rungs below the fame ladder of pope john paul ii. >> dagen: he's polish!ar activity is? paints, sinks, cracks jokes? >> dagen: >> kat: he has since passed o on. he poped. >> tyrus: will be right back. here's to getting better with age. here's to beating these two every thursday. help fuel today with boost high protein, complete nutrition you need, and the flavor you love. so, here's to now... now available: boost max! everywhere but the seat. the seat is leather. alan, we get it. you love your bike. we do, too. that's why we're america's number-one motorcycle insurer. but do you have to wedge it into everything? what? i don't do that. this reminds me of my bike. the wolf was about the size of my new motorcycle. have you seen it, by the way? happy birthday, grandma! really? look how the brushstrokes follow the line of the gas tank. -hey! -hey! brought my plus-one. jamie? >> tyrus: thank you to charlie hurt, dagen mcdowell, vince august, kat timpf, our studio audience, "fox news at night" is next. on behalf of greg gutfeld, i'm tyrus and we love you, january

rungs below the fame ladder of pope john paul ii. >> dagen: he's polish!ty is? paints, sinks, cracks jokes? >> dagen: >> kat: he has since passed o on. he poped. >> tyrus: will be right back. ♪ rinse it out ♪ ♪ every now and then ♪ ♪ i get a little bit tired of the stinks ♪ ♪ that just will never come out ♪ ♪ pour downy in the rinse, jade ♪ ♪ every now and then i rinse it out! ♪ fights odor in just one wash. >> tyrus: thank you to charlie hurt, dagen mcdowell, vince august, kat timpf, our studio audience, "fox news at night" is next. on behalf of greg gutfeld, i'm tyrus and we love you, america. [cheering and applause] >> trace: good evening, i'm trace gallagher, 11:00 p.m. on the east coast, 8:00 in los angeles and this is america's late n

cat. >> please be pope john paul ii. >> yeah. pope john paul the second. you don't like polish people? we don't have that many like, icons, you know what i mean? so, like, pope john paul ii was a really big deal. >> alan kulwicki, the nascar driver. >> see, i mean, i think i think he's several rungs below the fame ladder of pope john paul the second. >> he's polish. >> what art. what do you think his extracurricular activity is? do you think he paints, sings, cracks, jokes? >> well, the pope. yes. he's since passed on. >> what did he do? >> he jp the second. yes. well he pooped. yeah. >> all right, we'll be right back. holy spirited. >> it's a miracle he will have enemies. >> this kingdom. nobody is going to take it from us. i worship only the lord god. >> he's not a prophet, just an ordinary man who bleeds like everyone else. >> you can't do everything on your own. i am never alone. >> what did you say? >> everything. >> rinse it out. every now and then i get a little bit tired of the stinks. >> i just will never come out. him straight. >> every now and t

listen to pope john paul ii. justice and liberty around the world.ss of millions of opportunities of american stopped speaking up for human principles. ask the american people. i tell you, as long as i am president we will hold tight to banner of human rights. -- the banner of human [cheers and applause] rights. the choice between the two futures is equally important. in the long run, nothing was so disastrously neglected in the past after the 1973 era of oil embargoes and the republicans in the white house have done nothing to meet the threat to national security grade there has now -- threat to national security. their policy was dictated by the big oil companies. we democrats fought hard to rally our nation behind a comprehensive energy policy and a good program. a new foundation for challenging and exciting progress. now, after three years of struggle, we have that progress. the battle to secure an american intruder -- energy future fully and finally. americans have dramatic results. we have reversed decades of growing dependence on foreign oil.

