. ♪ joining us this morning a sean spicer, host of the sean spicer show and the former white house pressretary during the trump administration. thanks for being here with us. we are talking about campaign 2024 obviously. there's only five days to go. what is your assessment of how this all ends on election day, if it ends on election day? guest: i mean look, i'm actually really bullish on this. obviously i support president trump and the republican ticket but when you look at the averages of where the polls are in all the battleground states, it's not just the edge that president trump has, it is the trend that is going in his direction. so you look not just at one pole, but at last several polls, and the wind is at his back. and frankly you look at the balla ground state senate races as well, everything from wisconsin and michigan to pennsylvania and nevada, arizona, each of those same things. there's not one race where republicans aren't moving in the right direction. i'm not saying everyone of them is going to go over the finish line, i hope they do, but i would rather be going into e

we heard earlier from sean spicer about the real clear politics average.hose include a lot of republican sponsored polls. we simply don't know. i am much more focused on the states in the selection rather than the horserace, and the stakes here are immense. to understand them, just look at this morning's wall street journal. one of the most highly decorated and reviewed military officers this country has produced in a generation. he was responsible for killing osama bin laden. and he said that donald trump has the maturity of a 15-year-old boy who can't be trusted to be returned to power. what he is offering is with george washington specifically rejected when he established the idea of the peaceful transfer of power. george washington was all about reaching out, not spreading hate. his farewell address warned against conmen. donald trump is a con man and a chaos agent. he was talking about is a great record in new york. i've lived in the new york area for 40 years. he didn't build new york. this company was put out of business and was ripping people off.

. ♪ joining us this morning a sean spicer, host of the sean spicer show and the former white house presstary during the trump administration. thanks for being here with us. we are talking about campaign 2024 obviously. there's only five days to go. what is your assessment of how this all ends on election day, if it ends on election day? guest:

sean spicer lasted longer than scaramucci, we may be calling him mr. the list for the secretary of the navy. he survived. his television presence, he's done a lot of it since then. that was a pretty tough job. you have to put that in balance. but i think if you look forward, the ability to perform and be on tv will be paramount concern and a criteria for donald trump. >> more to come, more to observe, we shall see. thank you, all. >>> up next, a trip to the edge of space. the launch tv sending a lucky group of tourists on the ride of a lifetime. lucky group of tourists on the ride of a lifetime furniture and cookware, holiday decor, and more at wayfair's lowest prices of the year! plus, score 24-hour flash deals you have to see to believe! and get free shipping on everything! save up to 80% off wayfair's black friday savings spectacular! now through december 2nd! ♪ wayfair. every style. every home. ♪ >> woman: why did we choose safelite? we're always working on a project. while loading up our suv, one extra push and... crack! so, we scheduled at safeli

what was interesting about kaylee mackin t is that sean spicer came on board, was an old hand, professional guy. like many other folks, he was new to it. there's a similar dynamic with sarah huckabee sanders. but kaylee relished the fight. she didn't walk in like a republican secretary and she sought as combat within audience of one. i would expect them to fit that mold. and are we going to have these daily briefings? we have had them every single day and it is important every single day. with the trump administration we saw the importance of the daily briefing lessening. when it wasn't a problem, his access was great, for those key decision-makers. >> and u.s. house has gaveled out and be back at 4:00 eastern. members are working on several pieces of legislation to increase the transparency of mail-in ballots requiring ballot envelopes to have tracking bar codes and preventing the i.r.s. issuing fines tore americans held hostage and ending terrorist supporting organizations. speaker mike johnson will swear in two new members in texas' for the late houston congresswoman jackson lee and mike

what's interesting matter was sean spicer, he came on board. hand, very professional guy but like many of the folks he was new to maga. there's a somewhat dammit with sarah huckabee sanders. but with my kaylee she relished the fights fight so she o that room and away republican press secretary in the bush or reagan administrations might have. she saw this as combat with an audience of one. ii would expect whoever the incomingie president names as hs press secretary, fits them altogether question is are we going to have these early briefings? we've had the with theve biden administration every single day. that'sve important in a demonstration that doesn't leak but with the trump administration what we saw is the importance of the daily briefing kind of lessened. long stretches whether certain happen. the wasn't a problem. his access was great to a lot of the key decision-makers, this is philip wegmann of real clear politics. thanks for your time. >> guest: thank you so much. >> today house oversight subcommittee holds a a secondy on the governme

