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11/9/2026 Reflections on How the Midterms Will Shape the Future Congressional Agenda and Foreign Policy
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Today’s program reflects on how the midterms will shape the future congressional agenda, what to anticipate from the House Freedom Caucus, and how U.S. foreign policy toward Israel, Iran, and other Middle East countries may change.
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In this video 0:00 Republican Losses and Midterm Reflections18:10 Lame Duck Session Priorities and Reconciliation Push29:40 Diplomatic Efforts and Iran Negotiations38:10 America's Shifting Support for Israel
Republican Losses and Midterm Reflections 0:00 Hello. I'm Tony Perkins, president of Family Research Council and host of Washington Watch. Thanks for tuning in. Every day, we offer a biblical perspective on the news as well as insightful interviews with elected0:12 leaders, newsmakers, and culture experts. We have a great program planned for you today, but first, get up to speed on the top headlines with Washington Stan's news brief.0:27 Welcome to the Washington Stan news brief. I'm Casey Harper bringing you today's big stories. Peace talks are underway right now with the hopes of ending the war in Ukraine. US, Ukrainian, and Russian officials are0:38 meeting Monday and Tuesday in Abu Dhabi. These are the first trilateral talks since February.0:43 We're working very hard to end that Russian Ukraine nightmare with so many people get killed. On the Iran thing, we haven't had anybody killed in seven... Six months. It's, a different0:55 war. So in Russia and Ukraine, they're losing twenty five thousand mostly soldiers every month.1:02 In a major development, president Trump said he would likely have trilateral meetings with Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping when he visits China next week.1:12 One of the meetings I think will be with president Putin and president Xi, and that'll be interesting. We'll talk a lot of things including denuclearization.1:22 Secretary of state Marco Rubio said that security guarantees for Ukraine are a key sticking point in these negotiations.
1:29 The entirety of the time we've been talking about Russia, Ukraine, the one thing that's repeatedly come up is the need for security guarantees. What is the post war security infrastructure of Ukraine and more broadly of
1:39 the European continent going to look like? It's one of the key topics that's been raised repeatedly in every conversation, any fine negotiations have been discussed. The president was briefed on that on Thursday or
1:50 Friday last week. Some of the initial thoughts that are out there, nothing been finalized yet, and maybe some progress could be made in Abu Dhabi, tomorrow when Jared and Steve will be there. I think they're on their way
2:00 there right now.
2:01 But president Trump also spoke about Iran. He said escalation of the war may not be necessary. On Monday, he also met with the prime minister of Qatar who's been key to these negotiations.
2:12 So we'll be talking a lot of things. We're trying to end the war in Iran, and we're doing well because, you know, which is... All we have to do, we're choking it off. We have operation Iron Gate that just went into
2:24 effect. That means nothing comes in by land. And as you know, the naval blockade, nothing comes in by water. So we have it very well blocked off. And, they're not paying their soldiers.
2:36 They're not paying their guard. They, have a three hundred and one percent inflation. They have no money, and they're not doing well. And at some point, they're gonna
2:47 be reasonable.
2:49 Those comments come after Iranian leadership pointed to the midterm election results and demanded president Trump end the war. One related news, president Trump is reportedly pushing Israel to move forward with the
3:00 Gaza peace plan. Axios reported that president Trump called Benjamin Netanyahu Sunday. That plan involves disarming Hamas, demilitarizing Gaza, and eventually rebuilding it. In the past,
3:12 Israel has said Hamas is not doing their part. The latest reporting, in fact, suggests that Hamas is still in power and armed in Gaza. One other news, two attacks on the White House.
3:24 Two separate assailants on Monday attempted to breach the White House property. Authorities said it's unclear right now if the two attacks were coordinated, but it's hard to believe it was just a coincidence. One of
3:35 these attacks or attackers drove a car into the sidewalk at Lafayette Park. That's the area in front of the White House. The other jumped a barricade at the same park around the same time Monday morning.
