maga. if you want to go to the country in four years with a political movement that is maga you have to study maga. the personalities and in conflict, you can't look away. the idea that one figure, and i think it's bannon in this case is trying to preserve something that to him as a maga enforcer is, the vocabulary to use, the anti-immigration you has to be pure. these visas being offered is in direct conflict with trump's core promise which was a robust economy. what musk represents is american businesses, they can't prosper and thrive without access to these visas. again, the study of maga to be able to defeat it is understanding where the weak links are. this will be one of them. >> i think this is an important point but it requires truth telling about the republican party and its -- there have been these three elements. liberty dam -- libertarian and nativism. this is an important point in the sense that you have had these three components and ronald reagan was able to balance them inte

cnn news night with abby phillip is up next. >> tonight, maga versus maga.the right turns on itself over immi

not just over maga, but over american politics over the next several decades. how these things play out, it will define success or the failures of the trump presidency, and he will get to design some of the contours. some of it is out of his control. some of these are much bigger forces that are going on right now, and they help power his victory, but whether they power governing success is another question. >> jonathan: sarah, this -- really elon musk is the outlier here within the maga world, and trump didn't come out for more h-1b visas. he said that he supports the program, whether it's more or not, but stephen miller, we know where he stands which is exactly the exact opposite of where elon musk stands. >> he's fine with trump going out and giving sort of vague statements about being in favor of h-1b visas. the devil is in the details of whether those get handed out, what the criteria will be. we're seeing this playing out when it comes to personality in the incoming administration. there is a divide between stephen miller placing these cabinet and sub-cab

>> it certainly is maga theater to a certain extent.a debate on how to dehumanize migrants. whether to take an exploitive point of view for people coming to work in specialized fields in the united states. my hope is that we center human rights and how we develop policies impacting migrants. those in the united states and those who are arriving, seeking asylum status that we center their basic protections and not get into a zero sum game about how, about which migrants merit status and which ones don't. which is a lose lose situation for everyone. >> pedro rios with american friends service committee. thank you for being here with us, up next, our final thoughts. stay with us. inal thoughts. stay with us. prilosec knows, for a fire... one fire extinguisher beats 10 buckets of water, and for zero heartburn 1 prilosec a day... beats taking up to 10 antacids a day. it's that simple, for 24 hour heartburn relief... one beats ten. prilosec otc. big news for mahomes! i'm switching to iphone 16 pro at t-mobile! it's built for apple intelligenc

>> yes, and i think it's not maga, it's america.s is the way our country used to be and i think that thanks to the radical left, we have more unity in this country, because they do not want to be persecuted, prosecuted, they don't want to have a country that is divisive, we're america first, maga is make america great again, that's it. so coming into the new year, i'm so grateful for everybody that was america first but more importantly for president trump, who was bold, persecuted, attacked relentlessly and now americans who were on the verge of being democrat, some were democrat, are coming over to the side of america. it's not a maga movement, it's an american movement. and they love our country, we're tired of divisiveness, and we want to bring unity in 2024. that's the truth. >> alina, yet joe biden is playing the blame game, and blaming maryk garland, he wasn't tough enough on donald trump. >> he wasn't tough enough. 3 and a half years with indictments shams and hoaxes, and cases and the man had to go all night to go campaign

to understand maga. and conflict, you just can't look away, right? but the idea that one figure, i think ban in this case, is trying to preserve something that to him as a maga enforcer is -- i don't know the vocabulary, precious? the anti-immigration view has to be pure? to be against these visas offered is in direct conflict with trump's core promise of a robust economy. what musk represents is american businesses feel they can't prosper and thrive without access to these visas. the study of maga to be able to defeat t is understanding where the weak links are. this is clearly going to be one of them. >> this is a good point but requires truth telling about the republican party in its modern iteration. corporatist, libertarian and nativist. >> i got to write that down. >> this is a really important point. always had three components. ronald reagan was able to balance them in interesting sorts of way. plutocrat in elon musk. greed, pulling -- advancing his interests. and right-wing populism. right-wing

