CNN: The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer
1/31/2023 11:45pm
... going to happen. obviously, these investigators are going on, as well. as you know, congressman santos gave an interview today to the right-wing one america news network and insists things will be different going forward. listen to this. ...
CNN: The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer
1/31/2023 11:44pm
... he is under federal investigation for finances and likely to face a house ethics probe. he's got a lot going on. you just heard santos say he made the decision that he thought best represented the voters in his district. but according to a new news day ...
CNN: The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer
1/31/2023 11:44pm
... away? nobody tells me to do anything. i made a decision on my own. now, santos did say that he intends to serve on committees once he's able to clear his name. but it remains to be seen whether that is ever going to happen. ...
CNN: The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer
1/31/2023 11:44pm
... pressure on him to resign, he's refusing to do that. but i suspect him removing himself from these committee assignments is a way to take some heat off. and santos said he made this decision on his own accord. take a listen. did mccarthy tell you to step ...
CNN: The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer
1/31/2023 11:44pm
... melanie, you're there on capitol hill. this comes as new york republican congressman george santos says he is stepping down from his house committee at least for now. what prompted this move? there has been growing ...
MSNBC: The Beat With Ari Melber
1/31/2023 11:36pm
... newspapers. so it is true. i agree with you about the media. they have an obligation to try to defrock of of these george santos types, of which there are a great many in the republican party. but at some point if you keep ...
MSNBC: The Beat With Ari Melber
1/31/2023 11:33pm
... mr. gaetz on the record on msnbc, there is a secret deal. he said he lost his copy. your response? he's trying to give george santos a run for his money. this is a guy who as emily said previously, loves attention. he'll do anything to get it, and ...
FOX News: Special Report With Bret Baier
1/31/2023 11:31pm
... get bret new york republican congressman george santos stepping back from the committee assignments he received. he will recuse himself from the small business and science committees santos says he wants to properly clear his name before returning to the panels. ...
MSNBC: The Beat With Ari Melber
1/31/2023 11:16pm
... a whopping 78% of voters in a new poll think he should just resign, and that is a majority of republicans included. santos is drawing all kind of comparisons, whether he's like a version of the talented mr. ripley or leo in 'catch me ...
MSNBC: The Beat With Ari Melber
1/31/2023 11:15pm
... actually resign temporarily from his committees. that is significantle you don't often see people lose committee where is they would have say. santos also admitted lying about his education, work history, ...
MSNBC: The Beat With Ari Melber
1/31/2023 11:15pm
... have you heard about this republican congresswoman george santos? he's been in the news a lot. i can tell you here on 'the beat' we don't cover it every day. he lied. we've discussed it, we moved on, but now tonight developments. this newly elected republican congresswoman is saying he will ...
MSNBC: The Beat With Ari Melber
1/31/2023 11:13pm
... murderers. first, george santos coming up in 60 seconds. in life - ”' no matter your purpose, at pnc private bank we will work with you every step of the way to help you achieve it. so let us focus on the how. just tell us - what's your why? _ ...
CNN: The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer
1/31/2023 10:36pm
... to george santos but it's telling he felt like he had to do it. he's trying to rehabilitate his image but doesn't undo the lies he's been telling for so long. we should note, jackie, he ...
CNN: The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer
1/31/2023 10:35pm
... congressman george san toes that l -- santos is speaking out after announcing he will not serve on committees and just gave an interview to a maga friendly network. take a look. i learned my lesson and i can ...
CNN: The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer
1/31/2023 10:30pm
... vast majority of voters in the district, republicans and democrats believe santos should resign but again today santos defiant saying he will not step aside from his seat in congress even though he did decide to step aside temporarily from his ...
CNN: The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer
1/31/2023 10:29pm
... him whether she regretted doing so in light of the fabrications about his past. like all of my colleagues particularly in new york state, i supported george santos as the ...
CNN: The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer
1/31/2023 10:29pm
... congress. kevin mccarthy has not called on him to resign saying it's up to voters in his district and i asked new york republican elise stefanik, someone that raised money for george san toes and c -- santos and campaigned for ...
CNN: The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer
1/31/2023 10:28pm
... saying he is backing this measure. that may have to wait until next week because some members are absent and they don't have the votes this week but expect to have one next week. manu, embattled congressman george santos, the republican ...
