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>> jesse: now you are thinking. >> bret: all right, thanks. >> greg: see you. >> bret: good evening from washington. i'm bret baier. another potential firestorm over republican leadership in the house. a second g.o.p. lawmaker says he would co-sponsor a motion to vacate the chair. in other words, get rid of speaker mike johnson. this comes as the speaker tries to push an international aid package through the chamber. congressional correspondent aishah hasnie starts us off with the breaking news tonight. good evening, aishah. >> good evening to you, bret. we still don't have tests for that international aid package. in fact, a source is telling me just now that they are still having meetings about that text. that is a very, very bad sign if the house really does intend to take votes by the end of the week. we don't know what the hold-up is but speaker johnson today was vowing that he is not going to let any threat to oust him try to deter this. >> i am not resigning. >> house speaker mike johnson defiant amid a new call for him
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to step down. today congressman thomas massie announcing is he co-sponsoring marjorie taylor greene's motion to vacate. the pair demanding johnson announce his intent to resign so the conference can pick a new speaker without plunging the house into the same chaos surrounding kevin mccarthy's ousting. >> no, i'm not going to call the motions to vacate. but, i will tell you that if it is called, there will be a lot of people who vote for it. >> the fight comes amid johnson's plan to put foreign aid on the floor offering separate bills for israel, ukraine and taiwan. and a fourth with conservative policies like a deal for military aid for ukraine and tiktok ban as a sweetener. an attempt to give members protection from tough votes. the idea gaining traction by members on both sides of the aisle. >> i like it. i do. >> if that's what it takes to get it out of this body. >> but some conservatives taking issue with the lack of border
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provision. >> seemingly abandoning the border, which the hill we said we were going to die on for a long time. >> despite the frustration, no one else, aside from massi and mtg publicly backing the motion to vacate at fear are of risking already already thin majority. >> i think right now would not be good timing. >> former president trump who publicly endorsed the speaker at mar-a-lago last week did not say if house republicans should raise the one-person threshold for a motion to vacate. instead, telling them to focus on the issues that can help them keep the house in november. >> well, it's unfortunate that people bring it up because right now we have much bigger problems. >> and, bret, tonight, democrats appear open to saving the speaker's gavel. but, they say they are not making any promise until they see the bill text again no bill text at this hour. bret? >> bret: aishah hasnie live on capitol hill. aishah, thank you. other action on the house today. the house sent articles of
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impeachment to the senate against the president's homeland security chief today. what exactly the democrat-run senate will do with them remains a mystery tonight. senior congressional correspondent chad pergram has the latest on that from capitol hill. >> a spectacle not seen in congress in 148 years. >> all persons are commanded to keep silent on pain of imprisonment. >> the house asking the senate to sit in judgment of an impeached member of the president's cabinet. >> we have just witnessed history being made. >> house prosecutors walked the 303 steps from the house floor across the capitol rotunda to the senate chamber to deliver the articles that only the 22nd impeachment trial in american history. >> alejandro n. mayorkas willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law has had a calamity tuesday consequence for the nation and the people of the united states. >> two articles of impeachment for mayorkas. the house accuses him of breaking the law and violating the public's trust about the border. >> impeachment is congress' only
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viable option. >> it was a split screen as the house sent the articles to the senate on the same day mayorkas testified before the very house committee which impeached him. >> secretary mayorkas has not only betrayed the trust of the american people, his service as secretary has left a scar on our nation's soul that may never be removed. >> i have never minimized the challenge that the southern border presents. >> senate majority leader chuck schumer wants to finish the trial as soon as possible. >> that's an abuse of the process. that is more chaos. >> of course republicans warn democrats against short circuiting the case without a final verdict. >> i have yet to hear any articulation of their theory why they are entitled to a motion to dismiss. >> members of the senate are sworn in as jurors tomorrow, but that's when schumer could call a vote to end the trial. bret? >> bret: chad pergram live on the hill. thank you. president biden and his team are trying to convince israel tonight not to escalate the
