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joining us now south carolina senator tim scott. tim scott i want to start by moving this forward from "the wall street journal" i'm going to "the new york times", we learn a lot when the president loses an election and aid start talking in this what we learned from "the new york times", biden remains plenty sharp in a situation room calling world leaders to broker a cease-fire in lebanon in dealing with the chaos of serious rebellion. but it is hard to imagine that biden seriously thought he could do the world's most stressful job for another four years. there is "the new york times" admitting that, here is biden aid is still telling us what they told us before, he run circles around us. do you think he is running circles around the generals of the situation room? >> he is at running circles, not at all. still playing out today. in 2020 his staff knew he was compromised, confused, he was not a command so to talk about where he is today as if it is real, it is embarrassing, in his wrist -- irresponsible and a bold face lie. thank go

i mean, i remember traveling with tim scott and going to iowa.eople are against electric vehicles as a competition, but they are against is being told they need to hit certain mandates. and that's where the rub is among our party and the general populace. >> and you saw democrats run away from epa at the very end of this last campaign. slotkin in michigan ran ads basically saying, i'm not going to do mandates. >> well, that's very hard to take from the ethanol state. i'll just say. >> in iowa. >> yes. i mean, it's interesting. megan hayes, the the the new york times ran this headline last month, automakers to trump. please require us to sell electric vehicles. it's a little counterintuitive, but three of the nation's largest automakers ford, general motors, stellantis, are strategizing with other car manufacturers on how to make a delicate request. don't scrap the federal regulations that compel the industry to sell them. in fact, most automakers don't love the more stringent rules that mr. biden put in place. but they have already invested billi

and matt gorman, former adviser to tim scott's presidential campaign. welcome to all of you. so you heard what kinzinger had to say there. we also received a scathing statement from liz cheney who, of course, really the lightning rod figure on on the committee. and this is what she says, quote, this was the worst breach. she's talking about january 6th of our constitution by any president in our nation's history donald trump's suggestion that members of congress who later investigated his illegal and unconstitutional actions should be jailed is a continuation of his assault on the rule of law and the foundations of our republic. there is no conceivably appropriate factual or constitutional basis for what donald trump is suggesting. a justice department investigation of the work of a congressional committee and any lawyer who attempts to pursue that course would quickly find themselves engaged in sanctionable conduct. michael warren kinzinger says he's not afraid. should they be? >> i kind of think maybe they should be. i mean, i think if you look at, um, it's interesting, i w

education is your passion, tim scott, so thank you for joining us on a sunday night. i look forward to visiting with you over the holidays. >> thank you. thank god we have president trump coming to the rescue for our education system. >> yes, sir. you take care. god bless you. the message hasn't quite made its way through the marijuana smoke and the faculty lounges of most colleges and universities. that's where liberalism is making its last stand. but what can students do to forge their own path? some professors do teach critical thinking and figuring things out for yourself, while others enforce a rigid dogma not reflective of the broader community. there are, however, groups equipping students to think for themselves and defend conservatism through history and literature and logic. intercollegiate studies institute is one such entity, and we're joined by their regional director, carly eric. welcome, carly. i don't remember college very well in my class. attendance was not fantastic when i was there, but i'm guessing liberal professors still outpaced conservative on

. >> ainsley: tim scott and his fiance. >> brian: doug burgum and his wife. >> ainsley: former presidentent to the bronx, same stuff, born same way. >> lawrence: what was that experience like? so much love in the room. >> like people i grew up with. >> ainsley: we have a mom here who i think you will be delighted to meet, would you like to meet melania trump? >> yes. >> hi. >> what do you think santa will bring you? >> do you want to be a writer one day and report news or write books? ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> brian: jump like i'm not falling thousands of feet? you don't get that at disney. >> is this "fox and friends"? what's up, "fox and friends"? >> i watch every morning. >> hi to everybody, especially my old neighbor steve doocy. >> give it up for kid rock. [cheering] ♪ ♪ >> good morning, family. how you doing? >> here at lizard thicket in columbia. get down here with us. >> brian: get a table, that is because of us. >> steve: this place is jammed. >> you need eggs? >> people at table 19. >> i got it, it is coming. >> i wear a blazer everywhere. >> let's go. let's go. >> steve: number one cable m

they will find bills that can win support not just from house democrats, but also from the senator tim scott will chair senate banking committee, reaction. >>i think what american people are looking for whether then wall street or main street, is clarity. there are so many regulations, that basically overlap each other, they are not sure where in should turn having, one set of reports one set regulations clarity and frankly fewer regulations the important ones keep those but everything else throw out window i think very well, i can't imagine pushback other than from elizabeth warrens of the world, the big government exerting their power but this is mandate the american people have given to congress to president trump so i think actually going to be a very welcome development. maria: yeah all of this very good for crypto, cheryl going to zero in who is in charge of oversight give at the developers clarity, in terms of the boundaries and guardrails in the industry. cheryl: yes protect you know also a consumer protection to a point but that like many others have gone too far that is what we saw

