but asking about ted cruz. senator ted cruz, your colleague. he was adding that he would consider another bed for the presidency. and he quoted, and i will quote directly absolutely in a heartbeat. and then he said later that historically get the runner up in one convention becomes the nominee and the other convention. the reason i ask you about that as i think that is the clearest and most aggressive statement that anybody who could answer the primary would say. what do you think about that? >> yes, the tradition over the decades of the republican party is the presidential nominees options are to be the heir apparent. bob dole, george bush or whatnot. but donald trump sort of blew up that whole system when he became the nominee and then our president of the united states. i'm not so sure that that tradition won't be restored. that being said, i would be shocked if ted cruz did not run again, as well as your first guess, every time i think to mike pompeo, i think gosh, maybe he would be a great president someday. so we have the richness in our

joining us now texas senator ted cruz. senator, great to have you back on. okay, we have analysis coming in, wabc radio looked at 13 u.s. cities with district attorneys bankrolled by george soros' northern profits. all of these cities show rising homicides. your reaction to that? >> well, unfortunately that is not surprising. soros has funded putting extreme left-wing district attorneys in office, helping them get elected across the country and these extreme left-wing d.a.s when they get in office refuse to prosecute crimes. in fact they deliberately undermine the criminal justice system and as the stats you're airing are showing, we're seeing murder rates, seeing crime rates rising across the country. across the entire country last year, murder rates rose 30% across the country. that is the highest one year increase in murder rates in over one one years. it is when you have democratic politicians arguing for abolishing the police, undermining the cops and when d.a.s are refusing to prosecute crimes, the result, shock of nobody, more crimes, more murders. el

and when things got tough, the ted cruzs got going. >> republican senator from texas ted cruz faces growing backlash for leaving his home state and flying to cancun while texans were dealing with this crisis. >> the embattled texas senator first claimed he was merely escorting his family to dan kun for a vacation and coming right back. but leaked texts from his wife heidi appear to shoat entire cruz family was planning to stay in mexico through the weekend to escape the bitter cold wrecking havoc in texas. >> that is right. here in the wild west you either die or you ride off into the sunset. and ted cruz road off into the sunset while people in his state died. he is the ultimate texan. which is why i got to take hi hat off to you, ted cruz. >> another power outage. that is like-- fair thee well, 2021. i will see you next year in cancun. >> trevor: thank you so much for that ronny, when we come back, mahershala ali will be joining me right here in the studio, you don't want to mis it's the most joyous time of the year. especially at t-mobile! let's go to dianne. i got the awesome new iphone

i don't know if you caught senator ted cruz of texas, many with his own making like russia. make no doubt about it, we have a problem with russia wanting to invade ukraine. >> absolutely. leslie is trying to convince us the democrats have a full house when they don't even have a pair in their hand going into the 2022 elections. it is not going to get any better for democrats. look at what just happened in virginia. the democrats would have told you oh, republicans won because turnout is down in off year elections. in fact it was a record turnout. in fact we won in suburban areas we had not won recently. the number one issue being education and republicans scored better than democrats. we're not only winning on our issues that voters traditionally like us for, we're winning on democratic traditional issues. >> harris: that's an interesting point. and that means that the headwind against democrats is again of their own making, not things just happening. quickly last thought, leslie, on this issue. and crime is hitting the country. why is it that people in your particular party

and when things got tough, the ted cruzs got going. >> republican senator from texas ted cruz faces growing backlash for leaving his home state and flying to cancun while texans were dealing with this crisis. >> the embattled texas senator first claimed he was merely escorting his family to dan kun for a vacation and coming right back. but leaked texts from his wife heidi appear to shoat entire cruz family was planning to stay in mexico through the weekend to escape the bitter cold wrecking havoc in texas. >> that is right. here in the wild west you either die or you ride off into the sunset. and ted cruz road off into the sunset while people in his state died. he is the ultimate texan. which is why i got to take hi hat off to you, ted cruz. >> another power outage. that is like-- fair thee well, 2021. i will see you next year in cancun. >> trevor: thank you so much for that ronny, when we come back, mahershala ali will be joining me right here in the joining me right here in the studio, you don't want to mis i wonder what ruffles would be like without ridges. it would be like t-pain withou

