THE STORY IS . WE'LL TAKE YOU THERE. LIVE STREAMING "ABC NEWS LIVE" . AND GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. I'M KYRA PHILLIPS. TODAY ON ABC NEWS LIVE, A SHAKEUP ON CAPITOL HILL. THE REPUBLICAN CONTROLLED HOUSE OFFICIALLY VOTING TO BOOT. CONGRESSWOMAN ILEANA OMAR FROM THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE. >> WE'LL TELL YOU WHY AND HOW SHE'S RESPONDING. AND FROM VOTING OUT TO SWEARING IN, THERE ARE SEVENTY FIVE BRAND NEW MEMBERS OF CONGRESS THIS YEAR. AND WE ARE INTRODUCING YOU TO A NEWBIE'S DEMOCRAT. WILEY NICOLE HAS ONLY BEEN IN OFFICE FOR A MONTH AND HAS ALREADY HOSTED THE VICE PRESIDENT IN HIS HOME DISTRICT. OUR SERIES MEET THE FRESHMAN STRAIGHT AHEAD. BUT WE DO BEGIN, OF COURSE, TALKING ABOUT THAT HOUSE VOTE TO REMOVE CONGRESSWOMAN ELLEN OMAR FROM THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE. THE GOP LED HOUSE DECIDING TO REMOVE HER FROM THAT POSITION. CITING CONCERNS OVER OBJECTIVITY. THE DEMOCRAT FROM MINNESOTA ADDRESSED HER COLLEAGUES AHEAD OF THE VOTE, SAYING THIS IS REALLY AN ISSUE ABOUT HER RACE AND RELIGION. >> IT'S ABOUT WHO GETS TO BE AN AMERICAN, WHAT OPINIONS DO WE GET TO HAVE? DO WE HAVE TO HAVE TO BE COUNTED AS AMERICANS? THIS IS WHAT THIS DEBATE IS ABOUT. MADAM SPEAKER. THERE IS THIS IDEA THAT YOU ARE A SUSPECT IF YOU ARE AN IMMIGRANT OR IF YOU ARE FROM CERTAIN PARTS OF THE WORLD OR A CERTAIN SKIN TONE OR A MUSLIM . LET'S TAKE IT STRAIGHT TO THE HILL WITH OUR CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT, JOE BRYANT, ALSO ABC NEWS WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT MARYALICE PARKS, AND FORMER FEDERAL PROSECUTOR RENATO MARIOTTI. ALL RIGHT. LET'S START WITH YOU AND JUST TALK ABOUT LAWMAKERS ON CAPITOL HILL, WHAT THEY'RE SAYING ABOUT THIS VOTE . AND LET'S DOVE A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO WHY THEY HELD THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE TO VOTE HER OUT. >> YEAH, THIS WAS REPUBLICANS SAID THAT THEY WANTED TO HOLD THIS VOTE TO KICK ON OMAR OFF OF THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE BECAUSE OF PREVIOUS ANTI-SEMITIC STATEMENTS, STATEMENT SHE'S APOLOGIZED FOR AND ALSO HER CRITIQUES AGAINST ISRAEL, SOMETHING THAT EHUD OLMERT SAYS SHE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING UP AND BRING FORTH DESPITE THE FACT THAT SHE WILL NO LONGER SIT ON THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE. KEVIN MCCARTHY IN A PRESS CONFERENCE TOLD REPORTERS THAT HE BELIEVES THAT THIS IS NOT A FOR TAT. IT IS NOT A REACTION TO THE REPUBLICANS MAJORITY. AGREED. AND PAUL GOSAR, WHO REMOVED FROM THEIR COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS BY DEMOCRATS IN THE PREVIOUS CONGRESS. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE HEARING FROM DEMOCRATS IS THEY BELIEVE THIS IS EXACTLY THAT, THAT THEY BELIEVE IS REVENGE POLITICS TARGETING EHUD OLMERT AND TWO OTHER DEMOCRATS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY SITTING ON THE HOUSE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE. HERE IS WHAT REPRESENTATIVE ALEXANDER CORTEZ HAD TO SAY ABOUT THAT ON THE FLOOR EARLIER TODAY. >> ONE OF THE DISGUSTING LEGACIES AFTER 9/11 HAS BEEN THE TARGETING AND RACISM AGAINST MUSLIM AMERICANS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND THIS IS AN EXTENSION OF THAT LEGACY CONSISTENCY. THERE IS NOTHING