it marjorie taylor greene brings the motion to vacate, we will help to keep mike johnson power. there are already voices saying that. we don't know if there would be enough of them. a lot of balls in the air if johnson brings the bill to the floor. would he not bring it to the floor? there is a procedure for bringing a bill to the floor around the wishes of the gop leader and it's called a discharge petition. it means if he gets 218 signatures on this petition come you force a vote on to the lord even if the majority leaders don't want it. mike johnson might not want to bring it to the florida the democrats find enough for the discharge position, then we would think it would pass. they would be enough centrist republicans and democrats would join that push. a couple of different scenarios there we don't know which one will happen. even yesterday, thom tillis said the discharge position might be the best way to do this. another republican senator supported this package and said we are talking to house republicans about it. if they do go the discharge prison -- petition rep, on a b

of that then speaker kevin mccarthy after the revolt on his right flank, this not this time now mike johnson has not indicated his preference on how to proceed. there have been squabbling behind the scenes between johnson and chuck schumer about how to structure this funding legislation and talking to republicans and democrats alike, they are sounding off about these talks let's, this is supposed to be done in september. >> i mean, >> this is now almost march when this is just ridiculous and they've had agreement on the top line that had it since january this is why voted against the last seo or they're just been kicking this can down the road. i can't believe that they didn't get work done over the over the weekend they had months to do this stuff. i mean, my patients is run out, so leadership has to bind which leadership but said, well, yeah, of course, yeah, all of them. yeah, they're all the blame i mean, this at this point, it's just it's absurd. i think >> but it really this boils down to enlarge ways. dana, a republican and republican dispute, mitch mcconnell, the senate republican le

the leader of the republican majority there, mike johnson, and again , sorry, new excuses came out ofspeaker of the chamber is a representative. in the us congress republican mike johnson is not currently going to vote on a bill on continuing aid to ukraine. he said this in an interview with the punch bowl news portal. he motivated this by the fact that the congressmen in the house of representatives have urgent matters, in particular, the reconciliation of the country's budget, which is the most important thing for him and, as he says, for all republicans, when asked if he plans to vote. the question of aid to ukraine, he answered literally yes, quote, of course not, that's the end of the quote, and that's it thus he effectively rejected the call to put the bill to a vote in the house of representatives. so important to us, which his colleague mitch mcconnell, the leader of the senate republicans, asked him to do, so that you understand again, there are republicans in the senate, there are republicans in the house of representatives, they are the same republicans, but as we see, they

even mike johnson. even this election denier who no one heard of who is now the speaker is constrained by this law passed at the end of the last congress. the electoral count reform act. it is harder for him to try to throw the election in that way than it would have been a few years ago. that's the good news. the bad news is we have to be really vigilant, for example, the attacks on these things have actually moved to the states. we now have election deniers who sort of wormed their way into jobs running elections in local areas. now, there's courts and there's laws and constitutions in the states that have stopped that kind of stuff up until now. but we need to be on our game. anybody who cares about democracy, between now and when the next president puts their hand on that bible. >> i mean, congressman swalwell, here's the challenge. pretty much everyone who is setting themselves up in their hope of being the next hang mike pence, which i don't know why anyone would want that job since donald trump d

mike johnson to america, go to to hell. mike johnson to america, drop dead. mike johnson to israel, drop dead. mike johnson to ukraine, drop dead. another year. another year of fentanyl streaming across the border. another year of illegal immigrants streaming across the border. all because donald trump told mike johnson, the same donald trump who said he wanted a depression, he wanted americans' retirements destroyed, wanted their economy destroyed so he could get re-elected, donald trump is now telling mike johnson, "i want the border open for another year." what does that mean? this is not msnbc primetime. this is not "the new york times" editorial page. this is the voice of the conservative movement. this is what "the wall street journal" editorial page is saying. "the chaos will continue for at least another year." because of you, mike johnson. because of you, donald trump. the fentanyl will flood across the border for another year because of you. because james langford has put together the most restrictive border security bill ever, ever. "the chaos will

