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matt gaetz doesn't have a lot of friends. there is less incentive to protect that nominee than before. >> so you think this is about him an not donald trump? >> everything is about donald trump. >> truer words were never spoke. michael schmidt, thank you for joining me. great to see you. >>> coming up, new reporting from the new york time about pentagon investigations into shadow vice president elon musk. we'll have more on that after the break. stay with us. r the break. stay with us. ♪ ♪ you think we should wait — or... open it! it looks just like him. holiday memories made by alexis brought to you by etsy. we shall overcome. we shall overcome. the struggle for equal rights in the united states has been hard fought, but even today, we're still fighting for racial justice, for voting rights, and against hate and extremism. you can help us win the fight and envision a future where all americans can thrive. by joining the southern poverty law center today. please call now or go online to helpfighthate.org to become a friend of

keith morrison (voiceover): matt beaudry considered ken dolezsar to be one of his closest friends. the ken matt knew wasn't just a wealthy businessman. he was deeply concerned for the boys on the team. i watched him pull out his wallet, slip money in the kids' pockets because he heard the kids needed tuition money, couldn't buy their books. keith morrison (voiceover): and now, his friend, their friend was dead. and some of those kids just broke down and bawled. keith morrison (voiceover): at the loft building in downtown salt lake, the news rocketed from floor to floor. after all, a couple of residents, including bianca's husband, were doing business with dolezsar. i know it sounds like rubbernecking at a car crash, but it was kind of like, wow! someone you know has been murdered. keith morrison (voiceover): who could possibly want a man as nice and generous as ken dolezsar dead? but then, it's almost a truism of police work that where money goes, trouble often follows-- the. more money, the bigger the trouble-- and, in this case, an extra dollop. the dead man's vast fortune, hundr

so matt gates former best friend and frequent group sex partner greenberg is in prison tonight because of what he did to victim a and trump wanted matt gates to be attorney general of the u.s. after what he did to victim a. according to the ethics committee report. elon musk wanted back is to be attorney general of the united states after assaulting victim a according to the ethics report. one of the young girls who matt gates paid for sex told the committee under oath, it is frustrating to know i live the reality that he denies. there has been some sloppy reporting today at out exactly what matt gates denies. in fact and this is really important, matt gates has not denied today a single factual assertion in the ethics committee report released today. in the past matt gates has issued blanket denials but we did not know what the denials were about, there were just blanket denials and they should no longer be applied to the ethics committee report by anyone in the news business. the ethics committee report is specific with specific incidents. matt gates did not deny today after this rep

so matt gaetz's former best friend and frequent group sex partner, joel greenberg, is in prison tonight because of what he did to victim "a." and donald trump wanted matt gaetz to be attorney general of the united states of america after what he did to victim "a." according to the house ethics committee. elon musk wanted matt gaetz to be attorney general of the united states after raping victim "a" according to the house ethics committee. one of the women, young girls really who matt gaetz paid for sex, told the committee under oath, quote, it's frustrating to know i lived a reality that he denies. there has been some sloppy reporting today about exactly what matt gaetz denies. in fact, and this is really important, matt gaetz has not denied today a single factual assertion in the ethics committee report released today. in the past matt gaetz has issued blanket denials, but we didn't really know what those denials were about. just blanket denials, and those blanket denials should no longer be applied to the ethics committee report by anyone in the news business. the ethics committee rep

"hey, mike, we hear there's a report about our friend matt. perfect world nobody ever sees it and if they do, well, there's no easy way to say this. we call our friend bobby and you sleep with the bears. [ laughter ] you sleep with -- we put your body in central park. we make it look like a bike accident." [ applause ] this is trump's second term in a nutshell -- the richest man in the world scheming with the soon-to-be most powerful man in the world to cover up alleged sex crimes, and ram through their unqualified henchmen. it's about power and corruption. they'll threaten and bully anyone who gets in their way even though most americans don't want this. if you get in trump's way, they'll attack you or force you to eat poison or dunk your head in the toilet by holding you -- >> upside-down. [ laughter ] >> seth: this has been "a closer look." [ cheers and applause ] ♪ we'll be right back with kristin chenoweth, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> announcer: for more of seth's "closer looks," be sure to subscribe to "late night" on youtube