CONSISTENT WITH THE REPUBLICAN PARTY'S CONTINUED ATTACK EXCEPT FOR THE RACISM AND INCITEMENT OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN OF COLOR IN THIS BODY. THIS IS ABOUT TARGETING WOMEN OF COLOR IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. >> SO I CAN TELL YOU, I WAS SITTING IN THE CHAMBER, I WAS WATCHING THAT DEBATE, WHICH CAME BEFORE THAT VOTE TO OUST L.A. MORE FROM THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE. AND THERE WAS A GROUP OF ABOUT 40 DEMOCRATS. THEY WERE ALL SITTING AROUND REPRESENTATIVE OMAR. SOME WERE HUGGING HER. SOME WERE PATTING HER ON THE BACK. THERE WAS OBVIOUSLY A LOT MORE VOCAL DEFENSE OF HER ON THE FLOOR DURING THE DEBATE. OF COURSE, THE VOTE THAN HAPPENS. THE VOTE PASSES 218 218 REPUBLICANS TO 211 DEMOCRATS. THERE WAS CONSTERNATION EARLIER THIS WEEK AS TO WHETHER OR NOT KEVIN MCCARTHY AND HOUSE LEADERSHIP WOULD HAVE THE VOTES THEY NEEDED TO OUST OMAR FROM THE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE. THEY DID END UP GETTING THOSE VOTES. MCCARTHY WHIPPED ENOUGH VOTES IN HIS DIRECTION TO GET THIS OVER THE GOAL LINE. BUT THE QUESTION THEN REMAINS, IS THIS THE END OF WHAT DEMOCRATS CALL REVENGE POLITICS IN THIS NEW CONGRESS? >> OR IS IT THE ONLY THE BEGINNING OF REPUBLICANS WIELDING THIS NEW POWER? THEY HAVE IN THE HOUSE? >> SO, MARYALICE, WHAT DID THE WHITE HOUSE SAY, IF ANYTHING, IN THE BRIEFING NOT TOO LONG AGO ABOUT THIS VOTE TO REMOVE OMAR TO THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY KARINE JEAN-PIERRE WAS ASKED ABOUT THIS AND SHE CALLED IT A POLITICAL STUNT. SHE SAID IT WAS AN UNJUST REMOVAL, NOT ONLY OF OMAR FROM THIS COMMITTEE, BUT SHE ALSO MENTIONED THOSE TO HOUSE DEMOCRATS THAT WERE REMOVED FROM THE HOUSE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE. SHE CALLED IT ALL OF IT A DISSERVICE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. SHE WENT ON TO DEFEND CONGRESSWOMAN OMAR, CALLING HER A RESPECTED MEMBER OF CONGRESS, SAYING THAT OMAR HAD APOLOGIZED FOR PAST COMMENTS, THAT SHE HAS BEEN VOCAL ABOUT CONDEMNING ANTI-SEMITISM. SO REALLY, THE WHITE HOUSE SPEAKING OUT ABOUT THIS MOVE, CLEARLY NOT HAPPY AND CLEARLY, LIKE SHE WAS SAYING, WORRY THAT THIS MIGHT BE REVENGE POLITICS, A POLITICAL STUNT, THEY'RE CALLING IT. >> AND MARY BRUCE. WE'RE ALSO HEARING THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE IS IN CONTACT WITH FORMER VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE AND HIS LAWYERS ABOUT SCHEDULING THIS POTENTIAL SEARCH OF HIS HOME IN INDIANA. >> WHAT DO WE KNOW? IT LOOKS LIKE EARLY DAYS RIGHT NOW, NOTHING ON THE BOOKS. BUT WHAT IT SEEMS LIKE IS THE FORMER VICE PRESIDENT IS WILLING TO COOPERATE WITH INVESTIGATORS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'VE SEEN FROM THIS PRESIDENT WHO'S BEEN WILLING TO INVITE INVESTIGATORS INTO HIS RESIDENCE TO LOOK FOR DOCUMENTS. PENCE'S TEAM SAID THEY DON'T EXPECT THAT INVESTIGATORS WILL FIND ANY ADDITIONAL CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS. THEY FEEL CONFIDENT THAT THEY DID THAT KIND OF SEARCH THEMSELVES. THEY FOUND DOCUMENTS. BUT IT IS INTERESTING, AGAIN, TO WATCH SOME OF THESE FIGURES OF FORMER VICE PRESIDENT RIGHT AFTER A SITTING PRESIDENT BEING WILLING TO OPEN THEIR DOORS TO INVESTIGATORS TO LOOK THROUGH BOXES AND CLOSETS AND ROOMS, TRYING TO COOPERATE AND MAKE SURE THAT ANY DOCUMENTS NEED TO