chuck schumer, johnson, those cats.ost: do you think when republicans retain the majority in the next congress that your party should vote for speaker mike johnson to retain that top position? caller: it all depends on how this turns out. i don't know what's going to happen here. there are other things in the bill like the stadium thing here. with rfk, 175 acres that all the taxpayers of the country own and they want to turn it over to the city. that'extremely valuable property. they wt the new fbi building. what if they put it there with thstadium is on that 175 acres? thanks. host: richard in maryland, republican. this is from john bresnahan. kat cammack, one of the republicans who voted no says republicans will come up with a government funding bill after voting no on the cr. cammack ducked a question if whether johnson can remain speaker. no one is thinking about that right now, is what she had to say. senator mike lee, on the benny show last -- yesterday floating this idea. [video] >> how do we go forward and do th

johnson: oh, his record was eight.d money manager was suddenly confronted with a windfall. steven inherited nearly 2 million. so now he'd have to manage real money. mr. johnson: he was trying to manage the estate, trying to get things organized, which for steven was an almost impossible battle. morrison: sure. (voiceover) but happily, there was harvey, the ex-banker to help him get the money socked away, a nice safe tax haven, off shore. mr. johnson: (voiceover) steven had said, he's helping me with stuff.' mr. johnson: he's a retired financial planner and investment banker. morrison: just the sort of person i need right now. mr. johnson: yeah. and boy, this would be a real great help. morrison: (voiceover) but that was just business. what really caught steven's imagination was sailing around the world. that is, if the boat ever got finished. ms. nolan: because every time he turned around, it was a new computer being put in... (voiceover) ...or new paintings and fireplaces and satellite systems. morrison: (voiceover) t

speak to speaker johnson directly? and ej, there's more to that video, he was asked multiple times should speaker johnson be reelected, and his response to the first time he was asked that question was, how are you? now, this is the simplest question that exists in american politics, for any member of any party, do you support your speaker of the house, do you support your senate majority leader? republican vice president-elect cannot even say that he wants mike johnson to be speaker in january. >> we've seen something really remarkable happen. i mean, as of about a week ago, or maybe even a few days ago, it looked quite certain that mike johnson was going to get relected, that republicans didn't want to go through again what they went through with kevin mccarthy, and now that's all up in the air. and it really does look like johnson's speakership is in peril. i appreciated norm's point earlier that this could ride right into january 6th and the approval of the electoral vote if they don't get their act together, but i

johnson is facing. watch i don't think the speaker is going to remain in power. >> that's my prediction. i'm not in the house if i'm correct in that, and i think i am. we need bold new leadership, outside leadership, and i think it needs to be a dovish speaker. it needs to be either vivek ramaswamy or it needs to be elon musk saying it needs to be vivek ramaswamy or it needs to be elon musk. >> okay, so whenever we have conversations about the speakership, this happened when kevin mccarthy was trying to get the speakership. it happened after he lost it. and when republicans were trying to figure out who was next, technically, the speaker of the house does not have to be a member of congress. realistically, the speaker of the house is not going to be somebody that is not currently serving in congress. but the fact that mike lee and, for example, marjorie taylor greene also are floating other people for speaker, including elon musk, is a reflection of their discontent with speaker johnson. and that's the

mike johnson leaked it out this morning. it includes keeping the government open through march, a farm bill extension for one year and disaster relief for the hurricanes. not all the things democrats wanted, but democratic support. the votes you lose there are republicans. the republicans don't lose that. we're right back there. the outside influence of elon musk is real. it dictates a lot for the next four years, dictates injuries to our democracy. >> if there isn't a total combustion that happens between musk and trump. >> right. hakeem jeffries has decisions to make, but mike johnson does. if mike johnson wants to keep the speakership, he has to shut down the government. >> thank you both. please stay close as we monitor the developments. >>> we'll have more on how donald trump and elon musk steered capitol hill into chaos and why is trump giving elon so much space to have so much impact. >>> plus, washington's worst job, could the cost of this chaos be speaker johnson's gavel. >>> also, the financial fall out of a govern

needs pooeb mike johnson look. i think that with respect to the to hopped outlines process we saw develop, last couple weeks spending bill, i think ebb negotiation wanting to get some -- look votes have the eastern earned speaker needs to earn votes persuade to do vote for bills two sides same coin republican members destructive on this need to understand if not negotiating with speaker johnson speaker johnson will be forced to negotiating with democrats. cheryl: i am glad you brought that up i spoke with caused yeah tenney yesterday on "fox business" she brought up an exact issue, a bigger picture listen to what she told me. >> i support speaker johnson one hundred percent, i supported him running i supported jim jordan i think has done admirable job he is a one hundred percent america first supporter and very strong superof president trump from day one a dream for democrats to hear republicans so splintered on this -- mike johnson's job is to run the conference, steer titanic away from iceberg what he did by invo