listen to pope john paul ii.those who are suffering for the sake of justice and liberty around the world. ask the millions who fled tyranny if americans should stop standing up for human principles. ask the american people. i tell you that as long as i am president, we will hold high the banner of human rights and you can depend on it. [applause] here at home, here at home, the choice between the two futures is equally important. in the long run, nothing is more crucial to the future of america than energy. nothing was so neglected in the past, long after the 1973 arab oil embargo, republicans in the white house have still done nothing to meet the threat to the national security of our nation. then as now, their policy was dictated by the big oil companies! [applause] we democrats fought hard to rally our nation behind the comprehensive energy policy. a new foundation of challenging and exciting progress. now after three years of struggle, we have that program. the battle to secure americans' energy future has be

so to all of them, from the cia to a evita to patrick and john paul and marguerita and mighty. we might. how are you doing? and paloma? jack, i want to thank all for the support and love you've given me and. i want to thank my wife, who i would not be here without her. when i ran. everyone said. i could never make it to this chamber. i could never win. and she was the one who said, no, i think you can and i think you can represent these people, your people well. and we did it together. and when i'm here, as every spouse who has someone who comes here, she was the one who held up our house. she was a single mom. and we have a kid. she's a single mom with eight kids. and you have to be incredibly dedicated and devoted and passionate about what we do in this chamber. if you're going to be a single mom with eight kids and let your husband go off and fight the great fight of the day. and so i want to tell her how much i love her and how grateful i am that she has supported my dream to come here and fight the good when i won on my first night on election, i said that the battle for a

born again baptist was the first president to invite a pope to come to the white house in 1979, john paul the second, and we did not have diplomatic relations with the vatican yet. that di't happen until later, until the reagan administration. so to your point about embracinall faiths, that's great example. >> it's real beautiful. th notion of that, that his faith meant so much. but but john king said earlier, he never he never pd his faith on anybody. it was obviously portant to him. but then also just the deep recognition of other faiths. jim fallows, as the former speechwriter, head speechwriter for jimmy carter. what do you think he would have made of the speeches in tribute to him today that we heard from the republican leader, john thune, the house speaker, mike johnson, and, of course, the vice president, kamala harris. >> i think he would have appreciated the way in which the two republican leaders paid respect to the life he had lived, the example he set, i think he would have taken even deeper pleasure from vice president harris's assessment of what he did as president, and the

and my father got to know pope john paul ii and had tremendous respect for him, adored him, and pope that when he spent time with jimmy carter, it was as if two religious leaders were conversing, not one. and we'll talk more about former president jimmy carter's legacy with jon meacham after a short break. plus, president-elect donald trump has invited house republicans to mar-a-lago ahead of the inauguration. nbc's vaughn hillyard joins us live from florida with the details. "morning joe" is coming right back. (man) mm, hey, honey. looks like my to-do list grew. "paint the bathroom, give baxter a bath, get life insurance," hm. i have a few minutes. i can do that now. oh, that fast? remember that colonial penn ad? i called and i got information. they sent the simple form i need to apply. all i do is fill it out and send it back. well, that sounds too easy! (man) give a little information, check a few boxes, sign my name, done. they don't ask about your health? (man) no health questions. -physical exam? -don't need one. it's colonial penn guaranteed acceptance whole life insurance. if

the triumvirate of ronald reagan and maria thatcher and john paul, i i to bring freedom and liberty to tens of millions of people. but no, i, some of the statements are isolationist except that that's why i point out that when people are concerned when president trump has been taken out of context concerning nato, what he's been saying is that all the nato countries should come up with the 2% that they agreed to. it's not that he thought of it they did before he was in office. and i had the opportunity to be at the munich security conference and later it osce in vienna and that day i flew back and had the opportunity. it was not a real meeting, but it was a photo line. i said, hey, mr president, i've just left europe where they now understand in a very positive way that they need to reach 2%. and so, but he was taken out as being negative. and so i think it's taken out of context that indeed and then supporting ukraine, it was donald trump that sent the javelin missiles to try to deter a russian invasion. it was donald trump historically and how incredible to put american troops in pol

