percentage points. michael steele, you are party chair, so mark my words, he gave a rally in new york in which he says he believes he will win new york and new jersey. by election day donald trump and the republican party will be saying he won all 50 states. you think it s crazy today but i am here to tell you people thought i was crazy in 2020. i wanted to add something which seems pretty small in response, i call them the gang of eight, the gang of eight is taken. none of these people are negotiators and getting bipartisan legislation done. the fact that they re like real brave and real strong getting together to write a strongly worded together is pretty pathetic. i will just leave that there because that s exactly right. it is pathetic. everyone stick around because we going to talk about more pathetic. more with marc and katie after
Ukraine eight skeptic to being willing to put his speakership on the line to get the foreign Aid Package passed with democratic votes, no less . When Mike Johnson was a Rank Andfile Member of the house of representatives, he consistently voted against aid to ukraine. He was in that group of Freedom Caucus republicans who were the ideological far right of that conference. What he has said since is hes got a lot of intelligence briefings. When you are the speaker of the house, you are part of what is called the gang of eight. You get the highest Level Intelligence briefings possible and what has been impressed upon him is the gravity of the situation in ukraine and not just what is happening in ukraine but what could happen beyond ukraine if Vladimir Putin is successful in ukraine. Clearly, his views were changed, were influenced as a result of these briefings. And, he has talked personally about the fact that his son is about
business, to promote their brands, to promote their restaurants. so i m concerned about the impact to the local economy across america and i m hopeful that the senate will make some of those changes. so andrew, president biden put out a statement praising both parties were coming together at this inflection point. how much of a role did biden and his administration have in moving the speaker johnson from ukraine aid to skeptic and being willing to put his speakership on the line to get the foreign aid package past with democratic votes, no less? it is quite the 180. you know, when mike johnson was a rank-and-file member of the house of representatives he consistently voted against aid to ukraine. he was in that group of freedom caucus members who where the ideological far right of that conference. and what he has said since is that he has gotten a lot of intelligence briefings, because when you are the speaker of the house, you are part of the gang of eight. you get the highest lev
now, this is something that goes back to john mccain, john mccain and the gang of eight who wanted to say, listen if there s going to be legal process, give the lawyers give the judges who can actually move people through the system. what is this waiting six months, but problem move them through the system for, what i mean, that s the problem. that s what the american people were mad about joe biden solution to this is where does not doing the paperwork fast enough and what the american people are saying is no, we don t want any more coming across until we can get a handle on this overwhelmed border. that is the difference of opinion. not that we re not doing the paperwork fast enough. i don t think it s gonna be able to win on where where are you gonna send people, leave them at the border. that s a way home, not here away, send them back to where they came from, and that s what that s what any pole will tell you. that does not involve paperwork. everything in american life, unf
The leader of the House Intelligence Committee put out a warning Wednesday of a "serious national security threat" that sources say is related to Russia.