how stupid and dumb are you. >> ashley: stupid maga brain. plus live report from time square to preview the new year's eve ball drop. he looks down at his queen, and says... (in atrocious french) au revoir mon amour. a bientot let's work on that french, shall we? (♪) au revoir mon amour. a bientot au owwwww bientot au revoir mon amour. a bientot (♪) (in perfect french) au revoir mon amour. a bientot now search with ai assistant with the hotels.com app what if your mobile network wasn't just built to work out here... ...but was designed differently to also give you blazing fast wifi where you are most of the time? reliable 5g, plus wifi speeds up to a gig where you need it most. xfinity mobile. xfinity internet customers, ask how to get a free 5g phone and a second unlimited line free for a year. >> adam: tracking warm air that will spill into the east. it is still winter, a lot of folks not feeling like it today. cold air is on the way. folks dealing with big low pressure system across midwest, that is drifting off to the east. for the new yo

house democrats have successfully stopped extreme maga republicans from shutting down the government, crashing the economy, and hurting working-class americans all across the land. house democrats have successfully stopped the billionaire boys club which wanted a $4 trillion blank check, by suspending the debt ceiling in order to enable them to cut social security, cut medicare, and cut assistance while providing massive tax breaks for the wealthy, the well-off, and the well-connected. this is a victory for the american people. we have successfully advanced the needs of everyday americans, but there are still things to be worked on, and we look forward to that fight in the new year. happy holidays. >> are you going to negotiate with president-elect trump directly, sir? >> we will leave this for a moment to hear from senate majority leader chuck schumer on the senate taking up a government funding bill. [indiscernible] senator schumer: ok. good evening, everybody. thank you for coming. so proud and glad to be joined by many of my judiciary committee colleagues, led by chair durbin. i k

she's a big voice in the maga world, right? as much as i think maybe a lot of establishment republicans, even people who are close to trump, would like to say that, you know, she doesn't have influence. she does. certainly in this space. what happened over the past 24 hours is she has a verified blue badge account, which i think to a lot of people just say, so what? it's a blue badge, but but what that allows her to do on the platform under musk is it allows two things. one, it allows her to get revenue from the ads that are shown next to her posts. so that's a way that musk has set up the platform to try and monetize it, to try and make encourage people to post more on the platform. and also, she has paid subscribers on the platform. we don't know how much money she was making, but oftentimes that can go into the many, many thousands every month. and so that has been taken away from her. we haven't heard from x, we haven't heard from us specifically, but she musk did call her out a few times during the week, essentially callin

. >> a maga civil war. the president elect's advisers versus his base fighting over immigration policy. now donald trump is weighing in. then later. >> three. two. one. happy new year. >> it's the biggest party of the year. final preparations underway right now for the ball drop in new york. and it's officially 2025. in other parts of the world. it's 6 a.m. here on the east coast. here's a live look at auckland, new zealand, where it is now officially 2025. good morning, everyone, and happy new year's eve. i'm paula reed in for kasie hunt. it is wonderful to have you with us as neighbors, friends, former colleagues and even everyday americans are saying farewell and will have the chance to say more goodbyes to jimmy carter for six days next week. america's 39th president died sunday at the age of 100, surrounded by loved ones at his home in plains, georgia. a state funeral for carter is now scheduled for january 4th in plains. over a two day period, he will lie in repose in atlanta before he is brought to w

america unleashed maga.f trump's victory is how did the traditional picks that we used to always put in place -- how did that work for us? the american people rejected it and they accepted what donald trump's been selling in this country for the last couple of years. so i mean, he won with muslim voters in dearborn. he won with puerto ricans in florida. he won majority of male hispanic voters. he won in every state across the country better except for i think, like, washington and oregon or something like that. so maga is here because maga's been accepted by the american people. so that's why we're here. we got to be reminded of this all the time. >> but there are also americans who while i understand maga, but there are 74 million, 75 million americans who are not maga, who still believe that individuals should be vetted, that the senate has a constitutional responsibility. >> and they will. >> to advise and consent. >> they will. >> but they are, you know, smearing people. they're threatening, you know, me

maga is about honoring our history and our christian values. it's about protecting our people, our families, and our way of life. bashar's younger sargon is the author of bad news how woke media is undermining democracy, and she joins us now. welcome, rachel. >> my god, i'm for klempt as my people say, that was so beautiful and moving and important. thank you so much for everything you just said and for having me. >> well, what is your take on this h-1b visa debate? >> let me explain to you why i find it so utterly infuriating what's happening here. before donald trump, there was a handshake agreement between both parties to erase our national borders, to deport millions and millions of low wage, cheap labor, and to export and offshore manufacturing good middle class jobs to build up the middle class of china and mexico. now, the working class said, no, we will not cheer as you sell off our children's futures. and they elected donald trump to say no to that. and what did the left do? the left immediately started to call them racist. you are a r