3:47 The secret service said the incidents are under investigation. Well, for our last story, a top drug cartel leader has been arrested. The US drug enforcement operation worked with the Mexican
3:59 military to nab Rafael Alvarez. Now Alvarez is linked to the homicides of twenty people. One of those alleged victims was Carlos Manza, a former mayor in Mexico who was shot to death in
4:10 public while with his family during the day of the dead celebration last year. Alvarez was arrested after an exchange of gunfire with the Mexican Navy. He was a leader in the Jalisco New Generation Cartel,
4:22 which the US has designated a foreign terrorist group. He's also wanted in the US on federal drug trafficking and gun charges and may face extradition. This, of course, is just the latest in the federal crackdown on
4:34 drug smuggling south of the border. Well, that's today's news. I'm Casey Harper. Check-in next time for more stories that matter.
4:52 From the heart of our nation's capital in Washington DC, bringing compelling interviews, insightful analysis,
5:07 Watch with Tony Perkins starts now.
5:10 There's a a great dislike incredibly for Israel. There seems to be a dislike for Israel. So you have that. You have the war itself. You have the gas prices, and
5:22 I think those are the primary reasons.
5:25 That was president Donald Trump in a wide ranging sixty minutes interview that aired last night discussing Republicans' losses in last week's midterm elections. Among the factors he cited were the war in
5:37 Iran, higher gas prices, and what he called a great dislike for Israel. Welcome to this Monday, November ninth edition of Washington Watch. I'm your host, Stoney Perkins. Thanks so much for joining us. Well, coming
5:48 up, echoing vice president Vance's comments the day following last week's election. President Trump pointed to growing hostility toward Israel as a factor in Republicans' midterm losses. Now
6:00 meanwhile, several newly elected members of Congress have already drawn criticism from Jewish organizations for anti Semitic rhetoric and positions hostile to the very existence of Israel. So
6:12 what does this mean for America's relationship with the Jewish state? Former congresswoman Michelle Bachman and pastor Gary Hamrick, senior pastor of Cornerstone Chapel in Leesburg, Virginia, will join me to discuss
6:24 this troubling development. And Congress returns to Washington today for its... The beginning of its lame duck session. With Democrats preparing to take control in January and a government funding deadline just
6:36 weeks away, what can Republicans realistically accomplish? Wisconsin senator Ron Johnson, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, will join us to discuss that and much more. Meanwhile,
6:48 the House Freedom Caucus is pushing for a third reconciliation package before Republicans lose their majority in January. So what priorities could make it into that package, and is there enough time
6:59 to get it across the finish line? Georgia congressman Andrew Clyde, a member of the House Freedom Caucus, joins us to discuss this and also what's next for the Freedom Caucus in the next congress. Plus,
7:11 diplomatic efforts to end the conflict with Iran continue through intermediaries, but direct negotiations remain stalled between the two countries. Tehran says it
7:23 could move forward with a peace agreement in as little as two days provided Washington first meets conditions the Trump administration so far has rejected. So the question is, is
7:35 Iran serious about reaching an agreement, or is Tehran simply attempting to gain leverage? Retired navy vice admiral Robert Harwick joins us with his assessment. All of that and
7:47 more straight ahead. Alright. Let's begin on Capitol Hill where lawmakers have returned to Washington with a short window to
7:59 complete their week, their work, rather, before the new congress takes office in January. Newly elected members are arriving for orientation while the outgoing Republican majority
8:11 faces a looming government funding deadline and pressure to advance their remaining legislative priorities. Joining us now with the latest is Casey Harper, managing editor for broadcast at the
8:22 Washington Stand. Alright, Casey. What is at the top of congress's agenda for this week?