BE TURNED OVER, TURNED OVER. >> SO WE'RE NOT. WHAT DO YOU THINK? WHAT DOES THIS NEW POTENTIAL SEARCH MEAN FOR THE FORMER VICE PRESIDENT FROM A LEGAL STANDPOINT? AND WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT HIS LEGAL TEAM AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING RIGHT NOW? >> YEAH, I'M ACTUALLY FAIRLY IMPRESSED WITH THE DEFENSE LEGAL TEAM AND HOW THEY APPROACH THIS. YOU KNOW, IF WE REMEMBER, THIS WAS A SEARCH THAT WAS INITIATED BY PENCE'S TEAM ON THEIR OWN, BASICALLY OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, ONCE THEY SAW THE BIDEN SEARCH AND THE BIDEN RESULTS. AND I THINK THAT'S EXACTLY THE SORT OF PROACTIVE APPROACH THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE FOR THE FORMER VICE PRESIDENT AND HIS TEAM. INSTEAD OF THIS HAPPENING FIVE MONTHS LATER OR FIVE YEARS LATER, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING WHILE IT'S BEING OVERSHADOWED BY THE PROBLEMS OF THE CURRENT PRESIDENT . AND IN THIS REGARD, THEY SAID THEY'VE ALREADY CONDUCTED A THOROUGH SEARCH. I PRESUME, IF THAT'S THE CASE, OTHERWISE, THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT BEFORE LETTING THEM IN. BUT I ASSUME THAT THAT'S THE CASE. AND FRANKLY, THAT'S REALLY THE WAY THIS SHOULD WORK. WE SHOULD HAVE FORMER PUBLIC OFFICIALS COOPERATING WITH THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. I THINK FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S APART AND ALONE HERE, SEPARATE FROM THE FORMER VICE PRESIDENT AND THE CURRENT PRESIDENT IN TERMS OF HIS APPROACH. I THINK THE VICE PRESIDENT , PENCE'S APPROACH IS VERY STATIC. >> SO PRESIDENT BIDEN, ON THE OTHER HAND , A THIRD SEARCH NOW, THIS TIME OF HIS BEACH HOUSE, THE FBI APPARENTLY NOT TURNING UP ANYTHING. SO AT WHAT POINT, RENATO, DO THE SEARCHES STOP? >> WELL, A GREAT QUESTION. YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT ONE CONTRASTIVE TRACK HERE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS YOU KNOW FROM VICE PRESIDENT . SO PART OF THIS IS THE FIRST NEWS EVENT WAS A INITIAL EVENT REGARDING VICE PRESIDENT PENCE, WHERE THERE WAS A MENTION THAT THERE WERE THESE DOCUMENTS THAT WERE TURNED OVER. NOW WE HAVE ONE SEARCH. I THINK WHAT THE BIDEN TEAM DID MANAGE TO TURN ONE NEWS EVENT INTO SEVERAL. AND REALLY MY CRITICISM IN TERMS OF OUR APPROACH HERE IS THAT I DO THINK THE THE BIDEN TEAM SHOULD HAVE HAD ALL THESE SEARCHES DONE IN THE FRONT END. THEY SHOULD HAVE AGREED TO EVERYTHING ON THE FRONT. SO IT IS , I THINK, PERPLEXING TO ME WHY THEY ARE ALLOWING THIS TO DRIBBLE OUT OVER TIME. BUT CERTAINLY THE COOPERATIVE APPROACH, I THINK SUGGESTS BOTH FOR FOR FORMER VICE PRESIDENT AND FOR CURRENT PRESIDENT , JOE BIDEN, THAT THEIR TEAMS REALLY DON'T SEE ANY POTENTIAL CRIMINAL LIABILITY HERE. THAT'S WHY THEY'RE BEING SO COOPERATIVE. >> MARYALICE PARKS O'BRIEN AND RENATA MARIOTTI, THANK YOU SO MUCH TO ALL THREE OF YOU. AND AS WE WITNESS THE VOTING TO OUST A MEMBER OF CONGRESS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, WE WATCHED SEVENTY FIVE BRAND NEW MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ACTUALLY GET SWORN IN. AND IF JANUARY IN THAT VOTE FOR SPEAKER WAS ANY INDICATION, THEY ARE IN FOR A WILD RIDE. IT'S ONE OF THE YOUNGEST FRESHMAN CLASSES IN RECENT MEMORY AND IT INCLUDES DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN WILEY NICCOLr, WHO WON A TIGHT