so i told ilhan omar that she should make a public apology to the american people for her anti-americanng up on boebert. cnn capitol hill reporter melanie zanona and chris cillizza joining us now. melanie, let's start with you. what happened after that point? we saw that very forceful reaction that boebert posted on her social media after ilhan omar also talking about the conversation after. >> reporter: ilhan omar put out her own statement and said she's willing to engage with someone as long as it is done in a respectful manner. this call was not that. omar said boebert refused to apologies, she said she would not give a more acceptable public apology and so ilhan omar decided to end the call when she realized it was not productive. she also said that boebert doubled down on her rhetoric and continued the same bigoted lies she said originally. >> make no mistake, i will continue to fearlessly put america first and never sympathizing with terrorists. unfortunately, ilhan can't say the same thing. >> reporter: omar is not a terrorist sympathizer, this is a lie, but boebert showing no re

ilhan omar. and i said, well, she doesn't have a backpack, we should be fine.p for work today. >> melanie zanona joining me live now. congresswoman omar responded. what is she saying about this? >> she is essentially calling bs. here is what she tweeted about what lauren boebert had to say. fact, this buffoon looks s down when she sees me at the capitol. this whole story is made up. sad she thinks bigotry gets her clout. the fact that she's retelling it for laughs, they thinks earns her points for the base, i think it says a lot about where the republican party is now. you have this whole class of maga republicans who came to congress, pedalling this brand of outrage politics, they fund-raise off the controversyies and suffer little to no consequences from their own party. kevin mccarthy last week stood by paul goeasesar and kevin mccy said he would install them to their committees if the republicans win back the house. and one more point about all of this, ilhan omar already faces a number of death threats. she walks around the capitol with a security detail.

it for you so you get a sense of what actually happened. >> i look to my left and there she is, ilhan omardoesn't have a backpack, i should be fine. [ laughter ] [ applause ] >> so boebert there essentially suggested that omar is a terrorist, and you can hear from the crowd they laughed along with that. well, today the fallout from that continues. boebert called omar in what was supposed to be an apology, but it was actually far from that. congresswoman omar said in a statement that boebert refused to publicly acknowledge her hurtful and dangerous comments and doubled down on her rhetoric. this comes on the heels of another nonapology boebert issued last week where she apologized to, quote, anyone in the muslim community she offended. now, as bad as lauren boebert's words are, she is just one piece of a larger problem in the republican party as congresswoman omar summed it up perfectly saying, to late, the republican party leadership has done nothing to condemn and hold their own members accountable for repeated instances of anti-muslim hate and harassment. this is not about one hateful st

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minnesota democrat ilhan omar is one of only three muslims serving in congress. in this video taken at an event boebert joked and seemed to suggest that omar could be wearing explosives when with her in an elevator. >> i looked to my left and there

comments that congresswoman boebert made in colorado. >> i looked to my left, and there she is, ilhan omar she doesn't have a backpack. [ laughter ] >> so we only had one floor to go, and i said oh, look, the jihad squad decided to show up for work today. [ cheers and applause ] >> don't worry, it's just her staffers that talk for her. she's not tough in person. >> reporter: you can seeing the crowd there jeering and laughing as she tells this story, which ilhan omar tweeted wasn't even true. in her tweet apologizing, saying i apologize to anyone in the muslim community i offended with my comment about representative omar. i have reached out to her office to speak with her direct lid. there are plenty of policy differences to focus on without this unnecessary distraction. i reached out to sees if they discussed, but representative omar is asking from her leadership to step in, to take action, to do something to stand up against these comments. the question, of course, is there anything that they will do? i reach out to both mccarthy and i scalise's office. crickets so far, jim they could c

