but mccarthy challenger andy biggs contends there are more than five g.o.p.embers who oppose mccarthy. >> does mr. mccarthy have sufficient votes to secure that office on january 3rd, sir? >> not where we sit today. >> how many folks do you suppose might be opposing him at this point. >> i would say somewhere around 20. >> now, compare the g.o.p. turmoil to the democrats velvet transition. democrats tapped hakeem jeffries as their leader today. jeffries characterized mccarthy's situation as a, quote, mess and chaos. trace? >> trace: chad pergram on the hill, thank you. let's bring in analyst brit hume. i wonder if you will pick up where chad left off there because a lot of republicans say president dumped this on congress. passed the house more iffy of the time in the senate and the clock is ticking, brit. >> brit: he did dump it on congress. confident, i think, that congress would pass this measure. remember, while there are about, what, trail rail unions involved in this rail dispute that's led us here, 8 of them, i believe, have endorsed the plan that the

joining us congressman andy biggs from house oversight. ngresswoman kat cammack from house homeland security. first to you, congressman biggs. you and members of the house freedom caucus, congressman biggs you're fighting against kevin mccarthy as speaker of the house? why? america cart think won the gop nomination as house speaker but falling short of 218 votes. why are you fighting against mccarthy. >> i wouldn't characterize fighting against kevin mccarthy. elizabeth: you don't want him to be spiker, you don't want him to be speaker, is that it. >> some don't want him to be speaker, some will accept him to be speaker, what needs to happen, the change in trajectory. here is the question, we don't know if he will fight this administration with everything that he has, every tool that he has. we don't know if he is going to use every leverage point. we don't know what the policies are, that he is going to advocate for. and quite frankly, we just don't know what's going on with him as speaker of the house. that needs to be determined. i think

congressman andy biggs is planning to challenge him. he's not a serious change er. he's essentially representing the anti-mccarthy vote. there could be a significant number of republicans in that camp. listen to what congressman bob good told us yesterday. >> the transformation of change has to start in congress. andy biggs would be an outstanding speaker. he would be one of my choices. he's a real candidate. that said, i don't think anyone has 218 votes. >> reporter: we should put out it's not unprecedented to have speakers who face opposition during the initial party votes. it is going to be an uphill battle for kevin mccarthy demanding on what the margins are and assuming that republicans win the majority. he's very motivated to become speaker. he tried to rally the troops yesterday. got a standing ovation. he's going to likely have to cut some very serious deals in order to win. it's going to be a long, hard few months for kevin mccarthy. jim? >> melanie, thanks so much. >>> right now republicans are inching closer to winning what will be a narrow majority in th

andy biggs a challenge kevin mccarthy this week. lost resoundingly 188 people voted against him and for mccarthy. nonetheless the kind of answer seems to be heads i win, tails are burned on the house. he comes out says i lost but i'm still not going to support you and i'm so not going to work with you. i think mccarthy may be has to give some concessions. it's up to the other 180 republicans are put some pressure most of their beef with mccarthy as they would like to hand over more control from his position as speaker out to the committees. but that leadership has already agreed to do a bunch of that in terms of returning to regular order, allowing bills to be made in committee, debated and amended down on the floor. there is a lot that will set change. they cannot demand to scrape mccarthy of all of his party -- make us all of his power as speaker and still get anything done. >> jason hunter pressure on the first to be a check on the spending of the biden agenda. with a narrow majority and not having the senate will be hard to pass

kevin is a friend andy biggs is a friend. tomorrow we will have a robust debate and i think probably speak up later mccarthy will ge the nomination and a majority vote among republicans. here's what will be clear is that he nor no one has 218 votes . we need to get busy as a republican conference is sittin down and figuring out how we will change the rules and more importantly put out an agenda that will inspire americans inspire a generation c inspire young women and everyone across this country. you can't blame it on redistricting you can't go around and say well we raised $500 million with it all the stuff it's always about power. here's what will happen you hav republicans saying we don't hav 60 in the senate. we need to hold onto power in the house. when are we going to do the har work and make sure we fight for republicans who need it? tomorrow is about change we nee to change the way we do things in washington. i'm glad andy biggs is running. >> tomorrow is about former trumpet some type of announcement. is he going to