feature celebrity guests and of course, plenty of talk about football and some smack talk to reporter john paulrom our philadelphia sister station. >> talked exclusively with kelce for a closer look at what we can all expect. >> reporter we got a sneak peek at jason kelce's newest venture. they call it late night. it was a dress rehearsal for the football star turned talk show host. it seemed like you're really comfortable doing something like this. >> well, it's good that it seems that way because it doesn't feel that way. yeah, this has been i don't know, there's something really fun in trying something new and doing something you've never done before. it's an entertainment show combined with talking about something we all love, as well as honoring and paying tribute to the players that have played it and the fans that enjoy it. >> and this show is going to be performed before a live studio audience saw the fans right here. and i got to tell you, he's also going to be using this entire studio. so how does a pro athlete make the transition to late night television? >> i actually went to an imp

pope john paul, and president -- asked if i would like to join his father and other members of the administrationicial funeral delegation, i was too happy to do, i met several times with the point pope and i really liked him, it is interesting w met with him 3 times, he would disagree with me on women'se reproductive rights and disagree with bush on the iraq war and talk about things we could work together ohe was a very impressive man. we went to his funeral. on the way back, the president sent for me, said let's talk about your aids program, what did you do how did you get the people. i said, i convinced the people involved, who are donating money to let me try to establish a grocery store model. low profit m margins and you make the money on huge volumes it was me -- like a jewelry store. model. if you run a jewelry store, you have to get people a lot of a choices, and watches and engagement rings and stuff like that. you have to carry a heavy inventory, then you have to know that the sales are not all 100%, because, someone is likely to break off the engagement and bring the the -- ring back,

they forgot was that when the news flash ended, pope dead, it goes to a black screen, just pope john paulr opening credits which we had forgotten that that was black and our opening credits were also a black screen, right? onto which walked me in a white suit. [ light laughter ] i then approached a big switch and went like that -- [ audience ohs ] [ laughter ] signaling bumping dance music and neon signs. [ light laughter ] it was like i just said to the nation, "yeah, the pope's dead. who cares?" >> seth: yeah. >> let's dance! >> seth: even better, looking back, i wish you'd come out and the first thing you said is, "i'm your new pope." [ laughter ] you have something incredibly novel. i mean, there's a lot about your show that is unlike certainly anything we have here. but the red chair segment is -- i mean, i'm deeply jealous of it. but you came to it -- was it your idea to have the red -- >> no. no, not at all. and this is the thing -- 'cause i think a lot of people in america, they see my show on youtube -- >> seth: yes, a lot of the celebrity anecdotes. >> little clips go on instagr

justices, perhaps of all time, wrote of the flag burning decision with a dissent, i believe, from john paul stevens, one of the most liberal. so this is the kind of thing that i would, if there's any prediction i'll make, it's that it's not going to be a clean six three decision where i think they'll cross, um, national security also complicates things quite a bit. now, the counterargument to the point brad was making is that the the chinese threats, or at least the threats of data collection, have not materialized or at least aren't certain. i'm just merely i. yes the yet. yeah. no no no no no. and i'm merely echoing what the argument is. i'm not weighing in on it. um, so it hasn't materialized yet, so it's hard to know how the court will regard that, but also how how the court will regard the speech of the of the users, the speech of the company against national security. >> one of the things, molly, that impacted the way i mean, this was a huge bipartisan vote in congress. and part of it was because tiktok mobilized its own algorithm to try to get this killed. they had all these thousand

pope john paul ii and recognized by the city of savannah, from which she was gifted a key to the city. additionally, savannah also declared patty barragan shreck day. she will forever be remembered as a dedicated servant of god and her community through her service to the church and to the city of savannah. thank you, madam speaker, and i yield back. ... the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york seek recognition? >> i ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you. it's an honor to speak on the floor recognizing new york's fourth congressional district. ms. guillen: i'm ready to get to work to the matters that mean the most to long island. ms. gillen: we need to secure our border and give the new yorkers a tax cut. these issues aren't political. the american people are counting on all of us to put our differences aside and work together to put money back in people's pockets and get things done. madam spea

