and i'll be joined by olivia juliana, an amazing young woman who turned a disgusting attack by matt gaetzo an opportunity to raise money for abortion services across the country. we begin with the new signs that the justice department is moving the ball in its investigation into the january 6th news. the house january 6th committee has spent the summer laying out its laser-focused investigation into the former president's actions leading up to the attack on the capitol, and while these hearings have been block birth and widely watched, if you found yourself frustrated asking where is the accountability you were not alone, but it's important to just keep in your mind alongside your work worries or where your kids' socks are or what date your credit card is due and all the real things rattling around there, the state of democracy and whether or not the state owns your body. the way to remember these hearings is to remember that this committee is part of a legislative body. it cannot prosecute anyone. all it can do is investigate what happened on january 6th, 2021, record it for history whic

the big guy is trump, we know, and matt gaetz says the big lie will take care of it.rime family. this is unreal. donald trump still skated to this day and has not been charged with anything, whatsoever. -- why isn't matt gaetz charged for witness tampering? why isn't that a trump? it is remarkable. i am glad there is video, because they would've denied it. >> dean, is that not how you speak with your friends when you are hanging out and the big man has to appeal to the big guy? >> i am half palestinian, i have a sweet side -- i had to talk like that, i had to be honest. you are a big guy. >> i can't help you with legal problems, don't come to me like that. their irony is that gaetz is a member of the house judiciary committee. they were actually investigating whether trump might have obstructed justice by floating possible pardons to stone and other allies during the mueller investigation. but this open up the congressman to possible disciplinary or legal troubles, do you think? >> you think, i think so. he has already legal trouble for potential sex trafficking of a

i'm not too worried what matt gaetz says. >> thank you very much. i appreciate your time. >> thanks, erin. >> now i want to bring in ryan goodman, coedter and chief of just security, closely covering january 6th and the investigation and alyssa griffin, former trump white house communications director. thanks to both of you. ryan, let's start with mark short, highest ranking white house official we know of to testify before the department of justice, he also testified before the january 6th committee. doing so friday. he said it's the only time he's done so. how significant is the development? >> it's hugely significant. this is the first time we know of any white house official testifying before the grand jury for the justice department's investigation. and it's mark short. so it goes right into the inner circle and the "wall street journal" is also reporting that greg jacob, the chief counsel to vice president pence and the prosecutors had a line of questioning which was about the january 4th meeting in the oval office that's going right to the he

congressman matt gaetz, thank you as always. appreciate you being with us. come back, more "hannity" straight ahead. [upbeat music playing] ♪♪ welcome to home sweet weathertech home. a place where dirt stays outside. and floors are protected. where standing is comfortable. and water never leaves a mark. it's spotless under the sink. and kids can be kids. order your american made products at weathertech.com. ♪ ♪ how's he still playin'? aspercreme arthritis. full prescription-strength. reduces inflammation. don't touch my piano. kick pain in the aspercreme. ♪ ♪ >> sean: unfortunately that's all the time we have left this evening, thank you for being with us, thank you for making the show possible. set your dvr so you never miss an episode of hannity, for news any time to foxnews.com. in the meantime let not your hearts be troubled, "the ingraham angle" -- that means laura ingraham's next and that means she is fired up, ready to go. >> laura: you're so mean to hunter biden. night after night, hunter biden can't get a break. he's put upon, he doesn't have enough

matt gaetz serves in the united states congress, and he joins us tonight.ing on. so why would the saudi government have something to say about this? >> saudi arabia has been involved in two terrorist attacks on american soil. 9/11, with a provided material support to hijackers and at naval air station pensacola where as you said one of their flight students was not properly vetted, not properly monitored, and then killed three american service members. now joe biden is so intent to kill american energy that he is in turn financially helping the very people that i think are responsible for killing americans. i do not believe that the world's superpower should travel halfway around the globe so that we can bag some ferrari bedouins who shoot at our sailors, but we do and the reason we do is because joe biden hates american working class people so much that he would rather have saudis pumped oil and hardworking american men. there have been far too many presidents who have made this oil pilgrimage to saudi arabia, and it is particularly embarrassing and debasi

