and i will echo senator rubio's comment previously, mr. stevekoff needs to get a big shout out, he himself has been part of that region working together, in synchronicity with the biden administration. and i myself was actually in qatar last week, it was needed for me, the family member to be there and i just for the negotiators, look at the excel sheet with a list of names, pushing them to get a deal and call up mr. steve witkoff and urge him to be present physically in qatar where having mr. steve witkoff give a commitment of the incoming trump administration, all the things being negotiated, has been a critical. they definitely stepped up and we have to be thankful this is happening. unfortunately, only 33 are coming out, meaning there are still 65 families that are waiting for their loved ones to come down including my family and four other u.s. families as well. we just need to ask the president and his team, the also met mr. michael waltz a few weeks ago, and we saw his commitment, the incoming special president -- and we are positive they

mike waltz and mr. steve witkoff and mr. adebola, all of them have showed their personal commitment to me and to my family to getting this done. and you know, next week we will be at the inauguration. we were invited by the president trump's inauguration team. and i have this vision that, you know, when president trump is giving a speech, he could come and say to me, mr. khan, i'd like to share with you that your son is coming out as well. so i still have that hope of happening. >> you've mentioned so many of the people who have worked so tirelessly over the course of these 467 days to make this moment a reality. but there is, of course, the deeply personal side. the families of the other hostages. and no one can fully understand what this time has been like in the way that they can. how much of we just got, i should say, we just got a statement from the families of the american hostages and thanking the tireless collaboration between israel, egypt, qatar and the united states, and going on to mention the work that was done.

mr. sc steve scalise, to one big beautiful bill.oment on pete hegseth today. in house in senate armed services committee. >> great being back with you. i thought pete did a really good job, you could see. there are some people trying to take their cheap shots people are fed up with that approach. he showed why president trump picked him, he talked about we have a few general that won worl world war ii and we have over 40 generals, today we're top heavy. and i know some people would be upset about, that most people across country are hungry for those reforms that pete will usher in, i thought he handled himself well. >> one 100%, great moment. mr. scalise. one big beautiful bill. clip has speaker speaking, you are standing next to him. good time table, end of february for a basketball -- budget resolution. all done by memorial day. why not? that semithat is my point, why not. >> we talked about it during campaign we're not waiting until november 5, i hope we win we started working months ago. i met with president trump months ago, i

here's the man who knows mr. steve. >> mr. steve. paul. me. thank you. sir, i appreciate that. all right. if you're out and about yesterday, maybe playing golf or tennis or taking a hike, mountain bike, whatever you said, you know, it feels like it's 70. well, you were right. if you were any of these locations. san jose airport 74. i looked all around there and i found 68, 71, 70, 72. so they always start off warmer than anybody else. so i'll put that caveat out there. but sunnyvale 72, menlo park in their mountain view, hayward, richmond, palo alto and san martin, all between 70 and 74. not today. changes on the way. sometimes change is good. and you know what? we need some change because it's january and we have had a long dry stretch here, but some higher clouds and coastal fog is starting to make its way back on. really cold dynamic upper low's going to drop in over the weekend, so wind advisory starts tonight and goes through sunday morning. today in the city 60 47w average 5847. so right there the record rain on this date 2.20 and 2000. so not that

and of course mr. steve, with golf, with here with us and ohio and participating in these talks to me, things that have taken place even to have a productive they are a positive and we hope to hear some developments. obviously, a, as we have said this 4 months, this war should have been over a long time ago. the humanitarian cost of the ongoing war is unbearable that it continues to be unavailable for the people of funds and further submit it to you to give it to you of this agent. and therefore, we again say and call on both parties to a seriously engage and then go sions, which is happening right now. and we do applaud the fact that the negotiating is like taking place. but we also, uh, you know, of doing both sides to end this now and sign the agreement as soon as the, as possible. so the people that you know, they can have the respite that they need and that both the hostages and prisoners can get back to their families and life in this age. and then just a bit of team this agent can have the moment to f