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already dangerous situation in the middle east with a retaliatory attack against iran. israel has said publicly and privately it has no choice but to respond to the historic iranian attack. senior national correspondent rich edson tells us what's going on right now from the north lawn at the white house. [chanting four more years] >> with the middle east facing the potential of an even wider, more destructive war, president biden took off for three days of campaigning in pennsylvania. [cheers] >> hello, scranton. >> on the road and in washington, administration officials are urging israel to avoid an expanded conflict with iran and its proxies. israel has warned iran will face consequences for its massive missile and drone attack saturday. >> the president has been very clear that we stand with israel and their self-defense. but we really don't want to see a wider war -- a wider regional conflict and we don't seek war
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with iran. >> republicans accuse the administration of losing its sense of perspective and argue the most effective way to deter iran is a robust response. >> five ballistic missiles hit israel and i think if five ballistic missiles hit the united states of america, you're damn right we would respond. until you impose costs on iran itself. until you dry up their cash, they are just going to keep producing cheap drones because they can get away with it. >> administration officials say they have imposed more than 500 sanctions on iranian entities and are warning of more. >> treasury will not hesitate to work with our allies to use our sanctions authority to continue disrupting the iranian regime's malign and destabilizing activity. >> now, the white house says the administration is working with top american allies on additional sanctions on iran. also today, british prime minister rishi sunak says he told israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu that a significant escalation is in no
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one's interest. bret? >> bret: rich edson live in the north lawn, rich, thanks. ♪ >> bret: as we noted, israeli media report the country may launch a retaliatory strike against iran while still trying to avoid a regional war. tonight we're getting greater night into that possibility as well as the weekend attacks by the islam republic. correspondent paul is in tel aviv tonight. >> we're here with the ballistic missile. >> roughly 36 feet long, israel's military says this is the remnants of a fuel tank of just one of the estimated 110 ballistic missiles iran launched directly at israel. >> firing 110 ballistic missiles is an escalation to the region. it's a dangerous escalation. >> the israeli military confirms there will be a response to iran's weekend missile and drone attack, saying it will be common a way and at a time israel
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chooses. >> there is always a fear of escalation, but we are not looking for escalation, we are looking to make sure that iran doesn't do this. >> the scope of israel's retaliation is unclear as the country's war cabinet debates its response. but one of israel and iran's closest neighbors in the middle east is urging calm. jordan's foreign minister says the country won't let anyone put their citizens in danger and will confronted anyone who does. >> our message is clear to everyone, to israel and iran. that we will not allow to you turn jordan into a war zone. >> iran, which is characterized the attack on israel as retaliation for a deadly strike on the iranian consulate in damascus, syria, is warning israel against risking a wider conflict. >> the israeli regime makes a mistake, this time iran's response as iran's military commanders announced will not be minimal but immediate and severe. >> now, in addition to the situation involving iran, as well as the ongoing war in gaza,
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there is also new tension in the north along the israel-lebanon border. the idf confirming it killed two hezbollah commanders in recent targeted strikes. bret? >> bret: jeff paul live in tel aviv. jeff, thank you. ♪ >> bret: breaking tonight as jury selection continues in the trial of former president donald trump, the presumptive republican nominee is being threatened with a contempt charge. manhattan district attorney says former president trump has violated the court gag order. the former president says the judge in this case should not be on the bench. correspondent nate foy is in new york with the latest tonight. nate nate today in court judge juan merchan admonished former president donald trump put terring and pointing to a prospective juror as lawyers questioned her credibility. judge merchan told trump he wouldn't tolerate his behavior and would not have any jurors intimidated in his courtroom. >> we have a trump-hating judge. we have a judge who shouldn't be on this case. he is totally conflicted.
