hear from georgia state representative vernon jones, the washington examiner's chief political correspondent, byron york and trump 2020 campaign senior advisor, jason miller.

hear from georgia state representative vernon jones, the washington examiner's chief political correspondent, byron york and trump 2020 campaign senior advisor, jason miller. delist and reallie reallies rel. we discuss the switch ahead. futures look to rebound from yesterday's losses. 57 point gain on the dow futures right now, the first trading day of the new year ending deep in the red on worries over -- people suddenly woke up to the fact that, well, the georgia senate runoff races are pretty close. the new face of wall street, we look at the money market as more firms pack up and head from new york to florida. and striking the wrong tone, blake shelton's new song causing an uproar for its messaging. it's making a buzz this morning.

michael barone is a senior political analyst for the washington examiner and was interviewed by hudson institute fellow walter russell mead for just under an hour. >> hello, everybody. it's both a pleasure and a privilege to be here this morning with probably the greatest living student of american political parties and most interesting analyst of american politics. some of you i'm sure

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joining us now is kerry a senior campaign reporter from the washington examiner. >> i went to the capitalcover the states that were going to be contested. i was in the house chamber when arizona was being debated. at first it was being ignored and at one point we started hearing a lot of weird sounds going on outside. at one point the capital police came in and they started giving us these gas mass codes. that is when things got serious they said get underneath your seed put your gas mask on and they started shoveling us out of the chamber. that's when things get really serious. at that point we heard a gunshot and that's one may realize things were getting pretty bad. >> for a while we were being shuffled toward the door of the chamber on the balcony. they have told us to stay there and stay on the ground. we had a reporter on the balcony with members staying there because we didn't know whether or not those from gunshots or who was shooting. it was interesting that one point we did have a lawmaker shouting haig get your people out of here to the republicans. they had some arguments goin

byron york of the washington examiner, leslie marshall, democratic strategists, and the founding editorree beacon. happy new year to all. byron, your thoughts on the state of play in terms of $2,000 stimulus and couldn't make a come back soon. >> in addition to that we just saw congress to override the president's veto, first time that has ever happened in his presidency. it looks like mitch mcconnell is not going to let this $2,000 thing go forward. there is a big policy argument to be had for any reasonable point, $600 was passed, just wasn't enough, there is also a reasonable point the $2,000 -- the biggest thing we are seeing is the president's influence and clout are leaking away daily, by the hour. he's not going to be president anymore in 19 days, all the members of congress know that and his threats and ability to persuade are going down as we speak. >> i want to thank mitch mcconnell for helping democrats come out and bring out so many democrats in georgia. it is clear not just in georgia that americans are looking at republicans as being those, not all of them, but as being th

by my guest and a caucus in greenville she is a newsmax insider as well as contributor to the washington examiner and in toronto we have arthur who wrote he is editor at large and being libertarian dot com all right cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in in time you want and i always appreciate it ok let's go ahead and greenville in my introduction to ask the question what does it mean to be a conservative today in your mind what does it mean to be a conservative and let's keep in mind the tron presidency and the recent general election go ahead well in my mind it means to be conservative what has always meant that we are working to conserve the classical liberal values our country was founded upon but i think there's a role fracture with an conservatism these days i think trump has increased that fracture i think it was a system before he actually came into office but it has become deeper and more visible and i think that there are a lot of conservatives who want to move that movement into the action that he was mostly focusing on which has a lot more nationalism involved and isn'

hear from georgia state representative vernon jones, the washington examiner's chief political correspondent, byron york and trump 2020 campaign senior advisor, jason miller. delist and reallie reallies rel. we discuss the switch ahead. futures look to rebound from yesterday's losses. 57 point gain on the dow futures right now, the first trading day of the new year ending deep in the red on worries over -- people suddenly woke up to the fact that, well, the georgia senate runoff races are pretty close. the new face of wall street, we look at the money market as more firms pack up and head from new york to florida. and striking the wrong tone, blake shelton's new song causing an uproar for its messaging. it's making a buzz this morning. "mornings with maria" live right now. ♪ this is the part where i say i don't want you. ♪ i'm stronger than -- dagen: european markets looking like this, mixed action at the moment. the french and german markets to the downside slightly. british prime minister, boris johnson, imposing a stricter national lockdown as the more of contagious coronavirus variant sp