when the house returns on february 28th, speaker mike johnson will have only three working days to avoidtial government shutdown on march 1st. but right now, there is a stalemate over critical aid for ukraine, because speaker johnson will make it abundantly clear that he will not bring to floor for a vote the sentence 95.3 billion dollar foreign aid package that passed, with a staggering 70 votes. on friday, president biden blasted the republican-led house for skipping town, before sending vital support to our allies. >> history is watching the house of representatives. it's failure to support ukraine at this critical moment will never be forgotten. it's about time they step up, don't you think? they said they're going on a two week vacation. two weeks? they're walking away. >> this sentiment was echoed more starkly by ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy, at the munich security conference. >> we all must -- do not -- something, but everything possible, to defeat the aggressor. please, everyone, remember that dictators do not go on vacation. >> grim battlefield news coming out of ukra

house speaker mike johnson with a narrow majority. it's like 50% narrower depending on how you count it today. now the tom suozzi won out in long island. he dismissed it as either insignificant or representative of democratic weakness. how accurate? >> well, look, i mean, this was a district where if you look at suburban districts really north of the mason-dixon line, where are the terrain is probably it's difficult for democrats anywhere because their best issue, abortion probably isn't as salient given the democratic control over the state party as state government, people aren't just concerned about that. and on the other hand, you have the concentration of the migrant and crime issue in new york city that is broadcast intensely by the new york city media. and yet democrats won again, and they one in a way that was very reminiscent of what we saw in 2022 and the elections of 2023, where tom suozzi self said that joe biden was underwater in the district, and yet, as we saw in those earlier elections, a substantial slice of voters wh

majority of republicans. does not want to ask this question on voting, well, i will remind you that mike johnsonot take his position immediately and seemed to be a compromising figure, are you not worried, well, not worried, how to say it correctly, but whether it will happen that if johnson will be removed, then this whole story will drag on even longer, there is a problem, i agree with you here, well, if it is not a question at all, well, at least you should talk to him in this way, you know, ukraine has done everything possible. even literally, well, i don't think it was advertised, but there was such a meeting of the ukrainian delegation where there were evangelists, baptists, evangelists, christian baptists, this is basically the same direction that mike johnson professes, and he was called a christian, he was also called a person who thinks in this direction first and foremost what is he like, here he actually just exists, just exists, well, how to say , so more diplomatically, he listens to donald trump a lot, let's say this, and donald trump has taken a strange position, all that is bad

and so the question becomes the fate of mike johnson.ell his caucus, i'm not going to stand for speaker next congress. then, just work for it with democrats to actually pass a legislation he's ultimately going to have to pass. mike johnson may not want this job in the next congress. but ultimately, joe biden and house democrats and senate democrats are going to provide the votes to responsibly provide aid for the international community, as well as fund our own domestic priorities here at home. the republicans are just going to have to swallow the medicine on that. >> on that note, kurt and david, you are sticking around. i'll see you in a second. because next, it's time for worst of the week. a race to the bottom for who can set the best to authoritarians. to authoritarians. and rehardens enamel. i am a big advocate of recommending things that i know work. power e*trade's easy-to-use tools, like dynamic charting and risk-reward analysis, help make trading feel effortless. and its customizable scans with social sentiment help you find an

words us president joe biden addressed to the house of representatives. and personally to speaker mike johnsonurge speaker johnson to immediately bring this up for a vote in the house, immediately. there is no doubt that the senate bill, if brought before the house , will pass, and the speaker knows it. so, i urge the speaker to allow the full house to speak. their opinion and not allow the minority of the most extremist voices in the room to block this bill from even being put to a vote. this is a critical step, which the house of representatives has to do. the draft law must be adopted. it provides emergency funding for ukraine so they can continue to defend themselves against putin's terrifying onslaught. we've all seen the horror stories of recent weeks. ukrainian soldiers without artillery. shells, ukrainian units saving ammunition to protect ukrainian families, they are worried that the next russian strike could plunge them into darkness forever, or worse, this...

moments ago, house speaker mike johnson reacting after republicans lost a special election in new york to fill the seat left vacant when george santos was kicked out of congress johnson downplaying the loss that further shrinks his party's majority. listen the result. last night is not something in my view that democrats should celebrate too much. think about what happened there. they spent about $15 to win a seat that president biden won by eight points. they want it by less than eight points. there candidate ran like a republican he sounded like a republican talking about the border and immigration because everybody knows that's the top issue that is in no way a bellwether of what's going to happen this fall. we are absolutely convinced this as a sentence, 95 aid package appears stalled in the house. the white house now putting pressure on house republicans to take up the measure we have live team coverage for you this morning, cnn's arlette saenz's at the white house. let's actually begin with cnn's manu raju on capitol hill motto you were inside of that room for the press conferenc

