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and you have to find compromises along the way. >> i've been made for 40 years i learned thing is to always say you're right. and i'm wrong -- but leaving that aside congressman i'm curious what you make of the fact of there might be more than three of the republican colleagues and i only ask because your name comes up as someone they would consider. even that crowd -- what do you make of that? [laughter] >> i don't think some of them would consider me that that role. >> but it is a jump ball at that point everyone might as well dive into the pool. >> here's what they have to earn there's never going to be a democratic speaker in this house republican majority. but in order to get consensus, you may have a situation where democrats volt for a republican speaker. to avoid, you know, somebody on the far right who refuses to -- neil: maybe i was wrong maybe they were ones mentioning your name bottom line, would you
congressman using violence to get their way in congress. what we are seeing now is people especially appealing to the public in a variety of different forms of technology, media, faster and more dangerous on any kind of social media platform. they are appealing to the public without language and kind of making it like it is a joke. but it is not a joke. it is normalizing an almost, in the cases of some people probably somewhat unstable, asking for that kind of behavior. it is endorsing vigilantism and democracy is a pact we make to abide by rules and constitutional standards. >> this is an interesting point. sometimes it is set as a joke or thought of as a joke, or donald trump will tell you they are making a big thing out of the fact i said there would be a bloodbath when i was talking about automobile tariffs. but
bipartisan bill. we do have to address the border and as soon as we take care of the supplemental bills we start working on a strong border bill. alicia: let's talk about the motion to vacate. congresswoman marjorie taylor greene now has two other members supporting her effort here. but a vast number of republicans are saying, they don't want to go down this road right now. but that doesn't mean they're exactly thrilled with speaker johnson either. >> he's going to keep his job. do you think that chuck schumer is going to want to lose mike johnson? why would chuck schumer want to lose mike johnson? you could ask yourself that question. alicia: so, congressman, essentially what he's saying is that democrats find speaker johnson useful to their own agenda. what's your response? >> i think that mike johnson has one of the hardest jobs in the country, in the world, trying to bring together
staying alive, really, is a pressing objective as it is soldiers as it is fighting to defend their country. games, thank you. that's take you back to the floor in washington, where the lawmakers there are now voting. helena, back with us, take us through what we are looking at? the clock is counting down right now. we have got over three minutes left on the clock for that final vote on ukraine. would you sawjust moments ago with the amendments, this motion to recommit, essentially would mean it would be sending this law in all of its nitty—gritty details back to the committee from where it came, and i was put forward by chip roy, congressman from texas, member of the freedom caucus. it is an effort to stall, essentially, this mode. it was not taken up, this motion, so that is what we see the fun of it going ahead with the same contours we sought coming to the floor. 61 billion us dollars for
the author of the relevant book, "the field of blood." the house is debating i had a four expected votes, aid for ukraine and israel, security with taiwan and tiktok, i will discuss those pieces of legislation and the important room the democrats play in helping speaker johnson get those votes to the floor in the first place. congressman adam smith of the armed services committee straightahead. it is velshi on msnbc. >> tech: at safelite, we'll take care of fixing your windshield. but did you know we can take care of your insurance claim? that means less stress for you. >> woman: thanks. >> tech: my pleasure. have a good one. >> woman: you too. >> tech: schedule today at safelite.com. >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace. ♪ here's to getting better with age.
congressman, so sorry, my mistake. you just heard congressman from lucas tomlinson's reporting. should the white house share with the american people what went down in iran? >> i'm on the intelligence committee and we're getting briefed on a regular basis. this is a time we want to deescalate things and find an opportunity, a way to maintain the conflict and bring it to an end. alicia: so, let's get to why you're actually at work today because that's what everybody is talking about. you have the four bills and we just heard from the corporation with griff jenkins that he just had with your colleague across the aisle that included in these measures is this tik tok bill, but there's nothing on border security, but we know from multiple polls that voters say this is one of their top concerns. shouldn't that be happening, too? >> look, i'd love for us to vote on a border security bill. the senate sent over a
>> we are watching capitol hill as the house is voting in a series that includes the $95 million foreign aid package. mike pence will join us live in moments to weigh in on speaker mike johnson's future amid calls for him to resign. let's keep on going. griff:president biden is solid on his relapse retaliatory strike against iran as tensions remain high in the region with calls for de-escalation. lucas tomlinson live on the north lawn of the white house to kick things off with the latest. >> reporter: white house officials closely monitoring the vote on capitol hill keeping president biden updated. the democratic congressman who applauded the job the republic now speaker is doing. >> mike johnson has one of the hardest jobs in the country, in the world, trying to bring together bipartisan
having this conversation in private not want to say something on camera i wouldn't say to the speaker. i'll be having conversations with the speaker an and put my arm around him and say something to him. and the fertilizer is the speaker 20 years of a root system devoted to true conservative ideology and i would say as it was said timeless wording. griff: right. >> there's gold in them hills and i'm hoping to bring it to the top. griff: congressman, you have work to do. we've let you go and you may want to share some thoughts with your colleagues, marjorie taylor greene, paul gosar and thomas massie. get to work. >> thank you. alicia: we'll get back to capitol hill in just a moment, meanwhile, president biden is remaining silent on israel's retaliatory strike against iran as tensions remain high in the
mccarthy in trouble is the way he reacted to the votes. >> that is what i will be waiting to see if. >> respectively throwing democrats under the bus. >> on the sunday show. >> it did not make since. i hope the speaker has in fact evolved and if he has, that there won't be a need for revolution. >> congressman, i will ask you to put on your biden/harris cochair hat. there was an op-ed in the new york times about vice president harris that i want to read to you. it says, "the kamala harris moment has arrived. being a trusted voice in favor of reproductive rights against republicans are determined to restrict or eliminate them and maybe they greater contribution she can make to the bite reelection bid and retaining national stability." your sense of the role vice president harris is playing on the campaign? >> i think charles is correct
first, the humanitarian aid will go through u.s. aid. they have the ultimate purview and how this will be distributed. it will go to other countries impacted by crises, refugee crises around the middle east and in african countries. also in ukraine. humanitarian needs are needed there. they will get to play around with that money and distribute it as they see fit. many talk about speaker johnson's future, there is a big question hanging over it, that is because you had those three members, marjorie taylor greene leading the pack. yesterday the congressman from arizona signing onto that and you also had thomas massey, who told me a couple hours ago that what he wants to see is speaker johnson voluntarily resign so they don't have to force this vote to vacate him and oust him from the speakership chair and have that circus that we saw back in the fall after kevin mccarthy was ousted and you had