it those be speaker johnson.me time, some of these concerns about the way we do business in congress is -- are valid. >> look, i agree with you. things have to change. they are changing. we're moving in the right direction. this time last year we only had one of the 12 appropriation bills out of the house floor. this year we have five. we have all 12 passed out of committee which is a big deal. the chair of appropriations has done a masterful job of getting those passed. we've got to have the republican votes to do this. you're not going to find a perfect appropriation bill,not going to agree with everything in an appropriation bill. we've got to get the 12 passed. we're on the right track to do that. with trump's support when he becomes president he's going to put pressure on holdouts to get the appropriation bills done and quit holding up the business of congress. cheryl: one of the business agenda items that is important to the american people because of how they voted in november is the border and of course t

i mean, they cut a deal with mike johnson and mike johnson apparently sold it. he spent a lot of time attached at the hip to donald trump and elon musk and everyone else. army-navy game mar-a-lago whatever. and then the rug got pulled out from under him by donald trump. so there may be a little bit of sympathy for mike johnson, because how can he govern when he's got a president elect who does that to him? and a recalcitrant caucus, who many of whom are saying they they don't want to accept anything and that any amount of money you spend in a continuing resolution is too much. and so i think the democrats have reason to say, who are we negotiating with? are we negotiating with mike johnson? because that's what we did? or are we negotiating with donald trump or elon musk? >> but the big question for mike johnson, of course, is not how much respect he still has with democrats. it is that he is two weeks and a day away from a speaker's vote, and he is going to have a narrower house republican majority than he currently has. there are going to be vacancies because p

we haven't heard from mike johnson or hakeem jeffries. caller: my point is, what do the people think? if you vote for trump, trump and elon i see you. i see your plan. you want to raise the debt ceiling you are going to give the rich more money. how can you get this if you don't -- i get it. but thoroughly vent. [indiscernible] host: brian, we'll leave it there and talk to leonard in pennsylvania, federal worker. what kind of work do you do do? >> i work for the air force and army as a civilian. host: what do you think is going on in washington? caller: way i understand government is number one it goes to the house and then it goes to the house and then to the president to be signed. now they have a bipartisan bill and they don't have enough backbone to vote on that and they are messing around here now holding things up. my opinion republicans should put it up for a vote, send it to the senate and the president to take care of it. what are they doing? they are playing politics with peoples' lives. host: dorothy in omaha, democrats' line.

similar to what johnson did on foreign aid. there are some procedural issues with this, but they can be overcome. so they would vote on the farm aid bill, on the farm bill, on the disaster aid, etc. they would separate out these provisions and hold separate votes. thomas massie, a republican from kentucky last night, he proposed that idea according to reporters who were watching the chamber last night after plan b failed. and mike johnson was huddling with conservative members of congress in the chamber on the floor seek ago way forward -- seeking a way forward. thomas massies said he proposed separate votes. margaret in santa maria, california. democratic caller. hi. caller: hello. good morning. i do agree with with that other caller saying that musk is a lobbyist. would any other lobbyist be allowed to come in on the floor and start doing what he's doing? the reason i'm calling is because to say that the democrats have to stop helping the republicans on this debt deal. if republicans don't go -- do go for the bipartisan bill,

we have congress in thomas massey saying he is definitely voting against johnson so that leaves johnson the literal number that he needs to become speaker. that means he needs all republicans, every single one, to line up and vote for him on friday for this to be an easy win. it is not going to be easy because there are a number of republicans particularly in the far right who have said that they are already critical of his leadership and don't know if they will support him and what this means over the next week is that johnson will be having i'm sure conversations with a number of these holdouts to see if he can win them over for friday's vote. the thing is that johnson hasn't been one to be making many promises and the fact that he broke a couple during this funding fight was very transparent and really resonated among a number of republicans and trump. i think one thing to note, lesson learned from my reporting is that trump world has been saying, trump in every conversation, he wanted the debt ceiling, he was so surprised by the deal. that is just not accurate based on a number of r

