this is a picture of kevin mccarthy with donald trump on january 28th, 2021 at mar-a-lago. nder that after the rioters hit the capitol, mccarthy voted with a hunter of his colleagues to overturn the election. he's been a ride or die guy with trump. it was a cynical calculation of which wind way the wind was blowing. he doesn't believe in trump, he doesn't believe in trump's in the former staffer said. he doesn't believe in protectionism and all this election bs, but he feels like the strays too far away from it, he will absolutely mrs. chance to finally get the gavel which is finally in his grasp. does this guy believe in anything else than becoming speaker? >> i think that is definitely been an ambition of his for several years now. as you mention from the article earlier, even before he got to the house he wanted to be speaker. i do think that he is willing to do many things to get there but especially recognizing the power of donald trump and the power that he has over the republican conference, because mccarthy knows that without trump, he won't be able to ascend to the

what's happened people like kevin mccarthy, kevin mccarthy bears 90% of the weight of donald trump's return. he is a failed leader who has absolutely no -- nothing more than his own power in his mind. he resurrected donald trump. i got to tell you, if he's ever around a mirror, i can't imagine that's easy to look at him unless he's just that cold and calculated. >> but you were an ally -- kevin mccarthy was an ally of yours when he came into office. you were one of his proteges. did you not see that then that he was naked after power or do you think something changed? >> well, i guess in hindsight you can see that. you know, i knew he was a very good politician, and he is. he just goes with the wind. he goes where it's going to take him to higher power. he knows everybody's name. he knows something about you. and i knew that there was a lot of politicianiva about that. at the time we didn't have donald trump. when he came and you start seeing people, not just about differences of opinion. we need differences of opinions in this country. but it's about swallowing authoritarian moves,

but you know what happened with kevin mccarthy? right that's a fairly abc, i can be maybe to the next speaker the house, and kevin mccarthy to stay in power. but what about members of your own family? i ask you that not to be critical of members of your own family, but i think they are representative of a lot of republicans in the country who don't hold elected office and are enthralled with donald trump at our voting against liz cheney who otherwise is everything you could want from a conservative republican? . . the pastors, many pastors in this country are failing their congregation. not even just by pushing kind of trumpism from the pulpit, but even refusing to talk about how bad it is, how corrosive it is. you have people today that literally, i think in their hearts they might not say, but they equate donald trump with the person of jesus christ. to, them if you even come out against this amazing man donald trump, which obviously is quite flawed, you are coming out against jesus, against their christian values. and when you g

but you know what happened with kevin mccarthy?s a fairly abc, i can be maybe to the next speaker the house, and kevin mccarthy to stay in power. but what about members of your own family? i ask you that not to be critical of members of your own family, but i think they are representative of a lot of republicans in the country who don't hold elected office and are and throttled with donald trump at our voting against liz cheney who otherwise is everything you could want from a conservative republican? >> i think it's an important thing to talk about. first off, i've come to believe over the last year that people, more than even fearing death were such a tribalistic people, they fear being people kicked out of their tribe. because you accept anything, because now republicanism and conservatism and trumpism becomes your identity. so you are going to stay. look, my family, they are my dad's cousin's, i'm going to say this as a christian myself. the pastors, many pastors in this country are failing their congregation. not even just by

i want to begin with the kevin mccarthy statement. if you are in the justice department and in the attorney general's inner circle, what would you be saying to the attorney general tonight after reading kevin mccarthy statement which i will read now read and fall in which kevin mccarthy says -- i've seen enough. the department of justice is reaching a tolerable state of weaponized politicized and. when republicans take back the house, we will conduct immediate oversight of this department, follow facts and leave no stone unturned. attorney general garland, preserving documents and clear your calendar. andrew weissmann, what would you say to the attorney general about that? >> you keep your head down and keep doing the right thing. that is such a palpably false statement, the comment from mr. mccarthy that he is seen enough. one of the things that none of us has seen is the warrant an application to the court. it's very important to remember this was not a break-in, this was not a raid, this was not the attorney general of the united s

most of the party is probably aware kevin mccarthy is. proud of her for fighting. >> alex wagner premiered last night with her new show. she had adam kinzinger, the other republican, the other anti-trump republican on the committee, who is retiring rather than fighting. listen to what he had to say about trump's die hard supporters, including members of his own family. >> you have people today that literally, i think in their heart they may not say it, but they equate donald trump with jesus christ. if you come out against this amazing man, donald trump -- quite flawed -- you are coming out against jesus, against their christian values. when you go after their religion, that violates the depth of who they are. i have been kicked out of my tribe. that's okay. >> a remarkable interview. phil, our country so divided that liz cheney in wyoming, which was cheney country, couldn't even have a public rally last night. she can't go out without facing threats. what does that say about us? >> it's a deeply divided country. these are scary and dange

