>> well, you've got to remember, too, and tom emmer is a really good friend.s one of those who was running for speaker. he was the fourth or fifth ballot back in october after mccarthy took the hit that he did, and at the time trump called him a rhino, but now the entire leadership is with trump. they see the writing on the wall. trump's going to win in iowa and it would be really interesting to see what happens in new hampshire. i think it will close up a little bit, but you know, by most experts, most pundits will say that trump is the leader and now he's got the leadership in the house and you saw tom cotton get out and it's trump's to lose, and he's been pretty smart on the campaign trail. he knows that particularly, chris christie will go after him in a debate. he will force him to answer the question why didn't mexico pay for the wall? why did you let the debt increase like it did? it hit $34 trillion now? he did all these things and they'll force him to answer. he doesn't want to and he's just ignoring them and by ignoring them he's at 50%, 60% of the r

recently over the weekend there were two publicly reported cases with tom emmer, a leader of membership in the call was placed into ozark county but he was in ozark so they knew that something was up because someone from the area would have known the two counties marjorie taylor greene were swatted over christmas and that was very prominent in the news. as a proactive measure the house sergeant at arms has encourage them to reach out to local police departments and have a conversation with them giving an emergency contact number and if you get anyout to us and make sure to validate so if it is indeed a swatting incident like it was with burlison they won't respond with guns blazing. they had a hunch it was swatting because of the county discrepancy. at the same time, it's a tough area, a tough line because do you not send the cops but what if it's a real emergency? toe. but we sought work out as well as it could with burlison it was a tempered law enforcement response but it is sucking up valuable law enforcement resources that should not have to be diverted to that. host: what is in pl

tom emmer of minnesota. a lot of minnesota fans on this set. thank you, sir.. >> thank you, guys. >> indeed there are. that was a fascinating interview, phil. where does it leave you thinking anything is going to happen? >> no. >> okay, all right. >>> to this now, chinese president xi promising biden that china won't interfere in the 2024 election. >>> and ceos from several major tech companies on the hot seat today in the judiciary committee is set to ask questions about online safety for children. ♪ >>> this morning there is a new potential roadblock in the gaza hostage negotiations. after a broad framework for hostage release and cease fire in the war between hamas and israel was agreed to, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has ruled out the freeing of thousands of prisoners, or pulling troops out of gaza as part of any deal with hamas. on tuesday, u.s. national security adviser jake sullivan met with the qatari prime minister urging that all possible effort bs brought to bear on hamas to secure the release of hostages without delay. later that nigh

joining us now, house majority whip tom emmer. it's good to have you back on, congressman.again. so this bombshell, this report out of house judiciary, your reaction to treasury investigators at treasury's department called fin-sen asked u.s. banks to spy on customer transactions using search terms like maga and trump. this is about the january 6th proked probe. so what do you make of this? it looks like it was a deep dive. it's more ebbs tense i have. we're going to get into it in just a bit. your reaction to it. >> this is part and parcel for what this administration is all about, surveilling american citizens and, more importantly, surveilling their political opponents and then weaponizing government against them. in this case you correctly point out the judiciary committee obtained documents from the treasury department that shows that the financial crimes enforcement network that's under the treasury's umbrella, that fin-sen, as you referred to, had directed banks to filter customer transactions using terms like trump and maga. literally trying to surveil customers' be

just because tom emmer is coming out now and supporting him, doesn't mean you're going to have donaldif it benefits him politically. and so that construct is something you see over and over again, but in particular in the house strong support for donald trump. we haven't seen that same lining up for behind trump in the senate. certainly we haven't seen senate minority leader mitch mcconnell or john thune, two critics of the former president. there are many others on the republican side who kept their distance as well. >> punch bowl news has new reporting this morning unt the house gop and how they view these upcoming negotiations with border security potentially paired with foreign aid, you know, aid to israel and ukraine. give us an update as to what you learned their game plan is when they come back to washington next week. >> yeah, we were down at the border in el paso with several house republicans as well as speaker mike johnson, his first trip to the border as speaker. and they are really hardening. it's a big shift here, jonathan, when you think about this government funding pa

