miller acted as a marriage commissioner for the community. now, back then that was a real job. marriage commissioner. eventually both of their sons terry and mike also found politics. the latere miller was a state legislator. he was president of the state senate and was elected to be our lieutenant governor in 1978. mike who is helping around the santa claus house also served in the legislature as senate president from 1983 to 2001. this is a dominating political family in alaska, two-state -- two state senate presidents. i knew the millers. they're a great, great family. both miller brothers very highly respected, crossed the aisle. this is and was and has been a great family committed to public service. mat madam president -- madam president, begun over 07 years by con and nellie miller, the santa claus house continues as following generations of millers keep up that christmas spirit and keep it thriving in north pole, alaska. and it's still a family-run bus business. mike miller is looking forward to the next generation continuing to run the family business with his daughter carissa and son-in-law paul and staffed by several grandchildren. i

mike miller said, is rarely settlers who resort to violence should be prosecuted. we have seen them take some steps to respond to experienced violence against palestinians in the west bank. we don't think those steps have been sufficient. we think they need to prosecute people who engage in violent activities against palestinians. and one of the things that the secretary made clear in his conversations with the is really government is that while this doesn't in any way of the need for them to take additional actions that we are prepared to take our own actions. uh, on behalf of the united states government. how to jo, castro is with us now life in washington dc. how do you tell us some more about these briefings to terry? yeah, we also heard from the white house national security advisor jake sullivan. earlier in the day, who said that the us fully expects is real to follow through on its promises to not hit the so called no strikes owns that it. the israel says has been publicized to guys and civilians. of course, there is no certainty whether people on the ground

mike miller, so it is very settlers who results of buttons that should be prosecuted. we have seen them take some steps to respond to extreme is violence against palestinians in the west bank. we don't think those steps have been sufficient. we think they need to prosecute people who engage in violent activities against the palestinians. and one of the things that the secretary made clear in his conversations with the is really government is that while this doesn't in any way of the need for them to take additional actions that we are prepared to take our own actions on behalf of the united states government this course now to how did you a customer who joins this life in washington dc. heidi tells us more about these briefings and a terri. yes, matt miller, the state department spokesman was also pressed by reporters about the us assessment of how is realized conducting its current offensive and southern gaza. whether israel is complying with the us requirement that is real, protect civilian lives. and his answer to that was that it was too early, he said to form a ju

mike miller start is really settlers who resort to violence should be prosecute. we have seen them take some steps to respond to experienced violence against palestinians in the west bank. we don't think those steps have been sufficient. we think they need to prosecute people who engage in violent activities against palestinians. and one of the things that the secretary made clear in his conversations with the is really government is that while this doesn't any way of the need for them to take additional actions that we are prepared to take our own actions. uh, on behalf of the united states government as close to heidi to a customer now who joins us live from washington, dc. heidi tells us more about these briefings than to carry. yeah, we've heard a same message coming, not only from the state department breeding, but also from the white house, with the national security advisor telling reporters that the us, the least to many palestinians were killed in northern gaza. that's significant because it's what we're hearing these from top us officials repeatedly now,

castro, who joins us now from washington to dc. heidi how significant all these comments up by mike miller, emily, it's not only these comments from the state department spokesman, but also from the us national security advisor jake sullivan, who echoed strong statements about israel's military incursion, saying that the us expects israel to follow through and not attacking the so called no strikes zones, that israel has indicated, at least to us officials in their daily meetings. it wasn't clear what sullivan was referencing, whether this was the, the zones on the maps and the leaflets that were dropped over gaza. and it's unclear whether the civilian guy that know about the zones or able to reach them, or they're able to handle the influx of people or seeking shelter. however, sullivan also said that the us believes that too many innocent palestinian civilians have died in the gaza conflict. almost those very words echoed by the state department spokesman, who also said that the us does not wish to see the same sort of battle plan that israel carried out in northern gaza, in which the ca

mike miller said, is ready, settlers who resort to violence should be prosecuted. we have seen them take some steps to respond to explain his violence against palestinians in the west bank. we don't think those steps have been sufficient. we think they need to prosecute people who engage in violent activities against palestinians. and one of the things that the secretary made clear in his conversations with the is really government is that while this doesn't in any way of the need for them to take additional actions that we are prepared to take our own actions. uh, on behalf of the united states government, heidi joe castro has moved in this from washington dc. as we've heard from to us officials in the past few hours. both with strong messages for is real, national, secure advisor, jake sullivan said that the us expects is real to follow through and not attacking the so called know strikes shows that israel itself has indicated that was unclear where the zones are. if gauze and civilians know about them and whether they are indeed reachable us state department spo

