some republicans are incredibly upset by what is happening in house gop now and the criticism against congresswoman liz cheney. take a listen to what some of them had to say. >> i think what the reality is as a party we have to have an internal look and a full accounting as to what lead to january 6th. right now it's basically the titanic. we're, like, in the middle of this slow sink. we have a band playing on the deck telling everybody it's fine. meanwhile, as i've said, donald trump is trying to find women's clothing and get on the first lifeboat. some are saying it's not good. not just for the future of the party but not good for the future this country. if you look at polls, there's a group of folks that agree with liz cheney. for us to win in 2022 and 2024, we need everybody. we need those who feel as liz. >>> and sources have been telling us that steph manic is signaling to some allies in the house gop conference that she is likely not going to try to keep this position past 2022. she is hoping to be the house gop conference chair for the next two years and then in 2022, in the

she's grown isolated within the house gop conference amid her growing feud with former president donald trump. a senior house republican told cnn that liz is gone. just a question of how and when. and her fate now largely in the hands of house gop leader kevin mccarthy who on tuesday offered a tough critique of her performance as conference chair and he claimed the push to oust her has nothing to do with the fact that cheney was one of just ten house republicans who voted to impeach trump on a charge inciting the january 6th capitol attack. >> i have heard from members concerned about her ability to carry out the job as conference chair, to carry out the message. he all need to be working as one if we're able to win the majority. i haven't heard members concerned about her vote on impeachment. it's more concerned about the job ability to do and what's our best step forward that we can all work together instead of attacking one another. >> reporter: cheney has survived one attempt in her ouster in february and this time gop sources say it is different because a war of words with trump ha

gop. linda chavez served in the reagan white house as a public liaison. she is now a fervent critic of her former party. your former boss, ronald reagan, famously said i didn't leave the democratic party, the party left me. you've left the gop now. why won't others follow you out of the door? what's left in that party for a mitt romney, who is getting booed by his own supporters? >> well, i think there is still the hope that at some point donald trump will fade from the scene. he doesn't show any desire to do so. there was some interesting polling data that the republican party itself did this week. liz cheney brought it to the fore. it showed in those congressional districts that lift democrat in 2018 and 2020 that donald trump is not popular. his unfavorable ratings are higher than his favorable ratings and if they really want to win back control of the house, they've got to turn those districts back to the republican party and sticking with donald trump and his big lie is not the way to do that. >> so, i'm glad you mentioned that poll. senator lindsey g

past criticism of trump and the fact that just five house republicans voted less often with him than she did. the battle over trump and the future of the gopd to come to a head next wednesday when house republicans plan to remove cheney after she's called out trump for his lies that he won the 2020 election. stefanik, on the other hand, backed efforts in the court and congress to overturn biden's victory. >> unity can't exist under those pretenses. they're saying if you don't go along with the big lie that the election was stolen, then you basically need to go. that's what that unity is. >> reporter: conservatives are scrutinizing stefanik's record where she broke with trump on his tax cuts, border wall and afghanistan. >> she's very much a liberal. her ambition told her, well, i better get on board with president trump. our worry is when she gets into leadership, she has no principles at that point. >> reporter: she won trump's affection by vigorously defending him in 2019 after his first impeachment, elevating her stature. yet the senate gop leader wants nothing to do with the former president and the house gop turmoil. >> do you support

she's now poised to take on a house gop leadership role. see her making this very conscious choice to be on steve bannon's show there. and you make the point that it wasn't all that long ago that she was billing herself as a moderate. >> yeah, that's exactly right. this is a congresswoman, she was the youngest woman ever elected to congress when she first won that office and at that time she was a pretty classic east coast moderate conservative, a harvard graduate. and closely allied with a lot of the very moderate republicans who are now never trumpers, people who are really on the outs with donald trump. but she has pivoted. she's thrown in completely with the former president. and she signaled that again last night, embracing this idea that there are still big questions about the election of 2020. really signaling to republicans across the country here that she's completely on board, all in. >> she actually criticized trump during the early years. this is something that you pointed out. you say she did so carefully. how so? >> well, you

