committee will meet to formalize impeachment inquiry into president biden. >> steve: what it means the full house could vote on that as soon as tomorrow. >> ainsley: well, that falls on the same day that lawmakers are demanding that hunter biden testify behind closed doors. >> lawrence: alexandria hoff knows it all. she is in washington with the latest. good morning, alex. >> maybe not all of it but there are a lot of pieces in play. the white house is trying to put to use statements made by republicans who feel there isn't enough evidence to impeach the president. some have changed their minds on that in recent weeks. the way this timeline breaks down is that today the house rules committee is going to consider the resolution that would authorize the impeachment inquiry. tomorrow, house republicans are expected to vote to approve it. mind you, this isn't a vote for impeachment, just to allow for the inquiry and more investigative power into that. tomorrow is the same day that the president's son has been subpoenaed to appear for a deposition. so then if the inquiry is approved, the articles of impeachment could be drafted in the spring of next year. the white house saying this, quote: the most extreme members of the house republican conference are pushing ahead with partisan smear campaign despite the fact evidence of the party evidence to impeach president biden. ranking member democrat jamie raskin has been meeting informally with house republicans hoping to convince them to abandon this impeachment effort. as for hunter biden, he may have been subpoenaed to interview privately tomorrow. but he has only agreed to testify publicly. house republicans have rejected that and if he does not show, the president's son could be held in contempt of congress. that would not be a light addition to his current legal troubles. that includes the 9 new tax charges filed against him by special counsel david weiss. three of those are felonies. he is accused evading about $1.4 million in taxes. he spent millions on cash withdrawals. payments to various women and overall lavish lifestyle. >> steve: very la vish. alex, in talking about jamie raskin the ranking member. it sounds like what he is doing to fox news digital story it. sounds like raskin is talking to some republicans who are leary about voting for an impeachment inquiry and he is showing him stuff turned over by the white house. a lot of republicans are going, you know, i never got that from james comer. i wonder why? >> yeah. i think there are republicans some of them who have been hesitant from the first place. they see trouble seeing how all of this fits together. we have seen bits and pieces come out from congressman comer. jamie raskin is hoping to enlighten them. saying a different kind of timeline. we will see if any minds have changed. there were several. we have heard from republicans before who said they were not confident that is enough evidence for impeachment. >> brian: right. thanks, alex. the thing is, too. there is inquiry and impeachment. to ho would ever stop an investigation now without trying to find out why he set up shell companies what eric schwerin had to say about the finances, how joe related to hunter and the interaction between them and making sure your dad paid some of this and paid some of that who would ever not want to find out what was the income from china, kazakhstan as well as ukraine and the moscow mayor? who wouldn't want to put these pieces together. and why wouldn't the white house cooperate? why do you need jamie raskin to whisper behind closed doors if you want to be transparent come out and say i have a counter narrative. >> ainsley: this is just an inquiry. not a vote. look into see if anything was done wrong. jamie raskin going, in what does it tell you? it tells me they are worried about this. the democrats are worried. they are sending in a guy who is friends with both sides ever the aisle. he is apparently pledging or pleading with his republicans friends please don't go forward with this. they are also defending -- you mentioned the fact sheet. the things they are handing over to say hey, republicans, did you know this in the reason he fired shokin. remember that was all over the press he? was bragging about firing the prosecutor in ukraine? and he said if you don't fire him, i'm going to withhold $1 billion in aid? they are defending the firing of that they are defending the biden administration's banks and private citizens for cooperating with the investigation and focusing. >> lawrence: i find it hysterical they are using someone who led the last impeachment. we are not talking about someone who is bipartisan. >> brian: right. >> lawrence: he brought a failed impeachment that it had absolutely no evidence. this was the second one. and somehow is he supposed to be the person to unify the country? i think there is a lot of americans saying why the double standard here? and. >> brian: he doesn't want to unify the country. is he looking to say don't go do this. and the thing is, too. it's kind of a i have been are. you oftentimes can get -- it's like putting a jet pack, which i still inspire to get one on your back for an election. look you how clinton was fueled by that impeachment. look how trump with the ukrainian phone call ended up working for him for the re-election. so, jamie raskin should say if there is nothing here, have at