if mike johnson tries to kill this. now mike johnson did not have any reaction when melanie zanona just asked him in the hallways about this, he waved to her question off. so how will the leadership deal with this? but a real threat to his speakership right now, can you hang on to his speakership? it's chaotic republican majority, once again, descent into internal warfare over funding. the government, which is still moving through, still expected to pass, but can mike johnson? hang onto his job? that is a major question that is critical hour. >> monitor that i mean, that raises the question of the cart before the horse and the chicken and egg. i mean, it sends the voting has begun on the spending deal presumably that can still pass, right? even though there's this motion to vacate or does that end up being an obstacle in all of this >> no, you get absolutely can pass in is going to expect it. it's on track to pass, right now. and then once you finish says series than then the house is going to wrap up action and there'l

largely president trump and speaker mike johnson have had a great relationship and speaker mike johnson out a tweet congratulating him on securing the nomination. seems like a big voice you would want to get input from since he's the head of the party at the moment. >> we are seeing yet another tantrum by a tiny fraction of that conference that is disrupting the entire machine that we just exhaustively waited for it to get back on track. here we are again watching someone steal the time and the audio and the limelight and the attention and she says we should have our attention on the illegal streaming across the border but our attention was on you. i am sick and tired of it as a republican and an american citizen. i want them to get to work. who is better than him? what is the plan? i don't want them to take two days off to vote for that and figure everything out and look incompetent during a presidential election year. this is the last thing i want to be subjected with and at a minimum it is disappointing. >> there's a great irony here. as i listen to her and i hear her say that there'

wall street editorial defending mike johnson. too many house republicans would prefer to be in the minority. and they write this. marjorie taylors -- marjorie taylor greene's motion to oust mr. johnson poses the deception behind the coup against mccarthy. after we criticized the coup as destructive and self-serving, matt wrote us a letter, saying that in electing mr. johnson the gop had a real consso what's wrong with mr. johnson now? apparently, because he's not willing to indulge, because he acts like shutting down the government, mr. johnson is a sellout too. marjorie taylor greene republican of georgiathe sunday morning futures to explain her reason for filing a motion to vacate against speaker mike johnson, saying he failed to secure the border. here is what she had to say. >> there's nothing in this bill that's a core -- secures the border. -- that secures the border. it does everything to keep the biden administrations horrible deadly invasion happening every civil day.speaker johnson's one chance, his one chance to truly

it didn't start with mike johnson. this has been going on many years now in the house republican conference. it's really got to end. those who vote for the bills determine the content, not those who are voting against the bills, very simple. >> what report doing you have about what's going on in the house? >> it's been a very bad day for house republicans. let's start with that. first off you have the majority -- >> hold on, tell me when's the last time you said it was a very good day for house republicans? >> i can't remember the last time it's been this bad of day. it's been a very, very tumultuous majority, but today was unusual in the sense it distilled all the fractures and governing struggles and in- fighting and disenchantment among institutionalists like mike gallagher who decided at age 40, a rising star in the party, he's done with this, he's going to walk away. the fact ken buck is leaving is indicative of the fact he's been pushed out because he demanded that party leaders stand up and emphatically reject t

this and passed by mike johnson. reporter: should johnson step down? ms.uld be a choice he'd have to m speaker candidate after another has fallen short. how can you possibly find anyone or see someone to succeed mike johnson to■0 find the votes and keep the conference together and not plunge congress into chaos? ms. greene: we have to do it because we have a country in crisis. we have a border invaon happening every single day. we have americans under the age of 30 for the first time showing in all types of polling have lost hope for their future. the younger generations can't afford to buy a home. inflation is running rampant. our country is in crisis. and we need real leaders that know to fight, that know how to walk in a room and don't get rolled by the deep state and don't get rolled by the democrats and don't get rolled into doing whatever it takes to maintain that power and position. we need a speaker of the house that actually represents the people. this is the people's hoe. this is not washington, d.c.'s house. this is the people's house. reporter:

she has filed a motion to oust mike johnson. ading for the excite doors leaving their majority hanging been the thread. johnson has only been speaker five months. kevin mccarthy barely held on for nine. with these fellows gone, republicans only have one single vote to spare on legislation. now, two men who understand political dynamics in congress, charlie dent and connor lamb. both of pennsylvania. charlie, she says this is the fight she want to have in an election year, is this smart politics? >> i can't begin to tell you, stephanie, how idiotic this move is. because look, they have a very slender majority. one vote majority to begin with. it is clear she does not want to be in the majority. so think about it. in eight months there is an election. where this very slim majority is already at risk. the house could easily flip. so why not have another gop circular firing squad now or when ever she tries to move this motion to vacate. why not do that again? that's the thing. it is beyond absurd. it is pure lunacy that she somehow t

