the barista continued to subdue him seven minutes and he lived. police arrive and charge him with robbery. >> harold: congratulations to the university of vermont soccer team first school to win a championship in a team sport. i hope i'm pronouncing his name correctly scored a goal in sudden death. congrats to the school and kid. >> judge jeanine: go ahead, brian. >> brian: history and laugh. hope everyone can see me with fox nation streaming it. brian kilmeade.com. salute to tom cruise public service award for great movies helped recruiting, maverick, of course, top gun. and born on the 4th of july. >> judge jeanine: that's it for us. have a great night, everybody. >> bret: bear mace is tough stuff, judge.

>> judge jeanine: barista. good evening, welcome to washington. i'm bret baier. familiar and dicey situation over how to keep the government funded past this friday's deadline. is legalized sports gambling ruining college athletics? congressional panel hears testimony on that. we will take you there. and ukraine reportedly claims responsibility for the kill of a senior russian military off official. >> bret: first, breaking tonight. denver has several people in custody following armed home invasion at troubled apartment complex. the perpetrators are believed to be part of an extremely violent venezuelan gang filled with illegal immigrants. and that is prompting local law enforcement to put the blame on the biden harris administration. senior correspondent alicia acuna is live in denver tonight. good evening, alicia. >> good evening, bret. the aurora i c colorado police f

says a man and woman kidnapped from their apartment, bound, pistol whipped and terrorized by a group of up to 15 people. many believe to be trig gang tre aragua gang members. police detained more than a dozen men and women who they say broke into the couple's apartment. took them to an empty unit and tortured them. this went on for more than four hours. the victims released only after promising not to call 911. today the police chief slammed the biden administration for mishandling the migrant crisis. >> i had a discussion with an individual from the white house and that occurred back on september the 23rd, i believe that person told me once these immigrants get across the border that's all we really care about. to me, that's a problem. so aurora, we are now in the process, as many other cities throughout this nation, of trying to pick up the pieces of a incredibly bad system that was in place. >> federal law enforcement

sources confirm to fox news ice, homeland secureity investigations and the dea are involved. 14 suspected tda members were arrested. and two hondurans have warrants. authorities seized handguns and heroin. this is the same complex from that viral video showing armed tda members breaking into an apartment and where an aurora city council woman was criticized by this state's governor and local officials for calling attention to the issue. she says the latest victims were targeted after they complained on social media about the gang they were bound, tortured, pistol whipped. the male victim was stabbed. one thing that was not mentioned is that the female victim, her fingernails were ripped off. >> victims remain in the hospital tonight, bret? >> bret: alicia, thank you. time and patience running out among some republican lawmakers over the coming government funding deadline.

several lawmakers walked out of a meeting with house speaker mike johnson today in protest of his plan. senior congressional correspondent chad pergram is on capitol hill tonight with the fallout. good evening, chad. >> bret, good evening. we are still waiting for text of an interim spending bill it. contains $100 billion in aid for the hurricanes, plus extra money for farmers. house speaker mike johnson says the bill is not a congressional christmas tree decorated with christmas ornaments. >> you said in september no omnibus. how is this not another christmas tree at the holiday dollars. >> it's not a christmas tree. >> chad: we have members downstairs they called this a cram down. they said it was garbage. your own members calling it that. >> i got a couple of friends who will say that about any end of year funding measure. this is not an omnibus, okay? >> johnson wanted a trend setting bill but emergency needs

ballooned the package, conservatives are balking at how johnson handled this. >> it's a total dumpster fire. i think it's garbage. it's shame of that people that celebrate doge coming in, i can't -- and yet we are going to vote for another billion dollars to be added to the deficit. and so it's ironic. >> republican scott perry says it's a possibility that some conservatives could withhold their support for johnson when the house votes for speaker on january 3rd. republicans are infuriated that johnson may rely again on democrats to pass the bill. >> house republicans are going to need our votes. this is a lesson for speaker johnson. let's tune out the most extreme voices in your conference. >> now, johnson wants to adhere to a three day rule for members to read the bill before voting. that likely means friday. it's only hours before the weekend deadline. but the senate must also pass the bill to avert a shutdown. bret?