and by then i was out with nelson mandela trying to raise money so john paul the and the president called and asked me if i would like to join his father and other members of the administration and the official funeral delegation which i was only too happy to do met three or four times with the pope and really liked him and and it's interesting and w met with him three times and. he would both times said he disagreed with me women's reproductive disagree with bush on the iraq war and go start talking about we could work together on and he was a very impressive man so we went his funeral and on the way back the president for me and he said let's talk about your aids problem and. he said, what did you do? how did you get these people, millions of people on aids, drugs? i said i convinced the. the people involved with donating money to me try to establish a grocery store model run big store. you have low profit margin and you make the money on huge volumes and certain payment and it was being run a little jewelry store model. if you run a store, you've got to give people a lot of choices and

so pope john paul died and the president called and asked me if i would like to join his father and other of the administration in the official funeral delegation, which i was only too happy to do. i met three or four times with the pope and really liked him. and it's very interesting. and w met with him three times and he would -- both times he would disagree with me on women's reproductive rights and disagree with bush on the iraq war and then go start talking about things that we could work together on. and he was a very impressive man. so we went to his funeral and on the way back, the president sent for me and he said, let's talk about your age program. and he said, what did you do, how did you get all of these people, millions of people aid. i said i convinced the people involved donating money to let me try to establish a grocery store model. you'd run the grocery store, have a low profit margin and make money on huge volume it was like running a jewelry store model. if you run the jewelry store you've got to give people a lot of choices in watches and engagement things, stuff like

all of them, patrick, john paul, margarita, mod, how are you doing -- jack. i want to thank you all for the support and love you have given me. and i want to thank my wife, who i would not be here without her. when i ran, everyone said i could never make it to this chamber. i could never win. she was the one who said i think you can, and i think you can represent your people well. and we did it together. and when i'm here as every spouse who has someone who comes here, she held up our house, she was a single mom, with eight kids. you have to be incredibly dedicated, devoted, and passionate about what we do in this chamber if you're going to be a single mom with eight kids and let your husband go off and fight the great fight of the day. i want to tell her how much i love her, and how grateful i am that she has supported my dream to come here and fight the good fight. when i won on my first night come on election night, i said the battle for america's future is a fight against socialism. it is a battle where we turn our nation to the principles that made ameri

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but replacing the only remaining veteran on the supreme court justice john paul stevens how do we reach this point in this country where we are nominating someone who unapologetically obstructed the military at a time of war? she chose to use her position of authority to impede rather than empower the workers who have fox and who have fallen. i know a number of my fellow veterans will testify to a personal support of veterans on harvard campus. and ms. kagan is a good thing to say about the military, which i appreciate but for my money actions alwaysk speak louder thn words. t and ms. kagan actions towards recruiters with wars raging overseas, undercut the military's ability to fight and win wars. and it general david petraeus calls counterinsurgency a thinking man's war here defeating our enemy on the battlefield and in the courtroom take the best america has to offer. and yet in 2004 as you've heard many times already ms. kagan took the lawaw into her own hans blocking equal access for military recruiters a direct violationce of federal law. moreover she encouraged students to protest

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carter and there are probably a few people in the world that i am excited to have met which is pope john paulo say a final goodbye? >> my thoughts are turning to when he got the nobel peace prize in 2002 and the citation that included words from ecclesiastes and the worst thing is not to try. and jimmy carter, the citation continued. he tried as much as any man or woman and his life story, which is an epic american story is about not just persistence when he faced obstacles but a determination to live life to its absolute fullest and not just in his own interest. he was ambitious and this is a guy where he and his wife would drive 100 miles out of his way to an african village to talk to one person whom he heard may be doing something for other people in that village and he would do this over and over again. so when he became president people thought he was another politician and a look to see if they could find some corruption which they couldn't and they try to make it seem like he was a mean guy at one point because he could sometimes be cold but over time people understood this was one of

kissinger, luis munoz, marin edward murrow, julius nyerere, bertrand russell, adlai stevenson, paul tillich and john f kennedy both as senator and president. although she really despised jfk's father and had to be convinced to book the younger of the kennedys, some of her anti kennedy remarks were unfortunately incorporated into television for republican richard, for whom she also had little respect. eleanor roosevelt spoke authority, yet she had a kind, grandmotherly appearance and mode of delivery as she aged television commentators. guests often behaved deferentially to her personage, resisting the trivialization or sexualization that plagued most women at the time, although she had consistent offscreen detractors, very few either directly on tv. so the medium regularly provided an effective platform for her liberal voice. during the republican eisenhower years and beyond, because of her status as a larger than life figure, both loved and hated segments of the public. filmmakers largely avoided documentary biographical film coverage of franklin and eleanor roosevelt until after her death in 1960.

