with the house gop. >> you've spoken about elon musk a couple of times, and he has. he has gone out again and said that the congress should have passed the the plan b bill that both democrats and 38 republicans said no to. and now we're hearing from donald trump, who is putting full blame if there is a shutdown on democrats. what do you make of that well, donald trump has already been out there saying that he wants to shut down government if he doesn't get what he wants. >> donald trump is not even taken the oath of office. and he is already causing chaos for the american people. it took him just a few weeks to turn his back on the promises. and what we are saying is, let's get to work. honor the deal you made, because it honors hardworking americans. let's invest in them. let's protect their social security and medicare. let's make sure we continue to cut the price of prescription drugs that we reduce the cost of living like the cost of child care and groceries and housing. these are the issues the american people want us to focus on. but elon musk and donald trump

we need to do is approve and a true maga conservative and someone who can work with our diverse house gop so we can get president trump's priorities over the line. that is ahead of us. >> madeleine: elon musk wanted to sink a deal johnson hammered out also threw his support against johnson. at the end of the day, on friday, he can only afford one republican defection and republican thomas massie is only house gop member to say he is not voting for johnson, hes he is still a no on johnson. other hold-outs like victoria shorts and tim burchett. tim burchetts he will make up his mind on friday for an interesting day of congress. >> ashley: ice is shutting down two programs that provide services to illegal immigrants. the wrap-around stabilization service offered psychological and behavioral health services for migrants while young adult provided 18 and 19 year olds with legal evers ises, both are coming to an end. ices it was not cost effective enough, it did not help further its mission. the agency saying the young adult program does not align with mission ero's. ice has 40,000 beds availab

this week you were elected the new vice chair of the republican governance group known as r.g.2, house gop caucus of the center-right. can you tell us about that group and what your priorities are going to be? guest: we are really like the majority makers, most of the members would have in our group, we sit down on tuesday and we talk about policy, different bills, etc., and what our stance is going to be. we are conservative, but more to the center and there are about 40 or 50 of us in that caucus, so i'm greatly honored i was elected as the vice chair and my job is to make sure that leadership understands the position of our caucus and to help our leader and our chairman. again, it is a great honor, but that is the makeup of this group, and it is one of about four major processes we have in the republican conference. host: if you would like to join the conversation with carlos gimenez, you can do so. our lines are by party, republicans, (202)-748-8001. democrats, (202)-748-8000. independents, (202)-748-8002. you serve on both armed services and homeland security committees, so i wanted t

house gop speaker test arguing that quote defeating mr. hnson would send the house into disarray and to what end? some members may be holding their votes in reserve to angle for better committee posts in return for voting yes. that's the trouble with the house gop. too many members are looking out for themselves rather than the larger political good. the narrow majority gives them more leverage than they deserve. you know, guy, what about the argument against that that speaker johnson did not deliver the type of spending bill, for example, that the conference really wanted? >> the vast majority of the conference voted for it, right? there are hold-outs but the overwhelming majority of house republicans voted for the spending bill. a few different bites at the apple. no one was happy totally with the perfect final bill. it was not a pleasant experience as these things often are not but, i mean, as our colleague chad pergram always fixates on the math is the math. politics is a team sport. when you have more of a cushion in your majority some

true maga conservative, but also someone who can work with every single member of our very diverse house gop so we can get president trump's priorities over the line, that is what is ahead of us, this could be the most consequential presidency and congress of the modern era, because we have to fix everything and it has to start on day one, so we can't waste time. >> mr. speaker, in 2017, i went to the white house and on day one, i noticed we had a 35 seat majority for republicans in the house of representative, and even with plus 35, you had a handful, it was difficult to replace and repeal obamacare, and there was some resistance in the ranks, so it sounds like you have a handle on unifying a diverse coalition. what do you think are the major priorities for the agenda to pass the house and go to the republican senate majority the first couple weeks. >> we have to do a number of things simultaneously, the budget reconciliation process, is going to be key for the first 100 days, because in order to fix all the things we have to fix, we have to squeeze a lot of policy changes through that proc