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ted cruz. ted cruz. ted cruz. >> what was that? it's santa! he's got a christian space laser! >> ah! get him off! he's too heavy! >> suck your own sack, santa! >> where'd he go? >> ted. get off my sleigh. >> i've learned nothing!! >> now, marjorie... >> don't you move, fat man... or the venison burger gets it! >> hey, i'm on your side! >> marjorie, please, don't kill rudolph. you're better than this! well, actually... >> i just want my presents! i'm a nice girl! >> santa! >> rudolph, with your nose so bright... >> ... let me guide your sleigh tonight! >> my eyes! agh! >> dang it! >> i can't feel my limbs. >> santa, i'm sorry. >> later! this landing's gonna be a real nutcracker! >> the list is no more! we control christmas future! tell us, o scrooge-anon, how shall we fulfill your sacred prophecy now? (message bloop) >> scrooge-anon says to poop on stuff! (crowd cheers) >> o scroogey one, then i am your humble instrument. aid me, tactical taco. (crashing) >> oh my god, we killed santa claus! >> awesome! >> enough of this scrooge-anon- sense! rudolph, are you ok? >> i am now, sa

ted cruz. ted cruz. ted cruz. >> what was that? it's santa! he's got a christian space laser! >> ah! get him off! he's too heavy! >> suck your own sack, santa! >> where'd he go? >> ted. get off my sleigh. >> i've learned nothing!! >> now, marjorie... >> don't you move, fat man... or the venison burger gets it! >> hey, i'm on your side! >> marjorie, please, don't kill rudolph. you're better than this! well, actually... >> i just want my presents! i'm a nice girl! >> santa! >> rudolph, with your nose so bright... >> ... let me guide your sleigh tonight! >> my eyes! agh! >> dang it! >> i can't feel my limbs. >> santa, i'm sorry. >> later! this landing's gonna be a real nutcracker! >> the list is no more! we control christmas future! tell us, o scrooge-anon, how shall we fulfill your sacred prophecy now? (message bloop) >> scrooge-anon says to poop on stuff! (crowd cheers) >> o scroogey one, then i am your humble instrument. aid me, tactical taco. ( crashing ) >> oh my god, we killed santa claus! >> awesome! >> enough of this scrooge-anon- sense! rudolph, are you ok? >> i am now,

ted cruz says he should be prosecuted. for what? i have no idea. ted cruz should be prosecuted -- [ cheers and applause ] for illegally using a ferret as a beard. [ laughter ] here's the thing. when dr. jonas salk helped cure polio, nobody accused him of eating babies. he didn't need an armed security detail because there wasn't a gang of uneducated morons threatening to ship him off to guantanamo bay. everyone was rooting for jonas salk. every family in this country was mailing dimes to the white house to help out. you people keep saying you want to "make america great again?" wouldn't getting a handle on this be one those great american moments from the '50s you're so nostalgic for? [ cheers and applause ] we are lucky to have dr. fauci. and if you people drive him away because he decides he's had enough, which he would be totally justified in doing, guess what? we're replacing him with dr. dre. [ laughter ] i'm going to tell you something, if you threaten him, that's not going to work out well for you at all. [ laugher and applause ] the other c

ted cruz and i had an interesting back and forth today. last night, i posted a picture of him, naked, sitting on a hot dog on twitter. [ laughter ] so this morning, he took time away from holding the government hostage, to tweet: "so, ever since i kicked his ass at basketball, jimmy kimmel has been kinda obsessed. last night, he put out a really creepy fake picture of me --" they're all creepy, by the way. [ laughter ] "naked, riding his hot dog. sorry, jimmy." and then a meme that i think is from "jeopardy!" of a contestant saying "what is, he's just not into you?" so i wrote back. polite thing to do. "dearest ted, what a strange erotic fantasy you turned this into. i'll see you in cancun." [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] i get it, he doesn't like the picture. so please do not tweet this photo of ted cruz using the hashtag "hotdogteddy." [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] he doesn't want it. he doesn't have time for nonsense like this. he's busy trying to shut the country down. [ laughter ] any chances with this omicron g- variant.