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tom emmer who is the number three house republican, the republican whip, he endorsed donald trump.ity leader steve scalise endorsed trump yesterday. the entire republican house leadership has now endorsed trump which says something. all right. there some good news for nikki haley on the campaign trail. she reported a fund-raising boost in the beginning of 2024. $24 million in the fourth quarter of last year this doubled her cash haul in the third quarter. cnn's ian mcend on the ground in new hampshire where nikki haley is today. what are voters there saying about this? >> well, john, they are raising a range of issues when they show up to her events. many of them telling me that they think she's a strong general election candidate and other people asking her different questions and she was asked about monetary policy and the threat of china. one man told us that he's concerned about how divided we are in this country right now. we caught up with him afterwards. take a listen. >> there is such political divide on both sides, and she didn't answer the question in her whole talk which

committed to addressing biden's border crisis w that i'm honored to pass it over to the majorit whip, tom emmer. >> today house for my security committee articles of impeachment against mayorkas is refusing to comply with the law and bridging americans trust. these articles are the product of a deliberate thoughtful and fair investigation revealing failure to fulfill his oath of office as result historic border crisis costing thousands of lives. i called for secretary mayorkas impeachment last night and i stand by that all today. since joe biden and secretary mayorkas office, there are more than 8.3 million illegal crossings nationwide. there have been 1.7 million known getaways and by the way, those are just the ones we know about. 302 illegal immigrants at the southern border the highest ever recorded it's not just about illegal immigration, it's about fentanyl, human trafficking and the things secretary mayorkas to address simultaneously world if you country with little or no chance will border crisis, a few things have become ... very clear. ... he's failed to do his job and i think willful

in october he felt a top candidate for house speaker tom emmer, by posting, voting for him would be a tragic mistake. on wednesday emmer capitulated and endorsed him. they always bend the knee, said trump privately. timothy snyder is an expert on the history of fascism, and on fascism in the 20th century. he joins me now. one of the things have been thinking about where the story is that there's some line of normal democratic politics, which is like getting people endorsements, maybe even threatening them. i'm going to come after you in the press if you don't, and then there is the vision of loyalty in a sort of autocratic way. what makes him on the other side of that line in your mind? >> i think because, first of all, it is all personal, there is never any loyalty to the law or two institutions or to the constitution or to the government or to the country. it is all personal, and that is where the line is. sure, a normal democratic politician will trade favors, will want this for that, but there is usually some sense of operating within the rules. for mr. trump, the are not rules, t

very much out of control and a bipartisan senate deal trying like heck to get it under control, but tom emmerays that a deal is dead on arrival thiess in the house. he's here and so is south carolina governor henry mcmaster on what he and two cousin other republican governors are doing to help texas in its legal border battle with the white house. and peek of legal battles, donald trump vowing to appeal that a whopping $83 million jury verdict the in his defamation trial. does he have a case to reverse it? if we are on it. all over it, actually. good morning, everybody. happy to have you. i'm neil cavuto. there's a lot going if on with the border patrol just now announcing that a new record high migrant encounters were noted in december, better than 300,000. president biden saying he is ready to sign a senate bipartisan deal on the border, and the day he does shut down the boarder in so doing. a lot of people aren't convinced that will be the case. lucas tomlinson at the white house on where all this stands. >> reporter: well, neil, first we have an old fashioned texas standoff after this wee

. >> reporter: and house republican whip tom emmer sharing his minnesota home was also s.w.a.t.ed, swatted. he added that no one was home or injured. law enforcement experts call it dangerous, illegal and sometimes deadly. >> this is not a game, and it potentially is life changing. you're taking resources away from what, who could be responding to legitimate calls for assistance. >> reporter: and no address is safe. the white house recently hit with a false call claiming there was a fire with someone trapped inside. >> medic one respond for fire in the white house. 1600 pennsylvania avenue. >> reporter: authorities say more and more it's people in public service who are the targets, from jack smith to georgia representative marjorie taylor green to florida senator rick scott. >> my bill would say if anybody gets hurt, you're going to jail. >> reporter: a growing menace causing harm and wasting resources. steve patterson, nbc news. >>> jurors who found alex mer d alex murdaugh are due back in court. one was questioned separately. hill, who has denied tampering is expected to take the stand.