and i, again, would like to commend, uh, mr. steve witkoff that when speaking to him when i was in qatar, uh, urged him to, uh, be physically in qatar because the commitment and guarantees that the incoming president gave to the commitments of the united states, uh, to get us to where we are, were essential. so i think everyone stepped up, uh, including the qatar's, egypt, and everyone involved. but again, it is a bit bittersweet. as for the first phase, my son is not on that list as well as five other u.s. citizens. and i think that the united states still has a commitment to us to get us united with my son. so he is not on the u.s. citizen. >> forgive me. so he is not on the list in this first phase. and this current deal exactly why we wish to speed up as much as possible to the second phase that hopefully all the other hostages can be released. and as a dual citizen, your son was an american and an israeli still is and still is. what? what is your message to the incoming trump administration about? i spoke to another family member

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steve: mr. president, i am sure the crown prince of saudi arabia will be glad you gave this speech today. you have had the busiest four days anybody can imagine. congratulations for that. my question is about some of the things i have observed at davos. terrific forum. i met lots of people. as usual. i have been here 30 years. a lot of the european business people have expressed norma's frustration with -- have expressed frustration with the regulatory regime in the eu. they attribute slower growth rates here because of numerous factors, especially regulations. you have taken a different approach in this area. if you could explain the theory of what you are doing, how you're going to do it and what you expect the outcome to be, i would appreciate it. pres. trump: thank you very much and congratulations steve, you are a friend of mine, but on a great career, amazing career, and it continues, very inspirational to people. i want to talk about the eu. i have had friends and leaders, my first term,

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steve, the floor is yours. >> well, mr. president, i'm sure the crown prince of saudi arabia will be really glad you gave this speech today. [laughter] yawive had the busiest -- you've had the busiest four days that anybody can imagine. and congratulations for that. and my question is about some of the things i've observed here at davos. it's a terrific forum. i've met lots of people. as usual. i think i've been here 30 years. and a lot of the european business people have expressed enormous frustration with the regulatory regime in the e.u. and they attribute slower growth rates here because of the numerous factors, but especially because of regulations. and you've taken a completely different approach in this area. and if you could explain the theory of what you're doing, how you're going to do it, and what you expect the outcome to be, i'd appreciate it. president trump: well, thank you very much. and congratulations, steve. you're a friend of mine but on a great career, you've had an amazing career and continues, just w

speaking of being in pretty good shape, a natural transition to mr. steve know, you see pictures of yourself like ten, 15. you're like, man, i was good then then, right? >> not too bad now, my man. come on now. >> i try. all right. 30s, 40s 50s on the temps here. there's still a pretty good little breeze up in the hills, though. kensington, 53. i received a nice note from. i can't remember your name. i have it at home. i'll write you, i promise. he said, thank you for mentioning us here in kensington. it's my pleasure. it's a beautiful little community. berkeley 52. 38 in lafayette. you might have to wait a little bit. take that walk around the reservoir. but 40 for others. we're up on the temps here a little bit because of the breeze. 18, 2018 truckee 20 south lake tahoe 39, ukiah sacramento 39, santa barbara 38, san diego 58. so there you go. this is just really a dry pattern. i don't see any break in it. and it will be a breezy to windy pattern. picks up decreases. it will be mild to warm, although it will be cooler over the weekend as a couple of weak s

steve, the floor is yours. >> well, mr.sident, i'm sure the crowned prince of saudi arabia will be glad you gave this speech today. you've had the busiest four days that anybody can imagine and congratulations for that. my question is about some of the things i've observed here at davos. it's a terrific forum. i've met lots of people as usual. i've been here 30 years. and a lot of the european business people have expressed enormous frustration with the regulatory regime in the eu and they attribute slower growth rates here because of numerous factors, but especially because of regulations. you've taken a completely different approach in this area. and if you could explain a theory of what you're doing, how you're going do it, and what you expect the outcome to be, i'd appreciate it. >> well, thank you very much, and collations, steve. you're a friend of mine but on a great career, there's an amazing career and continues and just want to congratulate you. very inspirational to a lot of people. i want to talk abouts eu becau