latest spending battle exposed the fact that there is disunity within the house gop. ultimately, republicans, despite owning a majority in the house needed democratic vote to pass the latest continuing revolution in order to avoid another unnecessary government shutdown. they may need the democrats' help in order to get anything done in the next congress because for the first time in modern history, house majority will rest on thinner margins than the senate in the 119th congress. they were members of the gop who don't want to work with democrats at all and they are trying to suppress this within their own party. >> i wish we could say all of the trouble was over with the democrats but we have seen how a few people with r behind their name are trying to hurt, we the people, as we go into their next era where america first policies are going to be implemented to make our lives better once again. we need to bring down those obstructionists to help president trump. are you up for that? >> we don't need partisanship now, we need hyper partisanship now. the conversation is

that may have otherwise not have flippedded and slunk the house gop -- shrunk the house gop majority.interesting. 34% approve of biden, 66 disapproved. so i don't know, katie. what are your thoughts? >> well, it's great to be with you, rachel. and i'll say president biden thought that he could have defeated president trump after the worst debate performance in presidential history. i don't think we need to look any further for signs of cognitive decline. there's absolutely no way he was up to the task of defeating president trump, and he also was not able to serve another four years as president. he's barely been able to to serve these past four years. why would anyone if think he could have served another term? we now have confirmation from the reporting in the "wall street journal" of what we all witnessed with our own eyes, that he was struggling to do the very basic functions of the presidency. and the fact that we essentially had a shadow government of unelected staffers who were covering up his inability to govern while they were making decisions for our country is a serious sca

house gop leaders are considering a strategy that would allow lawmakers to take four separate votes on funding packages and the debt limit if they can't get it done, it could create a travel mess. while tsa officers are considered essential employees and are supposed to remain on the job, there is a sense of unease amongst them. >>>>it brings on anxiety, especially during this time of year. definitely praying and hoping. fingers, toes, whatever you can cross that it does not happen. >>>>lawmakers have until midnight to come up with a solution and pass a bill on the money watch. california regulators just approved two new rate hikes for pg and e to help cover the cost of its rising operating expenses. that includes an effort to reduce vegetation near power lines and cut down on fire risk. one rate increase is going into effect next year, the other in 2026. still ahead here at noon and streaming on cbs news bay area. the latest national retail chain going out of business. plus, it is a buried treasure of a different kind. in our project earth report, we're taking a look at a tool that is

and i'm really grateful for the support across the spectrum in the house gop and all the endorsements that have come forward. we're going to unite and get this thing done for the american people. >> and you got the biggest endorsement of all in president elect trump because he's signaling to everyone, this is the way that we don't interrupt the momentum that's there and that the policy agenda, piece by piece, gets implemented. you put it on his desk, he'll sign it and it will become law. many more people will feel the relief. so, mr. speaker, in terms of energy independence, you mentioned that in terms of border security, in terms of tax cut and jobs act, if those things don't happen, what do you see for the country? in other words, paint a paint a bleak picture of these things don't pass. and people say it really doesn't matter who the president is. why does it matter if we have all three chambers now? if we have the house, the senate and the white house? >> well, this is a great blessing for america to have unified government. when you have republicans in charge of all three of thos

i mean, the fact is, you have these billionaires that are leading the house gop caucus around by theirose. and this is great theater, except for the fact that real american workers are going to be devastated if government shuts down. um, they only have a few more hours before that occurs. and you have this game of political theater going on in washington, d.c. with mike johnson, elon musk, vivek ramaswamy people are just tweeting and giving their thoughts, while at the end of the day, if government shuts down a week before christmas, that's going to affect american workers. i think the great irony in this, john, and and those watching is that you have billionaires who are who are guiding this discussion while the house gop actually had the audacity to say they speak for the middle class. >> so, brad, before we get into the merits of the debate over this spending bill, i just want to ask you, how much do you think speaker johnson is enjoying his job this morning? >> oh, well, it's never been a fun job. and he knew that when he took it. but i think you're letting somebody off the hook he

so just to look on the screen there, you can see the incoming house gop committee chairman. they look very they all are mostly all white men. the incoming house leadership, if you look at the the democrats versus the republicans, there's obviously more ethnic diversity among the democrats. lauren, what is your takeaway from there were some women who were actually vying for top positions in the house gop. the speaker said, let the process play out and the process played out like this. >> yeah, i mean, we've seen this in previous congresses, too. this is something that republicans have struggled with to build up the republican bench so that it includes women. and then in this case, you had the speaker stepping aside and basically saying that members should vote how they want to vote. i think in the wake of this last election, i do wonder how much these identity politics and leadership wanting to get involved in exactly who is leading the party in terms of what the look is of the party. i wonder if that's part of the reason why speaker johnson decided this just isn't worth the r