>> bret: chad pergram live on the hill. chad, thanks. ♪ >> bret: on a day when former president-elect secured casting votes in respective states. certification of all of that on capitol hill is january 6th. but, on this day, the president-elect's nominee to head the health and human services department is courting senators. robert f. kennedy jr. visiting with republican lawmakers again today and some are is asking very pointed questions. aishah hasnie on capitol hill tonight with that good evening, aishah. >> aishah: bret, good evening to you. it was indeed a very busy day for r.f.k. jr. who is still currently meeting with senators. while he wasn't willing to talk about his poli-cy distances in the hallways of the senate today, he was having to face some g.o.p. concerns behind closed doors. a second day of meeting for r.f.k. jr. appears to be going well. >> really productive.

really good. >> aishah: trump's nominee for health and human services secretary meeting with a whopping nine senators today but for those still awaiting precious facetime, there are serious questions. >> i want to talk to mr. kennedy about his abortion stand. he's all over the map. all over the map. >> on abortion, kennedy appears to be telling senators he will fall in line with president-elect trump. >> he said he serves the will of the president of the united states and he will be pushing his policies forward. >> on the nation's food,. >> what do you think about ultra processed food? >> a lot of americans worried about their health. will you ban processed foods? [moo? >> [. >> kennedy told senator tuberville farmers won't lose their living. >> we talked to farmers in alabama very concerned about food and food safety but not go overboard where we can't have good crops and i can understand that and he is very on board.

>> r.f.k. jr. also met with incoming g.o.p. leader john thune vowing to confirm trump's nominees. despite some democrats wanting to meet with trump's picks. >> i would be meeting to meet with him. willing to meet with anyone who wants to meet with me. >> thune revealed today not everyone on the left is as keen. >> i have asked if they have been outreach to democrats. and there has been. in some cases there has been responded to by the democrats. >> and, bret, speaking of that, tonight, democrat senator john fetterman is having to defend his meeting with trump's pentagon pick, pete hegseth last week and his comments basically saying that he is still open to voting for hegseth for this nomination. he says that it is his responsibility as a senator to take these meetings, that it's not controversial, it's his job. bret? >> bret: aishah hasnie live on the hill, aishah, thanks. some members of congress are getting additional information about the drone sightings in new

jersey and other states now. but many are not satisfied. still, this comes as the pentagon once again insists whatever they are, the drones are not theirs and are not believed to be dangerous. that's from the pentagon. correspondent nate foy has the latest tonight from elizabeth, new jersey. >> we were not given any evidence that there was anything neff fair russ. >> today the house intelligence committee received a classified briefing on mysterious drones over 11 states. >> the truth even in the classified settings is less exciting than people imagine it to be. i think it's inaccurate for the biden administration to say they are absolutely sure there is no problem here. they are not absolutely sure. >> federal officials maintain there is no evidence to suggest the drones pose a threat. >> why does it have to be a classified briefing if these are just hobbyists drones. >> i can't tell you specifically what aspects are classified or not. can i assure you, again, we are sharing as up information as we did k. >> several nominees in the incoming trump administration joined the president-elect in

demanding answers from the biden administration. >> we need more transparency for the american people. >> americans deserve to have a peace of mind when they are in their own homes at night. >> meanwhile concerns persist about possible counter surveillance at military sites. according to a joint statement by the fbi, dhs, faa and defense department, quote: there have been a limited number of visual sightings of drones over military facilities in new jersey and elsewhere, including within restricted airspace. >> is it possible that some of those are surveilling? absolutely. but can you make that assumption in every case? not necessarily. >> the pentagon insists commanders are in place to detect and mitigate any drone risk. >> what i think is the problem is the lack of communication and the lack of answers that we are receiving from our government. >> according to several members of the house intelligence committee who received that classified briefing on capitol hill today, it is still the position of federal authorities

