josh hawley, of course, the great senator from oil-no, wait. well we -- there you are, josh hawley. i'm sorry. we were not sure you were with us. senator hawley, thank you for joining us. this dei madness. and i know missouri has been grappling with some of this over the years as well. but the dei madness has actually infected our military. pete hegseth is having none of this taking his orders from donald trump. but the left they are going crazy, insisting that this is causing people to have hurt feelings, lose job opportunities, and the trans crowd is very, very upset. >> well, is he doing exactly the right thing, laura, i'm so glad to see him doing it. listen, dei, let's speak the truth here. dei is unconstitutional. what did the supreme court say a year or two ago? you couldn't use race as the basis in college admissions. not college admissions. why is the united states military? here's the other truth, laura, dei is what the elites use to stay in power. because they use it to divide working people. they tried u. try to turn whites against blacks and blacks against whites and hisp

republican senator josh hawley weighed in. he actually said that he agreed that that that the court ruled correctly, but predicts that somebody will buy it. elie honig, i want to go to you, you know, in his response, which is interesting because as we know, josh hawley is a trump ally. he is saying this was the correct ruling, though, but he said it's up to beijing to sell this if that doesn't happen, because we know that bytedance says it doesn't want to sell right now, then what are the options available? >> so when donald trump told you, pam, shortly ago, that congress gives him the final say, that's partially correct. but there are some important limitations on that. so congress did write into the law this sort of escape hatch, where if the president, whoever is president at that moment, officially certifies that there had been tangible conversations, negotiations going on for a sale of tiktok to a u.s. based owner that can put on this 90 day break, this 90 day pause. but the law is pretty specific about what you need. it

and josh hawley is a lot of things stupid and amnesiac are not among them.ot when a republican senator goes on with that host on fox news and knowingly lies about someone like chris wray? it's not my job to defend chris wray. the crime did go down while he was the director of the fbi. he did follow the facts. these were court approved searches to retrieve national defense information. what what is this about? >> yeah, i mean, you kind of have to, like, go back and just remember, if we go back ten years, right, you're in a whole different universe when you're talking about the fbi, because now it's just sort of this accepted thing amongst donald trump supporters that the fbi is some, you know, radical left wing organization. and it's just not true. it's this is a fundamentally conservative law enforcement organization. and, you know, if you just think about the feeders that go into the fbi in general, when you're talking about law enforcement backgrounds, you have an advantage if you're military, right? so you can go in a little bit later if you're in the mil

josh hawley did just that.h of people like travis wolf and officer david lee, who was assaulted and killed in st. louis. and officers in kansas city who have been assaulted by illegal migrants, and others who have been carjacked and stabbed. would you agree with me that migrant crime sure as heck is an actual concern? and that you intend to do something about it? >> yes, senator, absolutely, and i am so sorry about travis and my prayers go out to his family. >> behind him was a picture of travis, who lost his life to illegal immigrant crime that some democrats deny exists. >> i appreciated her empathetic response in that moment as i watched it live. some argue that given the abject failure that "any warm body will be such an improvement." but that is why it is crucial that the governor skyro skyrock. is not only her job tightening the borders but it's about cleaning house, as we now have credible intelligence that there might be surface-to-air missiles that -- there is a lot going on in this country that is fri

vice president-elect jd vance together with senator marco rubio and senator josh hawley sent a letterannounced and then in may the same three senators, jd vance, marco rubio and josh hawley asked president biden hey, act, stop talking. take action. and that was in may. through january, for biden to act. so if trump were in office, nothing would have happened. the deal would have been blocked right away. maria: look, i spoke with president trump about this. i spoke with president trump about this last february on sunday morning futures. here's what he said. watch. >> i saved the steel companies and now japan is buying u.s. steel. u.s. steel. you know what a name that is? that's the most important name, 50 years ago there was no company like u.s. steel. now japan is buying it. i don't think i'd let that deal go through, by the way. maria: you don't think a deal with nippon will happen at all even with an additional cfius review once trump is in? >> look, at this very moment the deal has been legally blocked. and i don't see how this deal can be resuscitated. keep in mind, tony blinken i

republican senator josh hawley says his top concern remains national security. that is the sole criterion. that's the only criterion in the law because of u.s. anti monopoly law. hawley doubts tech giants like meta or google are eligible to buy tiktok. >> in washington, raquel >> still ahead with some local educators are now telling students after finding out immigration officers are allowed to conduct rates in schools. plus, we're at an easr bay blood drive fly. they say now is the time to donate. and the latest conditions at that huge fire raging since >> back to the breaking news we're following this afternoon. what they're calling the hughes fire is burning near castaic lake right near the 5 after it started just before 11 o'clock this morning. this is a live look at some of the areas burning. this is courtesy of the chopper, but our sister station, ktla has at least 19,000 people have already been evacuated. this fire has grown really fast. it went from 50 acres to 5,000 acres. quickly. it's now up to 8,000 acres that have burned on federally owned land. go