right now is proven fighter and true maga conservative and someone who can work with our diverse house gopn get president trump's priorities over the line. >> madeleine: johnson is receiving elon musk's endorsement. he and trump could help shore up support for johnson on friday. it is unclear if it is enough to avoid a fight over the gavel. johnson needs 218 votes to win his job. he can only afford one republican defection. thomas massies he is definitely not voting for mike johnson. others uncommitted like victoria spartz and tim burchett say they are still undecided. >> katie: america's education system is in a crisis with average test scores among t13 year olds being down in reading and mathematics over the last decade. with favorability of the education system, president trump is planning major reform. former education secretary and fox news contributor bill bennett. bill, can we talk about stats, the kids are falling so far behind, it is awful. >> bill: by the way, let's focus on that. 10 years. you can't blame it on covid, this was pre-covid, during covid and after covid, reading sco

. >> madeleine: good morning, the first test over how the house gop will navigate slim majority.e having this at time they say they should focus on president-elect trump's agenda. >> we can't get anything done unless we have a speaker, includi including certifying president trump on january 6. to waste time overthis food fight is a joke. >> i encourage my colleagues to go ahead and elect mike johnson. >> mike johnson has worked well with president trump and president trump likes him very much. i think it will be handled that way. >> congressman tim burchett is uncommitted to johnson, one congressman massie said he will not support johnson. johnson needs 218 votes to keep his job and next will start with 219 republicans. tim burchett told us on sunday he anticipates speaker vote could stretch into the weekend. will. >> will: thank you. next guest says she is not committed for johnson. congresswoman victoria sparks joins us now. why are you not committed to speaker johnson as next speaker of the house? >> i look at people's track record and we will not be able to deliver on -- if w

house republican conference, conservatives are cutting ending with a small majority next year the house gopill have to rely on democratic votes to get legislation across the finish line. >> if mike johnson thinks he will get any favors from the democrat, i've got news for him, is not going to get any favors so we will see how this trifecta decides they are going to govern or not. >> another challenge next year keeping his job, the speakers vote is scheduled for january 3. >> reporting from the white house, thank you. biden's involvement in the botched afghanistan withdrawal, "wall street journal" reportedly adapting to the white house around the needs of diminished leader. they told visitors to keep meetings focused. interactions with senior democratic lawmakers and some cabinet members including powerful secretary such as lloyd austin and treasuries janik ellen were infrequent or group less frequent. some legislative leaders had a hard time getting the president here key moments ahead of the disastrous pullout from afghanistan. this comes as another damaging report from the daily mail reve

we had two showdowns in 1995 and became the first reelected house gop majority since 1928.de -- donald trump is serious about draining the swamp. this is success. if you want to this new bill to pass, he doesn't want the fight you mentioned next year for them to gum up the works and so he knows what he is doing but he saved the country and saved next year from the debacle of what the first thing was that johnson was perfectly happy with, that is what he stopped, that's what elon musk stopped, what the american people stop so it is politics, it's fine, we are going to see, trump is going to have to be more aggressive but -- stuart: more aggressive? liz: he only has two years, the midterm is coming up, may be four years. he knows what has to happen. stuart: he desperately wants to get the debt ceiling provision in. he doesn't want the debt ceiling. if there's a debt ceiling and it stays in, schumer will exploit it next year. liz: not that he wants to spend more, this is the thing, doge is going to fix those issues. there's an element in place where the spending is going to go