on the house gop vote on congresswoman liz cheney, the colonial pipeline cyberattack, and the pandemic response. then dan killed he joins us to talk about house democrats' legislate of minorities and the vulnerability of critical infrastructure against cyber attacks with michael daniel. watch c-spans washington journal live at 7:00 eastern thursday morning and be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. announcer: president biden gave an update on u.s. vaccination rates and the latest effort to get young teenagers vaccinated. he also addressed other topics, including the israeli-palestinian conflict and recent fuel shortages due to the ransomware attack against a u.s. major pipeline. president biden: good afternoon again. tomorrow, we will cross 250 million vaccine shots administered since i took office. i think it is a pretty great achievement for the nation. i promised i would keep you up-to-date every 50 million shots. today, have an important update. last week, i launched the new phase of our vaccination program. at that time,

friday morning, don bacon discusses defense policy, afghanistan, cybersecurity, and house gop leadershipthe nevada democratic congressman joins us to talk about the american families plan and the news of the day. then a discussion of the vote to replace liz cheney as republican house caucus chair. be sure to join the discussion through phone calls, facebook,, text messages, and tweets. announcer: washington journal continues. host: joining us this morning's republican michael burgess, republican of texas, a member of the commerce committee. i want to begin with yesterday's vote on leadership. how did you vote on the question of whether or not liz cheney should continue on as conference chair? guest: as you know, that was handled as a voice vote. i was prepared for us to move on from where we were, and as a consequence, i don't think i can tell you that i was terribly surprised by the outcome. host: so you were a voice vote in favor? guest:

yet the senate gop leader wants nothing to do with the former president and the house gop turmoil. >>you support liz remaining in a position of power, yes or no? >> what i'm focusing on is this new administration. >> reporter: many republicans downplaying former president's role in the january 6th capitol attack. >> i would say to my republican colleagues, can we move forward without president trump? the answer is no. >> reporter: now stefanik is still trying to shore up her ghflank and meet with most conservative members of the house republican conference on monday and members of the house freedom caucus because of concerns of her more moderate voting record in the past and there are some questions too if in fact the vote would definitely take place on wednesday. that is the expectation at the moment. but if more republicans raise concerns, more conservatives say they want to bet her record, it's possible that vote could be delayed and that could potentially be problematic for stefanik, even though it is still widely believed she will ultimately get the votes to become the next confe

. >> reporter: tonight liz cheney is no longer the third ranking house republican moments after her gop colleagues ousted her from her leadership post the congresswoman remained defiant >> i will do everything i can to ensure that the former president never gets near the oval office. >> reporter: her expulsion happening behind closed doors, the voice vote she did not dispute. cheney is out after clashing with colleagues over former president trump's lie that the election was stolen, telling savannah guthrie he should not be a part of the gop's future. >> are you the leader of opposition in exile right now in the republican party >> i intend to be one of the leaders in a fight to help to restore our party. a fight to bring the party back to substance and principle and to make clear we won't participate in a really dangerous effort that's underway >> reporter: a lot of people frame this as a battle for the soul of the republican party >> this is, i think, the opening salvo in that battle. >> reporter: but critics say her dissent has been a distraction, arguing she is out of step with the

cheney survived an attempt to oust her by a wide margin after house gop leader kevin mccarthy called not appeared together in a press conference since this incident two months ago. >> do you believe former president trump should be speak at cpap this weekend? >> yes, he should. >> congressman cheney? >> that's up to cpac. i've been clear in my views of president trump and the extent to which following january 6th i don't believe that he should be playing a role in the future of the party or country. >> reporter: a source told cnn mccarthy remains furious with cheney. this week, he declined to back her up. >> is cheney still a good fit for your leadership team, do you think? >> that's a question for the conference. >> reporter: making clear he's not in agreement with cheney, steve scalise. >> president trump is still a very active part of our party and and vocal leader in our party. >> reporter: cheney does have support in the house, including anthony gonzalez who, like cheney, voted with eight other colleagues to impeach donald trump. gonzalez told me if a prerequisite to leading our

that's the number three house gop leader.a live look outside of the room where it happened where a lot of reporters are waiting. stefanik will be replacing liz cheney who was ousted wednesday. she's 36, is from new york. she's known as a trump loyalist and gop refocusing on winning control of the chamber in next year's election. we're going to keep our eye on any statements that anybody coming out of that room has to make as they come out this friday morning. back to you. >>> to the coronavirus now, new cdc guidance says we can go mask free in most places if fully vaccinated. this following a sharp decline in new cases. >> anyone who is fully vaccinated can participate in indoor and outdoor activities, large or small, without wearing a mask or physical distancing. >> i think it's a great milestone, a great day. >> tsa is saying not so fast. they are reminding everyone that despite new guidance, federal mask requirement is in place everywhere within the transportation network. >>> solano is the only local county still stuck in