there are texts from one of those women telling a friend, quote, matt never paid me. how much did he pay you? the friend said she got $400 and offered some advice. ask him for the money. quote before you have sex. there's even a detailed ledger of payments between gates and multiple women using cash app and venmo. some of those women later testified that those payments were indeed for sex or drugs. and of course, i should point out that the justice department looked into many of these allegations, but never filed any criminal charges against matt gaetz. sara. >> that's right. and matt gaetz did have the opportunity to speak with the ethics committee. he chose not to. marshall cohen, thank you so much, kate. >> this report, that investigation and the reaction to it raises a whole host of new questions about what does the future hold for this republican firebrand who was just recently a nominee to be attorney general in the next administration? joining us right now with new reporting on this is national political reporter and author of the bulwark bill newsletter, mark c

you can see it on the screen telling a friend, quote, matt never paid me. how much did he pay you? the friend said that she got $400 and offered some advice. ask him for the money. quote before you have sex with him. there's even a very specific and detailed ledger of payments between gaetz and multiple women using cash app and venmo. some of those women later testified that those payments were indeed for drugs or for sex. and i should point out, sarah, that the justice department looked into many of these allegations for the past several years, but they never filed any charges against gaetz. >> and now the ethics committee is alleging there may be the possibility, if florida wanted to, of state charges. but we will see what happens there. as matt gaetz over the weekend before all this happened, was floating the idea of running for office there. marshall cohen, thank you so much, i appreciate it. ahead, luigi mangione attorney claims he's been treated like a, quote, ping pong ball between two warring jurisdictions as he stands accused of killing the united health care ceo. how a jud

not only was bob a unparalleled reporter he was a faithful and loyal friend. matt jones, a friend and colleague of bob's for many years said if the world was full of bob holts, it would be a lot better world, a kinder world, a lot more peaceful world, it would be a world that laughs much more and a much, much better place. my prayers go out to his family, friends and all arkansans mourning our loss. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlewoman from hawaii seek recognition? ms. tokuda: i ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman is recognized for one minute. mr. tokuda: mr. speaker, for millions of our fellow americans, thanksgiving is about returning home, a plan to gather with loved ones who are familiar and safe. after my delayed recess with packed airports and planes, it hit me for too many of what it was like to just go home. i joined he the first family to move into the new kilo temporary site in lahaina. by this spring, 167 modular units will house survivo

there are texts from one of those women telling a friend, quote, matt never paid me. w much did he pay you? you can see it right here on the screen. the friend said that she got 400 and offered some advice. ask for the money quote before you have sex with him. there's even a detailed ledger of the payments between gaetz and multiple women using cash app and venmo. some of those women did testify that the payments were indeed for sex or drugs. >> marshall. over the weekend, president-elect trump was praising matt gaetz. that was before this report came out with all of these details. although some of these details have been known to the public beforehand. has he weighed in after we have gotten this report and the public has taken a look at it, the president has not said much, or that the president elect, i should say, has not said much about this publicly. >> but there was a post that matt gaetz posted to social media to the x platform formerly known as twitter, that he said was from trump, and it was trump's handwriting. trump was commentating on an article from a right

. >> reporter: and matt greenburg also tried to help his friends who live in this private gated community above pch. >> i got in here and there were spot fires going on. me and the neighbor, they would put them out. i mean, we did what we could. . >> reporter: and those in greenberg, among the few who stayed behind as thousands of people in the evacuation zone around malibu were ordered to leave on tuesday under red flag conditions. >> it is always scary living out here. it's the reality, but also a beautiful place. >> reporter: a lot of people in these fire zones are under insured. it's been very tough to get the fire insurance as so many here will return home to assess the damage. now the good news, you can see there is no wind, helping firefighters in this fire fight. there's been a ton of aerial support during the day as the cause of the fire is still under investigation by the l.a. county fire department and the sheriff's office. here in malibu, i'm jasmine veil, back to you. >> thank you. >>> now, check this out. the franklin fire turning the sky orange above malibu. will remind me

