taking over for kathy mcmorris radiologists, who boud out. that was her job. now she's not going to run for it again. so that will be the highest ranking new blood in the leadership. like i said before, thefr stepping into their old positions. cheney is the newer one. >> it's a secret ballot. they will meet in the ways and means committee room. generally they have three members who are counting the votes. standing at the front of the room. probably members coming from the rules committee. they each count their own vote. nobody knows who anybody voted for. there's no judgment necessarily. and they are just going to tally up all the votes. everybody write it is on a slip and then whoever ends up with the most votes at the end of the day will be announced as the winner. >> elections for the republicans take place today. we'll talk about others. if you have questions about this process call. what is the likelihood that nancy pelosi will become. speaker of the house? >> i have to think it's more likely than not just because bet. ing against nancy pelosi, you're not

but i have to tell you, yes, the woman with who i was working with, including kathy mcmorris, becameirwoman of the house republican conference. wonderful friends and mentors. i have to say, the men in our conference mentored us, i really, as a woman in the conference, felt very much part of the team and considered important. it's a canard to say democrats on the claws -- >> the next goal is to get to the point where it doesn't matter if you are a woman or a man. it's what you want to accomplish, post feminism? amen to that. thank you very much. great to see all of you. thank you for coming into that. that is "the story" on this friday night. tucker carlson is coming up ♪ ♪. >> good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight" i'm brian kilmeade once again filling in for tucker while he vacation with his family well-earned. the midterms are being fought right now in guess where? florida on election night governor rick scott had a big lead over bill nelson for that senate seat. sings then, a constant stream of votes in a left-leaning broward county chip away scott's lead 40,000 to 1

scott: we had a surprise this week in kathy mcmorris rogers, the conference chairwoman who has been that position for six years now, the highest ranking republican in leadership at the capitol. she decided to bow out of leadership now that the republicans are in the minority. she is facing a challenge from liz cheney, the daughter of former vice president dick cheney, she is a defense hawk much like her father, someone with a big name in republican politics and someone who can be a good fundraiser for the party, so she will run for the number three position, which in the minority, is conference chair. right now, the only other challenge that we are seeing is to kevin mccarthy for the minority leaders spot. he is getting a challenge as we have known for several months, from jim jordan, the conservative freedom caucus leader. both men, jordan and mccarthy, are close to the president, so it will be hard for the president to weigh in. the president was campaigning with jim jordan in the waning days of the election and speaks to mccarthy almost on a daily basis. but i think because of the way