one person mentioned, congressman andy biggs, an arizona republican, an effort to show that mccarthy does not have the votes right now to become speaker, forcing him to make negotiations, make concessions to that hard right faction. on the senate side, mitch mcconnell does have the votes to become leader once again, but there are a number of conservatives who are saying hold on, let's hit the brake, not move forward on this leadership election because of their concerns the election didn't go the way they wanted. at the moment, senate republican leaders are plowing ahead, plan to have the vote on wednesday and will go behind closed doors to hear those concerns tomorrow afternoon. >> manu, how about the democrats? what about nancy pelosi's future? >> that is really the big question because house democrats have been waiting to see what pelosi decides to do. she had said several years ago when she won the votes to become speaker that the end of 2022 would be her last term atop the house democratic caucus. she hasn't fully shut the door on that issue yet. in talking to dem crass, it's cle

coming up, arizona republican congressman andy biggs, talks about rick scott's challenge to mitch mcconnell'speaker of the house seat. and, illinois democratic congresswoman jan should caskey. watch washington journal live, on c-span, or c-span now, our free mobile video app. during the discussion with your facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. c-span is your unfiltered view of government, we are funded by these television companies and more, including comcast. >> it is more than that. >> comcast is partnering with 1000 community centers to create wi-fi enabled centers. >> comcast supports c-span as a public service, along with these television providers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. wyoming representative liz cheney says she feels confident that donald trump will never be president again, she made the comments while speaking with the washington post, shortly before the president officially announced

>> that's up to andy biggs. i'm looking forward to getting to know my colleagues on the republican side and the democrat side. frankly, this country doesn't give a rip about the palace intrigue in d.c. the folks in my district want prices lowered and bring back jobs and secure the border to make communities safer. right now my focus is on the people who sent me here in the first place. we won't lose focus but keep our commitment to america and make sure we hold the biden administration accountable. >> harris: you are somebody listening to voters voices. the red wave the gop was hoping for we know it didn't turn out. we still don't know if republicans take the majority in the house how many seats they'll do it by because of so many uncalled races. they look to plot their way forward. some say it's time for a major rebranding. josh hawley tweeted the old party is dead. bury it and build something new. does it include breaking away from former president trump? senator bill cassidy suggests that seemingly. >> those

and hard right members who are trying to extract concessions. >> we want leadership, and i think andy biggsadership that we want. >> all coming as the gop closes in on the house majority, democrats expecting two years of gop sparring between the moderate and conservative wings. >> i think this version of the reap channel caucus will have a very hard time governing in any way, shape or form and i think that we'll see just how dysfunctional they are. >> house democrats preparing for their own leadership shake-up once nancy pelosi decides whether to stay atop the caucus she's dominated for the past two decade. congressman jim clyburn, current lit number three democrat, told cnn he planned to stay in leadership but won't run for the top position, potentially pitching the way for a keep jeffries to lead the caucus if pelosi steps aside. >> top leadership position you are running for? >> won't be that. >> as democrats defy the odds they, too, confronting their reality after moderate kurt schrader was defeated by a progressive who in turn lost to a republican in theal. >> we're supposed to be a bi

used the word "viable" there, yasmin, and there's technically a challenger to mccarney, and it's andy biggs and members of the caucus have been saying over the last week or so they anticipate there being a challenge, and they put a name on the line there, but the whole point of andy biggs run something not necessarily to win this vote that is happening today, it's more just to prove the fact that kevin mccarthy himself doesn't have the magic number of 218. i mind what today's leadership elections are versus january. january is what matters for mccarthy, but today's leadership elections that start later this afternoon will tell us a lot about the amount of politicking and concession making he will have to do with various parts of his caucus to get to the 218 number several weeks from now, and you can listen to a slice of what we have been hearing in the halls here. check it out. >> i stand here right now and mccarthy does not have 218 votes to become speaker, and i don't think he has 200. >> andy biggs would be an outstanding speaker, and he would be among my top two or three choices. >> if