. >> just yesterday, house republican whip tom emmer sharing his minnesota home was also swatted, posting on social media that his family was targeted by a 911 prank call that wrongly diverted a police presence to my home, adding, thankfully no one was home or injured. >> law enforcement experts call it dangerous, illegal and sometimes deadly >> this is not a game, and it potentially is life changing. you're taking resources away from what who could be responding to legitimate calls for assistance >> no address is safe. the white house recently hit with a false call claiming there was a fire with someone trapped inside >> medic one respond for fire in the white house. >> authorities say more and more, it's people in public service that are the targets from jack smith, special counsel prosecuting former president trump to georgia representative marjorie taylor green to florida senator rick scott who recently co-authored a bill to crack down on swatting my bill says if anybody gets hurt you're going to jail >> a growing menace causing harm and wasting resources. steve patterson, nbc news. >

people like congressman tom emmer. stand up and endorsed donald trump. they know better. i know they know better. people who continue to deny the results of the 2020 election. people in leadership in the house who go on tv and say that the people who attacked the capitol on january 6 are hostages. i'll tell you who hostages are. the israelis who are still being hidden in tunnels in gaza. against their will. out of no fault of their own. these people speak louder for the folks who atakd our capitol on january 6 than they are willing to stand up and speak for the people of israel who are in tunnels in gaza. that's not leadership. that's ambition and cowardice which has outstripped their other side good judgment. we want to change this party and if we want to change this country, it's hard work. it's not easy. from the moment i got into the race, the decisions that i made -- the decision that i made was really simple. i would rather lose by telling the truth than lie in order to win. and i feel no differently today because this is a fight for the soul of our party and the so

endorsed ron desantis or nikki haley, but trump has the backing of the top three republican leaders, tom emmer, the whip, steve scalise, and mike johnson was quick to endorsed trump after winning the speakership. there is a schism between the chambers of congress and republican leadership getting behind trump early. a lot of that has to do with the house has more gerrymandered districts, where losing a primary challenge is the biggest threat to your general election. you see a lot of folks getting behind trump earlier in the house. the senate is a lagging indicator. the house is in front with those endorsements or trump. >> why do these candidates seek endorsements from members of congress? >> that is a great question. especially as we see that versus the two early state governors, kim reynolds and chris sununu, who have endorsed other candidates besides trump. i do not know if a senator's endorsement matters, but trump really values endorsements. they are super important to him. he uses them almost as currency and politics. a great example is endorsing j.d. vance in the 2022 ohio primary. j.d

noticed that leadership is coming around now to mayorkas hearings, i was reading an op-ed piece by tom emmer talking about lawbreaking, malfeasance, not secures border. certainly not protects american sovereignty. i think that -- i don't know how this will work out. but the case against mayorkas seems to be growing, you are early to this game, what do you think now? >> well, as you remember larry, i forced a vote on house floor before christmas on impeaching mayorkas that exposed 8 republicans who voted with democrat to protect secretary mayorkas and protect his job, those 8 republicans, in our conference heard from their constituents and americans, is they were outraged. they want secretary mayorkas impeached, that is a number one issue across the country, people are sick and tired of border invasion, they are sick and tired of illegal alien crimes and of having to pay for it as american taxpayers. this is hurting democrats and their races across the country, but also put pressure on republicans, that is why you see leadership, in our conference, unite around the fact we must impeach secret

the fact that the republican leadership is rallying around him, including tom emmer, the whip who trumpavaged weeks ago, it shows a lack of leadership, and cowardice and they're enabling and complicit in trump's attempt to whitewash history. >> i want to talk to you about desantis in iowa. there was concern he brought his young son and there was these negative ads he was like people were like your son is parroting ads after watching football games and he asked desantis how to clean up politics so that they can teach his son to do better. what's the answer? >> look -- >> negative ads work, right? >> negative ads work. and people from richard nixon down will tell you that people vote out of fear not love. but that is what -- we should aspire to something higher. something for everyone to keep in mind is the responsibility of citizens and to vote for candidates who set an example for young folks to connect the best of our history with current politics. when you have that sense, realizing that politics' history in the present tense when you have people who treat it as smash mouth politics,

