to where we started with new orleans. do you do you think actually what has happened, the security threat, maybe it's a persistent th

and i've been thinking about what a challenge it will be, not only for, you know, the gop, also for theeing there over the post—mortem and what happened in the election. but there are already real questions about whether speaker mike johnson can be re—elected and donald trump, the president—elect, over the holidays, re—endorsed mikejohnson and said he is the right man for the job. but it doesn't appear that that necessarily will have enough sway. and we're going to get to the situation, again, where we might not see enough of a gop majority to re—elect mikejohnson. i mean, we remember what that was like last time, where we saw kevin mccarthy need 15 rounds. do we all remember where we were for that? yes. laughter. do we have ever. do we ever. yeah, i mean, i don't think... i don't know what you guys think, but i don't imagine that to be the case for speakerjohnson. he seems to have enough sway within the conference to perhaps close some of the controversies that he has with individual members, or some of the lack of trust that he might have. but, you know, if you think about the very th

which is a big talking point of the right side of the gop conference.s an issue in both parties for my entire time on capitol hill is the erosion of real valuable participation by rank and file members in legislating. you can say who cares, you got yourou bill about your little thing and the omnibus but you don't get credit for that. it's really hard to go home. i said this early it's hard to go home and tell your constituents i got my little bill tucked into a bigger bill they got talked into a bigger bill and it passed. [laughter] and i think that folks on capitol hill could have a bigger investment in the legislative process. why are we allowing awaiting of commitment on capitol hill if they could claim credit for these things get tucked into the big bills or if they remain individually. they are original. philip: the incentives are so important. ok. let's change tech for a minute and go to gabe and say balance the picture out, gabe. give us the defense of the 118th. what did they accomplish and what should we remember positively about them? gabe: it

even the state gop district collaborating on something like speeding up passport renewal time. something like that that so not a partisan issue. if you have anyone in your district into travel internationally, that would be a benefit to them. just the idea that you've sat down and taken those meetings with someone across the aisle could be enough to be targetedd. hiding your bipartisan accomplishments.by that is something i have seen emerge.be there was such a promise to bring out into the open to improve the transparency is generally going to be angry videos shouting there are some cases explaining why you voted yes on a bill for this is what i got done in congress today. or literally bring congress togr people it's not the type that's mode it was site with the very end is a great example with the large omnibus or the continuing resolution that had a lot of different bills in some way socialbi media people should voe elon musk is right people should know if congress has passed 1000 page piece of legislation but people should think see within it. at the weight he went about doi

. >> meanwhile, the gop may begin the new year with a possible showdown over who should serve as house speaker. nbc's gabe gutierrez has the details on how far an endorsement from the president-elect will go. >> reporter: house speaker mike johnson is hanging on after president-elect trump's complete and total endorsement. >> i'm really humbled and honored to have president trump's endorsement for speaker again. >> reporter: he's hoping to avoid a repeat of the chaotic 22-day fight to replace ousted speaker kevin mccarthy last year. now, after barely avoiding a government shutdown, johnson's speakership is in jeopardy. his majority in the house will be razor-thin. one republican congressman has already said he won't back him for speaker. that means johnson can only affo to lose one other republican vote. it's not clear whether trump's endorsement will prevent more defections. >> right now, i don't believe that he has the votes on friday -- the president-elect tonight preparing for new ye's eve here in florida, but he'll need a unified republican party to dlilg quickly deliver on an amb

maria: i understand all of that, you and the other gop senators met with president trump this week asell as key congressmen at mar-a-lago this weekend if you hammer out a strategy for tackling the upcoming priority, border tax cut in one or two reconciliation bills. as the conversation shifted now that there will be a continuing resolution on march 14 that will include california wildfire emergency aid in the debt limit. i know your heart no in raising or eliminating the debt ceiling, correct. >> i think the people that need to vote to raise the debt ceiling of the has to be raised should be the big spenders who vote for the big spending. in the other conservatives in the house of representatives don't vote for the spending. the day of shame and the vote of shame where they marched down and they show who they are the people need to vote are democrats and big spending republicans of overall the spending but frankly we should send the message that were never going to default would begin to thousand dollars of revenue every month, interest payment is smaller than that there's always enou