CNN: The Situation Room With Wolf Blitzer
1/31/2023 10:20pm
... himself. fred pleitgen in useeastern ukraine. thanks. plans from george santos in an effort to become less of a distraction. stay with us. , but less than 10% of us get enough each day. good thing metamucil gummies are an easy way to get prerebiotic, plant-based fiber. with the same amount of ...
MSNBC: Deadline White House
1/31/2023 9:55pm
... said, we're at the bottom, folks, and we had many, many, many more miles to plunge. i want to make sure we make the mistake with santos. this is not the most ridiculous republican in the conference, by far, nor is it the most damaging politically to kevin mccarthy or ...
MSNBC: Deadline White House
1/31/2023 9:55pm
... that's the only other thing recently introduced into the landscape that might explain why mccarthy is doing something. not the thing but a thing with santos. i made this mistake during the trump years. i think wednesday came on and i ...
MSNBC: Deadline White House
1/31/2023 9:55pm
... questions about why george santos can stay on committees but omar can't. that takes this question away from reporters who have been asking it and allows them to push forward if they find the numbers on the omar front. ...
MSNBC: Deadline White House
1/31/2023 9:54pm
... get the sense there was any mechanism. it felt like the first few weeks of this congress, every other day brought some new lie, inconsistency or potential legal exposure for george santos. i think the other piece of this, when you talk about what's ...
MSNBC: Deadline White House
1/31/2023 9:54pm
... kevin mccarthy what's coming next? there has to be, even in this republican conference, there has to be some mechanism for finding out what shoe is about to drop next? on the santos train i don't ...
MSNBC: Deadline White House
1/31/2023 9:54pm
... because we can't risk making our very slim margin even slimmer. ali, what is the sort of process for managing someone like george santos? is there someone in his office that gets on the phone and tells ...
MSNBC: Deadline White House
1/31/2023 9:53pm
... democrat and the margin is so thin. when george santos says, i'm doing it in the best interest of my party. he didn't say, i'm doing what's in the best interest of my constituents, which would be to step down. the message to him has been, look, we have to keep you there ...
MSNBC: Deadline White House
1/31/2023 9:49pm
... want to have to defend the bs day in and day out. it's created a vacuum for people like george santos to film. absolutely this is a party -- _ ...
MSNBC: Deadline White House
1/31/2023 9:48pm
... happen in a vacuum, right? let's just be honest. a person like george santos is not making it through a primary in the current democratic party. the republican party is a magnet for drifters and liars and ...
MSNBC: Deadline White House
1/31/2023 9:48pm
... idea that this is just his doing is also false. kevin mccarthy knew what the deal was. elise stefanik knew what the deal was. they all knew who they were doing a deal with when they stood behind george santos. well, yeah. the and this stuff doesn't just ...
MSNBC: Deadline White House
1/31/2023 9:48pm
... the george santos, story, tim miller, is an incredible human story. i think it's general kelly who says at some point they didn't know they made people like trump. i didn't know they made people like george santos and that they ended up in congress, but the ...
MSNBC: Deadline White House
1/31/2023 9:47pm
... you see numbers like that from the ground. it's clear they would lose this special election. they need every number that they can get right now and they'd like to keep it that way for as long as possible. george santos isn't resigning but he's not doing much of anything else either. ...
MSNBC: Deadline White House
1/31/2023 9:47pm
... tumultuous speaker battle and a very lengthy time of organizing this congress in the first place. george santos has remained at the top of the news cycle even then. in terms of where this goes next though, i think this is really a sign that he's on thin ice but it's a moment where you have to ...
MSNBC: Deadline White House
1/31/2023 9:46pm
... to colleagues of ours who have gone to this district and talked to voters. they feel completely duped. what some congress people are saying, these are santos's colleagues on the republican side from new york, this is like ...
MSNBC: Deadline White House
1/31/2023 9:46pm
... assignments until he's been cleared from the investigations. nbc news has learned santos told his colleagues that he wants to, quote, prevent from being a distraction. santos again refusing today to even consider resigning from ...
MSNBC: Deadline White House
1/31/2023 9:45pm
... today embattled congressman and serial liar george santos saying it was his decision and his alone and importantly not kevin mccarthy to recuse himself from his small business committee ...