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mike johnson said i wish this would address border security.dress that. you could go over head of the speaker and that remains to be seen. this will pass in the next hour or less and be the last vote the senate will have for a week. the senate was supposed to be out this week. they are still in session, you had rand paul, j.d. vance putting up every hurdle and using every bit of time to drag this out and that ran out today. we thought it might be scheduled for tomorrow morning, 1:00 or 2:00 in the morning wednesday, they ran out of gas and this is on a glide path and will pass in the next hour or less. >> todd: we were taking live pictures off the top and saw mike lee and senator rand paul expressing his displeasure. was there one senator whose voice stuck out against this package and what did he or she say that stood out to you? >> i think you talked about the main ones there. mike lee said there wasn't an opportunity to amend the bill. democrats found it rich after they took a vote last week, republicans came back and said we want thes opport

i just love what speaker johnson did today, happy valentine's today, speaker mike johnson. use gop leadership news conference, mr. johnson said he wants to show valentine's day love for the american people, by securing u.s. borders before ponying up another 100 billion in foreign aid to other countries. wow. we have a sound on that? all right. let's hear it. let's hear what he says. >> the american people are not feeling very loved right now. it's time for washington to start showing some love to americans. on valentine's day this is good day to point this out. listen to the american people and their needs and take action. larry: i just love that i feel more love now than before. if that weren't spectacular enough here is speaker johnson on the house bill itself coming right up. take a listen. >> to be clear here again this morning, the republican-led house will not be jammed or forced into passing a foreign aid bill that was opposed by most republican senators and does nothing to secure our own border. larry: all right. this is spot on. i just love this stuff. this is love.

mike johnson was in mar-a-lago speaking to trump. his ob city innocence on ukraine is coming from donald trump. they don't want funding for ukraine and the magas in congress creating this headache for mike johnson. this is a problem. it's bigger than arguing about welfare benefits. it's about a national and international strategic necessity, making sure a democracy is not overtaken by russia. i'm glad to see there was such a spirited conversation going on there, a bipartisan one, included minority leader mcconnell in the senator to put push on speaker johnson. who is he going to pledge his allegiance to? is he going to do the right thing for the united states and democracy? is he going to continue to cow tow to trump? >> we were waiting for the republicans to come out to hear from mitch mcconnell and speaker johnson. let me go back to you, peter. there are domestic consideration here as well obviously in the short term. friday is the deadline to continue to fund a number of government agencies and then a week from then the pressure i

drug runners, they've got to love mike johnson too. ehouse. >> everything about mike josh shapiro's behavior points to trump and points to trump's relationship with the situation, whether it be wanting to cozy up with vladimir putin or wanting thing abouts to go badly in his country now so he can come in and be president again. jeremy bash, voters may not be as clued in to what's going on in ukraine and israel given kitchen table issues right in front of them in terms of just trying to get to work and take care of kids. at the same time, does the white house need to do more to get support for these wars and control and contain the narrative as it pertains to the truth? the future of our democracy depends on the election, you could argue, but it also depends on our partners being stable. >> mika, i think the president was highly effective when he gave that oval office address after returning from his middle east trip when he said, look, we're going to be proposing to congress, democracy. it's under fire, it's under threat, it's under str

but so far, house speaker mike johnson has refused to bring this up for vote. there is a belief within the white house that there is bipartisan support for this bill over in the house and they've argued, including national security adviser jake sullivan, that's not providing this aid for ukraine would simply be playing into putin's so this is shaping up to be a high-stakes meeting where the president is hoping to make his case trying to urge speaker johnson to bring this up for a vote. even as so far, there has been resistance from certain wings of the republican party our cnn white house correspondent arlette saenz, thank you very much for that update. i want to go to our chief congressional correspondent, manu raju. he's up on capitol hill right now. we just heard what president biden is hoping to achieve during this meeting. what about the lawmakers who will be there with him? >> well, we'll have talks to avoid a weekend. government shut down our at a precarious moment. things could come together very quickly to avoid a shutdown or they could collapse and co