really thought there was national security implications, i'm thinking of somebody like senator josh hawleyquite possible that there will be a challenge to mr. trump's executive order. and the other piece of it is the companies like apple, the app store, and the rest, they're the ones that are on the hook for $5,000 per user. so if this order proves to be ineffective and if, say, a later administration were to want to go after an apple store because there's a five year statute of limitations, then they still could be on the hook. so those companies, the us based companies, might not want to jump until they're quite sure that the extension is valid. so we'll see what happens with that one. >> yeah, a lot of important questions there in terms of the future of tiktok. the other major order we are expecting to hear soon from president trump here on his first day in office has to do with pardons or commutations for all of the people who, or at least some of the people, i should say, who were convicted of crimes related to the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol. how sweeping do we think these

senator josh hawley, good to see you. we'll see you at the inaugural balls. >> looking forward to it. >> donald trump's inauguration weekend is shaping up to be a once in a lifetime all american event. monday's parade is going to feature 7000 patriots from all across the country, including first responders from the july 13th butler rally and the infamous trump garbage truck is slated to make an appearance. and for those with more expensive tastes, luxury hotel packages for the inauguration include helicopter rides, high end shopping sprees and vats of caviar vats. on monday, carrie underwood is going to perform america the beautiful during the swearing in ceremony. and if you get to d.c. a night early, be sure to visit trump's make america great again victory rally on sunday, featuring performances by the village people and this guy. the one and only kid rock, who just announced his new seven city tour starting in march, as well as the rock and rodeo. this is going to be happening in may. how are you doing, kid? >> what's

missouri republican senator josh hawley is optimistic that president trump will continue this effort. be surprised. >> if you see medicare prices, drug prices rise under donald trump. my expectation would be that he will use every tool at his disposal to get drug prices low reporting in washington. >> i'm basil, john. >> plake sanded 2024. on a high note, adding nearly 19 million subscribers. but that isn't keeping it from raising subscription fees. again, in a letter to shareholders, netflix says it's a justin prices today across most plans in the u.s. the standard with ads plan is going to rise to 7.99. the standard plan is rising to 17 99 while premium will jump to 24 99 sites asking subscribers to pay more. netflix is trying to sell more advertising. the ad-supported service accounted for more than half of netflix's new subscribers during the last quarter. a blast of arctic air from canada has much of the midwest, upper plains and northeast. bundling up. >> the call that a polar vortex bringing subzero temperatures and strong wind gusts across several states. the extreme cold dela

republican senator josh hawley says his top concern remains national security. that is the sole criterion. that's the only criterion in the law because of u.s. anti monopoly law. hawley doubts tech giants like meta or google are eligible to buy tiktok. >> in washington, raquel martin. linked in. >> is in hot water tonight. the platform is being sued by half a million of its premium tier customers. say the company disclosed personal info to 3rd parties without permission. according to the suit, the company discreetly updated its privacy in september to say share data can be used to train ai models. sand opting out of the data sharing they say does not affect training that has already taken place. the customers are seeking unspecified damages for breach of contract and violations. and it added $1000 per person length in said in a statement, these are false claims with no mayor. >> still ahead on the news at 5, our coverage continues of the latest fire. the one that just started in la county today. plus, members of the legislature holding their first committee meet

josh hawley was talking about the tiktok ceo going to the inauguration.ot his favorite thing, but still same thing. if they potentially sell it to us hands, it could go to the likes of an elon musk. and that begs the question. >> turns me off. >> okay, because wasn't there a time when lawmakers really cared about concentration of power and wealth and industries? i don't know, something that we once cared about called antitrust, which is worse than having the chinese have it. but but it's the reason so many people, in at least the banking world today are thrilled about trump's win because they think this is going to be a mergers and acquisitions bonanza. you know this, i know that. >> yeah, i mean, that's very much what the zeitgeist is on on wall street. that even without any detail of what that regulatory landscape is going to look like, they feel like the gates will be open and it will be much easier for these companies to come together. and any of the opposition to what you're describing is going to vanish come monday at noon. >> okay. so politically s