MSNBC: Deadline White House
1/31/2023 9:41pm
... it doesn't sell. we can make an ad out of that. the no one is going somewhere. george santos made some big news today, but would it be enough to quiet the veritable storm that is brewing around him and really, really heavy and hot in ...
MSNBC: Deadline White House
1/31/2023 9:34pm
... committees. his spokesperson is talking about this as them reserving their spots but wanting to start with a clean slate so they're saying they'll wait until he's cleared, but it's not clear he will be cleared of any wrongdoing. i think the santos moment was ...
MSNBC: Deadline White House
1/31/2023 9:34pm
... hot mess. i mean, do they realize that they need to regroup a little bit? do they think things are going great? i think the regrouping might come in the perspective of george santos saying that he's going to briefly resign his ...
MSNBC: Deadline White House
1/31/2023 9:27pm
... colleague george santos is beginning to show some signs of being able to read the room. we'll head to the capitol for that. new details today in the ongoing quest to find what's on the phone of sitting congressman scott perry, all part of doj's ...
CNN: The Lead With Jake Tapper
1/31/2023 9:01pm
... republican congressman george santos after all the lies. welcome to 'the lead' jake tapper live in jerusalem. recent violence has become the ...
MSNBC: Hallie Jackson Reports
1/31/2023 8:25pm
... from reporters has been, okay, what about santos? by having him step off committees, it sort of neutralizes that line of questioning while still allowing republicans to keep the numbers they need. ali, thank you very much. new fund raising numbers ...
MSNBC: Hallie Jackson Reports
1/31/2023 8:24pm
... hypocrisy. i think an important piece of this, we've talked about the politics, the numbers game. waiting for these potential indictments if they were to find some campaign finance violations. those are important in addition to the ethics committee stuff, but at the same time for santos, he's ...
MSNBC: Hallie Jackson Reports
1/31/2023 8:23pm
... so for mccarthy, he's still playing a numbers game here. he is a tight majority as we talked about. that's why santos still counts to that overall number, but stepping off those committees is something speaker mccarthy talked about with santos. ...
MSNBC: Hallie Jackson Reports
1/31/2023 8:23pm
... new things coming out about george santos isn't new. it's been going on for weeks. since even before he was sworn into congress. what is new is he met with speaker mccarthy last night. clearly they had a conversation about what he could do in the ...
MSNBC: Hallie Jackson Reports
1/31/2023 8:22pm
... down. and 71% say speaker mccarthy should not have seated santos on those two committees. i want to bring in ali vitali. this is in some ways, the first crack in the wall for santos here, who's facing pressure to ...
CNN: CNN Newsroom
1/31/2023 8:22pm
... all these questions about his campaign finances and these questions continue to swirl. i think the ethics investigation could be launched here, but here a sign after weeks of defiance from george santos, a sign here that he is -- he is bowing to some of this pressure and stepping down from two ...
MSNBC: Hallie Jackson Reports
1/31/2023 8:22pm
... resign as a new poll shows 78% of voters in his new york district would like to see santos step ...
CNN: CNN Newsroom
1/31/2023 8:21pm
... that i be temporarily recused from my committee assignments until i am cleared and there are so many questions santos has not answered from reporters like myself in the hallway about why he fabricated major portions of his life story. ...
MSNBC: Hallie Jackson Reports
1/31/2023 8:21pm
... don't hesitate. ask your doctor about otezla today. george santos is saying he is going to sit out of the committees he was just assigned to until he clears up the investigations telling his ...
CNN: CNN Newsroom
1/31/2023 8:21pm
... majority of voters including from one poll from his district say that he should resign. republicans and democrats, mccarthy has not gone that far including elise stefanik also not going that far. when i asked her about the situation, and santos himself ...
CNN: CNN Newsroom
1/31/2023 8:21pm
... until he can clear everything up, he's off committees right now. is that something that you asked him in the meeting? we had a discussion, and he asked me if he could do that. i think it was the appropriate decision. reporter: now mccarthy still is not calling on santos to resign even though a vast ...
