one of those is for the republican incumbent mike lawler seat. by former congressman democrat monday jones. it's a real pleasure to have you at the table sir. >> thanks for having me. >> your race is one that can tip the balance of the house. they've written democrats need a gain of four seats to win the majority. they have some of the most newly represented district that joe biden carried in 2020. this is not the district used dissident. this is the exact same -- they are slightly's different. why was representative lawler in blackface and how has this come up in the race? we can put it on the screen for people. i'm not being facetious. he dressed as a popstar against michael jackson in 2006. they don't got the picture. he was in blackface. >> he was in blackface. he still has not truly apologize and claims he didn't know in the year 2006 or didn't know it was offensive. what subsequent reporting has made clear is this is part of a pattern with mike lawler. the political published an article talking of two different occasions in recent weeks, on

what subsequent reporting is has made clear is that this is part of a pattern with mike lawler.o published an article talking about two different occasions in recent weeks, one of which involved a guest at an event mike lawler hosted who used the n word. mike lawler pretended like the guest had never said anything at all, did not push back on it and there was another event at an interview in fact in which the host said there is no such thing as white supremacy but there is such thing as black supremacy. michael lawler did not push back on that statement either. did not attend the naacp candidates form so this is part of a pattern obviously when the former president of the united states donald trump blame jewish people for his impending lot -- lost mike lawler when on television and defended that dangerously anti-semitic statement. these are just a few examples of why we need new leadership. we also talked about restoring women's basic reproductive rights and securing our southern border. i'm not going to get into the dogfight because we have enough of that. i mean, you guys just

. >>> he just won re- election in a competitive swing district so what does mike lawler think about the trump agenda? will he support some of the first moves the president- elect is previewing? >>> we just got an update from california where firefighters are trying to contain a wildfire. our crews are on the ground. stay with us. >>> continuing our politics lead, earlier today, jim banks from indiana who was elected to the u.s. senate, endorsed one of president- elect trump's top proposal to deport millions of immigrants in the united states. >> conservative estimates say that there are least 15 million illegals who have come into the country on joe biden's watch. it's my hope that we deport every single one of them that we can and it started with deporting violent criminals who are in the united states who came here illegally. who have committed violent crimes. >> joining us now to discuss this, congressman mike lawler, a republican who just won a second term in a closely watched swing district in new york. congressman, congratulations. your race was one of the most expensive house con

congressman mike lawler joins me now.ump's tax overhaul getting through the house. you will not support a tax bill if it doesn't get rid of salt. tell me why. >> correct. in a district like mine which is north of new york city we pay the highest property taxes in america. the on salt has had a very negative impact on my district in particular. 50% of household used to itemize deductions prior to the tax cuts and jobs act becoming law, it is now 19% in my district. the tax cuts and jobs act is strong and obviously helped grow the economy and create record revenue for the federal government but the on salt needs to be lifted. donald trump agreed with that during the campaign, said we need to fix the cap on salt. in 2017, republicans had a big enough majority that they could jam through a tax bill without folks like me in support. that is not the case this time around. there needs to be a good faith negotiation. if no tax bill is passed, the on salt, for those that are against lifting the cap on salt you have to negotiate. b

joining us now, republican congressman mike lawler of new york. he's a key member of the house foreign affairs committee. congressman, thanks so much for joining us. trump seems to be doubling down on gaetz right now. as a lawyer is now saying his clients testified to the house ethics committee that gaetz actually paid them for sex. you support releasing all these findings to the senate. but, speaker johnson doesn't necessarily support that. do you think the speaker is trying to protect gaetz? and by extension, trump, by trying to keep this ethics report private look, as i've said repeatedly, president trump certainly has the right to nominate who he sees fit for his cabinet. >> i also believe fundamentally that the senate has a job to do. they have the responsibility to confirm a nominee and in the process of that are entitled to and should have access to all relevant information with respect to these prospective nominees. obviously, these are serious allegations that have been leveled against former congressman matt gaetz and they should be eval

like, mike lawler... and they didn't turn up at madison square garden and they're running from him.do so well in 2020 in seats that had gone traditionally democrat, let's say they all lose. i think that would be something that the harris campaign would be happy about, right? i mean, you'd start to think, "oh, that's an interesting narrative to watch," at least on election night. and when we're talking about what to watch on election night, of course, we're talking largely about who's going to be the next president but it's really important as well, isn't it — i mean, we've been discussing this over the last few weeks — to look at what's happening in the senate and the house? because whoever gets into the oval office needs the senate and the house if they're to have any chance of getting through any of these promises that they're making on the campaign trail. and i think, you know, you're talking about what's a good night for kamala harris — apart from a win? 0bviously, either of them — or what's a good night for donald trump? a win for him too. but either of them are going to want t

