ronald johnson. thank you for being here.cular hearing your story and thinking about three decades of what you have been through. you are now a free man released on march 4. >> can you >> tell me what this month has been like for you? >> it kind of wow, for me because everything had changed so much out in the world so i work in a phones just driving down the street or just walking down the street, everything is different, so it's like a big shot too. >> but >> i'm adjusting, but it's slow >> it must be the one hand scary and exciting, but i wonder what you have been feeling all this time knowing you were, you were innocent, you didn't do it, and you were there for over 30 years? >> yes yes. >> what is that >> and i thought i was going to have to get out vegas, so that pressure there is a lot you never thought you were going to get out >> why did you think that >> because daughter corruption that was in my case, i thought i would get out. thank thought no bible believing where we're showing a picture now of a view with your so

our johnson wouldn't have been accepted into ronald reagan's party?xcuse me, there were all people there , cleaned up with ties and with very formal haircuts, as they would say now, but the trouble is that boris our johnson would not have been taken into the party of margaret thatcher, that is , maybe with the party of ronald regen in some kind of third-level komsomol they let him in, that’s what... they would have only taken him as a loader from the backyard, that’s a fact, because the people there were, as it turned out later, selective, but that’s the extent of great britain - then it’s all over, but i ’ll tell you this, i’m really rewinding the last 10 days, i’ll tell you this, it was a very very interesting period in global history, in our russian history. we will remember it for a long time later, because many hidden mechanisms that move our world, they just surfaced, but the most important thing is that it was very important for us all to understand that in the modern world there are no riders on a white horse, no these chigivars, there are no

okay, we'll take speaker johnson, who sounds like ronald reagan. i will say, in defense of some of the leaders in that house gop, like some of those leaders that run important committees. sounds like they're actually concerned about china, iran, and russia. >> this might literally be a political deathbed conversion for mike johnson as the threats to his job continue from that faction. joe, speaker johnson invoked ronald reagan's name, finally said it out loud. it's something we've been talking about for months now on this show, the party of ronald reagan turning its back on ukraine in a fight against russia. speaker johnson said yesterday, "i am a child of the '80s. i am a child of the reagan era. we have to do what's right here. we have to give ukraine what it needs." where was that over the last couple of months? unclear. >> don't know. >> but he's come around. the question is, have enough other republicans come around to that position to clear this funding and get it to ukraine? perhaps as early as saturday night when speaker johnson says there

this party of ronald reagan and excuse me, there were all people there, cleaned up with ties and with very formal haircuts, as they would say now, but the trouble is that our boris johnsoni ’ll tell you this, i’m really rewinding the last 10 days, i’ll tell you this, it was a very interesting period in and global history, in our russian. history, we will remember it for a long time later, because many hidden mechanisms that move our world, they just surfaced, but the most important thing is that it was very important for us all to understand that in the modern world there are no riders on a white horse , none of these chigivar, there are no these, no fighters for a bright future at all, maybe they once existed, but now they definitely don’t exist. everyone is fighting for their interests, everyone, everyone is looking for an opportunity to squeeze something out without a direct military conflict, well , the iranians, what do the iranians need, now they need a war, no, the iranians don’t need a war now, if only because they they know, they have this exact certainty absolutely, she’s from iran, just to add that time is actually playing on them, not completely, but time is

ronald reagan is rolling in his grave. speaker johnson has to decide for himself whether or not he will do the right thing for ukraine and for america, or if he will allow maga republicans and the putin wing of the republican party to hand vladimir putin the victory he se seeks. history, speernl, is -- speaker johnson, is watching. history is looking right over your shoulder. do the right thing. on senate debt, this week, president biden announced a new executive action to relieve the burden of student debt for another 30 million americans. 30 million americans. a little less than one out of ten of our population. when you count their families and spouses, it's even more. the president's new student debt plan is great news for everyone, particularly for borrowers in communities of color who are disproportionately impacted by the student debt crisis. for too long, far too long, the burden of student debt has held borrowers of color back from reaching the middle class and beyond. president biden's plan will deliver much-needed relief for th

johnson deserves credit for his show conviction which represents the best of the gop in the tradition of ronaldshouting about supposed betrayal that mr. johnson should focus on the crisis at the southern border but they know that they pass border measures in a heartbeat. if he had the votes in the house, the options are to consign ukraine to defeat or try to hold the line against mr. vladimir putin and the latter is still possible. even after months of washington did during. mr. johnson's behavior is called leadership and the gop would be more popular and better able to govern if more of its members showed such and medal themselves or have more respect for those who demonstrate it. claire mccaskill, do you agree with this piece in the wall street journal? and mike johnson, is he indeed showing leadership? >> it has taken him a while. it has been a slow start. i think he was in over his head. he was very indecisive and very uncomfortable leading and uncomfortable confronting the crazy caucus which has been driving this clown car now for a while. but keep in mind that the people doing this are in

looks like mike johnson, at least on this one issue, stopped sounding like donald trump and started sounding like ronald reagan and dr. brzezinski and others who have understood the danger of an aggressive russia. >> yeah. i think it was not so much a come to jesus moment as a come to bill burns, the director of cia, moment. clearly, the briefings speaker johnson got were strong and shocking enough for him to realize that he would be on the wrong side of history if he didn't do the right thing. he did do -- as jon said, he did do the right thing, and he really deserves applause for that, even though it was several months too late. but the price he's going to pay for this is yet to be seen. you know, i do expect there will be some kind of motion to vacate soon. >> well, the democrats most likely will support him in that. we'll see what happens here. elise, though, you know, it's so fascinaing about these briefings that the speaker received. made him understand that he really didn't have much of a choice if he wanted to do what was best for america, the best for western europe, the best for the west, the