CNN: CNN Newsroom
1/31/2023 8:20pm
... mccarthy indicated it's time for santos to respond to these lingering questions, and at that point assuming these are resolved, then he can serve on these committees. i've met with george santos yesterday, and i think it was the appropriate decision that ...
CNN: CNN Newsroom
1/31/2023 8:20pm
... yesterday. santos said he informed kevin mccarthy about this decision. mccarthy indicated that santos needs to clear up these questions that continue to build up day after day. santos has claimed he would have a press conference to answer these questions. he has not done that, but ...
CNN: CNN Newsroom
1/31/2023 8:20pm
... cnn's chief congressional correspondent manu raju is with us now. speaker mccarthy just named santos to these committees. how's he reacting to this announcement? reporter: well, he is supporting this decision. they had met behind closed doors ...
CNN: CNN Newsroom
1/31/2023 8:19pm
... truth-challenged congressman george santos is asking to be removed from his newly assigned committee assignments until his issues are resolved. santos who is under investigation for discrepancies in his financial filing and his resume was named to the committee on science, space, and ...
MSNBC: Hallie Jackson Reports
1/31/2023 8:16pm
... the fall. ron allen, thank you very much for that reporting. appreciate it. next up here on the show, just how many of george santos' constituents would like to see him no longer in that job. we'll talk about it in just a second. plus new reporting from our ...
CNN: CNN Newsroom
1/31/2023 8:15pm
... federal grand jury about those classified documents discovered at mar-a-lago. and the george santos sagai. you sound tired. you sound exhausted by it. aren't we all? why the new york congressman is now not serving on two house committees. ...
MSNBC: Hallie Jackson Reports
1/31/2023 8:12pm
... including what george santos is saying he will be giving up his spot on house committees. what is next for him. plus, ron desantis rolling out some sweeping changes for some of florida's schools as he gears up for a possible 2024 presidential run. ...
FOX News: America Reports
1/31/2023 7:48pm
... johnson, the former u.k. prime minister. john: and santos is not resigning but will not be on the committees he was assigned. he is telling republican colleagues to recuse himself ...
MSNBC: Katy Tur Reports
1/31/2023 7:48pm
... think that the republicans would have a reasonable chance of retaining that seat. you never know. you have to see who the candidates are. but i think basically the issues are the same. look, not a lot of people voted for santos, the individual or ...
CNN: CNN Newsroom
1/31/2023 7:47pm
... explaining all that. he has been defiant since arriving on capitol hill, so why is republican congressman george santos saying he now wants to remove himself from his committee assignments. that's ahead. per employee. ...
MSNBC: Katy Tur Reports
1/31/2023 7:46pm
... the house of representatives. there's an ongoing investigation now so i think speaker mccarthy probably wants to let the process play out, but that shouldn't relieve george santos of the responsibility to the people in his congressional ...
MSNBC: Katy Tur Reports
1/31/2023 7:46pm
... representatives. he should not be there any longer. he should resign and move on with his life and try to rehabilitate his life. i want to play kevin mccarthy talking about george santos and the calls for him to resign. yea, i met with george santos ...
MSNBC: Katy Tur Reports
1/31/2023 7:45pm
... with us. thank you. what would you say to george santos today if he called you up? well, george santos has said he's not going the participate in committees. he's going to recuse himself, whatever that means. and that he's a distraction. ...
MSNBC: Katy Tur Reports
1/31/2023 7:45pm
... including 71% of republicans. santos has been under fire from democrats and republicans for lying about pretty much everything and while he says he will step away until his issues are resolved from the committees that is, santos also says he is not going anywhere. ...
MSNBC: Katy Tur Reports
1/31/2023 7:44pm
... george santos has told house republicans he wants to recuse himself from sitting on committees, but that may not be enough for his constituents. new polling finds that 78% of voters want him to resign ...
MSNBC: Katy Tur Reports
1/31/2023 7:40pm
... swallow seeing that afghans are fighting for russia. ranking member smith, thank you very much for being with us. coming up, george santos has agreed to step down from his committee assignments. what his constituents think about it and the plans that are ...
MSNBC: Katy Tur Reports
1/31/2023 7:27pm
... republican lawmakers here in new york want to see george santos gone. what happens if he listens? nassau county executive, who some have said should run himself, joins me for an exclusive interview in a couple ...