. >> i'd say robinson, but sort of a b to that, tim scott and all these other black leaders who wererump in ways that one would say why are you doing so much, like you're doing too much and i'm wondering when they got out of it at the end of the day. >> so are they. >> exactly right. >> especially with the cabinet picks. >> for all of what you just did and said and for the ways in which you tried to distance yourself from one community to be part of another, what did you really get for that? >> i'll pick a crew of republican officials. we have seen so many times in the last almost decade now with republicans embarrass themselves in order to win favor for donald trump, to prostrate themselves for himself. we were talking at the break of donald trump's criminal trial in manhattan how a number of elected officials, including burgum, a governor of his state, showing up in matching red ties in a show of support they say for donald trump, a pie upon all their faces. >> anybody else comes to mind that we didn't hit because i know mark robinson was a favorite 2-1, but i think you're right br

power panel now, matt gorman targeted victory executive vice president and former tim scott campaign advisor. meghan hayes former director of message planning for the biden white house. great to see you both. meghan, i start with you. what's the point to as gavin newsom has said, democratic governor of california, trump-proofing his state when more than 76 million people just said an electoral and popular win for trump that they want him to deal with the border crisis? >> i think there is a way to deal with the border crisis and a way not to deal with it. what these democratic governors and mayors are saying is there is a way to deal with it that makes sense. go after people criminals and not working -- i think that's what they are saying and what you heard the mayor in the clip say from colorado. so i think there is a way to deal with it in the right way. i don't think the governors of blue states or mayors of blue cities want to deploy their police force like they are saying to break up families for mass deportation. that's known not what the american people want. >> harris: you ju

he was reassuring, by the way, to senator tim scott yesterday on the issue of abortion.rted on instagram that kennedy was open to this discussion of no federal funding for abortion. that was probably unexpected. i think that's a big headline out of yesterday. >> bill: reading this sentence. kennedy said the covid-19 vaccines were the deadlyist ever made and polio vaccine might have caused more deaths than it averted. if that question comes up in the hearing how will he answer that and will it be satisfactory? >> well, i don't know how he walks back his comments on the covid vaccine which saved millions of lives and clearly the virus was what was deadly and definitely were vaccine side effects and maybe the administration downplayed those and instituted mandates that was a huge mistake. to deny they saved millions of lives is very problematic. that virus was costing millions of lives. so i don't know how he walks that back. as far as polio i told you before it came around we were seeing 20,000 people a year paralyzed by polio and that was just part of what polio did. one

i had to tell you i'm rejoicing in the senate, senator tim scott of south killen will be chairman ofhe banking committee,. [laughing] okay? senator lindsey graham will be chairman of the budget committee, and so speed is so we would be wrong if it wasn't a south carolinian in charge of major committee when you're in the house, right? it would be -- >> what in telling you is the economy is in good hands, okay? and fiscal responsibility. so the chairmanships i can tell you right there right away, and so that's quite a change. and then in the house, the number of the chairmanships on the republican side we have term limits. so that's six years. the other party does not. many of their chair people, members have been there for a long time. but on our side it ships pics of this year there will be shifts on several committees and that the current chairman and charwomen have reached the section limit. >> so but what exactly are the responsibilities of the committee chairs? >> the actually control the calendar. that's what's so important in which bills can come up. and substantial almost univ

senator tim scott says republicans need to get behind trump now. >> he has laid out clear markers. what he doesn't want is a democrats to hold him hostage with a debt ceiling and why it is such an important part of the conversation. what he wants is to make sure that doge is successful. that means the american people get to keep more of their hard earned dollars. we'll see president trump take command, cut spending and get things done. >> harris: senior national correspondent aishah hasnie has been busy all morning on capitol hill. bring us up to speed. what's going on? >> good morning. at this hour there is no indication of when we might see a floor vote on a government funding spending bill. the longer this goes on and the longer that we wait today, it does not bode well for the house or speaker mike johnson. johnson is still huddled up inside his office right now. a live look right there with the house freedom caucus members and folks that were hard nose on that skinny cr you were talking about last night. trump's nominee russell vought is also in the room representing the presi