he said demanding senate republicans back is the 2024 version of forcing sean spicer to say it was theowd ever. these aren't just appointments. they're loyalty tests. the absurdity is the point. that seems right to me. >> absolutely. you're absolutely right. it is about loyalty. this is about forcing his followers to defend the indefensible and we'll see what they do. from an institutional perspective, confirming nominees is something that only the senate does. the house has no role in that process. it is part of the senate's special responsibility. if the senate republicans decide to just cede that responsibility entirely by giving trump the power to do recess appointments, he's made clear, it is something in the past were used for special circumstances where a post really needed to be filled under an emergency or something like that. no president has ever used the recess appointment's power to just fill his cabinet. that is what trump has made clear he's going to do. that is a complete bypass. senate's advise and consent responsibility. if they give minimum appointment, they're not j

you have reince priebus as the chief of staff, sean spicer as the press secretary. and a lot of people from the establishment, paul ryan, leading the charge to overturn obamacare. and all of that really failed in trump's eyes. so now you have him leading the party. he's essentially dictating what party leadership looks like, what the party's agenda is, and they're sort of reshaping themselves in his own image. now it's up to him, really. leadership races aside, to dictate what the agenda looks like, and project 2025 is a big difference. wh act in 2017, they had no replacement. that was why jm ohn mccain voted against it. now project 2025 at least gives him a first draft of what they might want to do. >> and the senate republican majority could be the majority for some time. the 2026 map is not good for democrats again. the point is that things can be -- they could be in the minority for some time, the democrats. >> this is fewer seats than they had in 2004, when george bush came back into office and democrats flipped that one election, but flipped it in missouri and

yes so after sean spicer left the administration who got off to a bad obviously with the largest ever quip, i went and interviewed about what it was like to be a press secretary and and another press secretary have talked about this where there is an amount of preparation that they do for, i think, up to 2 hours before those daily briefings, because that is the main job of the press secretary, sort of like a daily board, you would call it, right and so they are usually well prepared. and then they also have a huge binder in front of them so that if they don't have the answer off the top of their head, they can open that book and you'll see them open that book up and just read off of them from time to time. some press secretaries are better than others handling. this and that's also i go into some that in the book too and did you how hard is it to get a in in covering the white house and did you even see that as your your job necessarily? not really. i think, again, voa is unique for us a scoop about something happening south america or east asia was something we really desire hard. an

sean spicer, his former press secretary telling cnn, quote telling donald trump something isn't going to happen is a surefire way of him doubling down. and that is exactly what is happening here. trump believes that gaetz is not only a key member of his cabinet but the most important appointment that he is going to make as he tries to dismantle and and make massive changes to the department of justice. he also believes that gaetz would be the most effective spokesperson and defender of his campaign on cable. or, excuse me, his administration on cable news which is a priority for donald trump one person telling us, quote, he is not going to back off. he is all in on matt gaetz. fred. all right. steve contorno, thank you so much. we'll check back with you. all right. still ahead, incredible images out of lebanon showing a rare and deadly israeli airstrike on central beirut that reportedly killed a hezbollah spokesperson. how the strike could impact the chance of a ceasefire deal of the year? >> visit cnn heroes.com. >> i'll be home for christmas you can count on me and presents under th

sean spicer, a former white house press secretary, telling cnn quotes telling donald trump something isn't going to happen is a surefire way of him doubling down and we are seeing him do just that in these early reactions to his nomination of matt gaetz. >> and now, steve, update us on what we know about these new details involving pete hegseth trump's pick for u.s. defense secretary yeah, this is an incident that first came to light in the days after trump nominated hegseth to become his defense secretary after a very quick period where he was considering other names and suddenly pivoted to hegseth. >> and here's what we are learning from hicks's attorney. the attorney said that hegseth paid a woman who accused him of sexual assault in a settlement agreement that also included a confidentiality clause. now, this is all dating back to an october 2017 incident, which his lawyer describes as, quote, a consensual sexual encounter. now they are also pointing out, and we should point out ourselves, that he was not charged. this the city of monterey california, where this took place, will