-- set two gop senators up at the behest of democrats?" i know people in and out of congress who know what government weaponization is. then we get to eat special counsel jack smith and his operation. it involved an unprecedented fbi raid on trump's house, including agents that even searched the former first lady's clothing drawers. hillary clinton and joe biden certainly did not receive the same treatment by government regarding their records. indeed, as my oversight exposed, the fbi amazingly agreed to destroy laptop records associated with clinton staff. this orwellian conduct should have no quarter. on top of it all, the fbi special agent that violated the hatch act started one of jack smith's cases. but jack smith was not the only department official who tried to influence this past election. the washington post reported just last august about a previously undisclosed molar investigation -- mueller investigation into trump that was closed for lack of evidence and being "a fishing expedition." that news reporting was based on sealed co

of course, donald trump is set to become president again and the gop has the majority in both the house and the senate. we're talking to bay area congressman eric swalwell about how democrats are going to try to navigate things in d.c. and what that all means for us back here in california. we'll have that conversation coming up in a few minutes. >>> first, a look at some of your local news headlines. president-elect trump will return to the courthouse before he goes back to the white house. a week from today a judge will sentence trump for his conviction in new york stemming from a so-called hush money payment made to an adult film star before the 2016 election. in a motion to dismiss, trump argued that his ascension to the white house mandated his conviction be vacated, but today the judge said it did not. he did indicate trump would not be sentenced to any prison time. >>> the antioch police department agreeing to a new oversight deal with the feds in the wake of a racist text scandal. there were dozens of discriminatory texts allegedly exchanged by antioch police staff between 2019

it all started in 1965, when california gop senator george murphy, recovering from vocal cord surgery, kept hard candy at his desk. that quickly became a bipartisan hit, and the tradition continued. one desk stocked with treats, often from the occupant's home state and located on the gop side of the aisle closest to the busiest entrance to the chamber. 60 years later, the now infamous candy desk desk has a brand new owner, oklahoma senator markwayne mullin, a former mixed martial arts fighter who took the reins from indiana senator todd young. what's it like having the candy desk of the senate? >> i love it. yeah. >> yeah. and i'm not even eating candy right now. >> but you're probably the most popular guy in the senate right now. >> i was beforehand. >> no, no, listen. todd's. todd's a good friend, but indiana isn't exactly known for candy, and he only wanted to have candy from indiana there. um, and oklahoma is not known for candy, either, so i don't discriminate. i buy it from every place. and we have we have we have good candy. >> so how did the mix. mixed martial arts fighter bec

it is also notable but this is the first time that there are the most republican women in a h ouse gop conference and democratic women. this is probably one of the most diverse congress is in history. and that is notable considering, diversity in the republican conference has been increasing also in the past 10 years, more women and the republican conference over the last 10 years, trying to catch up to what it looks like in the democratic caucus considering that for a long time and the democratic caucus has been seen as more diverse, more women in that caucus, really notable. and also a huge historic thing to note is that republican senator tim scott of south carolina is now the longest serving black senator ever in congress. he beats out another senator only serve two terms and he has been congratulated his state for keeping them in office and he will continue to serve as a republican senator of south carolina in this next congress. >> daniella diaz of political, thanks for helping us set up the day for the opening of the 119th congress prayed we've been working at the house floor wh

the gop's shaky unity and tough fights to come make trump's window even smaller. it does seem like if johnson doesn't get this together, it says as much about trump as johnson. i mean, this is tough for him, potentially. >> there's some truth to that. and but i think the major point there is speed. i mean, there is a lot ready to go on the agenda for donald trump, the republican controlled senate and the republican controlled house. so all of this, if we have all of this delay out of the gate, it is going to push back almost all of the trump agenda. so, absolutely, there's a lot there going on. the one thing, though, that was mentioned, i really want to point out, is almost more important than the johnson vote is, who is in charge of the rules committee. what makes it to the floor? how does it get to the floor? what parts of the legislation are going to be voted on? if johnson gives the rules committee, if he does not control rules, he wins the speakership but doesn't control rules. this entire trump agenda is going to be delayed. >> yeah. fair enough. although we