education is your passant passion tim scott said thank you for joining us on a sunday night but lookays. >> thank you, thank god we have president trump coming to the rescue for our education system. trey: yes, sir. you take care and god bless you. trey: the message is not quite made it through that marijuana smoke in the faculty lounges of most colleges and universities for that's where liberalism is making a last stand. now, what can students do? some professors do teach critical thinking and figuring things out for yourself. others enforce a rigid dogma not reflective of the broader community. there are however student to think for themselves and conservatism from history and literature and logic. intercollegiate studies institute is one such entity but we are joined by the regional director. welcome. i do not remember college very well and my class was not attendance was not that fantastic. i'm sure liberal outpaced conservative ones in modern college and university settings. in my close to right? >> yes, thanks for having me on today. that is certainly right. unfortunately acros

senior opinion reporter, and matt gorman, senior communications adviser for tim scott for america.here. hope you had a great thanksgiving holiday. john, let me start with you. let's talk about this decision to tap kash patel to lead the fbi. i heard from the former national security adviser who said the senate should vote to oppose him 100-0. bill made it very clear, that's not going to happen. what do you think his chances are of getting confirmed? >> not for the first time john bolton is wrong. we already heard chris murphy say he will vote against kash patel. there are issues. if you're a senator, you'll weigh this question of whether he's going in there to the fbi with the express intent of going after president trump's enemies. donald trump doesn't care whether his political enemies are democrats or republicans. so if you are a united states senator and you have anything to hide for sure, you're going to be worried about kash patel. maybe if you don't have anything to hide, you'll be worried about it. could he get through? absolutely. i'm not at the opinion that one nominee ge

then senators rick scott, tim scott, and cory booker released a joint statement said, "we're all in agreementas made things smoother all around." [ laughter ] and senator john fetterman said, "i agree for the most part, but a large patch of my soul disagrees." [ laughter ] senator pete welch said, "i've gotta be honest, i'm split on the issue." [ laughter ] and congressman joe courtney said, "give it just a little more time and i might support the guy." [ laughter ] and senator jon tester said, "i found his testimony to be pretty flat, top to bottom." [ light laughter ] then congresswoman rosa delauro said, "what he did was one of the highlights of my year." [ laughter ] then congressman chuck edwards said, "i don't have a strong opinion. i still need to comb over all the details." [ laughter ] then senator debbie stabenow said, "if postmaster were an elected position, he'd lose in a huge blowout." [ laughter ] and finally, the postal service's biggest customer, jeff bezos, said, "dejoy, you complete me." [ laughter and applause ] yeah, that's nice. they all figured it out by the end. speakin

senator tim scott of south carolina is going to be the chairman of the banking committee. wow. ok. and then senator lindsey graham is going to be chairman of the budget committee. >> and so it would be wrong if there wasn't a south carolinian in charge of major committee in the house, right? there would be an imbalance. >> no, no. what i'm telling you is the economy is in good hands and fiscal responsibility. but, and so the chairmanship, so i can tell you right there, right away. and so that's quite a change. and then in the house, the number of chairmanships are uh on the republican side, we have term limits and so that's six years. the other party does not. and so many of their chair, people, members have been there for a long time. but on our side, um it shifts and so this year there'll be shifts on several committees and that the current chair, chairman and chair women have reached the six year limit. >> so, but what, what exactly is the, is there are the responsibilities of the committee chair? >> they actually control the calendar. and so that's what's so important which bil

notably, tim scott's nowhere to be found. of the folks who seem to have been on the campaign trail as surrogates have gotten any of the positions -- herschel walker, apparently is looking at an ambassadorship. but other than that, there's an absence there. if donald trump delivers on some of his campaign promises and black men feel like their pockets are better and the immigration issue for those of them who matters to has been handled, does the lack of representation at least so far matter? >> it does matter. but i think it points to -- this may be an unpopular opinion, but the problem that the right does have. they don't have a bench in terms of black talent. when you only have one or two or three, you have these challenges, where do you find other people to show up to be appointed in these roles? while i'm a democrat, a proud democrat, i want to focus on build the bench on the left, the republicans have to think about building a bench on the right. it does take groups like collective pac and others on the right, for instan

