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republican membf congress under mike johnson. he is the not the republican speaker of the house he is the democrat speaker of the house. >> seeks to remove him democrats would join in a motion to kill safe maneuver because he should not be punished for doing the right thing. >> bret: okay. so all of this is pending. as you look at the split in the house. it's a very thin majority. and actually getting thinner, byron. to be honest, if they had a motion to vacate. in other words, kicking the house speaker out, and there weren't enough people on the floor, you could end up with a situation where hakeem jeffries might have more people on the floor voting for him. >> yes, you could. republicans down to 218. that's before mike gallagher leaves. is he going to go some time pretty soon. the fundamental problem is it shows the absolute insanity of agreeing to allow one member a motion to vacate. they could then be joined by a small number of people and actually take out a speaker. that's not theoretical. that's what they did to kevin mcca
republican membf congress under mike johnson. he is the not the republican speaker of the house he is the democrat speaker of the house. >> seeks to remove him democrats would join in a motion to kill safe maneuver because he should not be punished for doing the right thing. >> bret: okay. so all of this is pending. as you look at the split in the house. it's a very thin majority. and actually getting thinner, byron. to be honest, if they had a motion to vacate. in other words,...
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for example, today, house speaker mike johnson tried to reauthorize fisa authorities today despite the fact that former president trump told house republicans to kill the surveillance bill. well, 19 conservatives blocked a procedural vote stalling it. it's another setback for the speaker as he tries to hold onto the gavel. today, as you mentioned, he met with georgia congresswoman marjorie taylor greene for the first time since she filed that. green says the meeting became passionate at times. she said her message to the speaker was that funding ukraine and passing fisa without more reforms is out of step with the rest of the conference. she also rebuffed his offer to make her part of his kitchen cabinet and advisory role. and she says that she told johnson to stop being the democrat's speaker b says she did not walk away with any promises from him. >> there's no deal. didn't walk out with a deal? >> no, we didn't walk out with a deal. we have to have changed behavior that supports the policies that the american people are supporting under president trump. it's not about whether you li
for example, today, house speaker mike johnson tried to reauthorize fisa authorities today despite the fact that former president trump told house republicans to kill the surveillance bill. well, 19 conservatives blocked a procedural vote stalling it. it's another setback for the speaker as he tries to hold onto the gavel. today, as you mentioned, he met with georgia congresswoman marjorie taylor greene for the first time since she filed that. green says the meeting became passionate at times....
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how important it is for mike johnson that trump is by his side? i think very important. i think it sends a strong signal to johnson's enemies like marjorie taylor greene of georgia. the question is, when it comes to that ukraine vote, which speaker johnson has promised in the coming weeks, will trump be there with him and will johnson be able to withstand the pressure after that vote goes through? >> bret: yeah, the supplemental, obviously, there is more things than just ukraine in there as we have been reporting. but, to your point, the fbi director on the specific threats. >> there was already a heightened risk of violence in the united states before octobe. our most immediate concern has been that individuals or small groups will draw some kind of twisted inspiration from the events in the middle east to carry out attacks here at home. >> bret: you look at the terror watch list encounters. this is from the southern border, leslie. these numbers are staggering from fy 21, '22, '23 and this is year-to-date. what we are seeing people specifically captured or intercepted
how important it is for mike johnson that trump is by his side? i think very important. i think it sends a strong signal to johnson's enemies like marjorie taylor greene of georgia. the question is, when it comes to that ukraine vote, which speaker johnson has promised in the coming weeks, will trump be there with him and will johnson be able to withstand the pressure after that vote goes through? >> bret: yeah, the supplemental, obviously, there is more things than just ukraine in there...
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house speaker mike johnson rolls the dice on a foreign aid package with his own speakership on the line. but, first, the exceedingly rare event of an impeachment trial for a merv the president's cabinet never got off the ground today in the u.s. senate it. took a little more than three hours for the democrats in the senate to end the proceeding before it began against homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas. raising a lot of questions about constitutional process and politics. senior congressional correspondent chad pergram starts us off tonight live from capitol hill to show us what happened. good evening, chad. >> bret, senate democrats stuck together to end the trial before it even began. they did not vote to dismiss the articles of impeachment. they voted along party lines to rule the articles ou out of sync with the constitution. >> raise a point of article impeachment article 1 does not raise conduct that arises to the level of high crime or misdemeanor as required under article 2 section 4 of the united states constitution and is, therefore, unconstitutional. >> the house
house speaker mike johnson rolls the dice on a foreign aid package with his own speakership on the line. but, first, the exceedingly rare event of an impeachment trial for a merv the president's cabinet never got off the ground today in the u.s. senate it. took a little more than three hours for the democrats in the senate to end the proceeding before it began against homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas. raising a lot of questions about constitutional process and politics. senior...
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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 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 mcca
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...
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mike johnson hoping an appearance with former president trump casts him a lifeline. johnson's job could be in jeopardy as he stymied by his own party on two major issues. >> could you help -- think you can help us get something on ukraine or also on the fisa bill? >> we have a lot of things to discuss, talked to him frequently. looking forward to seeing him in person. >> the former president and johnson will tout a bill focused on preventing illegal immigrants from voting. mr. trump just undercut johnson's fisa reform bill this week, even though he signed a renewal of the controversial program into law in 2018. democrats believe the former president paralyzes the speaker. >> the extreme maga republicans are taking orders from their puppet master down in mar-a-lago. >> conservatives blasted johnson's original fisa reform plan for not going far enough. >> did johnson step in this by putting this on the floor, try going to this route? >> yeah, i think he made a big mistake. >> that creates a lot of bad faith. >> johnson planned a ukraine bill for next week but nothing's
mike johnson hoping an appearance with former president trump casts him a lifeline. johnson's job could be in jeopardy as he stymied by his own party on two major issues. >> could you help -- think you can help us get something on ukraine or also on the fisa bill? >> we have a lot of things to discuss, talked to him frequently. looking forward to seeing him in person. >> the former president and johnson will tout a bill focused on preventing illegal immigrants from voting. mr....
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>> house speaker mike johnson ignoring fox's questions about aid for israel. the speaker has yet to announce a proposal but is he getting no shortage of demands. >> i have to do it now, now. >> the president, along with leaders chuck schumer, mitch mcconnell and hakeem jeffries all calling on johnson to take up the $95 billion senate passed foreign aid package that includes aid for ukraine and taiwan. >> if house republicans put the senate supplemental on the floor. i believe it would pass today. reach the president's desk tonight. and israel would get the at a needs by tomorrow. >> jeffries even calling it a churchill or chamberlain moment in a scathing letter blaming extreme maga republicans for the delay. the house freedom caucus hitting back calling israel aid a bogus ram through ukraine aid with no offset. over the weekend johnson said is he open to former president trump's idea about turning aid for ukraine into a loan. >> he has introduced the loan lease concept which is a really important one. i think has a lot of consensus. >> some senate conservative
>> house speaker mike johnson ignoring fox's questions about aid for israel. the speaker has yet to announce a proposal but is he getting no shortage of demands. >> i have to do it now, now. >> the president, along with leaders chuck schumer, mitch mcconnell and hakeem jeffries all calling on johnson to take up the $95 billion senate passed foreign aid package that includes aid for ukraine and taiwan. >> if house republicans put the senate supplemental on the floor. i...