. >> the committee cochair, mr. steve. [indistinct chatter] >> ladies and gentlemen, at this time, please take your seats. [indistinct chatter] >> ladies and gentlemen, at this time please be seated. [indistinct chatter] [indistinct chatter] [indistinct chatter] >> coverage of president trumps inauguration continues as we take you live to the inaugural ball. >> we're going to turn this country around and fast. like nobody else, are people are -- our people are our greatest assets and i have a great family, i really do. my son eric has been incredible. her and michael whatley from north carolina did a great job. where is ivanka, have you ever heard of ivanka? michael, thank you very much. and don and don and chloe. you look at her she's a killer. chloe is a killer. a great vice president. what a fantastic -- he has got a fantastic wife and mother, she is just incredible and i want to thank you, great job, great job, jd vance, great job. so to keep it going, this big ship we've got to turn it around slower than i'd like but

administration and we want to thank at this point the nfc special coordinator for the middle east as well as mr. stevethe president trump special adviser to the middle east. both of them have been working in sync and spending a lot of time and doing what they can to put this in place the pressure the trump administration has been on significant. pretty clear it will happen. my concern is about the second phase, which is a bit unknown there are 42 days until we get to that second phase. there are 16 days before we even start negotiating about that second phase. and the only thing that is predictable enough about the middle east is that it's unpredictable. and that's why i would hope to believe my advocacy is for the party to do as much as possible disclose all components or most of the components possible to make sure that we get to the finish line. >> some were saying this must be because the deal is favorable to them. how do you view it. >> i think people have been on a lot of humanitarian -- humanitarian crisis they have been used as human shields by the savages. the terrorist organization that clai

so, steve floor is yours. >> well, mr. president. >> i'm sure. >> the crown prince of saudi. >> arabia will be. >> really glad you gave this. speech today. >> you've had the busiest four. >> days that anybody can imagine. and congratulations for that. and my question is, is about some of the things. >> i've observed. >> here at davos. it's a forum.f people, as usual. i think i've been here 30 years, and a lot of the european business. people have expressed enormous frustration with the regulatory regime in the eu, and they attribute slower growth rates here because of the numerous factors, but especially because of regulations. and you've taken a completely different approach in this area. and if you could explain the theory of what you're doing, how you're going to do it, and what you expect the outcome to be, i'd appreciate it. >> well, thank you very much. and congratulations, steve. you're a friend of mine, but on a great career. you've had an amazing career and it continues. i just want to congratulate you. very inspi

steve, the floor is yours. >> well, mr. president, i'm sure the crown prince of saudi arabia will be really glad you gave this speech today. you have had the busiest four days that anybody can imagine. and congratulations for that. and my question is about some of the things i've observed here at davos. it is a terrific forum. i've met lots of people, as usual. i think i've been here 30 years and a lot of the european business people have expressed enormous frustration with the regulatory regime in the e.u. and they attribute slower growth rates here because of the numerous factors but especially because of regulations. and you've taken a completely different approach in this area. and if you could explain the theory of what you are doing, how you are going to do it and what you expect the outcome to be, i would appreciate it. >> president trump: well, thank you very much and congratulations, steve, you are a friend of mine but on a great career you've had an amazing career and it continues. congratulate you. inspirational

so steve floor is yours. >> well, mr. president, i'm sure the crown prince of saudi arabia will be really glad you gave this speech. >> today. you've had the. >> busiest four days that anybody. can imagine. and congratulations for that. and my question is, is about some of the things i've observed here at davos. it's a terrific forum. i've met lots of people, as usual. i think i've been here 30 years and a lot of the european business people enormous frustration with the regulatory regime in the eu, and they attribute slower growth rates here because of numerous factors, but especially because of regulations and you've taken a completely different approach in this area. and if you could explain the theory of what you're doing, how you're going to do it and what you expect the outcome to be, i'd appreciate it. >> well, thank you very much. and congratulations, steve. you're a friend of mine, but on a great career. you have had an amazing career and it continues. i just want to congratulate you. very inspirational to a lot

