>> obviously not a great situation if you are micah johnson. aylor greene threatening a motion to vacate is entirely about ukraine. that was her sending a signal if you do this, i'm coming after you. for me, is all the more reason for johnson to do it. he needs democrats to save his job at some point. much of the marjorie taylor greene cannot be trusted to keep him in the back pocket. if you want democrats to be there for you, keep can't act like kevin mccarthy. you have to work with them, bring up the thing you know is the right thing to do. micah johnson is surprisingly open about how he sinks this is the right thing to do. he's going to have a lot of pressure. we will learn a lot about micah johnson, whether he's willing to stiff arm marjorie taylor greene. i'm somewhat confident he's going to do it, he's going to put it on the floor, marjorie taylor greene will bring up a motion to vacate and she will lose and that will be good for the house. >> brendan, from your lips to god's ears. let's turn our attention to the back and forth between pre

. >>> developing overnight, house speaker micah johnson, one of the republicans most responsible for donald trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election met the former president to cast doubt on the 2024 election, stoking fears about something that is already illegally. what you are about to watch and here is a lie. >> there are so many millions of illegals the country that if only 1 out of 100 voted, they would cast potentially hundreds of thousands of votes in the election. >> here are the facts. the conservative heritage foundation found 89 instances of legal action involving nonecitizens put in between 2003 and 2023. 89 instances over 20 years. joining us now, former illinois congressman and 2020 presidential candidate, joe walsh. good morning, sir. >> joe, the lies keep coming, they just keep coming. and, the fact is, heritage, and, the pantheon of conservative -- >> no liberal think tank. >> exactly. these guys laid out, they did the study. 89 instances of illegal immigrants voting in elections. why do they continue to perpetuate the lie? what is the endgame here, aside from t

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because the lifecycle of a republican house speaker is roughly that of a fruit fly, micah johnson is already facing revolt among the far right members of his own party. congresswoman marjorie taylor greene has introduced a resolution to oust speaker johnson the same way hard- liners ousted kevin mccarthy. speaker johnson decided to try to shore up support from conservatives by embracing, once again, election lives. today, the embattled speaker flew to mar-a-lago, where he and donald trump gathered reporters in a strange candelabra filled room in palm beach to talk about election integrity. that is the parties effort term for its lies about stolen elections. johnson and comport there to talk about the big lie you may have grown accustomed to hearing about at this point. instead, they offered a new version of the big lie, an updated version 2.0 that weaves together existing election conspiracies with trump's other favorite conspiracy theory, the so-called migrant takeover of the united states. >> election integrity is tied to border, the lack of border security. among the problems that

. >> david, to that point, house speaker micah johnson visited columbia university amid the protestsstility from folks on and off campus. given what you just said, does this add fuel to the fire? >> it does. it is cheap politics. it is absolutely cheap politics. these are kids. when you get gray hair, you can recognize grace given to students. when i was a student, echo sized free-speech and political areas and places maybe i regret all right don't. it is okay. some of the most passionate movements in domestic politics have been led by students and we should recognize that and embrace that. let these college communities the college communities. to the national politicians, stay out of it. it is cheap shots. we know where the geopolitics stands between the united states, israel, and the middle east. we also know that we want to raise up college kids who are willing and able to exercise their very strong forces. that is okay. you don't have to be threatened if you are micah johnson or marjorie taylor greene, let college kids be college kids and let these campuses work it out. my opinio

that is why, just like evan mccarthy before him, micah johnson went down to florida to kiss trumps ring. >> the speaker is required to go around, fly, and the country and be with all of the candidates and incumbents all around 11 to 23 states in the last several weeks. everywhere we go, one of the first questions people ask about is this issue of election integrity. >> well, i wonder why that is, mike. could it be that you have been beating them over the head with this line for four years in this hermetically sealed little bubble you've created? yes, it is all a way to launder the big lie and january 6th and something slightly more palatable. in reality, it is still the big lie all the way down. it is all just a justification for trumps attempted coup and the deadly insurrection that followed and what he wants to do now, which is finish the job. three years ago, we saw blood spilled in the speaker's lobby. now, not only is the sitting speaker of the house defending those armed constructionists, saying they need to be protected from prosecution, he is also defending the lies that sent th

micah johnson has been doing, as far as anyone can tell, nothing.eekend he said he was playing a may call and move announced the move. what is the move? >> it's quite a mess over in the house right now. the move he's trying to make -- this is speaker johnson. he stalled and used all his time-outs and is a coach at the side of the field right now who has to call the play. he's trying to trigger a series of votes and essentially take the components of the senate package and pass them in four separate bills. ukraine ain't standalone, taiwan and the pacific standalone and the hodgepodge of national security priorities that are popular with republicans. the idea is sound if you think about it. the israel aid was mostly republicans and some democrats. it would beat the condition. the ukraine piece would pass with mostly democrats and a few republicans and it would defeat the conservative objections. the other two are less controversial but johnson has to get past these objections from the right to even bring this up and that's where it stands now. it's tu