donald trump who is the front-runner this from the house of course, steve scalise, majority leader, tom emmer the whip, senator tom cotton, elise stefanik led the way, you endorsed trump. seems like the entire gop is getting behind donald trump? >> next 10 months, larry, will be very interesting but you know we have 18 senators. i was the first one to endorse president trump. i don't know where the other 31 are. i guess they're waiting -- larry: i think his satellite went down or something, anyway. that was senator tommy tuberville. we appreciate -- i would say, folks i especially, he taught at all these big universities. coaches are teachers and he has been through this and you can hear him on the harm of all of this racism and social justice nonsense. anyway, still ahead here on "kudlow," we're going to talk to house speaker mike johnson. he joins us live from the border in eagle pass, texas, where he is camped out with 60 members of congress i hope they're all getting tough on president biden's catastrophic open border. what was it, 300,000 illegal immigrants in the month of december alone

now, tom emmer, the republican whip, has signaled they're going to begin the process of whipping this once it already moves out of the committee. that is something that a lot of resistant republicans have started saying they want to see this get out of committee and then they will take a closer look at it. here was one of those republicans who had questions about whether these were impeachable offenses back in november, tom mcclinton. >> mayorkas is guilty of mal administration, knee glektive duties, malfeasance is office, but these are not impeachable offenses. so if they are successful in redefining impeachment, the next time the democrats have a majority, i think we can expect this definition to be turned against conservatives on the supreme court and any future republican administration. >> reporter: so, i think the other thing to keep in mind is where this is ultimately going to go. even if the house republicans can aimprove impeaching mayorkas, then it gets to the united states senate for a trial. you have some resistant republicans over there. obviously, that chamber is control

this morning trump secured tom emmer's endorsement. the top five house republicans in leadership there have all endorsed the former president. bill. >> bill: more to come. rich edson in washington, d.c. thank you. >> dana: meantime key voters groups are souring on the biden white house. three heading with the sights set on one campaign strategy, talk more about trump. this is a quote from a cnn report. some of the younger aides on biden's re-election campaign have been grimly joking about when to go full hitler when the leading republican candidates speeches and actions go so far the biden teams go all the way to a direct comparison to the nazi leader. haven't they already done that? >> yeah. their friends on msnbc have gone murder. claire mccaskill saying trump is more dangerous than hitler. just absurd and obscene this kind of comparisons. but this is every single one from the white house this is what we'll get. this will be a nasty, negative, ugly campaign presenting mr. biden's opponent as an enemy of this country and it will be po

or nikki haley, but at this point trump now has the backingi of the top the republican leaders, tom emmer steve scalise majority leader, both endorse trump this week, and mike johnson was fairly quick to mr. speaker to endorse trump after winning the speakership. so there's a definite schism split in the two chambers of congress and republican leadership on getting behind trump early. a lot of that is due to the fact the house has more gerrymandered districts where losing a primary challenge is the biggest threat to your general election and so you're saying ang lot of folks whose constituents are pro-trump getting kind of earlier in the house. the senate is a bit of a lagging indicator. the house is in front with regards to getting this endorsement to president trump. >> why do these candidates seek endorsements from members of congress? >> that's a greatat question. especially as we see that with the two early state governors kim reynolds and chris sununu candidatesed of the beside trump. i i don't know an individual senators endorsement matters between who wins especially if it's from

he's got tom emmer, the republican w.h.i.p.ke johnson, the speaker, of course, last week. he got steve scalise yesterday. so it looks pretty good that the trump machine is running pretty well right now. i don't expect they're going to stumble in iowa. but it could be a big fight in new hampshire. whoever finishes third here in iowa drops out. >> that's exactly why we watch all of this. and iowa is going to be exciting and new hampshire, of course, to . vaughn hillyard, fred upton, thanks to both of you. >>> breaking news from several state capitals across the country now. authorities were for to evacuate capital complexes in georgia, kentucky, mississippi and michigan after a series of . no explosives have been found. similar threats were also made in connecticut, montana, and minnesota. we're monitoring the situation and we'll bring you anything that we get from investigators from our teams as the investigations continue. >>> and border breakdown, the house speaker leading a delegation to the border to raise the political heat

