matt gates represents the waters of the gulf of mexico. i represent over 50 miles of the mexican border. so quite frankly i want to get back to the other parts it had to be taken out too. matt gates and others were not willing to step up and realize getting a win, getting half a loaf of bread is better than getting done. i want the half a loaf of bread. i want to have my san diego district secure again. so do the people on my side of the border. on the people in mexico wanted it fixed to print this is not good for them. a vast majority are coming through mexico and disrupting mexico. >> this bizarre scenario the incident democratic new york congressman jamaal bowman. it was an accident as he was rushing to try to get the vote others are saying it's like a high school stunt. he's trying to relate the vote by pulling the fire alarm for the house administration the committees going to be investigating, your reaction to a member of congress allegedly pulling a fire alarm or try to delay a vote. >> the appropriate committees including the ethic

we realize extremists like matt gates have a lot of other ideas on what they want to do. and the revenge tour you are fighting for. our focus is on what is in front of us. he has opportunities that is not lost on us. that is a part of the discussion. he lowered the threshold it was one of the concessions that he made. speaker mccarthy did this to himself. but if matt gates or anyone else bring back the democratic caucus conversational chart a path forward. right now that's not our focus. our focus is keeping up. i did not get ted an opportunity to answer the menendez question. >> i agree with the thoughtful comments. >> i wasn't thinking that. [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] >> i am not aware of any communication other than leader jeffries spoke to the problem solver congress it was imported last week. it's incredibly frustrating so-called moderates time and time again have an inability to stand up to their leadership. they are going down to the floor and they are voting on the most extreme amendments now. they have paved the way to pass appropriation bills that cut f

eric: will ten seconds, do we know if matt gates will follow through on his motion to vacate becauses were part of this. reporter: will it's as good as anybody's guess harry, but he has repeatedly said that he would follow through in democrats help speaker mccarthy pass a cr which is exactly what happened today. eric: okay more news atwe 4:00 p.m h. eastern. we're not an airline, but our network connects global businesses across nearly 160 markets. ♪ we're not a startup, but our innovation labs use new technologies to help keep your information secure. ♪ we're not architects, but we help build stronger communities. ♪ we're not just any bank. we are citi. ♪ how do we decide what hotel to book? fear not, i got you. choice hotels has a hotel for every type of stay. like a comfort with the kiddos. spacious! that's what they all say. ♪ ♪ mom! mom! every day can be extraordinary with rich, creamy, delicious fage total yogurt. ♪ ♪ welcome to

and matt gates informed me that my life was in immediate danger, and that he couldn't protect me. so as he us citizen hearing i us sitting us congressman who has intelligence available at his fingertips. it was very sobering, and so i made the decision to stay in russia. i didn't know for how long at that moment it would be, but then it ended up that you know, they can hold an indictment for up to 20 years. so it was going to be a difficult battle so, so luckily, you know, i had been working on a small amount for r t for several years. and i asked for for, for some more work. and i am now corresponded with a r t. and they've been so gracious to me and as, as russia as a whole. so i've been very lucky indeed to have so much support and love from the russian federation, and they've given many others. i think there are other westerners that are here seeking sanctuary and help from russia, and it's being provided. and i think we need to all look at what's happening to the us and the loss of free speech and free expression. my attorneys did file a filing with the un that my freedom of

so, you need to credit matt gates. the guy had a point when he said this is a baby step. it's a non step at all. i think mccarthy's going to run out of cards to play to appease the more extreme sides of the caucus. some of whom want to shut down the government. others just want to investigate joe biden and impeach him even if they have no evidence. those are 2 pretty extreme and challenging agenda items that he's trying to juggle. >> another thing, glueing in the background, donald, trump who reportedly -- pushing for biden's impeachment. how much of a complicating factor is this for mccarthy? >> i think it is complicating for sure. it also takes the quiet part and puts it out loud. if you remember way back in the before times, the last time they try to get the speakership, they lost, it he came on this network and he admitted the band gauzy hearings were political. the whole point of it was to harm hillary clinton politically. back in those, days that was a no no. you are not supposed to say that out loud. times have changed. now he's doing the exact same thing. he's jus

this is not a bright idea that matt gates came up with. the bottom line is were not going to pass them by september 30th, all 12 of them. the senate will not pass them all by september 30th and get conferenced and agreed upon and passed again and signed into law. we need to continue to fund the government. two weeks ago, the speaker came forth with a proposal that would reduce spending by 8% in the 30 day continuing resolution as well as enact most of the provisions of hr 2 to deal with the bottle crisis. unfortunately, folks like matt gates chose to oppose that for some ridiculous reason. and came up with this idea that he knows we are going to get four bills pass. these four bills that just got passed into rule tonight are the same four that the speaker proposed bring to the four weeks ago. >> there have been multiple failed attempts. you will say you work like heck to get it passed. mccarthy cannot lose more than four vote. there's already four saying they will not pass that, no matter how much money is in it. what is the plan on friday