separately telling "new york post" there was nothing on their radar either, congressman, mo senator josh hawleytopher wray to testify on all of this. your assessment of how the fbi who took the lead in this investigation, right away, has handled it thus far. >> have well, i haven't been happy with fbi in last four years ago under joe biden's -- administration, they are more focus on investigating school board parents, all the things they are focused on january 6 instead of focusing on real criminal terrorists in our country like what occurred what is fund-raising is fbi tiers comes out says isn't a terrorist attack why using that nomenclature said well this is a terrorist attack i can't wait for president trump to get in, we get a new fbi director in this is why it is so instrumental that the senate confirm, all trump's picks right away, so that we can get new leadership into fbi we can get there a new -- the higher echelons fbi all about's people can get kicked out new fbi director can "get trump" appointeeses in. cheryl: you were, brave enough to serve your country congressman we thank you fo

josh hawley said he's never seen democrats this unprepared for hearings, only person more unprepared took a shot at me during the commercial break. he said he prefer to have bill hemmer. >> brian: escort dana out of this, how dare she. [laughter] >> brian: when dana turns on you. okay. since i'm not worthy, tell us what is next? >> dana: doos is on the loose ahead of the inauguration? >> brian: i think he's out there now. >> dana: there it is. >> brian: take a break and then dana will apologize. [laughter] with fiber to help promote gut health. and probiotics to help relieve occasional bloating. so you can feel your best. metamucil fiber plus probiotics gummies. bent finger appointment in 30 minutes. you got this. one — remember, i don't want surgery for my dupuytren's contracture. two — i don't want to wait for my contracture to get worse. three — i want a treatment with minimal downtime. four — i want a nonsurgical treatment. and five... and if nonsurgical treatment isn't offered? i'll get a second opinion. let's go! take charge of your treatment. if you can't lay your hand flat, v

. >> molly: on that note quickly, senator josh hawley wants to see mayorkas and wray testifies to immediatelyify prior to the departure from office to gave full accounting of this attack and any department failures related to the incident. your thoughts on that possibility? >> i certainly agree with the senator. again look, sunlight is the best disinfectant, we need to make sure we provide as much to the american people, to congress, and that the income administration has all of the information needed, that there is full cooperation and swiftly confirm trump's nominees at every level of our national security apparatus. there is no time for politics here. have the hearings and make sure we get them through. >> molly: congressman like lawlor, thank you for your thoughts this morning. >> rich: the attack in new orleans exposing security gaps as the city prepares to host the sugar bowl today and the super bowl next month. ted williams joins us next at the top of the hour. or tree climbing tina at a beach resort. nice! booking.com booking.yeah. total beets, america's best selling beats brand, is a

senator josh hawley, sent a letter to janet yellen on december 19, 2023, one day after the announcementchime in quickly to do their job. the same three senators, vance, rubio, and hawley, they send another letter at this time to president biden basically telling president biden, president biden, five months have passed. use the number of -- i don't know the number from the top of my head. of the statute or another number of the statute to block this deal. use your powers. stop saying you have your back and things like that. he didn't do it. he took too long. that's why we are landing in this strange situation. we will resolve this. >> when u.s. steel was going to earn $4.64, you were willing to pay $35 for it. it's going to earn $1.35. it's not. let's stop kidding ourselves. maybe a $1. what is it worth if it makes a buck per share? >> i'm not going to go into this discussion right now. i think we have a much more important task to resolve on this thing. they have until february 2nd to pack and go. that's what the law says. like i hear a lot, they follow the law. they have to follow the

joining me now is missouri senator josh hawley.liz cheney and george soros, that kind of dozen sum it up, does it not? and that's just the ultimate and pettiness on the parts of this administration. >> and that's really what they're left with laura, at the end of the day, pettiness. this is the last gasp of the dying liberalism. this is their pennants their poster children. liz cheney that's who they want to go out the door with. george soros financier. biden has been trying to sabotage the country for the last four years, opening our borders, shutting down oil and natural gas. taking away gas stoves so, of course, he is doing this on the way out. the good news is that help is on the way. laura, the other thing this speaks to is congress needs to get busy get active right now and start passing legislation to overturn all of this. we need to open up our energy production and shut down our border. we need to get this country strong again. congress can do it and it's time to get after it. >> well, right now, we have a situation where

ali baba touting the latest model claiming it surpasses deepseek openai and meta missouri senator josh hawleyto cut off u.s. china cooperation regarding a a.i., joined in a stargate stone institute senior fellow and the author of plan read china's project to destroy america, gordon chang back with us. good to see you, give us your analysis of deepseek in all of the hype around the chinese a.i. model. >> deepseek because of the open source we know it's better than anything else on the market, the point is this was distilled from gpt openai a.i. clearly this is in violation of the terms of service which means it's a violation of intellectual property rights, they stole this the one thing that concerns me is that this release of r1 model of deepseek, january 20th avenue president the united states also coincides with the propaganda blitz by the communist party on sanctions. this is a little bit too convenient i think this was orchestrated at the top of the political system in china. maria: i agree hopefully the trump of administration will institute work tougher policies when it comes to china a