last hour republican marjorie taylor greene filed a motion to oust speaker mike johnson. >> today i filed a motion to vacate after speaker johnson has portrayed our conference. it is time to choose a new speaker. >> and this is right after the house passed a bill to finish stopping a shutdown. and more members voted against it than for it. this is just other five months after speaker mccarthy was removed. let's discuss. ryan, what happens with this motion to vacate? >> well, at this point it is just a threat. marjorie taylor greene did not make it privileged which means that it doesn't necessarily have to come to the floor in any specified amount of time. basically means that she has it there, it is filed with the clerk. what she believes it is time to make a move, she can do that. this is her way of telling mike johnson you're on notice. i'm unhappy and i'd like to see you change course. listen to what greene said after she filed that motion. >> i filed the motion to vacate, but it is more of a warning than a pink slip. i don't want to inflict pain on our conference, but this is basicall

this is not personal against mike johnson. good man, and i have respect for him as a person, but he is not doing the job. he passed a budget that should've never been brought to the floor. he did not represent our conference, and it was passed with the democrats, and without the majority of the majority. >> is a special night when we mention marjorie taylor greene throughout the show. she has officially filed a motion to oust speaker mike johnson, that's why we're talking about her. her move comes as multiple house republicans are heading for the exit doors, leaving the majority hanging on by a thread. if you haven't been keeping track at home, johnson has only been speaker for five months. kevin mccarthy barely held on for nine. republicans only have one single vote to spare on legislation. back with us tonight, two men who understand political dynamics in congress. congressman conor lamb, and charlie dent, both of pennsylvania. charlie, marjorie said today is the fight that she wants to have in an election year. is this smar

and mike johnson, the republican speaker of the house, he handed over every oun of ne■!tiing power to chuck schumer and the democrats and went ahead and funded the government when this was our point of leverage. republicans had the power of the purse. this was our power. this was our leverage and our chance to secure the border and he didn't do it. now this funding bill passed without the majority of the majority. this was a democrat bill. this is a chuck schumer bill and a bill joe biden can't wait to sign into law and it's a betrayal of the american people. right now americans are watching the border. women are being raped and killed. illegals are squatting in people's homes and then killing them when they come to take their houses back. that's what happened in new york. we're done. we're absolutely done. reporter: what do you need to hear from the speaker to not move forward? ms. greene: he told everyone all week long don't break the 72-hour rule. he heard from all of us all week long. allow us to introduce amendments. allow us to do our job, allow us to represent the

mike johnson's response, he sat on his hands. to think about pro life and what it means when the president goes on to talk about family life in america and things that are important to families. those republicans are saying nothing. >> lawrence, what did you make of it? >> on mike johnson, there is a camera they have up in the corner of the chambers that shoot down from the side. it is really important tonight because there was one shot when they got to it, what you saw was he was doing a sitting ovation and the hands were clapping under the desk. >> really? >> yeah. >> yeah, the hands were clapping under the desk. to get the official count of how many times he clapped, you could only use that camera. but there was a fair amount of times when his hands were closing, including when joe biden said political violence has no place in america. that got one of these from him. and there was this tortured condition he was in that you could tell, okay, rationally people would applaud for that. what am i suppose to do? i'm not, i never sat

this is a democrat budget and it was passed by mike johnson. >> johnson sent down johnson has stepped down. >> that'd be a choice that he would have to make, but we're going to have to find a new speaker >> you saw what happened in the fall. we saw one, we saw one, we saw one speaker candidate after another, fall short of getting the votes necessary. you how could you possibly even find someone to succeed? seed mike johnson who could get the votes, keep this conference together, and not planters chambers to chaos. >> we're going to have to do it because the country is in crisis. we have a border invasion that's happening every single day. we have americans under the age of 30 for the first time it's showing in all types of polling have lost hope for their future the younger generations can't afford to buy a home inflation is running rampant. our country is in crisis and we need real liters that know how to fight, that know how to walk in a room and don't get rolled by the deep state and don't get rolled by the democrats and don't get rolled into doing whatever it takes to maintain tha