down on secular attacks against palestinians in the west bank speaking in washington on monday, mike miller said, is rainy settlers who result of all as it should be, prosecute, or we have seen them take some steps to respond to experienced violence against palestinians in the west bank. we don't think those steps have been sufficient. we think they need to prosecute people who engage in violent activities against palestinians. and one of the things that the secretary made clear in his conversations with the is really government is that while this doesn't in any way of the need for them to take additional actions that we are prepared to take our own actions on behalf of the united states government need to abraham is in columbia and the occupied westbank. she says palestinians will see the us assessment of israel's. we action to settle a violence as a major on the statement. a pausing is with tell you not. sufficient is a simple words to describe the really forces and the system. and its way of dealing with this reading, such as will have been increasing the attacks against fellow students.

mike miller set his ready settlers who result divided should be prosecuted as we have seen them take some steps to respond to extreme, his violence against palestinians in the west bank. we don't think those steps have been sufficient. we think they need to prosecute people who engage in violent activities against palestinians. and one of the things that the secretary made clear in his conversations with you is really government is that while this doesn't in any way of the need for them to take additional actions that we are prepared to take our own actions. uh, on behalf of the united states government. let's close that side. is jo castro, who joins us live now from uh, washington. uh so heidi uh tell us more about the debriefings that have been coming out. so the us that's right. has them we've heard from the state department as well as from the white house, from the national security advisor, and from both friends. we're hearing that the us says it's too early to pass judgment on whether the is really military is doing is doing more to save civilians in southern gaza than it did i

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stephen miller, rick grenell, kash patel, mike davis, jeffrey clark, vivek ramaswamy, maybe even ted cruz having cabinet-level positions. you bring up the point that requires senate confirmation. how worried do you think the country really needs to be about kash patel running the cia? how feasible is that? >> so, it's a good question. i asked a number of people in trump's orbit about this. some of the names that are being floated for these positions seem pretty unpalatable to, you know, senate confirmation process. what they told me was, look, maybe that is true. if we can't get stephen miller, for example, confirmed as head of department of homeland security, we can just install him as white house chief of staff, and he can take over a lot of the same rules that he would have in that role. they're already gaming out ways to get around the challenge of confirmation to ensure that the people who are most loyal to trump, most obedient to trump, are the ones who will have the power. you're going to see a pretty broad restructuring of government in a second term. you mentioned this at th

joining me now is mike davis, former clerk for justice neil gorsuch and founder of the article iii project. also with me is stephen millerrmer senior adviser to president trump and founder of america first legal. mike, i'm going to start with you. what's your take on what happened today? >> well, jack smith is used to getting unanimously slapped down by the supreme court like he did when he brought a bogus criminal prosecution against former virginia governor bob macdonald. a likely presidential or vice presidential candidate in 2016 and the supreme court today unanimously said we are not going to hear this case. we are going to go through the normal process. we are not going to go along with your election interference, jack smith. you are going to take this through the normal process and that's the right decision. >> steven, these are not normal times. i keep saying this. but this level of election interference. this kind of persecution of your opponents, whether it's, you know, donald trump or rudy giuliani, it just keeps going on and on. why do i feel like republican leaders are not fully appreciating the moment we ar

mike johnson and mrs. kelly johnson, member offense the west virginia delegation, senator joe manchin, senator shelley capito, representative alexander moody and representative carol miller chief randy moore of the united states forest service. mr. jim kaufman with the architect of the capitol and youth tree lighter ethan reese, west virginia. >> ladies and gentlemen, mr. jim kaufman, director of capitol grounds at the architect of the capitol. >> good evening. welcome to the 59th annual christmas tree lighting ceremony at the united states capitol. i am jim kaufman, director of capital grounds at the architect of the capitol. i'm honored to be here this evening along with the speaker of the house, mr. mike johnson to light the 2023 capitol christmas tree. we are also privileged to present this year's youth christmas tree lighter ethan reese from beverly elementary school in west virginia. [cheers and applause] >> lighting the capitol christmas tree has been festive tradition since 1964 and one to continue this year. we are delighted to have the capital christmas tree that west virginians and all americans can be proud of. a lot of preparation and effort goes into findin