missouri senator josh hawley wants chris wray to testify on this. what are your thoughts on this?well, first of all, our hearts and prayers go out with the people that were both killed and injured in new orleans this past couple days and then also what happened in las vegas, they're tragedies. they're an example in the free world when you have people wanting to harm up, both of these had isis connections as it appears, isis-k more specifically. reconstituting a cell from afghanistan and that's a real problem. we need to get president trump in office, need to get kash patel in the fbi office, we need to get kristi noem into dhs so we can see what's going on across the nation and across the world, and these terrorist networks coming across the southern border will be devastating if we don't get ahold of those quickly. cheryl: emily has a question for you. >> i want to take it to the hill. do you think the tight vote margins going into the spike erase are a bad sign for moving president trump's agenda and what is your priority for the first 100 days. >> i don't think it's a bad sign.

. >>> senator josh hawley is on the judiciary committee and joins me now. get a lot of disclosure from kash patel, especially on january sixth. but will that look like, senator? >> number 1 it will look like a change just because what we have for the last four years is nothing but stonewalling and lies from the fbi and the fbi director when he has come before congress. on the world deserves to know, american people deserve to know exactly what the fbi rule was in january sixth. they also deserve to know what the fbi has been doing with its time while they have been pursuing january sixth defendants, they have not been putting drug kingpins behind bars, they have not been going after child traffickers, they have not been going after the drug cartels. it is time to get the fbi focused on, i don't know, criminals again and actually putting violent criminals behind bars? i think he will do that. >> jesse: democrats looked terrified. not really equipped to handle a guy like him? are we going to learn things about butler? will be learned things about the palm bea

senator josh hawley is now calling on the department of homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas will talk you in a few moments calling him to come to the hill to testify as well as fbi director christopher wray. he says it needs to happen quickly immediately. >> thank you very much. to add to some of the details that we got from the las vegas sheriff when he was speaking live during "america reports" first and foremost thing they don't believe there is any further threat from this individual or anyone associated with him. obviously key for securing las vegas should there be any further attacker anywhere in the country for that matter. the sheriff confirming they are not aware of any other subjects involved in that particular case. that investigation is ongoing. to the comparisons that so many folks are talking about that they alluded to. they know the social media speculation that is out there. the police and their investigation, they did confirm that they did see so many similarities including that they both served in the military. both went to fort bragg. no record in the same

today, senator josh hawley clashed with the liberal witness. >> her death is not an actual issue? but not an actual issue? >> migrant crime is much less of an issue than u.s. citizenned committed crime. >> she is dead because of migrant crime. >> texas senator john cornyn's amendment requiring ice to detain illegal immigrants law enforcement pass hassed. republicans are cautious about other amendments they fear could water down the bill, bret? >> bret: mike emanuel live on the hill, mike, thanks. ♪ breaking tonight major controversy house republicans over of the removal of mike turner from the prestigious post of intelligence committee chairman. we brought that you breaking news last night. the fallout happened all day today and tonight. senior congressional correspondent chad pergram has the latest from capitol hill. >> the chair announces the speaker's appointment. >> arkansas republican rick crawford, the new chairman of the house intelligence committee. charged with overseeing the nation's spy programs. house speaker mike johnson ignited a firestorm, unceremoniously stripping

in fact, a republican senator josh hawley is now calling on the department of homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas and fbi director christopher wray to come to capitol hill in person and answer questions, testify in a congressional hearing immediately. larry. larry: all right, aishah hasnie, thank you very much for that update. quickly reelect speaker mike johnson in order to move the trump blue collar boom agenda at warp speed and that's the subjected of tonight's riff. this past monday, president trump issued a ringing endorsement for the reelection of speaker mike johnson and he'll be here in just a moment. on truth social mr. trump wrote and i quote, "the american people need immediate relief from all the destructive policies from the last second-degree ministration and speaker mike johnson is a good, hard working, religious man and he'll do the right thing and will continue to win. mike has my complete and total endorsement. maga". then the next day on n new years eve walking into his galla party at mar-a-lago, mr. trump reiterated his support for speaker johnson. take a li

over in the senate, though, senator josh hawley is calling on alejandro mayorkas, homeland security secretary, and the f.b.i. director chris wray to come to capitol hill. >> molly: senator kennedy demanding answers and truth for the american people. interesting days ahead. >> rich: the f.b.i. is facing criticism over its response to the terror attack in new orleans. t the -- this is the latest example of the f.b.i.'s habitual woke incoherence. andy is here now. thank you for joining us. why not call it terrorism right off the bat? they found an isis flag in the guy's car. >> rich, that makes too much sense. you will never make it at the f.b.i. look, this has been going on sadly for decades now. basically they've drawn this line in order to keep ideology in a black box. so unless they instantly come up with information that ties somebody operationally to a known notorious terrorist organization, they take the position it is not terrorism. and the reason for that is they don't want to be perceived as drawing a link between islamic doctrine and violence. so i think they go out of their way to tr