. >> rich: tom emmer has endorsed trump. the top five republicans in the leadership has enforced him, so has senator tom cotton. >> sandra: thank you, rich. good to see you. john. >> john: keep this going. bring in jonathan turley, constitutional law attorney and fox news contributor. so, the maine secretary of state says she has a constitutional duty and the authority to remove president trump from the ballot. listen to what she told abc news live yesterday night. >> united states constitution sets the qualification for presidential candidates. i cannot place an 18-year-old on the ballot or noncitizen or if barack obama or bush and get significant signatures, i would be prohibited under maine law from placing them on the ballot. >> john: she insists, professor turley, she is similarly prohibited from putting donald trump on the ballot because of the prohibitions included in amendment number 14. because of him committing insurrection that he cannot qualify for being president. what do you say? >> jonathan: she's wrong. there'

i was reading an op-ed piece by tom emmer talking about law-breaking, malfeasance, unrestrained flowf migrations, not securing the border. certainly not protecting american sovereignty or security. i mean i think, i don't know how this is going to work university but the case against mayorkas seems to be growing. you were very early to this game. what do you think now? >> well as you remember, larry i forced a vote on the house floor before christmas on impeaching mayorkas and it exposed eight republicans who voted with the democrats to protect secretary mayorkas and protect his job. i tell you what, those eight republicans in our entire conference heard from their constituents and americans all over the country as they were outraged. they want secretary mayorkas impeached this is a number one issue all across the country. people are sick and tired of the border invasion. they're sick and tired of illegally alien crimes and they're sick and tired of having to pay for all of it as american taxpayers. this is hurting democrats in their races all across the country but it also put press

. >> this morning house majority whip tom emmer endorsed trump. the top five leadership have now all endorsed the former president. also this morning arkansas republican senator tom cotton backed trump's nomination. bret? >> bret: rich, thank you. let's get analysis now from fox news political analyst brit hume and fox news chief legal correspondent anchor of "fox news sunday" shannon bream. good evening both of you. first, shannon, trump's legal team filing is pretty long but a part of it says colorado's ruling is not and cannot be correct. this court should grant certiorari to consider this question of paramount importance. summarily reverse the colorado's supreme court ruling and return the right to vote for their candidate of choice to the voters. you know, everyone talking about this on the legal side seems to say this is cut and dry. are there things we are not thinking about when it comes to the supreme court on this? >> well, we have to see if they even take up the case itself. i mean, that's always the first prominent question you have to

tom emmer who is the number three house republican, the republican whip, he has now endorsed donald trumppresident. this follows the house majority leader steve scalise endorsing him yesterday, the house speaker mike johnson has already endorsed trump, all republican house leadership has now endorsed donald trump for president. so the party apparatus really rallying behind donald trump. this comes as there is some positive news for some of trump's opponents. nikki haley's campaign reported raising $24 million in the fourth quarter. that is more than double her third quarter haul. haley is in new hampshire today, ron desantis is in iowa, that's where cnn's steve contorno is live for us now. what do you expect to see today, steve? >> reporter: well, that money that nikki haley is getting, that's going to be a nice injection of cash into her campaign and giving her more firepower to go after ron desantis. she has spent since november 14th almost $30 million between her and her super pac attacking ron desantis on the airwaves and supporting her campaign in new hampshire and iowa. just to put

obviously the front-runner to his other competitors, to senators and congressmen he named john barrasso, tom emmero he thinks endorsed trump but know better, to even the electorate. he sort of scolded the electorate for buying trump's lies. this was, you know, a really powerful, i think, impactful speech that unfortunately no one in the republican party, the republican base, cares about. because the thing that chris christie cares about, honesty, hypocrisy, honor, integrity, these things do not matter in the maga base anymore. so while this mattered to people like me, disaffected conservatives, i think this probably fell on some deaf ears. i don't think that his opponents are going to change course because they were scolded by chris christie. >> look, terry, he never broke through with voters, just look at the polling. so impact, maybe neglidgeable, but he was the only candidate out there taking on trump directly. what do you think of what he did? >> he absolutely was, but it goes back to authenticity. at the end of the day, as sankmonious as he comes across now and lecturing everybody in the free