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. >> house gop leader had defended her back then but has since thrown his support behind new york congresswoman. >> do you support hefor that job >> yes i do. >> wednesday's vote makes clear the former president maintains a firm grip on gop party politics but also reveals a split. >> liz has committed the only sin of being consistent and telling the truth. >> the vote to replace her could come as early as friday. cbs news capitol hill. >>> also happening on capitol hill the hot cars act will be introduced tomorrow. the bill calls for all new vehicles to have technology to detect the presence of an occupant inside when the engine is off. according to the national safety council, 54 children have in caforniace1998 as a result of being left in a hot vehicle. >> the bill language is clear in saying it covers the entire vehicle. >> probably the most prominent place that children are found in these situations, if they got in on their own is in the floor board area of the front or backseat. that would be covered. >>> the live news desk. we just got our hands on the mug shot and know more about the man

a head next week we have this, nbc's ali vitali and game sherman report wednesday is the day the house gopote to strip liz cheney of her leadership position after she called out the former president's big lie about the 2020 election. right now, two of the former president's staunchest supporters in the house, representative matt gaetz of florida and this woman, marjorie taylor greene of georgia, are rallying his base in florida as they kick off what they're calling the america first tour minutes ago, congresswoman greene perpetuated the complete myth president joe biden somehow did not win the election >> tell me who is your president. that's my president, too did anybody in here vote for joe biden? do you guys really think he won? >> the big lie it just keeps going. it's all lies, by the way. of course, the house kicked greene off all her committees for harassing a school shooting survivor and her past support of a qanon conspiracy theory among other things matt gaetz is currently facing serious legal jeopardy, though he has denied he paid women for sex or had a sexual relationship with a

if she is out, does it weaken her or does it weaken the house gop?hey, brianna, great to be with you. and i haven't had the opportunity yet to congratulate you on your new gig here. look, before we get into the machinations of and what's going to happen to liz cheney, brianna, think about what we're talking about. liz cheney is going to lose her position in leadership. that's clear. it's a matter of days or week or two. she's going to be penalized for speaking the truth. i mean, think about that. think about where the republican party is. liz cheney is going to be penalized for speaking the truth. now, her problem, brianna, is every single one those cowards in that republican conference, they agree with liz cheney privately. they know the election wasn't stolen. they don't believe donald trump's big lie. but their problem is liz cheney's problem. and it's what i hear everyday, all the republicans back home in their district, they believe the lie. that's what this is all about. >> so what you're saying, joe, basically the big lie is a necessary ticket

this past weekend house gop leader kevin mccarthy publicly backed cheney's likely replacement, elise stefaniak, from upstate new york. today he had a vote to release cheney from her post. he said, quote, these internal conflicts need to be resolved so as to not detract from the efforts of our collective team. having heard from so many of you in recent days, it's clear that we need to make a change. as such, you should anticipate a vote on recalling the conference chair this wednesday. we are a big tent party. representative kinzinger said this. >> god bless her for having the consistenty to tell the truth. >> meanwhile the white house is now facing a potential challenge on the policy front as violence is now escalating, as you might have seen, in the middle east. "politico" reports that the administration is under increasing pressure to try to bring an end to this latest israeli-palestinian conflict. today tensions between israelis and palestinians, mostly over access to holy sites and the potential eviction of several palestinian families from east jerusalem, erupted out into the op

host: politico reporting that while house gop leadership is not formal, top republicans are starting to grow nervous about how many members may wind up crossing party lines, a blow to mccarthy and it could enrage total trump. a bipartisan vote in the house could put more pressure on the senate republicans to get behind the proposal as one gop lawmaker put it, the genie is out of the bottle and people are trying to put it back in. going to the senate side, the hill.com this morning, they have a perspective on what's going on with senators in this legislation saying that republicans are split over the commission of its ability to survive a filibuster, describing the chances of the bill as uncertain in the wake of the mccarthy opposition to the legislation negotiated by the top republicans on homeland security commission. going on to say it sounds like the wheels have come off. what does the vote look like? are republicans supportive of it? it's a weight the posture from senate republicans watching house counterparts. again, that's at the hill. when it comes to the speaker of the house,