. >> aishah: in the meantime, republican senator josh hawley is now calling on the homeland securityretary mayorkas and also the fbi director christopher wray to come to the hill and testify in a congressional hearing immediately. trace? >> trace: aishah hasnie on capitol hill. thank you. also breaking, our other top story tonight, authorities identifying the driver in the cyber truck explosion outside trump international hotel in las vegas. federal investigators say there appears to be no connection to the terror attack in new orleans. national correspondent jeff paul has the latest from las vegas. >> a cyber truck explodes outside the trump hotel in las vegas. inside a lone driver who police identified as 37-year-old matthew littles berger of colorado spring. after searching the charred truck military i.d., passport, multiple firearms as well as evidence that he had sustained a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. >> i'm comfortable calling it a suicide with the bombing occurred thereafter. i'm not giving it any other labels. >> officials tell fox news that he was active duty

joining me now old friend missouri senator josh hawley. isn't it fun? >> it is good.l. >> laura: everyone has been fighting for so long and you are still going to have to fight this moment being in that rotunda today watching that situation in with the old guard watching donald trump laid how significant is this. >> being there in the rotunda, listening to president trump tell them to their face that they had failed. which is true and laying out new vision for what he is calling a golden age inspiring. >> laura: i know people said oh, it's kind of negative i think it's important for them to say our country can never do that again. we cannot open our borders like that and cannot spend and do inflationary spiral. we cannot send our money into a war that is unclear prospect and they were seething. i mean, i'm sorry, i was sitting right there to look in the eyes of barack obama and to look in the eyes of kamala harris, i mean, they were like i think jill biden-i think jill biden was the angriest. joe biden was actually the best of all of them. i think. well, i lost. i mea

missouri republican senator josh hawley is optimistic that president trump will continue this effort. i would be surprised if you see medicare prices, drug prices rise under donald trump. my expectation would be that he will use every tool at his disposal to get drug prices low reporting in washington. i'm basil, john. >> still ahead, artists and creators are coming together give back to the victims of the la wildfires. some of the biggest names in music are biggest names in music are taking part in this event. - man, i need some serious help with this health insurance stuff. - check out covered california. it's a free service from the state that helps you get health insurance. millions of people have used it. - wait, for real? - mmm hmm, they even offer financial help to lower the cost. - nooo... how you know about all this? - that's how i got my insurance. i got a great plan for about $10 dollars a month. - okay, i see you. - if you've got questions, covered california can help, every step of the way. enroll by january 31st. covered california. this way to health insurance. reiterat

missouri if senator josh hawley introducing legislation to cut all off u.s.tion on artificial intelligence. joining us now is dma united ceo, author of the new book "some future day: how a.i. is going to change everything," mark beckman with us now. mark, great to see you. >> thank you. thank you for having me. maria: congrats on the book. your thoughts on what madison just reported. how did deepseek do in this and suddenly catch. the tech titans of the country off guard? >> yeah. they certainly did. and it's interesting also a if you look at that a meta chart, meta's stock actually pond a little bit when nvidia dove. it shows me there are two things at play, maria. there's the software, the algorithm. piece which meta is benefiting from, and there's the hardware piece where nvidia's being hurt. nvidia's profit margin is huge, and they really are the only game in town. what deepseek showed the public is the end users don't need the best, most expensive super chips that nvidia's creating. they could use a less powerful, less expensive chip to get to the same r

missouri republican senator josh hawley is optimistic that president trump will continue this effort. be surprised if you see medicare prices, drug prices rise under donald trump. my expectation would be that he will use every tool at his disposal to get drug prices low reporting in washington. i'm basil, john. >> all right. check this out. this very adorable cat is named maintenance and she accidentally became a frequent flyer after she was left in a plane's cargo hold. mittens then made 3 trips in 24 hours between new zealand and australia owners. we're moving to new zealand. and when they landed, they will say they waited for 3 hours for the cap to come off the plane and then airport employees told them, yeah, your cat went back to australia. >> so much just looked each other and i'm not that i didn't hear and a simple we want it. you just gotta love that. the cat taken off the plane and they well with a new justice covid now how can this >> the airline said it is stowed wheelchair blocking the baggage handlers view of mittens. cage and the airport told the pilot they had an extra