>> we're not going to likely see a push from leadership, especially house gop leadership.llion package by the end of the year for additional supplemental funding to go to ukraine that's on top of what's already been disperseded and allocated to ukraine that the administration is scrambling to get out the door right now. but mike johnson has already explicitly said that donald trump won on calling for an end to the war in ukraine. and that they're not going to support pushing this through. likely they're going to just go along with a stopgap that will put them further behind for spending goals in 2026 and could complicate donald trump's plans when he comes into the administration. there are still a handful of stalwart ukraine supporters, like mitch mcconnell, people who are going to have outsized power with such slim majorities. and in the house, depending on what happens when these final calls on the election are made, there is going to be the opportunity for someone in the house gop conference to potentially put up a fight with regards to continuing to support ukraine. ag

house gop looks for a backup plan with government shutdown deadline tomorrow.t appeases trump? trump said this bill, so stupid as it is, it will be primaried. you have him weighing in, do you think he gets something passed that keeps trump and doge team happy or are we headed for an inevitable shutdown? >> look, bottom line, we can't continue to careen toward debts collapse. 36 trillion. and will spend more in interest payments on debt than entire national defense spending. we talk about the fact there are things in this bill, has nothing to do with continuing resolution on existing spending. it should be called corrupt resolution. in september we passed bill that extending this 81 days. this bill is 1547 pages, funding censorship for global engagement center, 100 billion for disaster relief. that should be a stand-alone bill, do notes put members at risk of voting against things beneficial to their district. redef redefining things we can't call you criminal offender we call you justice involved individual, it exempts congress from having to enlist or register

fighter a true maga conservative, but many someone can work with every member of our very diverse house gop so we can get president trump's priorities over the line what is ahead of us. cheryl: but some republicans still not convinced of johnson's leadership kentucky congressman thomas massey refusing to endorse speaker this is yesterday. he posted, we have seen johnson partner the democrats to send to ukraine authorized spying on americans, victoria spartz also again yesterday examine demanding you insurances s inspector is committed to trump's agenda will quote drain the swamp i spoke with mark alford, new york congressman nick langworthy about the speaker's future. >> we do have issues in our conference but nothing that can't be wording out mike johnson is person to lead this, trump actually has the mandate he is going to be calling the plays. and johnson is aligned with trump to make sure his mandate carried out in u.s. house. >> of course i support speaker joining with tournament president trump time to moved forward fixed his quarterback on team mike johnson, it is time for us to get

they spent the morning with members of the senate doge caucus before heading to a meeting with house gop leaders and the house doge congress. the house had a joint meeting with republicans and they received an enthusiastic response from republican lawmakers who pledge to work closely with the department of government efficiency to help cut costs. watch. >> i look at this where we ought to do this very regularly. >> cutting waste appears kind of like going to heaven. everybody wants to do it but nobody is quite ready to make the trip. >> we're laying the ground work for the new year and the new congress. you're going to see a lot of change around here and in washington and the way things are run. we need to make government more efficient. and that is what this whole objective is. >> reporter: speaker mike johnson describing the meeting as a brainstorming session. incoming senate majority leader john thune saying after a private meeting with elon musk that their discussion was broad and more about doge's goals than specific details of spending cuts. yesterday's meetings were only with repu

on december 17th, the gop controlled house committee on oversight released a so-called interim reporton. the report spend 128 pages. they claimed to interview hundreds of witnesses, scoured millions of pages of documents, and watched thousands of hours of cctv. after all that work, the person who house republicans cast as a villain of january 6th was former republican congresswoman was cheney. the report concludes, quote, based on the evidence obtained by the subcommittee, numerous federal laws were likely broken by liz cheney, the former vice chair of the january 6th select committee, and these violations should be investigated by the federal bureau of investigation. releasing a blistering statement, cheney said the house gop report fabricates, lies, and defamatory allegations in an attempt to cover up what donald trump did. there allegations do not reflect the review of the actual evidence, and are a malicious and cowardly assault on the truth. no reputable lawyer, legislator, or judge would take this seriously. indeed, judges and prosecutors have not been buying the attempt by trum