ilhan omar. i said, well, she doesn't have a backpack. we should be fine. i looked over.. >> let's dig deeper with cnn's chief political analyst gloria borger and cnn's senior commentator and former ohio governor john kasich. gloria, not only did congresswoman boebert refuse to publicly apologize but she actually doubled down in that twitter video accusing congressman omar of sympathizing with terrorists. this is so outrageous. >> it is. you just keep waiting for an adult to enter the room and to tell her that she cannot do this, that she does not represent what the republican party ought to be. that adult ought to be mr. kevin mccarthy who happens to be the leader of the republicans in the house and instead he remains silent. he met with her privately, spoke with her privately, told her she needed to apologize. she tried to do that. obviously she has no sense wof what that means. this continues and is going to continue unabated until a grown up steps in and says, we're going to ostracize you. we're going to tell you, you can't do your job here because this is not who we

and in that elevator, we were joined by ilhan omar.r, and i said, well, look at there, it's the jihad squad. >> reporter: i would point out that lauren boebert has used that phrase multiple times before and doubled down in a social media video, so clearly she's not remorseful. she's not sorry despite an initial tweet trying to apologize so clearly, you know, there's just a lot of tensions inside the house right now. >> it's interesting that she keeps recycling that story that ilhan omar says is a made up story, and she keeps recycling it. >> it keeps changing. melanie zanona on capitol hill, thank you so much. >>> this bit of news into cnn. dr. me met oz, the cardio thoracic surgeon and television personality is running for senate in pennsylvania as a republican. he just made the big announcement in an op-ed published in the conservative washington examiner newspaper. >> dr. oz wrote during the pandemic i learned that when you mix politics and medicine, you get politics instead of solutions, that's why i'm running for the u.s. senate t

her time on the floor yesterday to spread stupid, racist conspiracy theories about congresswoman ilhan omar. and if you're wondering what this bag of trump chee-tos retake power next year, just put that prospect in your mind for a minute. these people are the leaders of the republican party. that's the only reason we show them to you on this show. and they would be running this country. house minority leader kevin mccarthy, and let's just be clear, he would be working for them, he made it clear that if his party is back in power, he will put gosar and margie q. green back on their committees, maybe even better ones. mccarthy is just stating what we already know. that if this party comes back, it's going to be one giant revenge fantasy. >> what they have started cannot be easily undone. their actions today and in the past have forever changed the way the house operates. and furthermore, it means that

the story where she jokes that ilhan omar is a terrorist basically. sically the same story that she told in the events that went viral last week, you know. she claims omar had -- didn't have a backpack so she felt safe implying that any muslim person with a backpack is a terrorist, and, you know, omar's people have said this story is a fabrication. they weren't in an elevator together. i messaged with omar who said that, you know, boebert is unhinged and, you know, note blitt story is a little different from last time. there's no capitol hill police officer confusing her as a terrorist so it does lend credence to the fact that this is a made-up story that she's telling a crowd, i don't know, for laughs maybe. i guess the joke is that muslims are terrorists, but, yeah, i mean, like i said, omar called this unhinged. >> andrew knzky, grateful for your reporting. let's bring it back into the room. the point that andrew makes it's not one video. it's not someone who got caught up in the emotion of a crowd and said something horrible and then tries to apolo

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representative lauren boebert who suggested that the muslim ilhan omar is an actual terrorist. to say. listen to this. >> so when a sitting member of congress calls a colleague member of the jihad squad and falsely, falsifies a story to suggest that i will blow up the capitol, it is not just attack on me but on millions of american muslims across this country. >> yes. so the question keeps coming up. where is the republican leadership. why aren't they condemning boebert? >> reporter: this is becoming a huge question on capitol hill. we may get more answers tonight as republicans and democrats return to the house of representatives for votes. but making it very clear tonight, ilhan omar, the congresswoman from minnesota saying she's received hundreds of threats since 2019 and the kind of rhetoric that her republican colleague, lauren boebert, is spewing now is only adding fuel to that fire and it is part of this toxic environment that's starting to overtake the house of representatives. there are concerns about the fact that these aren't just comments that are vanishing into thin