senators maggie hassan, josh hawley and richard blumenthal made the claim in a letter to the airlinese calling for spirit and frontier to stop collecting personal information before showing fees. they say it undermines customers confidence, reduces competition, and prevents customers from accurately comparing prices. >> california is one of 15 states that today announced a major settlement with a pharmaceutical company over the opioid crisis. the $7.4 billion agreement is with purdue pharma and family that owns it. the company makes the addictive painkiller oxycontin. >> purdue pharma and the sackler family, under the guise of a mission to develop healthier communities, deceptively marketed opioids and played a major role in contributing to our nationwide opioid epidemic. their marketing and sales practices misled health care providers and patients about the addictive nature of opioids, and has led to overprescribing and serious addiction. >> the settlement will deliver funding directly to communities across the country that have been affected by the opioid crisis. so many communities

are told that there have been multiple republican senators, from john cornyn to susan collins to josh hawley, who have been making their way in and out of that residence where the president elect and the first family are currently staying ahead of moving into the white house tomorrow. alex. >> okay. vaughn hillyard, thank you for that preview of all of that. we will certainly circle back with you later on today. let's go now, everyone, though, to the day's other big breaking news. the celebrations in israel, in gaza today, as day one of the israel-hamas ceasefire gets underway, three israeli hostages, all women between the ages of 24 and 31. they are now back in israel as a reprieve in fighting brings hope that it could bring peace after 15 months of war. here's president biden this morning. >> today, ceasefire in gaza and the release of hostages is a result of a principled and effective policy that we presided over for months. and we got we got here without a wider war in the middle east, many predicted. and now it falls to the next administration to help implement this deal. i was pleased

josh hawley weighed in. >> for months now beijing has refused to entertain what i understand are multiple offers, substantial offers to purchase tiktok from all kinds of different people. it doesn't have to be owned by an american company but by a company that is not subject to beijing's control. >> bytedance and chinese communist masters had nine months to sell tiktok. it is a communist spy app. the supreme court -- what they did today is side with congress and bipartisan legislation that china divest from tiktok. a group of democrats tried to extend the deadline. that effort was blocked. >> congress must appropriately balance those risks with the serious hardship imposed on tiktok's 170 million american users and the unintended consequences of a nationwide tiktok ban. >> the thing, no realtime for legislation to stop the sunday deadline. mike waltz confirmed to fox news the president-elect has been working behind the scenes with tiktok ceo to try to preserve it. he is set to attend monday's inauguration and spending $50,000 on an influencer focused inauguration party. the president-elec

josh hawley of missouri is asking mayorkas and chris wray to testify in front of the senate.ide answers about what happened. for the latest, let's bring in nbc news capitol hill correspondent ali vitali. ali, good to see you this morning. i'm expecting questions will be asked if these appearances do, indeed, occur. talk about that and a theme we have been touching on throughout the morning here, whether this incident will put a spotlight on national security. what is your reporting tell you about how it may impact the ongoing confirmation on some of trump's national security choices. >> reporter: i've been listening to parts of your conversation throughout the morning, jonathan, and you are right to bring up a renewed focus in the national security space because when we left before the term this year, a lot of conversation on capitol hill was how trump's nominees are in this national security space. you have been talking about them all morning, like kash patel, pete hegseth, and others, so certainly the renewed focus would be there because the confirmation processes would sta

here's her exchange with republican senator josh hawley is the southern border secure as we find it today? >> senator, no, the southern border is not secure today. but in just three days, we will have a new president in this country, president donald j. trump. and he will secure our border. my hope is that if given the opportunity to serve as secretary, that the federal government would no longer. and i believe, as president trump has promised, the american people facilitate an illegal alien invasion in the meantime, senate republican leaders are hopeful that they will vote to confirm secretary of state pick marco rubio and possibly other top national security cabinet picks on monday after trump is sworn in as president. >> with us now is cnn's priscilla alvarez. and priscilla, you have some really good new reporting about what trump is planning to start with from day one on immigration. >> yeah, and all of these executive actions, they fall in three buckets. so the first is interior enforcement. of course, we've heard the president elect talk about this on the campaign trail multiple tim

in 2019, for example, republican senator josh hawley introduced a bill targeting facebook and other platformsn that under trump, the u.s. may be entering a new era of a freewheeling internet where popular social media platforms operate without formal safeguards against deliberately spread disinformation, inadvertently spread misinformation, absolute lies and conspiracy theories. they caution that a healthy democratic discourse requires a basic level of empirical evidence, and that without it, the public risks becoming less informed and more susceptible to harmful propaganda. speaking to the new york times, nicole gil, executive director of accountable tech, called the decision, quote, a gift to extremists around the world, end quote. she warned the decision was inviting, quote, the exact same surge of hate, disinformation and conspiracy theories, end quote, that fueled the january 6th attack on the capitol. after a quick break, i'll dive into this news with two people who previously worked on meta's fact checking team, the aforementioned erin sharockman from politifact, and chris richmond, ce