mike johnson did a very good job. we saved america from yet another horrific biden betrayal. >> patti davis is with us, author of a new book, "dear mom and dad," a memory of a family we once knew. thanks for being on with us this evening. it's an honor to have you on. i'm old enough to remember ronald reagan's presidency and how the republican party was different back then. feel free to chime in and tell me if i'm getting it incorrect in any way. your father was more moderate on the issue of immigration. i remember when he did a speech an talked about the statute of liberty and how immigration strengthens america. much more moderate than a lot of issues at the same time more hawkish on russia than what you're seeing from the modern day republican party. do you have any insights on that? >> i'd like to answer the question from a bigger view than the current political scene. i'm not a political strategist and quite frankly i'm so tired of hearing about the grand political scene. i think when i just said that, thousands

states, the speaker, the speaker of the house, the lower house of the united states congress, mike johnsonaunch trumpist, a republican, tweeted: "i saw the delivery." this bill is even worse than we expected and it doesn't solve the border disaster at all, and so i can say that this bill, even when it goes to congress, will be dead, we will not vote for it, it is about that the bill that was just passed in the senate yesterday by both parties, republicans and democrats, yet speaker mike johnson promises that it will be defeated, this is the very bill that was supposed to unblock... military aid of the united states, it's already being commented on, e.g. , john cypher, a well-known expert who was, the head, one of the heads of the cia, or rather correctly, the cia, that is, the central intelligence agency of the united states, he wrote, in particular, that your shame will live forever in the american history, and on the other hand, the trumpists respond favorably and write that there is not a single penny left for... or any other foreign war, which we are not interested in. here is some not

mike johnson. we'll get back to this in a few moments but first, let's talk about america's fiscal path, edward lawrence is standing by at the white house. boy this is, you know money can't buy you love, as i said last night, what you got? reporter: president believes that money can buy the things that help the challenges that here at white house, from helping economy to the border to helping ally overseas. but the congressional budget office director issued a stark warning today. >> i can tell you, i am very confident this fiscal trajectory is unsustainable. under current law, that you know, that is one of the key messages of our budget projections. reporter: talking about interest payments to debt larger than all of the federal spending on children, also more than government spends on medicaid by 2026, committee for responsible federal damage said intere interest payment don' will top a trillion a year. >> we're at economic and fiscal tipping point. you know every second we borrow another 90 thou

mike johnson is still a relatively new speaker. he's one of the most inexperienced members to take the gavel in quite some time. what is the behind the scenes around the jobs he's doing. are people raising questions? >> they certainly are. he got the job because kevin mccarthy was booted out. he never really had to make decisions of consequence before ascending to the speakership. let's be clear. it's a very tough job. this is an unruly majority. it's incredibly thin with all the retirements on the vacancies. he has no margin for error on most votes. but with that being said, there are these errors that seems to be popping up. he might face a motion to vacate depending on what happened with the government funding. he's in a tough spot, but people in leadership working for johnson are questioning why he keeps failing on a very public stage with these unforced errors. >> really interesting. lot me ask you about what's next for the overall border immigration come pr miez. it's set for a test vote. there were reports from the hill that

obviously mike johnson could bring that bill to the floor tomorrow if he wanted to. there are other lengthier and more problematic and procedural ways to try to force a vote that frankly would take time and not guaranteed to succeed. absent that, absent passing a supplemental, there are things the administration could do to try to move around stockpiles in europe, try to resupply the ukrainians that way, but let's be clear that's not anywhere near the efficiency of just passing this bill and anywhere near the scale of what the ukrainians need. and so i do think after a long time trying to work with republicans and attach border provisions for a bill in the senate, all that months that have been put in to try and make this easier it for the republican party to move this forward, i think the only way is real pressure, and pointing out the real life stakes of this being held up. >> let me ask quickly about sanctions. president biden said the u.s. will ubveil sanctions on russia on friday in response to the killing of alexei navalny. if you were in charge of those sancti

then even bigger than that, my god, lindsey graham, and other republicans, willing, especially mike johnsonng. in fact, speaker johnson was at mar-a-lago over the last couple of days running around the cabanas and taking care of donald trump and showing he stands with him. but, you know, this is one of those very, very rare moments where you are seeing some dissent in the republican party with donald trump. his hardcore supporters and many of those members of the house, of course, do whatever he says and will be with him all the way. in the senate and some of those media figures that always take care of donald trump, you are hearing their voices on this question saying, donald trump, you have got it wrong. his response to the death of alexei navalny not helping either. >> grotesque. the whole thing is grotesque. >> nancy pelosi has the question spot on. meanwhile, president biden is considering new action against russia in response to alexei navalny's death. we'll go through his possible options. >>> also, israel is giving hamas an ultimatum on the remaining hostages. free them by ramadan o