that challenger joins us now, representative andy biggs, also a member of the judiciary committee. representative biggs, good morning. guest: good to be with you. host: talk about your pitch to her fellow republicans as far as your challenge for the speakership. guest: the main thing is that we think that you need to change the status quo. i think all americans -- your last caller, listening to her, they all want to see a page turned in washington, d.c. one of the things i think has been so problematic is that members cannot rank-and-file members, have been disenfranchised. everything go through the leadership but whether it is nancy pelosi or whoever is going to be the republican leader. everything is centralized as far as power, so you have a restricted amendment process here in in six years come out we have not -- commitment process. in six years, we have not had an moment process. how about the budget? you need to empower the appropriators can either get rate of the committee and change it, which i am ok with doing that by having authorizing committees combined with the subcomm

and andy biggs is not a big policy guy in the house of representatives. turns to andy bigz gs an says what do you think about ukraine or taxing and spending. he's a rebel rouser. he thinks this helps him with his brand. do not think of him as the future speaker of the house. that happens. don't overstate it, but don't understate it. the question is how big will kevin mccarthy's majority be in january? the republicans are 215 right now. they may get to 218, 220 maybe. so he's not going to have any votes to lose. he's not going to have any -- two or three, maybe four votes to lose come january. it is a giant challenge. and that's the big test today is how weakened is he coming out of this vote and can he repair that damage in the time between now and january when they vote for speaker. >> look, that was then. we're talking about paul ryan. this is now. we're in a whole different political climate. no one knows unchartered waters as we said. this is a big difference when you have the freedom caucus, the sort of insurrectionists, maga wing, we don't really kn

congressman andy biggs joins me now. is democracy at stake? >> probably not.t is interesting, earlier in the speech, president obama was talking about we need less demagogue eric language, why is that? because we can't talk about the issues, his side of his team is wrong on every issue, that's why we have the highest inflation rate in arizona and gun trafficking and human trafficking on the southern border. he will not talk about issues, to instill fear in people by using demagogic language. ashley: do you feel the red wave is coming? just days away from the midterms are you feeling confident? >> i'm feeling hopeful and confident. the key is we've got to finish it off and have a higher than usual voting turnout in arizona and i'm confident. ashley: what do you make of ongoing calls for so-called pandemic amnesty? you want to hold people accountable. explained that to me. >> we are not talking amnesty saying let's not even consider this. the individual who wrote this works for an organization where we saw hypocrisy at the height but don't forget what happened h

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former freedom caucus chairman andy biggs of arizona has officially announced his plans to vie for speaker. that is unless kevin mccarthy agrees to certain demands. >> we have a new paradigm here. the country wants a different direction from the house of represe representatives. it's a new world. kevin has raised a lot of money and done a lot of things. it is not just about kevin. it is about institutional direction and trajectory and we'll see if we have enough people who agree we need to change the trajectory of this place and open it up. >> harris: mike waltz sees it this way. >> we have a serious debate. we have a leadership election today for kevin mccarthy with a very narrow majority and that is really going the play out on january 3rd. there are some people that aren't sure how it will play out. i support kevin mccarthy. we need to unify and we need to figure out what the hell happened in the mid-terms. >> harris: in focus former utah congressman and oversight committee chairman as well jason chaffetz. first senior congressional correspondent chad pergram. >> good morning. the g.o.p

he lost 36 votes, 31 for andy biggs.he and he's only going to have about a four seat margin give or take. we have some races still to be called when things are settled so he can't -- he's got to win a lot of those over. he has compared it to paul ryan's private conference vote, speaker pelosi, they both have similar margins, but when they went to the floor they had much bigger majorities to work with. they still had a lot of defections. he has a lot more to win over. the freedom caucus has long been a skeptic of kevin mccarthy. they want house rules changes and they want to give the rank and file power to have influence over legislation and other things that go on the house. they say kevin mccarthy has not been in agreement to most of that yet and that's one of their major concerns. >> always fascinating when a new congress comes to town. lindsey mcpherson, good to see you. >>> quick hits across america now. >>> a driver plowed into a group of l.a. county sheriff's recruits that were out jogging. the driver 22-year-old n