michael barone is a senior political analyst for the washington examiner and was interviewed by hudson institute fellow walter russell mead for just under an hour. >> hello, everybody. it's both a pleasure and a privilege to be here this morning with probably the greatest living student of american political parties and most interesting analyst of american politics. some of you i'm sure know of michael barone because of his pioneering work as cofounder of the almanac of american politics, a book that's been as close to a bible for american politics as there has been for decades now. he is also i think one of the most interesting students of the republican party in particular and given the dramatic events of the last couple of months, it's the republican party that we will be talking about today. so, let me just ask to kick things off, what is the state of the republican party today as president biden settles into the white house? >> the state of the republican party today is in the eyes of some observers almost terminal and sure to besu driven apart ad repudiated by the voters. i would

a piece in the "washington examiner" says "at least the media finally came around to the idea that riotsry." i am now joined by fox news contributor jason chaffetz. uni called it out in real time over the summer. i remember many times when we were on the air. writing in criminal behavior are exactly there. no jersey that you wear, none of that. if you are a criminal committing a crime, you need to be arrested. >> you need to be arrested, and then you need to be prosecuted. you need to be in jail. people need to know that there is a consequence. instead, you have people like kamala harris running around, raising bill to get people back out on the streets as fast as possible. they took policy positions that there should be no cash bail to make sure that these people get out as quickly as possible. there are consequences to those types of actions, and the media did not report it. now, that's no excuse for what happened at the capitol. that was one of the most shameful, unpatriotic days that there is. it is the patriotic thing to protest, and that's what most people were doing, but when you

is senior editor at the american conservative editor's page previously she was editor at the "washington examiner" and a 2018 robert novak jr. fellow. her writing has appeared everywhere worth reading "the news york times" review of books and american affairs. she lives in washington d.c. with her husband and newborn son and today we are taking on the boomers. i remember 15 years ago i was reviewing a 700 page biography of the soul singer sam cook and it gave me a chance to reflect on the power of boomers and their fascination with themselves. i remember i remarked these aren't devices to get more money out of her parents but it commemorative -- they shoved this pleasant cusick in her hands and said this is what my generation is about. listen to this in memory of me. sometimes i wonder if we indulge them a little beowulf. talking about themselves. that didn't happen and luckily for us we can start talking about them and here to do that today is someone who i just toyed with but helen enters is born into. helen, welcome. why do you tell us a little bit about your book and we will do a back-and-for

inclusion, senior editor at "the federalist" and byron york, chief political correspondent of the "washington examinerake a listen to this about impeachment. >> with regards to the call, the secretary of state in georgia as well as the in citation toward the insurrection, it calls for a trial. >> i think the trial is stupid, it's taken a bunch of gasoline and pouring it on top of the fire. >> recognizing the seriousness of our responsibilities we also know the seriousness of whatever happens on january 6. >> bret: that article of impeachment will be walked over just a few minutes this evening. what about this and how it plays politically once this trial begins? >> it makes sense why the democrats want to do this impeachment and trial trying to separate republican elected officials for republican voters and this is the way that they think will work to cleave the party. it looks like it's not actually working. in the house, you had very few republicans fall for this stunt led by nancy pelosi and members of the media and in the senate you definitely have people who are consumed with dislike for the forme

michael barone is a senior political analyst for the washington examiner.e was interviewed by hudson institute fellow, walter russell mead, for just under one hour. walter: hello, everybody. it is both a pleasure and a privilege to be here this morning, with probably the greatest living student of american political parties and most interesting analyst of american politics. most interesting analyst of american politics. some of you, i'm sure, no of michael barone because of his pioneering work of cofounder of the all the neck of american politics -- almanac of american politics. a book that has been close to a bible for american politics is there can be for decades now. he is also one of the most interesting students of the republican party in particular. and given the dramatic events of the last couple of months, it's the republican party we will be talking about today. so, let me just ask to kick things off -- what is the state of the republican party today as president biden settles into the white house? michael: well, the state of the republican party t

brian york joins us now, the chief political correspondent at the washington examiner and fox news contributor. what do you expect will change the most when the president puts pen to paper on tuesday? >> what he is basically doing here is trying to undo what president trump did on immigration, changing the numbers on asylum, refugees. those are changes president trump made to lower of those numbers during his time in office and it was pretty clear during the campaign that joe biden would raise those numbers. i mean, the bigger question is, can he get something big through congress? i should really start off and say when president biden took office he said there were four big crises he had to address. one was covid and the related covid economic crisis and the next one was the climate crisis and the last one was the racial equity crisis. none of those were immigration but he made that a top priority of anyway, done a bunch of executive orders and the very first bill he introduced in congress is an immigration reform bill. eric: he does seem to be multitasking. and what do you see as the path fo