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>> today manhattan d.a. alvin bragg filed a motion requesting the court hold trump in criminal contempt on allegations the former president violated a gag order. bragg requested $3,000 fine, possible jail-time for trump after three social media posts where trump disparaged witnesses, michael cohen and stormy daniels. judge merchan will rule on potential sanctions related to a possible gag order violation next tuesday. bragg accuses trump of funneling payments to daniels through cohen, his former lawyer. and misrepresenting those payments as legal expenses. >> i was paying a lawyer and marked it down as a legal expense. accountant. and you get indicted over that? >> meanwhile the jury pool is dwindling. >> i was excused. >> because? >> my job, i work in cybersecurity. and schedulewise it would be really difficult. >> the court dismissed several prospective jurors for not being able to judge trump fairly. >> it's very difficult for
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anyone, really in this country to not come to this with prior opinions. i think we all have prior opinions about the defendant unless have you been like living in a cardboard box. >> tonight seven jurors are seated with opening statements right now set to begin on monday of next week. but that timing is very much fluid and dependent on how quickly the remaining five jurors, six alternates are selected, tomorrow is an off day. the trial and jury selection will resume thursday morning. bret? >> bret: nate foy outside the courthouse. thank you. a warning from the federal reserve chairman that interest rates need to remain high load to mixed results on wall street today. the dow gaining 64. s&p 45000 lost 10. the nasdaq was off 20. did federal investigators go too far in charging capitol riot defendants with obstruction january 6th. the supreme court hears arguments. later a "national public radio" editor, npr who criticized the tax-payer supported network has
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♪ >> bret: a house panel says china has strategically and economically benefited from the fentanyl epidemic. the house select committee found chinese government has offered tax rebates and grants for
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companies openly trafficking illicit fentanyl materials. it's also determined thousands of state-run companies were openly selling the materials online. attorney general merrick garland is again rejecting calls to release audio recordings of president biden's conversation with the special counsel he appointed as part of the classified documents case. garland told lawmakers on the house appropriations committee it was no precedent in doing so. when pressed on special counsel robert hur's report that suggested president biden suffered from memory loss, attorney general garland insisted, quote: the president has no impairment. ♪ >> bret: breaking tonight, the u.s. supreme court is considering arguments about a controversial use of one law by prosecutors going after some of the 2021 capitol riot defendants, january 6th, including former president donald trump. correspondent kevin corke has details tonight on that. good evening, kevin.
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>> kevin: good to be with you, bret. the issue here is whether a federal law passed a couple of decades ago to address corporate fraud and document destruction can be properly applied to those allegedly engaged in, quote: assaultive conduct like taking part in a riot like january 6th. today several justices expressed very deep concern that the obstruction statutes sweep simply too broadly into areas like peaceful but disruptive conduct. >> would a sit-in that disrupts a trial or access to a federal courthouse qualify? would a heckler in today's audience qualify or at the state of the union address? would pulling a fire alarm before a vote qualify for 20 years in federal prison. >> the latter of course to democratic congressman jamaal bowman of new york who infamous willly pulled a fire fire alarm
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to delay a funding vote in the chamber. gain of function research's gain ofgain ofgurch whet gorsuce this people attempting to stop a proceeding violent. >> i justice sotomayor speaking there. this could have major implications for former president trump's election interference case. as you know he has been charged with two counts of obstruction by special counsel jack smith over his alleged involvement in efforts to prevent congress from certifying the election. now, an attorney for the special counsel's office is set to argue at the high court next week against the former president's claim of immunity from prosecution in that election interference case. we will be watching it very carefully from the high court. >> bret: always fascinating to hear those questions and try to read the tea leaves to figure out where they are headed.
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>> kevin: you really can learn a lot when you listen carefully how they are unpacking the arguments specifically. i think we learned a lot today. >> bret: thank you, kev. up next one democrat and one republican, we seek common ground on foreign aid. first, beyond our borders tonight. fire teams battle a blaze that destroyed part of a historic building in denmark. collapsed from the 17th century old stock exchange. citizens helped emergency services save paintings and other valuables in inside the building. police say it's too soon to say what caused that fire. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy signs law identify draft eligible men to fight in its war against russia. many have dodged conscription by avoiding contact with authorities. the law is expected to take effect in one month. and this is a live look at london. one of the big stories there tonight a bill that could give great britain some of the toughest antismoking rules in the world clears its first
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hurdle in parliament. the ban would make it illegal to sell tobacco products to anyone born after january 1st, 2009. the legal age will then be raised by one year every year until it is eventually illegal for the whole population in great britain. just some of the other stories beyond our borders tonight. we'll be right back. ♪
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what's the sense about the importance of this moment in the middle east. >> i think the most important thing coming out of this weekend with the way we led our allies in response to iran incredibly effectively. and they -- and the limitations of their weapons have been demonstrated. the overpowering defense that we were able to provide with israel was extraordinary. and i think it actually has re-set for a moment the balance of power. whether that's enough to deter iran, i think jerry and i both know, being members of the intelligence committee, we will never take that for granted and every day that comes forward we're going to have to make a reassessment about where things are i think this was a very good weekend for israel and for our allies. >> bret: you all had common ground on this. you support the funding for israel as well as other funding.