already house gop leader kevin mccarthy is saying that he didn't sign off on this, so congress still needs to vote on this deal to make it official. scott, that could happen in the house as soon as next week. >> ylan, thank you ylan mui live for us in d.c. tonight. >>> a key player in the sex trafficking investigation into congressman matt gaetz agreeing to testify and cooperate fully with federal investigators that's according to court papers filed today. joel greenberg, a former tax collector for seminole county in florida, plans to plead guilty to six of 33 charges filed against him. that hearing now set for monday. greenberg admits he and others paid a minor for sex he also admits he introduced the minor to older, adult men who engaged in commercial sex acts the others not named in the documents. "the new york times" reporting greenberg told investigators he and mr. gaetz had encounters with women who were given cash or gifts in exchange for sex mr. gaetz has not been charged with a crime and denies all wrongdoing an attorney for mr. gaetz said greenberg should not be believed be

house gop leader kevin mccarthy caught on a hot mic saying he's lost confidence in her.d from her leadership position next week. facebook's independent oversight board announcing tomorrow whether trump's suspension from facebook will be upheld or overturned. >>> and president biden saying the administration is ready to start vaccinating 12 to 15-year-olds as soon as the fda authorizes pfizer's covid vaccine for that age group, which is expected early next week. >>> joining any now, mark mckinnon, the executive producer of the circus, and cnn political commentator amanda carpenter as well. good evening to both of you. mark, you first. so gop sources are telling cnn it's pretty much over for liz cheney. she could be replaced as early as next week by trump

that is the house gop leader kevin mccarthy.y about his call to trump pleading with him to call off his supporters. should he testify under oath? >> absolutely. i mean, he is part of. this you know, he's not a neutral observer. this was his role in the entire process. he was reportedly on the phone with the president during the course of the day. and let's not forget his remarks afterwards. i think that's part of his resistance. you know? i think he said that a lot of the accountability lies at the feet of the current president, president trump. he doesn't want supporters to be reminded of this. they'll deny this thing ever existed, that this ever happened. there will be deniers that take place, not just that these were not trump people doing this, but none of this really happened or exaggerated which is a disservice to the american people, our democracy, and in particular to the officers we lost and who are injured that you mentioned before. >> the sad fact is that perpetuating that lie or at least refusing to call it out, has

stefanik for that job >> yes, i do >> reporter: today donald trump wielded his influence, telling the house gop to "upgrade from warmonger liz cheney to gifted communicator elise stefanik." few republicans do stand by cheney. >> she's being run out for one thing, her consistency. >> reporter: senator mitt romney tweets "expelling liz cheney won't gain one additional voter but it will cost us quite a few. trump's sway hits cheney back home in wyoming too. >> the betrayal, the big betrayal was her voting to impeach president trump. >> reporter: this expulsion is only about her leadership job, not her house seat and cheney plans to run for re-election next year. lester >> okay, kelly, thank you. >>> in just 60 seconds, a growing wave of gun violence across america and the warning about this summer >>> a wave of gun violence across the country left hundreds wounded or killed this weekend. authorities are trying to figure out why we're seeing such an increase nbc's senior national correspondent tom llamas has more. >> reporter: tonight new body cam video showing the chaos in times square after a gun

the republican party could come to a head next week we've got this wednesday is the day that the house gopip congresswoman liz cheney of her leadership position after she called out the former president's big lie about the 2020 election. right now two of the former president's staunchest supporters in the house. representative mat gaetz and marjorie taylor greene rallying the base as they kick off what they call the america first tour >> tell me who is your president? that's my president, too did anybody here vote for joe biden? do you guys really think he won? >> the big lie it just keeps going. it's all lies, by the way. of course the house kicked greene off all her committees for harassing a school shooting survivor and her past support of a qanon conspiracy theory among other things matt gaetz is currently facing serious legal jeopardy and a federal investigation though he has denied he paid women for sex or had a sexual relationship with an underage girl. >>> a tenth day of anti-government protests dozens are now dead and more reported missing human rights groups warn about the use of