that's awful to mike johnson, and you have trump weighing in which is helpful to mike johnson.he can only lose one vote. the math gets interesting because thomas massey has said he is a no on johnson. if he votes present as opposed to naming another candidate, johnson could lose a couple more. you have to have the majority from members who named a speaker. if somebody votes present, the math gets easier for mike johnson. what is helping mike johnson most of all right now is nobody else has a pathway to get the votes either. nobody else would be in a position to perform from the conservative any better than mike johnson. mike johnson had a john bader leadership in the last two years. he raise the debt ceiling and funded ukraine but he can't do anything else because he needs hakeem jeffries to be part of the coalition. in the absence of somebody who can take the job from johnson, it's a matter of how much pain do republicans want to inflict on themselves if they make this go to multiple ballots. trump's endorsement helps, but as we learned from the last carousel of republican spe

reporter: but jeffries is working on that with johnson? >> he's trying to work on that but can't be one way communication with the minority always trying to reach out to the majority. the majority should be the responsible party and talk to us. they need our vote. they need more democrats on any bill that they put out, they'll need more democrats. so get back to the table. talk to us. we want to work with you. reporter: thank you. >> congressman sherman, did jeffries tell you he's in communications with speaker johnson? mr. sherman: i think the lines of communication are open. reporter: is there any detail what the next path forward would be to avert a shutdown? mr. sherman: we had the deal. reporter: is it a red line for you? mr. sherman: it's more of a chartreuse line. reporter: would you vote in favor of separate bills if they end up splitting the disaster aid and agriculture aid and farm bill, could you vote to pass these things separately? mr. sherman: if it was part of a plan that enacted the exact statute we agreed on and was going

only mike johnson can do that. if he is unwilling or doesn't do that he and donald trump and elon musk will own it. >> i agree this is a test case for like what the next four years might look like. it is also kind of a softer test how hard core the democratic coalition is willing to be. and i wonder we have some writing in the "new york times" that suggest democrats should really get on the front foot with the war footing. democrats may be in the minority but not opposition. what's the difference opposition use every opportunity it had to demonstrate its resolute stance against the incoming administration. do you think that should happen? do you think it can happen? i will note, as a kind of indicator where the party is at, the oversight committee chair is injury connally, he is 77 and he was contested for alexandria ocasio cortez who is engage in the back and forth on partisan politics. do you read anything to that decision as it concerns democrats and how aggressive they will be? >> i find that decision to be abs

johnson is a twofold loser in all of this. first, he got the bill passed with the majority of democratic votes, not a good look for this republican majority. most importantly, johnson lost 34 republican votes. when the 119 congress was sworn in on january 3, its first order of business will be to elect a new speaker and with this week stroman showed is that in 2025, johnson's gavel and trump's presidency are in the hands of the musketeers because whatever elon musk wants, they are sure to try their best to deliver it. >> at the behest of the world's richest man, who no one voted for, the united states congress has been thrown into pandemonium. it leads to the question of, who is in charge? i thought that there was a republican majority in this body, not a president musk majority. >> joining us now, congressman gerry connolly of the commonwealth of virginia, member of the house foreign affairs committee and the incoming ranking member of the house oversight committee. as always, thank you for coming to the saturday show. your t

mike johnson talking about next year is going to be so much better. have the exact same dynamics that this year has had. >> well, they're going to have an even slimmer majority for the first four months of the year. by the way, i mean, it's hard for me to imagine that if donald trump and elon musk, really elon musk didn't like the first deal with democrats, like the third version of this deal where johnson maybe has to come back begging and scraping to democrats is not going to win elon musk's favor. i mean, purely just ego alone would dictate that he can't like it. so, i mean, i will say in some ways i have a lot of empathy or i feel sorry for mike johnson who is truly caught between a rock and a hard place. if he gets the democrats on his side it's hard to imagine how he gets the support of elon musk. who is the x factor in all of this, brendan. does it surprise you the degree to which he was able to manipulate this vote which really did look -- i mean, from our reporting it looked like it was on track on wednesday. >> yeah, i mean, mike johnson cau

gerri: are you saying you will support mike johnson or you're not supporting mike johnson.ave somebody else in mind that you want to see a speaker. >> i think it's good to mix it up and let them know were not happy with the job they're doing but people at home say whether we control the power of the purse. we elected were brought under power of republicans, democrats control the senate. what does that mean, 50% of the power of the purse, i think we exercise 0, there's so afraid of shutdown the democrats they predecided pre-negotiate with themselves and democrats everything that they want we should stand firm in the house should put forward a budget that balances. >> rand paul says we want to mix it up, what do you say. >> you pointed out something really fundamental i was one of the first people to say it's easy to come and then the white horse and say i do the better job a speaker, it's hard to lead the fight. i think the challenge he has the senator paul pointed out next year when you have a slimmer majority in the house how are you going to win votes and when the same th