it didn't start with mike johnson. this has been going on many years now. and it is really, it got to end. those who vote for the bills determine the content. not those who are voting against the votes. very simple. >> sahil, what reporting do you have about what's going on in the house? >> it has been a very bad day for house republicans. let's start with that. first off. >> hold on, hold on. tell me when the last time you said it has been a very good day for house republicans. >> let me put it this way. i can't remember the last time they had this bad a day. it has been a very, very tumultuous and narrow majority as most of the guests on the panel will agree with but today was unusual. it distilled all the fractures and the disenchantment who decided at the age of 40, a rising star in the party he has done with this. he wanted the next speaker after mccarthy was evicted to stand up and make clear that the election was legitimate. there were four stopgap bills in the meantime. mike johnston did three more of them and didn't lose his job. there is a real re

very much this coalition is kind of telling mike johnson, you are on probation., we are pulling the rip cord. it is going to be a very, very tense next month. >> you just led me to my last question there. siobhan, with the johnson drama as the background, what is the sense of the future of the ukraine funding bill? >> this is going to be a very, very tricky situation and two pathways forward here. either a discharge petition, which seems a little less likely. more of a forcing mechanism. once again, this option of mike johnson doing something with democrats to get two-thirds of the house. this is really, really threading a needle with a very small eye. >> we should underscore, as mentioned, reports right now about air-raid sirens over a number of ukrainian cities, including the capital of kyiv, underscoring the need for this funding to come from washington. we will be keeping an eye n the building behind you. thank you for joining us. we appreciate it. thank you to you for getting up "way too early" on this monday morning. "morning joe" starts right now. >>> they

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right after speaker mike johnson's press conference to me managed to talk to his predecessor, the 52ndpeaker of the house of representatives, nancy pelosi, and she said in particular that in general , the democrats are calling on johnson to bring to a vote the bill on aid to ukraine, which has already been approved in the senate, which is actually now in the house of representatives and mike johnson does not put it to a vote, but she only noted that the democrats are ready to consider alternative options, because now... the most important thing is to put aid to ukraine to a vote in any format, as soon as possible. i suggest you listen to what she told me. it is critical that we do this, that congress do this. the aid package has already passed the senate with bipartisan support. we hope that it will be brought up for consideration in the house of representatives. the speaker said that he did not want to move on to this before the government funded it. this issue should be closed very soon. in a few days, so hopefully the next one will be aid to ukraine. but do you think the package agr

maybe one in five people know who mike johnson is? >> uh-huh. >> maybe -- i don't know what percentage of people can tell you which party controls the house of representatives. the basic facts of that dynamic you just listed. that's like news to a lot of people that come to watch the state of the union on a night that tens of millions of people pay attention. >> and very briefly, there is who is mike johnson? and then there's why is mike johnson? and goes to how they fight among themselves. even conservatives. >> the point you made, arie, about how this is one of the least productive congresses, if not the least, in the history of the united states is a double-edged thing for the president, too. he wants to talk about getting things did know with his bipartisan. but he is literally standing p in front of a congress that can't put a why. we shall see. we are still waiting for president biden to leave the white house, get in the beast, drive over to the capitol to deliver this year's state of the union address. we're going to take a qui

and for mike johnson first of all , the problem is that if he does that and his colleagues can start start the process of his resignation, they have already openly stated that , and also the republicans say that there is no provision about the border, and actually right now such a key player in this process is congressman brian fatrik from pennsylvania, who represents pennsylvania, philadelphia, there is a very large... ukrainian community, he registered, developed his own draft law , which to some extent also takes into account the interests or demands of the republicans, there are regulations on the border, they are quite strict, the aid to ukraine there is only military, it was also a certain criticism of the aid to ukraine from the side of the conservatives, so why we we have to finance pensions, here it is the european union, that is, there is 47 billion, not 60 billion, he registered a petition, at the expense of which this draft law can be put to a vote. bypassing the speaker, that is, in this way the speaker can keep his position, or we don't know if this will happen, we are