it. >> steve: here's the thing. in september e kevin mccarthy had promised a similar vote. we're going to have impeachment inquiry vote. he back tracked because of the opposition because of a lot of centrist and those 18 republicans in biden districts. so that never happened. so, mike johnson has got to, you know, to avoid a face plant. what he needs to do. he has only got three vote margin for error. according to politico, there is still half a dozen members, republicans, in biden districts uneasy about supporting. brian fitzpatrick, who used to be an fbi agent. not on board. he says he wants to talk to comer and jordan and one republican for sure. ken buck of colorado had said i'm not going to do it. given the fact that there are 18 moderate republicans in biden districts. you wonder why only six are left. because, to the point about, brian, you were talking and it's different articles of impeachment, different it from inquiry. what they're saying is let's have the inquiry so we can get more stuff from the white house. and that's why jamie raskin is circulating this stuff from the white house. you want this stuff? it's already out there. that's what he is saying. >> ainsley: let's talk about 2024. it's interesting. you mentioned this yesterday that trump is doing better in battleground states. >> brian: cnn poll broke right before we came on. >> ainsley: we have the numbers for you. >> brian: stunning. >> ainsley: trump has the upper hand in michigan and georgia. this is georgia. look at this. lawrence, what do you think? >> lawrence: honestly, i'm not surprised at all. >> ainsley: why is that? >> lawrence: you look at the state of the country. we have been going back and forth measuring the 3450d of the people. >> brian: you have been in georgia. >> lawrence: twice. been in airports, talking with people. wig segment of the plaque population in georgia as well. business community, modern day black wall street there that may not like trump's tone and tenor on a day-to-day basis. appreciated the tax cuts. businesses were surging. it's just not the case right now in america. so i think the democrats have a huge problem. and i think the reason why these polls are starting to hit back to back is there's going to be a pressure on the administration to let joe go away. >> brian: you think so? you think they want this out there? >> lawrence: they want it out. they want the margin -- i think it's closer than. this as it gets closer going to come in. but, right now, it shows the tone and the feeling of the american people that they want someone else. >> steve: when you look at the state of michigan. let's go up to michigan right now. and it is 40% for joe biden. and 50% for donald trump. >> ainsley: that's massive. >> steve: it is massive. what is interesting about that is according to cnn, 10% of -- 40 and 50 adds up to 90. what's the other 10% say? 10% say they won't support either. so the question is would they vote for the other or would they simply not vote? >> brian: the independents are the key to that one, too. and they are swinging heavily to trump. trump lost five states to biden that he won against hillary clinton. all five are going his direction. also, i think that georgia, that jim crow 2.0 was a total b.s. >> lawrence: they lost businesses there. >> brian: there was nothing wrong with that reform. if you look at what happened when president biden went down there. they found out they want to rein in some drop boxes and change hours on a sunday. and you s kemp trounce stacey abrams maybe this is not tilting blue. we will see what happens? >> ainsley: what happened in michigan. joe biden won by a larger margin than donald trump in 2020. there is a 10% difference and now they like trump. >> lawrence: there is a two pronged approach. to your point, steve, it is the economy. a lot of the muslim population that are upset with the way the president is handling the israeli war. so he is getting hit by both sides. this is why you got to take a stance. you can't try to serve both sides. you got to let the american people know where you stand on the issue. so he is getting hit. >> brian: good news for mike rogers running for the senate seat there. >> steve: i was thinking this morning, driving. in i was thinking given the fact that trump is so far ahead on the republican side for the primary, and given the poll we talked about yesterday, where nikki haley actually trounces in a landslide joe biden by, what, 17 points, wouldn't it be interesting if donald trump becomes the nominee, nikki haley runs as the third party because then, you know, she, no labels has said they want a republican to be the presidential nominee. but can you imagine nikki haley vs. donald trump and joe biden. >> lawrence: it would never happen. she is a true republican. she would never go against the party. >> ainsley: she would wait in the wings until it's her turn. >> steve: never. >> brian: i know what ainsley is thinking i should have went with the solid ty. >> lawrence: i was going to compliment. >> ainsley: you stand out. we are all in solids. >> brian: this is very 1990s. >> lawrence: great thing about being the face of the show is you can do what you want? 