. >> i encourage my colleagues to go ahead and elect mike johnson. >> mike johnson has worked well withident 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 we don't have speaker with courage, vision and plan. if speaker johnson wants to be speaker, he needs to layout the plan and commit unlike last year. he -- president trump is right about, he was afraid to put budget on the floor. i can give him a chance, i like to hear from him, how he's going to deliver this agenda and what plan he has and he has not been doing it. >>

he took a shot right at republican speaker of the house, mike johnson. >> clearly johnson's not up to the task. he's got to go, right? he's got to go. should johnson be speaker of the house? president trump, these are your people. >> jonathan: by the way, mike johnson will stand for re-election as speaker of the house in just five days, in an election where he cannot afford to lose more than a single house republican. in just a few minutes, we're going to talk with a house republican and a trump supporter about how these fights will play out before trump is sworn in again as president of the united states, but we begin with the round table. former dnc chair donna brazile, abc news washington bureau chief and political director, rick klein, former trump justice department spokesperson and editor of "the dispatch," sarah isgur, and abc news correspondent and politico capitol bureau chief, rachael bade. so rick, we have what seems to be an all-out war between elon musk and what we sometimes call the tech bros and the maga right. who's going to win this? >> whoever donald trump wants to w

mike johnson is a republican speaker of the house.k, not only to be in the ear of donald trump, but to be influential with members of congress. this deal was on the road to being done, to the point where people who were working for a variety of causes were packing up and they were having christmas snacks ready to be done with this session in washington. and instead it has reopened and he used his platform in order to do that. it is a bit of a warning sign to mike johnson, to republican leaders in the house, of how chaotic elon musk -- somebody who i'm not sure knows who the functioning of government works or funding of government works, and what impact co-have next year. >> yeah, the preview of musk's power and the tumult that awaits with a second donald trump term. host of msnbc's "inside with jen psaki," jen, thank you, again. we'll talk to you shortly on "morning joe." >>> up next on "way too early," tulsi gabbard, donald trump's controversial dni pick was back on capitol hill yesterday trying to win support for her nomination. we'

johnson again.e aim onto the gavel? senior national correspondent aishah hasnie with the details but it's beginning to feel like groundhog day. >> it does. feels like kevin mccarthy all over again. 38 republicans, really there's no guarantee that they would all fall in line on a speaker's vote. johnson is facing some pretty tough map. republicans have a very, very slim majority. 219-215 heading into the new year which means he can really only afford to lose one republican. right now congressman thomas massie is that one republican. he says he will vote for someone else. congresswoman victoria spartz is undecided and in-house freedom caucus chairman andy harris also undecided and that's probably johnson's biggest problem right there. could open the door to other freedom caucus members opposing him as well. plenty of republicans don't like this at all and they say the speaker drama cut up and the president's agenda. >> members of the house recognize donald trump took a bullet to the head. he survived

can continue to be speaker johnson. and in texas roy didn't telegraph what he would do but he made it clear how he felt about this measure. take a look. >> this is the problem packs win you get transparency on a bill like this the american people see it and now elon is exposing and suddenly these guys can't hide. they can't just run around and say oh, we had to do it going to christmas and then it just happens. >> speaker johnson is saying congressman he is all but sing look this isn't great we have to get this out of the way so we can do some of the stuff to which you are eluding but i heard the same from the priors speaker is this toast as well? in other words is speaker johnson jeopardizing becoming speaker again? >> i'll put it to you this wake are it's not something that's going to earn favor with the conference that we are looking at such enormous bill heading into christmas peer we should not have a message to the speaker privately and i will say to u.k. i'm trying to get respect to move through. what we ought to

>> reporter: it's a tough road for speaker johnson.aetz is not going to take his seat. that means speaker johnson can only lose one republican and a second republican defection could tank him. there's no alternative. you can't be something with nothing. especially with january 6th coming up they all want to certify donald trump's victory for the presidency. they might not be able to do that if they don't have a speaker, which would be a massive crisis. unless an alternative emerges, mike johnson is still in his seat. >>> next why some judges are using the words frightening and ined ieble incredibly disturbing to describe one of donald trump's plans. incredibly disturbing to describe one of donald trump's plans. and build a treatment plan with you. visit makeapdplan.com today. dexcom g7 is one of the easiest ways to take better control of your diabetes. this small wearable replaces fingersticks, lowers a1c, and it's covered by medicare. not managing your diabetes really affects your health for the future. the older you get, the more com