laura responding to a nasty violent attack and the speaker of the house micah johnson has a message for the president who just called him uninformed and we will see who was uninformed but first we'll turn our attention to what is joe biden's most blatant lie of all is yesterday millions of americans celebrating easter which is the holiest holiday in all christianity but the white house are busy promoting another celebration frankly one they made up on easter sunday self-proclaimed devout catholic your president joe biden posted that message right there "today on transgender day of visibility, i have a simple message to all trans americans the icu in your maiden image of god and you're worthy in your worthy of respect and dignity now the celebratory message follows the official biden proclamation" "i do hereby proclaim march 31st 2024 as transgender day of visibility at 1600 pennsylvania avenue easter has been replaced or forced to share a date with the new holiday the administration clearly prefers, transgender day of visibility on the holiest christian holiday that the trump campaign c

i know you just talked with micah johnson but what if trump went out and said hey, i'm standing 100%-semitism, while they are trying to put me in prison for a sham trial. i want every single media member to follow me to columbia and i want you to see what true danger looks like. if you want to put me in prison or jail for a short period of time fortifying your kangaroo court, so be it, i don't think they will actually do it and jesse i think if they did, trump's overall approval and his support would skyrocket. i don't think they have the stones to do it but can you imagine how they would have to cover on msnbc the protest at columbia, the fact that donald trump, them and they try to claim is hitler, has come out stronger in support of jewish people around the world then joe biden could ever dream of? he would paint biden into a corner but morally, most importantly he would be on the right side. i think it's time for trump to up the ante, to call out their bs and to tear them to actually do what they claim they will do. i think he could score a knockout. >> jesse: it might be more da

. >> micah johnson estrie no sceptical of the bill that the money won't end up in the hands of israel'semies. as israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu thanked lawmakers for their support. he posted to x. saying that the u.s. congress overwhelmingly passed a much appreciated aid bill. but -- it demonstrates but it's -- strong bipartisan support for israel and defends western civilization, thank you friends hi thank you america. with the war between israel and hamas there is emerging regional threats that the leadership says must be immediately addressed. mainly that of iran and its proxies who fired hundreds of missiles and drones into israel earlier this month. >> we have been very, very clear from here from the beginning that we do not want to see this conflict escalate. >> reporter: the bye demonstration continues to support israel amid calls for de-escalation and the us state department plants the sanction with the israeli military battalion for the human rights violations. the sanctions will promote the unit from receiving american training or support due to actions of the west

. >> well, can i say one thing about that, those folks were held accountable but i think about micah johnsont speaker of the house who's on the phone with donald trump just about every day around this scheme talking to him about this and how do we know this because he himself at the time was tweeting it out and updating us about his conversations on his podcast. he was a cheerleader and a supporter and i wouldn't go so far as to say an architect but definitely a steward of this scheme and these challenges. he is not the only one. there other members of congress here. >> other members of congress and other members of the trump team whose names might not be as familiar to all of us. >> that's right. there hasn't been accountability for those in congress who, you know, perpetuated the whole fraudulent election scheme to begin with and then did put pressure on states to send up their own slates of electors. one thing that's good about the arizona indictment that is different from michigan is they have expanded it to include not just the fraudulent electors but also those who are close to trump a

and yet, you have this, but you said, this juxtaposition of speaker micah johnson with donald trump today talking about, of all things, laughably, election integrity. we know trump has used election integrity as a banner to wave to excuse criminal behavior on his part. how does it feel to now see him do it again and again despite your best efforts and others to make sure there was accountability for him back in the impeachment trial's? >> katie, you are absolutely right. i was a member of the judiciary committee, i was a part of impeachment one. you remember the famous phone call with president volodymyr zelenskyy, where he said i need you to do a favor, though. you want the chaplains, you want a meeting in the oval office, i will need you to do me a favor, dig up some dirt on my opponent, mr. biden. and then impeachment two, think about it. i literally had conversations with mike johnson, who was a member of judiciary. when we voted for speaker and it was the round with mike johnson, i knew exactly who johnson was and what he stands for. he stands for the tearing down of our institutions

micah soul nar as a congressional reporter for punch bowl news. thanks for joining me to you both. but julia grace, i wanna go to you did trump say or do enough to save speaker johnson's job here >> i think he is four-pronged, may have had an impact with some members of the freedom caucus that we're considering joining on with marjorie taylor greene there. if she does ultimately decided to pull the trigger on the motion to vacate, which he hasn't committed to doing, but being said, right after that press conference, she came out and kinda double down or criticisms of johnson. so i'm not sure that she's fully sold unless he comes out more outwardly. and asked her to call off the wolves there? >> yeah. and look, the test still lies ahead. mika. now, as as julie gracious mentioned, even though marjorie taylor greene has vowed, has vowed to call for a vote to oust speaker johnson. that motion hasn't officially gone forward, but it jot for johnson if he brings a ukraine aid package to the floor which has a lot of what this centers on. like he has suggested he wants to do where do you think the speaker goes from here and what is the status of ukraine aid here >> yeah, omar,