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because, i get it. you want to see more people that look like you in all different sectors of the country. i'm not willing to sacrifice my quality of care for that to be approved. that's not saying look, there is not a lot of black great doctors out there. i have a few of them on my payroll. but, you want them qualified for the job. and it doesn't seem like this is the solution to get the qualified doctor. >> yeah. so, i think there is -- some ways we are assuming that folks are not qualified to do the care. i think that needs to be looked at. i think it is multi-pronged. i think part of it starts in pre-k through 12 education. part of it starts with parenting, reading, literacy and all those core essential things. i think the other element of this is that what the scotus ruling from june of 2023 really reiterated both in the syllabus, the concurrences and also in those who disagreed with the ruling is that the affirmative action that was done in the 1960s was really designed to include multi generational black americans who had been excluded from these very core critical elements of american society. so, how do we go about acknowledging that reality, first of all? 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here to react and to analyze center for strategy and security matthew clinic. what are they up to? >> brian, it's good to be on the show. unfortunately china is preparing for war with the united states the strategy they want to invade taiwan. they are worried project military power from bases to hawaii and continental asia to defend taiwan. that china is trying to do could cyber intrusions land wait and at the right moment attack ports and atalk protecting military power forward. in short, they are preparing for war. >> brian: why do you think we are getting this story now? it's come out now, the u.s. government has had a hard time getting these private companies to take the necessary security measures. you know, these companies, small utilities aren't directly controlled by the u.s. government. they are small, private companies. so the department of homeland security has tried to get them to increase their cybersecurity standards. has tried to get them even just to disclose that they have an issue. but, often, they don't want to do that they don't want to announce to their customers that they have a problem and they don't want to spend the extra money that would be required for cybersecurity. >> brian: now public pressure could actually make them do this. they might say, listen, my margins are small. i can't be worried about the latest in cyber defense -- cyber defense force should the federal government play a role in defending these companies? >> well, that is one option. and the u.s. government does have a role in defending cyber attacks against u.s. military bases, against the department of defense. and so increasing the government's role could be part of the answer. another part of the answer could just be speaking clearly with the american people and with these companies about the stakes here. you know, happy talk. we just had the hind and xi summit a month ago pretending like the united states and china are going to somehow cooperate. we need to be clear with the american people. we are in a new cold war with china. and let's hope it stays cold because it could get hot. this is going to be a serious rivalry for probably decades to come. >> brian: seems like they wake up in the morning and think how do we comprehensively defeat america in every way? and we are always defending their next action. somehow we got to get them on their back foot. is that possible? >> i think it is possible. and, you know, china has a lot of weaknesses. their autocratic model doesn't work. their growth is really slowing down. technically, they have only been able to advance by systematically stealing intellectual property from the united states. and the securities sphere they are more afraid of their own people than they're the u.s. department of defense. so they have real weaknesses if we are willing to take the gloves off and force them to compete. i think that does require recognizing that we are in a serious rivalry. this isn't some kind of competition like tennis match. this is serious. >> >> brian: matt, the thing is, do you know what could happen. republicans and democrats might be able to agree on this. just like we used to agree that the soviets were a threat. we could agree on this. and the way the rubber hit the road how we defend ourselves. that would be something used to galvanize ourselves. if you see the economic statistics to your point. doesn't seem like china has ever been this vulnerable in modern times. they are really struggling with their economy. and with any market principles it's hard to imagine them fighting their way out of it. we will see. matthew, thank you so much. >> thank you. steve. >> brian: coming up. the president of harvard staying put while anti-semitism on campus has cost the school more than a billion dollars. will harvard learn its lesson? 