>> i don't know what they're going to do if they continue to listen to the matt gates of the world. if they do what they were sworn to do, listen to the facts and apply the law, they should come to the same conclusion of what was appropriate. >> it sound like you're being very clear that you do believe there's politicization at the d.o.j. >> you keep saying the d.o.j. i am saying that this prosecuting office, this prosecuting office came to a conclusion based on a five-year investigation and their best deliberation and their conclusion was what i told you it was. and that the only thing that changed, erin, was not the facts and not the law, which has only gotten loss for law enforcement but the application of politics. if it turns out that they continue to escalate the charges, then that is an issue that should be explored. >> okay. so but you are saying that they would be doing that because they are under political pressure from republicans, marx republicans as you referred to them, in congress. >> well, they don't talk to me about their motives. they don't share their emails with

matt gates this continuing resolution to fund ukraine is at the trail of republicans, we must do better. and marjorie taylor green also posting last night negotiated by donaldsons and johnson no policy riders are in this c.r. so it is all the policies from last year's democrat appropriations with an 8% cut. plus the border bill but no e-verify. i'm a no. to money for ukraine, covid or weaponized government is what she has said. that is some reaction from conservatives about these negotiations that happened behind closed doors. we want your reaction. there are eight working days until potential government shutdown. what do you think of the negotiations and >> we are going to break away with live coverage of the u.s. house. including more transparency of patients regarding the cost and price of health-care services. we take you live now to the floor of the u.s. house on c-span. the speaker pro tempore: the house will be in order. the chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the speaker's rooms, washington, d.c. september 18, 2023. i hereby app

congratulations, the legislators failed now, look, well, they failed quite loud proposals, a proposal by matt gatesblican congressman from florida, who proposed , just for a moment, to cut off all military aid altogether. for ukraine, or his colleague, also a republican congressman from the state of arizona, who proposed from the military budget of america, the budget for next year, but it begins to act from october 1, to remove the line about $300 million for ukraine, this was targeted money , which were to be directed to the manufacturers, in order to order certain equipment, certain technologies, certain weapons for ukraine, well, you know, it was such a test, for congressmen, did not want to understand, well, how many people support them, there were backroom negotiations, nevertheless, the final vote decides everything, and you know, politicians and journalists followed the vote until late in the evening, and as we saw, failed, failed both amendments, colleagues, dmitry, that is, we understand that by this signal, so to speak, test vote, it is possible to understand the distribution of forces i

although us republican senator matt gates had recently proposed the resolution for us troops to leave syria, which the majority of the house did not support. what we spoke with serena's former ambassador to turkey, doctor and the dog come along. who said that the un security council has been politicized, and manipulated by the us and their outlines. there has been the systematic plunder in gold city and the natural resources, mainly oil and gas, but as well, with the cops and average of 150000. that is a volume that are being smuggled out of the city a into a lack of for use by the american forces of the the americans models that have actually been instigating insurgencies not only in the northern part of so you have by the sd of forces us allied militias and other terrorist groups in the southern parts of syria. the americans have been training militants to instigate insurgency. i guess the, the city and the state, the security council has the council has been politicized and manipulated by the americans and that allies in the western countries to, to serve their own purposes. sandst

let's listen to this clip from congressman matt gates. i'd love to get your thoughts. a joe body deserves impeachment for converting the vice presidency into an atm machine for virtually his entire family. so mike and that's also in the mix . and what i'm trying to figure out is how americans are hearing this. do they do? they think there's something there, do they think this is a, you know, in solvent fishing expedition? will it have any traction, politically, from your point of view right now, or was it too early to tell? and i think americans are much more concerned about what their own atm looks like then about that kind of comment about about buying right now because of jeff. talked about the kind of contrast that americans are making between these 2 candidates. and of course, you know, there's not, it's not, there hasn't been a single vote cast yet. so we talked a lot about trump, but the culture of the other contract, so they can make between these 2. can this is what the economy looked like under uh, president trump compared to what is looked like over the last