ilhan omar is saying it didn't happen, simply.ow lauren bow better is something we saw her defend paul gosar for comments about alexandria ocasio-cortez. what do you make of this? . >> this hateful fearmongering language is from the republican and house gop. it presents a choice for someone like kevin mccarthy where are you going to tolerate or condone this type of messaging, or are you going to condemn it? are you going to call it out? what this kind of shows and also a situation, as you mentioned, with gosar and that situation and how there was a lack of condemnation, also shows just how much they are willing to tolerate it looking ahead to the midterms next year. it shows how some of the folks on the far right, especially in the house gop and believes they are starting to fall into the mainstream particularly in the house gop. and when it comes to someone like kevin mccarthy, how he is aware of how he may need their support as well as moderate republicans going forward. the lack of condemnation from the leadership in the republ

ilhan omar said this did not happen. you would likely be fired. are you worried about the broader implications, though. you're right. she is not a stand-up comedian. she is a member of congress telling this as a joke and now it is being widely spread. are you worried about the broader implications of a comment like that? . >> actually, it normalizes anti-muslim bigotry. ilhan omar deals with death threats all the time. she is a strong leader. this sort of rhetoric contributes to the threats against her and the exclusion of muslims from our country. american muslims are part and parcel to this country. black slaves helped to build this country. we should not be the part of any disgusting joke by any member. sit a danger to our country and a danger to everyone's right. . >> lawmakers will be back in washington this week. i imagine kevin mccarthy is going to get a lot of questions about the comments. thank you to have for joining us this morning on this. >> thank you. >>> retail stores are on alert this black friday after a rise in the smash and grab

lauren boebert defiant after making bigoted anti-muslim comments against democratic congresswoman ilhan omar that omar could be a suicide bomber when they shared an elevator. boebert and omar confirmed that they spoke on the phone today but it ended with omar saying she hung up on boebert. boebert took to instagram to say this afterward. >> make no mistake, i will continue to fearlessly put america first. never sympathizing with terrorists. unfortunately, ilhan can't say the same thing. >> and omar releasing a statement saying this, in part. instead of apologizing for her islamophobic comments and fabricated lies, congresswoman boebert refused to publicly acknowledge her hurtful and dangerous comments. so, there's that. ourt front with me now is republican congressman tom reid of new york. congressman, thank you for being here. you know, this really went from ugly to uglier just when you thought it couldn't get more ridiculous in the house of representatives. i mean, what -- what do you think of this? >> i would agree. i mean, first, obviously, i disagree and condemn the kind of comments tha

ilhan omar. said, well, she doesn't have a backpack, we should be fine. [ laughter ] >> did you hear that? yeah, there were a couple groans, but there were a lot of laughs. boebert doesn't think she gets clout for comments like these among some voters, she clearly does get it. back with me now, adam ren, danielle moody, and jena friedman. this was one of those troubling moments this week. as i said, i think the republican party not even coming out and condemning this speaks for itself. danielle, i'll start with you. you know, i don't think this was an apology. she doesn't apologize for what she said or to the congresswoman. but interestingly, what i noticed as well is that she sent this non-apology from her official twitter account, not from her personal account. her personal account has almost four times as many followers as her government account. as far as apologies go here, was hers as bad as it possibly gets? tell me if i'm wrong. >> i mean, one, ayman, i'm so thankful that you brought up th

she lies about the fact that ilhan omar is potentially a terrorist, so it makes sense that democrats this very carefully and skeptically about what her motivation is in trying to get this meeting with omar to begin with. >> and this is what, again, kevin mccarthy has failed to deal with this so it will keep happening. marjorie taylor greene after boebert apologizes, never apologized to islamic sympathizers, communists or those who fund murder with our tax dollars. omar ilhan and the jihad squad are all three undeserving of an apology. it's reprehensible. at a parent you think what message does that send our children when people in public office are allowed to say things like that and are not held accountable? >> and he's trying to walk a really fine line here by saying that he helped to facilitate a potential meeting between them. he's doing more on this issue. he's getting push back from moderate republicans. john, it doesn't change the fact though that some republicans are distressed about this because it is distracting from the type of message they feel won for them in virginia in