it's a chart that the "times" obtained that shows pictures of matt gaetz and his friend joel greenbergh links to women and payments. the document assembled by investigators during a three-year sex trafficking investigation into mr. gaetz, is a chart that shows a web of thousands of dollars in venmo payments between mr. gaetz and a group of his friends, associates, and women who had drug-fueled sex parties between 2017 and 2020. according to testimony, the participants are said to have given to federal congressional investigators. >> seth: look at that diagram. that looks like something you get back from 23andme except it's 17andme. now, this is -- [ laughter ] [ audience ohs ] no -- the "me" is matt. [ laughter ] this is the creepiest edition of "where's waldo" i've ever seen. [ light laughter ] it's like one of those richard scarry books where you have to find goldbug. let's see. where is he? oh, there he is. right next to matt. there. [ laughter ] wait, but they can't all fit in goldbug's bugdozer. so, who drove to the sex parties? oh! not you, lowly worm. and if this chart were abou

i mean, matt gaetz doesn't have lot of friends on both sides of the aisle. ere is a lot of loyalty to donald trump, but matt gaetz is no longer the nominee. so there's less incentive to protect that nominee than there was before. >> so you think it's about matt gaetz and not donald trump. >> well, everything is about donald trump. >> truer words never spoke. thank for joining me. great to see you. >> thanks for having me. >>> new reports about pentagon vations to shadow vice president elon musk. more on that after the break. stay with us. after the break. stay with us. 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. >>> new reporting from the "new york times" reveals the pentagon has reportedly opened multiple investigations into elon musk and his rocket company

andrea canning (voiceover): graham, a handyman, was also friends with matt's brother, david.im to spruce up the house on pebblestone crescent. so why had matt rushed out to see graham in the middle of a family crisis and not his brother? a team of investigators left canada for sunny florida to ask matt. they went to his house. they left a business card. they were able to speak to him on the phone. and he refused to speak to them. he said that heather's a liar, she's just trying to get him into trouble, and that he has no intentions on ever coming back to canada. andrea canning (voiceover): with no jurisdiction in the us or any evidence to press matt further, investigators came home empty-handed. what's more, they knew that matt, like his brother, david, had an alibi for the day carmela died. he was with heather. she made it very clear that him and her were together that entire day. he did not leave her side. and there's no way that he could have done it. andrea canning (voiceover): they had struck out with matt, so they brought graham macdonald into the station to ask him whe

. >> a friend of mine who i haven't seen in a little while, matt gaetz, where is he, he's around here someplace. matt gaetz who has a big career set up. >> that guy just described in that report, that is trump calling him a friend of mine saying he has a big career set up. here's maga mouthpiece steve bannon this morning. >> take the ethics report and shove it up your ass. that's what i think. gaetz must return like trump returned. don't back down. double down. >> double down. i don't know literally what he means in this context which is disturbing. in normal times, here is the thing. lesser scandals were career enders. driving them out of public life with a cloud of shame. they would have to return donations and repudiated by members of their party. just google mark foley. there has been no condemnation of any note from republicans so trump's party lives by what seems to be a different standard. a lower one. it is clear, at least for now, the somehow matt gaetz still represents the future of that party. joining his democratic congresswomen jasmine crockett and back from her hosting d

. >> and you know, it's the lesson in all of this is matt gaetz made no friends. he helped nobody with their objectives in the u.s. house. and so therefore, no one's ready to stand up for him right now. he also bragged about his exploits, according to markwayne, mullin and others. so it's no surprise, i think, that these members of the ethics committee, they don't want to be on the hook for this. they want to they want the world to know what they know, because they don't want to be accused of covering up for him. something else happened, though. ballots dropped in the first district of florida yesterday. absentee ballots did in the special election to replace matt gaetz. he's about to be a footnote in history. this may be the last story we write about him, and i would imagine they're also the same. >> people are trying to kind of put a political nail in his coffin, too, right? there's been discussion of, does he run for governor someday? i would imagine that these members of the ethics committee looked at the report and said, you know what? we need to make sure th

number two, matt gaetz has very few friends up here. he has tussled with my guest, the chair of the ethics committee, he has tussled with members on the committee. and at the end of the day, it's an constitution, katy, that operates on relationships, and if you don't have relationships, you're going to probably be screwed at some point, and that's what we're seeing. there's no love lost with most members of congress and matt gaetz, and the fact that a republican joined with democrats to do this, at least one republican joined with democrats to do this says a lot. >> any reaction, vaughn, from trump world? >> reporter: no, not at this point in time, and there's been no social media posts by donald trump. the transition has been quiet, and i think that this is for donald trump no longer his issue. matt gaetz can remain an ally. he's going to be an anchor on right wing propaganda outlet called oan moving forward and for trump, and for matt gaetz, he knows that trump has been a chief ally of his over the years, throughout doj, house ethics,