and they apparently have threatened to mike johnson with the speakership. if he brings the senate version of that spending package to the house floor for a vote, a house democrats for their part or tried to use a parliamentary mover to try to force a vote on the measure. but there's no guarantees that will work. so unless, until mike johnson decides to allow the members with the house of representatives to vote on the $60000000000.00 package, there won't be any additional funding for ukraine, at least not coming from washington any time soon. rosalind jordan elders era washington joe biden and donald trump both have one enough delegates to secure their parties. presidential nominations for november, so 5, and passed the threshold after winning the primary and the state of georgia. while donald trump secured the republican nomination after winning the primary in washington state's police and the sweden have arrested crime, it active his credits in bergen as to what protesting outside parliament and burke has been detained, will remove several times from prot

house speaker mike johnson, meanwhile, says he plans to invite israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahuhnson made the comments during an thrt view with cnbc's "squawk box." >> i would love to have him come and address a joint session of congress. he invited me and i've been invited to speak at the knesset there. i think i would be the third speaker in history to do that. it would be an honor of mine. we're just trying to work on schedules on this. what chuck schumer did is staggering and almost unbelievable to suggest to our ally in the middle east that he knows better how to run their democracy is just pat wantly absurd. >> wouldn't he have to buy in on the prime minister speaking to congress? he wouldn't say no, would he? >> i guess we'll find out. look, i'm the one that extends the invitations to speak in the house, and if we just have the house, that's fine, too. but i think a big majority of that senate would want to come and stand in support of netanyahu and israel. >> netanyahu also held a videoconference with senate republicans where he denounced democratic majority leader chuck

think it's too much to ask. >> so, rich, speaker johnson hasn't commented yet on that motion to vacate. but he has got another headache now. congressman mikeallagher announced that he is leaving congress next month. is he out early. that coupled with the resignation of ken buck at the end of the day means that johnson could only lose 1 republican now on any upcoming vote. a very slim majority, rich. >> rich: slim indeed. aishah hasnie, thanks for joining us. >> i do not wish to inflict pain on our conference and to throw the house in chaos. but this is basically a warning and it's time for us to go through the process, take our time, and find a new speaker of the house. >> we have got to have a functioning house of representatives. at some point. so, actually working in a bipartisan manner i think the american people would actually like that. >> rich: let's talk about the budget and leadership situation. with us tonight is trey gowdy former congressman from south carolina. trey, thanks very much for joining us tonight. let's start with the budget that's looking like it's going to pass eventually in the senate tonight. do you think speaker

mccarthy he was canned for using democrats to pass certain bills which is exactly what speaker mike johnson any members wondering what has changed and what if anything has gotten better since i got rid of mccarthy and if not what if anything will happen is johnson. >> i think the realization that's been with mike johnson, the party does not change that much in a matter who is in leadership there is always attention internally of the people who go against leadership and the people who are going to be part of the team and with a thin minority it's a tough time for anyone in the speakership position to get things through especially when you have some of the conservatives tanking votes for bills to come to the floor into the minds of most republicans blocking the republican agenda, that sort of regard it seems like a lot of the things that dave was saying mike johnson faces his own transfer motion to vacate. >> 's sounds from where i sit down in south carolina that the gop house conference is beginning to resemble "game of thrones". but the members of congress may wear more makeup than the acto

keep mike johnson speaker mike johnson.litics, some more politics, let me say. this is a wonderful story. democratic strategist james carville says, and i'm going to quote, because he said it, not knee, too many preachy females in the democratic party, okay saying, my quote continues, a suspicion of mind is that there are too many preachy females. don't dripping beer, don't watch football, don't eat hamburgers. this is not good for you. the message is too feminine. everything you're doing is destroying the planet. you have to eat your peas 48% of people that vote who are males. do you mind if they have some consideration, question mark, end quote? whoa. got through that. joining us rich lowery, editor-in-chief at "the national review." batya ungar-sargon, journalist, author of second class. batya, are you preachy female? are you guilty of this? >> let me just say as a preachy female i volunteer as tribute to go to the democratic party to explain to them what they have done wrong and how to get back on track with the working

this is not personal against mike johnson. he's a very good man, and i have respect for him as a person, but he is not doing the job. >> reporter: just months ago, kevin mccarthy was removed as speaker after he turned to democrats and republicans to reach a deal to fund the government. the house was paralyzed for 22 days. >> i don't see how she could possibly think this will benefit anyone or the american people. >> reporter: the senate now preparing to work through the night to get that bill passed and avert a government shutdown. as for that push to try to oust mike johnson, yet another speaker, it's unclear how republicans plan to move forward. the house is now out on recess for two weeks, david. >> david: rachel scott cutting through it all for us tonight. thank you. >>> now to the monday deadline for donald trump to post that $464 million bond in his new york civil fraud case. tonight donald trump now contradicting his own lawyers, who argued all week that he doesn't have the cash. trump now says he has nearly $500 millio