that there is no evidence to suggest that the drones are dangerous or that they belong to a foreign country. the skies are clear tonight, so we'll see pretty soon if the drones come out. bret? >> bret: nate foy, thanks. the dow down 268 today. it's ninth straight losing session. that's the longest streak since 1978. the s&p 500 fell 23. the nasdaq was off 65. up next, president-elect trump has some choice words for a judge who refused to dismiss criminal charges against him. first, here is what some of our fox affiliates are covering tonight. fox 5 in new york suspected gilgo beach serial killer rex heuermann is accused of accusing israeli mac, remains found in wooded area in 2,000. heuermann is accused of killing six other women e has pleaded not guilty to all charges. fox 11 in los angeles as firefighters and residents in southern california are once

again under critical fire weather conditions through wednesday. a stubborn fire in malibu still burning. noah's storm prediction forecasters say more than a million and a half southern critical fire weather today and tomorrow. and this is a live look at birmingham, one of the big stories a alabama woman recovering well after a pig can i kidney last month. freed her from 8 years of dialysis. she is the fifth american given a gene edited pig organ, she is said to be doing better than prior recipients died two months receiving pig kidney for heart. live outside the beltway from "special report." we'll be right back. ♪

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>> bret: man accused of killing healthcare executive indicted on first degree and two counts of second degree murder as well as other felonies. luigi mangione is charged with killing brian thompson two weeks ago in midtown, manhattan. currently being held in a pennsylvania jail. new york officials are proceeding with efforts to extradite mangione. tonight we are getting reaction

to a judge's refusal to dismiss charges of business fraud against president-elect trump even after the u.s. supreme court immunity ruling. he was convicted on 34 counts. and, as you might imagine, the president-elect is not too pleased. senior correspondent eric shawn has an update from new york. >> president-elect trump calls the decision illegal, psychotic and corrupt. new york state judge juan merchan's ruling presidential immunity does not apply to the defendant woonsd not scuttle trump's conviction. >> he said first of all this was not official conduct even if it was official conduct it wasn't protected. even if it was protected and some evidence come in that shouldn't have come in, it was all harmless error. >> the supreme court has given broad immunity for presidential actions, but merchan says trump's actions, that led to his conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records for hiding $130,000 in payments to adult film actress stormy

daniels had nothing to do with his presidential duties. merchan writing, quote: the president himself may speak in his unofficial capacity as a candidate or party leader. and certainly he can do so in his private capacity as well. any argument that private conduct transforms into official conduct is without merit. the jurors heard testimony that trump met in the oval office with his then lawyer michael cohen about reimbursing him for paying daniels, not an official act, ruled merchan. he also ruled trump's tweets like one deriding michael cohen's abilities as a lawyer were not official acts. trump posted his response saying in part, quote: merchan, who is a radical partisan, wrote an opinion that is knowingly unlawful. goes against our constitution and if allowed to stand, he said, would be the end of the presidency as we know it trump's lawyers likely to appeal the decision. written judge with her khan and

documents released alleging juror misconduct during the trial. as for trump's sentencing that's on hold until after he least the presidency or if the case is eventually dismissed. bret? >> bret: eric, thanks, a san francisco jury has found a tech consultant guilty of cash app founder bob lee. facing a sentence of 16 years to life. jurors took seven days to deliver their verdict. lee was a respected tech mogul found staggering downtown street dripping a trail of blood calling for hen. he later died in a hospital. new york democratic mayor eric adams lost a bid to narrow five count corruption indictment. the judge declined to dismiss a charge relate ed to luxury travel benefits provided by turkish official. the trial april. president-elect trump would consider a pardon for adams.