8:29 Yeah. Thanks, Tony. Well, the House Freedom Caucus certainly has an agenda. They sent a letter to speaker Mike Johnson and senate majority leader John Thune. They're pushing for another reconciliation bill, which you
8:39 mentioned before the new congress takes office in January. Now if you take a look at that letter, they're calling for president Trump's border security policies to be made permanent. Many of president Trump's policies
8:49 are executive orders that were never codified. They also wanna pass the Save America Act and do as much as possible to limit Democrat's ability to enact major legislative changes. Now also on the
9:01 agenda, House Republicans are meeting tonight, actually, to begin discussions about that upcoming leadership battle. Tomorrow, majority whip Steve Scalise is expected to face Jim Jordan in the race for a minority leader.
9:13 Now over on the senate side, there's a growing number of Republicans actually who are calling for a delay in tomorrow's leadership election. They wanna focus first on a post election debrief and wait for the final
9:23 results in Mississippi and Alaska where the races are still too close to call. Now senators Rick Scott, John Kennedy, Ted Budd, Mike Lee, and Ron Johnson are leading the push for this delay. Whether they get enough
9:35 support, though, to postpone this vote remains to be seen, Tony.
9:39 Alright. Well, we're gonna talk to senator Ron Johnson here in just a moment, and we'll get the latest Alright. President Trump was pressed about the election results in an interview with CBS yesterday.
9:52 What, did he have to say about the outcome?
9:56 Yeah. Very revealing interview with the president. He he pointed to several factors. He included, as he has already repeatedly, that Trump wasn't on the ballot. Now that's a a a point that's been, much belabored, but he
10:07 also pointed to rising gas prices. He tied the war with Iran and, interestingly, the anti Israel sentiment. We've heard that from others, but hearing it from the president's mouth here was was noteworthy. He also said
10:18 that there was just poor messaging from the administration as a factor for Republican losses. Now president Trump suggested that the administration may have gone too far with their tough, approach to deportations, which
10:29 is sort of, tacking on another line of analysis here, Tony.
10:32 Yeah. It was interesting. I watched the interview, and he, suggested he could probably work with Democrats on immigration. We'll see where that goes. Alright. Let's go international. Speaking of Iran, Casey, president
10:44 Trump met with, Qatar's prime minister earlier today. What came out of that meeting?
10:49 Yeah. Details are starting to trickle out. It was a very important closed door meeting, but Qatar is one of the key mediators in the US Iran negotiations and increasingly important in that region, which makes this a very
10:59 important meeting. Now the meeting was held, as I said, behind closed doors, but it comes just one day after Iran's foreign minister gave the US this two day ultimatum. Iran's giving ultimatums now, I guess, to reach
11:11 diplomatic agreement. Now they pointed to the midterm elections and said that president Trump's time with the war had run out. Now we have a clip here for you of secretary Pete Hegseth and his comments on Iran earlier
11:22 today.
11:23 Iran is devastated. Iran is in the weakest position it's been in a very, very long time. The president has the upper hand on any path
11:29 he needs to to take.
11:31 To include to include saying, hey. We're done, and we're gonna watch your nuclear material. You better not move it. Whatever he wants to do is his prerogative, and the war department is prepared to give him the tools, to
11:41 execute on.
11:42 So we're really hearing mixed messages out of the White House. President Trump, though, had previously promised to delay strikes until after the midterms. After the midterms is here, Tony.
11:51 Alright, Casey. Thanks for the update.
11:54 Thanks, Tony.
11:55 Alright. Let's turn back to Capitol Hill where congress faces a packed agenda in the lame duck session. Joining us to discuss the agenda on the senate side is senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin. He is the chairman of the
12:06 senate budget committee. Senator Johnson, welcome back to Washington Watch. Thanks for joining us.
12:12 Well, Tony, thanks for having me on. Hope you're doing well.
12:14 I'm doing well. I... I've I've heard some of your comments. I wanna ask you, here in this format, What do you believe was behind last week's historic losses for Republicans?
12:26 I think, a lot of pundits are laying out, again, what president Trump mentioned. The Iran war was was certainly a drag. I don't think that was the only factor. High gasoline diesel prices.