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and in recent weeks we've seen the tensions be heightened as matt gates otgaetz. and this is of course on the backdrop of the really fierce spending fight that we're seeing play out on clilg. and we are less than two days now away from the looming government shutdown. so when you talk about the battle between gaetz and mccarthy, partially matt gaetz is saying that it is because mccarthy is not following an agreement that the speaker enter fl democraticed into in january. but when you talk about the acrimony any, matt gaetz tried to deny mccarthy the speaker ship back in january and i call that personal. >> agreed, very, sprern al. personal. even though gaetz has said he wants to get rid of mccarthy, there is not a scenario where there is an alternative. you can't beat somebody with nothing. but manu raju asked eli crane about this yesterday, a republican, about mccarthy. take a look. >> is it the speaker's fault for the way he handled the spending bills? >> in my opinion, it is. you are the leader. you take credit for the wins and you take ownership and accountabi

beginning of the speakership because he gave up all this power, he made all these commitments to matt gates andd the freedom caucus. he's in a bind. that's the problem when you have people who have so much ambition and no power and forward thinking, the ambition overtakes rational thought. they'll say anything to get elected or be speaker and live day to day. the united states congress and united states of america has a speaker of the house who isn't interested in helping the american people as the first priority. the first priority for him is stake speaker of the house day by day and that's not how you govern. >> one of the reasons i understand you got into government was following the parkland shooting, you had been so motivated as so many people have been to stop the horrific gun violence, and prevention which has been at the tom of your agenda. you introduced agenda to stop gun voings prevention, and the way the government ought to be prioritizing perhaps over the brinksmanship of things. but tomorrow president biden is going to be making a formal announcement. what do you think it hope

home to their districts for the weekend and m and other dedicated public servant like eli crane, matt gatesendale, we are here in washington, d.c. doing the real work to avoid the government shutdown. >> it seems trivial when used jacket across the bribery just sweeping through congress. totally understand that and you seem contrite and i respect that . i don't want to pry anything like that, but who's the guy. are you guys still friends? >> of course great i hope we stay friends for a long time, but he and i, we have peacefull parted ways, a very nice man in right now, all future dates hav been canceled with him and everyone else. i have work to do, jesse. >> we all have work to do, especially me. my mom text me beforehand and said they will really hammer you . i feel like you've had a tough week. what you're going to do. we all make mistakes. at think you so much for joinin us and behave yourself. >> thanks, jesse. >> last night we had to explain why a washington post food critic tried canceling his pizz party. >> the very people who are now trying to threaten these pizzerias and be like

matt gates has said if kevin mccarthy puts the stop-gap measure on the floor, that would be enough to oust him. he said clearly, if he relies on democrat votes to do this, the moving trucks will be outside the speaker's office to get him out of there. he won't be speaker for much longer. but matt gaetz has yet to file the motion to vacate. if all the democrats voted to kick him out and just five republicans did so as well. and there is an open question about how democrats may handle and it whether gaetz has the votes himself. i spent the afternoon to track down some of the critics, some of the ones who voted against the stop-gap measure to ask them if they would sign with matt gaetz and they became frustrated with his handling of it but they would not go as far as saying they would kick him out. >> very disappointing, spending as usual, no control, very disappointed. but we'll live to fight another day. >> so if there's a vote to vacate, would you vote for it? >> we'll see. we'll see what he does. i wish we had fought. we just didn't fight. this is a done deal. let's move on and make

. >> this question keeps coming up because of the way people like matt gates are trying to overthrow mccarthy is all but inevitable and democrats will have a choice to make. do they support the motion to make it the speaker's chair. minority power would always do that. it would not support a republican speaker. i've got to say i'm very, very skeptical. this sounds like an episode of the west wing. not something that happens in reality for democrats to basically protect mccarthy's job and keep a republican speaker. that doesn't play well in even competitive district. also, democrats want a whole series of demands from mccarthy. that he is never going to provide because it would further weaken him to the point of untenltability. they want him to let go of the inquiry. they want him to pursue bipartisan government funding levels. in the words of one aide, stop letting the crazies one the house. is mccarthy going to do that? it's unlikely. democrats might just be hastening his departure from the speakership. >> okay. i'm not lawrence o'donnell, but it's the stupid west wing. charlie, thi