up high, matt hake wasn't taking any chances either. i heard my friend just mentioned that there was a tsunami warning, so i just i just came in immediately. so just to be safe. deputies blocked the road into half moon bay as a precaution. once the warning was lifted, the locals who stayed behind came out to see what came of the waves and the warning. some say they never heard any sirens that are supposed to warn of a possible tsunami. the office of emergency services tells us they did not activate the sirens because it was determined there would be no tsunami, and they didn't want to frighten the locals. still, the sheriff of san mateo county kept a close eye on the situation. our deputies are out here. we're monitoring the waterways because it is important to keep the lines of communication open with our communities. and especially on the coast here, because we're so close to the water. the mayor of half moon bay says even though many residents evacuated, there was no formal evacuation order issued here. but he's pleased with the response. the sheriff'

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certainly based on jill greenberg, his friends, the case we've seen against him, the reported activity about matt gaetz donald trump knew all of that when he appointed him, mike johnson you on that one kevin mccarthy a sickly said the quiet part out loud, and when he asked to bury this ethics report, we need to put as much focus on donald trump and mike johnson as much as matt gaetz. >> i want to talk about what this means, legally, given what you have read given gaetz's denial, and this does meet the criteria for statutory rape charges, what does accountability or justice look like here? >> so i have to say in reading this report, i was really surprised that the committee said they did not find sufficient evidence to conclude that representative gaetz had violated the sex trafficking statute. it looks like they are taking a very narrow view of what the statutes are, there are multiples, so, there's the main statute which says you know, if you're trafficking in women, transporting women across state lines, you're doing that using force or coercion if they are adults and if they are minors, then y

as you know, jim, matt gaetz didn't have a lot of friends in the gop on the house side. so it will be interesting to see what the reaction is going to be. yeah. >> burchett says that this is all part of the he was insinuating. it was part of the kevin mccarthy revenge tour after they overthrew him as speaker of the house, he and his allies essentially plotted to do this to matt gaetz. that's the allegation that they're making. but the soap opera continues in terms of what's been swirling around matt gaetz. >> pam, it certainly does. all right, jim, i'll take it from here as we gear up for this interview with chairman comer. good morning everyone. you are live in the cnn newsroom. i'm pamela brown in washington we are following breaking news on capitol hill this morning, cnn, as we were just talking about, exclusively learned that the house ethics committee has secretly voted to release its report on former republican congressman matt gaetz. and it's expected to be made public. the bombshell reversal follows the committee's decision last month not to release the report. c

. >> a friend of mine who i have not seen in a little while, matt gaetz is here. where is matt, he is around here some place. matt gaetz. he has a big career set up. >> that guy, i just described in that report, that is trump, yesterday, calling him a friend of mine. saying he has a big career set up. and here is prominent maga mouthpiece steve bannon. >> take the ethic's report and shove it up your ass. that is what i think. gaetz must return, like trump returned. don't back down. double down. >> double down. i don't even know literally what he means in this context which is disturbing. but, i mean in normal times here is the thing. lesser scandals were career enders. driving politicians out of public life with a cloud of shame hanging over their heads, they would have to return donations, just google mark foley and learn more. there is no note from republicans, so, trump's party clearly lives by what seems to be a different standard. a lower one. it is clear, at least for now. that somehow matt gaetz still represents the future of that party. joining me now is m

i mentioned tom homan, but special he's going to do so well, a friend of mine who i haven't seen in a little while, matt gaetz is here. where's matt? he's around here someplace. matt gaetz. he's got a big career set up and just want to say hello to matt. arizona gop chair gina somewhat boat that. wow -- [applause] gina? where's gina? because we're going to be backing gina to run again. there she is. gina? [applause] gina, are you going to run again? yes? because if you do, you have my if endorsement. [cheers and applause] so that should be good. if thank you. thank you, darling. great job, you've done. a great professional golfer, friend of mine, he's really a good golfer, tom per niece is here space. tom, wherever you -- someplace. wherever you maye. tom. don't play him i a fantastic --s trish? she's one of my great friends. thank you very much. she helped, trisha's helped us so, at a level that very few people is can even dream of. trish duggan. where's trish? thank you, trish. i think i see kari lake. is that kari lake? hi, kari. stand up. [cheers and applause] good job. worked hard. that was, she ha