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shutdown the next election is two years away we had two shutdowns in 1995 in the first reelected house gopajority since 1928. it may take shock to line the president trump is serious about training the swat. i think newt gingrich makes a good point why are we afraid of a government shutdown. >> a one 100% agree this is what needs to happen in the system that is failing. if you look at the bill that did not pass nancy mace had a stack of it this high and say let's outline this. what bothers me they pursuant to the table for the next administration they said let's raise the debt ceiling and readdress it in january 20, 2590 avenue administration that has so much pressure and a small margin of a dirty that is good to be hard to have bipartisan but here's the thing good trying to put so much pork into this bill when you look at what they're trying to do their holding up funding for hurricane helene relief victims in disaster relief so it gets through and the american public is specifically with doge highlighting on x were tired of it let's have a government that we want that is accountable. the

and that's because of opposition from the top two house gop leaders, including the speaker of the house. >> the speaker is virtually alone in the united states congress. republicans in the house and the senate favorite democrats in the house and the senate strongly supported. it's big tech companies like meta have tried to derail the bill, contending it censors free speech and gives the government too much power. >> that criticism is echoed by the speaker what about on the issue of khuza'a? >> there are these parents who have been fighting to get this bill approved. concern about what's happened with their own children. why are you resisting this bill? >> online safety is critically important. >> i mean, i'm a parent, i get that. but we also have to make sure that we don't open the door for violations of free speech. it's a very delicate balance. it needs a little more tweaking, and we'll do that. i think we can do it early next year. >> but the senate gop sponsor of the bill says it cannot wait until next year what's the risk if it waits till next year? >> the risk for waiting until ne

still, another small majority next year house gop will likely have to rely on democratic votes once againget legislation across the finish line. >> if mike johnson that is not going to get any favors my democratic got news for him. he's not going to any favors out of us for. >> news tonight trumps daughter-in-law l lara trumps tt she remove yourself from consideration to replace florida senator marco rubio who trump cap to serve as secretary of state. lahr stepped down as cochair of the republican national committee earlier this month she is not mentioned but her next options are. >> the right madeleine rivera from the white house. thank you. well, and all republicans were on board with the slimmed down bill that passed 34 of them voted against the stopgap measure. our next guest is where the tennessee congressman tim burchett sits on the house oversight foreign affairs and transportation committees. so congressman, you were a no vote, why? >> is another continued resolution. we continued to bad spending policies at covid level spending policies. nancy pelosi and chuck schumer, this is bi

but also someone who can work with every sin dwell member of our -- single member of our diverse house gop can get president trump's priorities over the line. cheryl: some republicans are not convinced of johnson's leadership. thomas massey refusing to endorse the speaker, posting this on x. we've seen johnson partner with the democrats to send money to ukraine, authorize spying on americans and blow the budget. indiana congresswoman victoria sparks is demanding assurances that the speaker is committed to trump's agenda and will, quote, drain the swamp. i spoke with new york congresswoman claudia tenney yesterday. here's her message to the republican holdouts. >> i support speaker johnson 100%. i supported him when he was running and i supported jim jordan. i think he's done a very admirable job. he is a 100% america first supporter and very strong supporter of president trump from day one. this is a dream for the democrats to hear republicans still splintered on this. mike johnson's job is to run the conference, steer the titanic away from the iceberg which is what he did by avoiding a go

true maga conservative, but also someone who can work with every single member of our very diverse house gopident trump's priorities over the line. that's what's ahead of us. i think this could be the most consequential presidency and congress of the modern era, because we have to fix everything, and it has to start on day one. so we can't waste any time. >> reporter: johnson's future as the speaker is not garon with teed when congress -- guaranteed when congress reconvenes friday. tonight president-elect trump reportedly hosting his annual new year's party at mar-a-lago. he previously hinted bill gates could be in attendance. a few days ago president-elect trump postedded online that mar-a-lago is the center of the universe and said new year's eve is going to be, quote, amazing. mar-a-lago has been described as the southern white house. the palm beach daily news reports this morning tonight's party is expected to draw about 300 guests. security is, of course, a concern and a focus following two assassination attempts of president-elect trump this year, one right here at trump international

no one is reaching out to them from the house gop conference. we don't know what they will do. if there is a vote it comes up under suspension and republicans will lead the democrats' help as well. we're just waiting and watching to see what comes out of speaker johnson's office. if we finally see that white smoke as they say. if we have an answer and perhaps we'll be able to bring it to you live in your hour. >> bill: we're waiting on the pope then. we might need the pope, a little intervention here. is it safe to say that with an incoming administration that is so hell bent on bringing spending down that nothing is going to come out of the house because republicans have a slim majority there that will contribute to more spending? that's what this election was all about, am i right on that or not? >> i have think you raise an interesting point, bill. you know, think about what they are arguing over now. the debt ceiling. this issue wasn't supposed to come up until summer anyway. they have plenty of time to get to trump's agenda all the things he wants to do on the border and t