and his allies, the man challenging kevin mccarthy for the speakership is republican congressman andy biggs. one of the people who reportedly requested a pardon from donald trump for his f role until tryi to overturn the election results on january 6th, 2021. todayry in a closed-door vote o the republican congress, leader mccarthy managed to lose 31 votes to andy biggs. and kevin mccarthy will now have to convince allil or most of the defectors to back him as speaker, in order to win a vote in the full house which comes in january.me there is almost zero chance that republicanse will be able to solve the dispute. trump for hisso part is unconvinced his influence had much to do with his party's losses. he's instead blaming republicanb leadership for not being more enthusiastic about his losing slate ofic candidates. trump was fairly blunt about this over b on truth social.th it's mitch mcconnell's fault spending money to back great republican candidates instead of blake masters and others was a big mistake. he blew the midterms and now everybody despises him. and now that guy, that guy, dona

conservative challenger andy biggs of arizona won 31 votes during that same conference vote. so mccarthy didn't get all of them. he will have to get all 218 republicans will have to vote for him to become speaker in january. republican mike waltz of florida is optimistic that members will unify around mccarthy. >> transparency there. they don't want all the power to be in the hands of just a few. those are reasonable demands. mccarthy is listening to the demands. we'll have internal family discussions so we can get there, he can be speaker and we can moving the county forward and get accountability that so many people are demanding. >> harris: on the senate side leadership elections are getting under way this morning. senate campaign armchair rick scott is the challenger taking on mitch mcconnell's leadership. mcconnell told reporters i have the votes and i will be elected. in "focus", republican congressman brian mast of florida. first, though, senior congressional correspondent chad pergram where all of this is cooking. >> good morning. house republicans are sitting on the

somebody with nobody, and that's the best thing kevin and mitch have going for them right now, and andy biggsthe challenger for mccarthy, and he spoke at the mall on january 6th, and so the challenge to mccarthy is more in line with trump and the election denialers, and hard to see biggs getting to 218. and in the senate, rick scott says he is going to challenge mitch mcconnell, and he just face-planted in the midterms, and there's not a good option in either caucus. if one emerged, a potential consensus option emerged, i think both men would be in trouble and if they sneak through, both will be on very short leashes. and to what ali was talking about, the way the speaker votes, he has to get all 218 votes, not just a majority of his caucus, and no democrats are going to vote for kevin mccarthy for speaker. he has to walk a very, very, very narrow tightrope, whereas mcconnell has to win half of his caucus, which seems more achievable despite there's grievances -- i am not going to agree which grievances they have with mitch mcconnell. >> i think the other thing is, tim, the bottom line is the

. >> joining "focus" now republican congressman andy biggs of arizona a member of the house judiciary committee. first we begin with griff jenkins in washington. >> good morning. incoming oversight committee chairman james comer says he is making this a priority because the american people care about whether or not their leaders are compromised and he believes they have evidence pointing directly to the president. >> what we proved today was joe biden lied to the american people when he said he had no knowledge of hunter biden's shady business dealings. that is a complete -- complete lie and denied having any financial benefit. >> they detailed they uncovered evidence of alleged crimes by the president's family that were violations of the farah & wire throughout that he said is a threat to national security. >> to be clear, joe biden is the big guy. this evidence raises troubling questions about whether president biden is a national security risk. >> the committee also sent letters to f.b.i. director chris wray and treasury secretary janet yellen and several business associates of hun

likely have we're now told a challenger coming from arizona's freedom caucus member, republican andy biggs. his spokesman saying mccarthy doesn't have 218 and there will be an alternative challenger. mccarthy needs support of his caucus. then they go to the full house vote. they would need 218 to become the speakner january. let's bring in congressman jason chaffetz, now a fox news contributor. good to have you with us. welcome. how do you think this shakes out? do you believe that kevin mccarthy has the support to be speaker and do you believe that republicans will indeed eek out that slim now majority in the house? >> well, i think it's premature to have either one of the leadership races. the race isn't finished. you don't have all the people in the room. you don't know if you're at 2018 or not. the senate process is very opaque. you don't get to see it. it's behind closed doors. the real race for speaker is january 3. do you think thomas massey from kentucky or do you think matt gaetz from florida will stand up and yell out the name kevin mccarthy? that's a very tough road to hoe. no d