RACE AGAINST BACK CANDIDATE AND NOW REPRESENTS NORTH CAROLINA'S 13TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. >> CONGRESSMAN, WELCOME . >> THANKS SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME. WHAT A WELCOME TO WASHINGTON. IT'S BEEN FOR ME HERE. >> I CAN JUST IMAGINE. AND , YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT YOUR NEW GIG IN JUST A MOMENT. BUT FIRST, I HAVE TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE HOUSE JUST OUSTING CONGRESSWOMAN OHMAR FROM THE HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE OVER CONCERNS ABOUT HER OBJECTIVITY, PARTICULARLY AFTER HER ANTI-SEMITIC TROPES ON TWITTER, WHICH SHE HAS SINCE APOLOGIZED. >> OR WAS THIS THE RIGHT THING TO DO? I MEAN, THIS IS JUST MORE PARTISAN POLITICS. THIS IS NOT SOLVING PROBLEMS FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. IT'S THE WORST OF PARTISAN POLITICS. AND I WAS GLAD TO JOIN WITH , YOU KNOW, REPRESENTATIVE O'MARA TODAY IN A IN A RESOLUTION CONDEMNING ANTI-SEMITISM, SEMITISM. SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK FOLKS ARE MUCH MORE INTERESTED WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO TO IMPROVE THEIR LIVES. >> AND I THINK IT'S ALSO WORTH MENTIONING, TOO, THAT CONGRESSMAN SCHIFF AND CONGRESSMAN SWALWELL WERE ALSO REMOVED FROM THEIR POSTS JUST DAYS AGO. BY THIS THIS NEW REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP. AND , YOU KNOW, OMAR, WHO HERSELF HAS FACED ANTI-MUSLIM BIGOTRY SINCE TAKING OFFICE AS WELL. >> AND SHE TOLD REPORTERS LAST WEEK THAT THE MOVE TO REMOVE HER FROM THE COMMITTEE WAS PURELY PARTISAN. AND THEN SHE WENT ON TO SAY THAT IT'S NOT ONLY A POLITICAL STUNT, BUT ALSO A BLOW TO THE INTEGRITY OF OUR DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS, SHE SAYS, AND A THREAT TO OUR NATIONAL SECURITY. DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT? I CERTAINLY AGREE THAT IT'S PARTISAN POLITICS AND YOU JUST HAVE TO LOOK AT THE SCORE FOR THE VOTE. THE LAST I SAW IT WAS ALL REPUBLICANS AND ALL DEMOCRATS ON THE ON THIS VOTE . SO YOU CERTAINLY WAS NOT A BIPARTISAN CONDEMNATION AT ALL. >> THIS WAS PURELY POLITICS. ALL RIGHT. LET'S TALK ABOUT YESTERDAY. SPEAKER MCCARTHY AND ALSO PRESIDENT BIDEN SPOKE FOR ABOUT AN HOUR MEETING THAT MCCARTHY SAID WENT BETTER THAN HE THOUGHT. YOU'VE SAID THAT RAISING THE DEBT CEILING IS THE CRUCIAL STEP THAT CONGRESS NEEDS TO TAKE. DO YOU BELIEVE THIS WILL GET DONE? >> WE'VE GOT TO DO IT. YOU I THINK I'M SOMEONE WHO WANTS TO CUT SPENDING. WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT OUR REVENUE, TOO. BUT THE WAY TO DO THAT IS TO DEAL WITH THAT IN TERMS OF THE BUDGET, YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALREADY AGREED TO PAY THESE BILLS. >> WE NEED TO PAY THE BILLS. >> YOU KNOW, THE FULL FAITH AND CREDIT OF THE UNITED STATES IS ON THE LINE HERE. SO WE NEED A CLEAN DEBT CEILING VOTE . BUT I WELCOME THAT CONVERSATION. ABOUT, YOU KNOW, REDUCING THE DEBT, REDUCING THE DEFICIT. THOSE ARE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WE NEED TO HAVE. >> BUT BUT DOING IT WHEN WE HOLD THE ECONOMY OF THE UNITED STATES HOSTAGE BY , YOU KNOW, THREATENING NOT TO RAISE THE DEBT CEILING IS BAD FOR AMERICA. >> SO YOU WELCOME VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS TO YOUR DISTRICT THIS WEEK TO DISCUSS JOBS AND THE ECONOMY. >> AND THAT'S A BIG DEAL , NOT FOR A FRESHMAN LAWMAKER WHO'S THE VICE PRESIDENT IN THEIR DISTRICT IN THEIR VERY FIRST MONTH OF OFFICE. >> SO TELL US WHAT YOU TWO TALKED ABOUT. >> YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT MY DISTRICT NEEDS OF NORTH CAROLINA'S 13TH DISTRICT, ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS IN THE COUNTRY. WE HAD SBA ADMINISTRATOR ISABEL GUZMAN WITH US AS WELL. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE OBSTACLES TO ACCESSING CAPITAL FOR MINORITY SMALL BUSINESSES. IT WAS A GREAT DISCUSSION AND ONE THAT I'M VERY ENCOURAGED THAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS IS STARTING AND WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. >> SO, OF COURSE, WE HAD A CHANCE TO SEE SOME FUN PICTURES AND VIDEO OF A NUMBER OF YOU THAT BROUGHT YOUR CHILDREN TO THE HOUSE FLOOR. YOUR CHILDREN, ADELINE AND PRESCOTT, THEY GOT TO COME WITH YOU FOR THAT VOTE FOR HOUSE SPEAKER. SO HOW MANY ROUNDS OF VOTING DID THEY ACTUALLY MAKE IT THROUGH? >> AND WHAT DO THEY THINK ABOUT YOUR NEW GIG? >> THEY MADE IT THROUGH ONE ROUND. THAT WAS ABOUT ALL THEY COULD HANDLE. THEY DID NOT DO ALL 14 . MY MOM WAS IN THE GALLERY. >> SHE MADE IT THROUGH SIX ROUNDS. BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE GLAD TO BE PART OF IT. >> AND IT WAS IT WAS A VERY, VERY MEMORABLE WELCOME TO WASHINGTON. >> FIRST WEEK FOR THE WHOLE NICOLE FAMILY. >> DID ANY ONE OF YOUR KIDS OR MOM OR YOUR WIFE SAY, OH, BOY, WHAT THE HECK DID YOU SIGN UP FOR? >> BUT IT WAS A PRETTY ROUGH CAMPAIGN TO GET HERE. >> SO THIS WAS THIS WAS THIS THIS PALED IN COMPARISON WITH THE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF ATTACK ADS. >> IT CAN BE A PRETTY, PRETTY BRUTAL PROCESS. NOW, YOU WERE A FORMER AIDE TO PRESIDENT OBAMA AND YOU WORKED ON HIS 2008 CAMPAIGN. WHAT DID YOU LEARN THAT YOU'RE GOING TO CARRY WITH YOU NOW AS YOU REPRESENT NORTH CAROLINA? >> ONE OF THE BEST THINGS I LEARNED FROM PRESIDENT OBAMA IS THAT YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO BE YOURSELF. THE AMERICAN PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THAT. AND HE WAS SOMEONE WHO WAS ALWAYS THE SAME BACKSTAGE OFF CAMERA THAT HE WAS ON CAMERA. AND I THINK THAT'S THAT'S REALLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT LESSONS. AND HE WORKED IN A YOU KNOW, HE BUILT COALITIONS TO GET THINGS DONE. THAT'S SOMETHING I'VE TAKEN TO HEART AND DOING ALL I CAN TO WORK IN A BIPARTISAN WAY TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS WE NEED TO TACKLE IN THIS COUNTRY. AND THE BOTTOM LINE IS IT'S GOING TO TAKE 60 VOTES IN THE SENATE TO DO MAJOR LEGISLATION. AND THAT'S MY FOCUS, FIGURING OUT A WAY TO GET TO 60 VOTES IN THE SENATE AND MOVE LEGISLATION THROUGH THE HOUSE AND SENATE THAT WE CAN GET THE PRESIDENT TO SIGN. >> ALL RIGHT. STAY TUNED. WE'LL ALL BE WATCHING. DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN WILEY NICKEL OF NORTH CAROLINA, YOU HAVE A LOT AHEAD. AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE TALKING MORE ON EVERYTHING THAT YOU'RE DOING. >> PUSH FORWARD. APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANKS SO MUCH. ALL COMING UP, FROM 10 DOWNING STREET TO CAPITOL HILL, FORMER U.K. PRIME MINISTER BORIS JOHNSON LOBBYING TOP REPUBLICANS TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT UKRAINE. HE ALSO SPOKE EXCLUSIVELY WITH OUR LINSEY