johnson kept him informed. i think johnson knew that donald trump wanted to do away with the debt ceiling and get it off his plate, but maybe didn't understand the level level of, well, that johnson maybe didn't understand the level that he wanted to do it, but also that trump doesn't really fully comprehend how difficult that is to do. >> and i think that makes perfect sense, right, that he does not have any idea about the ins and outs and intricacies of what happens on the hill. >> i also think it is silly to this idea that senator hawley told manu raju last night, that trump said he was completely blindsided by some of the stuff in the bill. >> johnson has been in lockstep with donald trump every step of the way. johnson and johnson owes his entire speakership career to donald trump not stepping on him. i mean, we know that several of trump's allies were coming to trump and essentially begging him to help get rid of johnson. and trump stood by his side. so the idea that johnson at some point went rogue is re

there were stories of this unknown mike johnson.e, well, if you don't pay attention to capitol hill, most people don't, you don't know who mike johnson is. so then that short list is really short. and this is i think where republicans will find themselves if donald trump says something against mike johnson. if he doesn't, mike johnson is smooth sailing, it's -- obviously a narrow vote. but he'll be fine. but the problem is for republicans, they're always trying to score points with donald trump. donald trump doesn't give points. he only takes them away. >> yeah. >> one at a time. >> i want to -- elon musk is another character thrown out for expressways, i'm not -- speaker of the house, i'm not sure about that. i want to play this. >> elon musk and i talked within -- an hour ago, and we talked about the extraordinary chals of the job. i -- challenges of the job. i said do you want to be speaker of the house, he said i don't know. this may be the hardest job. i think it is. we'll get through this. >> this is a serious question. this i

i think that johnson should be concerned. he's losing a lot of the confidence of his own conference, when he would rather try and make a deal across the aisle than actually rally his own conference pete, when you hear that and obviously look at the numbers any speaker is going to have to incorporate and get some buy in from the democrats. >> but what's your take tonight? knowing what has transpired and the potential vulnerability of someone like speaker johnson yeah. >> well, if we're doing references tonight, i think of chevy chase playing. i think it was gerald ford on saturday night live. you know, i didn't know there was going to be math. and that's the reality is the numbers are the margins. and mike johnson has to be worried about those. but he is living. there's the art of ambition and there's there's the despair of reality. and the reality is when you have those tight margins, you're going to have to work across the aisle. so one of the questions that mike johnson has probably asked himself and wondered what the answe

there are four to 10 republicans who might oppose johnson. is not one of them. >> we're different members. we're getting a little uppity against this play. you know, is the speaker perfect? no. a see a guy? yes. he was trying his heart to keep united. i do support speaker johnson for being the speaker right now. >> temperatures of tennessee was one of it republicans who voted to oust former house speaker kevin mccarthy in 2023. >> does that mean speaker johnson has got to be read about his job come early january? >> we have a majority of about 30 people. we get a bad case of the flu and whatnot and the majority, i would say he was worried about everything. part of the -- i don't think he is really worried. i think he prays about it. he does what he thinks is right. >> nacua here's the wes kitts niro for johnson and the gop. the house must vote to repeal it for a speaker until it elects someone. in january 2023, that process consumed five days. the house was shattered for three weeks after mccarthy's after 14 months ago. the house's paralyzed

i will read to you what dusty johnson said.u've got somebody who is a brilliant disruptor and innovator we should be willing to hear from him, but it's not like we have never been in this position before so what do you think the influence of elon musk is and what do you think the chances are that in the next nine or 10 hours something gets done? >> what i would say based on the evidence of the last 48 to 72 hours is elon musk is the leader of republicans on capitol hill because speaker mike johnson announced had reached a bipartisan agreement, elon musk took to twitter and after six or seven hours of nonstop tweeting against the agreement, house republicans flip-flopped and suddenly pulled the bill from the floor. interestingly elon musk, he blasted the agreement six or seven hours before we heard from donald trump so the reality is elon musk is calling the shots not donald trump, not mike johnson. >> donald trump said today, i don't know if you saw what he said, he said this is a biden problem to solve, does president biden ha