reporter: a new cbs news poll finds most republicans who heard about liz cheney's ouster from her house gop leadership role agree with the move. those republicans said they felt cheney was off message and unsupportive of former president trump d that she's wrong about the 2020 election. many said she did not support mr. trump's claims of election fraud. one-third said disloyalty should be punished. cheney, wyoming's sole representative, continues to speak out about her rift with her own party. >> at this moment, the majority of the republican party is not where i am. but it's my responsibility as an elected official, it's my responsibility as a leader, to lead. and to tell the truth. >> reporter: in a cbs poll, the vast majority said the gop should follow former president trump's example on economic policy, immigration, leadership, and how to treat the media. shortly after wednesday's gop shake-up, president biden hosted republican members of congress here at the white house. hoping to garner their support for his infrastructure proposal. reporters asked mr. biden if he could work with and

a republican senator said he was suspicious of the push to vaccinate people against covid-19 the house gopnd conservatives have come up with an insane new lie about joe biden -- he wants to ban meat for more on this, it's time for "a closer look." ♪ >> seth: perhaps the central theme of our politics at the moment is that one of our two major political coalitions is growing more ext, more authoritarian, more paranoid and more detached from reality by the day. republicans seem to think joe biden's army of antifa super soldiers is going to come to your house and take your dr. seuss books and your hamburgers and i'm only slightly exaggerating >> say goodbye to your burgers if you want to sign up for the biden climate agenda researchers say you'd have to cut about 90% of red meat from your diet. for americans, that means a limit of four pounds of red meat per year >> americans would have to cut red meat consumption by a whopping 90% that means only one burger a month. >> part of his climate or green targets are to cut our red meat. he wants to cut out 90% of the red meat that you all eat. that'

she said in the statement the house gop is united and the make america great again movement is strong >> we have to get people to vote for us and we cannot do that if we are a party based on a foundation of lies. i think what our president is doing is dangerous. >> she had survived a previous attempt to remove her from leadership after she voted to impeach the former president on the charge of inciting the january 6 assault on the capital. >>> house lawmakers reached a bipartisan bill to establish a commission to investigate the attack. >>> the eight for the tax collector with close ties to congressman in florida have made a deal. joe greenberg has agreed to plead guilty and cooperate with prosecutors. doctors say he has agreed to ars and will hethe fede investigators. they are working to determine if he broke federal sex trafficking or public corruption laws. he has not been charged with anything and denies any wrongdoing. >>> a man has been arrested after deputies set an illegal campfire sparked a small wildfire. fire crews made quick work of the flames and smoke could be seen risin

the house go -- the house gop message is -- is chaos, frankly., distracts from president biden's accomplishments and his agenda. >> an agenda that the gop will oppose, at all costs. this isn't being done in secret. it's a time-tested strategy. even yesterday, by senate-gop leader, mitch mcconnell. >> 100% of my focus is on stopping this new administration. >> president biden shrugged off those comments, which echoed exactly, basically, what mcconnell said during the obama administration. the president is due to host his first-bipartisan meeting with republican leaders, including mcconnell, next week. >>> all right. a moratorium on evictions, imposed by president trump, and then extended by president biden, shot down by a federal judge. she paused the order, from going into effect, immediately. but the future, suddenly, very tenuous for the one in seven renters -- one in seven renters -- behind on their payments. more, now, from cnn's kyung lah. >> reporter: christine and laura, news that potentially could affect millions of renters in this countr

coming up thursday morning, texas republican congressman michael burgess on the house gop vote on congresswoman cheney. the colonial pipeline cyberattack, and the pandemic response. then michigan democratic congresswoman dan killed he joins us to talk about house democrats legislative my artese and we look at the vulnerability -- minorities and we look at the vulnerability of critical infrastructure against cyber attacks with michael daniel. watch c-span's washington journal live at 7:00 eastern thursday morning. be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages, and tweets. ♪ announcer: tie johnson testified on homeland security operational priorities for the agency on thursday morning before a house appropriations subcommittee. watch live beginning at 10:00 eastern on c-span three come online at c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. -- c-span3, online at c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. ♪ announcer: c-span is your unfiltered view of government funded by these television companies and more. ♪ announcer: midco supports c-span