speaker mike johnson.s is wonderful story. democratic strategist james carville says, too many preachy females in the democratic party. okay. saying, my quote continues, a suspicion of mine is that there are too many preachy females, don't drink beer, down watdon't watch football, don't eat hamburgers this is not good for you, the message is too mefeminine. you are ruining the planet. -- joining us now rich lowry, and batya ungar-sargon. batya are guilty of this. >> let me say, as a preachy female, i volunteer tribute to go to democratic party and explane to them what they have done wrong and get back in track with working class, this is a gross thing to say, was bill clinton a preachy female when he signed nas nafta and obama when he said that jobs were not coming back, ande biden's preachy female, this is about policy, about -- >> it is about woke. are you telling me, what kind of cars i have to buy? what kind of air-conditioners, ceiling fans. >> how preachy are you. >> i will preach to anyone who will

, and why is it important, what is important is that... as he said that mike johnson will listen to trumpember there will be elections not only for the president of the united states, but the house of representatives, if there is no blessing from trump, then mike johnson may not get into the house of representatives, but he may also lose his position, because according to the changed rules, any republican congressman can raise the question of his removal from office, that is why he is holding on and trying with these promises , that here... we will look at the border, then we mentioned the funding of the government, although they have already voted, extended it for a certain period, although not over the whole year, that is, this catavasia, it will continue for a certain time, although, of course, there is pressure from colleagues in the house of representatives, there will certainly be a sufficient number of republicans who will vote for aid to ukraine, because they understand that it is not just some territorial dispute. in europe, and we are talking about the world order and we are tal

mike johnson in the sense that he can be bypassed, there are several options, well, the first optionpatrick, a republican congressman who worked in ukraine at one time and is a big supporter of ukraine. he registered his bill, it is rather, shall we say, less favorable, favorable than what the senators voted in terms of the amount of aid and defense, and there is definitely neither... economic nor humanitarian aid, so this is one of the options , and the second, including fitzpatrick, a democrats are also said to be gathering the necessary 218 votes to bring the bill, which was voted down in the senate, to a vote, effectively bypassing mike johnson. ah, why is this important, what is important is that mike johnson said that he will listen to trump, because in ... november there will be an election not only for the president of the united states, but for the house of representatives, if there is no blessing from trump, then mike johnson may not make it to the house of representatives, but he may lose his office, because under the changed rules, any the republican congressman can raise

what would happen if mike johnson did cut a deal with democrats? what would the word be from mar- a-lago? part of the problem is this chaos caucus is egged on and encouraged by the leader of the republican party, donald trump, and donald trump thrives on this. he doesn't want to see a functional congress. i don't think he would mind seeing a government shutdown. he's certainly not going to support ukraine aid. so this is -- it's hard to figure out exactly how republicans managed to come out of this looking like anything other than a clown car on fire. >> except, brendan, for a few key people in that chaos bunch, members of the conference, they're actually doing okay with it. here is greg murphy, the republican congressman from north carolina on newsmax tonight, talking about something that's been happening in the last few days. >> sadly enough, i just got a text not 30 minutes ago from marjorie saying that i'm wanting to raise money on this. met gates raised money all week on the whole time he was creating chaos. this is not what it's supposed to b

in general, according to the american media, this plan belongs to mike johnson. after receiving manynd pressure from republican senators during a closed-door meeting, including pressure from senate republican leader mitch mcconnell. i will note what mitch mcconnell himself did today a powerful enough statement in the senate, he in particular addressed the house of representatives and called for a senate bill on aid to ukraine to be voted on. at least mitch mcconnell did not mention the alternative version of speaker mike johnson during his speech today. i suggest you listen to what he said today. vladimir putin does not play for a draw. he does not seek to sit down at the negotiating table. he will not stop at ukraine. he told us that himself. he showed us this many times. equipping ukraine for success on the battlefield is the best way to help to our friends to resolve this war from a position of strength. supporting ukraine is exhausting the army. forces of our common adversary, and also strengthens america's interests. at the same time, these are direct investments in our own mili