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senator more ran. what's your take on this? >> well, exactly what michael bennet said is true. i would also add that it's an impetus for us to get our work done here in congress. the focus is back again on the emergency national security supplemental, which is hugely important for taiwan and south china sea. sometimes what is missing in that list it's important for the united states of america. this is about our national security. and it was great to see the response of some of the -- our allies in the middle east, even helping in that regard. >> bret: what happens next is really the question. what israel's response is, what our response to that response is. here's the treasury secretary talking -- being asked about the possible new sanctions on iran. >> all options to disrupt terrorist financing of iran continue to be on the table we
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have acted against uag and ballistic missile procurement networks assassination rings and terrorist networks. so, i fully expect we will take additional sanctions. >> bret: senator bennet, you mentioned iran and putting the pressure on them and that they are still a real threat that region. there obviously is criticism of the biden administration from the right that, perhaps, sanctions haven't been fully implemented and they have a lot of money that they're spending, including on terrorist proxies. what's the response to that? knowing what you know on this committee. >> i think knowing what know on this committee, bret, i think it's fair to say there should be criticism of the administrations on both sides of the aisle. you look at what's happened over the last 15 years as iran has been able to build up those proxies, you know, in yemen and in iraq, in lebanon, and they have been able to forge
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influence in the region that is much more substantial than anything that they had 10 or 15 years ago. their proxies have been much more successful. this is the kind of thing, by the way, that shouldn't change from democratic to republican administrations. you know, during the cold war, we made mistakes. we certainly made mistakes. but, in general, every president knew what their job was with respect to the cold war. it's my hope that as we get through this ukraine funding, and we actually get it done, there will be a new consensus that will emerge kind of like that old consensus that was bipartisan and lasted for a democratic administration. >> bret: speaking of that, obviously there is a pushback in the house, specifically on the ukraine funding. you saw it a little bit in the senate with several senators speaking out, including senator vance from ohio. take a listen. >> the israelis will need this stuff. the taiwanese needs this stuff and of course america needs this stuff. can we possibly fight all of those conflicts at once?
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no. the math just doesn't make sense. what we should be doing with ukraine, encouraging them to take a defensive posture. now disastrous counteroffensive the biden administration has been promoting. >> bret: he was talking there about 155 artillery shells and that we need them and other things. he went on in a "new york times" opinion page, senator moran say that it's just not going to work. the money that we are giving them is not going to turn the tide. and if it's good for american business that shouldn't be the notion in his pushback. is he getting some support in the house on these fronts that he's making. >> he is. it's like many things i think if the american people -- i mean, i have these conversations with kansans. they are worried about the money being spent. is it going to be effective? how long is the war going to go on. but, if you bring this closer to home, in fact, back to home, can you convince people that this is worthwhile. ukraine is a worthwhile noble calling. and i would say that we do have
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the capability to deal in more than one front. more than two fronts. this is one of the most consequential votes i think members of the united states senate of congress will take. certainly one i feel very strongly about and one i take very seriously. and it is about the future of the united states and whether or not we are consistent in our efforts. ukraine needs the ability to be successful and that makes us safer in the middle east and makes us safer in the south china sea. >> bret: senator bennett i know you pushed back specifically on senator vance and you wrote an op-ed about that. >> i don't need to know that ukraine has fought as bravely as they have for the last two years. i don't need to know that they have taken back half the territory that putin stole from them or that they have stood on the tip of the spear for democracy all over the world. i do know that. but that's only a benefit on top of our national security. for $60 billion, that sounds like a lot of money, compare that to the $3 trillion that we
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spent in the middle east. you know, where we had our own troops on the ground dying in the middle east. i'm not going to say that that's cheap. but i am going to say that it's cheap compared to a lot of other investments that we have made. and far more effective and i think that's actually what the math compels. >> bret: we did a story about the stuff you all passed 6 billion for subs and other building up of the american infrastructure. but last word here, senator. >> my republican colleagues and i were very critical of the biden administration as we came out of afghanistan. that -- the way that we left people behind and it is the same story. i tell my republican colleagues we were rightfully irate at what happened as we came out of afghanistan. we sent a message to our allies that we may not hang with them. and i tell my republican colleagues who are critical of the support of ukraine this is