first of all i would point out to kevin mccarthy that what i said about nancy pelosi --i think kevin mccarthy is the dumbest leader that republicans or democrats have ever had in the house. i say that knowing him pretty well, but i would ask him. let's take a look at the last 80 days straight. gas prices have gone down. what do you say about that? corporate profits today for the second quarter are the highest in this country since they have been since 1950. the economy has just gone along. people are feeling good. i think that they will ignore --you know what kevin mccarthy is trying to do? change the subject. he does not want to talk about january 6. now he says everything donald trump did was fine. they do not talk about january 6. they do not want to talk about the dobbs decision. no, they do not want to say that we have the party who has made women second class citizens. they do not want to talk about student loans except to say, we are running out of time, so the republican response to the student loan forgiveness program is unbelievable. they are saying it is better for the elit

you mentioned about kevin mccarthy.something else. urging donald trump soon, maybe even today, to declare his candidacy for president. we have been talking about that a lot on this show, how most republicans have not -- don't want him to do that any time soon. they think he will drown out the midterms, a distraction and hurt their chances. those closest to the president have believed it's not just one thing that he is a former president, but ifs a candidate again and a favorite to be the 2024 gop nominee, that might make prosecution harder, political. watch for growing cries there, more republicans trying to urge him to do so, to further muck up the proceedings. >> what a stupid move that would be. >> it could happen. >> obviously, merrick garland and the doj is holding information that republicans don't know about. they can go and spout off. they understand that donald trump is corrupt. they understand he has no respect for the rule of law. they saw what happened on january 6th. they heard him try to pressure his attor

this is a suite from kevin mccarthy about the events of the last week or so. he writes i have watch the department of justice region intolerable state of weaponization, when we take back the house, we will follow the facts and leave no stone unturned. attorney general garland, preserve your documents and clear your calendar. if the house falls back in republican hands, what do you see happening in light of tweets like this, the management of the house under republican hands? guest: they will launch lots of investigations. they will launch an investigation into hunter biden, probably make good on these threats -- kevin mccarthy's position there is absurd. the responsible thing to do is to say, we don't know. we don't know yet. let's wait and see. the fbi took those documents and like i said before, we have so little information right now about why and what is going on, but also again, these are the people who wanted to lock up hillary clinton for mishandling classified documents. trump has stolen and taken classified documents, that the government was saying gi

that was kevin mccarthy. >> [applause] >> thank you. have, and continue to elect from this state, amazing congressman was. i noticed in the audience yesterday that arrived with kevin was jeff duncan, can you stand up? god bless jeff duncan, and ralph flew in with him, too. is ralph there? god bless you, ralph. those two members of congress, along with the rest of our republican delegation, the day is coming in november of this year when we will have a republican speaker of the house. >> [applause] >> i look forward to kevin mccarthy being that speaker. wouldn't it be a wonderful thing when the president of the united states says that afghanistan was a great withdrawal? wouldn't it be wonderful to have the republican speaker of the house stand up and say, when we lose 13 american soldiers and thousands of americans stranded behind, that is not a good thing? >> [applause] >> won't it be a wonderful thing when you hear someone from the biden administration say that the southern border is closed? >> [applause] >> wouldn't it be wonderful to

person in washington, d.c., only one member of congress at the time supported me and that was kevin mccarthy. [applause] thank you. and we continue to elect them from the state, amazing congress members. i noticed in the audience today that arrived in kevin was jeff duncan. god bless jeff duncan. [applause] a stab wart on behalf of the state of carolina. and ralph newman. is ralph here? [applause] god bless you ralph. those two members of congress along with the rest of our republican delegation, the day is coming and the day is coming in november of this year, when we will have a republican speaker of the house. [cheers and applause] i look forward to kevin mccarthy being that speaker. wouldn't it be a wonderful thing, when the president of the united states says that afghanistan was a great withdrawal -- wouldn't it be wonderful to have the republican speaker of the house stand up and say, when we lose 13 american soldiers and leave thousands of americans stranded behind, that is not a good thing? what it's -- won't quote it to be a wonderful thing when you hear someone from the biden admi