can vaccinate your kids that i'm giving you a choice and he says he's going to be transparent and tim scottone of the senators he's meeting with, i texted with him and he said the president deserves incredible latitude and picking his team. we still have to very important questions and pro-life questions are an area of interest. yes he's pro-choice but he said he's going to walk step-by-step with donald trump rate is going to do whatever the president wants. >> harris: you brought up vaccines. i want to play for everybody, you -- we will come back to it. it's on polio and i saw that it made news. every network was quoting the president-elect correctly and sometimes they don't particularly on an incendiary issue like vaccine. >> kayleigh: i saw some left-wing outlets running with that story this morning and president trump promptly addressed it and said his support for the polio vaccine, articulated it clearly. there are two lines of attack. one is vaccines and comments he has made in the past. he has since addressed those and he said we are not going to take vaccines from anyone. he has sai

director of message planning for president biden, and matt gorman, former senior adviser for the tim scott presidential campaign. megan, i want to start with you. as you know, for the former president carter, he took a lot of pride in being able to reach across the aisle. and i want to take a listen to something he said about bipartisanship. now, this was in the 90s, so long after he left office. but let's take a listen to what he said. >> i think our american society now is divided worse than it has been since the war between the states and it's and the division. is dramatized by the division in washington. there's practically no harmony now between the white house and the congress and the american people. look at this as kind of a comedy of errors or farce. and it's very disgusting to see it. >> so there he's issuing a warning about the cost of partisanship. but clearly folks didn't really listen. >> right. and i think that, you know, president carter reminds me a lot of president biden, where he reaches across the aisle. they were getting things done. but unlike our incoming president,

and matt gorman, former senior adviser to tim scott's presidential campaign. welcome to all of you. good morning megan, i'm going to ask you in a second. >> like like what is like, what is the administration doing here? i don't know. >> it's very bizarre that there's no answer and that they can't give a dedicated answer of what's happening. i mean, there are over a million drones that are registered with the faa. over 8000 fly on any given day. so there is very well that they could just be people flying drones in more concentrated areas. but it is a little bit concerning that there doesn't seem to be a great message or a great answer for what these are and why it's happening now. >> it does seem just a little bit like the message is you're not seeing what your eyes, what your eyes tell you you're seeing. now, obviously, some people, as this phenomenon has spread, there are plenty of videos on social media that are of actual airplanes that are supposed to be there, of helicopters, of other things. but like, as chris christie said, like the idea that this is is normal is is just paten

gore's presidential campaign, and matt gorman republican strategist, former senior adviser for tim scott'smpaign. on the last episode of cnn news central. i asked our guests, this was yesterday if it was going to be the last day of the pete hegseth nomination, and yesterday they thought yes, well, obviously that was wrong. he has survived a full 24 hours longer. so is he on the path now to confirmation, kristie no he's not. >> even if this takes until friday or saturday or early next week, that does not mean that he is any closer. look it's not just the drinking issue though. that has been the focus of a lot of our conversation. it's also the fact that he has rank inexperience. it is the fact that even his own mother said he's kind of a bad guy to women. and that's before you even get to the policy concerns, which are the fact that the statements that he's made about not wanting to see women in frontline combat positions, which one would imagine is probably pretty irksome to someone like joni ernst. right look, i think that there are a number of republican senators who are ready to vote ag

kendra barkoff, former press secretary to joe biden and matt gorman, former senior adviser to tim scott's presidential campaign. welcome to all of you. thank you so much for being here. jonah goldberg, when you listen to some of those senators talk about pete hegseth, you've watched kind of his public campaign, it does seem to put an incredible amount of pressure on the hearing. but he's also clearly in much better shape than he was. >> yeah, i don't think i think a lot of these guys weren't as bad shape as it seemed at the time, and i don't think they're necessarily in as good shape as as they seem now, simply for the reason that you bring up, which is that this is always going to for all these guys, the hearing is the make or break thing. and if they have, i think if tulsi gabbard has a bad hearing, i think she loses. i think if robert f kennedy has a really bad hearing, he could lose. and i think if pete hegseth has a bad one, it depends what's brought up, how they react to things, whether they're circuses or not. so, you know, a lot of these senators are just basically saying, i don't

and matt gorman, republican strategist, former senior adviser to tim scott's presidential campaign. welcome to all of you. so, matt, let me start with you, actually, because there is going to be a significant difference in the washington that donald trump is going to find when he is inaugurated than from the one where paul ryan, who you worked closely with, was running the house of representatives, and i remember people, republicans like him used to use the phrase, well, we're going to be the ballast in the ship of state, implying that they didn't think that donald trump could captain it. well, they wouldn't say it in public. they'd say it in private. now, everyone seems to be kind of singing off the same hymnal, no matter what room they're in. very much so. >> i mean, look, republicans, democrats, everyone could really, in a way, write off 2016, 2017 as an aberration. >> now it's an affirmation in so many other ways. and i think one of the key things, right, i think in many ways at least defined trump's first two years, if not his presidency. when he came in, he was kind of boxed i

