representative kelly armstrong is joining us now. representative, thank you so much for joining us. you voted against removing mccarthy from the speakership. what's your reaction to his ouster? >> i've got to congratulate my eight republican colleagues. they gave chuck schumer and joe biden unified control of government in d.c., at least temporarily. i don't see how that helps the conservative movement. i don't see how that helps the republican majority in the u.s. house of representatives. >> do you think mccarthy should continue to seek the speakership even though he doesn't have the support of 218 members of your conference? >> yeah, i mean, he's got the vast -- the support of the vast majority of our conference. he's got eight people who voted against him. and i will back whatever play kevin does. i don't think anybody could have done this job better than him. we have opened the house back up, regular order, open amendments. i said all those things in my speech today. going back, nobody has done more to help us get and maintain this majority than kevin mccarthy. and i don't see

and joining us now is republican congressman kelly armstrong of north dakota, a key player in averting a shutdown. thank you for being with us because there are reports from "the washington post," for instance, that you were part of a small group of republicans working behind the scenes for a cup of days on the sort of break glass plan "b" to make sure the funding extension passed, get it done before midnight, get it to the senate in time. how did you pull that off? >> it was also a group of small republicans working to get the most conservative cr on the floor that could get 218 votes. we started, you know, three weeks ago with the largest spending cuts in congressional history and the most robust border security, and our goal was always for the vast majority of the congress is what is the most conservative cr that can get 218 votes. and unfortunately we saw what that was on saturday because we couldn't get our party to coalesce around a really conservative package. a vast majority of republicans did not want the government to shutdown, and we got through it on saturday. >> i wanted t

kelly armstrong of north dakota. or mike gallagher of wisconsin. those are true conservative, what the democrats are waiting for. at 210 or 212 democrats for mike turner or any of those i mentioned. but they are not going to cross the aisle for maga -- maga is not a republican party. it's a party within itself. a maga party. a republican party is a true conservative party. like we had under president reagan. host: carolyn in louisiana. republican line. caller: yes. until they learn to play ball together, they ain't going to do crap. first of all louisiana, we don't play this monkey business they play everywhere else. we go in, we vote. we don't try to steal votes or whatever. but louisiana's got a good guy there. they don't squished out some of the best ones. everybody has skeltons in their closet. i'll tell you one thing, the democrats will stick with democrats. and republicans here lately don't want to do too much of nothing because they want a pity party like a bunch of women. we are just down home people. we don't like all this crap. we think t

kelly armstrong from north dakota. mike gallagher from wisconsin. any of those -- and mike turner of ohio. any of those that they would put on the floor for nomination, the 212 democrats would come over and help support them. because they are -- they're not maga republicans. they are conservative republicans. host: all right, roy. let's listen to ralph norman talking to reporters on capitol hill. mr. norman: we have got to decide who we want as speaker. he's the designee now. for however long it takes. at the end they have day jim jordan will have to decide that. he has to decide what he wants to do. reporter: if he supports this, would that change your mind? mr. norman: no, whether he supports it or not i don't think it's the right way. reporter: do you think giving him two more months to get the votes is ok. mr. norman: his time is now. reporter: but you had another speaker designee. mr. norman: jim jordan is the right man for the right time to do the right job. he's the only one that's gotten 199 or 200 votes. it's up to him to get the 17 others.

kelly armstrong on with you guys earlier talking about it. watch. >> the cost of my vote for a new speaker is rule change to our conference, i'm not interested in petty personal attack, i would like to have a position where one vote, particularly one of the most extreme votes becomes irrelevant, otherwise same car with different driver. >> griff: short list of names, you see steve scalise a front-runner, emmer, stefanik, patrick mchenry, johnson and of course jim jordan. one thing for sure, whoever it ends up being, you have another deadline six weeks away. november 16th, the government will run out of money, this environment is unclear what the plan will be. >> todd: are there any investigations going on? they can continue with the impeachment inquiry. yesterday they were moving ahead with one interview. anything else? >> great question, brian, last night james comer, chairman of the oversight committee says nothing will stop. make no mistake, this is unchartered territory for what you are about to get. it is unclear whether investigations w

we talked with kelly armstrong, republican from north dakota. >> i wonder if we get to see punxsutawneyhave 7 more weeks of winter, got to deal with israel and ukraine, the farm bill extension before we can get this handled because we got a lot to do. >> it's about the math, tom has the most votes. where do those supporters for kevin hearne and byron donald go? do they go to tom emmer or mike johnson? what about the four members who voted present or for someone else? that's six ballots right there. if all members of the house vote, there are still six holdouts, we don't elect a speaker. they can only tolerate four defections on the floor. neil: we are separately hearing a new york republican, referring to congressman emmer as speaker designate. that would imply he has been chosen as the republican conference's choice and submitting his name and candidacy to the full house. that's the way it would go. the washington examiner, he is the guy, no sure bet he will ultimately be the guy but what do you make of this? >> i'm not sure what makes tom emmer any better to win a floor vote than kevi

i was just talking with another congressman kelly armstrong who is a strong supporter of kevin mccarthy who had reservations about ukraine funding. i think this has really become something that is coming from i would say -- i mean, jeff, you're on the trail more than i am talking to what i would call the maga base. but i think these members really -- there are serious bottom up pressure on them right now. and i think jordan is reflecting that in kind of a broader sense. and in terms of his bid for speaker, have you ever seen jim jordan do anything in a manner that was not aggressive? >> fair. no, but i also -- i'm just remembering the days of standing in the hallway with you guys back when he was making john boehner are's life a living you know what. and he was the flame thrower. and imagining him in the position where his life would be made you know what and not the flame thrower but the flame target, if you will, is hard to see. but as we talk more about that, jeff, i want to bring you in, he is not the only one running for speaker, patrick mchenry is the current sort of temporary spe