kevin mccarthy calling for reforms. really? how do you perform this? the fbi director on august 4th. >> do you agree that the allegation of secret collusion between president trump and russia was a hoax? yes or no? >> i don't think that's the terminology i would use. i think there's a lot written on the subject both in special counsel's report and inspector general's report, so that is not a term i would use. >> okay. do you agree the hunter biden laptop was not russia disinformation? >> now you are asking about an ongoing investigation that i expect our folks to pursue aggressively, and i just can't comment on that. >> and you possess the laptop, right? >> again, i can't discuss an ongoing investigation. >> will: many people like to point out that christopher wray was appointed by trump. christopher wray is a member of permanent washington who doesn't like to discuss anything, including why his agents concocted a plan to kidnap the governor of michigan or how many fbi agents were there on januar. they are permanent fixtures in washington, as is your n

some expect even a single digit pickup, which could mean tight margins for kevin mccarthy.blican, larry hogan said this weekend, it might not be a wave we see in november but potentially just a ripple. >> we could blow it by nominating unelectable people and that's what's happening across the country and why the wave is going to be more of a ripple rather than a tidal wave. why mitch mcconnell is saying we may win the senate. why we were hoping to pick up seats in governor's races and now we're not. it's why the margin in the house is so much smaller. >> and if it's a smaller margin in the house, that could be problematic, potentially for kevin mccarthy, because of the fact that he needs 218 votes to get the speaker's gavel and already a handful of republicans are expected to vote against him, and also passing an agenda would be increasingly difficult in a tight republican majority. there is still time, though, things can still change. but at the moment, expectations changing and a narrower majority in the house seems increasingly likely. >> manu raju, stay with us because

person in washington, d.c., only one member of congress at the time supported me and that was kevin mccarthy. [applause] thank you. and we continue to elect them from the state, amazing congress members. i noticed in the audience today that arrived in kevin was jeff duncan. god bless jeff duncan. [applause] a stab wart on behalf of the state of carolina. and ralph newman. is ralph here? [applause] god bless you ralph. those two members of congress along with the rest of our republican delegation, the day is coming and the day is coming in november of this year, when we will have a republican speaker of the house. [cheers and applause] i look forward to kevin mccarthy being that speaker. wouldn't it be a wonderful thing, when the president of the united states says that afghanistan was a great withdrawal -- wouldn't it be wonderful to have the republican speaker of the house stand up and say, when we lose 13 american soldiers and leave thousands of americans stranded behind, that is not a good thing? what it's -- won't quote it to be a wonderful thing when you hear someone from the biden admi

kevin mccarthy, you have to say an outrageous attack on merrick garland.ce yourself when we take over. clear your calendar, we will investigate you. merrick garland is the most careful, judicious to a fault some would say attorney general in this case. >> it's -- your point about them not being able to comment is particularly true in a case involving national security and classified documents and potential counterintelligence issues. they are hamstrung. it's worth pointing out the context here as these republicans make these charges. the fbi was reeling from the fallout of the trump russia investigation where an fbi lawyer was prosecuted and had to admit to a felony and his career was over. other people were fired. there was controversy. there was an inspector general report. they are super careful when it comes to these matters at this point. christopher wray says we are trying to do the right thing in the right way. that sounds like boy scout talk, but people take it to heart. they saw what could happen if they weren't careful. we will see in the end wha

ends monday. >>> my views about kevin mccarthy are very clear.the house is send in line for the presidency. it requires somebody who understand and recognizes their duty, their oath, their obligation, and he's been completely unfaithful to the constitution and demonstrated a total lack of understanding of the significance and the importance of the role of speaker, so i don't believe he should be speaker of the house. >> all right. liz cheney speaking truth about wannabe speaker kevin mccarthy saying he's unfit to lead republicans if they regain control of the house of representatives. now senate republican leader mitch mcconnell on the other hand said the other part out loud acknowledging that his party could fail to win control of the senate due to candidate quality. hmm. wonder why. he has a good reason to be concerned. even though it's still early, a slew of polls this week showed democrats leading in key states. new fox news polls show that in arizona incumbent democrat mark kelly is up over republican-backed blake masters and mandela barnes