my source today is new york representative mike lawler. thank you for being here. just looking at the situation , from what howard little mix said to what rfk said today, would you be comfortable with rfk jr. having influence, any at all, over u.s. health policies? >> no, rfk jr. was at one point a constituent of my district. he is well known in my area. he and i probably have some strong disagreements on some of his stated positions. look, ultimately i think we are putting the cart before the horse here. obviously tuesday is election day. that will determine who the next president of the united states is. obviously, if it is president trump, he will put forth nominees that he wants to serve in his cabinet. obviously the senate has a role in terms of confirmation. i think we are getting a little ahead of ourselves here. the focus obviously with 48 hours to go is on turning out the vote. >> it is a hypothetical until it is not. he has made it clear that if trump wins, he wants a job in the administration. it is not just talking about taking fluoride out of drinking

mike lawler joining us from his district in upstate.ght. meanwhile, straight ahead on this sunday, former maryland governor larry hogan is here live in the next hour of a special fox and friends on sunday. ♪ i'm a lifelong republican and i voted for trump twice, but i can't do it again. trump wants a national sales tax on imported goods. it'll make everything more expensive for regular people, all while giving tax breaks to billionaires. you're rich as hell. we're going to give you tax cuts. kamala harris is for regular people. she wants a tax cut for 100 million americans, so we keep more of our hard-earned money. i'm a proud republican, but this year, i'm voting for kamala harris. ff pac is responsible for the content of this ad. when my doctor gave me breztri for my copd, things changed for me. breztri gave me better breathing, symptom improvement, and reduced flare-ups. breztri won't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. it is not for asthma. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high blood pressure bef

that's the one held by republican congressman mike lawler, who won re-election. come here. he's going to argue that colgate should be in the top 12 in the college -- do you have a favorite college team, congressman? >> i went to manhattan university. unfortunately, we don't have a football team there. we do have a basketball team. up in the bronx. brother jasper created the seventh inning stretch. little known fact. i would say i'm a notre dame fighting irishman. >> i think maybe i should have a useless trivia podcast. these are the things that matter to me. by the way, yankees stadium this weekend, man, what a football game, notre dame against army. that's going to be an exciting one. all right, so, congressman, let me ask you this, we have been asking democrats over the past week, week and a half, what happened, why did you lose. they have a lot of different theories. we wanted to get you on the show to ask -- your race was supposed to be very tight. people are talking about you running possibly for governor of new york. what happened this year? a good friend o

think about the fact that mike lawler was campaigning on the fact that he stood on stage with presidentorks across the aisle. itjust feels like such a different flavour. but — that being said, i mean, you never know. it could give us an indication of how people are feeling about the economy, for example, or how people are feeling the issue of housing. if there is enthusiasm for her and large numbers of democratic voters are turning out, they may well just be voting democrat right down the ticket, right? so they're voting for kamala harris. they're voting for the others. and the same would go if they're voting democrat in those house races. they're probably voting for kamala harris, too, in big numbers. that mayjust give us a sense of enthusiasm. and one of the things that democrats have been worried about, democratic strategists that i've spoken to have been worried about all through the race up to — including just today — i was on the phone with one just before we came into the studio — is that there is a sort of lack of enthusiasm for her. there is a there is enthusiasm around the iss

then somebody like mike lawler from new york: you will have some conflicts around what that final tax bill is. you have to pay off so many different constituencies. >> that is really an important point. there are a lot of internal tensions and conflicts in any coalition that wins power. just necessarily. there are people inside the coalition that disagree about stuff. we see this with democrats, there are factions and tendencies inside this republican caucus that it is easier to dissolve them rhetorically than when you actually have to do stuff. >> yeah. i think they are more regional than anything. we are as unified as you will get in the house around the idea that donald trump is the leader of the party and whatever he says goes. but, on tax reform, it is a lot easier to say you want to extend the tax law. i don't know if they will vote for any tax bill that doesn't fix that. they will figure that out. they have to. they don't have anything else on the agenda. it's the tax law which i have to remind you, we made the corporate tax law permanent. so they don't need to touch that. fund

mike lawler, mike gaetz is frankly a vile person. i think he's a petulant child.on bacon, he shouldn't be in the republican party. i would love to have him out of the conference. mike garcia, he's a republican running with scissors. dusty johnson, i think it's time to take sharp knives away from children. and garrett graves, he just called him a con. clearly, matt gaetz is not well loved. . eyeing or at the very least questioning the results of the 2020 election. will they fold again in the same way, this time with matt gaetz? joining us now from west palm beach, near the president-elect's florida home, vaughn hillyard, nbc news capitol hill correspondent, ryan nobles joins us as well, as does "washington post" senior national political correspondent and msnbc political analyst, ashley parker. vaughn, i will begin with you. what do we know about these calls that donald trump is making is personally? >> we know that donald trump and his transition team are acknowledge thought matt gaetz confirmation process is going to be an uphill battle and that on the front end