me and stephen miller, the speechwriter, ivanka trump and mike pence sat at donald trump's dining room table and wrote his acceptance speech on election night. he didn't think he was going to win. no chance. when they call pennsylvania for him i was sitting next to him and he turned to me and he went like this. [laughter] okay, so. i don't believe this stuff. i think the best it shows are trends but not exactitude in any way. because of that, we have to stop trying to figure out who will win and decide who we want to win. and then go make it happen. and new hampshire can do that. that's my view on that. yes, the young lady with glasses in the front? this young lady right here. no, the one in front of you. i'll get to you though, don't you worry about it. >> i want to thank you very much for the debate last week which i watched. and just like you, i looked at my watch at 8:15, and i said, these people are acting like kids on in the schoolyard. screaming and yelling over each other. first of all, let me say, thank you so much for the decorum. thank you for the patients, and thank you for

mike from virginia, eagle pass, texas looks like woodstock without the music. eagle passed out. sarah from colorado, did you notice steven millercket? i don't believe that. murray from east troy, wisconsin. i thought hunter was court ordered to get a job. maybe marine 1 is giving him a ride home from work. stevens from new mexico. what is your problem with back packs? they are very convenient. once you leave middle school you can't have a back pack. it's going to take more than fish and naps to help joe biden. i'm waters and this is my

mike from virginia, eagle pass, texas looks like woodstock without the music. eagle passed out. sarah from colorado, did you notice steven miller had an onion bagel in his suit jacket pocket? i don't believe that. murray from east troy, wisconsin. i thought hunter was court ordered to get a job. maybe marine 1 is giving him a ride home from work. stevens from new mexico. what is your problem with back packs? they are very convenient. once you leave middle school you can't have a back pack. it's going to take more than fish and naps to help joe biden. i'm waters and this is my world. >> with to this special edition of "hannity." we begin with breaking news, the colorado supreme court has just removed former president donald trump from the 2024 ballot. in a 4-3 ruling. they have found trump ineligible under section three of the 14th amendment. breath taking. this amendment disqualifies sworn officials who engaged in insurrection, orders, four unelected judges are trying to preempt the will of the voters in the name of democracy that they are under mining democracy. incredible and using a so called insurrection as an excuse. the c

miller made a campaign contribution. >> the guy completely burned us and defrauded us. >> reporter: in another extraordinary turn of events, the entire house republican leadership, including speaker mike johnson, standing by the embattled congressman, knowing he was a key vote in their fragile majority. speaker johnson, will you be voting against this resolution to expel santos? >> yes. >> reporter: speaker johnson said expelling a lawmaker who hasn't been convicted of a crime would set a dangerous precedent. but many rank-and-file republicans disagreed. does this set a dangerous precedent? >> i think the precedent is that we're holding members of congress to a higher standard. i don't know any person throughout this nation who wouldn't want or expect members of congress to be held to a higher standard. >> reporter: when the vote came down, santos was toast. >> the clerk will notify the governor of the state of new york of the action of the house. >> reporter: expelled immediately, santos quickly fled the capitol. his parting words, "to hell with this place." and soon after, this scene outside his old office. security guards taking down his nameplate and changing the locks on the door

so me, steven miller, the speechwriter,ive anca trump and mike pence sat at donald trump's table and wrote his election speech on election night. he didn't think he was going to win. no chance. when they called pennsylvania for him, i was sitting next to him and he turned to me and went like this. ok. so i don't believe this stuff. i believe at best it shows are trends but not exactitude in any way. because of that we have to stop trying to figure out who is going to win and decide who we want to win and then go make it happen. new hampshire can do that. so that's my view on that. yes. the young lady there in the glasses in the front. this young lady right here. no, the one in front of you. i'll get to you, though. don't you worry about it. >> thank you so much. can you hear me? i want to thank you very much for the debate last week, which i watched. and just like you, i looked at my watch at 8:15 and i said, these people are asking like a bunch of kids in the schoolyard. all they're doing is screaming and yelling over each other. and so my question to you -- first of all, let me jus