reason -- in addition to what ryan said as to why this is being published is because matt gaetz does not have a lot of friends in congress. he made a lot of people angry. for house republicans, he dragged them through a very difficult experience with the mccarthy ouster and the 15 votes that made mccarthy speaker before that, so there's not much goodwill for gaetz in either party. >> tara, i want to go to you next. there have been a lot of republicans in lockstep, and gaetz was the exception. do you think republicans on the hill will criticize him after what comes out in the report and what do you think we are likely to hear from president-elect trump? >> well, to carlos' point, there is no love lost with republicans and gaetz, and he's one of the most reviled republicans in congress, like jd vance, who is now our vice president. i am assuming you will not hear too many members of congress go into much detail. he has resigned. he's no longer their problem. i am glad to see the ethics committee did the right thing to make this report public. this has been done in the past. no, not normally, but in extraordinar

matt gaetz nomination reaction. >> charlie: the enemy of these people is going to be my friend no matter what. dorsement you could possibly come up with. this is going to be -- we were talking a minute ago, and it's true, with the defenestration of matt gaetz. these are going to be the hearings to watch. this is going to be the opportunity to put the department of justice on trial. it's going to be fantastic watching these hearings, and kash patel has a lot of experience. for example, we would not know about the steele dossier and what a fraud it is if not for the work that they do, and he was his right-hand guy. it's hard to overstate how much credit he deserves for donald trump getting elected. he wouldn't even be -- of all of that hadn't been exposed, the depth of the rot in department of justice had been exposed, i don't think donald trump could have come back and won reelection. these hearings are going to be amazing. i don't know whether or not -- i would imagine that most republicans are going to look at him and say, assuming he does a good job, we are going to give trump his pick. >> je

thank you so much matt great to see you and happy new year my friend.'s bring in our panel joey jones retired mean -- marine corps staff sergeant tommy lauren host of tommy lauren is fearless on out kick both of course fox news contributors and julian epstein democratic strategist and former chief counsel for the house judiciary committee. tommy let me start with you great to see you all by the way. it will be quite the celebration at mar de lago tonight tommy a lot for a president trump and republicans across the country to be very optimistic about as we ring in the new year. >> i would say not just republicans who should be excited but the american people should be exited not only did they vote for this not only did they vote for what's going to happen january 20th and what is to come but they should be excited about the fact we are going to make america great again. we will buy americans first in our own country again that should excite everybody. listen we're going to go back to lower energy prices and go back to being dominant on the world stage. w

he's going to do so well, a friend of mine who i haven't seen while matt gates is here, was is aroundsomeplace. not guys who's got a big career set up and i just want to say hello to matt and arizona gop chair janice swoboda. wow. she's she is very. gina, where's gina? because we're going to be backing gina to run again. there she is gina. gina, are you going to run again? yes. because if you do have my endorsement, so that should be good. thank you. thank joe. great. you've done a great golfer. a friend of mine is really a good golfer. tom produces someplace. tom, wherever you may be. hello, tom. don't play him in golf claiming other things, but not. trish. dogen is here. who is just a fantastic chris. she's one of my great friends. thank you very much. wow. help. trish has helped us so at a level that very few people even dream of. so i want to thank you very much, trish. doug in place. thanks. was trish you? trish? i. i see gary, like, is that gary as hi, gary. stand up, kurt fine. hi. good job. worked hard that she good good woman doing and she's going to be doing something very b

. >> friend of mine who i haven't seen in a little while matt gaetz is here. matt. here some place. he's got a big career set up. >> a big career set up. joe. >> i shouldn't laugh. i'm sorry guys. look, let's make, again let's make something really, really clear. the real election of donald trump ended a candidate's personal character ever mattering again. personal character no longer matters. it doesn't matter what matt gaetz did. it doesn't matter how old the girl was he did it with. donald trump just got reelected personal character of a candidate is dead when it comes to republican voters. so matt gaetz, ayman probably has a really, really bright future in that report coming out tomorrow will probably only enhance his future in maga. >> it's a sad, i think you're spot on. i hate to say that you're right because i think that's just a sad point for the candidates that we put forth in this country. basil when you look at laura trump being out of the race, maybe gaetz will when that report gets out, get a boost, get a public boost amongst republican republicans. >>