MSNBC: Katy Tur Reports
1/31/2023 7:07pm
... we'll see what happens after that. coming up in a little while, we have bruce blakeman on. he's going to talk to us about what happens if george santos ...
MSNBC: Katy Tur Reports
1/31/2023 7:07pm
... of what he did. republicans were sticking by his side. santos doesn't have either of those things so it becomes harder to continue to do the donald trump act when there's not that back stop behind you. he's going to step back from these committees until the investigation is over. ...
MSNBC: Katy Tur Reports
1/31/2023 7:06pm
... and they're speaking loudly. everyone who's talked about this issue has said the same thing and a lot is because they feel lied to. all of the things that have come out about santos have come out after he won election most after ...
MSNBC: Katy Tur Reports
1/31/2023 7:05pm
... it's from republicans. put up polling of what the new york third thinks about santos and 71% of them say mccarthy was wrong for seating on him congressional committees. 78% say he should resign from ...
MSNBC: Katy Tur Reports
1/31/2023 7:05pm
... mccarthy is still going to get questions about santos. this might cool things off a little, but it's not getting rid of them. and there are so many calls for him to resign. it's not just from democrats. ...
MSNBC: Katy Tur Reports
1/31/2023 7:05pm
... to step down was greeted warmly by the chair of the small business committee who said santos has been a distraction. seemed pretty happy this morning that he won't be a distraction to the work of that committee. at least in the short-term. he's still going to get questions from reporters and ...
MSNBC: Katy Tur Reports
1/31/2023 7:04pm
... impossible that part of this decision here is just to prevent more interactions like that from happening. if santos is less in the middle of anything, he's less likely to get accosted day in and day out about any of the myriad things that he has said. i can tell you that his decision ...
MSNBC: Katy Tur Reports
1/31/2023 7:04pm
... this was santos' decision, not the speaker's. here's what mccarthy has had to say about that over the last 24 hours. i met with george santos yesterday and i think it's an appropriate decision until he can clear everything up. ...
MSNBC: Katy Tur Reports
1/31/2023 7:03pm
... santos that perhaps the best way to turn the pressure down on himself is to make himself less of a target by doing less in this congress. he will be recusing himself from his two committee seats. he says in a statement that his office just put out a few minutes ago that he'll be doing ...
MSNBC: Katy Tur Reports
1/31/2023 7:03pm
... eugene daniels. you surprise me, sir. it's a baby mock neck. we are going to move past the mock neck and talk about george santos, who some ha accused him of mocking congress by continuing to serve. he's not going to serve on these ...
MSNBC: Katy Tur Reports
1/31/2023 7:02pm
... his home district, which doesn't look great. and an exclusive interview with the most powerful person out there, bruce blakeman joins us later to tell us what will happen if santos does eventually resign. which by the way he is calling ...
MSNBC: Katy Tur Reports
1/31/2023 7:02pm
... yesterday, today, george santos announced that he is stepping down from his two low level committee assignments. what he told reporters about why he is stepping down and for how long in a moment. also, a brand-new denial from santos. we also have new polling from ...
MSNBC: Katy Tur Reports
1/31/2023 7:02pm
... who has more power? joe biden or george santos? that's just some of the times he's been asked about it. now it appears that mccarthy might have done something about george santos after a closed door meeting with the speaker ...
MSNBC: Katy Tur Reports
1/31/2023 7:01pm
... you going to do about george santos? did you meet with santos today? i did. what was that about? if every single new person brought into congress was elected by their constituent, ...
MSNBC: Katy Tur Reports
1/31/2023 7:01pm
... good to be with you. i'm katy tur. every new week, if not every new day, another allegation of lying has been levelled against george santos and every new week, if not every new day, kevin mccarthy has been asked what are ...
CNN: CNN Newsroom
1/31/2023 6:32pm
... committee. perhaps santos deciding to temporarily relinquish his committee seats could alleviate pressure on republicans. but one other thing i want to point out, kasie, is up until this point santos has been really defiant. we are starting to see a little crack in that, but he is still ...
CNN: CNN Newsroom
1/31/2023 6:31pm
... answers all of those questions, then he'll at that time be able to be seated on committees. reporter: now, we should point out that kevin mccarthy is the one who decided to give george santos committee assignments in the first place, despite the fact that santos ...