ted cruz and i had an interesting back and forth today. last night, i posted a picture of him, naked sitting on a hot dog on twitter. [ laughter ] so this morning, he took time away from holding the government hostage, to tweet: "so, ever since i kicked his ass at basketball, jimmy kimmel has been kinda obsessed. last night, he put out a really creepy fake picture of me --" they're all creepy, by the way "naked, riding his hot dog. sorry, jimmy." and then a meme that i think is from "jeopardy!" of a contestant saying "what is, he's just not into you?" so i wrote back. "dearest ted, what a strange erotic fantasy you turned this into. i'll see you in cancun." [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] i get it, he doesn't like the picture. so please do not tweet this photo of ted cruz using the hashtag "hotdogteddy." [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] he doesn't have time for nonsense like this. he's busy trying to shut the country down. [ laughter ] in germany, they are not taking any chances with this omicron variant. the german government tod

you have heard some like senator ted cruz of texas coming across weak to the russians. what is your take? >> well, the american people haven't been prepared to go to war over ukraine. the congress of the united states, there is not bipartisan support to go to war over ukraine. so i don't have any problem with that decision. i think we could have taken other actions that would have been deterred putin from doing what he is doing. in my judgment we should have been strengthening our nato alliance on the eastern border and putting more nato troops into the baltics and poland and providing them not with significant lethal aid. we aren't giving them anywhere close to what they have asked for, harris. and that would have been a factor as well. >> harris: why do you think that is? the president has a talk today scheduled with the ukraine president zelensky. i would imagine he is going to ask that question, why didn't you help us out before with that lethal aid? >> they have given them some lethal aid. president obama did not. he refused to. president trump did. they did cut ba

we can blame ted cruz, but chuck schumer can call the votes. if ted wants to make them wait two hours, i'd love doing that. that would be so much fun. okay, ted. then i'd just get binoculars and look down, as republicans were going up to ted cruz going, "how long you going to do this, ted?" i want to see my kids. >> yeah. >> i'd watch with the binoculars going, "ah-ha-ha." when is he going to do it? when is the white house going to pressure? they can keep bitchin about ted cruz all they want, but they have the power to force the votes. >> more holidays are looming. i asked this exact question to white house press secretary jen psaki. >> i'm not -- come on, he's doing it. he's a professional. >> jonathan lemire -- >> most days. >> i asked the secretary about it, and she certainly exerted, hey, we want this to happen, but she stopped short of saying that they endorse that plan. that they -- >> really? >> it was floated that schumer could do this, force the vote. >> i want to play for the red sox. not going to happen. you have to do it. >> wee nee

can they get around ted cruz? >> yeah, i think one of the things that's really interesting about this is you even have high profile republicans like senator john cornyn saying this isn't right. you know, people have pointed out specifically, you know, china, india, japan, a lot of our key, key allies, people -- countries we work very closely with are still -- do not have an ambassador. there are 54 that were approved by the committee. only six have been confirmed. many of these are very uncontroversial. they could be passed by a simple voice vote. >> never a dull moment on capitol hill. >> maybe get three or five at a time and find a way to get this process going a little more quickly. emma kenery, so nice to see you at bloomberg. thank you very much. >>> all right. a strong labor market pushing jobless claims to the lowest levels in 52 years. first-time claims for unemployment benefits fell to 184,000 last week. employers are trying to attract and retain staff. they are not -- not doing layoffs. and workers have

so ted cruz started this out. ted cruz is blocking national security nominees because he wants russia sanctioned for a pipeline going from russia to germany. okay. josh hawley -- i'm going to write this. it's unrelated. 2024. this is about presidential politics. he jumped on board and said i want to block nominees too. he is blocking national security nominees until antony blinken and jake sullivan resigned. that's not going to happen. and marco rubio was talking a few nominees. he is not as many. he is blocking spwors to china and spain over communism. that's that. mostly these two guys. all right. i said i would get back to the 140 number. 300 days in office. executive branch senate confirmations. this trend line is going in the wrong direction. 326 for bush. 158 for trump. and 140 for joe biden. why is this important? the government needs to be stacked. we need experts in the jobs. it is worth noting the people joe biden has nominated and is significantly more diverse than any other of the recent presidents. th

it's also about vaccines and ted cruz, he's gotten a vaccine. he gets that. and part of what i don't want to get lost here is why we were there. we were there to honor bob dole and his memory. bob dole was all about consensus, bringing people together, and let's not forget that. one of the things i learned at that funeral which i didn't know was that bob dole was actually strongly supportive of establishing the mlk holiday. he was supportive of civil rights legislation. he did courageous things that were against the grain when called upon. >> yes. >> in his words, he actually once said that the, when you look at these things and what's happening in our country that courage is about bringing people together. he was someone that i think we need to think about as we take on, i just watched that incredible debate you had, was we take on things in our country that we have to find consensus when we can. >> quickly if you could, the supreme court just ruled that some challenges against texas' restrictive abortion ban can proceed. the law bans abortions after six wee