and that includes, most importantly, people in the maga movement.he is hearing from folks who have been around for a long time that the maga faithful are upset with him because of h- 1b1 or any other piece of immigration that elon musk and vivek ramaswamy are for, they may see themselves on the outside, right? it could happen very quickly. and this is one of the things, when we reported weeks, and weeks, and weeks ago, it could be years ago at this point, but earlier in the campaign that elon musk around mar-a-lago was starting to get frustrated for people, they felt like he was going to wear out his welcome. this, along with the kind of kerfuffle he created around the continuing resolution a couple of weeks ago, are more examples of him trying to exert his power in a place in politics that is much more nuanced than even he might understand. >> yeah, and to that point, if you take what both eugene and molly said, greg, you on -- elon dave at least $50 million to gop causes in this last election cycle. he has pledged more money to spend in the midter

musk versus maga. elon musk blasting some maga supporters as consempable fools on the platform formerly known as twitter. could this cause a breakup between trump and musk? >>> and supreme court justice clarence thomas facing fresh scrutiny after a senate report reveals more undisclosed luxury trips paid for by his billionaire benefactor, and the growing calls for accountability for the nation's top judges. >>> lasting legacy, the push for president biden to use the waning days of his presidency to ratify gender equality in the constitution and why some republicans are willing to do anything they can to stop it from happening. >>> new beginnings, after a year full of global chaos and uncertainty, how to tap into the hope and optimism. all of that and more is coming up. >>> as we prepare to bid farewell to 2024, it is important to highlight the leadership and competency of the biden harris administration. this week, biden announced that he would be commuting the sentences of 37 people of federal death r

musk versus maga.ould this cause a breakup between trump and musk? >>> and supreme court justice clarence thomas facing fresh scrutiny after a senate report reveals m

and we have a maga extremist surgeon general in our state who is anti-vax. he did nothing to try to stem that tide. that's what we're in here for. president musk and vice president trump will be jeopardizing american's health, helping the billionaires, kicking americans in the teeth, and preventing them from getting ahead. at the end of the day, the government will be taking care of their billionaire buddies. by the way, engaging in mass deportation, and preventing us from being able to pass immigration reform, which is essential if we're going to make sure we have a fair immigration process and also one that can help us improve our economy and continue to make america prosper. >> so let's do a little chairman to chairman for a moment here because i got a former dnc chair here. >> if we could just go. >> this is a little chairman up to the screen here. talk about your upcoming dnc race for chairman. you were chair of the party from 2011 to 16. you know intimately the inner workings. you've got robert, former state candidate here in maryland. ken martin, minn

judicial conference has pushed back against the judge shopping into these maga pipelines, so we need to keep a careful eye e on the maga pipeline because that is where the special interests will go to get the decisions they know these judges will give them, and with that, let me turn it over to my terrific colleague from minnesota. >> thank you. as someone who was on the judiciary committee going way back -- >> 1981 to 2015i was on the judiciary committee. >> there you go. anyway, but understands how important this is and how tough it is to get all these judges confirmed -- nominated, confirmed, vetted, all of that, and gave us the time to do that. senator durbin with his tremendous leadership. happy holidays, everyone, by the way. he's looking. that's you. really nice. look at those on the side. it's subtle but kind of not subtle. >> amy klobuchar, judiciary committee fashion critic. >> exactly. i know you are elated to spend your friday evening with all of us, so this is great, but this is truly a moment. not just the number of 235, which is kind of incredible given everything we w

you don't even know what maga immigration policy is.now, trump himself, who i should note restricted h-1b visas in his first term, has said on the campaign trail this time around that he did want to make it easier for educated foreigners to work in the u.s. >> what i want to do, and what i will do is you graduate from a college i think you should get automatically, as part of your diploma, a green card to be able to stay in this country. and that includes junior colleges to anybody graduates from a college, you're going there for two years or four years. if you graduate or you get a doctorate degree from a college, you should be able to stay in this country. >> my political sources tonight are former new york city mayor bill de blasio, cnn political commentator and republican strategist shermichael singleton, and also cnn economics and political commentator catherine rampell. and catherine, you have covered this issue for a long time. can you just lay out what we're looking at here in this divide between what elon musk says he thinks wo