i'm not too worried about what matt gaetz thinks. >> i mean, that's quite a statement. but it is from a republican who worked at a very conservative -- worked for a very conservative republican, pence, against another conservative, though very different republican, matt gaetz. what do you think big picture? >> i think big picture, as long as matt gaetz continues to talk about mike pence, it is better for mike pence because there is a clear contrast there. listen, mike pence has shown that he can be trusted with the constitution. he has, under the worst circumstances, was able to stand and do his job. and keep our democracy from descending into chaos. so he has earned the trust of a lot of republicans and i think the -- i think the jury is still out. let people continue to go, and talk about their message. and we will see who has the best message for conservatives going forward. >> congresswoman love, s.e. cupp, thank you very much. >>> still to come, the white house is expected to name a monkeypox coordinator soon. this as criticism of the federal response grows. what d

what if this isn't about matt gaetz per se? preview for one world, one world of the republican party, is willing to deal with another, going forward as we head into a presidential election? >> well, you'll have the adam kinzingers, i know he's coming up on your program, the liz cheneys, that's the camp. >> it's growing. >> if they're going to play trump, it's one camp against trump. you might have a desantis. you know, camp is sounding like that. we'll have to see how they stake out their territory if donald trump runs in 2024. >> it's nuclear. >> yeah. >> that was. >> and i think it's the continuation of the republican party that donald trump said. he previously said i'm a counterpunch. the problem is everybody getting into a control escalation war, yes, things will get even more ugly. >> it does raise the question, why is matt gaetz, a congressman, facing this accusation, this is a conference, just to be clear, 15-year-olds are at and he's there? it's an important question that he does raise. s.e., avlon, thank you. >>> britt

it wouldn't be the first time that matt gaetz has been accused of this. going up to the line.e michael cohen's testimony in front of the congressional hearing, matt gaetz sent out a tweet that many took as a threat about his testimony. here we have not a threat but perhaps an inducement to roger stone. we have roger stone complaining on this recording saying, look, i'm going to go down, the jurors don't like me. i don't want to hurt donald trump. you have matt gaetz responding saying, you're going to go down, e i've seen the report, you're all over it. don't worry. he says specifically the boss still has a very favorable view of you that he said it directly. he says i don't think the big guy can let you go down for this. so this is very clear type of inducement for -- hey, this is what we can do for you, think about this during the trial. sure enough we know that roger stone was convicted. he was sentenced. and then he was pardoned. and you know, the most ironic thing about this is as matt gaetz is making this recording, as he's having this conversation, he is actually sitting

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i'm not worried about what matt gaetz says. >> matt gaetz denies this and hasn't been charged with ak, you know, today the focus was on pence and on trump because they both were speaking in washington. they were kind of speaking alt each other a little bit. pence was about trump when he said we've got to be about the future and not the past. they're not going to be the only players on the field in 2024. you know, if you look at poling right now, the race is more between trump and governor desantis of florida than between trump and pence. i think what pence is hoping and betting is trump will fade and that he may not be in the race come the spring of 2023 and that then pence will have a race perhaps with desantis and other players who aren't poling as well. look, trump is taking on water. one of the things that biden is thinking about is trump. he said it many times. you know, i don't want him to be president again. i'm the guy who can beat him. you know, races are comparative. they're not referendums. as trump's numbers erodes, biden's hopes climb. i don't know if the two lines will

so, i'm not too worried about matt gaetz. >> ouch. now, that pence deputy is the same man who is now speaking behind closed doors to doj prosecutors, oh to be a fly on that wall. the top figures in pence world don't seem to have a problem calling out trump or his minions, pence himself is taking an entirely different stance. that's next. minions, pence himself is taking away things. an entirely different stance that's next. ♪ ♪ that's our thing. ♪ ♪ at xfinity, we're constantly innovating. and we're working 24/7 to connect you that's our thing. to more of what you love. we're bringing you the nation's largest gig speed network. available to more homes than anyone else. and with xfi complete, get 10x faster upload speeds. tech upgrades for your changing wifi needs. and advanced security at home and on the go to block millions of threats. only from us... xfinity. millions have made the switch from the big three to xfinity mobile. that means millions are saving hundreds a year on their wireless bill. and all of those millions are on the