. >> groceries, dry clean kale and quote, being my friend, those are all descriptions that former congressman matt gaetz allegedly used to disguise the venmo payments that he may have made to women for sex and drugs. that's all according to a newly released house ethics report into alleged sexual misconduct and illicit drug use by gaetz. one democratic congressman warning that there was a chance the public would have never gotten to see the report. >> the republican controlled ethics committee had refused to release this report while mr. gaetz was still under consideration for that position. >> would they ever have released it if he had not resigned? and if he was no longer under consideration? that's very disturbing. >> all right. joining me now is democratic representative glenn ivey of maryland. he currently sits on that house ethics committee and was previously a state and federal prosecutor. congressman, so good to have you this morning. thanks for the time. >> thanks for having me. >> so what do you make of what you just heard from your your colleague there of the fact that the committee onl

matt green went out there several times for his friend, who was helping him out in the little situation in golden gate park, which he alludes to in the dennis richards case. there was nothing left of the building. they were supposed to keep it big. tarp was put over. it was completely demolished. here's another one naming the city families okaying their own family jobs. joe eskenazi, mission local. january 8th. this is how the old. this is how the old test worked. you could see o'riordan came in here at number 13 right in the middle. and then he told me before, we used to commute together that sweeney gave him the answers to the test, and he forgot one of them. and one of the answers was, or one of the questions was, what do you do with an employee who is not performing right? he said, you kind of counsel him or something like that. he told me sweeney had to write it down on a piece of paper and shove it over for him to read. he goes, no, you need. and it said, you need to document everything. here's the score he got on that test overhead, please. you can wrap up your comments, sir. i'm

matt gaetz. >> and she was invited to that party by joel greenberg by her friend who had met joel on -- >> he'ss correct. when she arrived she testified she had sex with representative gaetz within minutes of arriving. >> within minutes of arriving. >> within minutes of arriving, yes. she was introduced to him, representative gaetz took her upstairs into the room and they had sex in one of the bed rooms upstairs. >> and was that a prearranged, paid for sex encounter? >> so that situation was a situation that joel greenberg would have arranged ahead of time. there was no payment from representative gaetz at that particular time. my clients testified that the payments came later on at separate events. >> and after that in that setting is that when your client sees the 17-year-old girl? >> it was at that same event in july of 2017 at another time later on in party she was walk outside towards the pool area, she looked to her right, and she saw her friend who was 17 at the time having sex with representative gaetz. >> and your client knew that that girl is 17. >> that's right. she was aware that he

joining us is our friend msnbc political analyst cornell belcher is here. mattll with us. cornell, president obama, there are some things singular about his ability to campaign and persuade as well as his ability to articulate what doesn't work in other seek to campaign and persuade. this piece that he has and there is some of this in his convention speech. there was some of this in, you know, a little more nuanced in his stump speech. but you don't get to do any of the good things if you don't win. and it feels like he is trying to turn this, you know, around, right? and say all this stuff, all of this stuff that we want to do is awesome. we are on the side of angels. but none of it happens if we don't forge winning coalitions. why is that so important to him? i know, obviously, because the party lost in november, but it feels almost like a plea to the leaders of his party at this point. >> i think some of that is right, but as someone who is in the thick of this nonsense, nicole, i think what he was directing a lot of his conversation at are the hand-wringers

matt. meanwhile, i got to remind you to watch fox and friends weekend tomorrow.ye musk, you know who she is. and chase robertson and jep robertson will be here from duck dynasty. that is it for us on radio from nine to noon. we got a great roster of guests, nine to noon, brian kilmeade show.com. but now, according to the tv guide, jimmy fallon is cued up for fox news saturday night. and as usual, i'll watch in the other room. so the way i used to love, you know, i don't want to. >> no no no. >> i'm jimmy fallon, and this is fox news saturdani

