the dear colleague letter from speaker johnson. tell us what you know about this agreement. we ve got a lot of numbers here. yes, symone. a lot of numbers. a little bit of a discrepancy and what we re hearing from republican leader, speaker johnson and democratic leaders. you mentioned we have that dear colleague letter that gives us the first sense of these top line members. you know, one point 59 trillion for fiscal year 2024, which republicans say allots 886 billion dollars in defense and 704 billion in non-defense. now, democrats are saying that they ve secured more than 772 billion in non defense spending. so, this is getting a little in the weeds here. but the difference is a side card dam deal that is a 69 billion dollars, that was negotiated as part of that speaker mccarthy, biden deal. and so, that is actually sticking around, explaining that discrepancy. what this does is it allows democrats to show that they ve got more money and it allows speaker johnson to kind
about january six. then secondly, the suggest you may not certify the election, that is a dangerous tipping point for the nation. if donald trump were to lose and not accept defeat, but to have at least a fine again his allies back him up on that so early, suggests we really are and dangerous moment. elise stefanik, we used to think knows better. clearly, she doesn t. she should be condemned for her remarks today. i just would like to remind everyone that it was the lies about the 2020 election being stolen that led to the harrowing day we saw on january 6th, 2021, with insurrectionists taking over the capitol and assaulting police officers. goodness. okay, congresswoman edwards, all of this is happening amidst president biden giving the opening salvo for his 2024 reelection campaign. it s now being reported that president obama met with president biden in december and this is according to the washington post, the former president is urging the current president to bolster his campai
of the country that committed themselves to supporting a grifter, a charlatan, a person who has no interest in democracy, and his only interest in himself and his own needs and desires and wants. and we face at this moment, irrespective of donald trump, we faced people trying to restrict the vote, we face a kind of the cultural war as people are trying to live into these divides, whether they re blue, red, urban, rural, democrat or republican, however you want to describe it, we re in the midst of a continuing conversation of this war. and choices need to be made, side seem to be chosen, and those that are going about their business thinking that everything will be okay, they re gonna look up and everything is gonna crumble and collapse right in front of them if they don t understand the urgency of now. you know you mentioned the civil war, i don t know how it s actually been quite a toc of conversation in the republican presidential prary. donald trump said, it could ve
i would say, nikki haley kind of has the least pressure on her going into iowa. for one reason. because donald trump and ron desantis have all of the pressure. the two absolutes in iowa are donald trump must win and arguably win big, and ron desantis must come in second. he has bet everything on iowa. he has the endorsement of the governor. one of the strong faith leaders in the state. this is everything to him. if he comes in third behind nikki haley, his campaign is done if it s not already done, and there would be an expectation that he would drop out and leave it a one-on-one race between haley and trump. nikki haley, her momentum is really in new hampshire, and that s why you see donald trump hitting her on the airwaves in this state. new hampshire is the next contest. i know governor chris christie is also hoping to stake a claim in new hampshire as well. congressman, you know, we are talking about the primary, but it s inextricably a conversation that s also linked to november
gap that donald trump significantly, bring down that 30 point lead that he has, to maybe 15, 20%, they can claim some of that momentum and drive the narrative going into new hampshire. that s going to be more important for them than any kind of delegate at this point, to prove to people that their candidacy is resonating with caucus goers, with the american people, and that they have momentum moving forward. all right, congressman, then let s talk about nikki haley. she s had some momentum, but she s made a few, i just mean the statements lately between refusing to think slavery is a cause of the civil war, citing that she had black friends growing up. what effect, if any, might these statements have on her showing in iowa? none in the republican primary. sadly, it might actually help her. but i think obviously, we know in a general election and to persuadable voters, they look at nikki haley s recent statements and say, i thought you were somehow different than donald trump and