. >>> the vote to replace liz cheney with a trump ally in house gop leadership and the deal announced for a 9/11 style commission to investigate the capitol riots. >>> the bridge connecting two states shut down after a massive crack is discovered the traffic nightmare. cars backed up for miles. >>> and our exclusive. the new federal warning on cryptocurrency scams what to know before you buy. >> announcer: this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt >>> good evening, everyone you may be wondering by now if you heard the news correctly that masks were no longer needed for the fully vaccinated that's because tonight not every state is signing on to that advice from the cdc. at least not yet a day after the new guidelines were announced a range of reactions from joy to confusion to wariness. it's what we wanted, to reach a point where vaccines were driving covid down as of today over 155 million of us have received at least one dose of the vaccine. but even good news can be hard to process in this case what do the relaxed guidelines mean for society that has fundamentally adapted the way

. : we have not talked to you since the developments of house gop, liz cheney, voted out. what does that tell you about house republicans? guest: it tells me that doing donald trump's bidding is the alpha and omega of their political strategy, morality. the extraordinary thing about liz cheney is she is one of the most conservative members and the house of representatives. she voted on the trump agenda more than 90% of the time. whatever scorecard you look at, in terms of policy she is a solid and reliable conservative. she was thrown out, canceled from her leadership position for one reason only. she refuses to go along with the big lie about the election and whitewash january 6. with all of the fallout from the insurrection, the only republican member to face any sanction is the one person who was willing to tell the truth. that says something about kevin mccarthy's big tent which is toxic. host: 35 house republicans rebuking kevin mccarthy, voting in favor of this commission. after leaving mccarthy said he would not support it. did that surprise you? guest: if i had to b

. >> reporter: former president trump praising the house gop's moves, slamming cheney as a bitter, horrible human being and a warmonger writing she has, no, no personality cheney is calling out kevin mccarthy who backed the effort to remove her. >> i think that he is not leading with principle right now. and i think that it is sad and i think it's dangerous. >> reporter: mccarthy today at the white house with president biden who welcomed leaders from both parties. >> i don't think anybody is questioning the legitimacy of the presidential election. i think that is all over with. we are sitting here with the president today. >> reporter: president biden hosting that meeting to see if there is a compromise to be had with republicans who oppose his more than $2 trillion infrastructure plan. >> snap my fingers, it will happen. >> reporter: telling nbc he is prepared to move on without them >> unless we can get a agreement to kickstart this and fight over what's left and see if i can get it done without republicans, if need be >> reporter: they are divided over how to pay for it mitch mcconnell s

. : we have not talked to you since the developments of house gop, liz cheney, voted out. at does that tell you about house republicans? guest: it tells me that doing donald trump's bidding is the alpha and omega of their political strategy, morality. the extraordinaryng

. >>> and the gop tapping congresswoman elise stefanik as the number three republican in the house.liz cheney who got the boot after criticizing former president trump and his lies about the election congresswoman stefanik won the job in a landslide she thanked the former president for his endorsement. >> voters determine the leader of the republican party and president trump is the leader that they look to. i support president trump. voters support president trump he is an important voice in our republican party and we look forward to working with him. >> and former president trump congratulated stefanik saying, quote, the house gop is united and his make america great again movement is strong cnbc's senior congressional correspondent elylan mui now. >> reporter: today's vote cemented representative stefanik's status not just as a rising star in her party but someone responsible for charting its future. >> house republicans are very unified in confronting the challenges facing this country we're going to work on those problems every single day in an even more united way that's why

how exactly is any of this advancing the gop prospects for taking the house in 2022? as the angle told you last night democrats are getting nervous about the midterms with good reason but at least they have cheney to do their work for them. rather than focusing on the trillions of spending and taxes biden plans to ram through congress she spends her time urging her colleagues to make clear that they are not the party of white supremacy. no one is better at the darkest adapting leftist slander the gop -- music to the ears of all the bush cheney republicans who couldn't win but now claimed to have discovered the secret to election success. >> lose cheney is standing on principle. our path to majority for republicans is to have people who stand on their own two feet and state their views like this cheney is doing. >> people who are not going to call themselves republicans if we don't move past these conspiracy theories. >> lose cheney does have a strong group of our supporters in the house republican caucus who maybe not out loud but quietly encourage her to continue spe