they may be asked point blank, will you follow the house gop recommendation to open a criminal prober trump political rivals? how will they answer? >> reporter: and this is no longer just campaign fodder, of going after his perceived political enemies or one-off comment. two weeks ago he told our kristen welker that liz chaney and members of the january 6 select committee should be jailed and now in this 3:30 a.m. post calling for her to be investigated. for pam bondi, the ag pick, and kash patel, they are going to get pointed questions whether they intend to follow donald trump's wishes and investigate both members. this is why both pam bondi and ka kash patel have said about their roles. >> the department of justice, the prosecutors will be prosecuted. >> we will go out and find the conspirators, not just in government but in the media. yes, we're going to come after the people in the media who lied about american citizens who helped joe biden rig elections. we're putting you all on notice. >> reporter: donald trump is more than a month away from his inauguration yet is making it c

house gop lawmakers have struck a spending deal to avoid a shutdown plus the big one. they are pushing to extend the debt sealing for two years so trump can more rapidly move on the mandate voters gave him to fix america, stop inflation. the inflation has been stuck above the federal reserve's 2% target for 24 straight months. mike emanuel joins us live from the white house. mike, what's the latest? great to see you. reporter: liz, great to see you. with the clock ticking house republicans are out with a new proposal let's take a look at the key points. a clean three-month continuing resolution to keep the government up and running. a clean farm bill package. disaster package as negotiated with democrats to a tune of $110 billion, and that two-year suspension of the debt limit to january 2027. president-elect trump offering this reaction on truth social. "success in washington speaker mike johnson and the house have come up with it for a very good deal for the american people." the newly-agreed to american relief act of 2024 will keep the government open, fund our grea

this is abc news this is this, trump fax house gop accusation liz cheney tampered with january 6 committee. she calls the allegations malicious, cowardly, assault on the truth, says republican representative barry lowder met -- barry loudermilk in new report suggests former gop representative liz cheney should be investigated for alleged criminal witness tampering, claiming she played an integral role in shaping key witness testimony before the january 6 committee investigating the attacks on the u.s. capitol by a pro-trump mob. president elect donald trump post this early wednesday morning on his social media platform, liz cheney could be in a lot of trouble based on the evidence obtained by the subcommittee, which states that numerous federal laws were likely broken by liz cheney, and these violations should be investigated by the fbi. well, liz cheney put out a statement. she says this,s chairmanat. loudermilk interim report intentionally disregards the truth anselect committee's tremendous weight of evidence and instead fabricates lies and inflammatory allegations in an atmpt to cover

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even though the house gop conference nominated mike johnson for speaker a month ago, the past week haseft him a bit bruised and with uncertain future. there some thought that speaker mike johnson may need some democratic votes to win the election as speaker, after the debacle two years ago that saw kevin mccarthy win after 15 rounds of voting and subsequently beyond -- be unseated by a member of his republican conference. at least one republican congressman thomas massie of kentucky said in the past week he does not intend to vote for johnson when the full house holds the speakership election at the beginning of the new year. johnson can only afford if you republican defections if you want to keep the gavel. meanwhile congressional republicans will also have to navigate working with president- elect trump and his allies, like elon musk who is a key figure in throwing capitol hill into chaos last week. plus the president-elect/the demand for congress to raise or even eliminate the debt ceiling revealed republicans still have some fundamental disagreements on both policy and procedure. n

what does it tell you that democrats can use their leverage in this tiny house gop majority.again, this government shutdown, because it was republicans who couldn't sort of get it together and get the numbers they need without democrats. >> yeah. i think anytime you see a large part of the republican caucus not vote for something, the republican speaker is put on the floor, it will be easy for democrats to make the case that they won big i think, especially donald trump did not get the thing that he wanted. donald trump was in even the person who stopped this bill from being passed initially. was elon musk. as people watched along, they saw a lot of confusion and chaos from republicans. it is really easy for democrats to make the case they did what they were able to do and they will have a lot of leverage coming into this next time. >> you posted on thursday you thought president biden should speak up about the budget chaos. now that it is done and everything has been pushed to march, do you still feel that way or do you think it was the right thing for him to make some calls