hadn't happened but she was describing a situation in which she was standing next to congresswoman ilhan omarota, and she compared her to a suicide dom bomber and i should note that omar was the first congresswoman to wear a hijab when she was elected. you have some from marjorie taylor greene who tweeted saying that omar doesn't deserve an apology because she's, quote, part of the jihad squad. now marjorie taylor greene herself was kicked off of committee assignments for her rhetoric and was fined several thousands of dollars for refusing to wear a mask in the house chamber and she's unvaccinated, by the way. you have reactions from republicans like adam kinzinger, who is on the january 6th select committee. he tweeted, calling boebert, quote, trash, and that's about it. that's about all he said and that's about the reaction that we have from republicans on the matter. we also have democratic leadership led by speaker pelosi, of course, calling for a full retraction from boebert for the comments that she made, alex. >> okay, julie. thank you so much for all of that. it's always interesting,

ilhan omar came here as a refugee as a kid, rose all the way to the united states congress. who's got a criminal record is lauren boebert for a series of, like, petty crimes. the one with a mugshot is lauren boebert. how ironic that the woman with the mugshot is trying to imply that the one without a mugshot is the criminal? >> that's 2017. she failed to appear for court numerous times. then in 2015 when she was arrested then for interfering with the police arresting underaged drinkers, she told the kids run away. she interrupted so much she got arrested for interfering with the arrest. she should've been charged with resisting but somehow the charges all went away, which is white privilege. because if she was a black or brown woman, she wouldn't get away with that, she might not even be alive. i hope people look at her mugshot. it's on twitter. someone's got various arrests, demonizing people who are pursuing the american dream. it's exceeding it and making vile jokes. >> yeah, and they're not jokes because they could really put her at risk. thank you very much, always appr

ilhan omar and the jihad squad are all three and undeserving of an apology. joining me is former republican congressman barbara comstock and cnn political commentator and clinton white house adviser paul bagala. barbara comstock, let me ask you this first -- this kind of hateful rhetoric, it just emboldens the far right. you just worry that she's going to be enflaming somebody to the point where they could act out and do something violent. what are your concerns when you heard what boebert had to say and how this whole thing is playing out? >> well, we know since january 6th and even before there have been more threats to members of congress than ever. this year is going to be the highest sort of threat level that there's ever been. when you have this kind of just unconscionable attack -- and it's not just that she needs to apologize to the congresswoman who she attacked, she needs to apologize to the american people. she needs to poapologize to the republican party and a lot of other people. it goes way beyond that. i'd also like to point out that she has a

david, remember here, it is lauren boebert who made the bigoted comment about ilhan omar. and now boebert has this apology basically asking for an apology to her. it really is an example of turn around here and explains the challenge to kevin mccarthy who chooses to try to deal with this in private rather than make a public statement of condemnation. >> yeah. also, i mean, lauren boebert there is acting somehow offended that ilhan omar is asking for a public apology in boebert's own telling of the conversation, she didn't even offer her a private apology. never mind a public apology for insinuating that her fellow member of congress was a terrorist. john, the incentive structure in american politics is so perverted and this is yet another perfect example of it, because what boebert gets here is the opportunity to put out that video on her twitter page that has a link at the top of it to her win red, donate here to lauren boebert's campaign website, and so she is able to fund-raise, rally the troops off of this, pick a fight with a target on the democratic side, and win the

the fact of the matter, is a as ilhan omar has no connection with cops., that is when you want them. she has no idea why cops lives are like. i think you're right adobe get the guywho won, very strong ae cops. we had four murders over the weekend in cleveland. more than 150 this year. and still the issue -- >> that's another situation that i pointed out. whether it's virginia or new jersey or texas or seattle. >> cleveland, cincinnati progressives -- let's not overgeneralize. of republicans have a lot of work to do. >> you got the republicans winning. >> clearly about trends, that would explain the mustache, geraldo. [laughs] >> this is why people hate politicians. as they so eloquently described, there was a lot of turmoil after george floyd. the politicians think, oh, my god, i have to do something. i don't know what to do. they end up listening to a few screamers on the streets fear they took a slogan and put it into law. that causes a huge crime wave. the people in the dash how many times in the history of this great nation have the politicians done t