yields up over 5%, term premium at highest levels in 10 years, market has it wrong, to think that new gop ticket is going to continue to spend recollect recess leas before if anything trying to rein that in yields should not be as a high as they are my sense going to start to back occupy likely month of february. >> good point you hit object 10-year 4.7% adam johnson jump in here part of the reason because, there is a pocket of people on wall street who think trump's growth initiatives are inflationary, in fact, i spoke with so many people say they are actually deflationary, not inflationary, just because you are talking about growth and deregulation doesn't mean you are returning to inflation. >> correct in fact first term that is what we saw a stimulative a regular reagan-esque supply said not inflationary i like the word you used narrative, the market intuth this narrative there is going to be inflation i that i that is wrong, you also said something, that i want to push you on, because i am hoping that i heard you correctly, that if to move in yields up to 4.7% is now peaking, that wo

and now some republican lawmakers warning house speaker mike johnson and the rest of the gop to worknot hand control over to the party's right wing base. listen here. >> i think we forgot to govern from the center to the right. and not just from the far right cause. fact is you're not going to get those votes. now if you try to govern that when i heard a couple times this week we get 100% democrats or get 0. it doesn't work that way. thanks, madison designed system consensus building. and also you can discover from an extreme listen. >> and as congress is gearing up for the new session in the new year, one of the republicans will hold it right back to the white house as well as both chambers of congress. the senate as well as the house for the question is, can the gop forum a unified front moving forward washington. alina shirazi. >> and the last game of the season is coming fast and the forty-niners will be down their star player property. yeah. that injury last night. definitely a concern. a sports reporter aaron wilson has more details. >> and monday night football matchup against

what does the gop civil war tell us about the chaos to come? that. >>> plus, what's ahead for democrats as the party gears up to fight trump and redefine themselves before the next election. >>> and we're live in new orleans where the fbi has revealed new details about that deadly new year's day attack. i'm charles coleman jr. in for ayman, and we have a lot to talk about. let's do it. ♪♪ >>> welcome. donald trump is the king of chaos. he was the chaos candidate. he was the chaos president and chances are his plan so to revive his role as chaos agent in chief again. trump thrives on drama, but only reserved for him and the rest of team trump doesn't get to meyer in the muck apparently. why else would his cabinet nominees be told to stay off of social media? according to sources speaking with "usa today," trump's incoming white house chief of staff sent out a memo to trump's nominees. the text of the memo, read to "usa today" by one of the sources, stated that nominees are asked not to post on social media without approval from trump's white hou

in an exclusive interview trump tells us a great honor to have helped this process has brought the gop conference closer together. now, johnson secured the gavel in the first round. not without a little drama though. we saw six republicans who refused to vote for him and three republicans who voted for somebody else but then again, members began huddling on the house floor and that's when that talk with trump happened. there was a second conversation i'm told without trump. somebody in the room in that conversation told me that johnson promised these members he be more inclusive. it would not be a top-down conference and that good faith negotiators will work on these big bills like reconciliation. i'm told that johnson did not make any deals. here is what he said after getting the gavel. >> our people are asking for a thriving economy and a rebuilt middle class and strong borders and a strong military and we can deliver that. see , these objectives and these aims don't have an r or a d behind them. they have a usa. that's what we're about. >> [applause] reporter: a lot of happy folks r