and i think we need to thank specifically mr. stevekoff, for spending so much time in the middle east to make sure that this happens. and had the guarantee of the incoming administration that the points negotiated by the biden administration would indeed happen under the trump administration as well. >> okay. i know that one of your concerns and the concerns of other family members is that at some point, perhaps this deal could fall apart. and i wonder what expressions of confidence commitment. did you hear from trump's team? >> yeah. so mike waltz the incoming national security advisor and mr. adam boehler, in charge of the american hostages, both gave a firm commitment that they will want to see this. hostage deal continue until the last hostage is released. specifically, seven u.s. hostages that five of them will remain in captivity even after this first phase of the deal. and they said that they will do everything in their power to make sure that this deal indeed happens. so i wouldn't put too much into the words of the. ministers

and i'd like to remind you that the special envoy, mr. steve prime minister on a saturday, which is typical. and they had some things to say to one another. i think it was more of a one way conversation. and that's how we got to where we got to. >> and finally, how do you feel about president trump repeatedly last night on several occasions, calling the january 6th attackers convicted criminals, hostages, not prisoners? >> i think it's a domestic issue. you know, we're just a mom and dad that wants our kids out. like, you know, it's not for us to comment on that. i think the. summary of, you know, why we come into washington is for them to remember that it is a human being. and if he died for his country, then there's what we say less than peace. and that is the expectation that we met mike waltz. he's an army guy, the national security advisor, national security. he gets it. and we hope to believe that this administration would be able to allow us to have closure with the other us citizens, as well as all of the 94 hostages that have been kept

mr. >> sal castaneda y thank you. and i see what you did there, steve. thank you sir.w it's monday because sunday is the fun day. monday we're all back here and it seems like there's a little bit of a crowd. but just as i suspected, it's not as big as we expected. i think what's going to happen is during this week, it's going to gradually build in. last week there was really no traffic at this time. this morning we have a little bit. those metering lights have been coming on. so you're probably wondering okay, what is it going to be like. but we'll see. because you know, vacation does eventually end. this is a look at north and southbound 880. that traffic is looking good. 601 let's get back to the headlines. >> thank you. sal. with the new calendar year comes some new laws for school districts across california. ktvu sally rasmus joining us now with a look at some of them. ali. >> well, pam, from banning book bans to regulating homework and adding topics like the dangers of fentanyl to high school courses, there are some new requirements. school districts, charter sch

speaking of the weather, i know a man who knows it's mr. steve. >> i'm glad you didn't say.aking of loading up, i was. it made me nervous there, sal. thank you sir. it's all about southern california and just like that. oh, well, we have a winter weather advisory. it's snowing. that goes until 10:00. big bear, big bear mountain, big bear city, wrightwood, now about 5 to 6in of snow. oops. well, we'll get to there. i mean, the wind is also cranked up, but it will eventually develop at this game. i mean, this came clipping on the sierra yesterday. had some flurries, light snow and is really look at that. i mean it's really picked up a lot of energy. so before we get to the offshore wind we have to deal with some clouds, some rain and some snow. in southern california we have wind near mount diablo about 50 miles an hour. lucas valley, 44 santa rosa, fairfield. golden gate bridge, oakland hills, 35 to 36. so we have a wind advisory from that developing system in southern california, and it's an offshore breeze there. gusts maybe 50mph. seeing that some of the gusts have come do

what do you think about steve forbes? should mr. trump wait for tax cuts to kick in b before tariffs. >> no, he should not that will give people who don't llike tariffs, leverage over him, they will demand concessions for tax cuts, he should put tariffs on almost day 1, but it important, that we match that withy it recession -- deregulation and tax cuts. free up u.s. businesses, you want to couple it with tax cuts. larry: taylor, i know everyone was swooning over cpi today, i want to raise related point. the new york -- empire state new york manufacturing thing -- >> plunged. larry: and i think industrial production, we really need the partnership first corporate tax -- 15% corporate tax on domestic produced good with his other package that extents tax cuts and adds new wrinkles. >> i think if you are a small business owner right now, i am in favor of moving quickly on tax cuts. let's get work. y for a minutes, if i want to buy my equipment and know if i have to capitalize or expense it, i want to know, i don't want to have to wait