johnson deserves credit for his show of conviction, which represents the best of the gop in the tradition of ronaldn border, but they know he'd pass border measures in a heartbeat if he had the votes in the house. the options now are to consign ukraine to defeat or try and hold the line against mr. putin. the latter is still possible, even after months of washington dithering. mr. johnson's behavior is called leadership. the gop would be more popular and better able to govern if more of its members showed such mettle themselves or had more respect for those who demonstrate it. claire mccaskill, do you agree with this piece in the "wall street journal"? and mike johnson, is he indeed showing leadership? >> yes. it's taken him a while. it's been a slow start. i think he was in over his head. he was very indecisive, very uncomfortable leading, very uncomfortable confronting the crazy caucus, which has been driving this clown car now for a while. keep in mind, you know, the people that are doing this are in very safe districts. they have one simple equation. if we are slavishly loyal to donald trump, w

ronald reagan would roll over in his grave if he saw what's going on here with the republican party. >> reporter: that bipartisanship making far-right republicans even angrier, as a third joins calls for johnson to step aside. in a statement tonight, arizona's paul gosar saying, "our border cannot be an afterthought. we need a speaker who puts america first." they want tougher border security before any more aid goes to ukraine, but just weeks ago, some of those same republicans blocked tough border security measures in a senate deal supported by both democrats and republicans after coming up under pressure from donald trump. but johnson brushing off those threats. are you worried about your job? >> i don't worry. i just do my job. >> reporter: david, the house is expected to pass this tomorrow afternoon. from there, it goes to the senate where chuck schumer says he's got senators on standby as they prepare to tackle these bills next. now, the president is emphasizing that there is no time to waste here. he's ready to sign these bills as soon as they get to his desk, stressing that ukraine and israel desperately need this aid. caved? >> david: selena wayne wang up on the hill for it are us to

ronald reagan would see the credit cattle of giving the aid to ukraine. he would have done it at least a year ago. >> i think speaker johnsonnd hopefully get that done. admiral thank you so much for what you do for the country and your book is fantastic. thank you. straight ahead a person infected with bird flu in texas. what you need to know next. chicago health officials confirming tuberculosis cases in that story coming your way. sl'n and all i can think about is all the green ♪in c and skyrizi is just 4 doses a year, after 2 starter doses. serious allergic reactions and an increased risk of infections or a lower ability to fight them may occur. tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms, had a vaccine, or plan to. thanks to skyrizi, there's nothing like clearer skin and less joint pain, and that means everything. ♪ nothing is everything ♪ ask your doctor about how skyrizi could help with your skin or joint symptoms. learn how abbvie could help you save. ♪ >> ainsley: back with new fears about the bird flu, the cdc confirming a human case of bird flu in texas. this comes as the nation's largest producer of egg

taylor greene says she wants to remove speaker johnson is because of the ukraine issue she says he's with the democrats. i came to washington when ronald reagan was president, was very different republican party back in those days, you're in the room and we see what it said. publicly. we see what it says on the floor. you're in the private rooms. i just want you to listen here to marjorie taylor greene, who sounds like she's a kremlin spokesman. and then speaker johnson with very different perspectives on what's at stake here. >> fight. amir putin has not said he wants to go march across europe and take europe. >> i think that vladimir putin would continue to march through europe if he were allowed. i think he might go to the balkans next. i think he might have a showdown with poland are one of our nato allies the speaker's view is your view, which i think is still the majority view among house republicans, but not like it used to be. >> that minority is growing and it is very vocal. what goes on in the closed-door session when you stand up and say what the hell are you saying? >> you know, i understand the reason that the moldovan ame

tonight johnson wants to turn the debate over what to spend into a debate over who's shadow looms larger over today's gop is it ronald reagan's or donald trump's i'm a child of the 80s regard myself as a reagan republican. >> i understand the concept of maintaining peace through strength. that's one of our guiding principles. it's really important philosophy it's a big part of our party and our worldview. and i think here is an opportunity to make that stand at a really critical time in world history now, that doesn't appear to be anything that will stop the tensions from boiling over and setting the as essentially on fire with a motion to vacate i don't know how long people are going to tolerate this because he's doing nothing but starting the democrats. but for hours last night and proposed different paths for the speaker you're that would have avoided the abject surrender represented by his, his strategic choice here. there's no other way to describe it. it's surrender, it's disappointing. i won't support ford. it it's disappointing. >> it's completely detached from what our base once what, what are, what are vote

johnson, johnson, senator vance, others in their house like matt gates and so on, this is actually a solid block of elected republican representatives. this is the party of eisenhower and ronaldkraine and so on. it is unbelievable. . ., . ., , , unbelievable. karolina, to be very charitable to _ unbelievable. karolina, to be very charitable to those _ unbelievable. karolina, to be very charitable to those small - unbelievable. karolina, to be very charitable to those small minorityj charitable to those small minority within the republican party who want to focus on the southern border, they are looking at where the biggest threat is coming from but take us to the point, at the risk of upsetting inna, take us to the point that ukraine loses, what does that look like the united states? aha, that ukraine loses, what does that look like the united states? a loss in ukraine could _ look like the united states? a loss in ukraine could go _ look like the united states? a loss in ukraine could go a _ look like the united states? a loss in ukraine could go a few- look like the united states? a loss in ukraine could go a few different| in ukraine could go a few different ways and — in