colleagues today and hearing from many of them and honored to turn over to my colleague the majority tom emmer you, elise. in a friday evening news dump, the biden administration quietly revealed that they made history once again with their failed border policies, more than 302,000 illegal immigrants were encountered at the southern border in december making it the highest single month ever recorded. this unprecedented crisis is happening for one reason and one reason only. joe biden and the democrats have rolled out the welcome mat for illegal immigrants through the open boarders agendarme as a result texas has been forced to step up and do what the federal government won't: protect its citizens and the american people. let me be very clear, texas has every right to protect its citizens and their property and joe biden should be ashamed of himself not only for turning his back on the american people but also for actively blocking governor abbott from doing his job and turning every community for joe biden and every community with this failed policy and look no further than my home state of mi

today, you've got the number three house republican, tom emmer of minnesota, the one who's speakership it was single-handedly destroyed by donald trump, announcing his endorsement of trump's third bid for the white house. senator tom cotton of arkansas followed suit with a statement that i think perfectly articulated the insane false history that trump and his party are going to tell to try to win this election. here it is. senator cotton said, in part, quote, when donald trump was president, i'm echoes safe, strong, and prosperous. the economy was booming. working class wages were growing. our border was secure and our enemies feared us. with joe biden as president, everything has gone to heck. we -- border is wide open to a full blown invasion and our enemies are starting voice everywhere. of course, we also heard donald trump making those kinds of outlandish claims himself. everything was perfect when he was president, everything has been awful under joe biden. but recently, while repeating the argument -- when trump revealed a really amazing tell. >> were you better off five years

tom emmer, although he wishes him a speedy recovery, he must be held accountable for the stunning failureship. another member of congress weighs in. check back in with you at the white house shortly. thank you. john. >> john: and going to have a lot more on this developing story. senator tom cotton will join us in the next hour. lloyd austin has given no indication he plans to resign. but should he. peter said the white house would not accept it anyway. here's to... one year bolder. ♪ ♪boost♪ nutrition for now. directv sports central brings your games stats and scores together and now you can get it without a satellite. one more reason to finally get rid of cable. but getting rid of the cable guy... ...might not be as easy. oh yeah, touchback! visit directv.com for up to $200 reward card. sometimes, the lows of bipolar depression feel darkest before dawn. with caplyta, there's a chance to let in the lyte™. caplyta is proven to deliver significant relief across bipolar depression. unlike some medicines that only treat bipolar i, caplyta treats both bipolar i and ii depression. and in clini

tom emmer and neil said if you had the goods you would have shown me already and emotioner -- >> he saidsaid we need more time. >> it's not over. >> dana: great to have you both. >> bill: team jessica. one and two. you guys can argue over who is one and two. the biden administration facing revolt from within. if you followed this story there are countless young staffers at the white house and on the campaign swarming their bosses with anonymous protest letters and the higher ups are not happy about it. get to that story coming up. major shake-up in football in america. within 24 hours, significant legendary coaches are now out of the game. clay travis will talk about it next. ♪ when we had a significant health scare, we needed to act quickly. because we had christian healthcare ministries. i went directly to the specialist i wanted. they took care of all our medical bills. over $60,000. joining christian healthcare ministries is one of the best decisions we've ever made. we're the suarez family, and this is our chm story. choose your doctor without network restrictions, all at an afforda

neil: tom emmer with us the house majority whip so if anyone is going to move the ball or at least get a sense of where the ball is it be he. congressman, great to have you. >> good to be with you, neil. neil: is there a deal first off? >> it's a great question. you heard chad pergram say that three weeks now, we've been hear ing, there's going to be some kind of agreement. we still have not seen legislative text. neil: but you heard some of the rumored elements, like the president as soon as he signs off on it he's going to shut the border down and limit it to 5,000 a day. you've heard that. what do you think of that? >> the proof will be in the text. i've heard it, but you've got an administration now that since they took office more than three years ago they have completely opened the southern border through some 64 executive actions. they effectively undid all of the work that had been done by the previous administration to seal the border. you've got a record number. 300,000, over 300,000 came across the border in december, neil. think about this for a second. they waited almost a