and with that i turn it over to our majority leader, steve scalise. mr. scalise. thank you, whip.e again, we have an agenda that's bringing bills to the floor to follow through on things we talked about during the campaign. these aren't just bills we're seeing for the first time, some of them are bills we brought up last congress, but as the whip pointed out, as we would pass a lot of these bills, the senate under chuck schumer refused to take any of them up, refused commonsense is policies because they just wanted to continue bowing to the radical left. you saw with the laken riley act. i remember back last congress when we had the laken riley act, there were even some in this room that would question why are you bringing a bill like that if you know the senate isn't going to bring it up, isn't it just a messaging bill? no, we said it's the right policy, the right policy, and we're standing up for what's right, whether the senate will do the right thing or not. so ultimately, if you look what happened with the laken riley act, mike collins' bill not only passed again this time wi

it's mr. steve paulson. >> thank you kindly, sir. appreciate that.ll take a look at today's weather, which isn't bad. we'll have more sun in the morning, clouds in the afternoon. one more systems on the way for tomorrow. but that will be for tomorrow. for today looks pretty good. although clouds will be increasing, especially north. then eventually we'll see them drag across. but the main system has ways to go. so morning sun, afternoon clouds. that will be for today. after that though, it looks like the jet stream will buckle a little bit. we'll probably get some clouds as we go into the weekend, but it does look dry after friday as far as amounts go. what's new? it's napa, north santa rosa, cloverdale, lakeport with two thirds to three quarters south of that, it's about a 10th of an inch to a quarter or a third. so this has been the pattern here. going well back into even november if you will. 40s on most of the temps. menlo park, walnut creek at 39. there's some 30s. boulder creek felton's in there. hollister's in there. campbell as well. low 40s.

it's mr. steve paulson. >> well, i play a weather guy on tv, so. yes, sir. thank you sir. i appreciate you too. thank you sir. i just posting here on twitter. they're looking at high fire concerns almost most of this week in southern california. tuesday and again on thursday strong offshore wind developing. and they cannot buy a drop of rain. different story north. as you know we've had pretty good rain here. they do not have any. and it's only going to get worse here before maybe something middle of the month starts to develop. let's hope so for san francisco. they had rain on friday. we had snow in the mountains. many of you had rain on friday. they had 18 100. so it's only been three days, but the next rain doesn't look to be on the horizon until maybe the 17th or so. i will add some of the teleconnections are in the favor. the pack goes negative, which would be a good sign. the mojo goes into a couple of positive phases, so i think something's brewing, but not until around the 17th or 18th of the month for san francisco. the records are the ones that stand out 73 on th

, that is backed up only to about the maze, it doesn't look terrible, but there is a backup. 720 mr. stevepaulson is here. >> thank you sir. i appreciate that, sal. we'll start in southern california. they will. there is a high wind warning out, but they're also dealing with snow above 5000ft there. there is a winter weather advisory until 10:00. i think this was caught. i mean, a little bit of a surprise here dealing with this some rain. but then you can see it just evaporates as it starts to go downslope. but still i have to get through that first before. but it's going to be front and center. will be the offshore wind event kicking in. we already have some of it here. boy. i'll tell you, it does not look promising for any rain for at least ten to maybe 14 days. there's just nothing in our favor. so we've only gone four days without any rain. but we may be going about 14, 18, maybe 20, before something develops. san francisco climate data the low 56. it's currently 57. the record minimum low is 53, set in 1941. so maybe san francisco will set a record high minimum, if you will. the recor