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the same thing. we are sending another message just like the one that we despised just a year or so ago. >> bret: you all worked together before on a number of bills. >> if we can get through this week and we can stand up for the country, maybe we could create a whole new politics here that actually supports the national interest of the country. that's what i think we're trying to do. >> this is a time for us to come together. the threats are real. >> bret: okay. senators, thanks so much. >> thank you. >> thank you for having us. >> you can see all the segments find that and all-star panel podcasts on bret baier podcasts on fox news podcasts. spotify or wherever you download podcasts. see this discussion on the fox news youtube page. up next, the "national public radio" editor, npr will challenge the station's objectivity, learns his fate and, later, the panel on the political fate of house speaker michael johnson. ♪
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>> bret: breaking tonight we will take you live to new york. former president trump walking into a bodega there after his full day in court. he is visiting here. he's got a big crowd outside. we'll take that full to see if i can see inside there. and he is making this stop after
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jury selection, six jurors have been chosen so far as this process continues about the historic trial of a former president, the first time that has happened. he is facing 34 counts and he is tied to this hush money case before the 2016 election allegedly paying former adult film star to keep quiet. he has pushed back on all of these allegations, calls this all a hoax and a witch-hunt. he demanded numerous times that the judge should step down and now the judge is threatening to hold him in contempt in -- because of the gag order he laid down in this case. meantime, as he is here, he is stopping by this bodega. you see the secret service there outside with the crowds cheering on the streets. we'll continue to watch this, see if he makes any remarks.
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and this is on the upper west side -- upper manhattan, rather. where this bodega is. okay, now, the other shoe has fallen at "national public radio." management has suspended veteran editor berliner after he went public we remember -- we brought you those stories over the serious questions over npr's objectivity with that story here is most host of fox news "media buzz" howie kurtz. >> award-winning senior editor after 25 years at npr hit with a five day unpaid suspension shortly after accusing his network of going off the rails toward left wing activism. ernie berliner called out liberal bias on skipping the hunter biden laptop story and be being anti-israel tracing it to donald trump's election. >> we started covering trump in a way that like a lot of legacy news organizations that we were trying to damage his presidency,
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find anything we could to harm him. >> berliner told npr the staff would be more interesting, quote: if they shed their opinions and did the great journalism they are campaign of. a series ever old tweets like katherine maher, npr's new ceo reveals a history of liberal activism and intolerance. erasing income for nonbinary people by referring to boys and girls. mar said after the 2020 riots that while looting is counter productive it was hard to be mad about protests not prioritizing the private property of a system of oppression founded on treating people's ancestors as private property. working for joe biden even wearing a cap with his campaign logo. she now tells npr she was entitled to free speech as a private citizen. editor dismissed focus on identity politics by praising inclusion. donald trump and others have called for ending npr's partial federal subsidy. >> shows you how grotesquely
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partisan npr has. caller: berlin his or her repeatedly took his concerns to management says lara represents the opposite of what npr should be doing. bret? >> bret: howie, former television anchor katie couric making headlines. this is separate from this story recent interview talking about trump supporters, specifically. here she is, take a listen. >> the socioeconomic disparities are a lot and class resentment was a lot and anti-intellectualism and elitism is what is driving many of these -- these antiestablishment, which are trump voters. >> bret, now that katie couric isn't working for nbc or cbs she is free to air her liberal views. she also called trump voters resentful. such a corroding and bitter and bile feeling. i don't think it's a good look
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for couric as describing trump supporters an inuninformed, toxic and jealous. >> bret: we will go live back to new york. i think the former president may be speaking. we'll listen. [chanting four more years] >> bring in a lot of straighten out new york that includes crime and these guys are great people. great friends. but they have tremendous crime. so we have got straighten this out. [shouting questions] >> 78% think it's a rigged deal and it is a rigged deal. it's a rigged trial. our courts. everything is screwed up in new york. and the whole world is watching. this judge is so conflicted. you understand that you'll take a look at that there has never been a judge so conflicted. it's ridiculous. and, also, there's no crime. do you know where the crime is? the bodegas where they come and rob them every week more than that.