minnesota democrat ilhan omar is one of only three muslims serving in congress. in this video taken at an event, boebert joked and seemed to suggest that omar could be wearing explosives when with her in an elevator. >> i looked to my left and there she is ilhan omar i said well, she doesn't have a backpack, we should be fine >> reporter: congresswoman omar responded, saying i am a suicide bomber is no laughing matter. she writes normalizing this bigotry not only endangers my life but the lives of all muslims. speaker pelosi and democratic leadership called boebert's comments deeply offensive and concerning and slammed republican leader kevin mccarthy for his repeated failure to condemn inflammatory and bigoted rhetoric mccarthy responded that boebert apologized for what she said and has reached out to congresswoman omar to meet next week kelly o'donnell, nbc news. >>> still ahead, a new round of brazen smash and grab robberies what one major retailer says they'll do to keep shoppers and employees safe. >>> also, how di hundreds of fedex packages end up in the woo

and in that elevator, we were joined by ilhan omar. well, it was just us three in there. i looked over and i said, well, looky there, it's the jihad squad. >> you want to react to that? >> look, this is the same kind of thing that, you know, when my muslim american nominee for the state court in new jersey was brought before the senate committee in new jersey, one of the things that one of the senators asked him right off the bat was, can you explain jihad to me. i think that any generalizations that we make about anyone, whether it's that or whether it's the things that congresswoman omar has said regarding jewish americans in this country, doesn't do anything to bring the country together. now tait appears to me from watching the video that she was making a joke there but in the end, sometimes jokes are not in the best taste and are not with the best idea behind them. but in the end, what bothers me more, wolf, and i want to repeat this is that congresswoman omar's comments have not been jokes. and couldn't be interpreted as jokes. they have been serious policy statemen

. >>> representative ilhan omar demanding new action after shocking comment from colleague lauren boebert> plus we are a little more than 40 hours away from the start of the potentially explosive trial of ghislaine maxwell. >>> in our 4:00 p.m. hour, we are just days away from the case that could overturn roe v. wade. the supreme court about to take up a mississippi law that is a direct challenge on the very future of abortion rights. that's ahead. >>> we want to start, though, with the breaking news on the new covid strain, omicron. with the last -- within the last two hours, germany and italy have confirmed they have new cases. this is coming just after the uk health secretary confirmed the variant is now in england as well. this means four european nations now have confirmed cases as well as asian and african nations. let's go talk about the latest countries to be added to the do not travel list from the state department. this is causing new restrictions and increased lockdowns around the world, including a u.s. travel ban from southern africa about to take effect as well. meantime, th

video describing a moment in a joking manner, in which she was in an elevator with congresswoman ilhan omarslim, and she's a democrat from minnesota, and she said in that video, well, she doesn't have a backpack, we should be fine, implying that the minnesota democrat was a suicide bomber. she apologized, like i mentioned. you just saw that tweet on your screen. she issued an apology to, quote, anyone in the muslim community i offended with my comment about rep omar. i had reached out to her office to speak with her directly. there are plenty of policy differences to focus on without this unnecessary distraction. you had omar responding almost immediately to this video that surfaced in which she said -- she accused boebert of making up the situation, which adds sort of another bizarre layer to this for quote, clout. she also said the gop leader kevin mccarthy and speaker pelosi need to take appropriate action. normalizing this bigotry not only endangers my life but the lives of all muslims. an important fact about congresswoman omar is that when she was elect instead 2018, she actually beca

condemnation from leaders after a video surfaced of congresswoman boebert making comment about ilhan omarreporter: making a suicide bomber joke about being in an elevator with congresswoman omar. >> i looked to my left, there she is, ilhan omar. i said, well, she doesn't have a packback, we should by fine. >> reporter: suggesting she was send she would blow up the elevator. >> we only have one more floor to go. the jihad squad decided to show up today. >> reporter: posted, claimed to have shot over the thanksgiving break, omar responding saying the whole story is made up, call b boebert a buffoon. today, boebert tweeting an apology sigh she's reached on the to omar's office to speaker to her directly. adding -- there are plenty of policy differences to focus on without this unnecessary distraction. but boebert did not apologize for other incendiary remarks made during the same event, including a homophobic remark about secretary buttigieg. >> he wasn't even put in charges of the supply chain crisis. no, someone else was tapped for that, may mayor pete is still at home trying to figure out