well, when donald trump gives this go-ahead to mike johnson and says: that's it, let 's not drag anything, let's finally put this issue to the vote and finally vote, because really, russia is advancing and we need to help ukraine, by the way, on this meeting, yesterday the director of the central intelligence agency was also present... administration of the usa, william burns, and he just told the people present there that russia has certain advances on the battlefield, and precisely because of the delay by congress, the unblocking of financial and military aid to ukraine. and by the way, it's also interesting, i found information that the group that met yesterday was not included in the american military. also joe biden was called the big four, oh well, now god give the big four some sense so they finally unblock the bailout. it is worth avoiding rhetoric that could only lead to further inflaming the tense situation surrounding the russian war in ukraine. this was stated by the official representative of the secretary general of the united nations, stefan duzharic, during the briefing. y

mike johnson did not convince them, and let's let's listen to another direct speech of chuck schumer,hom we heard a little earlier. there is logic in solving the border issue. we also want it, but now we need to deal with ukraine, as it can be done quickly due to a broad pre-party consensus. and the border issue needs additional attention, and we are ready to work on it, but at the same time we are not ready to delay. well, when donald trump gives this go-ahead to mike johnson and says: that 's all, let's drag it out, let's finally put this issue to a vote and already finally vote, because really , russia is advancing and we need to help ukraine, by the way, the director of the us central intelligence agency, william burns, was also present at this meeting yesterday, and he just told the people present there that russia has... certain advances on the battlefield, and precisely because of delays by congress, the unblocking of financial and military aid to ukraine. and by the way, it is also interesting, i found information that in the american media this group that met yesterday, well,

instead, we actually wanted to turn our attention to a side of mike johnson that reveals more about theontrols the speaker's gavel. and that is his ties to christian extremists. a new investigation from the daily beast reveals johnson had close relationships with influential leaders of a radical sect of christiane 80, called christian dominion-ism. and that includes david martin, a christian nationalists who spearheads a group known for their defense of biblical slavery and challenging the 13th amendment. the daily beast also reports in 2000 -- in 2019, excuse, me johnson delivered a keynote speech to the council for -- a secretive pro christian group that wields immense influence and conservative politics. that group was cofounded by gary north, and influential christian dominion estes who has endorsed biblical slavery in the past. and on top of all this, just this week, johnson spoke at a summit hosted by the family of the research council, you may have heard about them. they are an anti lgbtq a group, alongside with a pastor who suggested demonic spirits are behind abortions and lgbt

it marjorie taylor greene brings the motion to vacate, we will help to keep mike johnson power. re already voices saying that. we don't know if there would be enough of them. a lot of balls in the air if johnson brings the bill to the floor. would he not bring it to the floor? there is a procedure for bringing a bill to the floor around the wishes of the gop leader and it's called a discharge petition. it means if he gets 218 signatures on this petition come you force a vote on to the lord even if the majority leaders don't want it. mike johnson might not want to bring it to the florida the democrats find enough for the discharge position, then we would think it would pass. they would be enough centrist republicans and democrats would join that push. a couple of different scenarios there we don't know which one will happen. even yesterday, thom tillis said the discharge position might be the best way to do this. another republican senator supported this package and said we are talking to house republicans about it. if they do go the discharge prison -- petition rep, on a bill lik

obviously, mike johnson brings that bill to the floor tomorrow, if he wants to.enging procedural ways to force the vote, that, frankly, takes time that is not guaranteed to succeed. absent that, absent passing a supplemental, there are things that the administration can do to move around stockpiles in europe, try to resupply the ukrainians that way, but let's be clear, it is not, anywhere, near the efficiency of just passing this bill, or anywhere near the scale of what the ukrainians need. so, i think, after a long time of trying to work with republicans, and detach border provisions to fit in the senate, all of that, the months, that have been put in to make this easier for the republican party to move this forward, i think the only way is real pressure. pointing out the real life stakes that are involved in this . >> let me ask, you quickly, about sanctions. president biden said that the u.s. will unveil sanctions against russia on saturday, in response to the killing of opposition leader, alexei navalny. if you are in charge of the sanctions, what would they