it's also about vaccines, and ted cruz, he's gotten a vaccine. he gets that. and part of what i don't want to get lost here is why we were there. we were there to honor bob dole and his memory. bob dole was all about consensus, bringing people together, and let's not forget that. one of the things i learned at that funeral which i didn't know was that bob dole was actually strongly supportive of establishing the mlk holiday. he was supportive of civil rights legislation. he did courageous things that were against the grain when called upon. >> yes. >> in his words, he actually once said that when you look at these things and what's happening in our country, that courage is about bringing people together. he was someone that i think we need to think about as we take on -- i just watched that incredible debate you had, was we take on things in our country that we have to find consensus when we can. >> quickly if you could, the supreme court just ruled that some challenges against texas' restrictive abortion ban can proceed. the law bans abortions after six weeks

here's the part where i want you to pay attention to the wisdom of senator ted cruz of texas. he tells nbc news this week that suspending the filibuster in this manner creates a, quote, disturbing precedent, as it, quote, opens the door for democrats to try to do that in the future on progressive priorities. ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. correct, sir. there are all sorts of exceptions to the filibuster rule. it's already carved out and can't be used for budget bills, for judicial nominees, for executive branch nominees, for the war powers resolution, for the congressional review act, for certain parts of trade agreements. now newly as of this week you also can't use the filibuster to block raising the debt ceiling. why, again, are we not bypassing the filibuster for voting rights? two bills that would guarantee protections for voting rights are stalled in the senate right now for want of 60 votes because the republicans are filibustering it. why don't the democrats bypass the filibuster for those, too? this is not a rhetorical question. it is a very real tactical q

here's the part where i want you to pay attention to the wisdom of senator ted cruz of texas. he tells nbc news this week that suspending the filibuster in this manner creates a, quote, disturbing precedent, as it, quote, opens the door for democrats to try to do that in the future on progressive priorities. ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. correct, sir. there are all sorts of exceptions to the filibuster rule. it's already carved out and can't be used for budget bills, for judicial nominees, for executive branch nominees, for the war powers resolution, for the congressional review act, for certain parts of trade agreements. now newly as of this week you also can't use the filibuster to block raising the debt ceiling. why, again, are we not bypassing the filibuster for voting rights? two bills that would guarantee protections for voting rights are stalled in the senate right now for want of 60 votes because the republicans are filibustering it. why don't the democrats bypass the filibuster for those, too? this is not a rhetorical question. this is very tactical questi

let ted cruz stand out and let's have a vote on the floor at congress, at the state level, and let's see where the country wants to be on this. there are unfortunately more americans atlanta should be resisting vaccinations, resisting sound policies. as i said, the biden administration could do administrator. there was a very good point earlier, that they should make the vaccine the testing, the rapid testing available for free or very, very cheaply. >> it sounds like that's the plan. >> but in any case, there's more the biden administration could do, but they need to take this fight to the republicans. >> bill kristol, it's always nice to have your perspective. >>> coming up, crew members on the set of "rust" react to alec baldwin's claim he didn't put the trigger that held a live round that killed a cinematographer. what they're saying next. knows... your... business! expert bookkeepers who understand your business. intuit quickbooks live bookkeeping. advanced non-small cell lung cancer can change everything. but your first treatment could be a chemo-free combination of two immunot

here's ted cruz on the senate floor. [video clip] >> joe biden was sworn into office january 20 of 2021 and four days later vladimir putin began building the put -- pipeline again. why? because the button white house made the decision to waive the sanctions on nord stream 2 and give vladimir putin a multibillion dollar gift for generations to come and in doing so, to set the stage for the invasion of ukraine by russia. when biden waved sanctions on nord stream 2, ukraine and poland both said it was creating a security crisis in europe. increasing dramatically the chances that russia would invade ukraine. this invasion that we are facing , the very real prospects of, is joe biden's fault. but you know what? it's also the fault of senate mcgrath's. for two years we had bipartisan agreement to stop nord stream 2 and we succeeded and when there was a republican president in office, donald trump, i and other republicans were perfectly willing to hold him to account to press him to stand up against nord stream 2 and he did. as

senator ted cruz has identified the most dangerous bureaucrat in the history of america. he's here to tell us who it is. plus he's going to spill the details on whether senate republicans are going to shut down the government to thwart biden's mandate, stay there. >> how is your interest anything but a religious view? the issue of when life begins is hotly debated by philosophers since the beginning of time. it's still debated in religions. when you say this is the only right that takes away from the state the ability to protect a life, that is a religious view, isn't it? >> laura: our next guest might have a thing or two to say about that, texas senator ted cruz a member of fiduciary committee, also the author of one vote away, how a single supreme court seat can change history. i would like you to respond to what you just heard from justice sotomayor, she gave up a lot of gems today, plus your reaction to today's arguments as a whole. >> unfortunately the left when it comes to abortion has gotten more and more radical, and you see that from the questioning of justice so