todd: as for the former president's political few churr, he told the washington examiner he will do somethingot just yet. carley: an unlawful assembly declared in tacoma, washington, after protests turned violent. [crowds chanting] carley: reported antifa protesters demanding inmates be freed from a local jail. more than 100 people marching through the streets, lighting an american flag on fire and shattering windows, the protests starting after a police officer drove you through a crowd saturday, injuring at least one person. seconds before the crowd was seen shouting at the officer and pounding on his car windows, an independent investigation is underway and a meeting is expected to be held today to discuss use of force. the u.s. reaching a grim milestone, one year after the first case was he detected. coronavirus cases topping 25 million, with 419,000 deaths. the cdc warns the government remains in the dark on how many vaccines are available. >> i would say one of the biggest problems right now is i can't tell you how much vaccine we have and if i can't tell it to you then i can't tell it

byron york for the "washington examiner," national political correspondent of national public radio, rders but significant impacts in the communities especially. >> ben: absolutely and i spoke with senior officials from the trump administration and capitol hill engaged on this. they viewed this as being very ill thought in terms of the approach. i mean you can talk what you want to as john kerry did today about wanting to address climate change, but there is nothing in this that is about science or technology. instead, a recipe to just kill one of the most thriving areas of the american economy over the past decade, which is of course the arena of natural gas. going to all these different workers and saying they will need to learn the code or learn to make solar panels is not really a solution. there is another area that speaks to what is going to be an ongoing dynamic with the biden administration which is they talk a good game when it comes to satisfying what progressives want to hear from them. but when it comes to actually implementing the policy, they are not willing to go quite

strategist amanda mackey, democratic strategist michael star hopkins and kayly mcgee from "the washington examiner." aman amanda, i'll start with you. happy new year. what would it mean for the average american if democrats win control of the senate? >> look, it's very dangerous for the american taxpayer to have one-party control, especially in the democrats are able to succeed in doing all the things that joe biden has promised he would do. he has talked about day one repealing the tax law that was passed in 2017. one of the most important provisions in there is that they remove the penalty under obama care that required american families to purchase government mandated costly expensive health care. that could affect american families to the tune of $2,085 in a penalty they have to pay. let's talk about energy costs and what would happen to the fossil fuel industry. the oil and gas industry as we know it could be crushed under a democrat-controlled senate and a democrat-controlled entire washington d.c. >> sandra: i'm sure michael will push back on that. we have heard that warning on what is at s

the washington times." chief congressional correspondent for the "washington examiner," the executive director of georgetownour reaction to yesterday on the far left front? >> well, obviously it was a truly tragic scene. it was a horrifying scene. it is something that i hope we never see again. i cannot help but think and i'm reminded of some of the riots this summer when the people who wear most dish served by those, of course, were protesters who had legitimate first amendment things that they wanted to go out there and protest. if they had every right to do weights and their message was completely destroyed by the actions of a few bad people. likewise, supporters have a lot to be proud of and i know a ton of trump supporters and not a single of them would have done a single thing that we saw the supporters due last night. it is appalling and every single one of them needs to be identified, arrested, charged with whatever they can charge them with and put in jail if they are charged with felonies. >> bret: trying to get a total number of the people who rated the capitol and what the number is. we're going

. >> martha: first we began with political correspondent for the "washington examiner," andy mccarthy, fox news contributor and jeffrey scott superhero a d.c. prosecutor who wrote this piece in "the wall street journal" today and he argued that the president did not mention violence much less provoke it and he will represent that in a moment. in terms of what we are watching unfold tonight, you've got a lot of threats of violence coming forward in the coming days. there is a big push among democrats who have the vote to impeach the president and they can do it rather quickly. >> welcome i don't think there is any doubt they have the votet and cosponsors on the impeachment to impeach the president, but enormous confusion what will happen after that. if they do pass articles of impeachment, this wednesday, the 13th of january, exactly one week left. press president trumps term. we know the senate is not to come back until january 19th. there is rumors or talk tonight about charles schumer, the minority leader right now trying to come up with some parliamentary maneuver to get the senate