again, we are waiting on speaker johnson.oming up soon from capitol hill as that vote potentially gets underway in coming minutes. up next, russia may be able to get some help from a u.s. adversary as it struggles to get control of ukraine first, here is what some of our fox affiliates around this country are covering tonight. fox 5 in new york as the former chief adviser to new york city mayor eric adams surrenders to authorities ingrid lewis martin facing corruption charges in the latest blow to the administration of a mayor under indictment amid investigations into multiple aides and allies. lewis martin resigned sunday. fox 29 in san antonio as a texas judge refuses to dismiss criminal charges against the former school's police chief in uvalde, texas. pete are a and dough is accused of putting children at risk during the slow response to the 20 # 22 school shooting is he has pleaded not guilty. left student and teachers dead. here is a look at seattle from fox 13. one of the big stories there tent. federal and state agric

johnson needs 218 votes to keep his job.ne congressman republican thomas massey said he won't be supporting johnson. other congressmen, andy harris, scott perry,, for instance are also on the fence, but johnson's allies are warning against a fight over the gavel. they see a speaker's battle as a distraction and will delay them from enacting president-elect trump's agenda. >> i fully support mike johnson and he's done as good a job as anyone could have done with the cards he's been dealt and who else is going to do it? we have been given a mandate by the american people. president trump has been given a mandate. the first 100 days are extremely important. we do not need a protracted speaker's race. reporter: we're still waiting for president-elect trump to weigh in on the speaker's vote. republicans say he will have the ultimate word on whether johnson stays or goes. will, rachel, and charlie? will: thank you, madeline for that. let's continue to analyze this with fox news sunday anchor shannon bream who joins us now. reporte

if you are listening to that and your speaker johnson.orter punch bowl news, whose twitter feed i was refreshing constantly this week. doug is a top adviser to republican lawmakers in both the house and the senate was also communications director for the rnc, both join me here at the table. anytime you say so and so is a nice person, but -- bless their heart. melanie, you have been doing tons of reporting on the hill, i just talked to leader jeffries about this, you indicated, yes, his speakership could be at risk. >> mike johnson is in trouble, let's be clear about that. the dynamic around his political future has changed dynamically in the last week, and a huge reason is because of trump. he was really banking on the idea that donald trump was in his corner, he was saying nice things about him, and that's really why my numbers were lining up him, people like marjorie taylor greene, previous critic, who said i will vote for him because trump likes him and we want to get stuff done. now it is a different scenario because of those things l

that mike johnson was heading in this direction.going to replace him? it is comical and farcical that the direction of this republican party would obviously suggest that elon musk, who doesn't know much about governing, but is a billionaire and has bought the last election cycle, spent $250 million plus to elect a donald trump, that they would just say, hey, you take it over. and the way in which the republican philosophy is governed, there aren't substantive issues at play, it is governed by money and in the direction of wealth, so to me, it was just a natural fruition, they're going to land with the billionaire who is going to call the shots, and they're all comfortable with it. and i kind of made a joke about it last night and is coming to fruition. >> and to be done within a month and a half of republicans winning the presidency on a wave of "populism." to have literally the world's richest man decide he doesn't like a continuing resolution to keep the government open because it includes things like funding for pediatric cancer

i think that's why he endorsed mike johnson. trump doesn't give a damn about mike johnson. trump just don't want his january ruined. >> april, talk to me about this because there are a few republicans who were pretty clear on the fact it may cost them to go against donald trump, but a couple said straight out i won my district by 80 points. going up against trump might cost me 30 points. i'm still going to win. tell me how your square this circle because i think joe's right, nald trump doesn't want a chaotic start to congress. how does this play out in your mind? >> ali, what i saw from the truth social statement from donald trump and then listening to what some of the republican congressmen said, you know, i'm on the fence about it, i think what donald trump did, move them from the fence into the republican party that is supporting mike johnson. i say that because that truth social piece is a sober statement i haven't heard from donald trump in a very long time. he said look, this is how we won. don't blow it. he understands the consequences of a chaotic republican party o

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 available at one time and nondetain docket of 7.7 million people. >> todd: biden administration says china intel agency hacked the u.s. department. unclear what chinese hackers were searching f

only mike johnson can do that. so if he's unwilling or unable to do that, he and donald trump and elon musk will own the shut down. so they need to figure that out. >> this is a look at how the next four years will look like. and how hard core the republican coalition is willing to be. some democrats may be in the minority but there's not yet an opposition. an opposition would have every opportunity they had to demonstrate their angst against the upcoming. do you think that could happen, do you think that will happen. i will note as a kind of indicator, the over night committee chair is now connelly, it's 77 years old was contested by alexandria ocasio. is much more of a fire brand, much more publicly engaged on bipartisan politics. do you read into that into this decision as it concerns democrats and how aggressive they're going to be. >> i find that decision absolutely bananas. >> bananas in a bad way. >> totally in a bad way. when you need your best messenger is the over sight committee. where they're trying to