she is the assistant whip for the house gop conference. congressman, thanks for joining us on this very busy friday morning. do you think johnson has the votes for a win? >> i do, i believe that speaker johnson will receive the gavel today. >> i'm not 100% sure he'll be on the first round, but i don't think it will take that long. i think that there's been a lot of progress made over the last 24 hours to make everyone happy and united going into this, and i think at the end of the day, look, we need to just get this job done. american people are waiting for us to get to work. they want workhorses, not show horses. so we need to do this in the least dramatic, least painful way possible and just get to work for the american people to make sure we do the job of securing our border. ramping up domestic energy production. getting our economy back on track, and extending those tax cuts that president trump used to stimulate the economy and lift americans out of poverty, as well as drive down unemployment to record lows. >> so what progress has b

johnson survives speaker vote after gop holdouts give way. the article says republicans, 219-200 15 margin meant johnson could afford no more than one gop defection. friday as all members voted for the candidates. thomas massie of kentucky already had vowed not to back johnson, while others had said they were undecided. as the clerk read off all names alphabetically, thomas massie stuck to his word and voted for another candidate, presented of tom emmer of minnesota. ralph norman of south carolina and keystones of texas also voted for candidates other than johnson, leaving him shy of the 218 votes needed for majority. instead of accepting defeat and heading into a second vote johnson huddled with norman and members of the freedom caucus on the floor and in an adjacent room, trying to negotiate a path forward. upon seeing that johnson did not have the votes representative nancy mace called a trump, who was playing golf, and handed her phone to norman for the present -- so the president elect talk to the holdout. the article says that at about

gop house and senate should hit the ground running. according to senior advisers closest to president trump, he continues to want to see "one big beautiful bill" as he puts it, on his desk from both houses as fast as possible. it would include tax cuts, closing the border, fossil fuel reform and permitting a peace through strength bill. during the campaign, mr. trump's working class coalition was repeatedly promised better laws, added take home pay, tax cuts, cheaper energy and closing the border and so forth and so on. so promises made, promises kept. one big beautiful reconciliation bill can combine all matter of fiscal policies requiring only a 51 vote majority in the republican senate. let the blue collar boom begin right away. house has already passed hr-1 on energy and hr-2 on immigration. jason smith's w weighs and means committee working on it and senator mike cray ports of entry ready to -- mike crapo working on his bill and it would help president trump fulfill the overwhelming mandate for change. and that's my riff. now, mor

today, the gop majority in the house is even smaller. by former congressman carlos cabello. good to have you back, congressman. jumping back into it, we were just talking about the need and the pressure for the republican party to produce during this congress. now, that is going to require -- we have also been discussing working with democrats, but that is what god kevin mccarthy ousted from his job, so how is speaker johnson going to navigate that, given that he is the leader of a party that has to produce and he has a very, very thin majority that requires him to work across the aisle and people in his party don't want him to do that? >> yeah, charles. so, if we look at the last congress, every single time that speaker johnson needed to pass a major piece of legislation, think funding the government, continuing resolutions, anything having to do with the debt ceiling, that was speaker mccarthy early in the last congress. they had to do it in a bipartisan manner. there are republicans in the house, republican conferences who do not acce

and the left continually -- and the gop right, some of them on the gop elites and the rinos, some of- people have to wake up and speak up and not be afraid of any repercussions. elizabeth: yeah. that's the most important takeaway of this. robert, thank you so much. please come back soon. we really enjoyed talking the you just now. thank you so much. >> liz, thank you so much. elizabeth: okay. >> is now the right time to have a special legislative session on allocating money to fight trump in a way that you could already do without a special legislative session? >> so i'm, you know, i'm here to address this, this, you know, these, these wildfires. this is a historic -- >> but you -- [inaudible] >> -- historic wildfire. >> people are trying to understand what's going on and is are worried about disaster leaf, worried about the ability to get homeowner's -- your chamber gaveled into special legislative session to prepare for donald trump. elizabeth: that was a reporter finally holding the democrat speaker of the california state assembly, his feet to the fire, demanding to to know why t

he has been meeting with gop governors and said the following, "he thought it was a disgrace that therseeing the case should not have been under the case but he did indicate he would comply with this ruling. he said, "i will do my little thing tomorrow. they can have fun with their political opponents." those was a reaction to the refusal to hold the sentencing tomorrow. we go to the federal prosecutor and great to see you, sarah. what do you think of this ruling from the supreme court? i do you think of this ruling from the supreme court? i am not particularly _ from the supreme court? i am not particularly surprised - from the supreme court? i:n not particularly surprised this is where they handed out. the ruling shows again how divided the court is, 5—4. i imagine it was a very contentious day. not surprised god basically said you can appeal this case in the normal course of business. —— the court. not going to stop this from going forward, if you have a pellet issues to raise you can raise like everybody else does after that.- else does after that. they believe his _ else does aft