house republicans tapped kevin mccarthy to be their candidate as speaker over andy biggs. the vote 188 to 31. mccarthy is still 30 votes shy of 218. that is the number needed to win on the house floor. mccarthy faces a challenge between now and january to get the votes. republicans are now voting on whip. the candidates drew ferguson, tom emmer and jim banks. this is the first time they have come together since the mid-term. >> i don't think you're waiting for me. the person you're waiting for will take awhile, i think. >> gop florida senate eric scott has not officially challenged senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. >> to follow the minute administration's of rick scott, the guy who said cut medicare, the guy that said tax the middle class, would be suicidal for the republicans. >> mcconnell and new john senators are mum about a possible leadership challenge. >> do you support leader mcconnell to return as leader? >> thank you. let's go. >> you don't have to answer that. >> the senate gop leadership elections are tomorrow. some republicans want a delay. martha? >> all

andy biggs tweets this: i've seen enough. i cannot vote for kevin mccarthy as house speaker.not believe he will get to the 218 votes, and i refuse to assist him in his effort. >> well, we need to work as one because if that continues to move forward, all the investigations we asked to happen, the securing the border, the stopping the movement, none of that can the move forward. andy ran inside the conference, and we had that debate, and i think that's a healthy and a good debate. it's worth being challenged to the make sure competition's there. but we have to work as one conference because if 4 want to vote one way, 4 can vote another. we have to unite as republicans and understand the commitment we made to the american people. when we have this debate, most of the discussion wasn't about me, it was the process and the rules in the house. i i have opened up the rules even greater than we've ever before, changed the steering committee where the power rests with the conference themselves to make that decision. they had more power than leadership ever had in the past. and really

and i think andy biggs embodies the kind of leadership we want. >> reporter: the in-fighting comes as closes in on the house majority. democrats expecting two years of internal gop sparring between their moderate and conservative wings. >> i think this version of the republican caucus is going to have a very hard time governing in any way, shape, or form. and i think that we'll see just how dysfunctional they are. >> reporter: but house democrats preparing for their own leadership shake-up once nancy pelosi decides whether to stay atop the caucus she has dominated for the past two decades. >> congressman jim clyburn, currently the number three democrat told cnn he plans to stay in leadership, but won't run for the top position, potentially paving the way for hakeem jeffriess to lead the caucus if pelosi steps aside. could bit the top leadership position you're considering running for? >> no, it won't be that in the senate, the democratics taking a victory lap. florida senator rick scott plans to run against him in wednesday's leadership elections. what's the problem of having mcconnel

. >> facing opposition from far-right members, like arizona's andy biggs, trying to extract concessionsy biggs embodies the kind of leadership that we want. >> the infighting comes as the gop closes in on the house majority. democrats expecting two years of internal gop sparring between their moderate and conservative wings. >> i think this version other publican caucus is going to have a very hard time governing in any way, shape, or form. and i think we will see just how dysfunctional they are. >> but house democrats preparing for their own leadership shakeup. once nancy pelosi decides whether to stay atop the caucus she has dominated for the past two decades. congressman jim clyburn, currently the number three democrat, told cnn he plans to stay in leadership. but will not run for the top position. potentially paving the way for hakeem jeffries to lead the caucus if pelosi steps aside. >> could be the top leadership position you're considering running for? it >> could be that. >> in the senate, democrats take a victory lap after holding the senate. but some republicans taking out the

the man challenging kevin mccarthy for the speakership's republican congressman, andy biggs, one of thewho reportedly requested a pardon from donald trump for his role in trying to overturn the election results on january six, 2021. today, in a closed-door vote among members of the republican conference, leader mccarthy managed to lose 31 votes to andy biggs. kevin mccarthy will now have to convince all or most of those defectors to back him, as speaker, in order to win a vote in the full house, which comes in general. there is almost zero chance that republicans would manage to settle their disputes about trump's role in the party by then. especially now, that he appears to be embarking on a third run for the american presidency. trump, for his part, is unconvinced his influence had much to do with the party losses. he has instead blamed republican leadership for not being more enthusiastic about his losing slate of candidates. trump was fairly blunt about this on truth social. it's mitch mcconnell's fault, spending money to defeat great republican candidates instead of backing blake m