apparently so does mike johnson. what image is that. what does that look like? >> the party is changing. you know, republicans used to be golfers and bankers. and increasingly it is not that at all. it is a populist party. it is trump ended its gates. i think that johnson fits into that. so there is conflict there but i think essentially they are allies. they will disagree on some things, and gaetz is basically a libertarian. so that is not entirely compatible with what mike johnson believes but they have big goals and they want power so i think that my guess is they will figure out a way to make peace on most issues. >> it is interesting. as these two men are trying to carve the gop into their image, you've got the titular head of the party, donald trump, who is not a paragon of christian virtue. how do they reconcile that? is it just about he got us the supreme court? isn't just about he advocates for the things that we advocate, it doesn't matter whether or not he himself believes them or has any type of moral connection or even a theocratic one given what yo

the president even spending one-on-one time with republican house speaker mike johnson.jia jiang is at the white house. >> reporter: president biden told congressional leaders this morning that the time to send ukraine more money is now. >> i think the consequences of inaction every day in ukraine are dire. >> reporter: house speaker mike johnson, who has refused to allow a vote on new funding for ukraine, was pressed by everyone in the room, including his republican colleague, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. >> the meeting on ukraine was one of the most intense i have ever encountered in my many meetings in the oval office. >> what made this meeting one of the most intense you've ever had here? >> the urgency of supporting ukraine and the consequences to the people of america. >> reporter: but speaker johnson came out of the meeting undeterred, insisting on action to address the southern border first. >> we must take of america's needs first. when you talk about america's needs, you have to talk first about our open border. >> reporter: another top focus today,

.>> mike johnson, house republicans, why are they so opposed to this bill?>> donald trump. donald trump, the former president really has his arms around the republican party. when he was president, donald trump wanted very little to do with any involvement abroad. he got us out of the paris climate accord. he did not go along with the transpacific partnership. the world health organization. he took the united states out of them, and because he doesn't believe in having american involvement overseas, that's why mike johnson and a handful of very bright republicans in the house have put a stop on it. >> he's not our current leader, but he has a strong opinion, and people are listening. he has been very vocal about russia and ukraine. what happens moving forward? are they going to keep listening to the man who would like to be president again?>> they now call former president trump the speaker of the house. will that roll continue? when you have public opinion the way it is, when you have a senate that has already said we are going to go along with it, there is tremendous pres

negotiations, sources tell cbs news that house speaker mike johnson has made a new offer to avert a government shutdown. the offer would push government funding deadlines further into march and was made during bipartisan talks between both chambers of congress. >>> and adele taking some time off from her las vegas residency. the singer says she's been sick and will go on vocal rest. she's postponed her shows planned for march. >>> for more, download the cbs news app on your cell phone or connected tv. i'm carissa lawson, cbs news, new york. >>> it's wednesday, february 28th, 2024. this is >>> it's wednesday, february 28th, 2024. this is "cbs news mornings." victories in michigan. after pulling off big wins in last night's primaries, it's looking more and more like it will be a rematch in november between joe biden and donald trump. but there may be snags for both sides as the candidates march toward their nominations. >>> time is ticking for congress to act to avoid a partial government shutdown. when the money runs out, and why some lawmakers are optimistic about a path out. >>> and breaking

simply the same marjarie taylor greene will begin the procedure for recalling the speaker and mike johnsone, just like kevin mccarthy was thrown out not so long ago, because the procedure there is now very simplified, and in order to declare no confidence in the speaker, five legislators and congressmen are enough to start procedures, then they will vote against mike johnson during the... initial original plan, to carry out migration reform and approve external tranches, migration reform, they simply want to return all the practices of the trump era, that is, about the deportation of illegal migrants, and at the same time highlight ukraine has not 60 billion, but 40 billion, well, like a third less, as if it would be easier to implement, i’m not sure that the democrats will agree with such a reform project, but this is like another plan c, let’s say, if the plan b won't work well, plan d, which we also already talked about, and there i continue to believe that... of the most likely scenarios, if it doesn’t work out with b and c, then the next option is simply in the month of march, when th