matt: was it tall paul's short friend? paul: no. thank you. we appreciate that.ald trump's offering is complete and total endorsement to speaker mike johnson as he works off a potentially crippling leadership fight in the house that threatens to slow his agenda. a chief u.s. apology strategist joins us now. what is the position of president-elect trump as he gets ready to take office january 20? >> it is incredibly uncertain. it depends on who you talk to what time of the day. we have to raise the debt ceiling. are we going to -- who are we going to have a speaker of the house? these stories change almost by the hour and we are all going to have to get used to uncertainty for the next four years. sonali: if you have uncertainty over the next four years, where would it be the most? there are issues investors are keeping an eye on and we talk a lot about tariffs here. that is one of the places we do not know the plan yet, but how do you think about this in terms of where the president-elect will spar with congress? >>'s promises have been so grandiose that he has t

. >> a friend of mine who i haven't seen in a little while. matt gaetz is here. where's matt? he's around here someplace. matt gaetz, he's got a big career set up. and i just want to say hello to matt. >> now, that was before this report came out at the same event and before the report. gaetz himself trolled some of his critics while assessing his own future. >> many have asked which perch i will be fighting from next. >> my fellow floridians have asked me to i the governor's mansion in tallahassee, maybe special counsel to go after the insider trading for my former colleagues in congress. it seems i may not have had enough support in the united states senate. maybe i'll just run for marco rubio's vacant seat in the united states senate and join some of those folks. >> so does this report change that? my first source tonight is cnn crime and justice correspondent katelyn polantz. thank you so much for being here, caitlin, on this christmas eve eve. can you walk us through the pages and pages of evidence that the committee found that they say backs up their report? >> yes, sara

matt. meanwhile, i got to remind you to watch fox and friends weekend tomorrow. amongst the guests, tom homan, maye musk, you know who she is. and chase robertson and jep robertson will be here from duck dynasty. that is it for us on radio from nine to noon. we got a great roster of guests, nine to noon, brian kilmeade show.com. but now, according to the tv guide, jimmy fallon is cued up for fox news saturday night. and as usual, i'll watch in the other room. so the way i used to love, you know, i don't want to. >> no no no. >> i'm jimmy fallon, and this is fox news saturday night. come on, hop in. >> welcome to fox news saturday night, where americans learned a valuable lesson about mcdonald's this week. >> turns out it's great if you're running for president, but terrible if you're running from the cops. yeah, donald trump famously put his campaign over the top by working the drive through. and sure, it helped that kamala was so dumb she couldn't run a chick fil a on a sunday. but while the golden arches helped one man reclaim the white house, it sent another m

matt mcgough: they were dormmates and, you know, became friends.hat stephanie wanted a relationship with john and that he didn't feel as strongly about her as she did about him. narrator: after graduation, lazarus made what was at the time an unusual choice, joining the lapd. so there's like a pattern of, you know, well, women don't do that. women don't play team sports. stephanie's-- that-- that's what i'm going to do. women don't become police officers. she could have chosen any career. i mean, there's an aspect of i'm going to prove you wrong that seems to animate a lot of her life choices from adolescence into adulthood. narrator: she brought her basketball skills to the lapd's women's team. what was she like on the basketball court? competitive? very competitive. she was aggressive. she was a very good athlete, somebody i admired. she was very lean, pretty tall, and took her fitness very seriously. narrator: according to her friend, nina, lazarus always presented well in uniform. she was very sharp in appearance. she always looked perfect. nar

todd: a resident dealing with this is matt greenberg, he stayed behind to help firefighters battle flames in his neighborhood. your house is okay, what about your friends? >> yeah, my place, sorry, it is 2:00 in the morning. been quite a long 48 hours. my place is okay luckily, once i woke up on tuesday morning at 12:00 from a call to a friend, we had no power. i got a call that said there is a fire. i woke up and got out of bed and picked him up and drove around and surveyed the area many hours. it was quite scary toy zoo, basically what you see now, just smoke and orange flames, an eerie experience. >> todd: totally understandable you are exhausted, stres and you have been helping firefighters. how have you been doing that? >> it was something i wasn't expecting. basically i was driving around like it was, i thought everything in east malibu was a total loss in a certain area, but when things started to die down, my friend went to bed and i went to check on two friends houses in particular in a certain area and that is when it was still a little scary, an active situation that died down. i wasn't there in the chick of it. 6:00 in the morning, i showe