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>> again, it depends on the context. >> it does not depend on the context. >> gay apologizing two days later saying, quote: i am sorry. words matter. when words amplify, distress and pain i don't know how you could feel anything about regret. ackman also revealed gay's handling of anti-semitism on her campus has actually cost harvard university more than a billion dollars, guys? >> steve: all right. brook, thank you very much. mr. ackman also said that he had heard from reporters that apparently the board at harvard said we are not going to fire her so that it doesn't look like they were kowtowing to me, mr. ackman said. >> ainsley: the harvard alumni association executive committee they expressed unanimous support to keep her. they wrote a letter to the board. to the harvard corporation and the board of oversees. and then also faculty members. there were more than 500 harvard faculty members sent a letter to the board supporting gay. there were 70 members -- 70 plus members of congress on friday calling for her to resign. >> brian: chris rufo came out and looked at her ph.d. and said she plagiarized it. she is pushing back on that depiction. evidently there is some pretty strong evidence that she plagiarized her ph.d. >> steve: from somebody else she worked with at harvard. >> ainsley: at the end according to reports. >> lawrence: three in four students according to the a.p. did a poll of jewish students feel like they experience anti-semitism on campus. >> ainsley: that's sad. >> lawrence: decided to on harvard get to anti-semitism task force together. 101 professors on harvard's campus opposed the task force. openly. so, again, look, i think the head of the snake should be cut off. she should go. but, i think it's important for us to realize that there is an entire army of professors on these campuses that will continue her cause. and that's the sad part. >> steve: what are they doing? they are teaching those kids, what? here is greg gutfeld. >> this hearing was important for more than just cleaning house. it finally shined a light on those leading our young people into an increasingly competitive future. and what we saw is a system that defines speech suppression as free speech and threats as tolerance. you know, everyone's opinion is viewed as violence, except those that call for violence. which makes about as much sense as paying 150 grand to send your brat to a place that will send him home a marxist who hates your guts. but now you have no excuse for not knowing how bad it is. >> brian: really hurts my feeling to be on that show and chose to listen what greg gutfeld had to say over me. my own show. unbelievable. i wore a collared shirt. >> steve: they didn't say something. >> ainsley: next time they play it we will hear what your response was. >> brian: i just nodded. >> ainsley: it wasn't good enough. >> brian: thank you for cushioning the fall. what happened to you? you used to be the nice one. >> ainsley: bill ackman the billionaire that gives money to ivy league to harvard. he wrote a letter that said that gay who is the president has done more damage to the reputation of the individual than any individual 500 year of history. going through litany of criticisms major donors withdrawing significant gifts. he said i'm personally aware of more than a billion dollars of terminated donations from small group of harvard's most generous jews and non-jewish alumni. >> brian: the thing is, i don't like to say i'm an optimist because i do think omnipotent mist means they are about to say something totally farcical. do i think this is the beginning of turning around what is going on on college campuses. the anti-semitism may be the most egregious and the most pressing. but everything that we have been talking about, the people say that we're nuts and we're being overreacting to or trying to foment a culture war, people are going way a second. many of which were democrats. are saying wait a second. maybe there is something wrong your colleges now. i also want to find out how you could lose a billion dollars and not feel it. what other country is giving to these institutions? what is wrong with the transparency to find out what qatar and china is giving. remember the university of pennsylvania. i think there is a bigger story and this just the beginning. a lot of people want to pursue it. >> steve: right. i think the fact she is not quitting i think even more donors are saying you know what? end of the year giving, let's not give. >> lawrence: i lie the donors are doing it. waiting for the parents to say i'm not paying for these schools. if they want to get their attention that's how you get their attention. >> steve: think about it, lawrence, if you are a parent and your kid gets into harvard you? are going to say no, don't go? >> lawrence: that's not change. >> brian: not if you want to work at bar stools. >> ainsley: pete hegseth went there he has a list of the schools he will pay for for his kids and harvard is not on it. >> brian: harvard did a good job raising pete because we like pete. >> steve: meanwhile, take a look at headlines beginning with a fox news alert. a suicide bomber attacking a police station in pakistan killing at least 23 soldiers and wounding another 32. pakistan's army saying at least a dozen militants also opened fire on the station leading to an hours' long shootout. the attack was carried out by an apparent offshoot of the taliban. great. meanwhile houthi rebels responsible for attack red sea ooff the coast of yemen. centcom saying the damage from cruise missile led to on board fire. thankfully no deaths were reported. there were no had u.s. ships in the area at the time of the attack. the uss mason responded to the mayday call. new overnight, chinese president xi jinping arrives in vietnam kicking off a two day trip. got a big