but you know what happened with kevin mccarthy right? airly a b c b r can be the next speak of the house and kevin mccartney i'm gonna stay in power. i ask you that not to be critical's of members of your own family but because i think they are representative of a lot of republicans in the party who don't hold elected office and are enthrall with donald trump at our voting against liz cheney who otherwise is everything you could want from a conservative republican? >> >> yeah, i think it's an important thing to talk about. first off, i've come to believe over the last year that people, more than even fearing death, we're such a tribalistic people that they fear being kicked out of their trip. and so, you accept anything, because now, republicanism, conservatism, trumpism, becomes your identity. and so, you're gonna stay. now, my family, look, they are my dad's cousin's. i'm gonna say this, as a question myself. the pastors, many pastors in this country are failing their congregation. not even just by, you know, pushing kind of trumpism, b

and now, if you don't mind, we're going to get to the news after house minority leader kevin mccarthyd reports that he had planned to ask former president trump to resign in the wake of the capitol attack, "the new york times" released audio of mccarthy telling colleagues he was going to talk to trump about stepping down all right, well, i'm sure he wouldn't lie it was probably just a misunderstanding let's hear it. >> the only discussion i did have with him is that i think this will pass and it would be my recommendation he should resign. >> seth: all right, well, that's pretty damning [ laughter ] that'd be like the "encanto" family saying "we always talk about bruno. [ laughter ] after new audio revealed that house minority leader kevin mccarthy was planning to urge former president trump to resign after the capitol attack, trump said that he thinks it was "a big compliment. so we should just add "resign" to the list of the words he doesn't know [ laughter ] "mr. president, you need to resign." "thank you, i have been working out. [ laughter ] politico published photographs on frid

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that's coming after house minority leader kevin mccarthy has promised to launch a number of oversight investigations if republicans retake the congressional majority this fall. now, he's adding to that ever growing plate of possible probes saying they will be looking into the justice department's handling of this unprecedented raid on a former president's residence. >> gabby, great reporting. thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> all right, joining us now to discuss the legal implications, elie honig, cnn legal analyst and former prosecutor. the agents executed a search warrant at the home of the former president, what does that mean? what standard does that meet? >> well, john, this is a huge stop and things that we know for sure. as a prosecutor, if you want to get a search warrant, you have to establish probable cause that a specific federal crime was committed. you can't just say we think some crime was committed. you have to specify which crime. and possible cross. now, that's a lower burden of proof than beyond a reasonable doubt which you need to prove to a jury but also a signi

who kevin mccarthy invited her 3 years ago to form a bipartisan china task force, at all the 25 points you know what nancy pelosi did? she stalled kevin mccarthy for a year, said no, and forbid any democratic congress person from joining that task force, one of our best hopes they be changing control in the house, where kevin mccarthy may create it do something, your 1939-40 mitt metaphor captures what is happening now, the lindbergh group, that group still in control of china policy. listing the out ragous behavior by china, should have an impact, you would think, i'm afraid without a pearl harbor attack or something really outrageous that kills americans like sinking an american aircraft carrier, without that, chinese efforts to introduce complacency, i think will continue to be successful, sorry for the bad news. mark: i agree. so damn frustrating, what else do communist chinese have to do, they are indoctrinating our children in schools, they are stealing our technology, they have spies all over, interfering with economic flow, we have a virus that came out of come communist china,

that's by the way, because kevin mccarthy rejected putting a g o p. members on other than the 2 that were appointed by speaker below. so i just went on to emphasize for audience, so they get lost the weeds. kevin mccarthy, the republican leader, had an opportunity to rec, what other members and they withdrew that oper correct. so there are 2 republican members that are leading, i mean one is the daughter of a former vice pres, united states, and rather a tough vice pres, united states. you know, the chia name is a no name and g o p circles. why? in your estimation, just as you know in this mix, as she become so reviled adam, tensing her, you know, is likely gonna move on to, you know, run, run a new organization called country 1st. but in that, the republicans don't seem to be solvent right now. in terms of, of this discussion. yes. so, so let's be clear, the reason why there are as, as we both described, republicans on the committee is entirely their own doing and their leader kevin mccarthy's doing. but even with that, what is impressed me maybe the most about these committee heari

