RYAN NOBLES IS COVERING IT ALL. THIS NEW MOVE BY PRESIDENT-ELECT
TRUMP COMES AS THE FRIDAY
DEADLINE IS COMING.
>> Reporter: LAWMAKERS WERE
PLANNING TO VOTE ON THIS AS SOON
AS TONIGHT.
THEY ARE LEFT TO GRAPPLE WITH
CHANGES THAT PRESIDENT-ELECT
TRUMP IS DEMANDING.
TONIGHT, PRESIDENT-ELECT TRUMP
BLOWING UP A BIPARTISAN SPENDING
DEAL WORKED OUT BY HOUSE SPEAKER
MIKE JOHNSON DESIGNED TO KEEP
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OPEN
THROUGH MARCH OF NEXT YEAR.
WRITING, WE SHOULD PASS A
STREAMLINED SPENDING BILL THAT
DOESN’T GIVE THE DEMOCRATS
EVERYTHING THEY WANT.
THE BILL EXTENDED GOVERNMENT
FUNDING WHILE ADDING $100
BILLION FOR DISASTER AID AND $10
BILLION FOR FARMERS.
IT ALSO INCLUDED HEALTH CARE
REFORMS AND A PROVISION ALLOWING
FOR PAY RAISES FOR MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS.
LEADING TO CONSERVATIVE
BACKLASH.
BILLIONAIRE ELON MUSK WHO WILL
LEAD TRUMP’S EFFORT TO CUT
GOVERNMENT SPENDING WRITING, ANY
LAWMAKERS WHO VOTE FOR THIS
DESERVES TO BE VOTED OUT IN TWO
YEARS.
VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT VANCE
TALKING ABOUT THE SPENDING PLAN
KNOWN AS A CR.
>> WHAT THE PRESIDENT BELIEVES
IS WE SHOULD SUPPORT A CLEAN CR
SO LONG AS IT CONTINUES A DEBT
LIMIT INCREASE.
THAT’S WHAT WE’RE PUSHING FOR.
>> Reporter: ANOTHER SURPRISE
HEADLINE.
NBC NEWS LEARNING THE HOUSE
ETHICS COMMITTEE VOTED IN SECRET
TO RELEASE ITS REPORT ON FORMER
CONGRESSMAN MATT GAETZ ACCORDING
TO TWO SOURCES FAMILIAR WITH THE
PROCESS.
THE COMMITTEE IS SET TO RELEASE
THE FINDINGS BY THE END OF THE
WEEK.
GAETZ WITHDREW AS TRUMP’S PICK
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL.
>> HAVEN’T BEEN PAYING ATTENTION
TO THAT.
>> Reporter: THE COMMITTEE
LOOKING INTO SEXUAL MISCONDUCT
AND DRUG USE WHICH GAETZ DENIES.
GATES WRITING, I HAVE NEVER HAD
SEXUAL CONTACT WITH SOMEONE
UNDER 18.
IT’S EMBARRASSING THOUGH NOT
CRIMINAL I PROBABLY PARTIED,
WOMANIZED, DRANK AND SMOKED MORE
THAN I SHOULD HAVE EARLIER IN
LIFE.
I LIVE A DIFFERENT LIFE NOW.
A JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
INVESTIGATION INTO THE
ALLEGATIONS WAS ULTIMATELY
CLOSED.
WITH NO CHARGES FILED AGAINST
GAETZ.
>> LET ME CIRCLE BACK TO THE
POTENTIAL SHUTDOWN.
SPEAKER JOHNSON IS FACING A
MAJOR CHALLENGE TONIGHT.
>> Reporter: THAT’S RIGHT.
HE NEEDS TO COME UP WITH A PLAN
B WHICH WILL LIKELY BE A SLIMMED
DOWN VERSION OF WHAT HE HAS
PROPOSED.
THAT RISKS ALIENATING SUPPORT
FOR SOME DEMOCRATS.