congressman kelly armstrong, great state of north dakota joins us live.essman, good morning to you. >> thanks for having me. >> how surreal was it for you to sit in the house chamber during that red on red attack on speaker mccarthy where everything you guys have accomplished they blew up? >> yeah, it's a bad day for republicans, it's a bay day for our conference and bass day for our country because 8 members of our conference gave joe biden and chuck schumer unified control of the government at least until we can figure out a path for a new speaker. >> brian: why don't you let matt gaetz be your leader? >> not a chance. >> brian: why not? >> the cost of my vote for a new speaker is rule change to our conference. i'm not interested in the petty personal attacks but i would like to take -- i would like to have a position where one vote, particularly one of the most extreme votes becomes irrelevant, otherwise it's the same clown car with a different driver. >> all it takes one person to be unhappy and it happens again. motion to vacation need like 30 to 40

congressman thank you for joining us tonight we really appreciate you and is conceiving comes in, kelly armstrong former governor mike huckabee wall street pro and the popular host of the - oh and ben ferguson all coming up we have capitol hill and house republicans huddling behind closed doors and tonight to decide on a speaker as he is real hamas work ignites and plus oil prices surging and could bring more tensions and more of that push the guesswork up to $6 a gallon what you can expect next on the evening edit. he hits his mark —center stage—and is crushed by a baby grand piano. you're replacing me? customize and save with liberty bibberty. he doesn't even have a mustache. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ ♪ explore endless design possibilities. to find your personal style. endless hardie® siding colors. textures and styles. it's possible. with james hardie™. (bobby) my store and my design business? we're exploding. but my old internet, was not letting me run the show. so, we switched to verizon business internet. they have business grade internet, nationwid

i want to get in what a congressman had to say about this, kelly armstrong, and she says the points youaising right now. listen to this. >> the incentive structure in this town is completely broken. we have descended to a place where clicks, tv hits, and the never ending quest for the most mediocre taste of celebrity drives decisions and encourages juvenile behavior that is so far beneath this esteemed body. >> what is your take? >> these are the people who were picking celebrity apprentice guy as their nominee >> that is right. >> so, yes that is a problem and we need to get back to things like, if we want to have a deal, we need to have deals for border security. the deal that is there that senate republicans have taken out have laid out and worked with democrats is to have border security money, to have disaster relief, and to have ukraine money. that is a solid, conservative deal, bipartisan deal that is there for the making. if you are concerned about crime, things happening every day, republicans should be talking about those issues, not matt gaetz's latest problems or whatever is

joining us now republican congressman kelly armstrong of north dakota.d you characterize what you're feeling right now? i don't know if you thought it was going to be a touchy, fehely interviewed. >> what word comes to mind? >> i'm sad. i'm sad more anyway republican conference, to and now it's almost like the people who voted to create chaos didn't have a real good idea of on we go to mccarthy to fulfill the promises from and allow him and you not to negotiate what caused his ouster last weekend. so they said it was almost a trap. it was almost a setup to fail. >> yeah, they voted against the rules. we talked about negotiating last saturday to keep the government open. three weeks earlier i negotiated with some of the most conservative members of our conference to pass the most fiscally conservative bill in my life time with the most robust security. 21 republicans against it. that's how you get to the table with the senate, we had eight members join with the entire democrat it wasn't lost on a lot of us where they were standing and where they are talki

let's bring in republican congressman mike lawlor of new york and kelly armstrong of north dakota. i'm very, very concerned about israel, very concerned about ukraine, very concerned about america's role in the world. when i just think about politics, congressman lawlor, i think of you, actually, first, because you're one of those republicans that won in a biden district. i just wonder what are people saying at home about this republican conference not being able to elect a speaker? >> look, joe, there's 18 districts that joe biden won in 2020 that republicans now represent in congress, mine being one of them. and they elected us to serve as a house republican majority as a check and balance on the biden administration, on the spending, on the border, on some of the international policy. obviously, we can't do that without a speaker. it's why i was opposed to removing kevin mccarthy in the first place. you don't remove a speaker midterm without cause. obviously the house is a bit paralyzed. i think the french would call it a cluster fark. this is something we need to resolve immedi

kelly and christine hamilton. but first, let's get your news with . aaron your latest news with. aaron >> it is just after half past five. i'm aaron armstrong.e growing humanitarian crisis in gaza. downing street says the two leaders are united. in their view, aid must be allowed into the besieged enclave. the united nafionsis the besieged enclave. the united nations is warning civil order starting to fade there after thousands of people broke into aid centres in a desperate search for basic supplies. meanwhile, the palestinian red crescent says israel's told them to immediately evacuate a key hospital in gaza, which has around 400 patients and some 14,000 people taking refuge as the gaza health ministry said this morning, just over 8000 people have been killed as israeli forces expand their ground operations . sir keir ground operations. sir keir starmer is unlikely to sack anyone for disagreeing with labour's position on israel. according to the shadow science secretary, peter kyle, sir keir's echoed the un's calls for a humanitarian pause in the fighting and for aid to be allowed into gaza. many in the party, though, want him to go further