>> i think trump is just as maga as the maga base would love. he run on must die.made it permissible to run over protesters during the black lives matter protest. those protesters were protesting civil rights. this is a guy who has fought tooth and nail against all things equity quite some time and made it known how he is for immigration. sending a lot of the undocumented migrants to places like chicago and new york and other urban centers across the country. specifically those seen as cities more friendly for migrants. we are talking sanctuary cities specifically. he tried to be a mini donald trump. he does not feel as though the vice president-elect will have a seat for the white house once trump's term is over so i think trump sees him as somebody who has potential. he sees him as someone who could easily get confirmed and sees him as someone who hey, if he plays his cards right because florida is not only maga central but also the standard bearer of the republican party at this point. that's why the trump family moved there anyway. that's why you see more flori

he is relatively new to the conservative movement and certainly new to the maga movement. that was laura loomer's point. that was several other of the kind of high profile maga people who jumped into this conversation. but i would also point out that this larger conversation, as our other panelists have have pointed out already, but as this larger conversation comes to a head, it does highlight tensions, preexisting tensions that have come to the fore, but that were hidden for a long time as people rallied around donald trump to elect him to office. perhaps more importantly, a lot of businesses have actually, this is why they are putting their hat in with donald trump, because they want to offset this kind of pro, uh, anti-immigration, pro-business bent on the base. and that's where the tensions really arise from. >> jamal, i'll give you the last quick word right here. other strange bedfellows, perhaps, uh, governor jared polis, bill de blasio, both siding with the doge bros here and actually agreeing with vivek and elon. are we going to see more strange bedfellows in this

it will create headaches for the maga led agenda and mike johnson.till grumbling among people who say they hold the house and senate. >> this has been embarrassing performance. i mean, it's a laughing stock. the bill is a joke. the negotiations were a joke. >> 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? >> no. >> so now as the republican caucus is tying itself in knots, democrats on capitol hill are in a crisis of their own not just how to resist the trump agenda but how to move their own caucus forward. last week 35-year-old progressive congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez d for the top seat instead picking 74-year-old jerry conley who is battling esophageal cancer. how much power should the old guard have and how much should it start handing over to a younger generation of leaders. at some point lawmakers are going to have to, you know, make laws, keep the government running, and at that point, who will be in control? what's that going to look like? joining us now, donna edw

readers out there, you notice the contradiction in terms, maga readers would pick up the washingtonhat is the logical fallacy here, yes, reader. >> so it sounds like she's saying that maga supporters are illiterate, chris. >> i think she is. at least i don't really read her. i actually don't know who reads her. i've had the incredible discourtesy of having to live around the belt way for the past 20 years of my life and i never heard anyone in the wild say that did you hear that intelligent thing that jennifer reubin wrote. you can see it in the joke. some of these things are funny, and trump was attacked for being wealthy. he's worth billions, which is generally a good thing, worth $10 million per pound and obama going out there, and saying black men, maybe it's because you hate women, and what's the problem with you, and 8 p.m. reuters saying maybe that's a bad play obama, and the creepy attacks, you're a racist, you're someone who wants civil war, filled with hate for your neighbour, you're not a christian, you're not a black man, you're not an hispanic person. these attacks go o

he's not just maga. he's dark, gothic maga.tle cleric who learned epic maga wizard skills at the college of spell casting. hold on. mom? can you bring down some more pizza rolls?" [ light laughter ] and i'm sorry. i'm not trying to be difficult here. but is the difference between maga and dark gothic, maga the hat being black? [ light laughter ] is that why you're pointing at the hat? no one's ever cool pointing at a hat. "i think you will find i am world's number one grandpa." [ laughter ] and look, i know even if that guy loses 99.9% of his wealth, he'll be richer than me, and i appreciate he's trying to do that. but does he has to be so tragically lame? if i had as much money as this guy, i'd spend it doing awesome [ bleep ] like buying a sports team or a superyacht or a new vintage nintendo they i didn't have to blow on all the time. yeah, kids! we used to blow on our video games. [ bleep ] you. [ laughter ] also, can we hear that elon scream again? ♪ [ scream ] >> seth: sounds like a sick wookiee. you gotta be careful. rfk