enough to show the outline of your mike johnson.y in case you're wondering why republicans don't support ukraine. the reason is called donald trump. he loves him some putin. and we found out just how much from former australian prime minister malcolm turnbull, seen here trying to discreetly determine if his finger smells like butt. [laughter] no. discreetly. turnbull was on an australian news show, and he described his experience at international summits watching trump meet putin. >> i've been with trump and putin. trump is in awe of putin. he's -- when you see trump with putin, as i have on a few occasions, he's like the 12-year-old boy that goes to high school and meets the captain of the football team. "ah, my hero." it is really creepy. >> stephen: that is an insulting comparison to 12-year-old boys. if one of them, if a 12-year-old boy met putin, he wouldn't idolize him. they would look him straight in the eye and say, "wait, we're the same height?" but if you want to see the russian influence in the republican party, look no f

and for speaker mike johnson, it's yet another reminder how tough his job is to do anything in congress. >> really good point ormcconnell. those whispers have gotten louder. speaking of the senate as mentioned majority leader schumer is going to bring the stand alone foreign aid bill likely to vote tonight. walk us through what you think that result will be, and if it has a chance to pass, do we think pressure could go to the house and do the same? >> we're going to see what happens in the senate. you know, it's never good when the majority leader is leaving saying we're going to give our colleagues the night to figure it out. that leaves us in the unknown because i've seen so many senators some who initially said a few weeks ago saying they'd never vote for ukraine aid now saying they'd be in play on this, but now using the border on a cudgel. i think the house dynamics on a stand alone aid package like this could end up being easier though we saw some embarrassing votes fail on the house side of this in the earlier part of the week. this is yet another incidence where washington is ba

mike johnson can lose his position, i will remind you a little to our viewers that mike johnson heldspeaker because of the last ones, he may not hold on for the last ones for his position because he lost six procedural votes in the last seven weeks, and when he was nominated for this position, it was actually a nomination , which should avoid a shutdown in the state, yes, but we see that so far the budget of the united states has not been voted on for this already 20. fourth year, that is, in principle , it fulfills its duties with great difficulty, as you think, which the prospect of mike's death johnson in the near future, let 's say, and this, as i understand it, can drag out the process of considering aid to ukraine even longer? it seems to me that we will still get out of this crisis with speaker johnson, but after that he will become unnecessary, he will become unnecessary even for the trumpists who brought him to this position, and even more so, he will become unnecessary for conservatives. who do not like him for his high radicalism, he will definitely not be needed by the de

his word that he believes that god has told him that he's called to be moses this and i think mike johnson not look at whether or not this is actually that moment and he ought to help ukrainian people. >> it's been made clear to speaker johnson that if he does that he brings up this bill and just allows it to be voted on even if you've votes against it. if he just introduces the bill at that as you note already passed, the senate, there will be repercussions for his speakership that members of the house freedom caucus may offer a motion to vacate and remove him from his speakership. that is the threat facing him. >> that's right. and and what i would say to that is he ought to understand and that it is worth it if he has to lose his speakership in order to make sure that freedom survives, in order to make sure that the united states of america continues to play its leadership role in the world. he had to read what's happening in ukraine today. he had read about the slaughter that's going on. any out to understand that we are at a turning point in the history, not just of this nation, but o

and mike johnson seems either unwilling or unable to do that. you look at the government shutdown deadline coming up into days. he hasn't decided officially what path they're going to take. we reported last night that they might go for a stop gap to punt this for another two weeks. but again, we're running up to the deadline and then on ukraine aid, for example, a lot of people are frustrated both supporters and opponents of ukraine aid that he has yet to actually make a decision and spell out how he is going to specifically handle the senate passed bill that provides all of this money to ukraine, israel, and taiwan. and what you're seeing is mitch mcconnell, especially getting, get frustrated with his posture here and mitch mcconnell has been through a lot of these processes. he sat through a lot of these oval office meetings over the years. he knows how this works and what we've reported yesterday is that he schumer and hakeem jeffries, the house minority leader, where essentially ganging up on johnson when it comes to the issue of ukraine aid

mike johnson is not nancy pelosi. i mean, he couldn't possibly be he doesn't have the years of experience. he does not have the decades of training on the job and even the strongest most experienced longstanding house republican house speaker at this moment, it might not matter anyway, because the politics of some of those far-right seats are just entrenched in plus 37 seven districts or what have you. but on top of that, if you don't have the personal chits, the ability to instill fear as well as loyalty. if you don't have that, those long-standing patterns and skills that take literally decades to build, how can you steer a ship like this >> the thing that we're not talking about? melanie, you have these conversations every day on capitol hill. is that they're genuinely are different goals and different approaches to governing. we're all talking about it with the premise that they want to get things done. there are a lot genuinely a lot of republicans who came to congress in order to blow things up because they don'