and matt gorman, former senior adviser to tim scott's presidential campaign. welcome to all of you. good morning. good morning jonah. man, that walk down memory lane of trump on the world stage. i mean, that's what we are heading back to as as biden steps off. >> yeah. time is a flat circle. uh, i think they're working on cloning donald trump right now. so he can be president through 2065. um, because it just feels like this is just this is not going to end anytime soon. >> kate bedingfield, how do you see what the president did here with this pardon in terms of the big picture for his presidency here? i mean obviously he did this on a sunday night and then he flies off to africa right as donald trump, as we just outlined, is about to step back on to the world stage and his party here at home has not exactly been kind to him. yeah. >> look, i think the idea that that biden has somehow opened the door for trump to do things that he was not otherwise going to do is completely ludicrous. i mean it is trump who has completely thrown norms out the window here for the now, now almost last

is been there a allong time and one of the most respected people in all of washington senator tim scottlright alright alright! you want four more years of donald trump, let me hear you scream! [cheering] the race to be over tomorrow, let me hear you scream! [cheering] how many of y'all want four more years of low-inflation under donald trump! [cheering] how many of y'all want four more years of low crime and high law and order under donald j trump! [cheering] >> that was doug bergen on the campaign trail earlier this year with former president donald trump who's picked mr. rgen to serve as interior secretary in the new administration. up next, more from the c-span archives with mr. bergen talking about his upbringing and why he identifies as republican. this took place at the north carolina republican convention in queensboro. >> good evening north carolina. are you ready for a great evening to get even better? you should be because we've got your next governor backstage. let's get ready to take it up to the next level. i want to say t,off the bat bei here tonight, how fantastic to be h

he's been a long time and one of the most respected people in all ofou washington, senator tim scott,> all right, all right, all ri. if you want four more years of donald trump let me hear you scream. if you want the race to be over tomorrow, let me hear you scream. >> how many of you all want four more years of low inflation under donaldal trump? how many of you all want four more years of low crime and high law and order under donald trump? how many of y'all want me to stop talking so you can hear from your next president, donald trump? four more years. [chanting] four more years [chanting] >> that was doug burgum on the campaign trail earlier this year with former president trump. who has picked mr. burgum to serve as interior secretary in the new administration. up next more fromhe c-span archives with mr. burm talk about his upbringing and why he identifies as the republican. this took place at the north carolina republican convention in greensboro. >> good evening north carolina. are you ready for a for at evening to get even better? you should be because we've got your next gov

and one of the most respected people in all of washington, senator tim scott, south carolina. all right. all right, all right. if if you want four more years of donald trump, let me hear you scream. i know if you want the race to be over tomorrow, let me hear you scream. laura, come on. y'all want full? four more years of low inflation under donald trump. how would you go on four more years of low crime and high law and order under donald j. how many y'all want me to stop talking so you can hear from your next president? donald j. trump whoa, whoa. you you. oh oh, yeah. oh, yes, it's. good evening, north carolina. are you ready for a great evening to get even better? you should be, because we've got your next governor backstage here. and yolen and marx coming out here after me. so let's get ready to take it up to the next level. i want to just say right off the bat, being here tonight, how fantastic to be here. you have to say when you're in a place like north dakota, a place like north carolina, this hebes. you start off a dinner like this with a prayer and a pledge surrounde

jamie: the phrasing of the letter that the treasury set to sherrod brown and tim scott said that theyad denoted it as a major cybersecurity incident which is what they do when they attribute it to a state-sponsored actor and the fact they said that after the investigations by government agencies the attribution is crystal clear makes it extremely definitive. they would not put that in a letter to congress if they were unsure. and it would make -- meet the hallmarks and tradecraft of previous attempts, so there are indicators of compromise, tactics and procedures that these hackers would be using that are identifiable to the people who track them. there are also companies like microsoft that have visibility over the internet and watch certain threat actors as they move and they recognize patterns of behavior. sonali: the treasury department was notified on december 8 by a third party provider. they no congress on december 30. matt: ironically called beyond trust. you could say that again. sonali: there is an irony to that. the three-week lag is what i want to ask about. why did they wa

have a new chair of our banking committee in the senate, as you know, madam president, and senator tim scott. senator scott has asked senator mike rounds and i to work on trying to start over with our national flood insurance program, maybe even extend it to some other hazards. but tim has asked mike and i to try to design a brand-new program that looks like somebody designed it on purpose, and we're going to get started on that. indeed, we already have started. but in the meantime, the current program, as bad as it is, expires tonight at midnight. what would be -- and we want to continue it. what would be the result of that? it would mean that as of 12:01 tonight, the flood insurance program can no longer write new policies. now, i don't want to scare people. if you already have flood insurance through what we call the nfip, which is just an acronym for the national program, you policy won't expire, if it's not at its termination date. you'll continue to have flood coverage, but you can't buy a new policy. that will have a huge impact on the real estate market in america. many institutions