it really was the minority that were willing to do what ted cruz and rashida tlaib did this was sit down and answer the questions. trey: you raise a fascinating point, maybe there is not a market for being an equal opportunity questioner, maybe the audience does not want to see that i love seeing well constructed follow-up questions, it appeared to me you actually read the bill and you were familiar with president trump's campaign promises, you asked good follow-up questions. maybe politics should say, i don't want a part of jonathan swan any more. i'll go somewhere else. >> one of the luxuries we had, it is not -- not everyone gets it, but almost old fashion, we had a team of researchers, that spent the time preparing it we had a bit more time. you know in some of these interviews. with donald trump, when i interviewed president trump last year, we ran the interview at 36 minutes, that is rare. usually it is sliced down to 6 minutes. it is almost an old fashion thing. there is a woman that i really admire who did a series of interviews in 1970s, she used to go and sit down with heads of

here's ted cruz on the senate floor. [video clip] >> joe biden was sworn into office january 20 of 2021 and four days later vladimir putin began building the put -- pipeline again. why? because the button white house made the decision to waive the sanctions on nord stream 2 and give vladimir putin a multibillion dollar gift for generations to come and in doing so, to set the stage for the invasion of ukraine by russia. when biden waved sanctions on nord stream 2, ukraine and poland both said it was creating a security crisis in europe. increasing dramatically the chances that russia would invade ukraine. this invasion that we are facing , the very real prospects of, is joe biden's fault. but you know what? it's also the fault of senate mcgrath's. for two years we had bipartisan agreement to stop nord stream 2 and we succeeded and when there was a republican president in office, donald trump, i and other republicans were perfectly willing to hold him to account to press him to stand up against nord stream 2 and he did. as

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ted cruz blaming the biden administration. saying they looked weak against russia, particularly on the norge pipeline. >> george -- joe biden was sworn into office. january 24, boudin began building the pipeline again. because the biden white house made the decision to waive the sanctions. to give vladimir putin a multibillion dollar gift for generations to come. to set the stage for the invasion of ukraine i russia. when biden waved sanctions, ukraine and poland both said it was creating a security crisis in europe. it was increasing dramatically the chances that russia would invade ukraine. this invasion we are facing, it is joe biden's fault. it is also the fault of senate democrats. for two years, we had bipartisan agreement to stop it and we succeeded. when there was a republican president, we were perfectly willing to hold president trump to account to press him to stand up against it and he did. as soon as a democrat got in the white house, our colleagues decided that partisan loyalty was more important than national se

what ted cruz did at the beginning, that's normal washington fair. what will happen is after a couple of weeks of wrangling and going to the administration and they strike a deal, i understand the administration is trying to strike a deal with senator cruz on this, that's one thing. it's quite another to say you have to fight your national security adviser or i am not going to get you there. that's sheer recklessness from a guy with -- >> okay, stop. coming up, major news -- >> hold on, jonathan. >> i will ignore the bird's hands. there is a difference between a principle objection about something because somebody you care about and trying to institute your own foreign policy when you are a senator and not the president. that's what we have seen from a number of these republicans who were trying to suggest, no, this is how the united states should treat the world as opposed to the person who elect by the voters of the country to do so. the biden team admitted, they inherited. it's 90% done. they feel like it's nothing they can do. some of these ambas

i'll reserve my criticism for ted cruz and the republicans in the senate telling their constituents hey don't worry so much about getting vaccinated. in fact we'll stop the government from requiring you to get vaccinated. the message that sends versus the message the president is sending is 180 degrees. right now i wish everyone would pull together and say let's go and fight this aggressively before it starts spreading over the course of the winter. >> one of the steps announced by president biden is expanding free at home testing for all americans which the white house hopes to implement mid january. insurance companies would reimburse people for at home testing. we are nearly two years into this pandemic and president biden has been in office for almost a year. why are we still talking about expanding testing? why was -- look, my expectations for the previous administration are what they are -- but how was this not a day one priority for the biden team? >> when the president came into office there were zero at home tests approved in the u.s. today there are eight. in september he comm

