senator michalski calling gaetz an unserious candidate. but the reality of it is, of course, trump has made this nomination . he is serious about it. is this what you expected? >> i just got off the phone with a senior advisor the said that donald trump was expecting backlash. the entire team was expecting the backlash, and they don't care what they are seeing . essentially, this person said that gaetz is probably position for a donald trump once and attorney general. summitt, who he believes, being donald trump, is an effective communicator. can go out there and put out the message that donald trump wants out there when it comes to the department of justice. something that donald trump said that he is seeing magnates to time and time again. you played some of the clips. they are talking about getting rid of the department of justice, talking about defunding the department of justice. all of this is a larger plan that donald trump has openly spoken about when it comes to how he wants the government to be run. and part of that means a depar

hearing that the republicans likely to vote against him and i think mitch mcconnell is a no and michalski and no. collins goes to murkowski and kramer has been on the record with huge problems and cassidy so this this will be the toughest. because you have j.d. vance to break the tie. so if you have four it is done. one thing about it, no one can't say he can't communicate and he's not smart to. the question is can he sell a different person, then he has shown in the house. that is not somebody to unify around speech for law law and o. >> lawrence: ainsley, i make this point several times, no matter what you think about him on a personal level, of the ethics committee investigation and apparently the document will come out anyway. but why did the department of justice drop the investigation? if you have the goods in the witness statements and all of that, the department of justice had all of that and decided not to charge. you can't use that unless they are going to charge him now, go for it. >> ainsley: there were not commit criminal charges and we will learn all of that but we don't kno

said michalski. it is forcing them to vote on something manifestly absurd on purpose and the question is, will be do it? >> i don't know that lisa murkowski is as much of a signal, she has never had any compunction about standing up to donald trump publicly. yes, i think this is an early effort to for senate republicans into utter and complete submission. if they do something farcical as putting matt gaetz in as the attorney general, then the game is over. there is nothing that they will not do. and so he is putting the test to senate republicans early on, are you going to be my agents, as i tried to convert this country from the democracy to something that looks very different from a democracy or are you going to exercise any independent judgment? we will have an early test of that. it is hard when i think about it to believe that there are not four or five senate republicans that will vote no on matt gaetz. i know these people personally and i know -- i know how they feel about him. but time will t

family and friends flew to budapest last night for candlelight vigil. 31-year-old mackenzie michalskie disappeared from a nightclub on november 5. cctv footage identified a mail suspect he was last seen with mckenzie at the club the night she disappeared officers have not release the suspect's name but i have identified him as a 37-year-old irish citizen only giving the initials ltm it. police had allegedly admitted that he met mackenzie at a local nightclub before leaving together for his apartment. police said the pair had got intimate and he killed her in the process but claimed it was an accident. the irish suspect then it tried to cover it up by cleaning his apartment, hiding mackenzie's body and a wardrobe and placing her inside a suitcase before renting a car and driving to the lake about 90 miles away or heat then hid her body in the woods. he was arrested on november 7 police a video shows that suspect guiding authorities through the woods. investigators checked out his online search history which revealed he looked up how to dispose of a body and the competency of the budape

family and friends gathered for a candlelight vigil in budapest for 31 year old mckenzie michalski, aurse from portland, oregon. mckenzie was on vacation when she went missing after disappearing from a nightclub on november fifth. cctv footage identified a male suspect who was last seen with mckenzie at the club the night she disappeared. officers have not released the suspect's name, but identified him as a 37 year old irish citizen, only giving the initials ltm. police say he allegedly admitted to investigators that he met mckenzie in a local nightclub before leaving together for his apartment. police say the pair had gotten intimate and he killed her in the process, but claimed it was an accident. authorities say the irish suspect then tried to cover it up by cleaning his apartment. hiding mckenzie's body in a wardrobe, then placing her inside a suitcase before renting a car and driving to lake balaton, about 90 miles away, where he then hid her body in the woods. he was arrested on november 7th. police video shows the suspect guiding authorities through those woods. investigators

michalski said she doesn't think it's a serious nomination. even if donald trump wants to appoint him during recess the senate would still have to agree to it. what are the chances gaetz actually becomes ag? >> what we heard today is a lot of resistance from the centrist republicans in the senate. and the people who take their job seriously. don't view gaetz is a serious contender to be ag. they think that he is too extreme, too much of a bomb thrower. they think the ethics allegations against him are too damaging. they would like to see so many with a more established set of credentials be put forth as attorney general. but how many of those republicans are there left in the senate who would be willing to stand up to donald trump and oppose this nomination? we can probably think of four or five. that's probably all you would need to stop the nomination. but can their arms be twisted? we artie saw, you play the clip, of mark wayne mullen, who was harshly, harshly critical of matt gaetz. only a few months ago. and then today he was saying that

police say 31 year old mckenzie michalski was last seen at a nightclub in hungary. now this surveillance video shows mckenzie leaving with a man. police say the man admitted he met mckenzie at the club and then took her to his apartment. he claims he accidentally killed her as they were becoming intimate. police say the suspect tried to cover up the killing by putting the body inside of a suitcase and hiding it in the woods. he was arrested earlier this month and took police to where the evidence was hid. well, we're still waiting to find out what happened after a person went over a cliff in daly city. firefighters rushed to west line drive near the mussel rock park entrance early yesterday morning, but the crews didn't find anyone during the dark. rescue teams were back out yesterday morning trying to find the person and determine what had happened. >> the 49ers battled the tampa bay bucs and each other in san francisco's 23 to 20 victory on the road. kicker jake moody redeemed himself after missing three earlier field goals by booting that 44 yarder as the clock r