. >> scotts valley vice mayor derek tim says the city is cleaning up and still assessing the damage. a classroom at scotts valley middle school was impacted by a fallen tree. >> really lucky that it didn't hit any of the infrastructure here or the buildings directly in this location. the fact that one person was critically injured is still tragic, but we're pulling for that person. >> the tornado cutting a clear path through the shopping center parking lot. tree limbs are everywhere. lots of smashed cars are here to check it out. this suv lost all of its windows. a sign at the local mcdonald's was trashed by strong winds. manager chris joaquin was working the lunch shift. >> i saw some people outside. they ran inside and started holding the door shut and i could see that they were. they were really holding on hard and uh. luckily, everyone was safe. >> customers in the drive thru were not injured. >> i think only one person needed a refund. and you know, because we couldn't complete the order. let's go home. >> let's go home. this community now, moving forward from a day they will nev

see the hlavac cultural diversity that is being proposed with the cabinet, you don't even see a tim scottnly reason he's there is because of fox news and extenuating circumstances. so wouldn't you say there's also the cultural shift, molly, as well as going back to get laws of yesteryear, they're trying to bring back the culture and the social setting of yesteryear. >> yeah. so comstock is a victorian-era law that targets obscenity. so think about this -- from the 1800s, it was a law that targeted the mail. it said you cannot mail things that might sort of -- the idea here is that the dangerous things, dangerous ideas, dangerous implements, there were some medical textbooks that could not be mailed because of this law. so you sort of think about culturally we're not even talking about the '60s, we're talking about the 1860s. then you have another law, alien enemies act, which is the law which would be -- again, these are like -- these frameworks are pretty mushy. you really have to have the judiciary on board to want to enact these because they haven't been enacted in such a long time. an

several other gop if members say they're the uncommitted to johnson including andy harris, scott perry and tim he's perry on "mornings with maria." >> right now, i think mike has done an admirable job under tough conditions, but i want to have a conversation with mike. i'll tell you the one that might be able to make the difference is, quite honestly, president trump. whoever the president backs is likely to be the speaker regardless. >> reporter: president-elect trump is said to be frustrated with johnson, but the house is paralyzed without a speaker, raising concerns that a prolonged fight could delay the certification of the electoral college results set for january 6th. will, rachel and charlie. charlie: thank you, madeleine. will: we were talking about this earlier on the couch, the interesting thing is who would run against him at this point because who wants the job as speaker of the house? rachel: no one does. and there isn't a logical person, there isn't somebody if on the bench who you're like, oh, that guy. he's going to do it. whether people want to do it or not. there there just i

gop members who say they are keeping their options (these include congressman eddie harris, scott perry and timcut spending are not happy with the way johnson handled the fight to keep the government open. >> we cannot just have a making the deals with hakeem jeffries the deals have to make the republican conference that's not what we saw in the last two weeks. >> and of house republicans i don't to raise their concerns with johnson make sure they are addressed ahead of next week's speaker vote. molly: ill be a very interesting january. madeleine rivera in washington thank you. rich: for more on house leadership fight let's bring in georgia congressman buddy carter. he's a member of house budget committee pay thank you for joining us this afternoon. there seem to be some republicans who may not be on board with another term for speaker johnson. take a listen to this. >> i think mike h is done at admiral job under tough conditions i'm going to keep my options open. i want to have a conversation with mike. i do not know where this is going right now. with thomas massie already sank is a hard know

gop members say they are also keeping their options open including congressman andy harris, scott perry and timhett. >> a request speakers in office to change the way things are done. to make sure we can advance president trump's agenda of the american people. >> johnson on the right flank of house republican conference after last week's fight he relayed on democrats to get the final bill across the finish line. still, some republicans they johnson's are the bestie can with the narrow majority. >> we are not cheap we just don't do as leader said. it is like herding cats but not little house cats these are liens on the serengeti. we'll have our say. it's a difficult job but he sent a great job over the last 15 months considering the situation for. >> president trump a said to be frustrated johnson. there are concerns a prolonged fight over the speakership could delay the certification of the electoral college results. which is set for generally six. >> things to watch in january mental rivera thank you. rich: law enforcement officials and some lawmakers say the mysteries drone sightings over the