DAVIS. TH. AT OUR EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH FORMER BRITISH PRIME MINISTER BORIS JOHNSON. HE RESIGNED AS UK PRIME MINISTER LAST YEAR. AFTER THAT SERIES OF SCANDALS, INCLUDING HOSTING PARTIES DURING THE COVID-19 LOCKDOWN. WHILE JOHNSON IS IN THE U.S. NOW WITH A FOCUS ON UKRAINE, ASKING REGIONAL LEADERS TO STAY FIRM ON THAT FINANCIAL COMMITMENT THAT THE U.S. HAS MADE TO THE WAR EFFORT. HERE'S PART ONE OF THE WIDE, WIDE RANGING CONVERSATION WITH OUR LINSEY DAVIS PRIME MINISTER LINDSEY LINDSEY. HOW ARE YOU TO BE INVITED ON OUR SHOW? OF COURSE. THANK YOU MUCH. >> FORMER BRITISH PRIME MINISTER BORIS JOHNSON ON U.S. SOIL HERE TO URGE REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS IN US AS A WHOLE TO STAY THE COURSE WITH AID TO UKRAINE. JUST BACK FROM UKRAINE. YES, TELL ME ABOUT WHAT STRUCK YOU THE MOST. >> I JUST THINK THE EXTENT OF THE OF THE DAMAGE I WAS JUST THE OUTSKIRTS OF KYIV, BUT I SAW SUCH A INCREDIBLE CATASTROPHIC LOSS OF ECONOMY HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY TRASHED. THE SUFFERING IS COLOSSAL. >> THE WORLD IS IN MASSIVELY THE DEBT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR HELPING THE UKRAINIANS TO FIGHT THIS WAR. >> BUT NUMBER TWO, IT IS MASSIVELY IN THE INTERESTS OF THE UNITED STATES TO SEE THIS THING THROUGH AND TO GET VICTORY FOR THE UKRAINIANS. >> YOU RECENTLY PENNED AN OP ED IN THE LAST LINE WAS LET'S GIVE UKRAINIANS WHAT THEY NEED TO WIN NOW. >> YEAH, WHAT DO THEY NEED MOST? I LOOK, I COULD READ OUT A WHOLE LIST OF THE STUFF THAT VLADIMIR LEONSKI WANTS, BUT I WANT TO REASSURE PEOPLE IN AMERICA THAT THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE JUST A CONFLICT THAT GOES ON FOREVER. >> WHAT BROUGHT YOU HERE TO D.C.? >> I'M HERE REALLY TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO AMERICAN LAWMAKERS, TO THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA, AS FAR AS I'M ABLE, HOW DEEPLY GRATEFUL. I THINK WE IN THE UK, EVERYBODY IN EUROPE IS TO THE UNITED STATES FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE. >> I MEAN, LOOK AT IT. THIS IS A WAR THAT COULD SO EASILY HAVE GONE THE OTHER WAY. PUTIN COULD HAVE CRUSHED THIS COUNTRY. >> AND WHAT HAPPENED? THE UNITED STATES STEPPED IN, GAVE THE ASSISTANCE, GAVE THE TRAINING, GAVE THE INTELLIGENCE TO HELP THE UKRAINIANS TO DEFEND THEMSELVES AND THAT WAS A MAGNIFICENT THING TO DO. ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT. AND ALL I WANT TO SAY IS THAT THE UNITED STATES , I HOPE, WILL STICK WITH IT. >> ARE YOU GETTING THAT SENSE OF SUPPORT TODAY WHERE YOU MET WITH KEVIN MCCARTHY, MITCH MCCONNELL? >> I DID SO EVERYWHERE. >> I EVERYBODY I TALKED TO , I TALKED TO SPEAKER MCCARTHY. I TALKED TO MITCH MCCONNELL, LOADS OF PEOPLE. AND I FOUND A BIPARTISAN SUPPORT, AS YOU KNOW. AND THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE COST, SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE PLAN. >> BUT I THINK IN THE END, EVERYBODY CAN SEE THAT THIS IS A ABSOLUTELY OVERWHELMINGLY IMPORTANT CAUSE OR WHIT JOHNSON HAS IT RIGHT WHEN IT COMES TO RUSSIA AND THE UKRAINE. >> THIS IS A PIVOTAL MOMENT IN THE THE 21ST CENTURY. >> PEOPLE WILL LOOK BACK AT THE WAR IN UKRAINE. THEY WILL SAY, WELL, ACTUALLY , THE WEST STOOD UP FOR ITSELF, BUT AMERICA DID WHAT IT DID IN THE IN THE 1930S AND 1940S AND ACTUALLY CAME ACROSS AND UPHELD THE VALUES