you'll recall back when he had his first press secretary coming out, sean spicer, one of the criticismse was not, as he would expect to be a tv friendly guy and puttingk put together. that's what he considers a qualification for someone for these huge government roles. it's amazing. >> so let me ask you a question, though, sarah because all the talk is about how fewer and fewer people are watching tv including the cable networks right? it's not me saying that. it's just out there. is trump backwards looking to some degree by picking folks who still make their names on on old school media platforms. >> no, it's not backwards looking, because what he cares about is somebody that's compelling. whatever screen they're going to be on. now, he cares a lot about television, and that's why these are names that mostly came from tv but he's right to think that it's smart to have people who can be compelling across any platform whether you're cutting a clip for tiktok or cutting a clip for snapchat or any other visual platform. now the average president would say that it's not about your tv creden

and just to give an example of what that means his former press secretary, sean spicer, telling cnn,te, telling donald trump something isn't going to happen is a surefire way of him doubling down. and that is what we are seeing happening right now, even as donald trump hears from republicans on capitol hill who tell him look. matt gaetz is someone who is not well liked within the party. there are concerns about the sexual misconduct allegations in his past and this ethics report that could come out detailing some salacious accusations against matt gaetz, the now former congressman, and that there is a concern whether or not he could get the 51 votes that he needs. but at the same time, we are already seeing some people change their minds on on him within the republican party who have been long time opponents of gaetz who are now saying that they intend to see his nomination through. >> all right steve contorno, we'll leave it there for now. thank you. all right. up next, more on our breaking news and a significant reversal. president biden authorizes the use of long range u.s. weapon

what is interesting about her is , sean spicer, he came on board, he was an old hand, very professional guy, but like many other folks, he was new. there a similar dynamic was sarah huckabee sanders. with kaylee, she relished the fight. she did not walk into that room in a way that a republican press secretary in the bush or reagan administration may have. she saw this as combat with an audience of one. i would expect to ever the incoming president named as his press secretary, it fit that mold. the other question is will be have these daily briefings because we've had them with the biden administration every single day. with the trump administration, what we saw it is kind of lessening then. long stretches. it was not necessarily a problem the access was great a lot of key decision-makers. >> phil wegman. serves as our white house reporter. politics.com is a website if you want to see his work. thanks for your time. >> thank you very much. they made tough choices at the grocery store while feeling pain at the gas pump. watching democrats deflect blame for the worst inflation in four de

what was interesting about kaylee mackin t is that sean spicer came on board, was an old hand, professional. like many other folks, he was new to it. there's a similar dynamic with sarah huckabee sanders. but kaylee relished the fight. she didn't walk in like a republican secretary and she sought as combat within audience of one. i would expect them to fit that mold. and are we going to have these daily briefings? we have had them every single day and it is important every single day. with the trump administration we saw the importance of the daily briefing lessening. when it wasn't a problem, his access was great, for those key decision-makers. host: philip wegmann, real clear politics, that's for you can find his work. thank you for your time. guest: pedro, thank you very much. host: open phones. democrats, (202) 748-8000. republicans, (202) 748-8001. independents, (202) 748-8002. we will take your calls and open forum in a moment. ♪ >> since 1979, in partnership with the cable industry, c-span has provided complete coverage in the halls of congress. from house and senate floors to congre

and right at the heart of that was whoever the press secretary was sean spicer, sean spicer and thesearies, they don't tend to last all that long. yes. >> i think trump burnt through 3 or 4 in his first in his first term. so i wonder if he's going to be trying to be more professional with his appointments this time around, or if actually it's a pretty hazardous job and no one can really be expected to last the full, full term, it would be fascinating to see how this young lady handles handled this thing . thing. >> really will be. >> really will be. >> yeah, but of course, she's not the only controversial. well, i don't i don't think it's fair to say controversial appointment but perhaps headline grabbing appointments. we've also seen the peculiar appointments of robert f kennedy jr, appointments of robert f kennedy jr , tulsi gabbard, people who jr, tulsi gabbard, people who traditionally have been democrats. but switched to trump, but also but also are perhaps, dare i say it, walking through the edges of conspiracy land. >> yes, i think i think very much so. well, the kennedy is the