. >> i'm curious, mika, as we've heard this story of when pope john paul ii met with jimmy carter, heogether than a religious leader and a political leader. i'm wondering, you've known the carter family since you were very young, and you all remained close, and you've talked about that faith and that morality, and how that drove so much of what he did in office, and his personal life. >> morality drove his decisions and sometimes, you know, some would say that other things might have needed to drive decisions at the time. at the same time, he was such a good man. and the bond with my dad was real. they both felt like outsiders to washington in their own different way. jimmy carter coming from the south. my dad, a refugee of war coming to america. and they both were similar in age compared to others in the cabinet, the national security adviser was the first cabinet level position in the carter presidency. and they worked out together. they often had these memos that they sent to each other as jokes just to sort of lighten the energy during really tough times, and also he was so so min

managing editor of accelerate's daily news podcast, and former chief communications adviser for paul ryan and john boehner. start with you and mike johnson. dramatic, a lot of headlines, but end of the day, donald trump has one priority, to be sworn in as next president of the united states of america. did anyone really think there was a single republican elected official that was going to stand in the way and block mike johnson and delay donald trump? >> anyeah, there were enough republicans thought they could maybe get attention for themselves, have a weekend to keep everybody in session, but when there were only three people at the end of the day who voted against him, it was very clear -- i guess before they switched their votes -- that mike johnson was going to be speaker of the house again. when tkevin mccarthy lost his vote, he lost 19 people, a lot more than folks expected and ultimately rose to 20. these folks were on an island quickly and intense pressure not just from donald trump but the rest of their colleagues. to what end are you doing this? what are you trying to get out of this? m

i served as chair of the conference for three years under speaker john boehner and then for three years with speaker paul ryan. as chair of the conference, consider the number four position in leadership, so it is daily meetings with the speaker, the majority leader, the whip, touching gloves and discussing what our priorities are, what bills are going to be on the floor and how we are working to advance our priorities. specifically the conference does a lot to support the members. so it is really the arm of leadership that does a lot of -- well, we focus a lot on the messaging and making sure that the communications, what leadership is promoting about various bills is circulated around the members. we provided a lot of support to the members as well as the staff so they could do their jobs well. >> what would you point to as your successes during those times as conference chair? rep. mcmorris rodgers: well, we really took an innovative approach where we had a lot -- well, we had a lot of people that came in and met with us. we did this series where we would host leading people in business and other indu

my political panel, brandon buck is a former communications advisor to republican speakers paul ryan and john boehner, and donna edwards is a former democratic congresswoman from maryland. both are msnbc contributors. brandon, mike johnson squeaked by yesterday getting reelected speaker by just three votes. friend of our show, republican strategist, wrote that it might turn out to be his easiest day on the job this session. the real work of legislating starts now. you worked for two republican speakers. what is your take? >> well i certainly wouldn't say it's an easy day and that should be credit to mike johnson for pulling this off on the first ballot. i think a lot of us thought that it was going to take several ballots if not several days to get there. but he did what he needed to do, certainly got a big assist from donald trump to get over the finish line but that's ultimately the key for success going forward. this is not a situation where some of these discontented members can push around the speaker like they pushed around kevin mccarthy or mike johnson last year, they are now trying t