. >> look to my left is there she is, ilhan omar. i said, well, she doesn't have a backpack, we should be fine. i looked over, and i said look, the jihad squad showed up today. >> kevin mccarthy called boebert and encouraged her to meet with omar, did not publicly condemn what she said and never publicly condemned congressman paul gosar for tweeting an animated video of himself killing a democratic congresswoman. do you think mccarthy should be publicly condemning this kind of behavior? >> i do. i think whenever, even in our own caucus, our own members, if they go the wrong direction, i mean, it has to be called out. it has to be dealt with, particularly whenever it is breaching the civility, whenever it is crossing the line in terms of violence or increasing the divide in our country. so one of the things that's really important to us in the future is increasing the civil debate, and civil discourse, and we've got to look for ways that we can bring people together and not divide and certainly along racial lines. i think this last we

capitol hill fueled following a contentious phone call between scott member congresswoman ilhan omarswoman laura. lawmakers demanding public apologies, plus, how employers could be using your stock to monitor your every move. we begin tonight with a cause for concern not for panic we are told kevin corke tracking the biden administration's response to the spread of the omicron variant. good evening. >> for skeptics, let's be honest, news about the new variant is another ploy by the white house to get people to take the shot despite the fact that by most accounts it's not as serious as it first appeared. the skeptics might say that, but for those of you unwilling to take a risk, any risk when it comes to covid-19, newsome and the new variant is precisely the sort of thing that can cause great anxiety dad's by the way something today president biden said he does not want to see. >> the variant's cause for concern but not of cause for panic. we are going fight this with science and speedy, not going to fight it with chaos and confusion. >> following a meeting with his task first urging

jesse: have you heard gutfeld's nick make for ilhan omar? laura: i have not. jesse: the our in the pacific, you go island by island, school district by school district, state by state, you start at the school board, you go to the county commissioner. that's how you take your country back. most of the country doesn't buy this crap. tuesday's election shows we are united behind this garbage. laura: if republicans had put a little bit more money in new jersey and some of us paid more attention to new jersey, new jersey probably would have been taken by ciattarelli. he probably would have won that governorship. we had victories in seattle, school board races, long island. the state senate in new jersey. the most powerful person in new jersey. he was unseated by the truck driver. he spent $150 on his campaign. the democrats' answer to this is we want higher energy prices, more supply chain problems. we want to make life more difficult for the american people through mandates, edicts and rules. it will be great for us, the conservative movement. they will get wiped

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this all started, remember, with boebert suggesting her democratic colleague representative ilhan omart in a call with omar where boebert claimed she was a, quote, strong christian woman. okay. let's unravel all of this. i'm joined now by cnn analyst gloria borger. where are the adults in congress, gloria? >> i don't know. i think they are hiding in the basement, but they are certainly not out front in the republican party, and the person i'm talking about is kevin mccarthy who happens to be the leader of the republicans, and i know that he has talked to -- to these women privately. he certainly talked to boebert privately. let me say that, and, you know, expected that perhaps there would be an apology, et cetera, et cetera, to ilhan omar in a phone call that disintegrated and then they went at each other again. look, this is a problem for mccarthy because he's not doing what a leader should do which is he should say we will not tolerate this in the republican party. this is not what we stand for. this is not who we are, and if you can not behave you won't be on your committees. you wi