we always knew that kevin mccarthy was likely going to be on the attack against democrats. but now in that tweet that vaughn laid out, the fact that he's telling the doj to preserve documents if we retake the house we're doing hearings, that's instructive. as much as democrats don't want this to be the referendum issue of the midterms, you saw from chuck schumer and nancy pelosi as they were being asked about this late last night, they didn't have much to offer or say. this kind of cuts the momentum that democrats had after the veterans pact after, after the chips bill and the reck subtleuation movement over the weekend. it cuts the momentum they felt they were building. but at the same time, this is also an instructive moment for voters. do you want a party that's only going to rally around and defend the former president or do you want something else. it's a hit will litmus test. >> if you run for congress, you're used to revel in operating in a political spear. not if you're doj or fbi. you want to say, i'm having nothing to do with this and yet after we saw members of t

kevin mccarthy could look at fewer than that.races you'll get some of the type of candidates you talked about of people playing the role of being wild trump supportershageman, never trumper and pledged allegiance there. senate a different story. some candidates like herschel walker and dr. oz and j.d. vance in ohio giving mitch mcconnell a little bit of heart burn here. >> more than a little. i think mitch mcconnell is going darn it, donald trump got me again. i'm not going to be majority leader. that's all he wanted to do. a lot of people probably think that's why he stayed around for the 2022 elections. it was -- at the time it looked very promising for republicans but once again, thanks to donald trump you do not see principled republicans running for office. instead, you see, you know, people that can win primaries with his backing, sure. but they're not going to be able to take that -- it doesn't look like they'll be able to take back the senate and the biggest problem for republicans is that there are no -- there are very f

but it's kevin mccarthy as the leader of the republicans in the house to make that ugly threat againstl merrick garland, saying i hope you have your calendar clear. essentially as donald trump might have put it, you are going to go through some things. that's something we have never seen before in american history. this is how bad this is getting. >> 48 years ago yesterday we had the announcement that richard nixon is going to resign. let's place yesterday's search, not a raid, we'll call it a search, let's put yesterday search in this context. in 50 years, we're not just jumping 30, in 50 year's would be looking back at this moment the same we looked at nixon's rising nation. nixon's resignation is something everybody learned out in school. it was not just seen as a change politically but a change in the country. the country had never seen a president say he just stop step bound from office because he couldn't handle it i'm not a crook. do you think this will be viewed the same way or is this gonna be more trumps? >> i think this is gonna show how much this country has changed for the

kevin mccarthy will find that out soon enough. and the reality of it is there is a price to be paid for that and that price is what we see right now. the absence of leadership alicia is damning, liz cheney harkened to that point at the beginning of the january six committee where the stain of all this will linger beyond trump. in fact, this is less and less about trump now because the infection has so fully moved inside the bloodstream of the party. trump is not the animating character any longer. >> -- go ahead. >> i was gonna say just to the point, assuming that it is all dangerous, they are all dangerous until proven otherwise, because what else do you have to go on? >> that's why thought it was particularly interesting that you had desantis getting on this train. the person who is seen as the most likely 2024 contender whether trump runs or not felt that he had to come to trump's defense on this. michael? >> yeah, because he had nowhere else to go. the last thing he needs is all those florida republicans nipping at his ankles

kevin mccarthy doesn't know anything more than you do. joe biden doesn't know. we don't know. nancy pelosi doesn't know. >> i don't know very much about it. but, again, i'm sure that information will be revealed and when it does, we'll find out what they were looking for. >> now, if trump wants us to know what the fbi suspects, he can release the contents of the search warrant. we have word trump will meet with top republicans in his bedminster resort this evening. back to you. >> let's take a live look outside our camera over downtown san jose. just a little haze there. >> we typically see that once we see the sky clearing out throughout late morning, and then the rest of the day is nice and sunny. we're seeing that sunshine over san francisco right now. we've enjoyed some cooler than normal weather, thanks to a strong breeze that's been keeping some of the ocean temperatures transporting that to the inland areas. so let's head down to palo alto, where right now it is 72 degrees. we're seeing a mostly sunny sky and we'll see those temperatures really start to cool off again t

several republicans including house minority leader kevin mccarthy denouncing the fbi operation as political let's bring in political analyst margaret taleff. trump said that the fbi broke into his safe, of course this was the execution ever a search warrant. is this the opportunity for the president to gin up political divides and launch a 2024 bid? >> well, christine, sure, and we're seeing it happen in realtime. this is ultimately a search in a legal proceeding, but we're talking about american politics and the former president is certainly trying to navigate the politics and public relations side of it right now. he is not alone. you did see the minority leader kevin mccarthy tweet last night attorney general garland preserve your documents and clear your calendar. no mystery there about what the threat was. you see ron desantis interestingly is donald trump's top rival right now in the prospective presumptive theoretical early wrangling for a posture in the 2024 race. ron desantis saying that the raid at mar-a-lago was an escalation in the weaponization of federal agencies. he is talkin