joining me now, chief political correspondent for the washington examiner, investigative journalist foxbusinessributor, both great americans. your reaction to some of the reporting we have heard so far, as i just pointed out, some outlet saying that the vice president, for crying out loud, was calling out the national guard when in fact it was the president who is the only one that can command the d.c. national guard. your reaction. >> this has been the problem from the beginning. the problem since 2016. information being disseminated to the american public. i was there today. i got there at 10:00 a.m. i was talking to people just like john solomon. i was talking to folks. they just want to be heard. people just want to be heard. they feel after four years they have been let down by the gop. they have been let down by the democratic party. they feel like they have been let down by lawmakers. they see washington, d.c. as a swamp. they see the media as reflective of that swamp. they do not feel like they are being listened to. you see this culmination. this was not just one day. this was four yea

byron york, chief political correspondent of the "washington examiner." mocratic strategist. matthew continetti. happy new year to all. byron, your thoughts on the state of play in terms of $2,000 stimulus and could it make a comeback? >> in addition to that we saw congress override the president's veto, the first time that's ever happened in his presidency. it looks like mitch mcconnell is just not going to let this $2,000 thing go forward. there's a big policy argument to be had. i think there is a reasonable point that the $600 that was passed just wasn't enough. there's also a reasonable point that the $2,000 plan is very untargeted. the biggest thing we are seeing here is the president's influence and clout are leaking away daily, by the hour. he's not going to be president anymore in 19 days and all the members of congress know that. his threats and his ability to persuade our going down as we speak. >> mike: lastly, your thoughts. >> i want to thank senator mitch mcconnell, leader mcconnell for helping democrats come out and bring out so many democr

hear from georgia state representative vernon jones, the washington examiner's chief political correspondent advisor, jason miller.

and byron york, chief political correspondent of the "washington examiner." t's one of the most colossal mess plays in modern politics for democrats to be going after this right now. of course, the last time it went after impeachment was right at the beginning of the global pandemic in which people were dying and that ground the federal government to a halt to focus on that and still are and then of course, you fast-forward to today and if they were a mandate out of the election, i think there were a lot of people who voted for joe biden because they just wanted to stop hearing about donald trump and wanted to stop listening to all of the fighting about donald trump and then send that. so for democrats to pursue an impeachment trial during joe biden's honeymoon when he could supposedly get anything he wants done i think is so disastrous for democrats and it also looks like they are not -- they don't have any other agenda but that, and i think it's kind of interesting to listen to joe biden punch the question. he can stop this if he wanted to. he is the leader

look who is back with us, the "washington examiner"'s fred barnes. fred, we love having you on. you give us your thoughts today? >> i thought the speech was fine. it wasn't too long. certainly joe biden is for unity and unity is a good idea and he is very fortunate when there is so many things that republicans disagree with about his agenda, that the biggest issue which is the coronavirus, you know, covid-19, is one that there is unity on. unity was the subject of his speech. there is unity on that. it is the biggest issue in the country and i think biden probably has pretty much of a free hand on what he wants to do on that issue. he wants more people to wear masks among other things. and republicans will just have to go along. elizabeth: yeah. you know, so when you, when we talk about that, 1.9 trillion covid relief billion, heading towards the senate, in the past we don't know if it will pass on simple majority and budget reconciliation as they did the trump tax cuts. biden has 17 executive actions. puts him historically six, behind lbj and nixon. he could do more. will we see

here now byron york for the washington examiner and dan henninger. gentlemen, welcome to you both. byron, to you first. you know, president biden, i want to play this and get this out of the way. i'll have both of you sign in. show this picture and the image and he said it again today, the mask mandate. everybody should wear mask for 100 days. yesterday he did not have a mask on while he was at the lincoln memorial during the time that he was speaking to the press and a lot of people said there he goes, not really abiding by his own mandate. we should note that jen psaki didn't have a mask. big deal or not, byron? >> well, i don't think it's a huge deal on this. first of all, it's a good thing that the new president is making a big deal out of coronavirus. that's a good thing. on the other hand, on what the president is doing now you have to divide it between style and substance. i think americans will like a president getting up there and speaking in an organized way, we're going to do this, this and this about coronavirus. that's a good thing. on the other hand, on the real -- som