and there she is, ilhan omar. i said, well, she doesn't have a backpack, we should be fine.ed over, i said, oh, look, the squad decided to show up to work today. >> ilhan omar is one of the first muslim to serve in congress. in that response to that video, she tweeted, fact, this buffoon looks down when she sees me at the capitol. the whole story is made up. sad she thinks her bigotry gets her clout. joining us now is cnn reporter gabby orr and cnn capitol hill reporter melanie zanona. melanie you are going to be back on capitol hill this week, i imagine this is going to be a big topic of conversation, a big question for house -- for republican leader kevin mccarthy. >> i think there could be a democratic push to censure her or kick her off her committees. what she said is on par with the stuff that marjorie taylor greene said that got her kicked off the committees. the members are not going to behave any differently until they suffer internal consequences from inside their own party. kevin mccarthy stood by paul gosar, he said i will reinstate gosar and marjorie taylor gree

ilhan omar. doesn't have a backpack, we should be fine. >> boebert essentially suggested that omar is a terrorist. you can hear from the crowd, they laughed along with that. well today, the fallout from that continues. boebert called omar in what was supposed to be an apology, but it was actually far from that. congresswoman omar said that in her statement, but boebert refused to publicly acknowledge her hurtful and dangerous comments. and doubled down on her rhetoric. this comes on the heels of another non apology bobert issued yes week. she apologized to quote anyone in the muslim community she offended. as bad as laura boebert's words are, she's just one piece of a larger problem in the republican party. congresswoman omar summed it up perfectly saying, today the republican party leadership has done nothing to condemn and hold their own members accountable for repeated instances of anti-muslim hate and harassment. this is not about one hateful statement, or one politician, it is about a party

i look to my left, and there she is, ilhan omar. be fine. >> oh! [ laughter ] we only had one floor to go. the jihad decided to show up for work today. >> congresswoman ilhan omar says the whole story is fabricated, tweeting, "anti-muslim bigotry isn't funny and shouldn't be normalized. congress can't be a place where hateful and dangerous muslim troeps get no condemnation." joining me jackie kucinich, washington bureau chief, and an enterprise reporter for "the washington post." great to see both of you. thanks for making time for us today. jackie, this type of comment would be punished in pretty much any workplace across america. house minority leader kevin mccarthy has shown zero appetite for holding anybody accountable for these types of actions. at what cost is mccarthy looking the other way? and is there any chance this backfires? does this bolster him to be the house speaker if republicans take back the house in 2022? >> well, let's start with this isn't the first time congresswoman boebert has something like this. she said o

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ilhan omar is condemning this language and said that it never happened and the story was made up.matter, or not. it's problematic. it's dangerous and i wouldn't be surprised to see democrats try to ken sure her or kick her off her committees when they return next week. >> today's republican party it really doesn't hurt you to say things like that. in fact, it can only help. melanie zanona, thank you so much. >> thanks. >> coming up, millions of american workers are quitting jobs and not coming back. a look at what's driving them away. that's coming up next. r you to . whether it's a year old or a few years old. we wanna buy your car. so go to carvana and enter your license plate answer a few questions. and our techno wizardry calculates your car's value and gives you a real offer in seconds. when you're ready, we'll come to you, pay you on the spot and pick up your car, that's it. so ditch the old way of selling your car, and say hello to the new way at carvana. carl is saving big holiday shopping at amazon. so now, he's free to become... choirmaster carl. (dogs bark "yeah" by ush

i look to my left, and there she is, ilhan omar.only had one floor to go. oh, look, the jihad aquad decided to show up for work today. >> talking about a colleague being a potential suicide bomber. joining me now is cnn capitol hill reporter er melanie sa no. we've heard this kind of thing before. but talking about carrying a bomb in a backpack is beyond the pale. do you think there's any chance kevin mccarthy will e are act or let it slide as he often does? >> i have zero belief that he'll bring the hammer down on her for this. look what happened last week with paul gosar. he was under fire for posting a video on twitter depicting violence against democrats, and mccarthy and the gop stood behind him. mccarthy said he would reinstate gosar and marjorie taylor greene to the committees, potentially better ones, if republicans win back the house. one factor playing into all of this is the potential few uture speaker's race. he needs these people to become speaker. they could be decisive votes depending on margins and they're not willin