12:38 Now listen to the polls, the tariffs, did create a lot of pain and lasting pain. I know it certainly hurt, in Wisconsin. I think one thing that's really being overlooked is just the disillusionment
12:51 disillusionment, the disappointment of... From his Maja supporters on on both sides. You know, you've got the nutrition side of Maja and you have the mRNA injection side. And they they are both, they were both expressing
13:03 their dissatisfaction before the election, and I think they probably voiced it by by not voting or or voting for the other side.
13:11 So do you think... So are you saying a promise is made but not kept?
13:16 Well, certainly when it came to the Maha agenda, I think there's great deal of disappointment. Now many things were accomplished, but, you know, some of the main points, they continue to approve mRNA injection for
13:28 the flu vaccine. And, you know, we... We've just watched the, the Cali means of interview with Joe Rogan as well as Face the Nation. And, again, that's that's a pretty
13:40 devastating video.
13:42 So so, Cindy, are you concerned... And you were leading the way during COVID to try to bring common sense to, to the forefront. Are you concerned that we haven't completely
13:53 cleaned that up to where we could fall back into that same trap again?
13:58 Oh, I know we haven't cleaned it up. You know, I've been trying to do oversight, and even though I think Bobby Kennedy is completely, dedicated to radical transparency, you know, people having been involved in a lot of
14:10 the really bad decisions that harm people, during the Biden administration, they're not cooperating. They're they're sabotaging these efforts. So we... We've gotten... We've got a lot of documents, but there are some key
14:20 documents from key individuals that we just haven't got at all. So... No. I I... We have not had a COVID reckoning. I've held some excellent hearings. We... We've released some, you know, just blockbuster reports.
14:32 They've all been ignored by the legacy media. Right? They're not not one broadcasting station. Not one newspaper's covered. For example, our April twenty ninth report where we show that Peter Marks was was aware that his
14:44 algorithm is gonna hide safety signals. They were shown safety signals, and they're they're lying to him about... Lying about them to this day.
14:51 Senator, I would describe you as being in Washington, but not of Washington. I mean, you you have not been affected by this. You continue to advocate for common sense, practices. Is that what's behind
15:03 your call for a a pause in the selection of the senate leadership, for Republicans?
15:10 Antonio, our conference rules call for reelection within a week after the start of the new congress. That'd be in January. From nineteen thirty four to two thousand twenty two is, on average,
15:22 forty days between the election and leadership elections. Starting two thousand six, it's been nine days. That's the Mitch McConnell era. I've I've always felt it was obnoxious. I've tried to delay these elections in the
15:33 past just to have a discussion of what happened in the previous election and give any candidate that might want to run for a leadership position time to think about it, time to contact colleagues. This is the way that
15:44 they rush it through, so so nobody can even challenge leadership. Again, it's it's obnoxious. It shouldn't occur and it certainly shouldn't occur after a devastating loss. There's no... There's there's
15:56 not enough lipstick to put on this pig. This was a devastating loss. This requires robust discussion, self reflection. And if if we if we just go ahead and by acclimation tomorrow,
16:08 reelect our our senate leadership without even a robust discussion, that's just business as usual. And I think may... Maybe the final nail in the coffin in terms of trying to get additional senate seats in twenty twenty
16:20 eight.
16:21 So, senator Johnson, where does your efforts stand?
16:24 Well, I've I've got five people to sign the letter to, force a a conference meeting, and that has been granted. So we'll... Instead of the election at nine o'clock, we're gonna have this conference meeting. We'll
16:36 see how the conference reacts. We've had other people didn't sign the letter that have, posted on x support for delaying the elections. Again, it's gonna be up to us to convince our colleagues
16:48 that this would not go well go well with our supporters who are highly disappointed, disillusioned by the results of Tuesday's election. Quite quite frankly, quite PO'd.
17:00 And, again, we we show them business as usual that that would be a a grave mistake.
17:05 How will that vote be determined in the conference meeting?