former president has spoken publicly for the first time since fleeing to florida telling the washington examiner reporter who was somehow able to approach the disgraced former president while he was having lunch at what is apparently his regular table in the grill room of his private golf resort, he said, quote, we'll do something. but not just yet. end quote. which fondly recalls the vagaries with which he often spoke to convey absolutely nothing. however it appears that not just yet may arrive sooner than later for the failed former president because in roughly 24 hours, the house of representatives will deliver the article of impeachment for incitement of insurrection against him to the senate. the trial in the senate which is expected to be relatively shorts is scheduled to begin exactly two weeks later, february 8. it comes amid two major report, one revealing new insight into the failed former president's future, apparently the famed pillow guy is set to pick up that torch. and the other new revealing details as he tried to destroy american democracy. nbc news has confirmed the "new york t

todd: as for the former president's political few churks he told the washington examiner he will do, ote, something but not just yet. carley: all right. less than a week into joe biden's presidency, a second migrant caravan is already reportedly set to leave for the southern border today. todd: jackie ibanez joins us live as a majority of americans say they want it stopped. >> reporter: good morning. reports say the caravan is leaving from honduras despite calls from the biden administration to reconsider. guatemalan tv reports at least 3,000 migrants will meet before crossing into guatemala, entering mexico and heading towards the southern united states. this follows a migrant caravan of 8,000 being broken up by guatemalan security forces last week. asylum seekers broke through a human barricade of soldiers and police officers. authorities say as many as 5300 migrants have been sent back to honduras. the rest are spread throughout guatemala. senate republicans are calling on biden's administration to act. >> we can only do something after you've got in place immigration reforms that

analyst brit hume and national correspondent radio and fred barnes, senior economist at the "washington examinerdn't help but quote from someone else who would usually be here and that is -- an op-ed why rush to impeach trump is a gift to trumpers. a good case could be made senate democrats can only help him trying to convict him now and most likely to do. but if more than 17 senator republicans he will claim exoneration and encouraged to continue dominating the g.o.p. run in 2024 appearance of the best course may be to hold off the article of impeachment to the senate until president joe biden has completed the first 100 days and would provide time for the january 6th capitol invasion to be thoroughly investigated turning up new evidence of trump's involvement and making it harder for republicans to resist conviction if they per decide to pursue it. the op-ed to come up bret, morphed or however you want to respond to that. >> brit: i haven't heard that term morphed for a long time. i do not totally disagree what he saying but there is a more compelling reason and that is wednesday is the day th

this story coming up in the washington examiner, they interviewed military and intelligence experts andsay eric swalwell should not be on house intelligence, and he should be stripped of his security clearance because if they did what he did and what he's alleged to have been doing, they would have lost their jobs. >> oh, it's even worse than that. if they had done what he was accused of doing, they would have probably been prosecuted. here's the thing, liz, if eric swalwell -- it's probably just the tip of the iceberg. you know, the chinese are all over the united states with their influence operations. it's things like the confucius institutes where they're giving grants to university professors to say nice things ab them, they're -- about them, they're convincing chinese-owned businesses to pressure congressmen and senators and legislate to haves at the local level to be nice to china. but then there's good old-fashioned blackmail and bribery x that's really what swalwell was doing. he had an affair with a chinese agent, a spy, and he had it for a number of years. and he also took mo

emily larson, political reporter for the "washington examiner," thank you very much. y new year. >> thank you, happy new year. >> julie: small businesses barely hanging on, trying to survive some of the toughest times i have ever seen. so how are they coping with the new lockdowns? plus, perhaps the biggest challenge overseas, awaiting president-elect biden. up next, how he will take on china, and a look at his top priorities here at home. he's a good musical so through ancestry, i discovered my great aunt ruth signed up as a nursing cadet for world war ii. she was only 17. bring your family history to life like never before. get started for free at ancestry.com to life like never before. you're having one more bite! no! one more bite! ♪ kraft. for the win win. ♪ >> julie: chinese president xi jinping celebrating his country's economic boom, despite the pandemic. it is a reminder, however, of how china has profited while at the economies have suffered. benjamin hall has marveled from london. benjamin? >> julie, china has made it very clear they seek dominance in 2021.