>> well, you know, that there's still decency, that people do not believe unlike seemingly the gop dobout january 6th having been embraced by the gop is that it means that we can no longer call them a democratic party because democracy is when election results are respected. they're not contested and violence is not used to solve transfers of poor political problems. january 6th was autocratic down the line in that regard and so the gop in that sense is out of step with the decency of the majority of american people. >> yeah, understood. professor ben-ghiat, thank you. >>> we'll be right back. get your shrimp on today, only at red lobster. upset stomach iberogast indigestion iberogast bloating iberogast thanks to a unique combination of herbs, iberogast helps relieve six digestive symptoms to help you feel better. six digestive symptoms. the power of nature. iberogast. but st. jude has gotten us through it. st. jude is hope for every child diagnosed with cancer because the research is being shared all over the world. if you have heart failure or chronic kidney disease, farxiga can hel

if donald trump in their public and use their new majority to push the same old gop policies of tax cuts of the very rich cuts to health care trickle-down economics democrats will fight back. if the republicans go after social security and medicare which many of them say the want to do they will have the go through us. the time to get to work as now. they have been working on this reconciliation bill and it doesn't make a difference to inside washington. they are trying to find the quickest and best way to hurt average americans by giving the wealthy get tax breaks they don't need. now you will hear from her newest voices. we are proud to welcome the great freshman class and they are here to speak because they are a great addition. c thank you leader and to stay on my good side of my new colleagues i'm going to keep this brief. what i want to tell you is six months ago i got a phonecall. my father had gotten into an accident and was rushed to the hospital. he will never have the chance to be able to walk again in his life was turned upside down. now it's time to figure out how he can get

if donald trump and republicans use the new majority to push the same old gop policies of tax cuts forhe very rich. trickle-down economics, democratsdo will fight back. if the republicans go after social security and medicare is many of them sayheca they want o do, they are going to have to go through us. time to getor to work is now. they've been talking about the reconciliation bill to bills or one bill. shouldn't make a difference, that's inside washington. they find the quickest and best way to hurt average americans are giving them very wealthy the huge tax breaks they don't need. now you hear from her newest voices. folks we are proud to welcome have a great freshman class. they are here to speak because they are a great addition first and he came from new jersey. [applause] >> thank you leader. just stay on the goody side of y new colleagues i'm going to keep this brief. what i wanted to tell you it was just six months ago i got a phone call my father got into an accident. he got rushed to a the hospital. he will never have the h chanceo go to walk again his life turned upside d

gop budget dodges, fights over and title and defense. and rachel bay reports that forget about paul ryan's medicare, privatize zation plan the same with other entitlement reforms and never mind offsetting defense spending increases in almost every instance. sources describe a gop budget deal in which political practicality beats out ideology as republican leaders tack toward the party's center. now that they're in control of both chambers, well, so first off, i think it's impressive that we're actually going to get a deal this early if a deal comes. this has been decades since we've had this kind of. bicameral us negotiations this early in the process, which i think is absolutely fantastic. listen, this is weakness in the process. we look at ideology, we look at politics, and we see how much we can get done that's going to resolve a lot of the challenges that we face as a country. i mean, america understands we have an $18 trillion debt. i think they want us to fix the problems that we face, not just today, but in the long run. we pay $2