17:11 Well, we're gonna have to get it to, you know, get it to a head, to actually have a vote. Or you... We we may be hopefully so convincing that just, you know, basically by general consensus people say, yeah. Let's, let's
17:22 let's hold off on this. And we're gonna have to determine, does anybody want to be a minority leaders? Anybody want these other positions? Not not... I don't I I don't envy
17:34 either majority or minority leader of their tasks. It's it's not an easy job, particularly when you have slim majorities and, you know, nothing's fun about being the minority.
17:43 Right. Senator Johnson, we just have about a minute left. Government funding facing another government shutdown. Will... What... What's gonna happen there with the extension of government funding? Will we see budget
17:53 bills, or is it just another temporary extension?
17:57 I have no idea. I I I really have no idea. You know, probably the cleanest thing just be another continuing resolution. That's awful. It it actually increases spending. It's very inefficient.
18:09 It's not good for the military. But again, we we haven't been able to pass appropriation bills because Democrats were so obnoxiously obstructionist. And then, they... And yet, they still won because they have the the
Lame Duck Session Priorities and Reconciliation Push
18:21 media or education systems pretty much in their back pocket. So, again, Tuesday was a very bad day for America. I wish I could sound more uplifting, more optimistic, but, we we are... Our nation's in peril, Tony.
18:34 I understand, senator, very well. Thanks so much for, joining us as always. Appreciate you coming on the program. Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, a lot of work ahead. Alright. Coming up,
18:46 we'll turn to the house side and hear what, the priorities are there. Don't go away.
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21:54 Hi. Welcome back to Washington Watch. Thanks for joining us on this Monday. I hope you had a great weekend. Alright. Congress is back. They're back in Washington for their final stretch before the Democratic Party
22:06 takes control in January. And lawmakers have a long list of unfinished business, including funding the government. How much can Republicans get done before they hand over the majority,
22:18 and what should be the priorities? Joining us now to discuss this, congressman Andrew Clyde, a member of the House Freedom Caucus, the Appropriations Committee, and the Budget Committee. He represents the ninth
22:28 congressional district of Georgia. Congressman Clyde, welcome back to Washington Watch. Thanks for joining us.
22:34 Well, thank you, Tony. Great to be with you on Washington Watch.
22:37 Well, congratulations. You're one of the few Republicans that survived in Georgia. Good to see you back.
22:44 Well, thank you. It's an honor to serve, this country. It's an honor to serve the folks of the ninth district, and you're right. We've got a lot of work to do. A lot of work to do.
22:53 Boy, as a property owner in, Georgia, I'm a bit concerned about the direction of that state.
22:59 Yes. I am too. The entire, pop echelon of government was, replaced from... Or went from Republican to Democrat, and that's gonna be really a problem. You
23:11 know, in Georgia, they made the decision. Our Republican government made the decision not to do any... Not to go back into special session. We're... I was very disappointed in that, because we
23:23 had work to do in Georgia, but we have the same, issue here at the federal level. We have a lot of work that still needs to be done, and we in the Freedom Caucus led... We we we put the plan out there in a
23:35 letter. And in that letter, we identified the things that we still need to finish. We've got about six weeks to do it. I'm here. I'm I'm I'm game to be here the entire time. We should stay in session until
23:47 we get every bit of this done, and I think the senate should do the same thing. And, so I'm I'm happy to talk about it.
23:54 Yeah. Let's talk about those priorities. One is a recon... A third reconciliation package, which would include a lot of these items. So let's talk about the response thus far to the Freedom Caucus' letter.
24:07 Well, let let me just go through the letter first and and just share with you, that, yes, we need to deal with the, the budget. We need to deal with, spending for the the Department of Defense so we can keep it
24:19 modernizing. We need to deal with spending cuts, and we need to, deal with, voter ID. That's one on on the list. We need to to codify the president's border
24:31 policies that have not been codified by the house. Alright? We need to send that over to the senate. We've got some some things here that just have to happen, and we
24:43 cannot say, you know, we're just gonna fold our hands and turn everything over to the democrats. We have to take away the leverage points that the democrats have or will have in January, and that's primarily tied to
24:54 funding. Everything in Washington DC, centers around funding, around money. And so we need to give the Trump administration the funding that they need to get through the next year, really, in some cases, through
25:06 the entire Trump presidency.