just want to pause here for a second, because it is interesting and of nose that matt gaetz voted againstss this anti-human trafficking bill because gaetz himself is reportedly under federal criminal investigation for alleged child sex trafficking. according to report he is being investigated for having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old and paying for her to travel with him. matt gaetz who repeatedly denied any wrong doing. but he made sure to vote down this common sense do good bill in congress. that does it for us tonight. "way too early" with jonathan lemire is coming up next. >>> comedian and veterans advocate jon stewart goes off on the senate, calling some republicans senators out by name, after they blocked a bill to increase care for veterans exposed to burn pits. the move has some democrats speculating that this is a retall anyfor an unexpected compromise on capitol hill. we'll show i you stewart's impassioned remarks. >>> more missing texts tied to the january 6th attack on the capitol, this time it is messages from former president trump's homeland security department. an

keep in mine it's one thing to criticize somebody like matt gaetz and something very different to go donald trump. jason, i think your analysis of the republican party having this abusive relationship with donald trump is very, very anti-. they can't break away from it and the more he threatens them and insults them the tighter he clings to him. i agree with the analysis. we're a long way away from seeing the break f.ron desantis does run against donald trump he does know what trump will do to him. he also knows that donald trump is not going to accept defeat in a republican primary anymore than he does in a general election, so i don't want to be, you know -- come off as i'm being glib here, but there are a lot of republicans that basically are looking for something to happen to get them off the hook. you know, maybe there will be an indictment. neighbor will be a media attack. maybe there will be, you know, a deadly big mac, something that will solve the donald trump problem for them because they are unwilling to do this, so, yes, they are willing to fight with one another. they ar

. >> clearly, matt gaetz tried to breed the wrong person, olivia.trong as you? someone not as sure of themselves as you are? it is a very real concept that a member of congress is attacking somebody. >> yes, absolutely. i have publicly stated that throughout my entire life i have struggled with eating disorders, and body image issues. even in part being hospitalized for it last year. luckily, i have been able to do the mental and emotional work to get to a place where i am sure of myself. but, if he gaetz had gone after someone who was not as resilience it could have been catastrophic for the mental health. this hatred coming from a sitting congressman cannot be understated. it could have damaged someone's livelihood. it could have catastrophically damaged their mental health. they are very quality of life even. it cannot be understated that this was extremely anemic and appropriate, which does not surprise me. >> same here, you have called his comments outright misogyny and fatphobia. we reached out to the congressman's team about those body shamin

i don't think matt gaetz will have an impact on that.y he will be in prison for child trafficking by then. i'm not too worried about matt gaetz. >> wow. solid burn there. it's 5:00 in the east. fresh off his testimony before the federal grand jury last week, that was former chief of staff to mike pence mark short making more news with a searing takedown, i guess we will call it, of trump ally and pardon seeker florida congressman matt gaetz. to give you more context, short there is responding to comments gaetz made at a conference held by turning point usa. it's a youth group for right wing activists. gaetz said pence would never be president because he's, quote, a nice guy but not a leader. short who was pence's chief of staff from march 2019 until the insurrection and beyond, was not afraid of going there, bringing up an ongoing and very much active fbi investigation into gaetz over alleged child sex trafficking. and payouts to multiple women for sex. allegations gaetz denies but that investigation, again, very much active and ongoing.

and this was important to matt gaetz. he would not let it go. >> mr. so since early december. i'm not sure why. >> stephen: i am. ( laughter ) i'm pretty sure there's a major reason. and it involves a minor. we'll be right back with beto o'rourke. stick around! ( cheers and applause ) ( band playing ) a dental tool is round for a reason. so is an oral-b. round cleans better by surrounding each tooth. so clean, you'll feel like you just left the dentist. oral-b. brush like a pro. ♪♪ i've got nothing to eat. nothing. hold on, i can do something. ♪ turning nothing into something ♪ ♪ turning nothing into something ♪ it's amazing what you can do with nothing, and a little best foods. my a1c stayed here, it needed to be here. can do with nothing, ruby's a1c is down with rybelsus®. my a1c wasn't at goal, now i'm down with rybelsus®. mom's a1c is down with rybelsus®. (♪ ♪) in a clinical study, once-daily rybelsus® significantly lowered a1c better than a leading branded pill. rybelsus® isn't for people with type 1 diabetes. don't take rybelsus® if you or your fa