plane. it's his first trip to the country in six years as he tries to boost ties between the two communist nations. xi's visit comes three months after joe biden went there as both beijing and washington via for influence in southeast asia. and now, down to south beach for some monday night football between the titans and dolphins. tennessee scoring 15 points in the last three minutes of the game to come back and steal one in miami 28-27. now, to metlife stadium and the story of the day. tommy cutlass craze is sweeping the nation. or at least the greater new york area. giants quarterback tommy devito also known as tommy cutlets throwing a strike for the touchdown. take the lead before devito led down the field for a chance do win the game? will he? of course he will. watch. [cheers] >> the hold, the kick. the win for the giants. >> steve: awesome. the giants of new jersey taking downtown packers 24-22. >> ainsley: i don't know about that. >> steve: they are in new jersey. rookie qb leading them to third straight win. the devito family of new jersey and his agent of new jersey. >> ainsley: look at him. >> and they gave us some great moments in the stands last night. >> ainsley: i love the agent. the gold chain and the hat. >> brian: they said there were over 100 devitos at the game including the agent. it's fantastic. and, of course, those are my people. that's the italian symbol by italian it's not insult. there is devito's agent calling for, i guess, more money. [laughter] >> steve: people online said that guy straight out of the sopranos. turns out this guy his name is sean at the latto, his agent. that guy is going to be inducted into the national italian sports hall of fame in chicago this week. >> ainsley: as he should be. so tommy not related to danny devito. >> steve: that we know of. >> ainsley: i read an article they said that they know of they are not related. it says he lives at home with his parents because they live close to the facility. >> steve: his dad who is kissing everybody is a plumber in new jersey. >> ainsley: my parents live 12 minutes from the facility. i don't have to worry about laundry. what i'm eating for dinner. chicken cutlets and all that is waiting for me when i get there. >> lawrence: brian, how do you feel? >> brian: 78 for 158 yards can play the intermediate game. he doesn't really make many mistakes. he had a chance to play tie-rod taylor who is the number two to broke his ribs no sticking with tommy. now won three in a row. i can't believe this they are one game out of the wild card now. they gave up on the season. i thought they were playing for a draft pick. >> steve: he was undrafted rookie. the thing about the devito family. before the game they set up a gigantic tailgate in the parking lot chick be cutlets and italian heroes. they are all italian heros in that family right now. the great thing about that story there is so much bad news right now. isn't it great to have a feel good story about a wonderful family in new jersey who are celebrating the fact that their kid is living the american dream? >> brian: let me just tell you, that's the italian side of my family. they are very physical. they are always hugging. >> ainsley: is he half italian and half irish. [italian music] >> ainsley: mom famous for meatballs in one of steve's cookbooks. i love that story. he was at syracuse and playing for three years. didn't start senior year. transfers to illinois. he signed a three year deal for a little more than 2 million. he makes $44,000 a game. >> steve: his agent. >> ainsley: do they change the contract in the middle of it. >> lawrence: do an extension. >> brian: if this show goes good you get more money if it goes back they ask you to give it back. steve steve see how we are at 9:00. >> lawrence: trump topping biden in key battleground states. show you georgia. >> brian: plus my interview with senator tom cotton he joins us live ahead of zelenskyy's meeting with the senators this morning in washington, d.c. >> steve: plus, look at this. trouble in the skies. 150 million people plan to travel for the holidays. i was just on a flight this weekend where we have got a graphic where the pilot cited serious problems with air traffic control. i'm going to explain with an expert coming up next. ♪ ♪ i'll be home for christmas ♪ you can count on me ♪ please have snow and mistletoe and presents and find your voice. you know? we really need to work on your people skills. somedays, i cover up because of my moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. now i feel free to bare my skin, thanks to skyrizi. ♪(uplifting music)♪ ♪nothing is everything♪ i'm celebrating my clearer skin... my way. with skyrizi, 3 out of 4 people achieved 90% clearer skin at 4 months. in another study, most people had 90% clearer skin, even at 5 years. and skyrizi is just 4 doses a year, after 2 starter doses. serious allergic reactions and an increased risk of infections or a lower ability to fight them may occur. tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms, had a vaccine, or plan to. thanks to clearer skin with skyrizi - this is my moment. there's nothing on my skin and that means everything! ♪nothing is everything♪ now's the time. ask your doctor about skyrizi, the #1 dermatologist-prescribed biologic in psoriasis. learn how abbvie could help you save. 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