already said he will not be supporting johnson from their obstinate congressman andy harris, scott perry and timchett? relook in the way things are done to advance president trump's agenda for the american people put johnson to the ire of the right flank of house republicans congress after last week's mining fight, he relied to get the final bill across the finish line. still, some republicans say johnson's are the bestie can with the narrow majority. >> were not cheap we don't do as a leader says. it's like herding cats. not but not little house cats like big liens on the serengeti, we all are safe. but he has done a great job over the last 15 months considered ig situation where. >> president-elect compass said to be frustrated with johnson there are con concerned a prolod fight over the speakership could delay the certification of the electoral college results which is up for january 6. >> madeleine rivera in washington, thank you. grand jury has indicted illegal immigrant from guatemala and the deadly burning of a woman on the new york city subway print local officials are refusing in order

several other gop members are also keeping their options open including andy harris, scott perry and tim burchett. >> we're working with the speaker's office to, you know, change the way things are done to make sure we can advance president trump's agenda for the american people, and we'll see if those commitments can be made. if they can't, then next friday could be a long day. >> reporter: johnson drew the ire of the right flank of the house republican conference after last week's funding fight. he relied on democrats to get the final bill across the finish line. some republicans say johnson is doing the best he can with a narrow majority. >> we're not sheep, we don't just to do as the leader says. we're all -- it's like herding cats, but not little house cats, like big lions on the serengeti. we all have our say. but mike's done a great job over the last 15 months considering the situation. >> reporter: president-elect trump is said to be upset with johnson. david. david: that would be a problem. madeleine, thank you very much. so is my next guest worried about a potential speaker bat

are several other members who say they are keeping their options open including andy harris, scott perry and tim. that's a problem for johnson because he needs 218 votes to keep the gavel. the breakdown is 219 house republicans and 215 house democrats. that means johnson can only afford the lose one republican vote if democrats vote against him. house minority leader hakeem jeffries has indicated they won't be helping johnson this time around after they joined republicans to block an ouster bid by congresswoman marjorie taylor greene earlier this year. there is one person that can help johnson's prospects, that's president-elect trump who has remained largely silent on this issue. >> i think president trump behind the scenes will, ultimately, decide who the next speaker will be. and, two, with the freedom cause cuts, you know, i'm not a member of the freedom caucus. i vote conservative or more is than some of their members, so i share in their frustration. >> reporter: but the head of the house freedom caucus isn't committing to backing johnson even if trump does throw his weight behind him. >>

. >> scotts valley vice mayor derek tim says the city is cleaning up and still assessing the damage. sroom at scotts valley middle school was impacted by a fallen tree. >> really lucky that it didn't hit any of the infrastructure here or the buildings directly in this location. the fact that one person was critically injured is still tragic, but we're pulling for that person. >> the tornado cutting a clear path through the shopping center parking lot. tree limbs are everywhere. lots of smashed cars are here to check it out. this suv lost all of its windows. a sign at the local mcdonald's was trashed by strong winds. manager chris joaquin was working the lunch shift. >> i saw some people outside. they ran inside and started holding the door shut and i could see that they were. they were really holding on hard and uh. luckily, everyone was safe. >> customers in the drive thru were not injured. >> i think only one person needed a refund and you know, because we couldn't complete the order. let's go home. >> let's go home. this community now, moving forward from a day they will never forg

. >> it was a miracle that no one was killed in this event, scotts valley vice mayor derek tim says the the damage. >> a classroom at scotts valley middle school was impacted by a fallen tree. >> really lucky that it didn't hit any of the infrastructure here or the buildings directly in this location. the fact that one person was critically injured is still tragic, but we're pulling for that person. >> the tornado cutting a clear path through the shopping center parking lot. tree limbs are everywhere. lots of smashed cars are here to check it out. this suv lost all of its windows. a sign at the local mcdonald's was trashed by strong winds. manager chris joaquin was working the lunch shift. >> i saw some people outside. they ran inside and started holding the door shut, and i could see that they were they were really holding on hard and uh. luckily, everyone was safe. >> customers in the drive thru were not injured. >> i think only one person needed a refund. and you know, because we couldn't complete the order. let's go home. >> let's go home. this community now, moving forward from a d