it's the collection of the matt gaetz friends club. >> yeah.e the b list of the trump world that means you're probably the d list everywhere else. that's exactly what this group is. let's call it for what it is. it's a safe harbor for domestic terrorists who want to lead and incite a domestic insurrection. it keeps the gryff that is donald trump going and have another tent tackle to raise money, funnel money and watch people enrich themselves off of donald trump. it always astonishes me is that people send these people money. he gives it to himself or his staff. nothing actually happens with it. it is the ultimate griff. it's almost the illegal defense fund in waiting for these people coming under microscope and under investigation for the january 6th committee. >> a lot of people are running podcasts out of there, marjorie taylor green, matt gaetz. they're using this building to run other mini businesses and media entities, right? >> yeah. that's an important aspect of the story, this is part of a communications machine. peek like lauren bover

it in happier news than matt gaetz: monkeypox.catch you up on the latest in my i really wish this wasn't a recurring segment: ♪ mama called the doctor and the doctor said ♪ no more monkey pox spreading on the bed! >> stephen: monkeypox first appeared in the u.s. back in may, and unlike with covid, we really should have been ready, because there's a pre-existing vaccine. in fact, the united states. owns well over a million doses. but by june, new york city had only 1,000 doses available. that's nothing! a thousand new yorkers is the waitlist for brunch. ( laughter ) we're really behind on this public health crisis. but in the first few weeks after monkeypox arrived in the u.s., the government requested only 72,000 doses, taking what's now being called a "wait-and-see attitude." not the urgency you're looking for in an emergency. you don't want to hear a life guard say, "looks like you might be drowning, but let's wait and see. what's that? well, a very "glug-glug" to you, too. so where's all the vaccine we already own? it's current

florida congressman matt gaetz is a member of the house judiciary committee he joins me now. ve you ever seen such bravery in the face of these vicious capitol hill police officers, matt? >> awe inspiring, jesse. but, i honestly can't believe we live in a country where apartment oc gets fake handcuffs put on her before hillary clinton gets real handcuffs put on her. but, really, washington is a town built on fake things it's not just aoc's handcuffs. joe biden has his fake oval office that they send him to. i don't think he knows that it's fake. and we even have the fake january 6th committee. but aoc has become a master in this performance art. whether it's the phoney weeping at the border or the imagined trauma on january 6th, or this event now where she is trying to be this martyred social justice warrior. at least she wasn't alone. even ilhan omar pretended that she had been fake handcuffed. i guess i'm less wondering on a day when aoc and ilhan omar are getting the white glove treatment from the police with only these invisible imaginary handcuffs you got steve bannon on

. >>> earlier in our program, our guest referred to allegations against matt gaetz. we should note, matt gaetz has not been charged, let alone convicted. thanks for joining us. ak 360 starts now. >>> good evening. we begin tonight with major new development where is the january 6th hearings left off. >> we have much work yet to do, and we will see you all in september. >> well, one thing became clear today, nobody is waiting until september. for starters, we learned tonight that marc short, former vice president pence's chief of staff testified under subpoena last week before a federal grand jury in washington. now, this is significant because short was there in the room for some of the key moments on and around the sixth. he's also the highest profile witness known to have testified so far. and we'll talk more about what that might say about the justice department's criminal investigation, and how far it can go. also late today, president biden weighed in on the central figure in thursday's january 6 hearings. >> we saw what happened. the capitol police, the dc metr

matt gaetz who was also part of the meeting casually mentioned that vice president mike pence was thereknew pence was at the meeting. that doesn't necessarily mean at any point in time pence was in on this effort to stand in the way of the certification of the election, but offtimes when we try to press these republican members about exactly what role they played and what led up to january 6th, they often just seem to forget. >> ryan nobles, thank you so much. appreciate it. >> and back now with our panel. laura, i want to play part of what former white house counsel pat cipollone testified to today. and it illustrates just how much the former president was considering going, how far he was going to overturn the results. >> there was a real question in my mind and a real concern, you know, particularly after the attorney general had reached a conclusion that there wasn't sufficient election fraud to change the outcome of the election. when other people kept suggesting that there was, the answer is, what is it? and at some point, you have to put up or shut up. that was my view. >> why wa

we should be christian nationalists. >> matt gaetz is allowed at conferences where teenagers are theressing uncle on facebook. i don't really have those. those are statement from two members of the government's highest legislative body during a national republican party conference this weekend, turning point. now the reason we show you isn't to prove that the trump kroepies rex extremists. we already know that. they are terrible people, but to show you how the things they say actually have real consequences for those who live in their districts and are subjected to the policies that come from this absolutely evil way of thinking to. talk about that joining me now is we have michelle goldberg, "new york times" columnist and msnbc and sir michael singleton, host of the show "screen share." look, i will start with you, michelle. i'm not a fan of just outrage, right? you can show me all the terrorists on tv, all republicans saying terrible things. it's not new. they have been doing this for most of my lifetime, but what i do think is important is to say that, hey, these people have policy