. >> tonight, maga versus maga. the right turns on itself over immigration. over what america first really means, and over censorship by trump's wealthiest billionaire backer. plus, big labor and big demands. a new interview pulls back the curtain on what kamala harris tried. >> who does this lady think she is and failed to get from the teamsters? >> also, a record of the unwanted kind. homelessness hits a new high, spotlighting a three front crisis crashing down on the united states and a raw warning a new bird flu bulletin about a new mutation and what rfk jr.'s raw milk fixation may mean for stopping its spread. live at the table scott jennings mondaire jones, coleman hughes and madison gesiotto. americans with different perspectives aren't talking to each other, but here they do. good evening. i'm abby phillip in new york. let's get right to what america is talking about. it's tech bros versus the maga base. as president elect, trump looks to enact an aggressive immigration agenda. tech billionaires elon musk and vivek ramaswamy are defending h1-b worker

those maga republicans who are calling for secure borders. pursued by federal law enforcement agents still. those who challenge biden's latest egregious action completely destroying and undermining title ix. through the stroke of a pen. completely circumventing congress, completely circumventing congress. over 50 years of progress for women to have a level equal playing field when it comes to girls and women in sports. and to get those scholarships, will help them further education, creates opportunities for them ater in the lives. over 50 years of title ix working in a way that it was intended to, and literally being created out of speed we were returned to our marathon of trump nominees in their own words but right now we're going to -- gavel to gavel coverage of the u.s. senate. live coverage on c-span2. the presiding officer: the senate will come to order. the clerk will read a communication to the senate. the clerk: washington, d.c., december 30, 2024. to the senate: under the provisions of rule 1, paragraph 3, of the standing rules of t

what has been your reaction to all of this infighting among the maga trump crowd? >> the number one biggest thing is trump built his campaign on a coalition of people who were angry and aggrieved. they were primarily angry and aggrieved about their beliefs about the extreme left then a less specific anger about the elites in the establishment so trump spoke to that anger but there wasn't any particular policy agenda around that. people came from different places. now they have to govern and there will be a major crackup. people in the tech industry which supported trump support more visas. a lot of trump supporters don't support immigration period. there will be a major clash and it is an opportunity for democrats to present an alternative vision. this specific issue is less important than what you will be seeing. let's start with the doge and fiscal responsibility. trump has promised not to cut just about anything. and to cut a whole bunch of taxes. and to balance the budget. that's not possible. so we'll see what happens when they begin to deal with reality. that

that's where things are right now on the maga right. and, charlie, in your latest post on substack, you wrote in part this, it seems pretentious and overblown to call it a maga civil war, but the oligarch versus nativist furor that broke out over the last week broke out over immigration, race and visas was real and it was spectacular. the angry skirmish exposed a fundamental divide over a core issue for maga, and it is likely a preview of coming attractions. the fight was also a reminder that irony is good and truly dead. after spending hundreds of millions of dollars supporting a candidate who lied about immigrants eating cats and dogs, the neo maga tech bros seem shocked that the fear and loathing extends to their immigrants. talk to us more about this. there was such an sense of anger and outrage and betrayal, let's say, on the far right, particularly some very loud influential voices on the far right, who couldn't believe that ramaswamy and musk were taking the stance, ramaswamy kicking it off with a lengthy post on christmas day, t

what were the worst maga smears have 2024?is a late entrnty into the year smears. wanted to play this for you to know for a ribbon "washington post" columnist and listen to what she had to say. >> although maga readers out there make you notice the t contradiction in termser, magae readers, pick up "the washington post" and they would have more readers. what is the logical fallacylike here? yes, readers. >> kayleigh: it sounds like she is saying maga supporters s arhee illiterate, chris. >> i think she is go to at least i don't really read her. i actually don't know who readst her. i had the courtesy of having to0 live on the beltway 20 years ofr my life and i literally never heard anyone say, did you hearr that intelligent thing jennifer ribbon wrote? you can see what she goes through there. thciting smears are funny and jenny pritzker on the dnc stageg attacked donald trump for being wealthy.weal he is worth billions of dollars which is generally a good bank. he is worth 10 million paul will make dollars per pound. you have