i think that might be the porno that mike johnson is in. umiliating defeat, speaker johnson badly needed a win. so even though it was late, before the house adjourned, he called for a vote on the g.o.p.'s standalone package for aid to israel, and that failed too. but it's not whether you win or lose, it's how hard you laugh at mike johnson. of course, the super bowl isn't the only clash of titans happening in nevada this week, because yesterday they held their presidential primaries. on the democratic side, joe biden had a commanding win with 89% of the vote. it is always reassuring when his vote total is higher than his age. the g.o.p. also had a primary, but due to some party shenanigans, donald trump was not on the ballot. instead, he's part of tomorrow's republican caucus. so nikki haley was running unopposed. it was a big chance for her to spark some nik-mania, and she came through with 30% of the vote. not great. but even less great, she lost to "none of these candidates," which got twice as many votes. nikki haley's campaign message i

what will mike johnson do? we have a moral duty to help survivors of violent crime by ensuring that they have access to the care and support they need. that is why i rise today in support of robust funding for the victims of crime act, also known as voca. voca is one of the most important sources of funding for victims of crime and particularly survivors of sexual assault. voca funds rape crisis centers, emergency shelters and forensic will be as to pro-- labs to process d.n.a. case work and help law enforcement bring criminals to justice. during my time as rhode island's general treasurer, i managed our state's crime victims compensation fund, which is funded in part by voca. during those years, we helped thousands of rhode islanders recovering from violent incidents with health care, counseling, reimbursement for lost wages and other expenses. i am particularly proud that we helped 300 survivors, more than 300 survivors of domestic violence relocate to newhousing away from their -- new housing away from their

it's not mitch mcconnell, mike johnson, they're in the backseat. they hope it does not crash. these guys are the ones dictating where the republican party goes. if you want to understand why donald trump has a firm grip on the republican party, why so much of the republican party believes these lies about the election, and so many other things, you need to understand the heavily polluted information environment in which they are getting their news, and that is coming from people like jesse kelly, coming from like sean hannity who saw there, and i explains why the republican party is where it is right. now >> it used to be the power of lawmakers and special interest groups. it's just people -- a podcaster reddish no, what have you. oliver darcy, great to see you, thank you for staying up late for us tonight. >> thank you for staying up late with us and watching. you can watch me and laura coates tomorrow night at ten pm for a special coverage of trump's ballot battle at the supreme court and also the republican caucus. is sick around, laura coates live starts next. great party,

during the main vote, in general, that’s where it all ends, here’s mike johnson, i think that’s it-eless , the democrats have a plan b, they started talking about it quite openly in the last few days, to try to convince some moderate republicans, vote with them. and thus , bypassing the speaker, still bring this matter up for discussion and then pass it, but i admit that this can happen, yes, although of course, even if you are a moderate republican, even if you represent such swing districts or districts in liberal states, for you such a move will again mean, most likely , political suicide, because there both trump and trump supporters will, of course, give them a very serious nightmare, but theoretically this is possible, which is why we should keep this point in mind that suddenly, somehow, bypassing mike johnson, everything... will be able to accept these 60 billion to ukraine. the second point , which is now being discussed, was invented by some right-wing republicans; they still propose to revive this very original original plan, carry out migration reform and approve the ext

mike johnson must promised to do absolutely nothing about it and mike johnson, who serves only the perverseing us now, stuart stevens, veteran of five republican presidential campaigns. senior adviser to the lincoln project and a partner at resolute square, a pro democracy media platform. he's the author of the it was all a lie, how the republican party became donald trump. and stuart, i think of your book, the title, it was all a lie, whenever the stories come along, because what this story seems to prove is that for donald trump and for the house republicans, certainly most of them, and for many senators, republican senators, they just don't care about any of this. they don't care at all about any of the policies they've talked about that they want at the southern border because here is their chance, and they just don't care. it's what ever donald trump wants. >> first, lawrence, on behalf of the political consultants union and real estate agents everywhere like to thank ron desantis for his contributions. to the beach houses of america. that's an extraordinary number when you break it do