not andy biggs and the freedom caucus.arthy probably has best shot, but a caucus seems to turn on self. even paul ryan knows that. >> should mccarthy be house speaker? >> members of the house would make that decision. >> if you were a member of the house what would you decide? >> great question. >> the plan would have to be, how are we going to make, what's the plan to grow that caucus come 2024? the results were underwomening to s to -- underwhelming. new york, able to be successful. lay that success at feet of the individuals able to have one of the most successful court cases to render what was one of the worst cases of gerrymandering we've seen by either party occurring in the state of new york remedied in the courts. there is more -- >> by the way, i agree with you. democrats got greedy and put forward a crazy map and republicans righteously -- republicans pushed back, but if that's your position, do you think republicans overreach in ohio in florida, in texas? i was here republicans championing the cause redistrictin

nominating andy biggs was a shot across the bow from the tea party freedom caucus.mccarthy wants to be speaker, he'll have to get through them first. it's not all clear that he'll actually gets the votes he needs. it was a less than auspicious start for the republican party still trying to figure out what the hell happened and why their extremist candidates were rejected by so many americans despite favorable gerrymandered odds. yesterday, moderate republican from nebraska don bacon told nbc news that if the republican conference cannot agree on electing mccarthy or any other republican as speaker, then he would be willing to work with democrats to elect a moderate republican for the job. marjorie taylor soon to be exmrs. greene, anything bought mccarthy stands, they don't like that idea, which is why they're supporting mccarthy. >> here's the issue. if we don't unify behind kevin mccarthy, we're opening up the door for the democrats to be able to recruit some of our republicans and they may only need one or two since we don't know what we will have in the majority,

he faced opposition from a member of the conservative house freedom caucus, representative andy biggs. now according to cbs news projections, the gop is on the brink of taking control of the house by a slim margin after last week's midterm elections, needing just one more seat. >>> and in the senate, republican leader mitch mcconnell is facing a challenge to his minority leader role in tomorrow's vote. it comes from florida senator rick scott. the party's campaign chairman. >>> now to the war this korean, and in a major escalation of tensions the fight has spilled into nato territory after poland said a missile strike killed tw. president biden pledged support for its nato ally and ukraine. >> we support ukraine fully in this moment, and we have -- we have since the start of this conflict. and i'm going to make sure we figure out exactly what happened. >> it's not yet clear who fired the missile. poland says the missile was likely russian made, but president biden said it was unlikely that the missile was actually fired from russia. chris livesay has a closer look at the blast. >> rep

arizona congressman andy biggs and successfully challenged mccarthy. house democrats are scheduled to hold the leadership vote at the end of the month, giving house speaker nancy pelosi time to decide if she wants to run again. >>> mass shootings have made school security a top priority. there has been an unintended side effect. >>> after a series of delays, the artemis 1 is set to begin a historic moon mission. the bay area's role in the highly anticipated launch. >>> a live look from the north way where volunteers are hard at work brightening the holidays for their neighbors. >>> the sun going down on what ended up being a fairly warm november day. officer winds allowing temperature to reach slightly above average. >>> work continues to clean up the broadway tunnel after a crane got stuck yesterday. one eastbound lane is now open . but only drinking hours . san francisco fire officials say there was no structural damage. no word on how long those repairs will take. >>> american airlines flight attendants are upping the pressure on the company. >> [ c

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some questions about whether or not he'll make it over the finish line with andy biggs telling fox thate doesn't have the votes. who will be the speaker of the house, and what are your expectations for the leadership coming up in the house? >> well, yeah, i think it'll be kevin mccarthy. look, i said all along that the guy who gets you to the super bowl gets to coach the game, and understand over the last two cycles republicans have picked up seats in the house and, of course, now we're in the majority, and we will get to chair the committees, we will get to do the work that the american people have elected us to do. i do think it's interesting too, remember just a couple years ago, maria, when democrats were saying that they were going to turn texas blue? well, texas is red are, florida's really red, ohio is red and, frankly, it looks like new york and california are getting a lot less blue because those are the states that actually where we elected new people that a put us in the majority. i think that's concern no one seems to focus on that because we didn't quite do what we thought