it's happening entirely within the maga wing of the republican party. the only ones recognizing this is a real existential problem for the country and donald trump is the first president to come along in decades to recognize that and the only solution democrats have been able to offer is well, let's open the border to millions of unknown, unskilled laborers to come across. that's not a solution, that makes it all infinitely worse. the other thing i love about this is the political press had nothing to do with causing this debate, which is kind of what the press is supposed to do. instead, this whole thing is played out on twitter or whatever it's called, x. on x among the people in the republican party that recognize this is a real big problem. and personally the question is, whether or not the program is solving the problem or just another way to get cheap labor into the country. i know of all the politicians that have come along, donald trump is the only one i would trust to actually look at this with a responsible eye and come up with a solution. >>

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those maga republicans who are calling for secure borders.re being pursued by federal law enforcement agents still. those who challenge biden's latest egregious action completely destroying and undermining title ix. through the stroke of a pen. completely circumventing congress, completely circumventing congress. over 50 years of progress for women to have a level equal playing field when it comes to girls and women in sports. and to get those scholarships, will help them further education, creates opportunities for them ater in the lives. over 50 years >> money, and it's not just any pot of money. the biden-harris administration says if you don't comply with this new definition of title ix that takes away rights and opportunities for girls and women in sports, we're going to take away the funding for free and reduced lunch, which for those of you who are familiar, that's a federal pot of money that's available for kids who come from poor families and you can't afford to buy breakfast or lunch at school. so they're going to threaten the most

and maga become the new mainstream so that your phone company is suddenly maga? splintered into these. it's splintered into these. it's splintered into these two groups. >> yeah, it's a lovely bit, i think. i think it's interesting in there. i hadn't occurred to me before that the reason they do it, or one of the reasons they do it, it's so much easier to say, oh, we agree with you than to sell the properties of your product. you don't have to mention you don't have to address any flaws. oh no, we're like, you buy this thing. >> yeah, that's exactly what it is. and actually you can be an inferior product, but then you can feel like, oh, well they, they're, they're what i'm about as well. we have the same values. i don't know if this these right wing places that pubuc these right wing places that public square. i don't know if they sell contraceptives. be cunous they sell contraceptives. be curious to see where their cut off point is. >> it's nice to see them branching out because before that, if you look at a right wing podcast, it's always just drive food and gu

that includes people in the maga movement. if he is hearing from folks who have been around for a long time that the maga faithful are upset because of h-1b or any legislation ramaswamy or musk is for, they may see themselves on the outside. this is one of the things when we reported weeks and weeks ago -- could be years at this point. earlier in the campaign that elon musk was getting frustrating for people. they felt he was going to wear out his welcome. this along with what he created around the continuing resolution are more examples of him trying to exert power in politics that is more nuances than he might understand. >> to that point, if you take what eugene and molly said, elon gave at least $250 million to gop causes in this last election cycle. he pledged more money to spend in the midterms. he can to some extent outflank trump with his influence. even if trump does want to get rid of musk in his orbit, musk can carry some influence inside republican circles because of the money he yields. that really raises the ques

that means standing firm in the face of the onslaught from maga and trump.nce and telling them to kiss your ass. come back to me. let's do this. i am the director of the fbi. you want to dance? let's dance. i'm here. you want me gone? fire me. that is the principle position. the unprincipled position is what trump is doing. and the way he is doing it. it's just, i don't know what the hell is wrong with folks in this town. all of the bravado and all of the crap they spew out they cannot find a microphone and stand in front of it and tell donald trump to take a leak. i don't care if you're coming in as the next president. you are not going to do this. i have a term. i'm in office for 10 years and i've got 3 left. you want me? come at me. that's what america also needs, not this placating, oh, you know, the economy is tough and gas is more expensive. inflation -- yes, those things are important but this piece is equally important from the political leadership and from the elected leadership and from those who serve in leadership in institutions like the fbi, li

