0 so you admit a crime, but you werecrim never charged or arres are sent to jail, why. we're going to market with an investigation. in the meantime, have the best time with the ones you love. we will sum it up tomorrow with sean hannity. >> welcome to hannity. buckle up for tonight's debate e segment.ba first breaking now the house ha just adjourned for the evening but the ongoing battle for speaker continues at this late as we have full coverage had details straight ahead tonighet and also the liar adam schiff has now been exposed yet again, not with russians giving -- this timt thise there are docum that show that adam schiff was attempting to use the power of your government to censor his npolitical opponents it iows n time for adam schiff to be heldn accountable in a court of law. have a full detailed report. former house intel chair will join us and also tonight we wil reveal aoc's big plan to be one happy coalition government on capitol hill. aoc can keep dreaming prove we want to taken ke a close look ac person the democrats would prefer is the next speaker of the house and that would be theo far left election done iran conspiracy theorists. and later yours yours truly liv in our last call segment. you get to have the last word oo the showre. we begin with more drama from washington and the swamp today a after two days, kevin mccarthy has not gone to the magic numbe of tort two out of at&t's be r ofspeaker of the house. twenty republicans intend you t oppose mccarthy. she will join us live in just a moment . they voted for congressman byro donald spirit donald's is a rising star for sure in the gop strong conservative track record , but radical democrat y bush, she just refer to him as a prop, upholding and d white supremacy practices your i vocal party pretty said his nam being in the mix is not progress . it is pathetic. just imagine with that and that much betrayal. he must be a pretty miserable yb human being. maybe she is jusshe't jealous. to his credit, congressman donald'sdo is attempting to bri down the temperature on capitol hill with this important reminder. we are on day two of the speake battle, not day 200 donald it's right despite all the squawking from the democrats. this is not a crisis, yes. yet it is not. republicans have worked all this out in private long before yesterday. absolutely. behind-the-scenes i can yetell i spoke to many of them that i urged them to work it out. wor they apparently did not listen to my advice. is at the disaster that the t media mob and democrats want? not yet by a longshot. there's nothing wrong with taking a few days to decide whop will fill this powerful positioa in the house of representatives. unlike democrats, members of th republican party are not sheep e or will do what they are told. over 220 prefer mccarthy beauty that onou his commitment to america. that is the america first agenda . he starts the agenda and also detailed all's the investigatio and the oversight that would e takeov place under his watch. you may remember mccarthy also y agreed to what is called a motion to vacate the speakership peak. all they need is five republica votes atand it would be a serioi insurance policy in the event that kevin mccarthy didn't liveke up to his promises. that was a huge ask and a huge gift by the bar keeps changing.a tonight i don't have a crystal ball. i can't predict what will happeh like many of you watching. i just want them to get working. i want oversight in the bite in administrationad and i want hiss family's business dealings investigateddeal.nv i eswant the fbi in the doj prod for abuse of power and i want our economy to recover pretty awad returned to energy independence and republicans, i there ever going to take back ce power and turn this great country around, they will need t to rally around real issues tha matter to millions of americans out there coast-to-coast. what i can tell you tonight is t this, that thehe one thing that house republicans seem to all t agree on is that agenda.es here now with the latest, chad. he has the hitchhikers guide to n.l things washingto he knows the ins and outs of everything. >> tonight the first -- the house met at 8:00 p.m. eastern in the gop also house t adjourn. that entails a vote. democrats advised the members tr voten. and stay in session woul have forced another vote for speaker and kevin mccarthy would have losr spt again. republicans got their way. the house voted to adjourn only for gop defectors tonight.de a >> on this, the yays are 216. the nays are to order 14. the motion is adopted. the house will adjourn until noon tomorrow. >> lip one boat and the tally i 215-twitter water 15 by the rol a tie vote fails. this was a test vote. the for gois wp defectors. det mccarthy supporters sense ns movement. wouldn't say there was a breakthrough but i would say there has been additional clarity about what issues are outstanding and what issues we can make progress on.ty i'm not at liberty to discuss the contents of negotiations. mccarthy is a longlong way to g but after six failed votes for he finally held talks with supporters and opponents.e the vote tonight marks the firs timeccar mccarthy has shown progress toward winning the speaker gavel. back to you. >> thank you. >> time for the hannity hotseat 19ed that we are joined by a republican who opposed kevin mc carthy's bid for speaker and every ballotin. that is lower -- lauren beaufort and negotiation have been on since the summer. kevin mccarthy's camp is now trying to determine which of th 20 votes against him are becaus of avote policy disagreement ve a personal vendetta. here now wit vh reaction is the congressman. the town hall quoted you today saying the president, you said complimentary things about president trump. he's to tell kevin mccarthy that you do not have the votes i n and it is time to withdraw. t kevin mccarthy hasur 202 votes. your site has 20. so if i'm going to use your words and your methodology and your math,etho isn't it time fo to pack it