john weiner. this happened to paul ryan.ned to kevin mccarthy and we saw how republicans revolted against speaker johnson just a few weeks ago. after he had cut a deal with akeem jeffries to continue funding the government. of course, there were a number of other policy provisions in there, so these are going to be some very difficult waters to navigate and add to the fact that the trump card, the trump call, clearly does not always work at the end of the last congress. again, just a few weeks ago, president-elect donald trump and elon musk, try to pressure house republicans to pass a suspension of the debt ceiling. almost 40 house republicans totally ignored that and said no. we refuse to do that at this point and, again, johnson had to go back and cut a deal with democrats, so this is a movie that we have been watching for a long time when it comes to house republicans. it is not just the last year or two. it has been happening for about a decade and until that group of house republicans understands that negotiation, compr

spending caps were imposed and implemented with particularly grand rudman spending caps but paul ryan did and johney spending caps, it is not debt ceilings or limits it is spending caps that have to be enforced. that is where they should go in this big you know one big beautiful bill that will come up. >> well, you have it half right. it is true that you want when newt gingrich came in, we got spending caps we had first balanced think about in 50 years when bill clinton was president. you are right back to rodman cutting, i talked with phil gram about that the other day that is time high was boasting we tut the budget, and boehner cuts came, here is what you missed. all of those reforms and those caps and spending and reductions happened because republicans use used leverage of debt ceiling. larry: they did not. >> that and what you are missing. >> no they didn't. you are kidding yourself, stop, than you is not true. >> you will have phil gram on your show he will agree with me. larry: you know that not true, i just love this the debt sdebt ceiling never stopping anything, all that happens is spen

and brandon buck is here, former chief communications advisor for both speakers paul ryan and john boehner. brandon, let's start with you with mike johnson. this was obviously dramatic, made a lot of headlines, but at the end of the day donald trump has one priority, to be sworn in as the next president of the united states of america. did anyone really think that there was a single republican elected official that was going to stand in the way and block mike johnson and delay donald trump? >> yeah, there were enough republicans who thought they could maybe get some attention for themselves, maybe have a little weekend where they keep everybody in session, but there were only three people at the end of the day who voted against him, it was very clear, i guess before they switched their votes it was very clear that mike johnson was going to be speaker of the house again. when kevin mccarthy lost his vote, he lost 19 people, a lot more than a lot of folks expected and that ultimately rose to 20. these folks are on an island very quickly and there was intense pressure going to come down not j

joining us now is brendan buck, former aide to house speaker paul ryan and john boehner and an msnbc political analyst. so look, democrats, as you saw brendan in their questioning, tried to paint hegseth as unfit for the post. but here's how republican senator markwayne mullin responded. >> how many senators do you know have got a divorce before cheating on their wives? did you ask them to step down? no, but it's for show. you guys make sure you make a big show and point out the hypocrisy, because the man's made a mistake, and you want to sit there and say that he's not qualified. give me a joke. i mean, it is so ridiculous that you guys hold yourself as this higher standard and you forget you got a big plank in your eye. we've all made mistakes. >> overall, how do you think the strategy on both sides, which i think was pretty consistent, played out? >> yeah, it was interesting. i was searching for what exactly the democratic strategy was. i think they know as well as anybody that joni ernst is the key here. if joni ernst goes south on this nomination, it could spell trouble if she b

also with us, brendan buck, former aide to speaker paul ryan and john boehner.lise jordan, former aide to president george w bush. ryan, take us behind the scenes and through the week ahead. what are the expectations you're hearing there? >> listen, this is going to be a make or break week for many of these nominees or these picks that donald trump has made for his cabinet, many of them controversial, many of them who will have an uphill battle in terms of confirmation. and they really need to nail these hearings in order to make many of these republican senators who may be on the fence, comfortable in voting yes for them. remember, not one of these picks needs a single democratic vote to get over the finish line to be confirmed, but the margins are narrow. there's only 53 republicans, so that means they could only lose four republican votes. with j.d. vance breaking a tie, were they to become the next secretary of whatever department that trump has picked them to be. and that means this is going to be a very busy week, and that senators are going to have to pay