. >> out mike lawler in new york. >> new york take a long time to count. >> there on the east coast youill have a bunch of seats. you have done davis in north carolina and there's a bunch of seats to come too early. >> it they pick up more than three seats. [inaudible] >> it will probably get, they will probably win that seat. >> but if they pick up three or morergan see jeffries a speaker. >> most likely comedy don't you jump in? >> no. [inaudible] >> the senate when checked out the senate? i disagree it's a foregone conclusion republicans are in the majority. i think their heavy heavy favorites. what we are seeing in nebraska something that cannot be discounted there is no way fisher should be in a close race but she is according to high-quality folding she's up to points of the independent. lex okay so give me your. >> you got to get the west virginia. >> democrats when ohio which is i think is in play and if osborne wins nebraska. >> are giving democratic pennsylvania, michigan. >> it's a stretch but not a foregone conusion. >> fight he 50/49ith a one seat independent >> also will c

. >>> plus, republican congressman mike lawler will be a guest on the heels of his winning re-electionysts will break down the latest developments in donald trump's hush money case as prosecutors agree to postpone the president-elect's sentencing again. "morning joe" is a few moments away. again. "morning joe" is a few moments away do not use the justice system as a weapon. and the message for republicans is don't do it the other side either with this absurd a.g. pick that you just made. justice is different. it is a combination of policy law and also ity. you do not use our justice system as a political weapon. voters rejected it in november and they will reject it if republicans try to do it also. some things rise above the den. the justice system is one of those things. >> that was fox news host and former congressman yesterday warning against confirming donald trump's choice for attorney general matt gaetz. >>> joining us now is white house correspondent for politico and co-author of "the playbook" eugene daniels. great to see you as always. you have in stuff that give fears that r

it is mike lawler. a republican from new york. on what he is anticipating moving forward. will hit the ground running on a lot of critical issues from the economy and the affordability crisis. taxes, energy, the border crisis. and international crisis, we have a lot of work to do. obviously having a house majority, a senate majority in the white house will make it easier to quickly advance on these issues. >> one of the consistent things we have heard the past 24 hours and we will hear more of now that the house members know they are in control, determination to fulfill exactly what donald trump has said are his priorities. i guess the question is what is the mood, is that determination backed up by a plan? >> that might be why johnson said he will be spending the weekend at mar-a-lago. they don't want just a general theme of ideas but a to do list. what will they set, the first senate bill in the first house bill that will be introduced in the next congress come january. what will they do before trump is even there in this lame duck period? many of them feel like they did

this is from the hill, representative mike lawler using a meme to respond to a former florida lawmakers withdrawn his consideration. just as has been served, he said on x. also featured a photo of former house speaker kevin mccarthy with bright red laser eyes. gaetz led the effort to oust mccarthy last year. the former seeker aside from the house in december and said gaetz only wanted to remove him over at ethics complete because he predicted last week that gaetz would not be confirmed by the senate. gaetz has been a strong supporter of president trump, not always receiving a warm reception. he criticized mr. gates over mr. mccarthy's ouster. that is from the hill, if you want to see that. when it comes to that meme. here it is from the x account. justice has been served. former speaker mccarthy. we will let you look at that and then we will hear from jeff in new york. piermont, new york. independent line. caller: thanks for having me. here is the issue with pam bondi that needs to be addressed, and it need to be addressed by the senate. they need to find out whether she will be support

here's house republican mike lawler talking to cnn's manu raju remember, i called him a clown and a charlatan. and you stand by that. yeah. one quick question. should a clown and a charlatan run that justice department? >> look, obviously the president has every right to nominate who he chooses. there will be a confirmation process. we'll let that process play it out. >> while critics say the ethics report should be made public to make a fair judgment, trump loyalists, including house speaker johnson say it should stay private people who are no longer members of congress. >> i think it would open a pandora's box. i think it's a very important rule that should be maintained. if it's been broken once or twice, it should not have been because that would be a pandora's box. i think it's a very important tradition to maintain. >> for more now we're joined by ed o'callahan, a former federal prosecutor and formerly a top official in the justice department. and thanks so much for being here with us nice to be here. >> thanks for having me, jessica. >> first, i just want to get your reaction to the se

