host: south carolina republican congressman ralph norman joins us. s two days after speaker johnson respectively to house republicans at 119th congress. congressman norman, do you expect to have any issues winning the speaker vote on the house floor on january 3? that first evoked of the new congress. guest: well, i think it will be an eastern time -- an easier time. i think people are rallying behind mike johnson. that is his choice, and i think we will give mike the leeway he needs to really, for most of the agenda, what does president was almost overwhelmingly elected to do. i'm excited about it. host: you are quoted as saying that speaker john says challenges what it has -- johnson's challenges what his has always been but with trump, it will be easier to deliver. what you mean by that? guest: what we faced with the biden administration where share vetoes on any subject we wanted, the conservatives wanted to push. with president trump, it is a whole different thing now. president trump will be a backstop of getting this country back on track.the l

jon: congressman ralph norman republican of south carolina thanks. >> my pleasure.an rebels are on the march potentially reigniting the civil war there. meantime israel battles on two fronts israeli strikes hit syria's border with lebanon today testing a fragile cease-fire between israel and hezbollah the idf said it targeted sykes smuggling weapons to hezbollah this is fighting continues in the gaza strip. stephanie bennett is in london live with more. >> it is date four of the cease-fire between israel and hezbollah so far both sides continued to throw violation accusations at each other earlier they release this video what it said was a strike against hezbollah rob rocket launchers aircraft struck targets several times since the truce began this week israel saying it reserves the right under the cease-fire to strike against any perceived violation. despite the sporadic episodes the cease-fire for now appears to be holding. over too gaza were fighting continues between israel and hamas. today according to a senior palestinian health official and israeli airstrike

friday morning, south carolina republican congressman ralph norman joins us to discuss the incoming trumpdministration's agenda. then an illinois democratic congressman gives his thoughts on the new administration. u.s. policy and other congressional views. c-span's washington journal, join the conversation live at 7:00 eastern friday morning on c-span, c-span now, or online at c-span.org. >> as president-elect donald trump continues to fill out his cabinet, robert f kennedy junior is the latest pic, he leads the department of health and human services. mr. kennedy has been outspoken in the past about his skepticism of vaccines and fluoride usage in public water sources and he ran as an independent candidate for earth drawing from the race this summer to endorse trump. former democratic argument has been chosen to the veterans affairs. and former north dakota governor doug burgum has been picked to head the interior department. he also ran for president in 2024 before dropping out and endorsing mr. trump. all three will be subject to senate confirmation. president-elect donald trump spoke

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ralph norman called this outstanding. he said matt gaetz has the skill set and a good legal minds. michael guessed as the chairman of the house ethics committee and there is an ethics inquiry into matt gaetz right now. he says he has to put his confidence in the president-elect to pick the right people and if matt gaetz were to leave the house of representatives, the investigation goes kaput. this is a pick from the house of representatives. you have heard me say it a million times, it is about the math. republicans are on the precipice of winning the house of representatives. they are right at 217. the magic number is 218. that is including if they have matt gaetz in the house and elise stefanik and michael waltz, the congressman from florida. that takes those numbers down. that is a problem. maybe matt gaetz can't get confirmed, something the new senate majority leader john thune said he would be open to recess appointments. they have to give president electronic the benefit of the doubt. he said we will do our own due diligence and james lankford said we will work through all of

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if donald trump is listening to ralph norman, who would you like to see in one of those other positions that hasn't been filled? guest: that's up to donald trump, he knows the backgrounds of people and everyone he has picked will get the job done, particularly with eli musk and vivek ramaswamy with scaling down government. the american people are thirsty to rein in government and rein in spending. they're not getting paid. the biggest thing they're doing is publicizing the cuts that let american people see firsthand and that's just one of his picks. donald trump, his record proves he puts good people in good places and he did it with his business and now for the country. congressman norman with us until 7:50 a.m. eastern. i want your thoughts on jonathan as senate majority leader. guest: i would prefer scott but that was president trump's pick. but the senate has spoken and we'll see how it works out. hopefully it will but signals senator thune it selling the nation and president trump i think resonates and hopefully will follow through with that. host: do you have a problem with recess

host: south carolina republican congressman ralph norman joins us. he joins us two days after speaker johnson respectively to house republicans at 119th congress. congressman norman, do you expect to have any issues winning the speaker vote on the house floor on january 3? that first evoked of the new congress. guest: well, i think it will be an eastern time -- an easier time. i think people are rallying behind mike johnson. that is his choice, and i think we will give mike the leeway he needs to really, for most of the agenda, what does president was almost overwhelmingly elected to do. i'm excited about it. host: you are quoted as saying that speaker john says challenges what it has -- johnson's challenges what his has always been but with trump, it will be easier to deliver. what you mean by that? guest: what we faced with the biden administration where share vetoes on any subject we wanted, the conservatives wanted to push. with president trump, it is a whole different thing now. president trump will be a backstop of getting this country back on

south carolina republican congressman ralph norman joins us to discuss the incoming trump administration's agenda and house republican priorities. and then illinois democratic congressman brad schneider gives his thoughts on the new administration. u.s. foreign policy, and other congressional news. c-span's "washington journal," join the conversation live at 7:00 eastern friday morning on c-span, c-span now, or online at c-span.org. >> pennsylvania's secretary of state al schmidt spoke about the automatic recount in the senate race between democratic incumbent bob casey and challenger mccormick. in pennsylvania if a race is within a half a percentage point the recount is triggered. the associated press called the race for mr. mccormick but other outlets have not. >> good afternoon. i'm al schmidt. as secretary of the commonwealth of pennsylvania, i announced yesterday that unofficial results in the november 5 general election triggered a legally required recount for the u.s. senate race. we received many questions about how that recount process will work. so i'd like to explain to you a li