straight out the gate, do you agree that representative matt gaetz is a charlatan? those words, not mine. that he is leading all of this chaos that were seen? >> well, house republicans have been captured by charlatans, by arsonists to our intention boarding down the leadership of their own party, the united states, the federal government. these people have no interest in governing. they are only objective is pure dysfunction and chaos. the problem is the whole republican party. there are two types of republicans in the house. there are the extremists, and then there are those who enabled extremists. you know, so-called moderate republicanism is not even an endangered species, it's extinct. it only takes one member to file a motion to vacate, to remove the speaker. that's kevin mccarthy, he lives in fear of his own removal. there has been nothing but chaos. house republicans have revealed themselves to be every bit as chaotic, erratic, and lunatic as their lord and savior, donald trump. >> how are you working with republican colleagues to come to an agreement, and t

move the f-ing motion, he's been facing threats if gop hard liners chug florida congressman matt gates's threatening call for a motion on the house floor to vacate mccarthy as a speaker. following that mccarthy pressed the risk of losing the dpafl. >> threats don't matter. sometimes people do those things because of personal things. that's fine. i don't walk away from a battle. i knew change in washington would noting easy. people would fight or try to hold leverage for other things. i'll continue to focus on what's right for the american people. and you know what if it takes a fight, i'll have a fight. >> not long after that. congressman gates weighed in himself. >> i'm concerned for the speaker that he seems to be a little rattled and unhinged in a time we need folk and strong effort. whether or not mccarthy face as motion to vacant is with his own hands. all he has to do is come into compliance with the deal he made in january. >> and joining us cnn anchor jim acosta. jim. this, there's so many interesting things, the body language is interesting between mccarthy and gates. mccarthy

gop florida representative matt gates tried to hold a vote of no-confidence for mccarthy if he workedith democrats for the speaker did just that. gates tried to get the floor as the house adjourned until monday. it is unclear if gates will attempt his gambit next week and the senate still must vote on the temporary bill to a line of the house to avoid a shutdown. that vote comes shortly. jon: are chad pergram, thank you. so as chad was just explaining lawmakers appear to have it narrowly averted a government shutdown later tonight. the ink is not all dry you. live look at the white house was the funding bill has passed the house and needs approval from the senate. lucas thomas and live with reaction there. >> president biden is attending mass in the nation's capitol no doubt relieved and very thankful a government shutdown appears to have been averted. it is notable that showed this crisis be avoided is going to punt the next potential shutdown for 45 days. but it made it november the presents on the west coast potentially meeting with sheeting paying. we'll see if that happens the ne

we of course have heard matt gates threaten to file a motion to vacate the speaker and also heard nancyhe weekend saying all options are on the table and in the last couple of hours and the representative from indiana basically calling the speaker weak. stuart. stuart: okay, let's move on from this. aishah, thanks very much indeed. house majority leader said they're in a looming civil war over the shut down. >> house republicans are in the middle of a civil war. civil war has follows attributes, chaos, dills function and extremism and the house republican civil war is hurting hard-working american taxpayers and limiting our ability to solve problems on their behalf. it's unfortunate, but as house democrats, we're going to continue to try and find common ground with the other side of the aisle to work with senate democrats and senate republicans and president biden. stuart: wisconsin congressman brian style joining me now. looks like a serious dispute here. my understanding is that 12 republicans will vote no on this bill. that's almost a civil war, isn't it? certainly a dispute. >> well

reporting, it was back and forth about whether speaker mccarthy was responsible for people attacking matt gatescial media. we are talking about a government shutdown in 48 hours, is that's really what these meetings should be spending time on? >> you are exactly right. the meeting should not be focused on a personality dispute between matt gaetz and speaker mccarthy. but the meeting really was not. i was there for perhaps 50 minutes of that meeting. and approximately 90 seconds was focused on the topic you described. i get it that is the spicy part. that's what drives the headlines. but the rest of the meeting was really focused on the boring blocking and tackling, meat and potatoes of government governance. it might not lead cabling but that's what we were talking about. >> you know what, congressman, you are calm optimism is maybe what we need tonight. we will see how your votes go today and tomorrow. we appreciate you joining us. >> if everybody would just listen to me, things would go a lot faster around here. >> all right, thanks, congressman. >> thanks so much for having me. >> coming up

i really don't, but i know she cares about insider trading and teamed up with matt gates to ban stockwn go nowhere in the house. >> jeanine: aoc's favorability is 37% on favorability, 43. she's not quite as popular as she thinks. >> greg: well, she doesn't have to be; right? in her district, she's a glass of water to nancy pelosi. i don't care about their relationship; right. i don't care. because i pay for that relationship, i get to care. i get to say whatever i want and it's disgusting and it's wrong. she should be punished. he is not very attractive. let's be honest here. did you see his feet. >> jesse: wearing the flip-flops? >> greg: that was disgusting. this is a microcosm of a bigger political story about life. if you're a socialist, you need to be a socialist in power because then you except yourself from the rules of law you impose in the honors and the antitrust union boss and making exception to own evil deeds and they are. this is why dictatorships and had fascism and progressiveness only work for dictators, fascists and progressives. >> jeanine: okay, the fastest is up n