democrats, what ya'll going to do when the time comes and you gotta vote or not vote for mike johnsonmocratic members of the house are on separate shows. congressman khanna was on fox news sunday. conley from virginia was on msnbc. listen to khanna and then conley and what they have to say about what they would do if they were faced with having to vote to save mike johnson. >> i would consider it under two conditions. one, we get the aid into ukraine, so we stand up to putin. and two, let's get the $6 oh # 0 million to rebuild the bridge in baltimore. >> to reward him because he finally brings up a bill that's going to pass with 300 votes, well that's his job. that's not doing us a favor that has to be rewarded. so i part ways with those who say we owe him something. we don't. he owes us something. >> and so the thing here that they have in common is that khanna is saying give me funding for baltimore and funding for ukraine. congressman conley is saying you should be giving us ukraine as a matter of course. what's going to happen? >> there are a lot of people in both of those camps,

speaker mike johnson told the g.o.p.o "knock it off and quit attacking one another," but the ink listening pure joining us political correspondent, olivia beaver's, hello, olivia.spea speaker mike johnson threw a party or a retreat and nobody showed up were very few. i guess they were too busy going out trying to kill one another politically speaking, right?y was very, very poorly attendedgn meanwhile they are out campaigning against one anothero >> trey, used to sort of touched on it but the irony of the speakers coming out swinging and blasting the republican membersr for going out against their own colleagues in incumbent ros is the people receiving this message aren't there. d and if you narrooww it down the biggest name that comes to mind is matt gaetz down in texas to campaign against tony gonzalez, in incumbent, a runoff against a sort of social media probebu influencer. but he has also been involved in other races.oss congressman mike voss raised against the aaron bailey, which not so successful was mike vosst wa

the document has yet to be approved by the house of representatives, where republican speaker mike johnsonput the document to a vote. oleksandr kraev, director of the north america program of the foreign policy council of ukrainian prisma, joins our broadcast. oleksandr, good evening, we haven't seen you for a long time. yes, congratulations, good evening to you, glad to be on the air again. tell me, but on the bill, which actually provides for the assistance of these 60 billion dollars for ukraine, which, which was supported by the senate in february, it is possible to put a full stop, or it is not necessary too soon. in fact, the situation is still developing , we see that the alternative bills that are being submitted, well, the same one, for example, that is being developed by johnson and his company, the one that is proposed in the senate, the so-called interim aid packages for ukraine, they are just as relevant as the main one, the one that was proposed by biden, that is, it is not that he should be written off, it is simply necessary to understand that now he is in a much more compe

speaker mike johnson, who guided the bill through the house, is facing sudden elimination as georgia congresswoman marjorie taylor green has introduced a motion to vacate his leadership. >>> meantime, the clock is running out for former president trump, who has less than 48 hours to come up with nearly a half billion dollar bond in new york civil fraud judgment. a violation could cost trump some of his most valuable properties, as new york attorney general letitia james prepares to seize trump assets. we are going to be talking about all of it ahead. >>> plus, we will update you about the worsening situation, where gang violence has forced thousands to flee, a building humanitarian crisis. congressional lawmakers are calling on the white house to do more. joining many -- me now is congressman from texas. earlier, the government signed the bipartisan spending the bill, avoiding a government shutdown, with just hours after the bill passed the senate late last night, much of the gridlock stemmed from an ongoing stalemate over national security. specifically to ukraine and over border se

it doesn't seem that it is just about mike johnson leadership. it is people leaving early and purposely putting their party in a bind because they are fed up with the party. what do you hear from your republican colleagues? what is it about the state of the party that is making them want to abandon it in this moment? >> yeah. i think we are seeing the fall of the republican party, which has really become the party of donald trump. as we all know, donald trump cares most about donald trump. so it is at the expense of american democracy, at the expense of peace in europe around the world, if it is at the expense of our communities and our economy, people do anything to get back in power. and members of their own parties if they don't fall in line. i think many people who run for public office care deeply about their communities. and they see the way in which the republican party has been shredded into a three ring circus and these clowns who are holding our government and our economy and world peace hostage. when i look at the current situation, fo