25:09 Now I've heard some reports, congressman, that some of your colleagues who did not win their reelection or retiring prior to the election, there may be a difficult time in getting
25:20 them back to DC to make sure that you have the numbers you need since there's still a very slim majority.
25:27 Well, we're still getting paid for the next two months, so I expect them to be back and to do the job, that the American people elected them to do. They elected them for twenty four months, not for twenty two months. So
25:38 I think, we need to be there. We need to debate these issues. We need to vote on these issues. We need to pass these issues so we can put legislation on the president's desk to become law, to protect the
25:50 border policies that have been so successful in the last, eighteen, nineteen months, to protect the American people from tax increases, to protect our our homeland security department,
26:02 our our our, department of war from having their budgets cut so drastically that, that they failed to function as they should. You know, Pete Hegseth, I think, has done a phenomenal
26:13 job as the the secretary of war, in ensuring that our war department is the most lethal that it can possibly be, restoring the warrior ethos. And, you know, he needs funding to
26:25 continue that.
26:27 Speaking of, the secretary of war, impeachment articles were filed today by Republican, congressman Thomas Massie. Where do you see that going?
26:39 Hopefully, nowhere, because I'm certainly a hard no on that. We should not be impeaching someone who has literally been the most amazing, the best, secretary of war that this
26:51 country has seen in my lifetime. As a twenty eight year navy combat veteran myself, I know what it I know what it is like to go to war to protect the liberties of our country. And, secretary Hegseth is restoring the
27:03 warrior ethos in the war department. And that is necessary in order to preserve the freedoms and liberties that our founding fathers have given us that we have to turn over and pass on to the next
27:14 generation. I think secretary Hegseth is doing a phenomenal job.
27:18 Isn't he also just carrying out the orders of the commander in chief?
27:22 Absolutely, he is. He's carrying out the orders of the commander in chief. And so if if if Thomas Massie wants to impeach anyone, he should be... He should, well, he shouldn't
27:33 be impeaching anyone, actually. But, but look at the commander in chief. Exet is simply following the lawful orders of the commander in chief. If if the... If if representative Massey has a problem, then he needs to take
27:45 it up with the president... With the commander in chief.
27:47 Alright. Congressman, Clyde, two two more questions. One is budget. There's a short term... I mean, the budget's gonna expire here shortly. What do you see next? Is that another short term budget
27:59 continuation into next year?
28:02 Well, you're right. It expires on December the eleventh, when the the the continuing resolution stops. I'm hoping that as a member of the appropriations committee that we will be able to get the appropriations together
28:14 and that we'll be passed maybe a number of what are called minibuses. So we take what we've passed out of the house, which had been three of the twelve so far. Maybe we can pass some more of those, or perhaps maybe we
28:26 put them together and we pass maybe three or four bills with, with three or four of these appropriations within each bill. And I would really like to see that and send that all the way to,
28:38 September thirtieth of next year, or maybe we can actually move it farther beyond that. Maybe do a two year budget, which I think would be, very beneficial for the administration, and it would take away the leverage
28:49 points of the Democrats because they are always going to try and strip the funding from the Trump administration, and they're going to add it into, you know, more,
29:01 literally Democrat priorities and more welfare state, a bigger welfare state.
29:05 Alright. Thirty seconds left, congressman. The Freedom Caucus, what did the prospects look for... Look like in the next congress?
29:14 I think we're looking pretty good. We've lost a number of very, very good members, but we've got a good slate of incoming members as well. So I think we'll stay about the same number, but, because we have a lower
29:25 Republican conference total overall number, I think we'll probably increase our percentage of the of the Republican conference. The freedom caucus is leading on the issues here. We have the plan.
29:37 We've given the plan to leadership. Leadership just needs to pick it up and run with it.Show more
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