validity of his victory really? i think it speaks to a kind of betrayal that new york republicans have felt, especially in nassau county on long island. the sentiment at the press conference where all of these elected officials called for his resignation is that this was a man who came from outside their party s organization but they trusted him. he seemed to have the best interest of them and their constituents at heart and then for them to find out that a lot of the things that he told them were falsehoods i think there is a profound sense of betrayal. the other piece of the equation is long island republicans had a great year. we were told there would be a red wave all over the country, it didn t materialize but it did materialize on long island and i think there is a sense that what s happened now with congressman santos has threatened the progress that republicans have made after years of being shut out of electoral politics here. i mean, andrew, it threatens the republican br
is gone on too long. and they are not really sure how much longer kevin mccarthy could keep this up without making a mockery of what is happening here on the house floor. kate. lauren, thank you for that. we ll see what happens in a few short minutes. and breaking news out of ukraine. vladimir putin is proposing a temporary cease-fire in ukraine for tomorrow and saturday. so that orthodox christians could attend christmas services. scott mcclain is live in kyiv for us. has ukraine responded to this proposal and what are you hearing? reporter: yeah, we re hearing bits and pieces so far, kate. just a bit of context here, so this proposal came from the head of the russian orthodox church, a man who has been openly supportive of russia s war effort. in fact said in a recent sermon that military service washes away all sin. so his proposal was for a cease-fire beginning tomorrow which is or sorry christmas
they re competent to go forward but he s saying he wants an assistant council that maybe issue for appeal but he s making a mockery of the courtroom which expwront in general propro se defendant dos. didn t graduate that counsel there. he could say i wasn t wear of the rules i have a right to defend myself but i wanted that cocouncil there to give me basic legal procedure. what do you make of that? you know that s an interesting question and it certainly could be the main point on an appeal of any conviction in this case. because the case law on that score is somewhat tangled, there are references to defendant not being entitled to hybrid representation meaning, you re either in for a penny or found or not in at all you re going to
certain questions to make sure they re competent to go forward but he s saying he wants an assistant council that maybe issue for appeal but he s making a mockery of the courtroom which expwront in general propro se defendant dos. didn t graduate that counsel there. he could say i wasn t wear of the rules i have a right to defend myself but i wanted that cocouncil there to give me basic legal procedure. what do you make of that? you know that s an interesting question and it certainly could be the main point on an appeal of any conviction in this case. because the case law on that score is somewhat tangled, there are references to defendant not being entitled to hybrid representation meaning, you re either in for a penny or found or not in at all you re going to
they re competent to go forward but he s saying he wants an assistant council that maybe issue for appeal but he s making a mockery of the courtroom which expwront in general propro se defendant dos. didn t graduate that counsel there. he could say i wasn t wear of the rules i have a right to defend myself but i wanted that cocouncil there to give me basic legal procedure. what do you make of that? you know that s an interesting question and it certainly could be the main point on an appeal of any conviction in this case. because the case law on that score is somewhat tangled, there are references to defendant not being entitled to hybrid representation meaning, you re either in for a penny or found or not in at all you re going to