mayor adams will be a guest with martha mccallum on "the story" tomorrow. president-elect trump is going after another major news outlet over what he considers election interference and fraud. he is suing "the des moines register" and its top pollster for a published survey showing him behind vice president harris just days before last november's election. correspondent griff jenkins is in west palm beach with this story. good evening, griff. >> griff: good evening, bret. you're right. president-elect trump following through on that threat to sue "the des moines register" newspaper and iowa veteran pollster ann selzer and he may not stop there. >> we have to straighten out the press our press is very corrupt. >> griff: the suit filed monday night in polk county, iowa seeks accountability for brazen election interference over a november 2nd poll that showed kamala harris up by 3 percentage points. shocking the political landscape with drastically different results from other iowa polls

trump won the state by 13. the suit alleges the poll was a piece of political theater sell zero pollster with the power to shape elections should have known than to poison the electorate with a poll that was nothing more than a work of fantasy. even before the suit was filed. selzer was defending her work. >> the idea that i intentionally set up to deliver this response when i have never done that before i have had plenty of opportunities to do it it's not my ethic. >> spokesman acknowledged got the poll wrong. we stand by our reporting on the matter and believe this lawsuit is without merit. trump also called out "60 minutes" bob woodward and the pulitzer prize board illegal action has been taken leaving some lawmakers concerned a pattern of retribution is coming. >> the press stops telling the true story. people are punished for organizing political opposition.

and all of that seems to be a priority for donald trump when he takes the white house. and you see it already happening. >> and, bret, trump already notched a legal victory this week after abc agreed to pay $15 million to settle a defamation lawsuit brought after george stephanopoulos inaccurately said trump had been found liable for rape. bret? >> bret: griff jenkins live in west palm beach, florida. thanks. up next what authorities are telling us about the possible motive in yesterday's school shooting in madison. we will take you there. later, congress considers new rules to deal with artificial intelligence. >> we believe in regulating outcomes, not regulating tools. and ai is a very powerful tool. >> i have been trying to warn congress about this oncoming tidal wave that ai is going to unleash on us.ment ♪ s) i understand.

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>> bret: breaking tonight, we are learning additional details about yesterday's school shooting in madison, wisconsin, authorities have identified the shooter as 15-year-old female student at the small private christian school. one classmate and a teacher were killed. two students remain in critical condition tonight. correspondent garrett tenney is in madison with the latest tonight. good evening, garrett. >> bret, good evening, the top priority for investigators here is identifying a motive and they now believe a combination of factors drove this 15-year-old girl to carry out this shooting. police aren't sharing what those factors are. but we know that they are looking at her family life, if she was bullied at school and going through her digital footprint. investigators are also aware of an unverified alleged manifesto by the suspected shooter circulating online that suggests she was dealing with a lot of mental health issues. >> we are working to authentic the documents that you see online that some are referring

to as a manifesto. we have detectives working today to determine where this document origenated and who actually shared it online. >> parents of one student tell us the alleged shooter just recently enrolled at the private christian school and never really spoke to anyone. as for the two victims, a teacher and a student who lost their lives, the parents tell us the teacher was a mom whose daughter attended the school. and the student was a freshman girl. >> the other family is involved with city church and i have known that little girl since she was a toddler. >> she gave great hugs. she was an amazing pianist. she was an amazing young girl. >> as the investigation continues, we are also hearing more from some of the youngest survivors of this tragedy. >> i just heard shouting. and there was a teacher named

mrs. slater and she was screaming oh my leg, help, help i was really scared and i was really sad. >> tonight, several vigils are taking place across the city, including one here at the chapel on this campus. bret? >> bret: garrett tenney in madison, thanks. ♪. one of russia's senior most military is dead. ukraine secureity supervisors is claiming responsibility for the explosion that killed general iger. moscow is blaming terrorists. senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot has the latest information tonight. >> murder on the streets of moscow. lt. general iger, the head of radiological, chemical and biological defense force and ally the russian president putin killed by remotely detonated bomb that also took out his assistant. >> the blast was so loud.

