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. >> trump's doctor at the time, ronnie jackson who is now a congressman from texas was standing there with a flag pole he was using in case he needed to wield it as a spear or club against the rioters ready to burst through the house chamber doors. this congressman now just like the other republicans insist that january 6th wasn't really that big of a deal. that the media and democrats have blown it out of proportion. andt sadly, that is the alterne reality that exists in orpolitical system right now. it is a sign of how deeply divided this country remains. also, how many americans are willing to kind of deny that thh kind of politics that trump represents is corrosive to the democracy and corrosive to what holds the country and our political system together. >> michael, you were nodding and i think that is a great point. it is one thing to talk about a divided country. we have had a lot of close elections in the past. we have had a lot of divided countries. you could argue that a divided country is part of democracy that people will have exchanges of ideas they feel very differently

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i agree with ronny jackson. look, i think this thing is going to be wrapped up pretty quickly. so, you know, everybody's getting excited about tomorrow. i think this thing is going to get wrapped up. and then we move forward. >> i hope you're right. because if you don't get the speaker in place, you can't certify the election. if you can't certify the election, you can't install donald trump as the president on january 20th. so i want to see who what congressmen stand up and what argument that they make that they're going to go against trump. and they'd much rather delay the implementation of, you know, the new presidency, that that that would be fascinating to me. congressman comer, chairman comer, where are you at on this? >> i'm voting for mike johnson. the people in my district sent a message that they want me to support president trump's agenda. he won by more than 3 to 1 margin in my congressional district. and that's what i'm going to do. donald trump wants mike johnson. i'm voting for mike johnson. and let's get ready to make america great again. we've got a lot of work

i agree with ronny jackson i will vote for mike johnson and i think it will be wrapped up quickly. >>ember mike johnson has the biggest endorsement at all from president-elect trump, who is calling on this to be taken care of quickly. we also got the endorsement marjorie greene taylor who last year tried to oust him. he is writing into this with momentum that we have a bunch of undecided that will not say how they will vote until the vote actually begins. >> lawrence: so, i'm getting the sense most undecided around the freedom caucus, right? >> they are. these are hard liner conservatives. people who have bigs and you don't have to call it big ask that people who want a good budget. they want appropriation bills to come back, regular order. this is an ask, lawrence, we hear every single time. it was an ask of michael mccarthy and the problem is these promises are never filled. we don't see regular order but we see crs over and over again which we will have to face again in a couple of months. >> brian: quick question, did the republicans realize how embarrassing it was when they went

. >> i'm voting for mike johnson i agree with ronny jackson.hink this thing is going to be wramed up quickly. >> he has not talked to you will at men's supporting him today. >> the magic number is 218, the republicans hold their majority slimmer now because of matt gaetz's resignation. the equation it could get more complicated if you think about it. there is only one vote that jonathan would afford to lose. that is if everybody turns up today and participates. if maybe one republican doesn't show up mark themself as president that would that i think things, guys. >> brian: i know things change would there be a vote immediately after? would they come back again? would that be something we see right away. >> yeah. i think there is a negotiation period after that. continue with the holdout no. just speaker johnson but allies reaching outs saying hey we need you on our side. our chad pergram did ask several members if they think this will go into the weekend if they're willing to push through until tomorrow through the weekend on this. they said t

the secret foreign schemes that made the biden family rich, james comer along with congressman ronnie jacksononald skye gentleman, thank you for joining us tonight. congressman, let me start with you. where did you make of president biden's comments today, do that reassure you and the people of texas that he is on top of it? >> no it is pathetic, that kind of weakness betrayed and demonstrated on the national scale, national stage like it was today from the white house by our commander in chief, it does everything -- it makes is placed externally dangerous. you see the dangerous times we live in right now, watching this and they see this witness, and we are in great risk for the next 17 days. we have to get this man out of office, he had no business being of a president from day one he has gotten worse and we would be better as a nation if they just put him into the basement for the next 17 days and not put him on tv anymore, he does not inspire confidence, is a dangerous situation. i feel bad things are on the horizon, hope we can get president trump in place before some of it becomes a real

. >> i'm voting with ron johnson i agree with ronny jackson.hink this thing is going to be wrapped up pretty quickly. >> speaker johnson said he has talked with every republican who has not yet committed to speaking with him. some said they are going to make that decision today. his allies don't want him making any concessions during those conversations. you will remember didn't work out very well for mccarthy when he did that, guys. >> emily: alexandria a thank you. we know he has voiced optimism. going to go well he thinks. names house republican telling the hill there is two issues here, first we want a real commitment for real spending cuts. the second is that we want him to start using the members to negotiate these bills. and what is going to be in these packages, going through the staff. at the end of the day, if we can only lose one vote, that's what you are hanging your hat on? you are not even identifying yourself to the hill? get to work is the bottom line here. any sort of gripes after. only that can be achieved after is he reelecte

mike johnson also put ronny jackson, donald trump's former white house physician who faced a number ofegations himself, including significant drinking on the job and other ethical issues. he is now also on the ethics committee and, as luke points out, mark crawford, the new chairman, has been seen more willing to play ball with johnson and trump. so all of this lines up to make perfect sense. if you're donald trump and mike johnson wanting to reset the table for a new administration, eliminate the chairman who knew everything and was in a position to know even more going forward and begin to consolidate. consolidate the team around the nation's secrets that will ultimately protect the malfeasance of the president going forward. >> yeah, i mean, we throw around gang of eight. what it means is that the democratic and republican leaders of the intelligence committees and leadership have access to a lot more classified and intelligence and law enforcement information than anyone else. we should watch this space to see if that continues to be the tradition in the second trump presidency. lu

he already has two of his picks, scott perry and ronny jackson, sitting on the house intelligence committeeone, i believe, last year or the year before at his direction. and they were not the typical the members you would typically see on a committee like that. can you talk a little bit about the work of the intelligence committee as it dovetails with trump's interests or concerns? >> well, you're absolutely right. i think that, look, the intelligence community is charged with being truth tellers, and they need to come and tell the truth in service of our country, not in service of a party and not in service of donald trump. now that you have people like, you know, potentially tulsi gabbard or kash patel or others who are going to come before this intelligence committee, it's even more important that the chair and members of the committee hold their feet to the fire. now, if he has people like, you know, the folks that you mentioned, any trump allies, the intelligence committee, it's less likely that they're going to actually hold these folks accountable. >> and ultimately, it makes our cou

so we heard from kellyanne conway, we have heard from ronny jackson, and this is a crowd that is really waiting for the main event. >> reporter: they are and they're going to have to wait for a while as you said. this all kicked off as you noticed, this has a bit of a thrown together convention feel. and it really was thrown together. they had about 48 hours to put this together after deciding the parade had come inside. first group of speakers they're having is a prelude to donald trump and j.d. vance. the first group who went to jail on a contempt of congress conviction. so that was just a noticeable choice. this is an incredibly enthusiastic group of trump supporters, about 20,000 of them. and what we have noticed is really how they have been reacting to the events of the day and also to trump's inaugural address. it's been really interesting. they have been roaring for trump, roaring for j.d. vance, and all of those in their circles. also a lot of boos for joe biden, for kamala harris, and anyone who is a perceived enemy of donald trump. even for joe biden and doug emhoff. we heard