ickn, considering he has over 200 and you have 20? >> sean, i understand the frustration. i promise you.stra >> i'm not frustrated. just want you to answer my question. i'm not frustrated. back there are many who are still voting with kevin mc carthy. they are cheering us on. there are more for us that are against us and they are waiting for wakevin -- >> i'm frustrated by you not answerin g my direct question.sa yoidu said to president trump i earlier today that president trump needs to -- you don't have the votes.at cae n i finish? can i finish up your. s >> you don't have the votes of it is time to withdraw. he has 203 and your side has 20. by the time for you to withdrawo -- for him to withdraw and not you. >> he needs to order 18.8. and he does not have to 18.t as you said four months, kevin m ccarthy didn't want to listen to us until his disappointing midterms. we all want the unified party a but this isn't chaos printed as a tufunctioning constitutional i republic. when everything is set and done, house republicans will be icanstronger and better prepareb lead then we ever were before. our votes are working. >> i would ask you not to filibuster. yesterday yon u voted and today was firing donald's who was you choice. tomorrow i don't know who you are going to vote for the left bottom line is you stillth only have 20 votes. the mehave ask you thespian.ving >> be approving that we are ope to a menu of options. m >> my question to you is -- >> we are proving there are man options my question is did you t kevin mccarthy's commitments to america and do ?you not believe that he is goi to follow through on his writte promises? >> his commitment to america is not as strong as i would like i havto be. we have been working on the rules to change the structure o help washington dcs run and kn operatedow. you know more than anybody how a broken this town is. this is something that we have an opportunity to rebuild and restructure. >> congresswoman, he talked about --ship >> and we need great leadershiph toat do that pay. >> he ducked about border security, debt reduction. >> and that texas bill border band he refused. >> and he's willing to bring th exact plan that worked under pl eddonald trump and he has pledg investigations into the fbi and doj, the influence peddling of the biden family and the origin of covid and anthony found she.i my question is do you support -- >> you support all of those agenda items that he promised? >> of course i do but i do not trust kevio.n mccarthy at this point usto deliver on those promises, especially when i go into good-faith negotiations with him and he comes out and lies about what those conversations were, saying that members though she is not here to answer. d so let me ask you this. >> he's already apologized to one member in private but he doesn't apologize in public for spreading lies about that meeting. others fought hard rs for a motion to vacate with onl five republicans able to triggea that motion. kevin mccarthy did not want to give it to you but he did give it to you in the np to me that m is ae n --al >> can i finish. >> he did not. >> he gave you what you asked hi fongr and one of the things tha> i've s been asking people and iy asking you tonightou, who with e your final choice for speaker and if you can get more them let's say 30 votes, will you follow your own advice. you are asking donald trump, an withdraw for.th >> there are certainly names that are being floated around. maybe i should nominate president donald j. trump tomorrow. pi did watch your show last nigt . >> jordan one day and donald trump another day. >> he did not give us this i motion to vacate. as a whole consent consents andt some other candidates.hio va >> i'm trying to understand how you think here. becky need to understand that kevin mccarthy did not give us my heart redline. >> he fought for it. o >> no, he did not. >> i know he made the promise -- >> i know he made the promise.. which five members to offer the motion to vacate. >>. of the question is this, yo have to answer my question. yesterday you are supporting jordan and today you are ta sportingbi donald -- >> checks and balances on the third line. >> who is your final answer. who do you want to be speaker o the house? >> we need to come together -- >> i'm asking who you want.to >> we want somebody who could actually unify the republican party. w -- would like to kno there are 203 people and you have 20.reme i respect the 20 if you and i respect all of you but i'm asking youou based on your awar let's have a final answer. who do you want. who will you support to be speaker. it is not that hard pay. >> i'm willing to have conversations with the republican conference to come u with a consensus candidate. we are offering people right no -- it doesn't have to be a member of the caucus and it doesn't even have to be -- >> so you don't even have a nam going into day three. >> when you are threatened by the committee chairman -- >> let me ask a final question. s that. that's a scary place to be. we're here to legislate and get the country back on track. >> sean: i can tell. >> when you have people making threats it's difficult to make the decision. we're going we are going to get there. i am fine getting there.ay the government is not spending money and sending it to ukraine. . american tax payers are winning. >> sean: politically we agree on most things. >> yes we do, sean. >> sean: i do have respect for you. >> i think history will show i'm on the right side of this, sean. >> sean: you can believe that in your position. i'm using your words. you said to president trump, we're very clear. >> i did. >> sean: he doesn't have 218. so you need to ask him to be draw. if by friday you and your group of 20 don't have a name with 30 votes is it time for you to withdraw. if not why do you support a double standard? last question. >> kevin mccarthy doesn't have 218 votes. >> sean: and you have 20. >> i -- kevin mccarthy doesn't have 218. >> sean: this is a question -- >> i will