. >> but hegseth has shored up support among gop lawmakers and the military community, and dozens of veterans filled the hearing room tuesday to show their support. [applause] usa haeg says confirmation will rely on gop unity, meaning some republican senators will have to decide if they want to go against donald trump. >> keep in mind, under president trump, during those first four years, we had no new wars and that was because we had deterrence. we had peace through strength. and with pete hegseth at the helm, we're going to get back to that. >> the senate armed services committee will vote later today on whether to advance his nomination to the full senate, where he can only lose three gop votes, assuming all democrats vote against him. in washington. rebecca castor, ktvu, fox two news. >> the biden administration is expected to propose a limit on nicotine in cigarettes. it would mark one of the last moves the administration does over his presidency. president joe biden has failed to follow through on a promise to ban menthol cigarettes. the proposal will not include e-cigarettes o

member of congress may be with the gop and love it mr. trump there could be an issue on which his constituency back home feels flat out difference. different.he may have made is ad await saying yes or no on a particular thing primaries white members would cooperate or not cooperate there's always that concern if i do something to tick off primary voters and going to get in the neck. a positive case can be made in part because the gop right now is going to be feeling a lot of pressure. mr. trump has only four years most of the work is going to have to be done in the first two years. work previously under divided government or when they were out of power they could be against stuff the other party was doing. they could blame them for lack of border control, inflation, what have you. they've got a unified government and theyan can point to the narw margins but they are still in charge. they can only engage in blame for so long before voters turn on them. they're going to have to get together and make good on things like immigration for the g

that's the gop tax scam part one. and as a part of that effort, republicans on a strictly partisan vote, destroy the state and local tax deduction. and now some of my colleagues want to race down to mar-a-lago to bend the knee and pretend like they are the firefighters? i mean, it's a laughable thing. house democrats will work with any serious minded individuals to fully restore the state and local tax deduction in order to help working families and the middle class who were hurt by the gop tax scam and the destruction of state and local tax deductions. >> speaker johnson's it is expecting -- do with sanctions against -- prior to that icc released -- do you think sanctions against icc may undermine efforts to bring -- russian come and do you agree? >> i voted against the bill in the last congress and i will evaluate how i will vote against or for the bill in the next few days. >> where to specifics he places for bipartisan cooperation on immigration? is of the border deal from last congress on the floor? >> the border

families of this country, if donald trump and republicans use their new majorities to push the same old gop policies of tax cuts for the very rich, cuts to health care, trickle-down economics, democrats will fight back. if the republicans go after social security and medicare as many of them say they want to do, they will have to go through us. the time to get to work is now. they have been talking about this reconciliation bill. should be two bills or one bill? that is inside washington. they are trying to find the quickest best way to hurt average americans by giving the very wealthy the huge tax break they don't need. now you will hear from our newest voices. folks we are proud to welcome. we have a great freshman class and they are here to speak. they are a great addition. first is andy kim of new jersey. [applause] sen. kim: thank you leader. i will keep this brief. what i wanted to say is six month ago, i got a phone call. my father had gotten into an accident and was rushed to the hospital. he will never have the chance to walk again. his life turned upside down. now we try to figure

can the gop get away with trying to rush through this process?i'll say about even the most specious of gop nominees for this trump administration is that while 1 or 2 of them may not be confirmed, the trump agenda will certainly be confirmed. >> and after the holiday break and some time off, i think pete hegseth will probably be confirmed, despite the fact that he's probably unqualified. in addition to his ongoing character issues, we have seen no real opposition for the last couple of weeks. again, that's been the holiday break. but the reality of the matter is that it feels like a whole lot of democrats are just willing to concede now that they got matt gaetz out of the way, they're probably going to concede on pete hegseth and go on. >> but even for the worst and least qualified of these nominees, the trump agenda is what will be confirmed. >> and that's probably what's most troubling. >> even after you get past the personalities of it all. >> but, you know, it's not all democrats, susan, because hegseth, he appears to still be facing at least