but people like tom cotton and josh hawley and others who genuinely don't want tiktok around saying likey republicans there are who believe in things. that's true. >> but at. >> the end. >> of the day, too many. >> of the politicians on. >> that side of the. >> aisle believe first. >> and. foremost in. their survivability. >> right. >> and donald. >> trump owns. >> the. >> primary natives. >> in that party. and folks. >> are going to come on. >> bended knee as a. >> consequence of that, even though he. >> himself can't run for office. >> again, he can. control outcomes. >> in 2026. >> and they're well aware of that. >> the elon musk thing is really. >> interesting to me. >> those two guys. >> are both. >> attention vampires, and i think. >> both of them have decided. >> that there may not be an endless. supply of attention for out there. they've got to compete for it in real time. the thing that that's. really daunting. >> for elon. >> musk is when you start. >> to do this and. >> perform like. >> this on social. >> media in public, it. >> actually suggests that you don't have as much in

president trump through this executive order that was heralded by the likes of missouri senator josh hawleyooking at these live images of j.d. vance. notable first appearance for the vice president since being sworn in on monday. but speaker johnson, as well as senate majority leader john thune were there as well. this congress is committed that they intend to repeal that very law that was signed under the bush or under the biden administration. and there was another executive order that just two days ago that president trump signed that referred to life, a person beginning not at birth, but at conception. i want to let you listen to president trump, who is down in north carolina at this very moment, but recorded a video that just played here at the march for life. take a listen. >> in my second term, we will again stand proudly for families and for life. we will protect the historic gains we have made and stopped the radical democrat push for a federal right to unlimited abortion on demand up to the moment of birth, and even after birth. think of that after birth, and some people want that

here's her exchange with missouri senator josh hawley. >> is the southern border secure as we find it today? >> senator? no, the southern border is not secure today. but in just three days, we will have a new president in this country, president donald j. trump and he will secure our border. my hope is that if given the opportunity to serve as secretary, that the federal government would no longer. and i believe, as president trump has promised, the american people facilitate an illegal alien invasion. >> with us now is cnn's priscilla alvarez. it's interesting to hear how she's describing this, because crossings are down. but there's also this emphasis, and you have a lot of new reporting on this about what trump is going to be doing from day one. nonetheless, on the border. >> yeah. her responses there were telling in the way that she's going to frame this moving forward, even as to your point, numbers are very low, lower than they have been in a while now. yes, there is a package of executive actions that they are working to roll out within hours of the president elect being sworn

i'm about to use some words that i never thought i would use in my entire life, but i agree with josh hawleyhere you go. yeah. i mean, i think, as i said, the national security issues here are extraordinarily serious. i share melissa's concern that, like, we don't want the government to be able to say, force. jeff bezos to sell the washington post or like, force msnbc to sell itself to fox news or something like that. but, you know, what the court said is, given the overwhelming national security concerns here, the sheer volume of data that tiktok is collecting on 150, 170 million americans like china can't have access to that. and i will note that in addition to the nine justices, there were three lower court judges who reviewed it. it was a bipartisan panel. 12 judges reviewed the tiktok ban. they were unanimous in saying that this is permissible. you know, one of the lower court judges pointed to the fact that we have been forbidding foreign nationals and foreign companies from owning radio stations since 1912. so this isn't anything new. i think, you know, as i said, melissa's concerns a

listen to josh hawley and senator dick blumenthal, who don't agree on basically anything democrat and republican, but seem to have a similar point of view on this. >> read your text messages. it can track your keystrokes. it has access to your phone records. and the problem with that is all of that information is available to and subject to inspection by the government in beijing. and that's a massive it's not just a national security threat. it's a personal security threat. it opens the way for constructive efforts. >> now to preserve tiktok, which everybody wants, but not under chinese ownership, enabling that enemy of the united states to surveil, collect information and present a threat to our national security. >> and as you and your colleagues at punchbowl have some reporting this week talking about the unusual alliance, saying democrats are siding with president-elect donald trump, while congressional republicans have no qualms about letting tiktok go dark. >> yeah, i mean, we had chuck schumer, the senate minority leader, who's a big china hawk. um, you know, calling biden, sa