so i told ilhan omar that she should make a public apology to the american people for her anti-americanic. >> congressman omar said instead of apologizing for her comments and lies, representative boebert refused to acknowledge her hurtful and dangerous comments and doubled down on her rhetoric. i decided to end the unproductive call. i believe in engaging in those we disagree with respectfully but not when it's rooted in bigotry and hate. so that resolved absolutely nothing. in fact, made it worse. i wonder, i don't know how much you were following this in front of the scenes, boebert put out or maybe somebody on her staff put out almost a contrite tweet and marjorie taylor greene basically shamed her for being conciliatory on this. i guess the trump lesson is never apologize, even if you are 100% bigoted and wrong. >> it definitely seems to have gotten way worse than before the phone call. and there's no one here, no one from leadership really stepping in to tell either congresswoman really here what to do. so it seems like this is just going to keep spiraling out of control. we'll se

they'll go after ilhan omar. they'll go after the squad. they'll spend all their time doing fake investigations trying to impeach joe biden for god knows what, for having a son they don't like this. is what they're going to do. and not -- and only tit for tat. they impeaching bill clinton, they were hunting for a way to impeach him as payback for nixon. it's the payback party. there is not going to be legislation other than banning the 1619 project nationally and making it illegal to say anybody white ever in history was mean. i guess that will be their agenda? build a wall with our money? your thoughts. >> retribution is the only goal. it's the only motivator at this point. and frankly, speaker pelosi hit the nail on the head at her process peres conference today where she said republicans are a clear threat to our democracy. and hearing that, you would think that democrats would say okay, let's do everything we can to shore up our systems before they get in here and create more chaos and create more damage. you would think they would pass

last week she suddened she was scared to get on an elevator with ilhan omar.. >> reporter: making a suicide bomber joke about being in an elevator with congresswoman omar. >> i look to my leave, there she is. i say, well, she doesn't have a backpack, we should by fine. >> reporter: suggesting that she was concerned omar would blow up the elevator. >> the gee ah squad decided to show up for work today. >> reporter: it was posted by patriot takes, affiliated with left-winging troops. omar responding, saying the whole story is made up, call boebert a buffoon. where hateful tropes get no condemnation. boebert saying she is reached out to omar's office specifically. adding, there are plenty of policy differences to focus on without this unnecessary distraction. but boebert did not apologize for other incendiary remarks made during the same event, including a homophobic remark about secretary beast general taking parental relief. he was not put in charge did you mayor pete is still at home trying to figure out how to chest-feed. somebody all to tell him so he can ge

and laura, it was a contentious phone call between congresswoman lauren boebert and congresswoman ilhan omarctive call because boebert doubled down on her rhetoric. she refused to acknowledge her hurtful and dangerous rhetoric. she doubled down and i decided to end the unproductive call. that's what omar said in a statement on monday. boebert for her part did confirm that omar wanted a public apology. she posted a video to her twitter page explaining that and saying she had asked omar to apologize for comments she had made in the past. you'll remember that late last week that video emerged of boebert making anti-muslim comments directed right at congresswoman omar, essentially calling her a terrorist for being a muslim. in fact, omar had asked for kevin mccarthy, the house minority leader, to come out and take action against boebert, but so far that has not happened. christine and laura? >> jessica, thank you. >>> former trump defense secretary mark esper says americans need to read what's in his new book about the cahaos that was rampant in the trump white house. esper is suing the pentagon

who told a made-up story, completely made up, implying that minnesota democratic congresswoman ilhan omaricide bomber. boebert only apologized after a bipartisan outrage. republican leader kevin mccarthy said that boebert had reached out to omar for a possible meeting, but notably, mccarthy did not condemn her actions in the statement. how can congress function when one party encourages such vile, bigoted lies, lies with death threats being sent to congresswoman omar? >> well, i think, reverend, because of this and other things that not just lauren boebert and other members of congress have said about ilhan omar about the congresswoman, including the former president, that this is resulted in her having numerous death threats against her and her family. and it's really outrageous for kevin mccarthy only to say that lauren boebert has reached out to congresswoman omar. i mean, it's after the fact. you know, the fact is that kevin mccarthy and the republican party refuse to discipline their members of congress who say these outrages things and endanger people's lives. and i think, you know,

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