he got cooed. >> now, mike johnson, i don't know what's in the water or something over there here.e coup. >> when you come into house, >> republican conference, it's cuckoo for coco puffs. yes. >> i'm just tough for your head i feel like you made can ask when you talked to trump officials and they're watching what's happening with house republicans what do they say? they've got to be a little bit concerned about the dysfunction, right? >> they are with honestly, there's so much more concerned with donald trump's campaign. all of these legal issues, what we've been talking about on the, spillover from people watching in the house and saying, i don't want that. >> i think they're trying to give my johnson more time. honestly i don't think that they're happy obviously, when i talked to them, i think they recognize that congress is a mess right now. and that the republican party, or if republicans in congress are a mess, but they also recognize that, i donald trump was one of the people who endorsed mike johnson. he put his support behind him. he's going to stick with him at least for

of course, as house speaker mike johnson is right there. but the other thing that was paired with, with all of this is that you have to think about israel and gaza, which is obviously, you know, president biden on the way to this speech, had to take a different route to actually get there to avoid the protesters who were trying to block his motorcade from getting to the capitol. he was a little bit late getting there. i wonder what you make of how he handled that moment in the historical context, but also something that could be deeply damaging to him come november with the progressive, younger members of his party right. >> so not only i think one of the things that the white house continues to do is underestimate just what kind of impact this kind of israel-hamas, but also palestinian crisis, humanitarian crisis that the us is now actively involved in, how how that's going to play out at the polls and so i think tonight he did a job and apparently the cnn, you know, quick poll, supports this where it said the majority of americans felt li

if and when mike johnson brings it, he loses his job as speaker i think. and incurs the wrath of donald trump. that has been the equallibrium for two weeks and nothing has moved. >> listen, i think it is really an open question as to what happens to mike mike johnson if he brings ukraine up for a vote. you're right, it would pass ig with flying colors and i don't know that we should assume the republican conference has the appetite for another leadership fight. they don't have an alternative. and they maybe are not so politically dumb to put themselves into that quagmire now on the precipice of a general election. i'm not sure donald trump wants that. i think the the speaker should govern with a little more confidence than he does today. and he is trying to get through the next round of budget negotiations. i think if he brought the ukraine bill up for a vote, i think he would get the votes for it. he wouldn't get the contest for leadership he thinks. donald trump doesn't want that fight because he knows that would drown the republican party and him for th

host: speaker mike johnson is still dealing with kevin mccarthy's baggage. if there is another cr and this deal does come together, what does that baggage mean for whether he remains as a speaker and the criticism he's received in his own republican conference? guest: speaker johnson is taking a lot of arrows from his own membership especially those on the right flank as his predecessor did. yp that mccarthy had negotiated put in place. the biggest example of that is the debt and spending deal, the fiscal responsibility act that iated with president biden. it not only lifted the debt ceiling but it also puts spending caps in place that speaker johnson has to abide by as he is negotiating these various spending bills. that is one example. another example is impeachme. speaker mccarthy at that time had moved forward with impeachment. he had essentially unilaterally set those wheels in motion. speakerohhat very difficult issue. about whether to press forward with impeachment or pull back the reins. host: never a dull moment in capitol hill. the are as usual. sc

but who was working with chuck schumer against mike johnson as the speaker of the house. i think we're going to get a new leader in the senate sometime in the next few months, which will be a more conservative leader that a better work with our house majority. >> what what happens if the senate picks one of the johns barrasso, cornyn or through and to replace him or any of those names acceptable choices to you. >> why would love to see someone like rick scott who challenged mitch mcconnell most recently? i think you'll see more senators willing to vote for a conservative option. someone has to get 25 votes if the republicans have the majority, or actually with a 49 votes right now so let the minority leader, so i'd like to see someone like rick scott. i think mike lee, ron johnson ran paul, ted cruz or also will be outstanding candidates. but the center is going to do it the center is going to win. do unfortunate, i don't have a vote on that >> all right. congressman bob. good. thank you. we appreciate you answering our questions tonight. >> thank you. >> next on newsnigh

i don't blame mike johnson or speaker johnson for any of this today.ccarthy. the debt debt ceiling bills had no caps and lots of loopholes. >> green would like to visit the same ouster on mike johnson. the ouster of kevin which you supported. if one wasn't able to get control. is it something you could receive control. >> there are a lot of reasons why we ousted the former speaker. spending was one of them. today, mike johnson, he's as honest as they come. i don't agree on every issue. i didn't vote for the bill but he's honest. >> was this a mistake. mccarthy hasn't spoke for 6 months. >> i blame everything on the former speaker. the baseline set last year in the debt ceiling bill is what we have to deal with today. republicans for years have been a part of the spending. at some people point will wake up. >> are you worried this could lead to a speaker jeffreys. it doesn't take many votes to topple a speaker. i'm disappointed with my colleagues quitting on congress. you committed to your two which is two years. the first member was kevin mccarthy when