but when it comes to these swatting incidents, we also learned that house majority whip tom emmer had a swatting incident that took place at his home on saturday night. he said, sadly this illegal and dangerous scheme is being used nationwide to target elected officials, so certainly not just haley but others that have been exposed to this, chris. >> thank you, dasha burns with all of that new reporting, including on that $4 million fundraising. now, of course donald trump is still the prohibitive favorite for the nomination, although, today the threats against his wealth are mounting in the face of an $83 million jury award to e. jean carroll. force estimate is $2.6 billion, but it's unclear how much he has in cash, and while he could sell property to cover the verdict, "the new york times" points out he will need to come up with serious money, quote, he could pay the court system, which will hold the money while the appeal is pending or could try to secure an appeal bond which would save him from having to pay the full amount up front, but securing such a bond would require mr. trum

] today they write themselves. [ laughter ] republicans have nominated minnesota representative tom emmerer of the house, but it remains to be seen whether emmer can get past these ef-ers [ laughter and applause the house freedom caucus yesterday called on republican lawmakers to remain in washington until they're able to select a new speaker said matt gaetz, "oh, but i promised my girlfriend we'd go trick or treating! [ laughter ] [ audience ohs ] texas republican - [ laughter ] texas republican congressman pete sessions said yesterday that former president trump called him about the speaker race and said they had a, quote, "polite conversation." oh, then, i hate to tell you, but that wasn't him. [ laughter ] trump having a polite conversation would be the clue in an action movie so the hero would know which one to shoot. [ laughter ] alabama congressman gary palmer announced before today's republican conference meeting that he has dropped out of the race for speaker though i'm not sure that merited an announcement. that's like calling wendy's to cancel your reservation. [ laughter ] a k

people like senator john barrasso, people like congressman tom emmer, stand up and endorsed donald trumpnow better. i know they know better. people who continue to deny the results of the 2020 election people in the leadership of the house who go on tv and say that the people who attacked the capitol on january 6th are hostages. i'll tell you who hostages are. the israelis who are still being hidden in tunnels in gaza against their will out of no fault of their own. these people speak louder for the folks who attacked our capitol on january 6th than they are willing to stand up and speak for the people of israel who are in tunnels in gaza. that's not leadership. that's ambition and cowardice who have outstripped their otherwise good judgment. we want to change this party and if we want to change this country it's hard work. it's not easy. from the moment i got into the race the decision that i made was really simple. i would rather lose by telling the truth than lie in order to win, and i feel no differently today because this is a fight for the soul of our party and the soul of our coun

. >> house majority whip tom emmer has endorsed on trump for president, becoming the house -- last member of house republican leadership to back his 2020 forbid. he writes, it's time for republicans to unite behind her parties clear front runnewhich is why i'm proud to endorse donald j. trump for president. follow all 2024 campaign coverage here on the c-span tworks, or with c-span now, our freeobile video app. >> c-span's washington journal, discs the latest issues in government, politics, and public policy. from washington and across the country. coming up thursday morning, neil r when discusses the u.s. economic outlook for 2024. then crime analyst jeff ascher talks about the record drop in yearly u.s. homicides and other recent crime trends. c-span's washington journal. join the conversation live at 7:00 eastern thursday morning on c-span, c-span now, or online at c-span.org. >> c-span now is a free mobile app, featuringour unfiltered view of what's happening in washington, live and on-demand. keep up with the day's biggest events with live streams and floor events and hearings from t

. >>> republican majority whip tom emmer endorsed donald trump f president yesterday, less than fourr trump torpedoed emmer's bid to become house speaker. in a statement posted to x, o twitter, the number three house republican wrote, quote, it was time tonite behind the party's clear frontrunner." the congressman threw his hat in the ring to be the next house speaker and trump wrote on social media, quote, voting for a rhino like emmer would a mistake." trump's problem with emmer is he voted to certify joe biden's election win in 2020, something none of the other current members of house republican leadership did. among them is majority leader steve scalise, who also endorsed trump's 2024 campaign this week. like he did with emmer, trump also derailed scalise's speakership bid in october, suggesting scalise was too sick to hold the position after being diagnosed with cancer months before. george conway, i'll tell ya what's sick. i mean, yeah, these guys will put up with anything. unfortunately, it's the american voters, i think, who ultimately lose. >> yeah, it just -- i never cease