>> yeah, i mean, he's going to call in the maga dogs. i mean the maga mob. remember, the maga mob are the folks who descended on the capitol on january 6th and behaved in a very violent way. so if you're somebody like joni ernst, there is, of course, the threat of a primary challenge. she's up for reelection in 2026. but there's also a real threat of possible physical danger, right? i mean, given what we know about some of these forces in the maga movement, what they have done already and donald trump certainly knows that he has this very vast array of folks out there who are willing to do almost anything to make sure that he gets his way, to make sure that he stays in power, and as well, to make sure that republicans toe the line. so, listen, if you're joni ernst you probably are a bit nervous about what it would mean if you stand up to donald trump. the maga dogs are going to be after you. >> these trump allies are not shy by any means. republican senator thom tillis is warning that this pressure campaign on his colleagues risks backfiring on the trump adm

maga so one thing is clear.his is a good thing for speaker johnson, but that doesn't necessarily dictate the outcome, particularly, as i said, we've already seen some of these house members say that they adore president trump, that they want to work with president trump, but that that's not going to change their opinion on johnson. interesting. >> all right. thanks very much. a quick follow question, kristin, before i let you go. trump is siding with elon musk on the sensitive issue of h-1b visas, an issue that is clearly dividing his maga supporters today, steve bannon weighed in, escalating the feud. talk a little bit about that. >> yeah, it has really gotten to be a deep divide here. and it shows you how difficult immigration is going to be. one of the top issues for donald trump and republicans as he takes office in january. now, here's what donald trump said to the new york post when it came to this back and forth over these immigration visas. he said, i've always liked the visas. i have always been in favo

the reason i think is maga world has leverage over joni ernst.p for reelection in 2026 and what is a fairly red state of iowa. she won't be worried about a general election. she can be made to worry about a primary challenge, and that's what maga world allies have been floating and dangling out there in case she does book the party. the math is simple. republicans can afford four defections and it might come down to joni ernst. >> trump's team sees hexes nomination is a crucial's getting his slate across the finish line. there are still some controversial picks. tulsi gabbard in light of her meeting with ousted dictator bashar al-assad and some of her comments on russia. kash patel and what's going on with it. we haven't even gotten to robert f. kennedy jr. what is your read on that strategy? >> i would like to add to that list, linda mcmahon, chosen to run the department of education. you can't help but think of schoolchildren and the allegations she has been involved with. it is unfortunate. what is surprising, i guess it shouldn't be surprisin

is essential to defeat maga. go , you have to understand maga to defy it. to me this is a story, the personality is a conflict. you just cannot look away. the idea that one figure and it is steve bannon in this case is to maintain this, as precious and that the viewer hast to be pure against the visa being offered. it is in direct conflict with trump's economy. american businesses feel they cannot prosper and thrive without access to these visas. again, the study of maga into defeat it is where the weakest links are and this is really going to be one of them. >> i think this is an important point and it needs some truth telling. there is always a been these two or three elements. >> let me write that down. >> that is an important point. in the sense of their always been these three components and ronald reagan was able to balance them in interesting ways. what we have is the plutocrat and elon musk, with greed and pulling and advancing his interest and right winged optimism. right-wing populism that sometimes is

two trusted trump advisers spark a debate about immigration and visas, pitting big tech against the maga base in a gop culture war and ready for takeoff. we take a look at what's driving destination wish lists for jetsetters in 2025. it is just after 5 a.m. here on the east coast. let's take a live look right now at beautiful las vegas, man. love it out there. morning, everyone. i'm danny freeman in for kasie hunt. it is wonderful to have you with us this morning. and we begin with new details about that passenger jet that crashed in kazakhstan on christmas day, killing at least 38 people. authorities recovering a second black box, hoping it will provide more answers about exactly what led to that fatal disaster. earlier this week, a u.s. official telling cnn early indications suggest a russian anti-aircraft system may have downed the plane, adding that it may have been a case of mistaken identity in which poorly trained russian units have fired negligently against ukraine's use of drones. but officials in the region are urging not to speculate about the crash until investigators have wr

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and now it's full view. >> you notice the maga readers. what is the logical fallacy h here.. >> they have this belief that the guy with the ged and his fake oakley sunglasses, goatee and pickup truck, the universal twitter breaux that you see on every avatar on twitter. could've been the senior software designer at google. >> you are so [bleep] stupid and you deserve it. you deserve it because you are so dumb. yes, i am gloating over your stupidity. you have been co-opted because you're in a [bleep] cult and you don't even realize it because you have stupid maga brain and you don't get it. >> wow. that was an insult after insult and it ended quite viciously. it's like they just don't seem to get what the country is telling them. they live in an eco-chamber. >> this is theorists down off that millions of americans had in their head that hate them crawl over, had them crawl over broken glass to vote for donald trump. to be speaking from expense. my dad, 32 years in the marine corps, is he stupid? my mom who supported my father's career and raising children, is she stupid? does