when i spoke with congressman jim jordan as well as congressman matt gates. your thoughts on where we are, liz. >> clearly we're in a cliff hanger again and i think that kevin mccarthy has his hands full, trying to roust about six members of his caucus to vote for a continuing resolution which will allow them time to pass the ayou pro presentations bills -- appropriations bills that could have been passed during the summer many think but weren't. we're coming to the brink again. i also think, maria, remember we were on the fringe this spring when they needed to raise the debt ceiling and it got done. kevin mccarthy sounds optimistic that it will get done. president trump encouraged it at one point. if he wants to be a successful candidate and successful in the next year in telex if he turns tout be the candidate, i think he has to encourage congress to get to work. the last thing we need right now with everything going south for johnson joe biden is for republn congress to look like they're the reason the economy's in trouble. it's not true and it shouldn't b

. >> there's only one person to blame for any potential government shut down, and that's matt gates. you're not a conservative republican. he's a charlatan. >> if you're just talking about options and you can get through the senate what's the point? >> exactly >> charlie sykes i can't think anything dumber then proposing things they couldn't pass the senate anyway. so even the performative bills there passing are dead on arrival. they're wasting time because all they want to do is pretend to impeach joe biden. >> yeah. i was wondering whether to say this. i am struck by the stupidity. the stupidity burns here. when you think of what they are doing, as you mentioned before, the ads right themselves. they're defunding the military, they're forcing their district representatives to vote for these draconian cuts that have no chance. i think the washington post in analysis of this found that the bomb throwers who are shutting down the government represent 2% of americans are shutting down 100 percent of the proposals to keep the lights on, which tells you something about how isolated they

he's been facing recent threats from gop hardliners including the florida congressman matt gates, whose threatening called for a motion on the house floor to vacate mccarthy as speaker. following that meeting report is pressed mccarthy on the risk of losing the gavel. >> threats don't matter. sometimes people do those things because of personal things and that's fine. i don't walk away from a battle, i knew changing washington would not be easy, i knew people would fight or try to hold the bridge for other things. i'm going to try to focus on was the right thing to do for the american people. and if it takes a fight, he'll have a fight. >> not long after that, congressman gates weighed in himself. >> i'm concerned for the speaker that he seems to be rattled and unhinged at a time when we need focus and strong effort. whether or not mccarthy faces a motion to vacate is within his own hands. all he has to do is come into compliance with the deal we made in january. >> joining us now, cnn anchor jim acosta. jim, there is so many interesting things about that. the body language is fascinati

how we need to witness that by having a government shutdown pair we don't need members like matt gatesthe cameras proud of his effort to shut down the government. we have seen historically when you do so would not fare well the next elections. we will be penalized by voters for doing so. i hope to hear from candidates, there were bus policies how to turn the economy around. but especially how to avoid a government shutdown. arthel: where they were asked which candidate is extremely or very likely to defeat president biden, look at this. 66% said donald trump 865, ron desantis. 53% chose tim scott. 50% nikki haley, vivek ramaswamy got 45%. mike pence got 30% and 16% for chris christie. so can the former president p debates? the first debate those candidates up there jumped in the numbers, nikki haley especially a big impact on her campaign and people who are looking to support her. and polls recite nikki haley would far surpass being current president biden in a head-to-head matchup. it's pretty telling and something that again they can really capitalize on next week to build momentum a

representative matt gates said we will have a government shutdown we cannot blame joe biden. we cannot blame house de house democrats. end quote. that's because house republicans are to blame. and we've seen that week after week after week. so now the question for house do they continue to see bills by sloshing education, meals on wheels, health care and much more? all while barreling towards a shutdown that will threaten nutrition assistance for nearly 7 million mothers and children? is that what they want? that is a question for them, they have to answer this. or, do they keep their promise and abide by the bipartisan agreement, two thirds of house republicans voted for, for the bipartisan agreement just four months ago in may. it is not complicated here, it is truly not complicated because the deal is a deal. so, another thing before we continue here at the white house this afternoon the president is taking another action to save lives, signing a bipartisan law that will make the organ transplant system work better for more than 100,000 people for waiting lists. everybody