mike johnson is drawing scrutiny over his comments about insurrections from january 6. >>> welcome back. americans paul whelan and evan girs ershovich remain in custod russia. matt miller talked about the efforts so get them released. >> in recent weeks we made a new and significant proposal to secure paul and evan's release. that proposal was rejected by russia. shouldn't have to make these proposals. never should have been arrested in the first place. they should both be released immediately. >> monday is going to mark the 250th day of imprisonment for gershovich, a "wall street journal" reporter. five years this month for whalen. the u.s. has designated both as wrongfully detained. joining us from london is bianca nobilo. always great to have you. so matt miller didn't detail what the new insignificant proposal was, but the deal included to release those on espionage charges. so if that is not enough, what is? >> clearly russia has specific individuals in mind. we know for example that nat one of the names discussed is partly because he is held in germany on a life sentence. the german court determined that russian had ordered him to assassinate a former sxhacomman

mike johnson called it a reckless decision and thinly veiled partisan attack. elise stefanik said it would backfire and further strengthen the trump campaign. and max milleraffront to democracy. joining us you know, punch bowl news co-founder jake sermon. so any republican on capitol hill who is not coming out against this ruling from colorado or is everybody defending donald trump? >> reporter: everyone is defending trump for the most part. and by the way, we haven't seen the end of this. this is going to go to the supreme court, the supreme court will be the ultimate decider. there are oftentimes decisions that -- every decision splits everybody on capitol hill and the republican leadership. but the republican leadership always takes his back. but hear is what i would also say, this is not only the republican leadership and people who have been, you know, staunch supporters of donald trump. this is people like john cornyn, republican of texas, who has been in the past critical of donald trump. so it kind of spans the spectrum of republican lawmakers backing donald trump up here. >> okay. again, not much of a surprise. but let's move on to something that

mike johnson, in spite of a scathing ethics committee report accusing sent us of, among many things, stealing from his campaign and spending the money, among other things of botox and the website, only fans. max miller of ohio. >> i, myself, have been a victim of george santos. user, or a crook. >> his campaign, he said, fraudulently charged him and his mother's personal credit cards. is also accused of writing bad checks in both the northern and southern hemispheres, ripping off donations for disabled veterans, lying about being jewish, lying about being the grandson of holocaust survivors and more. >> and my name is anthony. >> i always joke i am catholic, but also jew-ish . >> my mom was a 9/11 survivor. she made it out. >> they sent me to prep school, which was hard with prep. >> i actually went to school on a volleyball scholarship. >> i remember, specifically, i'm into sports a little bit, that he was a star on the volleyball team, and that they won the league championship. what can i tell you? >> did you graduate from there? >> yeah. >> so did i. i did. i graduated from college, in nyu. >>> a republican from south dakota voted yes on expelling sent us. that montage reaffirms your boat in your

mike johnson, from stefanik, who said they'd vote against the expulsion measure. but i really found that george santos had wronged a lot of his colleagues on the republican, including max miller. of course, he had enemies, opponents, like i said, -- as well as anthony d'esposito. republicans on long island who really iced him out, from the outset, from the time that george santos took office, in january, said they didn't want him there, didn't want to work with him. and i feel that the rank and follow colleagues on the one to able to convince other republicans to come to their side to vote for expulsion, to make sure that george santos wasn't there for next year to, at the very least, serve as a distraction. there is, of course, the concern about the republican party holding the majority in that chamber. there's the short term vision in -- having santos as a reliable republican vote. in the long term, about some of these more vulnerable republicans maintaining their seats. >> so, we have ten days to decide a date for this upcoming election, a special election. how is that going to work out timing wise? how long after the announcement will that date be held? and are there any

mike johnson's baggage that will have more -- >> they were so eager to do this so it didn't happen yesterday, so they did it on a friday. they are probably heading to the airport right now. tim millerank you very much. >>> trailblazer. sandra day o'connor, the first woman to serve on the supreme court dying at the age of 93 and leaving an unprecedented legacy. that's next when "andrea mitchell reports" is back in 60 seconds. you are watching msnbc. are watcc the subway series? it's the perfect menu lineup. just give us a number, we got the rest. number three? the monster. six? the boss. fifteen? titan turkey. number one? the philly. oh, yeah, you probably don't want that one. look, i'm not in charge of naming the subs. (carolers) ♪ iphone 15 pro, your husband deserves it! ♪ (mom) carolers? to tell me you want a new iphone?that one. a better plan is verizon. (vo) for a limited time, turn any iphone in any condition into a new iphone 15 pro with titanium and ipad and apple watch se - all on us. only on verizon. sometimes your work shirt needs to be for more than just work. like when it needs to be a big soft shoulder to cry on. which is why downy does more to make clothes softer, fre