mccarthy has won the republican nomination for house speaker mccarthy beat conservative challenger andy biggs this afternoon. in a closed door vote , mccarthy would need nearly all of the votes of his party or some votes from democrats to become the next house speaker and in the senate minority leader mitch mcconnell will face a challenge for the first time in 15 years, florida senator rick scott announced he is running to unseat mcconnell for the leadership role. scott said he is not satisfied with the status quo. mcconnell said he won't lose. some senate republicans want to delay the vote from tomorrow until after the georgia race is settled. 11 in san francisco, a shooting outside a nightclub south of market left a woman badly injured and police looking for information about the gunmen. officials say the victim was shot multiple times as a result of a robbery inside the nightclub on 11th street. this is video showing a fight that spilled into the street outside the club. this was on june 25th , involving three people who police are hoping to identify. and these are the sketches of the man

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. >> brooke: if republican take control of the house, congressman andy biggs is expected to challenge kevin mccarthy for the speakership and senate will hold elections this week, texas senator ted cruz believes the vote should be delayed. listen. >> it would be insane if we re-elect same leadership two days from now, nothing happened, everything good, keep rolling off the waterfall, crash into the rocks, everything is awesome. the idea we would have leadership election on wednesday is insane. >> brooke: cruz believes senate vote should be delayed until after herschel walker and raphael warnock faceoff. >> todd: crazy to say november 15th, boy, it is exciting. thank you. senator josh hawley says time for new leadership in the republican party. >> we need good, strong independent leadership. when it comes to the gop, the washington republicanism cares more about wall street than it does about working people, time for that to come to an end. washington republicanism, about adventures abroad and global war and not focused on working people, need to come to an end. what voters are asking i

arizona congresswoman andy biggs reacts to that. election officials say they won't have all the votes counted until friday. kelly o'grady has the full story, next. ♪ psoriasis really messes with you. try. hope. fail. no one should suffer like that. i started cosentyx®. five years clear. real people with psoriasis look and feel better with cosentyx. don't use if you're allergic to cosentyx. before starting get checked for tuberculosis. an increased risk of infection, some serious and a lowered ability to fight them may occur. tell your doctor about an infection or symptoms or if you had a vaccine or plan to. tell your doctor if your crohn's disease symptoms develop or worsen. serious allergic reaction may occur. best move i've ever made. ask your dermatologist stu: we're playing that because we're hoping to get results on the arizona races before friday. officials in maricopa county, that's in the phoenix area, they say roughly 20% of the polling sites experienced issues with voting machines during yesterday's vote. well, kelly o'gra

matt gates and andy biggs is come out saying they will not support him and bob good and matt rose endalerepublicans to vet present so that he could get the puckso that is another tricky thing here for kevin mccarthy as he's going to have to spend the while congress is in session really trying to get enough votes to pass that threshold that he need to get the speaker's fwafl see how he end up turning thos the. >>> let's dig a little deeper now. joining us is senior political correspondent danem strauss. good morning to you, daniel. before we get into the we'ds of these leadership contests, just big picture on the state of the republican party, especially sin the reasonable doubt sound like there is intra party fighting going going on, especially over the direction of the gop. >> yes, part of this is to be expected. this was an underwhelming mid term for republicans. they thought they would bring in a majority of maybe even 30 seats in the house and something like a 53-54 senate seat margin and that just didn't happen. so part of that is to be expected. there is some soul searching after a

. >> gillian: andy biggs said first move forward with the hunter biden investigation. what do you make of that? >> it's a fair area to ask questions about. we haven't really gotten answers on that. of course, there is a federal investigation into hunter biden so maybe let that play out, see what will happen there and, of course, the hunter biden issue fundamentally is a joe biden issue given some of the things the president or then candidate biden had said and asserted which seem to be not true. that's one area of interest for sure. there are others that might be more relevant to those types of swing voters that republicans struggled with a few weeks ago. there is no shortage of real failures to look into from this administration. the republicans will finally have some of the authority, power and gavels to do just that starting in just a few months. >> gillian: thank you for joining us. tell your brother's girlfriend not to listen to all the stuff they say about you. you are not that bad. >> well, thank you that's very kind of you to say, gillian. thankful for that. >>

