tucker carlsen and right-wing extremists can hammer home all they want about the politics or the policies, the ukraine war, whether the united states can afford it and whether they want. you won't hear them talk much about the human reality or saving lives, protecting democracy. it is much easier -- it is just politics. host: when it comes to future funding of the military, what is the expectation when it comes to the number of planes will fund, number of ships and the hardware we depend on? guest: good question. there is not a huge change going on with planes. there needs to be. let's talk about that. everyone may note the 35. it was supposed to be the plane to replace all planes. the navy won't need its own planes, the army only their own, everyone can have this on. -- one. it took too long to come online and become operational. the world has changed multiple times and it turns out as individual service branches need the planes they have. they need a suite of tools in their tool box. what that has left services with his aged planes, beyond their life and service expectations to fight wa

talking about tucker carlsen, you and tucker carlsen shared the same background.ilding behind you. the same building is in downtown havana. when i came for elementary school, i grew up in northern virginia, and i was actually a senior class president. and it was great growing up in d.c., but that building, they've got the same building that i have down in downtown havana. host: i tell you, fox news shares the same building where we are, it is just across from the upper scented park and the lower senate arc, the north side of the capitol. this side of the building has that view down to the similar side of the capitol building. there is a similar news building above and below where this video is to get that shot dewar looking at. -- you are looking at. caller: tucker carlsen and you guys shared the same backdrop they said yeah, but our building is a foot taller than yours. 20 years ago when i first came here as an adult to havana, i was just shocked. it looked the same inside as outside. it is just amazing to me. host: is this the capitol of -- el capitolo, is that

tucker carlsen is on their side.ng that is harmful to the health of the house. >> there is nothing to add to what you said. the fact that there is going to be a another vote maybe tonight. maybe he breaks the logjam and gets the votes he needs. but nihilists do not care about that schedule. they wants to blow stuff up. what better way to do it then to destroy the dreams of kevin mccarthy. >> whether it is mccarthy or someone else, can anyone govern this caucus? >> no. the rules package they just released, ever the next speaker is will be the holder to the freedom caucus. >> if you have a number of these members it will be really easy to get rid of the speaker. what does that mean the next few years? >> the rules committee is the one that really strikes me. it is easy for them to block things. it could be nothing will happen in this congress. because they have the ability to block. what we have to do is raise the debt ceiling. they will want to attach all kinds of things to that. >> that is a remarkable thing to say.

yep tucker carlsen on fox news complaining about drag queen story hour and the proud boys are harassing attacking the story hours. this is not just in new york. it is across the country and liaries or anywhere they have drug events. america andy, you're headed down to washington, d.c. to cover this trial of the proud boys and we hope to have you back on. andy campbell, senior editor at huffpost and the author of "we are proud boys: how a right wing street gang ushered in a new era of american extremism." the russian president has declared a cease-fire in ukraine. we will hear from bishop william barber on why he supports a christmas truce on both sides. back in 30 seconds. ♪♪ [music break] amy: "silent night." this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. russian president vladimir putin has unilaterally declared a 36-hour ceasefire in ukraine to mark russian orthodox christmas which will be celebrated on saturday. in kyiv, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy rejected putin's truce, saying that russia wants to use christmas as a pretext to stop

certainly in the conservative media sphere, took a cross and was very much on their side, and -- tucker carlsenn their side. geoff: do you agree? jonathan: absolutely. there's nothing to add to what david said. the fact that there will be another vote may be tonight, maybe mccarthy breaks the logjam and gets to 218. but nihilists don't care about the schedule, the timetable, they don't care that folks won't get paychecks because there is officially no congress. they want to blow stuff up. what better way than with each vote just way the dreams, hopes and aspirations of kevin mccarthy? geoff: can anyone govern this caucus -- amna: can anyone govern this caucus? jonathan: no, with the rules package and they released moments ago, whoever the next speaker is will be beholden to these nihilists. amna: if you have a number of these members on the rules committee, if you have kevin mccarthy, we understand, reportedly has already allowed them t lower the threshold, it will be easy to get rid of the speaker if they want to, what does it mean for the next two years. ? david: the rules committee really st

tucker carlsen and right-wing extremists can hammer home all they want about the politics or the policieshether the united states can afford it and whether they want. you won't hear them talk much about the human reality or saving lives, protecting democracy. it is much easier -- it is just politics. host: when it comes to future funding of the military, what is the expectation when it comes to the number of planes will fund, number of ships and the hardware we depend on? guest: good question. there is not a huge change going on with planes. there needs to be. let's talk about that. everyone may note the 35. it was supposed to be the plane to replace all planes. the navy won't need its own planes, the army only their own, everyone can have this on. -- one. it took too long to come online and become operational. the world has changed multiple times and it turns out as individual service branches need the planes they have. they need a suite of tools in their tool box. what that has left services with his aged planes, beyond their life and service expectations to fight wars envisioned decade

tucker carlsen tells us something, we believe it.rborough tells us something and we believe it. the second thing wrong, the religious people say the christian majority is a minority , one of the reasons for that is conmen like jim baker. he was in jail for five years, should have been there for 50. now, everybody is starting to turn his way again. until we start to realize we are the problem and we can be the solution, we will never get any place. host: florida, republican. good morning. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. i agree with all of the callers that have called today and all of the issues coming through. however, the elected officials we are putting into office have no restraint on the way they raise campaign money. then, we are indeed helping them feed their own pockets in that first way and not getting the people, because we do not understand them because they are having to play to their constituents because of money. with the internet being able to get five dollars from everybody, they are dragging everyb