he was communications strategist and former aide to house speaker paul ryan and john boehner, and alsoocratic senators joe manchin and chris. >> so two hill veterans here. >> i'll start with you, brendan. >> do you think that hegseth is going to be confirmed? >> i do. joni ernst coming out last night and announcing her support for him, i think was really the whole ballgame. and i think a lot of senators on that panel yesterday understood that where she comes down is ultimately going to decide his fate. she had questions going into this about his role, his view on the role of women in military. and democrats hammered that question over and over again. the problem for them is he just readily conceded he's changed his view on that. and so it made it really hard to stick. and after a while that that that sort of line of questioning ran out of steam and you could tell when she was not really going after him. she didn't want that glare, that spotlight on her. and that's what we saw early on when she first met with him. >> she was the center of the universe on pete hegseth. >> and as somebody

spending caps were imposed and implemented with particularly the spending caps but also paul ryan had spending caps, johnainer had spending caps and kevin mccarthy's spending caps and one of the reasons the first cr blew up last month because they were waived. by point is it isn't debt ceilings or debt limits but it's spending caps that have to be enforced and that is where they should go? this big -- one big beautiful bill that's coming up. >> you have it half right, larry. it is true when newt gingrich came in we got spending caps and first balanced budges in 50 years when bill clinton was president and you're right, going back to the graham cuts and i talked to phil graham about that the other day and boasting that was the only time we cut the budget and even bainer cuts came and what you miss about this, larry, all of those reforms and using leverage of the debt sealing dealing with democrats. larry: no they didn't. no they didn't. >> that's what you're missing. larry: you're kidding yourself. stop. you know that's not true. >> they have phil graham on your show and he'll agree with me, larra larry.

john thune and crews and graham. reporter: rand paul. larry: yeah, but mr. trump held his ground and they sort of left it and your report sergeant actually what i heard, but i've heard many different things and i wasn't sure what i heard about that meeting. reporter: well, it's interesting because right after the meeting, trump and thune both came out and weren't publicly willing to say they were going to go one way or the other so trump is still saying he's open to one or two bills, but privately it was agreed upon that if trump wants a big, beautiful bill then that is what they'll start with. again, that's what they're going to start with and if things start to slow down, then they'll have to pivot to two bills because at the end of the day, the priority for trump is to get this done fast. larry: right. and it's going to be a one bill strategy coming out of the house. that'll start it all. aishah hasnie, wonderful stuff. appreciate it very, very much. folks, we'll get to one big beautiful bill and political failures that is running california and that's th

and you know, joe talked about john boehner, driven from the speakership, replaced by paul ryan, who one of them but who also said, i am going to bring the freedom caucus into all of the deliberations. he did and it didn't make a difference. and he was driven out of the speakership. mike johnson has a leash that is about this long when it comes to his own members. the only way, as you said, he is going to be able to get spending bills through, a debt ceiling increase, is by relying on democrats, by hakeem jeffries what they have done in the past which is to pass these bills under suspension that takes two thirds and means you have to get the vast majority of democrats and a smaller number of republicans. and every time he does that, he drives these freedom caucus people further into a rage against him. so, remember, they're going to have 217 to 215 once these two people, elise stefanik and mike waltz are moved out and into the trump administration, there's no margin for error, and it's going to be a catastrophe. >> joe, let me ask you about, you know, in the last republican conferenc

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john bolton, thank you for your time. my political sources tonight on this democratic strategist, paul begala, and trump's former white housepolitical director and later campaign director, bill stepien. um i mean, i see what john bolton is arguing there. he's made this argument that it's a national security thing, but to trump, it seems to be more about acquisition by force than than a national security concern that he's erring there because he's saying that he was also arguing today, not just thinking about military force, that they could tariff the hell out of denmark. basically, if they refuse to to sell the sell greenland to the united states, foreign policy by social media or by press conference is not traditional. >> it's not typical. and i know it rubs some of the traditional folks the wrong way. we just heard the ambassador, um, he referenced canada. i think canada is an example of it actually working. think about two months ago when president trump won, right? he had drugs, immigrants flowing over the border from his vantage point, too many u.s. cars being made in canada and an antagonist as as prime minister. two