to make publicly reported cases in which eric burlison, a representative from missouri and then tom emmerboth swatted over the weekend. i spoke with burlison and he talked about how the call was placed into ozark county but he was in ozark which is a city in christian county. so initially they knew that there was somhingp the area would have done the difference between the two counties. but actually marjorie taylor greene and a bunch of members were swatted over christmas, and that was very prominent in the tually burlison reached out,re the house sergeant at arms has encouraged members to reach out to the local law eor hey, have a conversation within say hey, this of my emergency contact number. this is my address. if you get any calls, swatting has been issue, reach out to us and make sure to validate so that in the case of,■8ue? if it, in fact, a swatting incident like it was with burlison over the weekend, that law enforcement response is not at a ten with guns blazing. in his case it was two squad cars became down and they had a hunch that it was swatting because of the county discre

the republican house majority whip tom emmer.epublican named gabe sterling. it is actually happening an awful lot. and it is all people who are somehow in the political sphere. >> right. i mean, look, what we need right now is the leaders of both parties, we know that there's the leader of one party, political candidate, presidential candidate, who refuses to disavow violence. and we need him to disavow violence. we need him to say it's not okay. and he's had many opportunities, and he really runs from it. and i think that would -- >> i would argue he even says things, he uses these nebulous statements like there's going to be mayhem, it's going to be chaos, it's going to be wild, right? it's not even running from it. it's -- >> right. he sort of -- and he has >> right, he sort of -- and he's always done this. this sort of intonation that -- and it's a way to avoid responsibility. and the truth is, we're in a very scary -- were all very on edge, as we should be, and as a way to take the tone down, and i wish that donald trump wou

politics i believe for the right reasons, people like senator john barrasso, people like congressman tom emmerndorse donald trump. they know better. i know they know better. people who continue to deny the results of the 2020 election. people in leadership in the house who go on tv and say that the people who attacked the capitol on january 6th are hostages. i'll tell you who hostages are. the israelis who are still being hidden in tunnels in gaza against their will out of no fault of their own. these people speak louder for the folks who attacked our capitol on january 6th than they are willing to stand up and speak for the people of israel who are in tunnels in gaza. that's not leadership. that's ambition and cowardice, which has outstripped their otherwise good judgment. we want to change the party, and if we want to change this country, it's hard work. it's not easy. from the moment i got into the race, the decision that i made was really simple. i would rather lose by telling the truth than lie in order to win. and i feel no differently today because this is a fight for the soul of our pa

recently over the weekend there were two publicly reported cases with tom emmer, a leader of membership ozark so they knew that something was up because someone from the area would have known the two counties marjorie taylor greene were swatted over christmas and that was very prominent in the news. as a proactive measure the house sergeant at arms has encourage them to reach out to local police departments and have a conversation with them an emergency contact number and if you get any calls, reach out to us and make sure to validate so if it is indeed a swatting incident like it was with burlison they won't respond with guns blazing. they had a hunche÷y6 it was swag e of the county discrepancy. at the same time, it's a tough area, a tough line because do you not send the cops but what s a real emergency? it is a tough line to toe. but we sought work out as well as it could with burlison it was a tempered law enforcement response but it is sucking up valuable law enforcement resources that should not have to be diverted to that. host: what is in place to protect members if anything? gu

who is the frontrunner, steve scalise, this from house, and majority leader tom i' i'me emmer the whip, seems that entire g.o.p. is getting behind donald trump? >> next 10 months will be interesting, you know we have 18 senators, i was first don't dors presid to endorse president trump, i don't know where the others are, i guess they are waiting for a phone -- >> i guess his satellite went down that is senator tommy tuberville, we appreciate it, he taught at all of the big universities, coaches are teachers, he has been through this you could hear him on the harm of all of this racism, and social justice nonsense. anyway. still ahead, here on cud loewkudlow we talk with house speaker mike johnson he will join us live from the border in eagle pass, texas, he is camped out with 60 members of congress, i hope they are getting tough on president biden's catastrophic open border. what is it? 300 thousand illegal immigrants, in the month of december. alone. 300 thousand. >> happy new year. 300 thousand. and i love i' immigrant, legal, that is what this country needs we have to stop this devi