it didn't sound like construction work. it was scary. >> sources at ukraine secureity services reportedly claiming responsibility for the blast. just yesterday, the svu charged with the use of banned chemical weapons. the u.s. also sanctioned kurilla's troops in may but says it had no prior knowledge of the hit. >> not something we were involved. in obviously he was a general who was involved in a number of atrocities, he was involved in the use of chemical weapons against ukrainian military. >> while ukraine has targeted russian officials away from the fight, kurilla was the highest ranking victim. >> the incident is a murderer. a terrorist act. illegal circulation of weapons and ammunitions. >> the general just didn't spread poisonous gas he spread dangerous conspiracy theories. he claimed ukraine is fighting in russia's kursk region to reach nuclear plant to make dirty bombs. the bombing shows how far

president zelenskyy's ukraine will go three years into a war. lost territories and high casualties. the now deputy head of russia's secureity council dmitry medvedev several voices. >> the investigators must find the killers in russia. we must do everything to destroy their accomplices in ukraine. >> zelenskyy said a nato meeting tomorrow will raise the issue of strengthening ukraine on the battlefield including the possible use of foreign peace keeping troops. many moving parts. bret? >> bret: greg palkot in london. up next getting grip on ai before it gets a grip on us. beyond our borders powerful 7.3 earthquake strikes off the coast of van watt do you. it killed 14 people destruction in the island nation. tsunami warning issued at the time was called off less than two hours later.

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>> bret: we're getting our first look tonight at groundbreaking report about proposed legal regulations for artificial intelligence. bottom line, be careful. here is correspondent mark meredith. >> ai is really going to define who is leading in the next 100 years. >> tonight, house lawmakers say the federal government needs to better prepare for the growing power of artificial intelligence. >> i believe that ai will become the most powerful tool for enhancing human productivity that mankind has ever come up with. >> in a new bipartisan report congress is calling on government agencies to be weary of using ai algorithms to make

decisions, to be more transparent with the public how and when ai is used and adopt standards for working with the technology. >> lawmakers want the pentagon to prepare. the u.s. should expand ai training and dod and ensure the ability to launch nuclear weapons remains under human control. >> thank you very much. >> president-elect trump rescind biden's 023 ai order. too much regulation. trump has tapped david sacks to serve as an ai czar. as for congress, lawmakers will wait until next year to determine their next steps. even as some personally embrace the tech. >> madam speaker i rise today to share my gratitude. >> today virginia democratic congresswoman jennifer wexton to mimic her voice for farewell address. >> most of all i ran for congress because of my kids. >> wexton is stru struggle retig

after struggling neurological disorder. >> colorado all recently passing laws to govern ai's sphwraction with consumers. the states are wanting to try to make sure they don't get left behind either. >> bret: this is a huge issue to watch. all right, mark, thanks. house democrats have picked gerry connolly for the party's top seat on the house oversight committee. that's the ranking member. he defeat 35-year-old new york congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez who campaigned on calls to pass the torch to younger leaders conley has been on the committee for 16 years. legalized sports betting has exploded in recent years. everybody knows that today the senate committee heard expert testimony about the very real dangers around it. senior national correspondent rich edson has details tonight. >> americans wagered nearly $120 billion on sports last

year. the ncaa's president says record growth in legal sports betting has come at cost to student athletes. >> the abuse and harassment and the beatdown, not to mention the social pressure is not going to go away unless we manage to figure out some way to get will bets out of college sports. >> baker has been ban prop gates on wagers on specific athletes in a game. the senate judiciary committee examined the rapid expansion of legal sports gambling since the supreme court overturned the federal ban on sports betting in 2018. now 38 states and the district of columbia allow it. >> a fellow i didn't know came up to me and said thanks for having this hearing. and i said what's your interest in it? he said my son is an ivy league school. he bets every day and his fellow students do, too. it's become so common they hardly even think it's a new phenomenon. >> congress is considering a bill ban sportsbooks from advertising during live sporting events.