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be there for the vote, not voting present, and at the time moment they's voting for congressman andy biggsbob goode came out forcefully against mccarthy. they've had this history previously where, you know, mccarthy was trying to get an incumbent reelected. he toppled the incumbent, and their relationship just hasn't really recovered. that might be one of those situations, you know, where bad blood is kind of coming into this versus actually, you know, who bob goode thinking might be the next best leader. talking about the people who theyty will be the knits viable candidate, andy brig got 3 votes, so he's not a consensus pig. if you speak to centrists, they're saying they don't have a viable option, who can get to the 218 number, besides kevin mccarthy. and some centrist republicans are saying, we might start working with democrats if we really need to, and put up as option that the freedom caucus guys will really not like. >> that's almost like a "west wing" plot that almost never happens, but because of this odd constitutional position that anyone can be speaker of the house, you know,

mccarthy holding a late push from arizona congressman andy biggs.is poised to become the next house speaker if republicans take control of the chamber. he does need all 218. he doesn't have them yet but he thinks he can get them. >> todd: in an interview with hunter biden about his art goes off the rails after he stomach disconnects without saying goodbye. launching a rant about how certain topics were off-limits to hunter biden and his team sang the conversation felt, well, inauthentic. >> very open ask questions, a debate, like a free mic and anyone can ask questions and always let questions happen but this is the first time we let leap hands tied. these are the questions you ask and you can't ask any other questions and it was difficult. >> todd: pro. the house learning the lesson from the audio interview claiming he won't toss to guess with preapproved questions, welcome to journalism, bro. alexandria ocasio-cortez demanding dismantling of ticketmaster after television presale. thousands are furious true reporting bugs, not working cues and temp

matt gaetz of florida, andy biggs of arizona say they both cannot support the speaker.att rosen dale of montana supporting the speakership, and also bob good, a virginia republican telling me that mccarthy does not have the votes to get there. but they have not completely shut the door to ultimately supporting him. the reason this is an issue for mccarthy is he's expected to have a narrow majority. don't know the final numbers yet but could be in the 220, 222 range which means he can only lose a handful of votes to become the speaker. that is what's happening on the republican side. on the democratic side things are bit smoother in the aftermath of nancy pelosi's decision to step aside after 20 years of dominating and running her caucus now there's a leadership transition under way. hakim jeffreys, new york democrat, is poised to become the first black leader of any support in congress. now his party is getting behind him for the top job as the democratic leader in the minority in the new congress, and we expected number 2 to be catherine clark from massachusetts and nu

robert norman, andy biggs, matt rosendale, some demand more control over the house agenda, one reason kevin mccarthy restored subcommittee assignments for marjorie taylor green and paul goes are and plans to dump elana omar from the committee. ashley: come back in. do you think kevin mccarthy will be the next speaker? >> he's the odds on favorite to do that. republicans at the end other they have to get to 218 on somebody. the problem is the freedom caucus took a vote in kevin mccarthy last lost 31 votes on that at 5 have come out publicly. the question is who can get him over to 218? it's not an easy path and the drama will happen up until that day, i don't think it is a clear picture. ashley: drama is good in the news business but not for those fighting. next to lauren, just over a week until the georgia senate runoff and a record number of people have cast their ballots. how many voted and assembled a? lauren: 300,438, yesterday was the first day early voting was open in every county in georgia but the point is local interest has not waned. state election official says georgia vote

optimistic about the party unity despite a challenge for the speaker job from arizona congressman andy biggs. president biden reached out to congratulate kevin mccarthy in a statement claiming he will work with republicans to, quote, deliver results for working families. here is kevin mccarthy last night on hannity. >> we need to work together. you are right. we're the only republican entity that can stop this disastrous biden agenda. think for one moment. it is official. one party democrat rule in washington is finished. we have fired nancy pelosi. >> harris: okay. so now that she doesn't have that job, what job will she have? per spokesperson says will announce today whether she will continue her two decades of leading democrats or step aside. with the new majority oversight committee republicans are wasting no time. they will investigate the president and his family on several fronts and at the same time advance the party's agenda. >> joe biden is the big guy. this evidence raises troubling questions whether president biden is a national security risk and about whether he is compromised b