members say they're also keeping their options open, including congressman andy harris, scott perry, troy nehls and timt. >> we're working with the speaker's office to, you know, change the way things are done to make sure that we can advance president trump's agenda for the american people. >> johnson drew the ire of the right flank of the house republican conference after last week's funding fight. he relied on democrats to get the final bill across the finish line. still, some republicans say johnson is doing the best he can with a narrow majority. >> we're not cheap. we don't just do as the leader says. we're all, it's like herding cats, but not little house cats, like big lions, you know, on the serengeti. we all have our say. so mike's got a difficult job, but he's done a great job over the last 15 months. >> considering the situation, president elect trump is said to be frustrated with johnson, but there are concerns that a prolonged fight over the speakership could delay the certification of the electoral college results, which is set for january 6th in washington. mallory rivera, fox news. >>

i want to turn now to cnn senior political commentator scott jennings for his analysis. here's republican congressman timurchett, who is undecided on the speaker vote earlier today on fox. listen to this. >> i'll make up my mind friday or so. when we do the votes. i'll pray about it. i'll talk to the speaker some. i might talk to the president. president trump is very compelling, though. as i've said earlier, he's the largest dog in the pound. >> so what do you think, scott? will this trump endorsement put him over the top? >> i hope so, because the longer republicans engage in this infighting, the longer it's going to be until we get started on donald trump's agenda. >> i think that's why donald trump came out for mike johnson so strongly. he wants republicans to set all of this infighting aside and get focused on passing bills. i think he'd love to sign some bills into law. right after he takes the oath of office on january 20th. >> so if you spend all this time or days fighting over the speaker, you leave less time for getting started on his agenda. >> so i think it's going to be important. >> do you

scott elaborated saying they will all be confirmed. we will respect the fact he won in a landslide. respect the fact he is the president. joining me now is timof the bull worth. it is great to have you both here. when you read statements or hear statements like this from rick scott, the sort of confidence some might say verging on bluster. >> first of all, let me correct them on a number of things. if there were people that were nominated that had serious problems, whether it is a lack of qualifications or things in their record, they would not be nominated because they would not be taken seriously or they would withdraw their nomination after they saw they had significant opposition. so there's a lot of people that weren't confirmed. so, i think the idea here is these are not serious nominees. and republican senators know it. the question is just this. should they consider serious positions in face of non- serious nominees put forward by the trump administration. >> we have been to this party before, tim. where we are like what will susan collins do? and yet, and then we sort of watch this, the spectacle of pete hegseth and the reporting an

tim for an extremely fun hour. "closing bell" starts right now. 77. >>> thanks so much. i'm scott wapner. this make or break begins with the rally. we'll ask our experts the question over the final stretch. in the meantime your scorecard with 60 minutes to go in regulation. an uneven day for stocks. the market still focused on the path for interest rates. they are a touch higher today, thus we're mixed. nasdaq leading, nvidia, alphabet, tesla, they're green today. a pretty even split for the sector. it does take us to our talk of the tape. is there less reason to be bullish this market. let's ask chris harvey, head of equity strategy at wells fargo securities back at post nine. good to see you. >> go ahead to see you. >> how would you answer that question, less reason to be bullish? >> in the short-term you're less bullish. the fed didn't cancel christmas but did cancel the santa rally. you still have the same things in place. a stronger economy, good fundamentals, the fed is going to ease next year. m&a activity will start to come up. we're having a loser regulatory environment. it's all

scott elaborated to the bullwark's mark kaputo. they're all going to be confirmed. respect the fact that he won in a landslide, respect the fact that he is the president. joining me now is timhost of the bullwark podcast and claire mccaskill, senator from missouri. it is great to have you both here. claire, when you read statements or hear statements like that from rick scott, the sort of confidence some might say verging on bluster, how accurate do you think it is looking at the behavior of your former senate colleagues? >> you know, first of all, let me correct him on a couple of things. since the clinton transition, if there were people that were nominated that had serious problems wlrks it was a lack of qualifications or things in their record, they typically either, a, would not be nominated because they were -- would not be taken seriously or, b, they would withdraw their nomination after they saw that they had significant opposition. so there's a lot of people that they nominate that weren't confirmed, you know? we can go through history and tick them off. even under the clinton administration. so i think the idea here is these are not serious nominees and republican

tim for an extremely fun hour. "closing bell" starts right now. 77. >>> thanks so much. i'm scott wapner.tch. in the meantime your scorecard with 60 minutes to go in regulation. an uneven day for stocks. the market still focused on the path for interest rates. they are a touch higher today, thus we're mixed. nasdaq leading, nvidia, alphabet, tesla, they're green today.