he ended up getting unseated by mike lawler. very good position as of this point. josh, i will just go over one more and that was new york 19. mike mullen narrow, another freshman republican congressman who wanted 2022, and other biden district, he, right now, is behind josh riley. an attorney who has done some work in d.c. that race has yet to be called. i am looking a couple thousand votes between the two as of this point. we will have to wait and see. control of the house running right for new york. in california as well if you want to surprise viewers. we have maybe loose states but maybe a couple of purple districts. bob hart and alex :. too soon to say, as courtney was saying on the state of the race, the house race in california. there are a number of them that could swing to a democrat and put jeffries in the chair or stay republican witching such case i would be so surprising. the expectation would be democrats would take the house, according to polls. >> sure thing. it is still very early in the evening. some of these

mike lawler hanging on to his seat in the house. defeating mondaire jones.t's now move to michigan. we're going to go to the seventh district. this was alyssa sltokin's seat. she's running for the senate. tom barrett picking this up. this is a republican pick up in the fight for the white the house. this is going to stay democratic. kristen mcdonald rivet in that race. in the eighth district in it michigan. and in wisconsin the third district. let's take a look at this. you see derek van orden winning there. the incumbent. the republicans keep that seat. a lot of eyes now on the house. will it become a check for president trump as he takes office with a republican senate or will it become -- will it stay republican and make the congress kind of a glide path for a lot of his legislation. this is the balance of power as it currently stands. the magic number is 218 to control the house. right now republicans sitting at 201 with five pick ups so far. the democrats at 177 with two pick ups. 57 seats remaining. one thing to remember as we continue to get this data

the vote in a to more new york races, the 17th congressional district is also a competitive race, mike lawlerresen this district. in his first term worked in political communi and for republican elected officials before being elected to the mpaign also found controversy this election cycle and he is holding on right now with 75% of the vote in. let's look a new york' congressional district, represented lin marc mo serng his first term and the democrat joshua riley. we will watch if this one gets called by the ap. peter: elissa slotkin is out speaking. let's listen. >> i also want to recognize my biggest champion in the race, senator debbie stabenow. she is the definition of pure michigan, dedicated her life to serving the state at all levels and has been in service for 50 years and as the first woman ever elected at the federal level for michigan i owe her a huge debt of gratitude i can never repay and women of michigan cannot repay. she put up with an enormous amount of crap. so we always knew this would be a tight race and that is exactly what we are seeing unfold. there are a lot of votes

where are those, mike lawler, i said to him, what kind of profile do you cut in washington with donaldike johnson still the speaker a very different washington, you never longer have the guardrails of democrats. do investigations. you have what you had in the 2017. >> real quick, it's going to be more aligned with trump than in 2017. >> we've seen that over and over again. he asked about the immigration bill. lot of questions to address here. one of the big one i have for people out there who are thinking, there will never be a woman who's elected president. there's racism. there's sexism. it's an important part of the question. you've been elected before, how should people be thinking about what their role can be if this is not who they're voted for. >> it summons the need for all of us to be active participants in our democracy and i think there's going to be a lot of resistance, if there's a benefit now a silver lining, if you're searching for one, we've seen this movie before and people are more prepared for this in 2024/2025 than they were in 2016/2017. i think all the organizing

mike lawler, marc molinaro, williams, all of these could be, if democrats win all of those seats, that back the majority. i don't think they will win all of those seats. pennsylvania, again, has a number of competitive seats. north carolina, don davis is a lone democrat, a pickup opportunity for republicans. i want to emphasize. we may not know about the composition. it's a close election. we might not know the eventual margin for weeks, if california balloting and reviewing of california races takes some time. remember, there was a john duarte, that race wasn't decided until december. so if you're talking about a two-seat majority and one seat is outstanding or something like that, you might not know the composition of the house of representatives until sometime many weeks away. >> and one of the things to note is that nancy pelosi said yesterday, you know, affirmatively, we are going to get back the house. hakeem jeffries will be the speaker, and we know, you know, that people say things in campaigns, but she has been in every district. she is fierce on this that, you know, given her

i'm seeing mike lawler for example in the westchester, rockville area, probably doing better.e maybe not seeing it in some of these other districts and areas. amna: we haven't talked about the senate control a lot. the arizona senate race, my attention earlier, ruben gallego against kari lake, a staunch election denier. so far with a lead for the democratic candidate. how are you looking at that? david: some he said recently we are not having a campaign, we are having a census. what they mean by that is demographics is destiny but candidate quality still matters and kari lake did not do well last time she ran statewide in arizona. that's a candidate i would say that quality is a wide gap favoring democrats. amna: you don't think that's indicating anything broader in arizona? david: we will see how the presidential turns out but the pattern holds. when a president wins a state it's pretty much his or her party's nominee that tends to win the state and that tends to be holding. what you make of that -- amna: what do you make of that? that susan collins is the exception and also