and here's mr. steve paulson. >> mr. sal castaneda yes. thank you. you're welcome. appreciate that.ll right. we'll take a look at january 2nd climate data on the lows on the record lows. we're not going to set any. but there's some that are kind of interesting here. the san francisco and san jose record lows, 37 and 23 were both set on this date in 1924. those two go back the farthest, if you will, santa rosa and livermore. 26 were both set in 2022, so some a long time ago, others not that long ago. speaking of santa rosa, your rain year, which is july 1st, i use the rain year, not the water year. 2568 if everything comes in tomorrow, you may have about 2650 by this time. tomorrow is the way it's kind of looking. average is 12 and 18/100. you are 211% of normal. so north it's been great. south not so much today. mostly sunny in the morning here. chilly, not as cold, but mostly clear. higher clouds are spilling in little haze, maybe around the edges. clouds increase later. so morning sun, afternoon clouds. and then the system looks like this could be maybe the last one for a little b

bay driver, you might want to get on the road because that commute still looks pretty good. 618 mr. steves here with today's weather. >> speaking of looking pretty good, sal, how do you do it? so i read your book. >> i read your book. i got to the chapter looking your best as steve paulson at five in the morning. >> all right. we'll take a look here. it's really all about everyone. east. i mean, we're cold, but it's really cold. much of the country. and guess what? there will be a plunge of arctic air as we head towards the weekend. i mean, bismarck, 19 below minneapolis nine, des moines one below detroit 13, chicago 14, even atlanta 32. but by this week, it's going to do. they're going to be a plunge like this. i mean, by late saturday into sunday, nothing for us. we get cold air though. hollister morgan hill, 28, fairfax, 31, dublin. lafayette. campbell, stanford campus and healdsburg, all at 32 cold degrees. so frost advisory takes us until 9:00 and for good reason. there are a lot of 30s in here, including the record low for today in san francisco on january 14th, 29 degrees in 1888.

i'm glad that mr. steve bannon recognized it. i hope more of our republicans will recognize that these large corporations need to pay their fair share and so do the wealthiest in our country. the biggest loser of their plan will be our debt but the impact that has on the solvency of social security and medicare and other investments is very critical. as we move forward we need to consider these impacts and look for a tax code that is more fair for working americans and less gift to those at the top. i yield back. >> mr. smith. >> thank you. thank you to our panel here today. this hearing is timely. it is important. it is always healthy to look back and see what we have been, where we need to go moving forward. i am proud to say that the 2017 tcja was a reflection and a result of several years of thoughtful exchange and really diving deep into what we could do at the time to grow our economy, create more opportunity, create more fairness in the tax code. it was interesting. one thing that is left out of the discussion today especi

with that, i turn it over to our leader, steve scalise. mr. scalise: it was very exciting friday to not only get sworn in but to see all these new members of congress as part of this new republican majority. both house majority, senate majority with president trump, trump coming in in a couple weeks. we have over 30 new republicans that are a part of this majority. their enthusiasm is contagious. they came to do big things. and we have big things planned. i'll talk about a couple of those things. but we started by doing something, maybe some of you were a little disappointed in, we actually took only one ballot to elect mike johnson as our speaker. i think that showed you just how focused this new majority is on doing our work. we have a lot to do. we did not have time last week to go multiple rounds and try to have a lot of internal fights. while we might have internal disagreements along the way, we are going to be focused on the people's business. we have a lot of work to do to fix the mess as lisa pointed out that joe biden, kamala harris,

officially nominated, he and his team worked in sync with the biden administration, specifically mr. stevevisor to president trump to the middle east. and he himself has been in qatar. and we see the benefits of this today. but. there are still going to be 65 hostages after this first phase, including my son and four other american citizens. and that is a bit disappointing. the time frame, which is detailed, talks to 42 days until the second phase could potentially begin. if there's one thing that is predictable about the middle east is that it is unpredictable and many things can go sideways. as such, i urge on the negotiators, the united states, to do whatever you can to shorten that time period and start working today on the second phase that includes five u.s. citizens. >> ruby, behind you, over your left shoulder is his picture and his beautiful smiling face. and then, aged 19, and i imagine any parent anywhere in the world sees that. and, and just can't imagine your suffering and your loss. will you talk about your son? >> yeah, of course. he a lovingo he has an elder sibling and a y