as long as donald trump is okay with mike johnson. mike johnson is going to be the speaker. on tv he prefers somebody else, that somebody else will be the speaker. >> mike: kimberly, what's your read of the situation. >> mick mulvaney is right. a lot of graduating especially among house freedom caucus members. they didn't like that year-end bill. by the way, they played a role in that themselves. he needed 218 votes. some of them said they would not vote for it under any circumstances no matter what was in it so he had to go to democrats to get some assistance bottom line is you need 218 for someone. the problem with some of these people who say that they won't vote for mike johnson or debating not doing it, they don't have an alternate candidate that can get anywhere near that number and we saw how that played out with kevin mccarthy. >> mike: bret talked to speaker johnson about his future back on december 10th. let's play that. >> are you worried at all about your january 3rd election as speaker. >> i'm not. we have a unified conference. i have talked with every single in

johnson about. he's going to have to assuage those concerns if he's going to become speaker again. >> like you said, he's going to have to do some assuaging. and i want to hear from the caucus and what he had to say about the impending vote. >> we're working with the speaker's office to make sure we can advance president trump's positions. and if we can't, next friday could be a long day. >> wow, a long day. madeleine and griff were talking about what could seal this deal is president-elect trump coming out and giving a stamp of approval. and the certification of the presidential election, i can't imagine president-elect trump wants anything to go wrong that day. that day needs to go smoothly, right? >> yeah, january 6th is the x day for us. we've got to make sure that goes as smoothly and perfectly as we can as we rev up and get ready to go. the question i think, what andy harris was talking about is mr. johnson, the speaker, has got to get it together and determine whether he's the guy who can rea

and so trump picking mike johnson might not only be an endorsement of johnson, but also trump's way of getting the party together and behind him as a coalition so he can govern when taking office. >> yeah. along those lines, looking ahead to the next session of congress after trump's inauguration, how unified do you think the house and senate republicans will be in pushing trump's agenda? >> you know, donald trump has, you know, clearly shown he's an adept campaigner. he's been able to win the presidency twice now, but now he's got to show that he can lead a coalition. and this is a pretty diverse coalition that that he's put together here. and we've seen in recent weeks, you know, critical questions about immigration and the tiktok ban have emerged. there was already divisions in the party over who should have been speaker during the biden administration. so this is an opportunity for trump to lead, and trump's going to have to find a way to get this coalition together behind an agenda that they can actually pass and make into law. >> and if there are some internal rifts and divisions

, but johnson still may not have enough support. republicans with a razor thin margin, and the stakes are high, without a speaker, the house would likely be unable to certify trump's victory. here's maryalice parks. >> reporter: toochbt, president-elect donald trump throwing his support behind speaker of the house mike johnson. saying johnson has his complete and total endorsement in his fight to keep the gavel. speaker mike johnson is a good, hard working religious man, trump wrote on social media. urging fellow republicans to get in line. writing, let's not blow this great opportunity which we have been given. johnson has been facing pushback from the far right for weeks. earlier this month, steve bannon blasti the speaker for his willingness to work with democrats to pass a spending bill. >> johnson's not up to the task. he's got to go. right? he's got to go. should johnson be speaker of the house? >> reporter: the vote is going to be close. speaker johnson can likely only afford to lose one republican. and the stakes could not b

mike johnson caught himself in a bad situation with a lot of members.pression this was all smooth sailing before elon musk calm along. i guess where i am probably most sympathy for mike johnson is elon musk is learning about all of this stuff for the very first time right now. a lot of his tweets were wrong about what was in the bill. he is popping up with a lunch of misinformation about what's in it makes it impossible to get any support in the conference. if that is what is hanging over your head as you are trying to get things across the finish line at any moment, elon musk will fire off something he saw that may or may not be true? impossible situation to govern. it was already going to be really hard with that slim majority. now you have this hanging over you. donald trump can do the same thing at any time. in 2017, he could blow stuff up with a tweet too. >> what a time to be alive. brandon buck. thank you for offering us some historical perspective and prognostication. good to see you buddy. that's our show for tonight. now it is time for the las

this is a problem for johnson. he's got his work to do to get these members in line. >> it absolutely is. and i think the bigger picture here is, as we've been saying, that nobody knows exactly what donald trump wants, but everybody wants him to lead the party. he is a powerful force of unity for these republicans. if he chooses to exercise it. but because he has stayed out of a lot of these discussions, you know, the biggest sort of political effort that mike johnson has made over the past year is to get close to donald trump. we see him with him all the time at the ufc, fights at the army-navy game. he has put himself in a very good position with that relationship, but it hasn't really paid any dividends in terms of actually getting trump to support him in return. you know, when trump came to washington after the election, he did endorse johnson. but everything is conditional with trump and everything changes with trump. and the bigger and besides not knowing exactly how he wants the speaker vote to unfold, i thi

