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presidentjoe biden, leading multiple investigations into the biden administration as chair of the housejudiciary committeepresentative steve scalise, is the chamber�*s number two ranking republican and has served in congress since 2008. our washington correspondent gary o'donoghue has more on the latest developments. the unprecedented removal of the speaker has left congress in chaos. they are taking a week off while they decide what to do next. one rebel was unrepentant. to do next. one rebelwas unrepentant.— to do next. one rebelwas unreentant. , ., , unrepentant. this was the right call the american _ unrepentant. this was the right call the american people - call the american people deserve a lead and speaker who will the tell the truth and the international community need to know the next speaker will be honest and won't go back on the word. ~ , , . , ., honest and won't go back on the word. , word. with republics and is focusina word. with republics and is focusing on _ word. with republics and is focusing on themselves - word. with republics and is| focusing on themselves the question of funding fo

he currently chairs the housejudiciary committee where he launched several investigations into presidenthunter, and the fbi. he is also a founder and former chairman of the ultraconservative house freedom caucus and was among more than 100 republicans who voted against $300 million in aid for ukraine. then there's steve scalise of louisiana. as majority leader, he's the number—two ranking republican in the house of representatives, elected to congress in 2008. the 57—year—old announced in august he was undergoing treatment for multiple myeloma, a form of blood cancer. and in 2017, scalise was gravely wounded during a shooting targeting republican members during a baseball practice in virginia. 0n ukraine, scalise joined more than 300 other members of congress voting to approve $300 million in aid to ukraine last week. for more, i spoke earlier with congressional reporter for politco anthony adragna. thank you for being here. we've been hearing about the top two candidates now for the speaker of the house, jim jordan, steve scalise, do you have a sense of which one of those might have the

the firebrand from ohio, currently serving his ninth term, is chairman of the influential housejudiciary committeealise. he served as mr mccarthy's number 2 since 2019 and his aspirations for the topjob have long been an open secret in washington. representing a suburban louisiana district in the house since 2008, he is best known for surviving an assassination attempt in june 2017. and finally kevin hern. he is not as well—known as mrjordan or mr scalise but is said to be weighing a run for speaker. he is also a relative newcomer, first elected to the house in 2018 from oklahoma. whoever ends up landing the job will have to work with joe whoever ends up landing the job will have to work withjoe biden. take a listen to what he said. look, whomever the house speaker is, i'm going to try and work with. they control half...half the congress and i'm going to try and work with them. some people, i imagine, going to be easier to work with than others but whomever the speaker is, i will try and work with them. let's bring the panel back again. plenty to get through. lots happening. we will start specific

jimjordan, of ohio, currently chairs the housejudiciary committee where he launched several investigationshad initially ruled out running again, but has since said he will do "whatever the conference wants". with a number of his key allies saying they will nominate him for a return as speaker. jennifer, since you are a republican, who would you pick out of those three as speaker of the house? i pick out of those three as speaker of the house?— of the house? i would look at jim jordan. of the house? i would look at jim jordan- he _ of the house? i would look at jim jordan. he has— of the house? i would look at jim jordan. he has been _ of the house? i would look at jim jordan. he has been consistent. l of the house? i would look at jim i jordan. he has been consistent. you know— jordan. he has been consistent. you know where — jordan. he has been consistent. you know where he is coming from. he's never— know where he is coming from. he's never wavered where some of the others, _ never wavered where some of the others, steve scalise he has a medicai— others, steve scalise he has a medical is