CNN: CNN Newsroom
1/31/2023 6:31pm
... mccarthy met last night in mccarthy's office where the idea did come up, and then santos informed the rest of the party of his decision during a closed conference meeting earlier this morning saying he wants some of the controversies and investigations to be resolved ...
CNN: CNN Newsroom
1/31/2023 6:30pm
... zanona. it is great to see you. what is speaker mccarthy saying about all of this. reporter: speaker mccarthy says this was santos's decision to temporarily step down from his committee assignments and he did not pressure santos into making this decision. we are told that santos and ...
CNN: CNN Newsroom
1/31/2023 6:30pm
... the interests of -- of course, all of this follows a string of santos lies that have been exposed since his election. so, you know, i question whether we can -- how much can we believe what he says now? let's get to cnn's melanie ...
CNN: CNN Newsroom
1/31/2023 6:30pm
... now to capitol hill where battled republican congressman george santos is now confirming that, as he says, he asked to be taken off of his committee assignments, at least for now. nobody tells me to do anything. i made the decision on my own that i thought best represented ...
MSNBC: Chris Jansing Reports
1/31/2023 6:30pm
... to actually get rid of him. but it all comes back to the fact they have a very narrow majority. they have to make a decision. is it worth removing the headache to be down another seat because it is very likely that if santos resigns, democrats pick this seat back up. oh, don't you miss working in ...
MSNBC: Chris Jansing Reports
1/31/2023 6:29pm
... think you're a distraction, that's one thing. but to make it even worse, they're probably making it really hard for them back home. i'm sure every one of the members of congress has to go home and answer questions about george santos. that's a quick way to lose friends in the house. so, it wouldn't ...
MSNBC: Chris Jansing Reports
1/31/2023 6:28pm
... like the next step is to remove him, so this is a pretty significant development that puts him on pretty thin ice. you know, santos has, brendan, been defiant about staying in congress up until this point. and i just want to remind people what he said a couple of weeks ...
MSNBC: Chris Jansing Reports
1/31/2023 6:28pm
... member, helping them understand the trouble they're in, helping him come to the right decision to step down, but it may be also a think of trying to get ahead of what democrats can do. democrats can force a vote to kick santos off of his committees if they so choose. i think they probably saw the ...
MSNBC: Chris Jansing Reports
1/31/2023 6:27pm
... kevin mccarthy realized if they didn't remove george santos, and they made an effort to remove ilhan omar, democrats would seek retaliation and force a vote to kick george santos off. this may be a situation where the speaker is leaning on the ...
MSNBC: Chris Jansing Reports
1/31/2023 6:26pm
... table in this closed door discussion with mccarthy, who has been reluctant to weigh in on the santos situation, but certainly this is a change even though santos continues to say he's not going to resign. yeah, and, brendan, the other thing that you and i and ali have talked about is how ...
MSNBC: Chris Jansing Reports
1/31/2023 6:26pm
... throughout this whole santos saga, you, me, brendan, we all talked about the certain levers that speakers can exercise to get people to do things within their conference, brendan certainly knows this well from his time in this building. clearly that's one of the things that might have been on the ...
MSNBC: Chris Jansing Reports
1/31/2023 6:26pm
... santos yesterday and i think it was appropriate decision that -- until he can clear everything up, he's off the committees now. is this something you asked him to do? we had a discussion and he asked me if he could do that. i think it was an appropriate decision. reporter: and, look, ...
MSNBC: Chris Jansing Reports
1/31/2023 6:26pm
... of congress, but it is certainly made much easier if they have been indicted, which that has not happened with santos yet. nevertheless, it was clearly part of the conversation with speaker mccarthy based on what he told us. watch. yeah, i met with george ...
MSNBC: Chris Jansing Reports
1/31/2023 6:25pm
... correspondent. ali, santos has been under fire from before he was sworn in. so why now? what more do we know about this decision? yeah, none of the turmoil is new, but what is the fact that he finally met with speaker ...
MSNBC: Chris Jansing Reports
1/31/2023 6:24pm
... resolved. it comes as a new poll shows nearly two-thirds of santos voters say they would not have backed him if they knew then what they know now. ali vitali is the capitol hill ...