talk about that, marjorie taylor greene, jim jordan, another likely candidate you often hear is matt gateseport out, victoria, that says he is widely accepting to run for governor in florida in 2026. >> you started off talking about texas a couple of minutes ago. and i just think about the parallels between texas and florida, you know, decades since statewide, you've had a democrat elected, you see matt gaetz who has had legal troubles swirling around him for a long time, kind of similar to a ken paxton -- >> but has never been charged -- >> never been charged, never been charged. some rumors swirling around. i just think it's so interesting to see not only the republicanism has been locked down and florida, but that brand, he is a trump candidate. so, florida isn't just a red state. it's a trump red state. and he looks to have it on lock. >> then, let's go back to where we started, stewart, with ken paxton's lawyer saying that george book bush republic and george bush era is over. he said that just days after your former boss, mitt romney, announced he won't be running again. what is your

so, this is matt gates home district. let's talk about the impacts of the stalemate in washington.romised to be felt across this country including that district what are you hearing from the folks in pensacola? because we know the republican lawmaker matt gaetz led that charge to opposing the stopgap spending bill. meant to keep the government open. or his constituents that you're speaking with aware of that? >> yes. i will say, we are seeing a good amount of support for his actions and his motive play of what is seemingly to be a moving more possible shutdown. here we're seeing everything from ambivalence to anxiety to support when it comes to a shutdown. there's a lot of people that are in support, because they believe in doing what it takes, they said. they said that this seems like a small sacrifice to get what needs to be done. and it really depends on who you talk to, of course. just like anything else. the people who are more impacted, the more impact they, are the more they care about what's happening. the closer you get to the military base, the more people are talking abo

it still sounds like there is going to be a handful of holdouts, including congressman, matt, gates whoring out a motion to vacate speaker mccarthy from his position as soon as next week. it still sounds like speaker mccarthy is trying to convince holdouts who may or may not end up voting for a government funding bill regardless of what it is inside, as long as mccarthy's fingerprints are touching it. they're hesitant to supported. i asked him point blank about the motion to vacate, by the way, he said i'll do what i've always, do i follow up saying, what is that? he said, all vote down. mccarthy, walking by, shaking, hands greeting visitors, as well, clearly wants to show that he's in the building and work, him despite not having the votes right now to keep the government open. certainly, the clock is ticking. >> yes, it certainly. as well i appreciate you getting right in there and asking some important questions, at least bringing us up to date on the very latest. at this point. there is another big headline that i want to discuss with you, this involves the bribery charges against h

force deeper spending cuts attached gop priorities to any short or long term bill that the likes of matt gates he wants impeachment inquiry at some people feel that the that the impeachment inquiry is being kind of dangled as a carrot as a shiny object. checked in order to get a just a continuing resolution pushed through. how does this play out and getting at least the government funded in the short run? well impeachment is just window dressing. it's not going to go anywhere. we need real spending cuts we need, you know, real measures. i mean, and when we look at the potential for government shutdown in the next couple of weeks, it'll happen before october. if it happens at all, that is a real risk right now. but a lot of folks on the right are going to want to blame biden and democrats and the left. but i gotta tell you we're here today because both sides republicans and democrats have spent into oblivion. and it's untenable. and if there is a shutdown, it will be up to the executive branch of the senate and house can't get their act together to prioritize spending in a piece in a piece of l

republican congressman matt gates has been threatening a motion to vacate. is he going to do it? >> reporter: this is the most direct threat gaetz made today. he went to the house floor, detailed a list of demands he says mccarthy failed to reach. he said they reached a deal on a whole host of issues on voting legislation, term limits for members of congress and saying that if kevin mccarthy moves forward with a short-term bill simply to keep the government open for a couple more months, that will be enough for him to force a vote seeking mccarthy's ouster. so that threat is real. he said he would do it every single day if he had to. he can certainly do it under the rules, jake. the question is does he have the votes. it would require all the democrats and five republicans to vote to kick mccarthy out from the speakership. mccarthy allies thinks he doesn't and if mckarkty is kicked out from that vote, jake, it would be another unprecedented situation and lead to another speakership election on the floor of the house. >> republican conservative chip roy, republican of texas will b