the fealty to donald trump and the maga monument is off the charts -- movement is off the charts. politicians are first interested in preserving their job. that's not -- probably 99% of the time, if somebody in politics feels like they're going to lose their job by voting a certain way, they're not going to vote that way. that's even more true for these republicans. it's especially true for republicans and primary challenges. another rule of thumb is that democrats generally more concerned about general elections, and republicans are fearful of losing in a primary. and that's what you have going on here, that trump maga movement pushing the button of you're going to get challenged, you're going to lose your primary, you're going to be out of a job if you oppose these nominees. >> you know, it strikes me that in this iteration of what washington is shaking out to be now that donald trump is coming back to power, it is going to be the legislative and the judicial branches that will help determine how far any politician or donald trump will be able to go. the judicial branch, hay wei

trump has been going after many folks who aren't down with his maga movement. he's threatened the media. even today on the world stage threatening panama saying if they don't go along with him, america will retake the panama canal, a not so veiled threat against a sovereign nation in our hemisphere. do you think more never trumpers and more countries around the world are going to face these threats from trump? >> ayman, you and i talked about this before. there's been such a failure of imagination with trump like we haven't imagined he'd do the horrible things that he said he would do. imagine, by the way, if we were sitting right now here and kamala harris had won, donald trump still right now today would be claiming this election was stolen. trump wouldn't have conceded this time. again, you either believe he's a threat or you don't. why am i a never trumper? ayman, this is not a lucrative position to be in. the party will never have me or liz cheney back. we're saying this because we believe it and basil is right and you are right. donald trump is much more

today's maga party, really doesn't care. so much so that the upcoming house republican retreat was moved -- wait for it -- to trump's golf club in miami. pitching! joining me now is staff writer for the atlantic and democratic strategist, tara lindell. tara, i will start with you. for my director, i'm sorry, i'm skipping around here, but melania selling ornaments to me is one of the funniest things, because it's 122 melania doesn't even like christmas. this is her talking about christmas when she was first lady to her seniormost aid. >> they say i'm complicit. on the same like him, i support him, i don't see enough. i don't do enough. where i am, i put -- i'm working like my ass stuff about christmas stuff who gives a about christmas stuff and decorations, but i have to do it, right? >> you know who get the f about christmas? melania trump now that she has to sell ornaments. what is happening? this litter the is like a tv show where they are just going to sell merge and steal. your thoughts? >> that is exactly right. if it w

meanwhile, the steve bannon wing, if you will, of maga, the ultra maga wing, nativism, and being anti-immigrant, is core to them. so, like, this is a fight that you can't really find a common ground for. >> philip, i agree with tim, this is not just some holiday kerfuffle. this is a significant -- this is a real one, this is a big one, and i am old enough to remember, philip, the republic national convention went trump supporters all had "mass deportations now" signs. this is the thing that gets them fired up. how do you see, from a political perspective, the cleave between this sort of wealthy, tech bro, coastal republican elite -- they do exist -- and the maga base. how do you see that getting translated into the hall of congress, where they are going to have to find funding for a lot of this? >> to some extent, this gets to the question of how much power is donald trump going to have now that he is a lame duck? now that his power is only going to be exerted fundamentally in republican primaries, how much clout does that bring to bear? how much do republicans actually worry about that? my gue

. >>> escalating maga civil war over immigration.n musk and vivek ramaswamy are pushing more immigrant visas for tech workers while trumped's megabase pushing back saying that u.s. workers should give priority first. translator took the debate one step further criticizing u.s. culture saying that it venerated mediocrity over excellence and will not create the best engineers. congresswoman saying that there are enough jobs to go around. >> a lot of businesses and high- tech businesses such as tesla have been using those coming out of parts of asia. there are jobs here for everyone . not only coming in, but those actually here every day, because when we look at the joblessness numbers, they are low. >>> a meeting at mar-a-lago between canadian ministers and trumped's cabinet picks failed to remove the looming terrorist threat. here is no reaction from one canadian member of parliament to trump's mirage of social media attacks. >> the fact that he is undermining international relations of the january inauguration is concerning. i think