not, sean, with draw. our asks are not petty or self serving. we're asking for commitments on what the american people want to see. a vote ob term limits. a vote on the text tegs border plan to i secure the southern border. crying out loud, sean, we asked for a balanced budget. imagine a congress that doesn't spend money we don't. have we will get this right with the right speaker, sean. >> sean: if you only have 30. >> 30 would be a beautiful number to reach. >> sean: telling kevin mccarthy and the 203 people that support him to withdraw because they don't have 218. that is what you're saying. >> it's obvious by tonight's motion to adjourn. kevin mccarthy and his supporters have voter fatigue. i'm here for it. >> sean: i asked you a simple question. i feel i'm getting an answer from a liberal. >> i'm not going to support sketch mccarthy. if i'm the last person standing, which i don't believe i will be i will not -- >> sean: i feel we made progress. >> i love president trump. you won't pit him against me. i love you. >> sean: that's what you said to him. >> i have seen the broken trust. the lack of accountability. what we're getting phone calls saying that we need to stop this. kevin doesn't have the votes for speaker. period. we need a conscience candidate, get this right and get the country back on track. thank you, sean. >> sean: appreciate it. here with more is the former chair of the house oversight committee. tray, i'm sure you found that entertaining. i didn't get the answers i wanted. obviously the math exists differently on one side. 200 votes. you don't have 218 you have to withdraw. if you have 20 votes and support the congress woman's side you get to continue. does that make sense to you, tray. >> i tell you what makes sense, sean. you didn't get the answers. we don't need the answers. we can read the tempterment and demeanor. it's personnel. she didn't liking kevin mccarthy pherpblly. here is the proof. there was a vote 30 minutes ago to negotiate. you had the 207, some wanted to keep negotiating. they're making progress. then had you four that would rather have a spectacle on the floor of the house that embarrasses the republican party including one of the four being your last guest. if you want proof of her motivation she would rather embarrass the republican party on national television than adjourn to negotiate. >> sean: here is how i see it, what is critical to the country kevin mcdarthy has pledged to do. the agenda items i have read it many times and put on the screen for america to watch. the america first maga agenda i support. kevin mccarthy has agreed to do all of the above. a motion to vacate would be an insurance policy if he didn't keep -p his promises. he has 203 they have 20 votes. at what point do they realize the math is in kevin's favor or do we go onto perpetuity and not accomplish anything. >> not all 20 but some have principle disagreements. they're in kevin's office working them out. some are only interested in notoriety, fame and attention. they won't have a gavel like jimmy jordan. they don't have his talent, experience, they don't work like he does this. is their only moment to be on national television opposing another republican. so whatever great ideas they may have none will be done unless there is a speaker. they want to go from 207 to 218. kevin wants to go from 200 to 218. i think kevin's numbers are better than they have now. >> sean: this is the point i'm trying to make. she pleadpugh with president trepl -p to encourage kevin to bough out because he doesn't have 218. there side has 20. yesterday she voted for jordan. today bu byron donaldson. agree jim jordan head of the judiciary committee is a massive win especially with the investigations he will be involved in that are critically important to the country. at some point will we get a resolution? >> i, we will have to. i mean unless you believe in minority rights and the extreme you don't go from 20 to 218. we need, you're never going to get some of these people, sean, i mean they live to be an opposition to republicans. but people watching your show need to call and say you know what i didn't work my tail off in november to watch you look like a clown show on national television. you all get behind kevin. you got your motion to vacate. as it relates to president trump they love him for a pardon or need attention. they say kevin is my person they know better. they know better than the republican conference. kevin got 85% of the vote in the primary. yet, they know better. i can't think of anything more antidemocratic than 15% dictating to the other 85% who the speaker should be. >> sean: if there is anything they want or need or missing in the agenda i want to know what it is. i can't get the answer out of anybody. >> get in his office and let him know. >> sean: i agree with that. >> quit opposing the motion to adjourn. you're right they should listen to you. >> sean: they should. nobody ever listens to me. aoc floated the idea of a coalition government as the battle for speaker continues. plus we will remind you of the stunning hypocrisy of the left's new leader, the really election denier. and you have the las
polarized edges. joe biden did say he hopes that happens this holiday season. i think as he says that he knows it's unlikely to happen this holiday season. but that is a speech that almost no american, no matter what their political persuasion is will find much to criticize, you never know on fox news, though. that is what we got to see from joe biden today in this holiday speech. how much minutes was that? how many minutes did he talk? nine minutes. only nine minutes. and that is it. off the man goes. and having made the point i would love to have the conversation see if there was any other political agenda that was being pursued here that eludes me, but i think that was joe biden just being joe biden. and trying to speak to, in his most nostalgic and heartfelt way to the spirit of the season. and now we're back. here they are.