i will tell, you it's not even -- kevin mccarthy, the republican leader said, i've seen enough! this is intolerable! he has seen nothing. he see nothing. again, we just need to take a deep breath and remember that this process will play out. >> i want to turn to the inflation reduction act as well. a series of victories for -- president biden and his administration. a new nbc news poll shows that an increase in enthusiasm for democrats, and by democrats, but also shows the approval rating stuck in the low 40s. is the president a drag on democrats heading into the midterms? >> yasmin, i'm a big believer that good policy leads to good politics. i'm at home right now, explaining the inflation reduction act. explaining what it means for the senior citizens to be able to count on it in the coming years, the reduction in the prescription drug, what is going to mean for the -- biggest investment we've ever made in addressing climate change. i feel the energy changing around. that i see the republicans countering that by saying the irs agents are going to be rappelling down your chimney

>> i agree with one part and that was a state by kevin mccarthy.do believe will happen is i believe the republicans are going toward the midterms in 2022 and for the election of 2024, though uses to their advantage. this will be a talking point and it's going to galvanize a base of people who were fired up and ready to go before in this group of people are definitely going to be fired up and ready to go going towards the midterms and 2024 and is quite obvious now because right now a lot of members of the republican party are acting extremely unhinged because of this raid that happened at mar-a-lago today. >> a lot of the statements i'm getting believe that they should flip this to their advantage. the rnc tonight, the democrats weaponize the bureaucracy, this raid is outrageous. this abuse of power must stop and the only way to do that is to elect republicans in november. that's going to be the message. is it going to be a winning one? >> it should be part of the message but at the end of the day, this is about inflation and gas prices. we shouldn'

kevin mccarthy doesn't want him to run. the "wall street journal" editorial page doesn't want him to run, because donald trump loses elections for republicans. but, that is what he's trying to get out there, isn't it? >> he certainly is into the -- the latest thing i seen him doing is playing a guessing game about who is going to be his vp, which is like, so far ahead of -- for someone who hasn't even declared a candidate. that is not the first priority of a candidate getting into the race. but he's already floating this or that person could be a good running mate. the republicans in elected office are really torn about trump. we see them -- we saw them kind of rally around mike pence a few weeks ago when he came to the hill and did a fundraiser with kevin mccarthy and spoke to the republican study committee, and then we saw you know, 24 hours after the fbi search, a group of house republicans went to bedminster to have din we are trump and they saw it as a opportunity to show solidarity. it is long planned but still trump

and on friday, republican leader kevin mccarthy was still trying to stop it. we see him speaking on the house floor and post ronald reagan's famous question for that 1980 president presidential election reagan won over jimmy carter, questioning what democrats have accomplished. >> they continue to raise trillions after trillions, i know everybody warns them what they do is wrong, they don't care. they just want to double down to the mistakes they've already made. answer me this question -- is america better off today than they were two years ago? >> now that is a classic opposition party question. opposition parties, midterm elections and opposition parties across the world, they're running against the party of power and they want to generally turn elections into referendums on the party in power. but when i saw that clip, what was striking about kevin mccarthy asking it last week is that, i don't think he or his speech writer really thought it through. because the answer is pretty obviously yes, yeah, yup. we are better off than we were two years ago. do you

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i want to revisit kevin mccarthy when he -- soon after the january 6th riot happened.engaged in a back-and-forth with donald trump, and i think that's the last time we saw his spine. listen to this exchange and we'll talk about it on the other site. >> when they started breaking into my office, um, myself and the staff got removed from the office. in doing so, i made a phone call to the president, telling him whafs going on, asking him to tell these people to stop, to make a video and go out. i was very intense and very loud about it. >> i mean, they go on, kevin mccarthy went on to say, when he and trump got in the back and forth, who the eff do you thing you're talking to? i have to say, yes, liz cheney is doing the right thing. that does not make her a hero. i remember the liz cheney who was silent on birtherism, who echoed quietly the birtherism claim, and called it the department of jihad instead of justice. she did align herself with trump, so i do wonder if she bearing some responsibility. when we look ahead to her future plans, what would she say to democrats w