conservative union amy walter for the political report, byron york chief political respondent of the "washington examiner" and fox news senior political analyst brit hume. >> you have seen a lot in washington but we have not seen anything like this. but what about the president's reaction and what does this day really mean? >> brit: i don't think there is much doubt, bret the president's actions and his entire conduct postelection or what led us to this point. he -- if you were a trump believer and you believe the extravagant claims he has made about how this election was stolen, you believe therefore that something true, truly horrible happened that chase was the face of republic. it is utter nonsense but he believed it and he got them to believe it. and believing that they did what they did today. i sense, there is a change in the republican result of this. it has split him off from about half or may be more of his voting base, which is to say this: his floating face has two elements the hard-core trump supporter's to do whatever he wants, believes whatever he says, will never desert him no matter what

here to break down some of them is writer for th "the washington examiner" tiana lowe. at you say or one of the laws coming into effect here in the new year is the demilitarization of police uniforms in california. tell us what they want to do and why they are doing it and why it's a bad idea. >> so homicides are up 30% in los angeles. they are up 2% in san francisco, which is the second densest city in the country. they are up 37% in oakland. and naturally that means that california is focused on making sure no one is triggered by what the police uniforms look like right now. this is not something backed in any evidence in terms of sort of descalating situations with the police this is nothing to reduce the number of nonviolent felons in california prisons. and so it's a great way for californians to virtue signal without actually doing anything for their drastic cost of the police force and their drastic crime problem. rachel: let's move to another law. we all know that extestify bipartisan in california are now going to be required to show diversity. you say that this

that story from the washington examiner. news from the obituary section, larry king, the suspender impresario of caper television and his popular cnn inner brooke -- interview program was premier haven for the famous and infamous to spill their secrets and hype their projects and soften their image. he died on january 23 at a hospital in los angeles. larry king 87 years old, the washington post obituary noting the reports earlier this month that larry king was hospitalized for complications due to covid-19. lung facet by medical problems including diabetes, and heart attacks and underwent an operation to remove early-stage lung cancer and had a stroke. that's the obituary from the washington post. back to your phone calls. rachelle in texas, a democrat, good morning. caller: good morning. i'm listening with amazement to some of the people who are calling in after being concerned about money and what they consider money being wasted. all we have to do is look. if people have not been made aware on your show yesterday, you had

susan ferrechio joins us now from the washington examiner. ith the biden picks? >> well, he talked about it already as an effort to create a very diverse cabinet. and he's done so, but he's also included sort of a politically-diverse cabinet too. you have people on the more liberal end of the spectrum, but you also have mod rates as well in key positions. and that's, again, keeping to what he pledged he would do when putting his cabinet together. i think think merrick garland is an interesting choice, certainly among the more moderate choice, and as you may remember, he was nominated by president obama to serve on the supreme court where republicans decided not to take up his nomination, so he was bypassed for the high court. this is an effort to really put him somewhere important now even though he didn't get that position on the supreme court. i think it's also kind of interesting because it takes him out of the way if there is a supreme court opening. i've often wondered that would he be nominated when democrats get a shot at filling a high

joining us now, posterior and fox news contributor writing about just that in the "washington examiner grapple with the fact that the thermostat might be broken. what do you think? >> normally in the u.s., public opinions shift against whoever's in power so whenever democrats take control, people say maybe i'd like lower taxes and smaller government and republicans take control, appetite grows and it tends to keep things on an even keel but right now, that's not working in the u.s. since donald trump got elected, democrats viewed him as the equivalent of you opened a window in the middle of a freezing winter day and they go we've got to crank the thermostat. we've got to be bold, more extreme the counter trump extremism and that grew to a growing division that makes it very hard to heal this country even after donald trump leaves office tomorrow. you put it this way in your piece, ask a trump photo and a focus group and they will tell you there is widespread feeling on the right that as the political left has moved even leftward, it has done so when the trump arrow at the increasingly

senior political correspondent for the washington examiner, david drucker. great to have you all on board. >> so jonathan lemire, let's go to you first. give us a quick overview. you know, this is -- again, this is like bill murray in "tootsie." when he's walk aing away with the other play wrights when my play is over, i want people to ask what happened? we were reading a "vanity fair" article and we're getting through it on -- >> it was a nice evening. >> on jared and ivanka. >> yeah. >> then suddenly i call you and i say, have you read this? there's a video, there's a video. i knew immediately five-alarm fire. i turn on the video and there i am, asking that bill murray question. what did i just see? what happened? what pushed the president to do what "the new york times" is labelling a concession speech? >> joe, that was a terrific impression of me, thank you for that. yes, what we saw last night was sort of an unexpected in some ways video. but i might argue another bill murray applies and that's "groundhog day" where we see the president amidst a crisis