of dignity and decency. so from the biden family, we wish you and your family peace, joy, health and happiness. merry christmas, happy holidays, and all the best in the new year. god bless you all, and may god protect our troops. thank you. >> mr. president -- and that was joe biden giving a brief, heartfelt, nonpartisan, nonpolitical -- entirely nonpolitical holiday speech. when the white house puts out word they're going to send the president out to give a christmas speech or holiday speech one assumes they're thinking victory lap, joe biden has had a lot of accomplishments in the last two years, a good midterm, even president zelenskyy here yesterday,
does this not give sufficient nonpolitical, apolitical cover for merrick garland with the ultimate indictment of donald trump? you and i both know garland would never bring on smith for indictment. >> i want to fight the premise. it's impossible to bring someone new on to an investigation and not have it delay. smith a good prosecutor, a good lawyer. he's going to want to examine all the evidence for himself. so you're already buying some delay. doesn't seem possible you'll have none. but at the end of it i don't think it insulates garland from criticism any way, because of clips you just played but because of the key special counsel regulations is still make the attorney general accountable at the end of the day for any possible indime some jack smith doesn't get to indict. it's still jack smith proposing the indictment and garland signing off on it. so you're going to get all of that criticism any way regardless, and there's the risk
idea of the system. i never stood in the way of senior members in my committee testifying. but congress has no right to my testimony. we have a separation of powers under the constitution of the united states, and i believe we'd establish a terrible precedent for the congress to summon a vice president of the united states to speak about deliberations that took place at the white house and i'm closing the door on that, but i must say again the partisan nature of the january 6th committee has been a disappointment to me. it seemed to me in the beginning there was an opportunity to examine every aspect of what happened on january 6th and to do so more in spirit of the 9/11 commission, nonpartisan, nonpolitical. and that was an opportunity lost. >> i'm joined now by
every american before long. our entire country will be memphis if we don't put a stop to this insanity right now with as much force as is required. so joe biden gave the most threatening presidential speech in american history last week. he spoke in front of a blood red backdrop flanked by u.s. marines, and he delivered, if you take a step back, the blueprint for the rest of his administration. criminalized decent, effectively ban the opposition, and use the federal agencies to transform america into a one party state. it's called authoritarianism. biden said in a speech, the white house advertised as nonpolitical. >>jesse: donald trump and the maga republicans represent extremism that threatens the very foundation of our republic. >> the re-pub can party today is
prices. the drug cartels, crime, abortion. none of them got a mention in the speech that he said was nonpolitical. why? >> he should have mentioned all of those things. this was a political speech to scare people to not vote republican, number one. we all know that. did not talk about one major issue. people really want to know, what will happen? what is your plan really? why are our borders open and people just bleeding in? why do we have so much fentanyl? just allowing more and more and more to come in. why don't we have a real energy policy? why doesn't he change the energy policy that he has?
coming on tonight. thank yo ou very much. thank you, tucker. we're out of time.d yo >> that conversation with andrew tape, we played you part of it a minute ago. it'su part o up on fox station. you can stream it and ofat course, we'll be back eight pm showed this the sworn enemy of lying, pomposity, smugness and groupthink have the best weekend, the best nonpolitical. happy weekenthe bepoliticad, thu love. we'll see you monday. edition of "hannity". i'm jason chaffetz in for sean.e and tonight, after weeksek ofn n speculation and selectived anonymous leaks, the affidavitsr used in the málaga raiatd hass officially been released toed the public. unfortunately, magistrate judge bruce reinhardt alloweately,d tj to go wild with the redactions. now keepns in mind, judge reinhardt is an obama donors who recused himself fromelf fr a prior case involving donaldomc
judge. he's not blood thirsty so if he's making this call and along with lisa monaco and i share everything about what was said about lisa, who i worked in two different administrations, that is the right team. nonpolitical, careful and meticulous and deliberate. >> neal katyal, joyce vance, thank you both very much. ari melber as well, thank you. we'll be watching you on "the beat" later this evening. really important morning to have you all on. thank you very much. and coming up, a florida state prosecutor suspended by governor ron desantis for depending abortion rights and, andrew warren will be our guest. plus speaker nancy pelosi reveals her initial reaction to the news of the fbi search of donald trump's florida home. and defends her trip to taiwan when "morning joe" returns.
after last week's january 6 oh seven oh please period mind nothing has been added or subtracted it is real and authentic not a deep think not one —- fake not by russian box with dead on political analysis. >> one of the things that has been remarkable is how nonpolitical this has been. there is no way this is like the impeachment was like the second impeachment was warranted as it was. you cannot do that with us. >> nonpolitical? not an attack on donald trump is the most hilarious thing i saw last week. we will be aby, you just ain't seen n-n-nothin' yet ♪