just look at kevin mccarthy who could very well be the next speaker of the house, come here this next spring. in a statement he said, when republicans take back the house, we will conduct immediate oversight of this department. follow the facts and leave no stone unturned. attorney general garland, preserve your documents and clear your calendar. you've heard for folks talking for the defunding of the department of justice. the defunding of the fbi. this is years of build-up. the idea to dismount the deep state. the so call deep state here. the trump allies, ever since leaving office in the last year and a half, have systematically worked to build up a plan for if they were to take back not only the congress but the white house in 2024. what actions would they take? so much of that comes down to what they called the administrative state. the ability for the executive branch to dismantle some of these influences that they see as being political operatives. of course, that is where if you're republicans, elected officials from the likes of ted cruz, lindsey graham. they are leaving a li

i don't want to live in a country where kevin mccarthy tears up the state of the unions address as soon as joe biden gives it. i don't want to live n necessarily in a country when kevin mccarthyec has no squad member, is going to be on any house committee or mitch mcconnell is going to go to the supreme court and yell about supreme court justices. butt that's what we're about. and let's pray to god that republicans can savor. you're, of course, referring to the actions by nancy pelosi, the democratssre o over the past several years. it's hard to seera forward, isna it, victor? a path for national unity. but you have to start with diagnosing the president and he did so well tonight.th thank you, victor. it's always great to hear from you. thank you. >>yesterday's rate is just one part of the government's legal assault on donald trump . today, a federal appeals court ruled that the democratic partyt lawmakers can gain access to donald trump's tax returns. tom'ss is the president of judicial watch. judicial watch just filed a motion to unseal the warrants used in the raid on donald trump's

been most critical of the fbi in saying yes, get out there and criticize the fbi, apparently kevin mccarthy is encouraging republicans to go after the fbi around this incident with donald trump. even if they come out and say something, i don't think that's going to satisfy those critics who want to bolster donald trump. >> i think you're right. paul, can the former president himself actually answer a lot of these questions about that search at mar-a-lago if he wanted to? >> he absolutely can. and as a matter of fact, ironically, he's the one person who has the right to release the warrant that was left behind as is required by law, by the fbi agents and others who were doing the search. and i think it's really telling that the former president has refused to release the information in his own possession about what was seized during that particular search. >> jessica, what sort of marching orders are trump's allies up on capitol hill where you are getting from the house republican leader right now? >> that's who we're really hearing from. that important to note, this divide between what we'r

someone is fired up and being told by kevin mccarthy that these folks are going rogue are these folkst like they're going to look for fbi agents, they will go after any law enforcement officer they see. so they are at risk. this party by the way you told us for so long that they back the blue and they want to defund the police, the when you talk like this it doesn't sound like you are pro-cop. sounds like you are pro-coup. >> congressman, one of the things that i appreciate about you and i follow you on twitter. you're also very candid about how this violence affects you personally. we appreciate the fact that i will place a sound that you revealed from some of the calls that you get. >> first of all, i want to say not me, but i hope someone cuts that throat from ear to ear, cut his head off, swalwell is a worthless cut his wife's head off and his kids heads off. i don't give a. >> i get a lot of difficult emails and phone calls. the congressman, i've never ever had as a black man on television have never received a tractor direct threat. how are you and in second, how common are thes

she was invited to make a task force, she stalled kevin mccarthy for a year, then said no, she forbidperson from joining that task force, one of our best hopes may depend on changes to republican control in the house where kevin mccarthy can create a committee. your 1940 metaphor captures what is happening right now, america first, charles lindbergh group, you done mention henry ford, he was involved. that group is still in control of china policy, listing outrageous behavior by china, should have an impact you would think, i am afraid without something outrages that you kills americans. without a, that chinese effort to induce complacency, will continue to be successful. sorry for the bad news. mark: i agree with you. so damn frustrating, what else do the communist chinese have to do, they are indoctrinatingure kids in -- our kids in our schools and stealing technology and they have spies all over the country. they are interfering with economic flow and navigation, we have a virus that you came out of communist china that killed hundreds of thousands of americans. millions in the wor

house minority leader kevin mccarthy is accusing the d.o.j. of becoming politicized and vows to investigate attorney general merrick garland, tweeting, attorney general garland, preserve your documents, and clear your calendar. similarly, texas senator ted cruz is blasting the biden administration for quote using the fbi to target their political enemies. then there's former white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders who is now running for the governor of arkansas, she writes if you're not yet appalled by the total abuse of power from democrats in washington, you're not paying attention. but those same figures didn't seem to take issue when the fbi was investigating someone they deemed a political enemy. hillary clinton. in october 2016, just 11 days before the presidential election, then fbi director james comey announced he was reopening an investigation into emails september by clinton using a private server. at the time, mccarthy blasted the democratic presidential candidate for her quote lack of judgment and disregard for protecti