. >> joey: and mike johnson as speaker is up in the air. can it affect trump getting things done. >> we do not want a speaker battle like we went through with kevin mccarthy, we have to come together. >> todd: fox news alert. dangerous tornados sweeping through the south as millions travel home from christmas. final hour of "fox and friends" starts right now. >> house speaker mike johnson future and leadership role could be at risk. >> todd: battle for the gavel could delay the certification of president trump's victory. >> joey: >> madeleine: is live with more. >> madeleine: congress convenes january 3, first order of business is electing a speaker. without one house cannot swear in members or pass legislation and can't certify results of electoral college on january 6. house clocks in with one vacancy thanks to matt gaetz. 219 republican to 215 democrats. speaker of the house must win majority of all members of 218. and trouble is brewing for house speaker mike johnson with several republicans unhappy with the way he handled the fight to

he seems of rhetoric after the weekend has shifted to a little more support for johnson. themselves up. >> corey lewandowski was on my program and he said mike johnson is going to be the speaker by the end of the week. >> i watched your program. i appeared on the program. >> becomes a question of how much of this debate because i think it's healthy to have it in public, how much is debate versus infighting, paul takes this and it's difficult to tell the difference a lot of the times. overall i think it's really healthy for us to have this discussion to have openly. are we doing to a little too early or work out the details and private before we bring the broader debate to public, that could be the case but i like the idea that we are having the disruptive conversations were questioning the status quo were not simply go wood along with the same old program because the same old program is not serving us very well. it's been a disaster the last four years. cheryl: i want to point your attention to the op-ed in the wall street journal. here's the title trump is right on h1b v

no one else has as many votes as johnson. can johnson do things better? we all can.can do things better. but right now what is better for this country is to focus on making sure the policies, which we promised are executed. cheryl: i want you to put your foreign affairs hat on here. there's a lot going on in the middle east. syria's new foreign minister is warning iran that they're going to be held accountable for spreading chaos in syria and this is happening as supporters of ousted president bashar al-assad killed 14 security groups in an ambush in western syria. the u.s. has 2,000 troops on the ground in syria, congressman. do you think that president-elect trump will be able to pull these troops out? will he move to do that? and if so, is that a good idea as we still do not have clear leadleadership in syria which is making many in the middle east region very nervous. >> i think it's so ironic that now the rebel leader of syria is calling out iran when our administration has done nothing. our administration now -- when i say our, i mean president biden, and the h

speaker johnson did the right thing. donald trump learned a lesson, which is there are realities. you can say things on the campaign trail but there are realities in governments. and the realities have to do with the timetable. donald trump weighed in at the right time. he's on the right course on this. he can't just do it just at the last minute when you're not etch president yet. and so i think what we learned is that at first 38 and then hundreds of republicans defied donald trump in order to deal with the reality. geoff: what about elon musk? he led the rebellion against initial bill as you mentioned. and "the post" >> ed that his swift accumulation has sparked criticism at the in-coming trump administration will function as an oligarch. >> remember, this got started not because donald trump weighed in first. elon musk weighed in. and he's the -- i just start calling him the first buddy. he's in on all the phone calls, all the meetings. no one elected to anything, no one. and yet republicans on the hill listened to w

a few weeks ago johnson posted this photo of him with musk and trump.mp on a plane looking like best buds but after the debacles of the past 48 hours a growing number of republican's are calling for johnson to be replaced by elon musk. senator paul says nothing would disrupt the swamp more than electing elon musk. marjorie tele green says she is open to it. if speaker mosque becomes a reality which i do not know, who knows what will happen, he will be the third speaker in just over a year. republicans keep doing this, replacing the speaker because the problem is not the person occupying the speakers will it is the fundamental brokenness of the republican party of trump and they cannot replace trump so they keep cycling through the speakers. joining me now is somebody that has been covering the hill closely for years. the capital bureau chief for the nonprofit site notice reports which i am a reader of, matt. i thought of you today, there is 4-7 of you, the joke here is the drummer in spinal tap who keeps getting killed, whoever is leading the republican