do you have the votes for speaker locked in tomorrow? i think we ll have a good day tomorrow. what are your conversations like with i hope you all have a very nice new year s eve. taking the shine off the republicans big day, new york republican congressman-elect george santos will likely be among the new lawmakers sworn in despite to admitting to a growing number of lies about his life and resume. we will dig deep near that and the multiple investigations into santos and his campaign. the latest on donald trump s taxes. what he paid and where that money went. we have details on the dozens of countries where he was making money and paying taxes. including china, india, and the uae we re going to start with the house republicans, taking control of the house officially tomorrow. but right now, what should be a triumphant moment is perilously close to turning into a political disaster. the likes of which we haven t seen in 100 years. that s because kevin mccarthy,
now, john. all right. important update there, chad. thank you very much. a sudden departure this morning by a key figure in the january 6th investigation. tony ornato, the sis tachbt director of the secret service left the agency on monday. it comes two months after his name came up in explosive testimony by former white house aide cassidy hutchinson. she said ornato told her then president trump was furious with his security detail for refusing to take him to the capitol on january 6th. the president said something to the effect of i m the f ing president, take me up to the capitol now to which bobby responded, sir, we have to go back to the west wing. the president reached up towards the front of the vehicle to grab at the steering wheel. mr. engel grabbed his arm, said, sir, you need to take your hand off the steering wheel, we re going back to the west wing. we re not going to the capitol. mr. trump then used his free hand to lunge toward bobby engel. when mr. ornat
what is going on? let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, will merrick garland indict donald trump? tonight, a major clue into what investigators are focusing on, that is the fake electors, those fake electors from contested states. bennie thompson, the chairman of the january 6th committee, saying his committee is providing the doj with witness transcripts to put up the fraj la fraudulentelectors. they ve included testimony from the chairwoman of the republican national committee, describing a call that she received from the former president and his attorney, john eastman. he turned the call over to mr. eastman, who then proceeded to talk about the importance of the rnc helping the campaign gather these contingent electors in case any of the legal challenges that were ongoing changed the result did you receive a call from andy y biggs of arizona on the morning of january 6th? i did. he asked if i would sign on both to a letter that
rise in hate crimes to asian americans. you don t have to look to history to see racism. just watch the news. but the question is are we really ready to do the work it takes to make america the equitable place it is meant to be? ah, the first episode of the united shades of america. such an innocent time. i hear it all the time. you re the kkk. why would you do that? america doesn t have a problem with racism anymore. you re right. it s gotten way worse. and that was all before covid- 19. and, before four cops in minneapolis killed george floyd rather than just treat him like a human. a police station burning to the ground in protest. there is an african american man threatening my life. before too many karens. before fattening the curve. and through it all, a president incapable of handling any of it at all. aw look, baby s first bible. america is finally ready to get real about white supremacy. so let s start super easy and basic. these are white supremacists. 44 whit
he came out for tighter gun laws after buffalo and uvalde and is now going to be out of a job. i ll speak exclusively to republican congressman chris jacobs and i ll sit down with mass shooting survivor and activist gabby giffords. hello, i m dana bash in washington where the state of our union is hopeful. we have breaking news this morning. a bipartisan group of senators is on track to announce the outlines of an agreement to address gun violence as soon as today, according to sources familiar with the talks. the sources tell me and manu raju that it is an agreement in principle only at this point and that legislation is not yet written. and because getting any changes to gun law is so dicey, sources say that negotiators are working to get ten republican senators to sign onto an agreement before it s announced to show they can get a filibuster proof 60 votes. here s what sources involved tell us the plan includes. funding to incentivize states to implement, quote, red flag