OF FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY MADE THE DIFFERENCE. WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THOSE REPUBLICANS WHO ARE OPPOSING SENDING MORE MONEY? WE HEARD IN NOVEMBER MERGENTHALER GREEN , SHE'S A STAUNCH REPUBLICAN , SAID NOT ANOTHER PENNY WILL GO TO UKRAINE. CONGRESSMAN MATT GAETZ TWEETED, I WILL NOT VOTE FOR ONE MORE DOLLAR TO UKRAINE. WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THOSE REPUBLICANS WHO SO STRONGLY OPPOSE ADDITIONAL AID TO UKRAINE? >> I JUST THINK THAT IT'S A MASSIVE INVESTMENT. >> IT'S IT'S IT'S A DOUBLE THE PRICE, BECAUSE WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND SPEAKING JUST PURELY FINANCIAL OR ECONOMIC, DON'T YOU TALK ABOUT THE MONEY THE UNITED STATES HAS MADE A BIG FINANCIAL COMMITMENT, BUT IT IS A FRACTION OF THE DEFENSE BUDGET. >> WILL YOU MEET WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN WHILE YOU'RE HERE? I KNOW I'M A MERE I'M A MERE BACKBENCHER NOW. >> IN NOVEMBER, IN AN INTERVIEW, YOU SAID THAT WHEN IT CAME TO UKRAINE THAT YOU FELT PRESIDENT BIDEN WAS DOING AN ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL JOB. >> WOULD YOU STILL SAY THE SAME? I THINK THAT DESPITE THE ENORMOUS PRESSURES THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN UNDER THE FISCAL PRESSURES THAT WE'VE ALL BEEN UNDER, I THINK THE LEADERSHIP OF THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN FANTASTIC. AND I THINK JOE A GREAT JOB. BUT IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN BIPARTISAN. >> JUST THIS PAST SATURDAY, DONALD TRUMP AT A RALLY SAID IF I WERE PRESIDENT , THERE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A WAR IN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE. ZERO CHANCE. HE WENT ON TO SAY, I WOULD HAVE A PEACE DEAL NEGOTIATED WITHIN TWENTY FOUR HOURS. YOU COULD MAKE A PEACE DEAL FOR BOTH. RIGHT NOW, TWENTY FOUR HOURS. >> DO YOU AGREE WITH EITHER STATEMENT? I LOOK, I THE PRESIDENT , FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD IS A HE'S A GREAT DEAL MAKER, BUT I DON'T THINK THERE'S A DEAL HERE. >> THERE WAS A SNIPPET OF THE BBC DOCUMENTARY THAT WAS RECENTLY RELEASED WHERE YOU SAY THAT THAT PUTIN SAID TO YOU ON THE PHONE, BORIS, I DON'T WANT TO HURT YOU, BUT WITH A MISSILE, IT WOULD ONLY TAKE A MINUTE. >> HOW DID YOU RESPOND? YEAH, I THOUGHT HE WAS SORT OF TRYING TO CREEP ME OUT. AND IT'S A PLAYFUL WAY. AND HE WAS REALLY TALKING ABOUT THE DANGERS OF A MISSILE EXCHANGE. >> I THINK THE CRUCIAL THING WITH ALL THIS IS NOT TO GET INTO THAT ARGUMENT. >> DO YOU THINK HE'S UNHINGED? >> WHAT'S HIS MINDSET? YOU KNOW, I THINK THE LESS WE TALK ABOUT HIM, THE BETTER. >> JUST A QUICK QUESTION, BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WITH HARRY AND ALL OF THAT AND THE QUEEN PASSING AWAY. >> YOU THINK THAT THE MONARCHY SHOULD HAVE A DIFFERENT ROLE IN THE FUTURE IN THE U.K.? >> I THINK ONE OF THE GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS OF HER LATE MAJESTY, THE QUEEN, WAS THAT SHE SHE SHE GREATLY MODERNIZED THE MONARCHY AND DID A HUGE AMOUNT TO STABILIZE IT AND TO PREPARE HER SON FOR KINGSHIP AND ACTUALLY, I THINK THAT HE'S DOING AN ABSOLUTELY BANG UP JOB AT THE MOMENT AND EVERYBODY CAN SEE IT. >> AND SO, YOU KNOW, I KNOW HERE IN THE UNITED STATES , YOU DECIDED IN 1776 FOR REASONS THAT I CAN'T FULLY EXPLAIN, THAT YOU COULD RUB ALONG