would include something like 27% budget cuts, and doing individual appropriation bills, it was matt gates who came up with this plan. now kevin mccarthy has more london. so if he could develop a backbone to stand up to them, and work with us, we know we have a big bipartisan majority to ensure that we don't face a shutdown. because, a shutdown is painful. the last several have cost at least six billion dollars to the economy according to the congressional budget office. >> you know, congressman, see our with 27% budget, cuts i mean that is zero democratic votes. >> that is correct. what we had was a deal during the debt ceiling, to set the standard of what the agreement would be. moving forward, as opposite of what the senate has done, the senate has come out with something based upon the debt ceiling deal. what they have done, again based upon the maga republicans, they have a raced the deal. we have lit laid out so we could have the bipartisan deal done. all they have to do is keep the deal that was made, when we did the that ceiling. my going back on the, it shows they are right. they

today we have a speaker who wakes up in the morning and does the equivalent of calling up matt gates,> i really can't understand why there isn't a republican or someone who can get to tommy tuberville and stop this one man from wreaking the havoc he's creating and what he's doing to our military, to our readiness, to families. it's brutal. this blockade needs to be stopped. i can't imagine one person in congress who disagrees with that. maybe there's one. when it comes to funding ukraine, the government shutdown, impeachment inquiry into president biden, you mentioned these republicans who seem to be in control. are there any republicans that you can work with at this point? and who are they? >> there are, mika, and here is what makes me most sad. there's lunatics in every asylum, right? that doesn't surprise me. why is mitch mcconnell -- look, i don't like where he comes from on issues but i admire his operational acumen. why is he being led around in a desperately dangerous way by tommy tuberville who until 15 minutes ago was a football coach, not an expert in national security, rig

it was matt gates who came up with this plan. >> and we've seen this play out over and over again. we know exactly how this is going to go if folks continue holding out. anyone, anyone who says that we are going to finish all 12 appropriations bills between now and next saturday is absolutely hallucinating. >> coming up, i will speak to congressman -- about what is happening and whether democrats could be willing to save the house gop from itself if it comes to that and then you've got these growing calls for -- following the bombshell bribery charges against him. one democrat saying he is ready to run the new jersey senator out of office. we will take you to the campaign trail, where a new nbc news poll is out, showing a growing league for donald trump in the primaries, the troubling signs for the former president when it comes to, you guessed it, the criminal cases against him. we are also on strike watch today. last minute snag after -- hollywood writers back on the job. while the uaw is vowing not to given, as they get ready for president biden to join the picket line this week

something like 27% of budget cuts, and do we now, finally, individual preparation bills, that's matt gates who came up with this plan. >> you've seen this play out over and over again. we know exactly how this is going to go if folks continue holding out. anyone who says that we are going to finish these appropriation bills between an exit ade is absolutely hallucinating. >> also new today, reaction to new jersey general, bob menendez's indictment. he will appear in court on wednesday. charged in a years-long bribery scheme. prosecutors say they found gold bars in more than half 1 million dollars in cash at his home in june last year. today, several democrats are calling to resign from the senate, many appear split. >> the person who was accused isn't title to the presumption of innocence. that is the responsibility of the government to prove that case. as that about on the, trouble say the same thing about of an end as. in terms of resignation, that's a decision to be made by senator menendez in the people in new jersey. >> i've called on him given the gravity of charges to step aside, as

matt gates this continuing resolution to fund ukraine is at the trail of republicans, we must do better. and marjorie taylor green also posting last night negotiated by donaldsons and johnson no policy riders are in this c.r. so it is all the policies from last year's democrat appropriations with an 8% cut. plus the border bill but no e-verify. i'm a no. to money for ukraine, covid or weaponized government is what she has said. that is some reaction from conservatives about these negotiations that happened behind closed doors. we want your reaction. there are eight working days until potential government shutdown. what do you think of the negotiations and what republicans want. they are negotiating with the biden white house and senate controlled by democrats. it has to get through congress and to the president's desk to avoid a government shutdown. former president trump sat down for an interview over the weekend it talk about many things ending with a potential government shutdown. listen. >> stay on this idea of what you mean by retribution. are you looking to apoint out an attorney

amendment which was to needed 8-3 vote all republicans voting against, a tweet by representative matt gates december 14, 2023 he pledges to hold speaker mccarthy to his promise to release the full january 6 tapes, dated september 18th, 2023 which demands full release in exchange for funding the government, finally a letter from capital police chief, tom manger in which he renews his request to review all video footage request received by the committee addressing security sick -- concerns without objection. >> without objection, now recognize the gentleman from new york, mr. esposito. >> i just want to make it very clear that i think all of our colleagues, republicans have been very concerned about the response of the national guard which is why most of us have asked questions about the timing , about the authority, about you getting commission and the fact you had to get answers from two individuals who clearly were taking their orders. just touching quickly on the chamber of evacuation. the capital was breached at 2:12 p.m. what is the reason for the delay. who would have made that decisio