i didn't know it'd be mike johnson.ause, again, i think democrats probably wouldn't take out kevin mccarthy in the same way they did mike johnson, if the reason he's removed is for bringing up a bill they want him to bring up anyway. they'll get something out of it this time. i think their bid will fail, but it'll be chaos again. >> briefly, speak to how constrained and weak johnson is with the threat over his shoulder, but not just with the republicans leaving but quitting the house, it'll be down to a single vote. >> none of us have seen a house majority this thin before, and it handcuffs the speaker. one thing the house usually has for it is it can move quickly, can maneuver, be agile. when you have a one-vote majority, you can't do much of anything. you need the minority to pass anything you want. that's been the case really all congress. so whether it is ukraine or anything that happens for the rest of the time, hakeem jeffries is incredibly powerful. it's really hard for johnson to walk into a house republican con

capitol which included remarks from house speaker mike johnson.he credited the ghost army with saving between 15,00an 30,000 lives as a result of their secret missions. this is an hour and 15 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome our honored guests, veterans from the 23rd headquartered special troops and 33rd signal service company, seymour nissen. [applause] accompanied by speaker mike johnson leader mitchonnell, jeffries, senator susan collins, senator edward markey, representative koster, former sy secretary of veterans affairs tonya, secretary of the army >> chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, charles brown jr. chief of staff to the army. george and president of the ghost armyacy mr. rick buyer. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, the honorable mike johnson, speaker of the united states house of representatives. [applause] >> thank you all so much. we are pro welcome you here to the capital. it's a good to see you all this morning and i want to just thank you so much of the many that are gathering. my colleagues and congress and of

we will hear from mike johnson later in the show. stay with us. >> he told me, you know, they met at hotels, he would go to her place, and i remember him saying you need to find her bestie who they had a falling out, that's the person whose condo they would meet at. they traveled to texas, traveled to florida, just, you know, a lot of different travel. belize, specifically said belize, a cruise, the bahamas. >> sandra: begin with bombshell testimony in the georgia state senate committee hearing from embattled d.a. fani willis, exposed affair with nathan wade reveals more what she learned from wade's former attorney. boy, does that keep getting interesting. i'm sandra smith in new york. john, hello to you. >> john: so many interesting things this week and more to come tomorrow. i'm john roberts in washington, and this is "america reports". ashleigh merchant represents one of the 19 co-defendants and initially filed the motion to have willis dismissed. a central argument to have her removed from the case rests on claims that the fulton

a lot of them are saying, mike johnson needs to move forward you aid to ukraine for them to save. my johnson's speakership in a key development on friday, he spoke to a colleague, greg pence, privately about his plans to break in up. ukraine aid when the house returns to session next month he said >> that's going to come to the floor when we come back. and i think that's good >> but do you think that he should cut a deal with democrats on that issue on ukraine? in order to save a speakership >> not in order to save his speakership. i think the right thing to do for israel, ukraine, and taiwan so that's gonna be a huge development if mike johnson does decide to move forward on aid to ukraine, but will that be enough for him to hang onto the gavel? that is another question altogether >> you've also got some new reporting on senator lisa murkowski. tell us about that. >> yeah, that's right. she told me that she's not ruling out the idea of leaving the republican party all together, maybe potentially becoming an independent. i asked her repeatedly about whether or not she would conside

mike johnson says he will extend an invitation to netanyahu to address the conflict in gaza. a after israeli leaders spoke to senate republicans by video link but did not address democrats. chuck schumer has now signaled he will not stand in the way of inviting mr. netanyahu, saying israel has no stronger ally than the united states. stir schumer said, "i will always welcome the opportunity to welcome the prime minister to speak to congress in a bipartisan way." with this follows a controversial speech when the city majority leader criticized netanyahu as an obstacle to peace and urged new relations in israel. chris murphy is standing by for us tonight on capitol hill. senator, really good to have you back. would you welcome prime minister netanyahu speaking to both houses of congress? sen. murphy: of course. it is important to have the israeli leader here, incredibly important to have him speaking to both parties. i don't think we were happy to see him talking only to republicans this week. obviously there is disagreement right now about the policies that netanyahu is pushin