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senator ted cruz calling -- i can't -- look. >> yeah >> i don't have enough time and energy. i hate having to say all this stuff. he is calling them dangerous. chip roy calling them tyranny. what is happening? what is this rhetoric doing to the fabric of our country? what is it doing to the sane people? >> well i believe i wrote the friday before the election the 2020s will be the most dangerous and difficult decade for america since the 1850s the decade before the civil war and largely for the same reason. you know, you have a faction now that is the trump faction is the dominant faction in the republican party who believes that democrats and all sorts of ways from vaccine mandates to, you know, quote, cancel culture are transforming america and that therefore any means necessary is justified to oppose that, living through the most sustained kind of threats or implications of violence in congress itself since the 1850s and charles sumner was caned the massachusetts senator in 1856 by a south carolina house member. we are seeing a majority of republican voters saying in polls

and ted cruz wants to see sanctions against a natural gas pipeline between russia and germany. they are not objecting to the qualifications of the nominees. i wonder how usual that is in the process. >> that is actually the strongest argument for moving forward is obviously senators have policy concerns, that is the whole reason the senate has the right of advice and consent on nominees. individual holds have always been part of the process. it is this concept of saying nobody is going to be confirmed, that we will not send anyone out, were -- or there are a few people who have been confirmed, but as secretary blinken said the numbers are unprecedentedly low. our argument is not with any specific concerns and we don't get into policy issues, we just think that america needs strong diplomacy and representation overseas and to do that, we can'to fill our ambassadors ship's. no other country does this. the days when america could simply assume that whatever peculiarities that we have in our process would be understood and accepted by the rest of the world, i think those days are p

at 1:00 p.m., gosar and cruz -- that's ruin paul gosar and ted cruz -- did exactly what was expected of them, navarro told the dale by live beast. it was perfect plan, and it all predicated on peace and calm on capitol hill. we didn't even need any protesters because we had over 100 congressmen committed to it." okay. so a trump adviser was coordinating with republican members of both the house and the senate to overturn the election results, and it seems, according to navarro, that things fell apart only because the trump mob stormed the capitol. it's unclear whether the january 6 select committee has reached out yet to navarro or gosar or cruz, but we do know that the committee has requested interviews with other republicans, republican members of the house who were pushing to overturn the election. so this might give the committee the nudge it needs to make some more interview requests. also in the category of saying the quiet part out loud, republican senator rand paul. senator paul is trying to cast get out the vote efforts and apparently voting in general as sinister and nefari

you're right, ted cruz is at the forefropt of that. he first said i'm going to object to the elections in pennsylvania because of the changes by the law. and then ted krooudz came along and amplified a similar claim. saying we need time to review these things. they were trying to come up with a way to both appeal to trump's base and wink at them and say that's right, the election was stolen and then say to their colleagues, by that, i mean that there were legal issues with which i have strong concerns. there is this game that they were playing. it goes all the way down. last night on fox news, you saw someone making the claims that actual lit was stolen because donald trump aesz text messaging system was shut down by these major mobile carriers which there was an accident that happened in july of last year. this is how ridiculous it s you have to come up with the ideas for how this actually occurred that lets you not have to buy into the totally bonkers conspiracy theories. >> i was passing along this idea from a law professor that mik

senator ted cruz calling -- i don't have enough time and energy. you have all of these people. let's see. i'm going to go over it. i hate having to say all of this. chip roy calling them tyranny. what is happening -- what is this rhetoric doing to the fabric of our country? what is it doing to the sane people? >> well, look, i believe -- i wrote the friday before the election that the 2020s will be the most dangerous and difficult decade for america since the 1850s, the decade before the civil war. and largely for the same reason. you know, you have a faction now that is -- the trump faction is the dominant faction in the republican party, who believes that democrats in all sorts of ways, from vaccine mandates to, you know, quote, cancel culture, are irrevocably transforming america, and therefore any means necessary is justified to oppose that. you know, we are living through the most sustained kind of threats or implications of violence in congress itself since the 1850s, since charles sumner was caned by a south carolina house member. you know, we are seeing a majority of re

at 1:00 p.m., gosar and cruz -- that's republican loon paul gosar and ted cruz -- did exactly what was expected of them, navarro told the daily beast. it was perfect plan, and it all predicated on peace and calm on capitol hill. we didn't even need any protesters because we had over 100 congressmen committed to it. okay. so a trump adviser was coordinating with republican members of both the house and the senate to overturn the election results, and it seems, according to navarro, that things fell apart only because the trump mob stormed the capitol. it's unclear whether the january 6th select committee has reached out yet to navarro or gosar or cruz, but we do know that the committee has requested interviews with other republicans, republican members of the house who were pushing to overturn the election. so this might give the committee the nudge it needs to make some more interview requests. also in the category of saying the quiet part out loud, republican senator rand paul. senator paul is trying to cast get out the vote efforts and apparently voting in general as sinister and nef