pass it, many of the disagreements that they are facing on the short-term bill have been within the house gopmportant reminder that even though republicans will control all of washington next year, that does not mean enacting donald trump's agenda will be an easy order, especially for speaker mike johnson, who will have an historically small margin in the house. with that, let's get smarter with the help of our leadoff panel tonight. peter baker, chief white house correspondent for "the new york times." melanie zanona, senior congressional news, and jeff mason senior correspondent for reuters. jeff, let's turn to you first. donald trump's new lawsuit, a spokesperson for the des moines register acknowledged that the poll did not reflect what ended up happening, but pointed out that they released all of their data and they're standing by their reporting. they said they will defend their first amendment rights and believe this lawsuit is without merit. even if it is, even if a judge throws this thing out of court, it's going to take time and will be costly. what is donald trump's real goal here?

house speaker mike johnson. so donald trump is trying to hold the gop together at this point, giving johnson his complete and totalt. the stakes are high here. as you mentioned, house majority -- mike johnson will be necessary, a speaker will be necessary to enact parts of president trump's agenda. and also the stakes are incredibly high because a few days after the speakership vote, there will be the certification of the election on january 6th. so still a lot of remaining questions on whether that trump endorsement will be enough to put mike johnson over the finish line. >> gabe gutierrez, thanks. >> david, even with trump's endorsement, he has to win over fellow republicans. thomas massie and then victoria sparks has signalled they are both holding out. what are the sticking points for johnson within his own party? >> look, house republicans always have a hard time governing and sort of unifying amongst themselves. the issue is that the speaker has a thin majority. it is a couple of seats, three, four, at best, depending on who is sworn in on friday. and of course, he is due to lose members of the trump cabinet

well, speaking of congress coming up, leading the house gop conference makes herding cats look easy. we're going to tell you why. hard line republicans say they are losing confidence in speaker mike johnson. whether they will or even can do anything about it i want to be the greatest player that i could possibly become. >> patients who have sensitive teeth but also want whiter teeth. >> they have to make a choice one versus the other. new sensodyne clinical white it provides two shades whiter teeth as well as providing 24 over seven sensitivity protection. patients are going to love to see sensodyne on the shelf at the salvation army. >> a shelter isn't just a place to rest. it's a chance to shed layers, let loose, and finally let it go. with your gift, a warm bed is just the beginning. it's the first night of a new day. when our homeless neighbors feel safe enough to close their eyes, they can see the way forward bungie. >> type two diabetes. >> discover the ozempic tri zone oh ow ow ow ow! >> ozempic. >> i got the power of three. i lowered my a-1c cv risk and lost some weight. >> i

the new house gop. 29 republicans, new house balance of power, i should say 29. start that again. 219 republicans, 215 democrats. which means he can only lose like two republican votes. >> and that's before he loses michael waltz, who will be the national security adviser at elise stefanik, who by all accounts looks like will be confirmed to be, uh, un ambassador matt gaetz isn't going to be there as well because of his resignation for his failed attorney general nomination. um, it raises the question, why would anybody want this job to begin with? and i don't mean that sarcastically, like it is extraordinarily difficult what they're going to be trying to do because of what donald trump has laid out as his agenda in his second term, is going to be an extraordinarily heavy lift. um, however, once you're in it to your point, speaker, it's pretty nice. um, great patio. um, and also, he's been doing he was flying around the country helping, getting people elected, holding on to that majority, which i think a lot of people assumed democrats would be able to win. you'r

true maga conservative, but also someone who can work with every single member of our very diverse house gop so that we can get president trump's priorities over the line. >> do you think they have it in them? scott jennings i mean, you've been here for a lot of these fights. we've talked about them, some of these some of these members, men and women, they don't want to support anything at all. >> yeah. the message for johnson that's going to work best is teamwork. and it's the message that's coming out of donald trump. he supports johnson because he trusts johnson and thinks johnson is going to support his agenda. but but more than anything, a path to nowhere here is to just fight amongst yourselves. and when you have a divided conference like this and you have a closely divided chamber, there is only one way to get things done for the american people, and that's for all the republicans to stick together. and we saw some division on this at the end of the year, and the democrats were able to stick together for the most part, republicans have to learn to stop fighting with each other and lis