lasted under 20 minutes and initially we thought it would be done by secret ballot but then the house gop leader mccarthy decided to move forward with a verbal vote and tonight congresswoman cheney is no longer the house leadership, but she said she will lead the fight to restore the republican party. >> reporter: behind closed doors, house republicans used a voice vote to remove wyoming congresswoman, liz cheney, from her leadership post. >> i think it is an indication of where the republican party is . i think the party is in a place that we have to bring it back from. we have to get back to a position where we are a party with conservative principles. >> reporter: she took to the house floor tuesday night to warn that former president trump is threatening democracy with election fraud lies. >> remaining silent and ignoring the lie emboldens the liar. i will not participate in that. >> reporter: she had survived a previous attempt to oust her from her role as conference chair back in february after she voted to impeach former president trump on a charge of inciting the january 6 capitol

just ahead of today's house gop conference about on who will replace liz cheney as conference chair, congressman, your colleague elise stefanik expected to get that post. some of your fellow republicans say she is not conservative enough. what do you say? guest: they are both my friends, he was very articulate, recommending that we certify the vote on the sixth of january. i think elise stefanik will be a great addition to the leadership team and great spokesman for the gop conference, so i will support her. either way they are both wonderful representatives. host: chip roy of texas with that last-minute bid for the republican conference chair. tell us what happened in that candidate forum last night. guest: both of them spoke for about one hour. very civil and respectable. we will be well served with either one. i have been immense respect for chip roy. i respected how he was a great spokesman during the sixth of january and then for the certification debate and impeachment but in the end, i think elise will be what we need at the conference. she will do great addition and i think s

consistency-- to tell the truth. >> reporter: just today he again endorsed cheney's ouster writing the house gop has a massive opportunity to upgrade this week from warmonger liz cheney to gifted communicator he lease stefanik. >> do you support stefanik for that job? >> yes, i do. >> reporter: stefanik who worked for paul ryan and former president george w. bush has become an outspoken trump loyalist. >> my vision is to run with support from the president and his coalition of voters. >> reporter: stefanik has been trying to build support among conservatives and will meet with the house freedom caucus this week. a source familiar with cheney's plans tell cbs news she is definitely not stepping aside before wednesday's vote. norah. >> o'donnell: a big week this week on capitol hill, nikole killion, thank you. we're going to turn now to a bizarre story out of houston where people are on high alert after a tiger, yes, you heard that right, a tiger pet was seen wandering around. we've now learned the tiger's owner is out on bond for murder. cbs's mola lenghi has more. >> a tiger in my neighborhood.

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. >> representative liz cheney may end up losing her leadership post in the house gop conference for the sin of reminding republicans that former president trump's rhetoric continues to underne the rule of law and she wrote in an paup op-ed, quote, we must support a parallel bipartisan review by a commission with subpoena power to seek and find the facts. senator, you're the chair of the rules committee in the senate. and this bill falls squarely in your court. will this happen? >> well, i've been a supporter of this 9/11-type commission from the beginning. and i hope it does happen. i know they've been negotiating that over in the house. at the same time, senator blunt, senator portman, and senator peters and i have joined forces, and we have done an extensive investigation of what happened, mistakes made on the defense department side, the capitol police, their leadership, and i'm proud that this is completely bipartisan. we have gotten some pretty damning information out of the public hearings. and we look at it not as much as uncovering a scandal, as looking at solutions going fo

there's been speculation about how long the house gop would tolerate or repeated criticism of former president. >> trump. our grant lodes joins sound studio with reaction to that vote and who could be next to take really key position. we kind of knew this is going to happen, but it's to liz cheney is right. people of a certain age. remember cheney and how classic a republican he was, how controversial he was. and you know, he was as republican really as it gets. and now police cheney's being given the boot essentially by house republicans. and this vote. it was quick took really only about 20 minutes. it was done by vote choice, which means there's no recorded record of how house republicans voted so nobody knows cheney. she said she knew this was coming as really did everybody else given her repeated an outspoken criticism of former president trump just before the vote. she opened the conference meeting quoting a bible verse from the book of john. tell your colleagues, quote, you shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free. moments later she was out has the 3rd highest ran