. >> all with jd vance and josh hawley and all these other people. it's unbelievable to me.k, i mean, he was convicted, sentenced to 17 years, and trump let him off the hook for organizing an event where 150, 140 police officers were beat up and pushed around, and six of them later died. if i don't think most americans think that's okay, look, there was a small group of nutbags that voted for donald trump. most of the people that voted for trump are decent american people that want something for their country that they didn't think the democrats were giving them. i don't think those people think this is okay. i don't think i mean, how would you like to do this to the cop on the beat in your neighborhood? well, that's exactly what happened in washington. and i don't think the average american thinks this is a good idea. and i really don't care what stewart rhodes says about it. go on to yale to yale degree notwithstanding. >> yeah. >> i've got some front pages as we think about this era, michael. you can see references to what was a grim address. the boston globe went with tr

but people like tom cotton and josh hawley and others who genuinely don't want tiktok around saying likeyou can't do that. and i do wonder, like a lot of this is going to be a test of how many republicans there are who believe in things. >> that's true. but at the end of the day, too many of. >> the politicians on that side. >> of the. aisle believe first and foremost in their survivability. right. >> and donald. >> trump owns the primary natives in that party. and folks are going to come on bended. >> knee as a consequence. >> of that, even though he himself can't run. >> for office again, he can. control outcomes in 2026. >> and they're well aware of that. >> the elon. >> musk thing is. >> really. interesting to me. >> those two. >> guys are. >> both attention. >> vampires. >> and i think both of them have decided. >> that there may not. >> be an endless supply. >> of attention. >> for out there. they've got to compete for it in real time. the thing that that's. >> really daunting. >> for elon musk is when. >> you start. >> to do this and. >> perform like this. >> and. on social media

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. >> so with that, i want to ask chief john josh hawley from dc fire and ems to provide an update. >> good evening everyone. i'm john donnelly, chief of dc fire and ems. this evening at 8:48 a.m., an alert was sounded, initiating a region, a large regional response to a report of an aircraft crash on approach to the airport. this response includes, first, the metropolitan washington airports authority's fire department, the district of columbia fire department, the metropolitan police department, and the u.s. park police to respond into the area and to sort that out. at 858, the first units arrived on the scene and found an aircraft in the water and began rescue operations. this incident has grown. there is currently about 300 responders working. we have boats from all throughout the region. police and fire boats. we have a mutual aid agreement in washington, d.c.. the national capital region mutual aid agreement administered by the metropolitan washington council of governments, and we are all operating under that. we're operating under a unified command. all everybody's together. so

josh hawley. >> the question is, have we interviewed air traffic controllers? yes. i think i started with. sorry. i'm sorry. the clarification. was it an air traffic controller that was working at the time of the accident? yes. yes, sir. now, i'm not going to speculate. sorry. nope, sorry. i'm not going to speculate. the next question is, was there one. two, three? i don't have the answer for that right now. i know that the controller that was working at the time has been interviewed, and his interviews are ongoing throughout the day. yes, ma'am. last one. >> houthis you personally or anyone else? do you or anyone else on board? so. >> the question is, is anyone from the white house reached out to me or other board members? i won't speak for other board members. i know that the chair did a briefing yesterday. it was publicly discussed and gave some information. i have not received any contact. i'm going to go back to something we talked about earlier. the ntsb is an independent, bipartisan board, 58 years as the gold standard. our job is to find the facts. but more

i forget the democrat, but i know josh hawley is one of the folks who has been really interested in putting some regulatory provisions on social media platforms. i don't think mark zuckerberg, elon musk should be the arbiters of truth either, actually. but who is then? maybe it is crowdsourcing american people. yes, but but there also have to be leaders well. anso there has to be as like, we don't want o politicians, we don't wa our elected ofcials to be lying to the american people for political gain. i think if we can come back to some of those rms. but right now, i do think social media is out of control and it is with a.i. the bots are on both sides. and interference is coming from both sides. and i just think that we need to do some leveling of the playing ground, or we do tread into this place where because most of americans are getting our news, facts and opinions are going to become one and the same, and that is not a good thing for our country. >> scott, look, you were very effective for donald trump in the months you were on. but i'll give you this. you aren't peddling conspiracy

it, but they don't want it to be in the hands of our foreign adversaries, who, in the words of josh hawley track americans movements, can track their keystrokes, and, of course, have access to their personal information on it. >> so is it a change of heart that they're having, or is it is it politics here? >> you know, behind their messaging right now? >> like, actually tiktok's a good thing. >> it just needs to be in different hands. >> yeah, i think it's a little bit of both. and i think it starts with the fact that when this bill originally passed in the house and senate, it had overwhelming bipartisan support. i mean, especially in the house, because they did vote on it separately, outside of the bills to ukraine, aid to the middle east as well, in the senate, that was all packaged up. so it's really hard to tell which one of those senators really supported this law or voting for this law. i think overall, though, at that point, you have to remember that both trump and biden had signaled support for legislation like this. and i think they thought that perhaps by this point, they'd be a