mr. majority leader steve scalise, thank you very much, sir. coming up on kudlow. a bit more reaction to pete hegseth and how about this one, no blank checks for gavin newsom. that's right. humanitarian, yes. blank checks, not without policy changes. we've got house members byron donalds and claudia tenney all that when does low returns. kudlow returns. ♪ where ya headed? susan: where am i headed? am i just gonna take what the markets gives me? no. i can do some research. ya know, that's backed by j.p. morgan's leading strategists like us. when you want to invest with more confidence... the answer is j.p. morgan wealth management (traffic noises) (♪) the road to opportunity. is often the road overlooked. (♪) at enterprise mobility, we guide companies to unique solutions, from our team of mobility experts. because we believe the more ways we all have to move forward. the further we'll all go. larry: more reaction to the pete hegseth victory today. byron donalds and claudia tenney. welcome back. both very good friends and democrats are not controlling the governor. >

larry: steve forbes, if mr.s forced to take tough action with mexico, cause they're not going to help us on the border, not going to help us on the border. no tangible help on fentanyl with the cartels. suppose he slap as 25% tariff on mexico. just suppose. >> it's gob that hurt us as well as them and that again gets to why i'm so happy the speaker is saying you can get a big fat tax bill by memorial day or sooner because we need something to juice up the economy in case this happens. behind the scenes and i'm sure our diplomats are saying it now, the cartels are about to make mexico a narco state. they already control much of the country and a way to cut them back. pure tone average the onus on us but it'll stave your country. larry: should they use the u.s. military to bomb the drug factory s? >> little more southerly. drones appear out of nowhere it seems. drones appear over mexico. where do they come from? who knows. larry: drones over mexico, sounds like a woody allen move seizure disorders. i hope somethin

come on up, steve. >> mr. president, can i ask you the second part of that hamas. >> just one second. hostage video. i'm going to give you a little report on the hostages, if i can. steve, thank you very much. >> thank you, mr. president. while um. >> well, i think we're making a lot of progress, and i don't want to say too much because i think they're doing a really good job back in doha. >> i'm leaving tomorrow. back to go to doha. but i think that we've had some, some, some really great progress. and i'm really hopeful that by the inaugural, we'll have some good things to announce on behalf of the president. i actually believe that we're working in tandem in a really good way. but it's the president, his reputation, the things that he that he has said that that are driving this negotiation and and so hopefully it'll all work out and we'll save some lives. absolutely. is it possible, given the hostage fuad shukr. i believe we've been on the verge of it. i don't want to discuss sort of what's delayed it, that

mr. trump's envoy, steve would cost. how did that work? how do you are present two leaders with different worldviews toward the same goal? >> i think it is historic, effective. steve became a close partner of mine. safe to say a friend. shortly after the election, president elect trump came to see biden in the oval office and set the tone. we will have a seamless transition and try and work together where we can. i spent most of the last six weeks, first in cairo, then indo hall, nailing this down. it was at the end of december, this was a critical point -- for the first time in a year, hamas agreed to a list of hostages it was prepared to release in the first phase of a deal over six weeks. after that happened, and they had not done that until that point, we were then in the bargaining to close it. the palestinian prisoners and hostages. some details of the cease-fire, the redeployment of israeli forces. we thought we could actually get this done. >> but the deadline with the incoming administration. president elect trump said there would

brett mcgurk, uh, nsc coordinator in the middle east, as well as mr. stevekoff, president trump's special envoy to the middle east. uh, once mr. witkoff was nominated, uh, he immediately, uh, was in sync with mr. mcgurk, and they worked together. and i think the trump effect, as it is called, was actual because for months there was no progress. and this created a dynamic that we saw, uh, become actual, uh, i could say when i was in qatar and uh, before i even mr. witkoff came, i actually reached out to him and suggested that he, uh, come to doha because the need for the negotiators to see the commitment of the u.s. government to not only come from the biden incumbent administration, but actually from the incoming administration as well. and the fact that mr. witkoff was there and said in his voice on behalf of president elect that indeed, uh, the guarantees that are being provided will be, uh, valid by the trump administration, i think, made a significant impact. >> so, ruby, your son, a huge celtics fan, which i find to be awesome being from boston. so just