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trump derangement syndrome, cheney tweeted, "trump broke ted cruz." yeah, but that's like breaking an ikea bookshelf. it was about to go anyway. [ laughter ] "you put books on it oh, you can't put books on it. fox chairman rupert murdoch reportedly told news corp's shareholders and stockholders -- excuse me, shareholders, stockholders, i think it's the same what do you want to go with baze >> share >> seth: i think stock's funnier. [ laughter ] stockholders -- in a recent meeting that former president trump, "needs to move on from the 2020 election. okay, but you first. [ laughter ] probably heard the joke doing that little size trip, but i got my baze burn in. [ laughter ] the nfl announced yesterday that it will heighten its coronavirus protocols amid rising cases across the country starting this weekend, aaron rodgers will be forced to attend the huddle via zoom [ laughter ] new york's mta announced yesterday that it has proved the purchase of 60 fully electric buses, which cost about $1 million each and have a top speed of we'll never know. [ laug

with these handful of republican senato, ted cruz of texas, who they are playing to is not the general american public. they are playing towards the conservative base, where they have more suspicion of the vaccine mandates, they do it as government overreach. they support their senators trying to block this. people looking at the larger political viewpoint on this, i think they would rather much not have this light. >> what about president biden's agenda? after democrats did badly in those off year elections, they managed to pass the info structure bill. was there another huge bill they were going to pass? >> there is, the build back better bill. it still is up in the air. it passed the house of representatives, but its future in the senate is still somewhat unknown. there is talk about having it done before the end of this year. but because it takes 60 votes to pass anything in the senate, and democrats only have 50, they need this procedural trick to pass the build back better bill with 50 votes. they are cramming everything into it. the rest of their agenda. that means there's a lot

with these handful of republican senato, ted cruz of texas, who they are playing to is not the general american public. they are playing towards the conservative base, where they have more suspicion of the vaccine mandates, they do it as government overreach. they support their senators trying to block this. people looking at the larger political viewpoint on this, i think they would rather much not have this light. >> what about president biden's agenda? after democrats did badly in those off year elections, they managed to pass the info structure bill. was there another huge bill they were going to pass? >> there is, the build back better bill. it still is up in the air. it passed the house of representatives, but its future in the senate is still somewhat unknown. there is talk about having it done before the end of this year. but because it takes 60 votes to pass anything in the senate, and democrats only have 50, they need this procedural trick to pass the build back better bill with 50 ves. they are cramming everything into it. the rest of their agenda. that means there's a lot o

cruz doing a blanket hold of state department nominees? sen. mcconnell: i think he has a pretty reasonable request. he is trying to get a vote on nordstream 2, and frequently, these tactics occasionally to get somebody you want that is not unreasonable. i think what senator cruz is trying to achieve is fine with me, i think it is not unreasonable. thanks a lot. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2021] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its >> coming up today, national security advisor jake sullivan speaks about president biden's first year in office. that is life at 1:00 p.m. eastern. and shortly after that, dr. francis collins talks about his tenure as director of the national institutes of health. that is live from the washington post at 2:15 p.m. eastern on c-span. you can also watch everything that c-span. org are on the free video app c-span now. download c-span's mobile app and stay informed on key hearings and supreme court oral arguments and the live morning program

cruz. and their view is that these mandates on private businesses are incredibly unpopular, unconstitutional. in fact they have some court challenges. and they believe this is just a step too far. and they say -- they keep saying roger marshall of kansas said they have the opportunity to correct the wrong. and, again, listen, i mean, all of these people say they're vaccinated but just saying that these businesses should not be forced by the government to require vaccines or testing. this is just a massive divide. but he pointed this out so smartly, which is this is not going to become law. this fight is useless and it's become, as you said, just an example, an extension of covid becoming absolutely partisan. >> that's right. jake sherman, thank you. sala kapur, thank you as well. >>> we are turning to the fight against covid because just this afternoon president biden has rolled out this multi-point plan to fight a surge of cases that are expected in the winter, right? it's happening as the