WITHOUT THE MONARCHY. >> OKAY, THAT WAS YOUR CALL. BUT WE THINK IT WORKS BETTER. >> WORK OUT TO CORRELATE. WELL, I THINK I THINK OUR SYSTEM WORKS WELL. >> I'LL TELL YOU WHY, BECAUSE WHAT YOU HAVE IS A DIVISION BETWEEN THE POLITICAL AUTHORITY AND THE FIGUREHEAD INCARNATES ALL THAT'S GOOD. >> ALL THAT'S WONDERFUL ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE NATION. >> AND WHEN THOSE TWO ROLES KIND OF BOUND UP IN ONE , THE CONSTITUTION, THAT CAN BE QUITE PRESSURE ON WHOEVER IS SUPPOSED TO OCCUPY THE OFFICE AND SO HAVING A MONARCH IS A IS A IS A GREAT THING FOR OUR COUNTRY. >> WHEN YOU LEFT PARLIAMENT AS PRIME MINISTER, OF COURSE, YOU FAMOUSLY REPEATED THE QUOTE OF ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER WITH US TELEVISED DEBATE. MANY PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT WAS A NOD TO ANOTHER QUOTE FROM THE TERMINATOR CHARACTER THAT I'LL BE BACK. >> ANY CHANCE? >> OH, MY GOSH, WHAT A GREAT CONVERSATION. COMING UP NEXT HOUR, LINDSAY CONTINUES TO ASK THOSE RIVETING QUESTIONS AND YOU WILL HEAR MORE FROM JOHNSON TO THAT ANSWER. IN ADDITION TO MORE ON WHY HE ACTUALLY THINKS THE U.S. SHOULDN'T HAVE LEFT THE BRITISH MONARCHY. THAT'S IN OUR NEXT HOUR WITH LINSEY DAVIS AND BORIS JOHNSON. ALL RIGHT. COMING UP, OTHER NEWS WE'RE FOLLOWING, A TWIST IN THE ALEX MURDAUGH TRIAL. THE JUDGE RULING TO ALLOW EVIDENCE FROM HIS FINANCIAL CRIMES WHEN HE WAS PRACTICING AS AN ATTORNEY . AND THAT COULD CHANGE THIS TRIAL. MOVING FORWARD. WE'LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU'RE SEEING ABCNEWS.COM. >> THANKS FOR STARTING WITH US. WE ARE FOLLOWING SOME OTHER HEADLINES THIS HOUR FOR YOU. BOMBSHELL TESTIMONY IN THE MURDER TRIAL FOR ALEX MURDAUGH TWO FAMILY FRIENDS SAYING THEY ARE 100% CERTAIN THAT THEY CAN HEAR HIS VOICE IN A VIDEO TAKEN BY HIS SON , PAUL JUST MOMENTS BEFORE HE AND HIS MOM WERE KILLED. MURDOCH WAS EMOTIONAL IN COURT YESTERDAY, BUT HAS SAID HE WASN'T THERE UNTIL AFTER THEY DIED. WELL, TODAY, JURORS ARE ALREADY HEARING ABOUT MURDOCH'S FINANCIAL TROUBLES. SNAPCHAT FACING A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT FROM MORE THAN 50 FAMILIES WHO SAY THE APP HELPED DRUG DEALERS SELL DRUGS LACED WITH FENTANYL TO THEIR KIDS. THAT SUED, ALLEGING THAT SNAPCHAT IS A CONDUIT FOR 75% OF FENTANYL DEATHS IN MINORS. OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS ALONE. AND SNAPCHAT NOT COMMENTING SUIT, BUT SAYS IT WORKS DILIGENTLY TO SHUT DOWN DRUG DEALER ACCOUNTS AND ALERT LAW ENFORCEMENT AND LOOK UP A RARE GREEN COMMENT WILL BE MAKING ITS CLOSEST PASS BY EARTH TONIGHT. IT WILL BE VISIBLE FOR A FEW MORE DAYS, BUT ONCE IT DISAPPEARS, THE GREEN COMET WON'T BE BACK FOR 50000 YEARS. AND BEFORE WE GO . >> PRETTY SWEET GESTURE FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO. FORTY NINERS. THE TEAM SURPRISING THE FAMILY OF TYRE NICOLS WITH A SIGNED JERSEY YESTERDAY AS HIS FAMILY LAID HIM TO REST. NICHOLS GREW UP IN THE SACRAMENTO AREA BEFORE MOVING TO MEMPHIS AND WAS A LIFELONG NINER FAN. WELL, THE JERSEY FEATURES NICHOLS LAST NAME AND THE NUMBER. FORTY NINE AUTOGRAPHS OF MANY STAR PLAYERS CAN EVEN BE FOUND ON THE BACK THERE, INCLUDING THE QUARTERBACK, PRETTY WIDE RECEIVER DUO SAMUEL. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, MANY MORE . THANKS SO MUCH FOR SHARING WITH US. 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