i don't pity kevin mccarthy but i don't envy him either. i don't think this is necessarily a path to victory in november. i don't think these kinds of candidates help. i think they'll probably still win but kevin mccarthy has no handle on this. he's just hoping he'll be able to get over the line and have a speaker's job title and dine out on it for the rest of his life no matter how ugly it gets. >> what about what cheney said that it's likely to take several election cycles to fix the problems, the brokenness of the gop? how do you survive through the next several election cycles if you're somebody who sees things clearly? >> yeah, she might not. i will say she is playing a much longer game than someone whose career ended last night. there is no question she's going to maximize the end of her term, certainly through the january 6th committee and also, you know, i think she can get some real traction in the presidential campaign. probably not something she could win but is certainly i think shaping up as one of the most fascinating figures.

first of all i would point out to kevin mccarthy that what i said about nancy pelosi --i think kevin is the dumbest leader that republicans or democrats have ever had in the house. i say that knowing him pretty well, but i would ask him. let's take a look at the last 80 days straight. gas prices have gone down. what do you say about that? corporate profits today for the second quarter are the highest in this country since they have been since 1950. the economy has just gone along. people are feeling good. i think that they will ignore --you know what kevin mccarthy is trying to do? change the subject. he does not want to talk about january 6. now he says everything donald trump did was fine. they do not talk about january 6. they do not want to talk about the dobbs decision. no, they do not want to say that we have the party who has made women second class citizens. they do not want to talk about student loans except to say, we are running out of time, so the republican response to the student loan forgiveness program is unbelievable. they are saying it is better for the elites. they

>> my views about kevin mccarthy are very clear. the speaker in the house is the second in line for the presidency. it requires somebody who understands stands and recognizes their duty, their oath, their obligation, and he's been completely unfaithful to the constitution and demonstrated a total lackf the signifan and t re of speaker. i don't believe he should be speaker of the house. i think that's been very clear. >> it sounds like that's a yes, you think the country would be worse off if he were speaker of the house? >> i don't believe he should be speaker of the house. >> you told me a little over a year ago that you don't think draw donald trump could win the republican nomination again. do you still believe that? >> i think we have to make sure he is not our nominee. i do believe that there are millions of republicans out there, independents and democrats as well. i think that i believe in republican policies. if you think about where the country needs to go, what's best for our nation. i believe in a strong national defense

kevin mccarthy, the republican leader and quite possibly the next speaker of the house, denounce what he called the, quote, weaponized politicalization of the doj and he threatened the attorney general that republicans will investigate him if they win the house. in cincinnati on thursday, a reminder that rhetoric can have consequences. an armed man wearing body armor attempted to break into the fbi field office, dying in a shootout with federal agents, and now the department of homeland security and the fbi are issuing a joint bulletin to local law enforcement. warning of an unprecedented number of threats against the fbi. quote, statements by public officials which incite violence could escalate the threat environment. the mar-a-lago search warrant cited three possible broken laws, including the espionage act and obstruction of justice, republicans have to now decide how far to take their defense of the former president and their attacks on federal law enforcement. we're going to cover all the angles this morning. republican governor larry hogan and white house press secretary karine

house minority leader kevin mccarthy is even threatening an investigation of the department of justice. and online, some of trump's most devoted followers are furious and posting concerning calls for action.

one gop source told me and my colleague manu raju -- a lot smaller than a year ago when kevin mccarthyart of the reason is because of the roe versus wade ruling that got overturned. one gop lawmakers said they have been caught flat footed. one lawmaker told me -- wrote republicans off guard -- shown any sort of compassion on the issue. they recognize this is a problem for them, their message on abortion has been completely nonexistent or disjointed. they're worried about that. and so it is something that is is a growing concern for republicans right now. >> i mean, i think that this is one of the things that was a possibility. does it surprise you, alex, that we are sitting here in august, maybe august is too early, frankly, to know where this is really headed. >> i think it is. and one of the things that midterm elections is that the circumstances really just in the week or two before the vote matter a whole lot, and they matter a whole lot more in many respects than in a presidential campaign when the whole nation is much more fixed on the big personalities and big terms of debate. b