president, here's a list of the people who want pardons -- mark meadows, rudy giuliani, matt gaetz, john, the white house chef, the janitor, and that kid who mowed the lawn. do you remember him? yeah, he needs a pardon. i guess he maybe stole that lawn mower. [ laughter ] i just love the fact that matt gaetz was just going around telling people he asked for a pardon like it was cool and not incriminating. although gaetz does seem like a guy who doesn't know what he says makes him look bad. "hey, jeff was saying cold water makes his ween look small, but i was like, 'dude, mine looked small no matter what temperature the water is.' [ laughter ] am i right am i right herschmann, am i right?" "shut the [bleep] up shut the "f" up. [ laughter ] these hearings have sent a clear message to prosecutors in the justice department not only is there sufficient evidence to charge trump and his cronies with multiple crimes, there's also sufficient evidence that they were aware they were potentially committing crimes at the time that they were orchestrating the attempted coup if you were, say, a republi

girl weighs hundreds of thousands of dollars for abortion abortion funds after florida congressman matt gaetzamed her and made offensive comments towards women protesting for abortion rights. >> you watched these pro abortion pro murder rallies. the people are just disgusting. why it? the women with the least likelihood of getting pregnant? other was most worried about having abortions. >> gase been posted a photograph of 19 year-old olivia giuliana on twitter. but the teenager was not faze. she used that to help raise money. thousands of dollars in the name of reproductive rights. she says that she plans to split that money between dozens of abortion access programs across the nation. >> this just into the newsroom, the bart board of directors voted to reinstate the mask mandate until october. the first this means that bart riders must wear masks on all the trains and in the station's, the bart board will meet again in september on the 22nd to decide if it will extend that mandate or not. all right. now to our 4 zone forecast as we head upstairs to near the tippy top of mount tam, a pious to

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host: why haven't republicans like jim jordan or matt gaetz or kevin mccarthy held their own briefings either when the hearing concludes the same day or if they need more time to refute what they have heard the next day? guest: there was talk of doing that. it did not ultimately happen that way. there was supposed to be a republican counter investigation. i think you can't really compete with the main event in that way. i think you can reaffirm what your supporters already think and give them some food for thought. it is sort of like when they do those presidential debates. you have a mainstage of the people considered the contenders, then the kids table debate afterwards or beforehand with the lesser candidates, the lower polling candidates. that second card event doesn't have the same impact. i think that would be the problem that any republican counter messaging would have. they have mostly tried to go after it on social media in real time, then in interviews on cable news stations afterwards. there has not really been any effective counter programming. guest: what do you think of f

rights cheryl eiffel summed up very well this sort of desire, i think you see it on display with matt gaetzwhat donald trump offered was the freedom to be your worst self, and it turns out, many americans have been waiting for that opportunity. i've been thinking about that, although many in the party are not copying him, trump is the founder of that particular style of conservative politics, at least in this era. but lately, the ex president seems to be so caught up in his own grievances. he's lost a bit of his ability to successfully pander to his supporters grievances. we saw how this resulted at the turning point usa conference. the trump applause lineup, right after this. your projects done right . with angi, you can connect with and see ratings and reviews. and when you book and pay throug you're covered by our happiness check out angi.com today. angi... and done. >> the cracks in donald trump's iron grip over the republican party were visible this weekend, when this line, intended to rile up the crowd of conservative turning point usa conference, was instead met with crickets. >> a f

host: why haven't republicans like jim jordan or matt gaetz or kevin mccarthy held their own briefingsither when the hearing concludes the same day or if they need more time to refute what they have heard the next day? guest: there was talk of doing that. it did not ultimately happen that way. there was supposed to be a republican counter investigation. i think you can't really compete with the main event in that way. i think you can reaffirm what your supporters already think and give them some food for thought. it is sort of like when they do those presidential debates. you have a mainstage of the people considered the contenders, then the kids table debate afterwards or beforehand with the lesser candidates, the lower polling candidates. that second card event doesn't have the same impact. i think that would be the problem that any republican counter messaging would have. they have mostly tried to go after it on social media in real time, then in interviews on cable news stations afterwards. there has not really been any effective counter programming. guest: what do you think of for