let me read to you from "the washington examiner". it says here about biden politically correct assault on girl's sports. not just a matter of fairness, each transgender athlete takes a spot in competition away from a female athlete. biological male deprives a woman athlete of the experience of victory but valuable placement to biological females. executive orders is like a piece of paper, somebody signs it and it moves on. tell everybody what this meant to you personally. how did it affect you? >> personally this is heartbreaking to see this order signed because i went through a lot through my four years of high school competing against biological males. to see this policy possibly imposed upon the entire country is really hard to see and to know that other girls will have to go through what i went through. >> dana: you believe you lost out on awards and scholarships? >> uh-huh. i lost out on four state championships, two awards and other because of that. >> bill: you are really good. you are really fast. i just wonder did you ever t

the conversation. a "washington examiner" op-ed calls the keystone order proof of biden's lack of leadership. not leadership on president biden's part. it is demagoguery, a piece of red meat for his base. there is no scientific basis for choking off the oil supplies, the lifeblood of the u.s. economy. the idea the u.s. can reduce global emissions with a few small tweaks even as china is putting new coal-fired electrical plants online deserves to be dismissed with laughter. neil, your response to that. >> harris: i totally agree with it. it's hypocritical. biden literally set his son up overseas in energy company developing their infrastructure and he is killing the same thing here in america. it's totally political and has nothing to do with climate change. i think there is something bigger going on. and maybe it has something to do with contributions, campaign contributions from the railroad. i don't know. >> harris: "the faulkner focus" will look at all of this. you are still feeling with every fiber of your being. what happens next, neil, for you and for the thembers of your team? >> i can

former insight, jim handel's politics editor at the washington examiner, good morning. o pull up some stats to kick us off and get everybody on the same page. in the state of georgia covid-19 rates are such that the state ranks tenth among states nationwide for new cases for 100,000 people, ranks ninth in positive test rate and second in the number of filled icu beds, 92%. you have been tracking this for a wild but do these numbers shock you? >> it certainly didn't help. given the state as a republican led state it was detrimental to the republican candidates as it was for donald trump in his reelection race. it contributed to a situation where georgia governor brian kemp was beset on all sides, a lot of democratic and swing voters were unhappy with him for his management of the covid-19 pandemic and some hangover from the contentious gubernatorial election with stacy abrams and a number of republican voters unhappy with a state gop leaders because of the presidential election, unhappy he didn't take a firmer stand with donald trump as many thought he should have. agains

the board of war. independent of washington. the board began to issue orders directly to washington subordinates. made lafayette commander-in-chief into canada. again an independent operation not run through the normal examinemmand. washington at this point had enough. he stepped in and actually told lafayette that he did not have to go directly to the north to assume command, that he would be allowed to go to york where congress was in session, kpield from philadelphia and argue about the commander arrangements involved in northern invasion. technically this was insubordination. washington was not involved in that "chain of command". supposedly directly from gates and the board of war to lafayette. the reaction to this in the army, itself, was explosive. we have two reactions that are really worth considering. one was from the french, his title was not ambassador but ■ french 0r> ambassador. this was andre girard. and he reported directly to the french foreign minister in va. his job was to keep him apprised of what was going on politically in america. he was very close. had his ear close to the ground. his contacts inside and outside of congress were very good. when the word of the eruption became public

the "washington post" and msnbc political analyst eugene robinson. ceo of the messina group, jim messina. he served as deputy chief of staff to president obama. and senior political correspondent for the washington examiner david drucker joins us, a contributing writer at "vanity fair". it's great to have you all on board this morning. let's go. following last week's violence at the u.s. capitol, some democratic lawmakers continue to voice concern that some of their republican colleagues may be endangering their lives. democratic congressman don byer said it is the most poisonous i've ever seen. there's overall sense that maybe if some of them have likely the ones who are into conspiracy theories and qanon with the pedophilia satanic rings, are we safe from them? and remember we have a pandemic happening. some republican lawmakers, joe, are also voicing concern about possible threats. . >> when it comes to my family's safety, that's something that we've been planning for, preparing for, taking appropriate measures. i have colleagues who are traveling with armed escorts out of fear for their safety. many of us are altering our routines, working to get body armour, which is a reimbursable purchase we can m