"the 118th congress ended almost exactly as it began, with chaos in the house of representatives that threatened to consume its gopontrol the house of representatives, but they will hold one of the slimmest majorities in history. republicans will begin the next congress with a majority of just 217 to 215 states antle special elections can fill the vacancies of those leaving to fill donald trump's cabinet. as a new york times report says, "johnson won't be able to afford a single defection on the house for until those vacancies are filled later this spring. even then, no more than three republicans can break rank without dooming a bill's passage." republican speaker mike johnson have struggled to wrangle the affections of his caucus together, relying on cooperation from house democrats to get important legislation passed. house democrats once again coming to his rescue just last week to pass a funding bill to keep the government open. after elon musk and donald trump derailed a bipartisan deal with last-minute demands and nearly 40 members of trump's own party twice refused to support his new proposals. it is not c

that's just part of a long to do list for the house's narrow gop majority. ey also have a big vote this friday to elect the next speaker of the house. the president-elect now throwing in the debt ceiling issue and congress will also need to tackle immigration and taxes. that's just the house side. over in the senate, trump's cabinet picks head to confirmation hearings. some republicans feeling confident. >> at the end of the day the difference between the 119th congress and 118th congress is we'll have a republican president. a strong republican president who is very popular, which republican congressmen constituents back home and that's donald trump. >> aishah: alexandria hoff is in washington with more on this. a lot on their plates, alex. >> a short time ago the president-elect satisfied supporters of house speaker mike johnson with a gesture to shore up the speakership by showing support. he have wrote the american people need immediate relief from all of the destructive policies of the last administration. speaker mike johnson is a good, hard working rel

congress, but the numbers are going to make that extremely difficult, particularly in the house where the gop'sin is set to get trimmed further as at least two republican house members leave congress to serve in trump's administration. our washington bureau chief and political director, rick klein, is here to break down the latest. rick, some very close numbers here. >> yeah, jon. if the current results hold, republicans will have secured a 220-215 advantage in the next congress. that's actually two more democrats than who serve right now in congress despite those very tough redistricting maps and despite the coat tails of donald trump and him winning the popular vote as well as the electoral college. that by itself would be the tightest governing majority in almost a century, but here's the thing. things are going to get tighter almost certainly and actually very quickly. we've already heard from matt gaetz. he is not going to be trump's next attorney general, but he's resigned from this congress and said he won't serve in the next congress. his fellow florida congressman mike waltz will be th

president trump sails back to the white house amidst gop division on funding, the 2025 agenda and raisingn's debt limb. coming up, the road ahead head with kentucky senator rand paul and why raising or eliminating the debt ceiling may be part of the first upcoming reconciliation package. former speaker of the house newt gingrich on the drama erupting over spending and current speaker mike johnson's standing right now. and incoming white house press secretary karoline leavitt on president trump's priorities right now. plus, no room for two tigers on top. communist china's vision of victory does not include america as china undermines the united states at every urn. incoming national security adviser michael waltz on america's greatest threat and how the u.s. can winch plus, faith and religion with cardinal dolan at the majestic st. patrick's cathedral with a message of hope this christmas. the archbishop of new york on president trump, notre dame and the right overtaking darkness in the -- light overtaking darkness in the years ahead. it's all right here, right now on "sunday morning futur

this week you were elected the new vice chair of the republican governance group known as r.g.2, house gopcus of the center-right. can you tell us about that group and what your priorities are going to be? guest: we are really like the majority makers, most of the members would have in our group, we sit down on tuesday and we talk about policy, different bills, etc., and what our stance is going to be. we are conservative, but more to the center and there are about 40 or 50 of us in that caucus, so i'm greatly honored i was elected as the vice chair and my job is to make sure that leadership understands the position of our caucus and to help our leader and our chairman. again, it is a great honor, but that is the makeup of this group, and it is one of about four major processes we have in the republican conference. host: if you would like to join the conversation with carlos gimenez, you can do so. our lines are by party, republicans, (202)-748-8001. democrats, (202)-748-8000. independents, (202)-748-8002. you serve on both armed services and homeland security committees, so i wanted to as