who have also had ties to extremist groups, people like paul gosar, andy bigs, lauren bow bert, matt gaetz. do you expect to here some of those names today? >> chris, we're certainly going to be hearing those names. if we zoom out after this happened in the days and weeks and months even after the attack of january 6th, a lot of people thought, well, donald trump inspired this mob. he said things that motivated these people. what we're seeing now is that this was coordinated. this was a calculated campaign. maybe it wasn't very sophisticated. certainly there was a lot of communication and apparently that communication included members of congress who later sought pour dons because they felt or thought or feared that perhaps they had been involved in some kind of conspiracy. so those names are going to be heard today in the hearings from the mouths of stephanie murphy and jamie raskin, and it will be interesting to see how those members react, if they comment, if they attack the committee the way they had been doing for weeks or if they decide, perhaps under legal advice, to stay quiet. >>

. >> jim jordan and matt gaetz were always stepping forward. >> you have got ted cruz, you've got lindsey've got tom cotton from harvard law school. you've got some heavies over in the senate. >> i'm sorry, we're missing mark meadows. >> the remedy was for vice president pence as the quarterback in the green bay sweep to remand those votes back. >> the vice president has got a lot of power, that is very important to recognize. >> are we to assume this will be a climactic battle that will take place this week about the very question of the constitutionality of the electoral count act of 1877? >> i think a lot of that depends on the courage and the spine of the individuals involved. >> vice president mike pence? >> yes. >> do you realize you are describing a coup? >> no . >> that is where these three plots actually go hand in hand. trump attended any of them to hopefully work in his mind, but ideally they would work together. if the states, congress, or pence to lie and declare they are overthrowing the vote. under the rules, there actually is a way this could have gone much further or even

. >> jim jordan and matt gaetz, briefing them were had a session today. >> you've got to cruise, you'veey graham, you've got tom cotton from harvard law school, you've got some heavy's in the senate. >> i'm sorry we're making mark meadows. i told him can you go back and ask a couple of colleagues. >> there remedy was for vice president pence to remand those votes back to the battleground states. >> the vice president's got a lot of power. that's important to recognize. >> are we to assume that this is going to be a climactic battle that's gonna take place this week about the very question of the constitutionality of the electoral count act of 1877? >> i think a lot of that depends on the courage in the spine of the individuals involved. >> vice president mike pence? >> yes. >> do you realize you are describing a coup? >> no. >> and that's where these three plots actually go hand in hand. trump intended any of them to hopefully work in his mind. but ideally, they would work together. get the states or congress, or pence, to lie and declare that they are overthrowing the vote. now, under

matt gaetz who repeatedly denied any wrong doing. but he made sure to vote down this common sense do good bill in congress. that does it for us tonight. "way too early" with jonathan lemire is coming up next. >>> comedian and veterans advocate jon stewart goes off on the senate, calling some republicans senators out by name, after they blocked a bill to increase care for veterans exposed to burn pits. the move has some democrats speculating that this is a retall anyfor an unexpected compromise on capitol hill. we'll show i you stewart's impassioned remarks. >>> more missing texts tied to the january 6th attack on the capitol, this time it is messages from former president trump's homeland security department. and the former president is also making headlines for what he said about september 11th while hosting a saudi-backed golf tournament at one of his clubs. >>> good morning. and welcome to "way too early." i'm jonathan lemire. it is friday, july 29th. thanks for being here. let's get started with the news. we begin on capitol hill

i cannot even believe that this is something that matt gaetz said publicly and out loud.n governor from michigan and a hypothetical statement, the 14-year-old incest victim would be a perfect example for why we need and abortion ban. she said she would expect that girl to carry the baby to term and that she only supports allowing an abortion with a mother's life is in danger. talk about perspective here. what do you make of it? >> yeah, this isn't perspective. this is their views, which are despicable, but this is also why we have called and what the public understands are radical extremists who really don't care about life at all. i think they're quotes and others in the commons demonstrate that. it's outrageous. these people really need to be held accountable in many ways at the polls coming up. state elections are important, state houses, federal elections, people like this don't have any regard for people, their bodily autonomy, their reproductive freedoms, and their personal liberties. they should not be representing people. their views, their attitudes are antitheti