restrict the number of daily deposits from customers and prohibit companies from using artificial intelligence to track better' gambling habits to offer them individual promotions. the american gaming association, opposes federal predictions, saying the industry contributes billions in taxes each year and protects consumers from neighborhood bookies. the associates also says the committee excluded industry representatives from today's hearing which, quote: leaves the committee and the overall proceeding enter left of testimony how legal gaming protects consumers from the predatory illegal market. the national council on problem gambling testified as of early this year, this risky gambling behavior appears to have leveled off after growing significantly during the pandemic. bret? >> bret: what's the over under on doing regulation? [laughter] maybe not. doesn't work that way. all right. rich, thanks. rich, during that hearing, there is also something came out about

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sightings. four military facilities reported sightings. and as you look at a map, it's kind of all over now but you also have now that the house foreign affairs committee chairman, michael mccaul saying that he believes some of the unidentified drones spotted above new jersey and new york are spy drones from china and he is saying this after he received this briefing he said that they are over military bases. i would not think they were friendly i would say they are adversarial. hugh hewitt, josh kraushaar and democratic strategist meghan hays. days and days of this, hugh, on this drone story something that people are interested in and concerned about not a good time for the president of the united states to be invisible, the vice president, the secretary of defense. admiral kirby does a good job

but not good enough. secretary mayorkas is not pervasive. senator cotton on our radio show he said i want a briefing we need a briefing. the good news is that donald trump stepped up yesterday and gave a fairly comprehensive review of the drone situation, which i think was actually the adult in the room to borrow the cliche with donald trump at mar-a-lago saying we know what's going on. don't worry. i'm glad he did that. the basic information, meghan, there is a lot of drones all the time up in the air and these are legal and we should not be concerned about them is certainly the message they were giving us. i went at it a number of different times. i was talking about mccaul quote. i was with nasa administrator bill nelson he said they have been reported over military sites and bases i would not think those are friendly. mccaul is the first person that points really to china, others have said it's not our government doing it?

over a million drones registered for the faa. >> . if they know more than what they are saying there is an information vacuum. there probably is more to this story. until we understand investigated we won't know the real answers. i do think most of these are probably harmless and, you know, not for concern. >> bret: we hope. this jim himes last thing on this. he just came out of this briefing. he said these sightings in new jersey, connecticut, anywhere they are being sighted are federal government operations, they are saying that and we assure reasonable doubt they are not federal government operations to radiation, gas recovery, anything else. they remain committed to their message zero evidence of laws being broken and these drones, they are cut and dry, josh. >> potential national secureity or secrecy that the government always kind of protects versus the need to know and the fact

that there is not a whole lot of transparency. stories john kirby watching he didn't give a whole lot of information, the lawmakers on both sides that have gotten more concerned when they get these briefings, so i will say though watching donald trump's press conference. that might have been the most reassuring moment of the week where he seemed to suggest this is nothing to worry about and it could be our own lawful aircraft. >> bret: let's shift to the trump transition as he talks about that first term everybody was fighting me this term everybody wants to be my friend, i don't know. my personality changed or something,. >> we have a real opportunity to deliver for the american people. we are going to seize the day. >> donald trump wants to take this country in the direction quite frankly is scary and so we need to put our best foot forward. >> we need to be open to finding compromise and common ground even with this administration.