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>> more than that. >> in your mind is an ideal juror? >> anybody that's fair. >> do you believe [inaudible] >> i will let you know after the trial. depending on the outcome because don't forget, you know, we are appealing. there shouldn't be a jury. if you take a look around, good strong look, every legal scholar, every legal pundit said there should be no trial. this is not -- there was nothing done wrong. this is all politics. this is coming out of the white house. and, you know, it makes me campaign locally and that's okay. [shouting we want trump] [chanting we love trump] >> i don't think so. i think we are doing better, brian, we are doing better than we have ever done. so i think it's having a reverse effect. do you know what? all i want is fairness. and these people have to be treated better. the bodega association. bodegas because every week they are being robbed two, three times. it's crazy. it's crazy. and do you know what? the police can do it.
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they can stop it. but they have to be allowed to do their job. 12346789 shouting questions] >> address the citizens of america and give them hope to restore the american dream, atlanta, new york, filly, chicago, d.c. >> come in and number one have to stop crime. we will let the police do their job. they have to be given back their authority. they have to be able to do their job. and we're going to -- we're making a big play for new york. other cities, too. but this city -- i love this city. it's gotten so bad in the last three years, four years. and we're going to straighten new york out. [chanting four more years] >> running for president will put a big hit for new york. we think we can win new york with half a million migrants poured in and taken over the parks. they took over your hotels and take over everything. it's no good. do you know what they have done? they have destroyed some people. the african-american community now is not getting jobs. migrants are taking their jobs that are here illegally.
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hispanics are not getting jobs. migrants are taking the jobs. if you look at the unemployment, the unemployment is good for migrants now. it went up 10%. all migrants and in our country. now, they are coming from prisons. i don't know if you know. they come from mental institutions. they come from prisons. they come from places you don't want to know about. they are coming from jails and prisons, mental institutions and insane asylum. and you have massive numbers of terrorists coming into our country. all because of biden. by the way this trial i have now it's a biden trial. they want to keep me off the campaign trail but based on what i'm doing, i think there is more press here than there is if i went out to nice location. >> bret: that's former president trump. he was visiting a harlem bodega. this is the same bodega where the jose alva fatally stabbed an attacker who he was charged with murder and then saw his case
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dropped amid a lack of evidence and obviously the outcry over that. that's that bodega is he visiting in harlem, talking about there the trial as well as crime in new york. fair and balanced. let's go now to president biden. is he speaking in scranton, pennsylvania at the carpenter's union's training facility. let's listen to that. >> because of you it matters, it matters. and people are crediting five, 10, $30, $50. it's having a real impact. a real effect. we have open more campaign offices because of y'all than -- he hasn't opened any i'm aware of. i'm not being facetious. i'm not being he facetious. we are in a situation where we are in a position where we are generating paid staff is significant and growing in every state. i have been to every -- every single -- every single of the toss-up states so far. and, guess what? if you know anybody that knows anything about polling, it's
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awful hard to poll these days because -- no, i'm serious. but, guess what? even in the polls that are being used now, we're -- we're ahead in 35 polls. [applause] >> by the way. [applause] it's just about continuing to push. and, again, one simple proposition. how do we give hardworking americans an even shot, an even chance? an even chance to make it? just that. nothing more than that. and how do we move people together again? and i think we can do it. i'm confident that we're going to be able to do it. and i feel very good about what we are because of all of you but thank you for what you're doing. again, i -- i didn't mean to tell you so much. [laughter] but, thank you, thank you, thank you. [applause]