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during a 90 minute strategy meeting with the senate gop, trump talked about his plans for the borderraising, the debt limit, and his desire to balance the budget. but when it comes to actually getting it done, he'll leave that process up to congress. >> we had a great meeting. there's great unity. whether it's one bill or two bill, it's going to get done one way or the other. i think there's a lot of talk about two, and there's a lot of talk about one, but it doesn't matter. the end result is the same. we're going to get something done that's going to be reducing taxes and creating a lot of jobs and all of the other things that you know about. but this was a really unified meeting. >> all right. joining us now to discuss steph keith, politics reporter for axios. steph good morning. thanks for being here. you were up on the hill all day yesterday. i can understand why donald trump is basically saying i don't really care how you do it, just get it done. i think the question is, what is the best way if you are trump? what's most likely to be successful? help us understand why this one v

i want to ask about the constituents and the gop. do they want to operate in the u.s. or ban?court. there was a ban put in place for january 19th. >> there are a diverse views across the gop with the maga thought leadership. there are hawks that want tiktok banned and it is a tool for information gathering for the chinese state. if you look at the leading maga key influencers like charlie kirk and others, trump himself said on truth social say why would i want to get rid of tiktok and shows billions of views on the platform. this is clearly where the hearts and minds of gen z and others are sitting. there is a huge amount of support in maintaining this channel. >> important to note that the trump donor is an investor in bytedance. ben, thank you joining us today. >> thank you for having me. >>> coming up on "worldwide exchange," the small role the small business administration will play after the wildfires in california. karen mills is here to layout the timeline to get aid to those left with almost nothing. we're back in just a moment. at morgan stanley, old school hard work

stuart: gop pollster mitchell brown joins me now.now what the postelection polls are telling us about trump and biden. what have you got? >> reporter: polling has shown two things, trump's image has gained, biden's is declined, the recollection of trump's presidency and job approval has gone up. most important thing is when we talk about the actual issues, trump has a mandate. when you go and look, his surrogacy rate, the people he has appointed so far have been positively resected by the voting electorate, whether it is tulsi gabbard, rfk, pete hegseth, all these people are people that voted for trump, did so for a reason ansar they wanted actual change and saw these people will fundamentally change things whether it is illuminating negative harmful product in the food system or going to the pentagon and holding accountable so trump has this mandate whether the mass deportations, 60% of americans are favorable love and want to see happen, now how do we go as trump volume 2. stuart: the american people have a 60% approval of mass dep

the republican majority is so tight that johnson can only afford the lose one gop member and still get the majority of votes needed to become speaker. >> right now i don't believe he has the votes on friday, and i believe we need to have the conference get together so we can get united. >> reporter: the house cannot vote on anything else until the speaker gets elected. erica brown, cbs news, washington. >>> the u.s. military says its forces conducted a series of strikes against houthi targets in yemen. plumes of smoke rose over yemen's capital city of sanaa on tuesday. the pentagon says it hit facilities used by houthis to attack american warships and commercial vehicles. u.s. central command says houthi targets included a advanced weapons production and storage facilities. >>> straight ahead on "cbs news roundup," our reporters will look ahead to the stories that will be making news in 2025. stay with us. ♪today my friend you did it, you did it♪ pursue a better you with centrum. ♪♪ it's a small win toward taking charge of your health. ♪♪ so, this year, you can say... ♪you did it!♪ int

but i mean, you know, trump's grip may be tighter around the gop.hey have very, very narrow majorities. >> you are right to refer to the senator as wise and sage. the republican party and the house has basically no margin for error. you have seen president-elect trump now basically take people from the house making that harder to get things through the house. so that will be the biggest challenge. of course, the senate rules do allow for something. they allow for something called budget reconciliation. i think you will see trump try to put together a reconciliation package that will largely be tax cuts. with an effort to get it through the house and to the senate. in reconciliation, you only need 50 senate votes. in others, you need 60 so that's the first thing folks should look at. a lot of the things he wants to do will blow up the deficit. in theory it is intended to balance the budget. close the deficit. in reality it has been used for the exact opposite. it is not clear what he would do to offset that. i know elon musk is looking at government