congressman matt gaetz of florida insinuating advocates to -- whoever worry about needing an abortion lead to women having careers, and questioning of women as if they should have the right to drive. his democratic opponent, the current lieutenant governor of minnesota, our first guest. plus, the house can pass bills to protect same-sex marriage, all day long, without a willing senate, and a supreme court stuck to the right. what will it take to protect much equality? chase strangio he's here with answers. and the attorney general facing immense pressure to act on the droves of evidence,

rights cheryl eiffel summed up very well this sort of desire, i think you see it on display with matt gaetzp offered was the freedom to be your worst self, and it turns out, many americans have been waiting for that opportunity. i've been thinking about that, although many in the party are not copying him, trump is the founder of that particular style of conservative politics, at least in this era. but lately, the ex president seems to be so caught up in his own grievances. he's lost a bit of his ability to successfully pander to his supporters grievances. we saw how this resulted at the turning point usa conference. the trump applause lineup wasn't right after this. p applause lineu wasn't right after this. time. it's life's most precious commodity, especially when you have metastatic breast cancer. when your time is threatened, it's hard to invest in your future. until now. kisqali is helping women live longer than ever before when taken with an aromatase inhibitor or fulvestrant... in hr+, her2- metastatic breast cancer. kisqali is a pill that's proven to delay disease progression. kisqa

congressman matt gaetz of florida insinuating advocates to -- whoever worry about needing an abortion. as a gop candidate running for lieutenant governor of minnesota, warns abortions lead to women having careers, and questioning of women as if they should have the right to drive. his democratic opponent, the current lieutenant governor of minnesota, our first guest. plus, the house can pass bills to protect same-sex marriage, all day long, without a willing senate, and a supreme court stuck to the right. what will it take to protect much equality? chase strangio he's here with answers. and the attorney general facing immense pressure to act on the droves of evidence, dug up by the 16 committee, hinting at criminal acts by the former president and his posse. mark garland says no one including trump is about the law. well, is he about to prove it? this is american voices. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> we begin this hour with the misogynistic politics of the republican party. well, sexism is nothing new in american politics. the lasting effect of trumpism continues to fuel absurd attacks against women. this

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earlier today, congressman matt gaetz press the senior biden doj official on hunter's dealings and why the department appears bent on protecting hunter no matter what. take a look at the landdo position. do you y know wheree huntsman's left off is ? again, i'm not going to talk about any potential ongoing. you know, where it is . i say you know where it is . i'm not going to talk about anyl ongoing. if you come here and he tells you follow the facts and the law, but you can't evenac follow a laptop that you guys have hadu for three years. the good news is you're not'r the only ones with that laptop . patrick , who was lap convicted of bribing government officials in africa and he gavei a million bucks to hunter biden. are you familiar with that? i'm not going to speak about any ongoing investigation. i that an ongoing, necessary ongoing investigation. patrick . oing to not speak about any potential. and why don't you seeal that th> degrades the countries like belief in you guys when you have whistleblowers saying that you're purposefully holdingma this information and then you come her

president [ laughter ] republican congressman matt gaetz spoke over the weekend at the conservative turning usa student action summit in florida. said gaetz, "you had me at student. [ laughter ] elon musk reportedly had an affair with google co-founder sergey brin's wife that resulted in brin cashing out of his investments in musk's company. musk broke the cardinal rule don't ever mess with a guy who knows how to check your g-mail [ laughter ] a couple in the u.k. recently had a "back to the future" movie themed wedding including a replica of the delorean and the creepiest mother-son dance you've ever seen [ laughter ] according to a new book about harvey weinstein, the disgraced movie mogul smells like feces and has deformed genitals. even weirder, the book is an autobiography. [ laughter ] after singer adele canceled her las vegas residency dates at caesar's palace earlier this year, she told her fans yesterday that she was, "heartbroken to have to cancel them." on the bright side, that probably means you'll hear a couple of new songs. [ laughter ] according to a new survey, 9% of america

matt gaetz. >> it's hunter biden a national security threat? >> that's not a question -- >> here the had a national security division, it seems sort of on the nose. >> it's not in my practice or experience to identify -- >> not in my purview. we've heard that. >> -- any individual american citizens as a national security threat. >> he was certainly could say that if the adult offspring of the president of united states or the vice president were compromised, that would be a national security threat, right? >> we speak through our filings in court. and we speak through our actions in open court. >> speak to this, where's the laptop, do you know where hunter biden's laptop is? >> again, i'm not going to talk about any potential -- >> do you know where it is? do you know where it is? >> i'm not going to talk about any ongoing -- >> you come here to tell us you follow the facts and the law but you can't follow a laptop that you guys have had for three years. >> we follow the facts on the law, and we speak in open court about -- >> yeah but you aren

