to block kevin mccarthy s bit for speaker while the party squirms around donald trump s dinner with anti-semite and hole kaus deniers. and as if that weren t enough, trump s new call saturday to, quote, terminate rules in the constitution so as to reinstall him as president. coming up we ll talk about december priorities with ohio democratic senator sherrod brown who is set to defend his seat in ohio. republican congressman-elect mike lawler warning his republican colleagues not to cause chaos on the first day in charge. we begin today s show with foreign policy. a remarkably strong uprising against authoritarian governments in china and iran while here in the u.s. biden underscores ties with european allies and the unified west s opposition to vladimir putin s war in ukraine. joining us, secretary of state anthony blinker.
i think people are tired of looking backwards. i think people are tired of discussing the grievances of prior elections, and want to know what we re going to do to address the challenges. i think the former president would be well advised to focus on the future if he is going to run for president again. all right. let us move on because right now there s a big house leadership race. you are supporting kevin mccarthy, the current republican leader for speaker. you say, quote, you stick with the one that brought you to the dance. as of right now, it doesn t seem as if mccarthy has the 218 votes he will need to become speaker. are you worried there s a chance he won t become speaker, won t get those 218 votes? listen, a month is a long time in politics, but i am confident that kevin mccarthy will have 218 votes on january 3rd to become speaker. i, myself, as has been alluded
about the front-runner, for your party s presidential nomination, donald trump wrote on his social media platform this weekend. he said, quote, do you think the presidential elections of 2020 out and declare the rightful winner or have a new election? a massive fraud of this like and magnitude allows for termination of all rules, regulations and articles, even those found in the constitution. unquote. congressman-elect, what is your reaction to donald trump calling for the termination of the u.s. constitution? obviously i don t support that. the constitution is set for a reason to protect the rights of every american. so i certainly don t endorse that language or that sentiment. i think the question for everyone is how we move forward. i ran for congress to address the challenges that we re facing and be forward-looking.
attacks on the fbi by congress members and the former president, just two days before what the white house says will be a primetime presidential address on the soul of the nation. if that weren t enough, his new tough talk comes just as the documents case is about to take another turn, with the justice department about to file new court papers tonight, aiming to block attempts by the former president to slow it down or stymie it. that is the backdrop to what joe biden said today in northeastern pennsylvania. let me say this to my maga republican friends in congress, don t tell me you support law enforcement if you won t condemn what happened on the 6th. don t tell me. can t do it. for god s sake, whose side are you on? whose side are you on?
for everyone don t account them. it s a remarkable exposure of their callousness in the midst of a catastrophe that they ve created. it s outrageous. i ve been to the border and it is a humanitarian crisis. i mean, i was just there 3 weeks ago. it s a hundred degrees, 100 percent humidity. we saw bodies of people, biden bodies because of his policies. if that weren t enough, to get them to reaction, the mayors decide to freak out because it s hitting their doorsteps. it s outrageous if fentanyl crisis, the human traffic it s hitting my state at all-time highs. it s hitting states all over america. i don t know why it took this to wake them up. if we get 51 votes and have a deep red wave maybe we can get