south carolina. the president just a little while ago says it was always his plan to take it out. we made it clear to china what we were going to do. they understand our position. we will not back off. we did the right thing. has it always been your view to shoot down a chinese spy balloon or only because it became public? oh, no it was always my position. once it came to the united states from canada i told them i wanted to shoot it down as soon as appropriate. they concluded, they concluded we should not shoot it down over land. they are not a serious threat and we should wait. greg: clearly this is his finest moment since corn pop. part of this scooped up and sent over to the fbi for further analysis and despite assuring the american people there was no threat the senior u.s. official says there may have been self detonating explosives off of the vessel. just like jessie s hair appeared republicans are reacting with usual pouncing. the message they were trying to
i m here to tell you guys, republicans will not impact defense spending aside from efficiencies, waste. it s the domestic spending that we re going to go after. neil: all right. back to business or are we back to business? you re looking live at the capitol where the next big vote is about to go down on a lot of those promises that kevin mccarthy made as lawmakers set the rules for the new congress. we re all over it with aishah hasnie on what s at stake and bob good who helped lead the fight against kevin mccarthy to get the kind of relief that he wants to see right now. the only question is, will he see it? he s coming up. delighted to have him. welcome. delighted to have you. i m neil cavuto. let s get to it. aishah hasnie on promises made and now whether they can be delivered, i guess, right, aishah? right. hey, good afternoon to you, kneel. i just caught up with representative nancy mace who you know just yesterday was still on the fence on this house rules package
was with the vice president, and i said i didn t know him very well. she couldn t recall if they discussed pence s role in certifying the electoral college vote. but after the capitol was attacked, trump told her that pence had the authority to not accept the electors. another former close aide to trump offering a glimpse into the despair staffers felt after the riot. hope hicks telling ivanka s chief of staff on january 6th, they will be perpetually unemployed. in one day he ended every future opportunity that doesn t include speaking engagements at the local proud boys meetings. now, also in this document is a letter from the committee to white house counsel basically saying we know you provided some witnesses who provided testimony, we agreed not to release their identity. we no longer have control over these materials, we can t ensure the confidentiality of these witnesses and we share concerns for their safety, security and reputations, jake. thank you so much. appreci
Long-term debt and debt retirement, debt reduction. i do think that is why the republicans would like to raise this issue and to get concessions. it is never going to be as good as we like it but if we make movement in that direction to help with ultimate credit rating. neil: thom tillis for the state of north carolina we will see the fallout he was talking about tomorrow night at the state of the union address. here is the five. greg: hi come everybody greg gutfeld, judge jeanine pirro, jesse watters, dana perino and jessica tarlov. and here is the five. joe biden finally popping the giant chinese spy balloon. but it take too long to go boom? after letting it fly over most of the continental u.s. the military shouldn t the sucker down off of the coast of
That and include defense in that adjustment? in other words, defense is fair game, nondefense is fair game. i mention it because as you know, jim jordan is open to this. with all the woke initiatives and the rest, there s room to make defense a target as well. we should eliminate climate extremism, that has to deal with crt including in defense. if it s in defense as well. absolutely. we ve run against that, neil. the american people trusted us with the majority. that said, we want to focus on military readiness and effectiveness. the military shouldn t get a blank check for where they re held unaccountable. we can t spend money related to the industrial complex or to lobbiests or special interests or based on whose districts is