present at the white house on december the 21st included congressman brian barden, andy biggs, matt gaetzks. we have asked witnesses what happened during the december 21 meeting. we have learned that part of the discussions centred on the role of the vice president during the counting of the electoral votes. these members of congress were discussing what would later be known as the eastman theory, which was being pushed by attorneyjohn eastman. in one of the earlier hearings, you heard in great detail that president trump was trying to convince vice president pence to do something illegal. his white house counsel confirmed all of that in testimony last week.— counsel confirmed all of that in testimony last week. what was your assessment — testimony last week. what was your assessment as _ testimony last week. what was your assessment as to _ testimony last week. what was your assessment as to what _ testimony last week. what was your assessment as to what the - testimony last week. what was your assessment as to what the vice i assessment as to what the vice president— assessment as to wh

congress present at the white house on december 21st included congressman brian babbitt, anthony bigs, matt gaetzgohmert, paul gosar, andy harris, jodi heiss, jim jordan, and scott perry. then congresswomen elect marjorie taylor greene was also there. we heard testimony in early hearing that a pardon was ultimately requested by connor smith brooks and others that attended the meeting. we asked witnesses what happened during the meeting and we learned part of the discussion centered on the role of the vice president during the counting of electoral votes. these members of congress discussing what would later be known as the east end pushed by attorney john eastman. in one of the early hearings you heard in great detail president trump was trying to convince vice president pence to do something illegal. his white house counsel confirmed all of that in testimony last week. >> your view beyond that, what was your assessment of what the vice president could or could not do? >> what was my assessment? >> yes. your view of the issue. >> my view is the vice president did not do anything except what he di

matt gaetz. >> it's hunter biden a national security threat? >> that's not a question -- >> here the had a national security division, it seems sort of on the nose. >> it's not in my practice or experience to identify -- >> not in my purview. we've heard that. >> -- any individual american citizens as a national security threat. >> he was certainly could say that if the adult offspring of the president of united states or the vice president were compromised, that would be a national security threat, right? >> we speak through our filings in court. and we speak through our actions in open court. >> speak to this, where's the laptop, do you know where hunter biden's laptop is? >> again, i'm not going to talk about any potential -- >> do you know where it is? do you know where it is? >> i'm not going to talk about any ongoing -- >> you come here to tell us you follow the facts and the law but you can't follow a laptop that you guys have had for three years. >> we follow the facts on the law, and we speak in open court about -- >> yeah but you aren

congress present at the white house on december 21st included congressman brian babbin, andy biggs, matt gaetzongressmen mo brooks and other members of congress who attended this meeting. we've asked witnesses what happened during the december 21st meeting, and we've learned that part of the discussion centered on the role of the vice president during the counting of the electoral votes. these members of congress were discussing what would later be known as the eastman theory, which was being pushed by attorney john eastman. in one of our earlier hearings, you heard in great detail that president trump was trying to convince vice president pence to do something illegal. his white house counsel confirmed all of that in testimony last week. >> your view, mr. cipollone, upon those discussions with mr. philbin, what was your perception of what the vice president could or could not do? >> what was my assessment what he could or couldn't do. >> yes, your view of the issues. >> my view was the vice president didn't have the legal authority to do anything except what he did. >> they both told us that

matt gates a pardon? >> i know he had asked for it, but i don't know if you ever received one and what happened with it. >> how do you know that congressman gaetzyou witness any conversations about the possibility of a blanket pardon for everyone involved in january 6th? >> i had heard that mentioned, yeah. >> do you know whether the president had any conversations about potentially pardoning any family members? >> i know he had hinted at a blanket pardon, for the january 6th thing for anybody, but do you think he had, for all the staff involved, not for january six, but just before he left office he had talked about that. >> the only reason i know to ask for a pardon, is because you think you have committed a crime. thank you mister chairman, i yield back. >> i want to thank our witnesses for joining us today, the members of the select committee may have additional questions for today's witnesses, and we ask that you respond expeditiously, in writing, to these questions. without objection, members will be permitted ten business days to submit statements for the record, including opening remarks and additional questions for witnesses. without o