wyoming congresswoman liz cheney all but guaranteed to lose her leadership role in the house. her gop colleagues set to vote her out. her sin, voting to impeach donald trump for inspiring the insurrection and then refuse to go back down as most of her fellow republicans have. trump pushed the big lie and with cheney out of the way the party can now use the lie to contest future elections without a pesky truth teller in their midst. >> even a republican lawmaker who plans to support cheney predicts she does not survive. even those who like liz and agree with her think the current situation is untenable. untenable or inconvenient, chainy is standing defiant to the end. cnn's daniella diaz is live for us in capitol hill. >> reporter: congresswoman cheney has said she is not going anywhere. she will continue to be outspoken against former president donald trump and the threat that she believes he poses to american democracy. there's a lot going on across the country right now. as a result of this big lie, you know, this lie that former president donald trump and his allies are spreading t

with republican congresswomen liz cheney, who as you pointed out was ousted as the chair of the house gop conference. here's that exchange. >> you say that kevin mccarthy should testify but -- to what appears is a new commission to investigate the ryan on january 6 and should testify specifically about the conversation she had with the president that they where he reportedly called the president said you have to call this off and the president said, kevin, some people are more interested in the selection then you are. test in this election then you are. i asked congressman mccarthy about this a couple weeks ago. >> has a president ever reached out to you since the report came out to discuss what you and he talked about on the january 6 the phone call and as you say to him, i can't, because we are under oath? >> know, that never happened. never even close. >> and if you did -- and if that didn't happen, you would agree it would be witness tampering? >> yeah, but it never happened. >> congresswomen, do you know anything about that, whether or not kevin mccarthy and donald trump talked in th

and tonight the number two republican in the house, gop whip steve scalise, urging members to vote it down. lots more on these developments just ahead. >>> in the battle against covid-19, the cdc saying 15 states reporting zero covid deaths as 60% of american adults have had at least one dose of the vaccine. but why are mask mandates so confusing? and president biden pitching his american jobs and infrastructure plan at a ford plant in michigan and taking a swipe at the previous administration. >> and they announced infrastructure week and announced it and announced it and announced it every week for four years and didn't do a damn thing. didn't get the job done. folks, the rest of the world is moving fast. they're moving ahead. they're not waiting for the united states of america. government, labor, industry working together have to step up, and we have a playbook that will work. >> let's bring in now the transportation secretary, pete buttigieg. secretary, thank you so much. appreciate you joining us. so you met with -- >> thanks for having me. >> the gop wants to stick to things li

they wrote she is a liberal, talking about stefanik, with a lifetime rating fourth worst in the house gops should find a conservative to lead messaging and win back the house majority. club for growth is an outside organization, but i'm told there are concerns internally as well. house freedom caucus, which is a conservative wing of the republican party in the house of representatives held a conference call last night where the members were expressing reservations about how quickly house leadership, along with the former president donald trump, rushed to install stefanik as the replacement to cheney. they can see, jake, there's probably nothing they can do about it, that stefanik is likely to become the next house conference chair. they want to talk about her views on the issues from lgbtq rights, immigration and find out where she stands because they're worried they could be in the same position, a conference chair putting out the message of the republican party that doesn't align with the members of that republican party. >> ryan, thank you so much. >>> let's talk to cnn's jamie gangel.

host: we have not talked to you since the developments of house gop, liz cheney, voted out. what does that tell you about house republicans? guest: it tells me that doing donald trump's bidding is the alpha and omega of their political strategy, morality. the extraordinary thing about liz cheney is she is one of the most conservative members and the house of representatives. she voted on the trump agenda more than 90% of the time. whatever scorecard you look at, in terms of policy she is a solid and reliable conservative. she was thrown out, canceled from her leadership position for one reason only. she refuses to go along with the big lie about the election and whitewash january 6. with all of the fallout from the insurrection, the only republican member to face any sanction is the one person who was willing to tell the truth. that says something about kevin mccarthy's big tent which is toxic. host: 35 house republicans rebuking kevin mccarthy, voting in favor of this commission. after leaving mccarthy said he would not support it. did that surprise you? guest: if i had to b