we'll talk to the lead disruster, matt a gates, who is blowing up all these -- matt gaetz who is blowing so many areas. he's determined to take out speaker kevin mccarthy. you i want to know why he is disrupting all of the victories the republicans have had and stopping everything and going to a government shutdown and we'll talk with mark levine, he's out with a new book, democrats hate america and we'll talk about his thinking. he was among the first to talk about the marxist threat that's running through america which i totally agree with. we'll also of course you saw the lineup, trump ahead 10 points, we'll talk with larry elder three days before the next fox business debate, pete. we've got a big show. >> great show as always. we'll see you in 11 minutes. maria, thank you. all right, we will be right back. (light acoustic music plays) (eagle screeches) (energetic music plays) there he is! it's right there! ♪ oh, he's straight ahead. he's straight ahead. straight ahead. go go go. ♪ cover more ground in the kia sportage turbo-hybrid. kia. movement that inspires. my name's dan and i li

>> i'll use matt gates for example.sound policy that's going to move forward. he's more committed to vacating the chair than getting policy to sign into law. we want to be as fiscal conservatives as we can but we also have to be practical on what we're dealing with. republicans, we don't control both champion bers and we don't control the white house. so the bill isn't a perfect bill but there's never been a perfect bill. it will be a bill we'll have to negotiate on and both sides will have to agree that there's things that we want in it. now, if we controlled the -- both chambers and we controlled the white house, the bill that we decide on in the next few days, isn't the build that we would want a much more fiscal conservative. when i operated my businesses and i netting deals, i always said i wanted 110% but i was ready to negotiate to 70% but walked away from the table with 69%. we have to negotiate a lot water of the line upit now you i don't know how i characterize what his life must be like right now. we're all,

matt gaetz. to go with the gates plan and he did so because it was really his only choice there is no other way to move 218 votes in the house but i think he also knows that the gates plan is also going to fail. mccarthy's gonna say okay math we're doing it your way but be careful what you wish for and as that reaches friday in the colleagues begin to see the gates plan failing. he believes that the republican caucus will really turn on math and perhaps empower kevin mccarthy's hand but exactly as colin said even if the great crowd said now we will support a short term bill, that bill the republican short-term bill can't pass anywhere else. let's roll this begins to fall apart for kevin mccarthy and matt gaetz. >> it seems like it's changing every few hours, the options are getting fewer and fewer. the likelihood of us expanding is worse and worse. on saturday, they said they don't quote see how the party triumphs image shut down. and while no one want to shut down, how do you think democrats will seize this to their political advantage. started shutting down, that's why they're willing to do so.

they are going to have time for that given that matt gaetz is expected to go to the floor at noon, and kevin mccarthy is going to be getting ahead of what gates says at the 11:00 a.m. statement, and we expect that kevin mccarthy could come out any moment, and he is to begin at 11:00 a.m., and we are past that hour, and this is all moving quickly, and as i noted there because belief to get back to washington and settle some of the disputes and find a way nforward on the funding, but this is moving more quickly than anyone anticipated. >> thank you, lauren fox, and you can stay there live as i bring in the political director david chalian, and lot going on all at once, but it is pointing to one thing, which is that there is a wing in the republican party, in the house of representatives that is pushing and pushing and pushing on kevin mccarthy, and it isn't clear that they are as concerned about the consequences as they are about making the points that they want to make. what do you think that we will see in the coming hours and days? >> yeah. and just to remind everyone, john. kevin mccarthy is dealing with such a narrow house majority and tha

you, saying, speaker mccarthy tries to sub i view gate my critique of his failure as a some sort of ethics committee reaction. what is your reaction to mattare we once again talking about a motion to vacate? >> well, it could. and that would be -- if you did a motion to vacate, you would have a handful of republicans work with adam schiff, eric swalwell, ilhan omar to remove the speaker, and it would be exactly9 what the president wants because it would shut doww how much we went through in january. how would we ever select the speaker? i would stay and we'd go through it, is so ld be no investigation. st it's not something that i lay out there that matt's mad about an ethics complaint, it's an ethics complaint that happened in the last congress that a matt went to other members saying i'm going to try to influence kevin to get involved in an ethics -- i can't do it. it's illegal, and it's not something i will be a part of. maria: it's extraordinary to me that in the face of all that you and your colleagues have been able to uncover the finish. >> yes. maria: -- you're, once again, getting these threats from matt gaetz and a handle of oth