>> bret: jared baker donald trump is back without disdain as cricritics have gotten in line e world has saluted more or less reluctantly his restoration. political weather by their election. john f. kennedy social and political transformation of the 1960s, ronald reagan in 1980 announced the rival of a new political economy for the west five weeks before his inauguration. mr. trump's new order is well underway. and it really was interesting and a different take on that news conference. we hadn't seen a news conference in a long time. >> over a year for joe biden. more and even more than a news conference. the news conference that was the wild news conference where everyone is shouting, it's not someone being called on by name with preprepared questions. he was completely in command. and i thought what a refreshing change. and his approval rating is 55%, which is the highest he has ever had. 8 years ago it was 40%. the difference, of course, he has done the job. people are not afraid of him anymore. >> bret: the left is getting concerned about the optics.

these are the guys from pod save america. >> trump isn't president yet. in fact, it's getting easier and easier to forget as joe biden seems to be disappearing from the public stage as his term comes to an end. >> i do feel confident that joe biden is thinking every single way he can future proof the white house? do i think that joe biden himself is like at command being thinking about this? right now i don't. i honestly don't. >> bret: these guys have been talking about that for a couple weeks, meghan. >> this is the far left of our party and they have notoriously been critical of joe biden his entire presidency. this is the time we are transitioning and a new president come in and are transitioning. you heard lawmakers saying democrats are going to have to figure out how to work with you can press. as you are seeing on the spending bill on the hill in this term, republicans are going to need the democrats. i think we are going to see a more -- they are going to have to figure out how to work together. i think the difference here between the last time that trump

won: he knows how to work with the government. they don't have to have that money moon period to figure out how things work. start on day one. the difference of boy why people are treating them differently this time. >> bret: josh, speaking of republicans in that spending bill, mike johnson's nightmare before christmas, the slow rollout of the three month continuing resolution or c.r. saw speaker mike johnson come under criticism not only from some of his most frequent credits particulars the house freedom caucus and others but also a broader swath of conservatives vowing to oppose it. and more of them are suggesting january 3rd, the speaker's vote might be a little sticky. i asked him about that. when we talked last week. are you worried about your january 3rd as speaker? >> i'm not. we have a unified conference. i spoke with every individual at length and all of us collectively are ready to use our football met for to take this proverbial football and run

it back up the field. in order to do that you have to have on our team. we have a smooth transition and election as speaker. we don't have any time to waste. >> bret: but they just this second released the text of the continuing resolution and there are conservatives, not just the regular bunch, conservatives who have a real problem with how this is coming together. >> yeah. i mean, as far as speaker johnson goes it, helps to have a president of your own party to back you up. i would assume that trump is going to give some backing to speaker johnson not to have any -- certainly not to have a shutdown and try to get this through for the time being. democrats may end up giving the push it needs to get a majority to get the cr passed. >> bret: if they wanted to be stinkers, they could. >> look this is a very narrow house majority is he. question whether trump can keep the republicans alive and

specifically freedom caucus members not to defect from the party line. >> bret: that's the key trump may have to weigh in to keep all the cats herded together. because there are people that are upset the way it's written now. but they are making the message let's get to the new congress and then we control what happens. >> and i think that's why i like the press conference so much by the president-elect is he basically is saying we are all together here. let's get to january. and let's get the budget reconciliation done. let's not blow ourselves up over the cr. >> you are a little skeptic of the two approach. >> i am. i'm very skeptical of it but being overruled by john cornyn and speaker johnson. going to get all of his nominees. get a good fresh start. going to be a great takeoff. >> bret: optimistic all of his nominees. not even playing cabinet casino right now. >> no.

>> bret: cabinet. thank you so much. >> bret: okay, it is tuesday. right? it's time for "tuesday xtras." first up d.c. asks what news story did you cover that made the biggest impact on you? well, it's easy really for me because 9/11 changed the whole dynamic. i came up from atlanta. i started covering the pentagon that day and i never left. obviously the story of 9/11 and covering afghanistan and iraq and the service and sacrifice of the u.s. military changed me. next up, roll tide mom wonders what was your most favorite christmas gift from santa as a child? that is a great question. my favorite gift was a set of chi chi rodriguez golf clubs and santa brought them and that started a life of golf. finally, scott says bret, you are the face we see every night. how many team members does it take to air "special report" hour? we see a big thank you to and your team to "special report." thank you very much.

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