i thought it was interesting the trump voters, democrats, ted cruz, josh holly, so why don't we talk a little bit about those? >> i think it's important in life to just call it like you see it. no one has a perfect view of the truth and it's become so inelastic in the world of politics that it's incredibly disturbing. so you take the example of jim jordan and the freedom caucus of which i was a part and initially very much opposed to trump but he has now left congress as well and became absolutely subservient to him. that isn't on the issue based on new information or input. it is just [inaudible] i thought it was particularly disturbing with people like meadows or jordan or mulvaney from my home state. i remember he was talking about if it's shutting down the government, then that's what we've got to do because the national debt is a threat to the civilization. we've got to do whatever wet cn do. then he becomes the omb director. i said the obvious, that this budget is a lie and then it completely abandons months later and it's turning off the republican party. i think the conservat

cruz doing a blanket hold of state department nominees? sen. mcconnell: i think he has a pretty reasonable request. he is trying to get a vote on nordstream 2, and frequently, these tactics occasionally to get somebody you want that is not unreasonable. i think what senator cruz is trying to achieve is fine with me, i think it is not unreasonable. thanks a lot. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2021] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2021] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] announcer: coming up friday, jake sullivan speaks to the council on foreign relations about president biden's first year in office, live at 1:00 p.m. eastern. and shortly after that, dr. collins talks about his time as the director of the nih come alive from the washington post at 2:15 p.m. eastern on c-span. you can also watch everything at c-span.org or on our free video app,

cruz doing a blanket hold of state department nominees? sen. mcconnell: i think he has a pretty reasonable request. he is trying to get a vote on nordstream 2, and frequently, these tactics occasionally to get somebody you want that is not unreasonable. i think what senator cruz is trying to achieve is fine with me, i think it is not unreasonable. thanks a lot. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2021] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> health experts testify on covid-19 vaccination oxfords -- efforts. watch the subcommittee hearing tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span, online at c-span.org, or watch on c-span now, our video app. >> this year, the supreme court took up two cases that could decide the fate of roe v. wade, its ruling on abortion rights. sunday, joshua prager, author of the family boat, talks about the complicated life and times of the woman behind the case. that activism on the court's decision and the impacts

cruz, to avoid a government shutdown. i spoke to senator cruise about this yesterday and he argued he is not personally against vaccines but he strongly opposes the idea of any politician, "any pissant politician," saying that you need to get the vaccine. he backed down on an amendment to the government funding bill. the republicans do not have majority or the numbers to force an issue, end of the government was ultimately funded. for cruz, this is a familiar tactic. he has threatened government shutdown on issues that cannot be achieved when republicans are out of power. it is a familiar tactic for an ambitious politician who wants to be in tuned. sahil: but he backed down this time -- jonathan: but he backed down this time, which tells you how politically explosive this issue is. to borrow a cliche word, the optics of a shutdown over a vaccine mandate in the midst of a resurgent virus would be really bad for the republican party in a moment when they have a lot going for them politically right now. i thought it was tell

cruz, to avoid a government shutdown. i spoke to senator cruise about this yesterday and he argued he is not personally against vaccines but he strongly opposes the idea of any politician, "any pissant politician," saying that you need to get the vaccine. he backed down on an amendment to the government funding bill. the republicans do not have a majority or the numbers to force an issue, end of the government was ultimately funded. for cruz, this is a familiar tactic. he has threatened government shutdown on issues that cannot be achieved when republicans are out of power. it is a familiar tactic for an ambitious politician who wants to be in tuned. sahil: but he backed down this time -- jonathan: but he backed down this time, which tells you how politically explosive this issue is. to borrow a cliche word, the optics of a shutdown over a vaccine mandate in the midst of a resurgent virus would be really bad for the republican party in a moment when they have a lot going for them politically right now. i thought it was te

cruz decided to pick a fight with big bird. for more on this it's time for "a closer look." ♪ [ cheers and applause >> seth: if you opened twitter or flipped past cable news on your tv in the past week, you probably heard that democrats lost an election in virginia and won an election in new jersey where governor phil murphy became the first democrat to win re-election since the 1970s. so of course, on cue, the usual suspects once again are claiming there was fraud. >> in new jersey i -- now the guy hasn't conceded, right, because they're going to do big -- i think they're going to do a big audit it's what i've been hearing on the ground because these folks that came in, 40,000 votes, they're not real they're not real we've been getting flood -- i've been getting floods of texts on my phone and emails going, "they did it again they did it in new jersey. now, remember, they still cheated in virginia, even though the republican won but for some reason there they didn't do the big dump in the middle of the night. maybe it would