republican members have selected as majority leader the gentleman from louisiana, the honorable mr. stevescalise. the speaker: the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. aguilar. mr. aguilar: as chairman of the democratic caucus, i have reported to the house we have selected as minority leader the gentleman from new york, the honorable hakeem jeffries. the speaker: the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from michigan, ms. maclean: as chair of the republican conference, i'm directed by that conference to notify the house officially that republican members have elected as majority whip the gentleman from minnesota, the honorable tom emmer. the speaker: the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. aguilar. mr. aguilar: i've been directed to report to the house the democratic members have selected as minority whip, the gentlewoman from massachusetts, the honorable katherine clarke. the speaker: the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from michigan, mrs. mcclain mrs. mcclain: i offer a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker: the clerk will

mr. steve schwarzman chairman ceo and co-founder of blackstone group. the floor is yours. >> mr. president i'm sure the crown of saudi arabia will be really glad you gave this speech today. it had the busiest for days that anybody can imagine and congratulations for that. my question is about some of the things i've observed here at davos. it's a terrific forum. i've met lots of people as usual. i think i've been here 30 years and a lot of the european business people have expressed enormous frustration with the regulatory regime in the eu and they attribute slower growth rates here because of the numerous factors but especially because of regulations. and you have taken a completely different approach in this area. if you could explain the theory of what you are doing and how you are going to do it and what you expect the outcome to be. i would appreciate it. >> we will thank you very much and congratulations to you. you've had an amazing career and it continues and i want to congratulate you for the inspirational to a lot of people. i want to talk about the eu because you menti

larry: steve forbes, if mr. trump is forced to take some tough action with mexico, does they're not going to help us on the border, not going to help us on the border, no tangible help on fentanyl with the cartels. suppose he slap as 25% tariff on mexico. just suppose. >> it's why i'm happy the speaker is saying he can have that and memorial day and we need something to juice up the economy in case something like this happens and behind the scenes and i'm sure our diplomats are saying it now, the cartels are about to make mexico a narco state. they're controlling much of the country. this is a way to start cutting them back. put the h onus on us and it's going to bomb the country. >> these are drug factories. >> subtly and drones appear out of nowhere it seems. drones appear over mexico. where do they come from? who knows. larry: drones over mexico, sounds like a woody allen movie. i hope something is done by it. i really do. whether it's hard or softer. >> i think they know he's serious. larry: cartels are gett

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come on steve. mr statistics, i've got to get in enough trouble. ich of the stats that you want to break down. i want you to specifically talk about black people. steve. black people accounted for 49% of the people fatally stabbed. that's less than half. there you go. that's how you spin the stats. but they represent 13.5% say that. that's that's what. but yeah, that's part of it. >> i was shocked by the headline surge in mobile phone robberies, driving soaring knife crimes like, hang on, the crime is driving another car. >> it's like a number of kittens killed driving number of puppies killed. >> like, how can one unless they're knifing the people that are taking their phones? >> but of course, it turns out it's because they're just they are just bringing a knife and saying, give me your phone. i've had my phone robbed. you can't get a phone out anywhere in london. well, they always say that you're more likely to be stabbed by your own knife, which is why i'd recommend carrying one of those prop ones where the blade just goes into the hill. they sa

. >> steve: sounds like mr. trump and mr.ne will have to figure out what they want by talking to the speaker because the speaker has to be able to say you guys in senate and white house can want whatever you want, in the house, i can only pass this. it is really predicated on what can get through. >> i mean, depens on your p perspective. you can look at it as herding cats or say, a handful of conservatives can make this package fiscally responsible. there is leverage for conservatives and it is a good thing, i want what is best for country, i want tax cuts and spending cuts, as well. >> steve: yesterday on the program, we had one of the top guys at meta talking about ending their fact-checking practices. a lot of conservatives and i know you really like it. i'm sure you are questioning why they are doing it now. here is ftc chair talking about why now yesterday on cnbc. >> it is true ftc has been successful in ongoing litigation against amazon and facebook. those companies want to come in and see if they can gets a s sweethea