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>> we need steady leadership. we need steady hands at the wheel. >> i asked him to resign. a motion will get called. and then he's going to lose more votes than kevin mccarthy. >> i'm being responsible with this decision. and allowing people to come to terms and think about who would be the next speaker. >> we can't control the these tricks of marjorie taylor greene and the house republican conference. but we stand willing to work with anyone who wants to deliver on that help and support. >> bret: wow, speaker mike johnson says he will not resign. so here we are. chaos in the house as foreign aid hangs in the balance. haven't figured it all out. we need a whiteboard. but let's bring in our panel matthew continetti fellow at the american enterprise instituted. talk radio host chris ryan and stef kite. you have been up there you have been writing about some of this stuff. it is integral how everybody is saying how they're going to vote. but we just don't know how this
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is all going to come to pass. >> yeah, there is no question that speaker johnson is in serious trouble right now, especially with massi coming out today and saying that he would support a motion to vacate. keep in mind that all it would take right now is one more republican to vote with all of the democrats to oust johnson from the speakership and come friday when mike gallagher leaves, that's going to be down to just two republicans needed to vote with democrats bring ukraine to the floor and end up saving him and avoiding this. >> bret: that's the real question if they want the ukraine aid and israel aid and taiwan aid, they may vote to save johnson and then those -- for those bills which maybe doesn't body well for johnson in the conference but it does bode well for aid bills. >> speaker johnson has said he is a war time speaker. he views these issues, ukraine, israel, taiwan, tiktok as integral to the multi-front war america and our allies are
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facing among these autocratic threats. i think in that type of war time situation, you might have to forge a united front of most republicans and some democrats in order to preserve him in the speakership. >> bret: how do you think this plays across the country? obviously maga world has some problems, real problems with ukraine funding but how do you think this plays? it's process see upon capitol hill how do you think it plays. >> this is terrible for republicans and independents and middle class americans who are looking to solutions for problems. these two individuals, marjorie taylor greene and thomas massie are institutional arsonists. people are not looking for that people are looking for solutions to problems. i spoke with congressman pappas democrat from new hampshire today and he expects democrats will stand behind mike johnson. and that he will -- they will provide support in pappas is a moderate democrat from new hampshire's first congressional district that he feels that that is going to be the path forward.
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they will stand behind. democrats will stand behind johnson. >> bret: here is the former president about this trial that he is facing. comes out every time and talks to reporters. take a listen. >> we are going to continue our fight against this judge. we think is he totally conflicted. he is a conflicted judge. as you know, we're going to appeal. [shouting questions] >> judge more conflicted than this one. we will see how that all works out. >> bret: he is facing a possible contempt for this gag order that the judge put on the trial. you know, chaos in the house does not sell for voters. chaos in the courtroom seems to play differently, at least republican voters are seeming to say he's not getting a fair shake. >> yeah. and certainly trump and his campaign views these court appearances as an opportunity to go ahead and campaign even as they, you know, say that these court issues are actually stopping them from campaigning that this is election interference which has been kind of their go to criticism of all
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of these cases facing the former president. but, is he clearly not afraid to take this head on and use this as an opportunity to kind of both push his ideas around the justice system tout get him, which has been a narrative we have heard for the past several years and also an opportunity to just speak directly to the american people. >> bret: you got 10 seconds. >> i wanted to know what he bought at the bodega? lottery tickets? maybe a snack? it's that type of creative campaigning that i think will highlight the dual system of justice help trump with his voters and independents. >> bret: we'll see. we'll have you back. talk to israeli ambassador to the u.s. michael herzog. if you can't catch us live set your dvr 3:00 p.m. in the west 6:00 p.m. on the east coast. fair balanced and still unafraid. here's laura. ♪ ♪ >> laura: good evening, everyone. i'm laura ingraham. this is "the ingraham angle"