they are split on kevin mccarthy. some want to get rid of him but he has a lot of support among leadership and rank and file members. the one that can be a difference maker and determine his fate are democrats. they would likely vote during a block. they have enough votes to determine his fate. it is something worth keeping an eye on. host: mychael schnell, coming up, we talk with matt rosendale. tell our viewers why they should listen to him. guest: he is one to watch in this fight. i was not able to catch up with them after yesterday but he says he is a no cr. he could be part of the seven matt gaetz talked about. he was also one of the house republicans during that drawnout speakers race in january that never supported kevin mccarthy. there is no love lost between them and it would not be surprising if rosendale does not cave to mccarthy and does not support the continuing resolution. each one of these lawmakers really matters at the end of the day because house republicans have a slim majority. they can only lose

for them than kevin mccarthy.peaker jim jordan, or someone like that. i think you only probably need five, six, seven, eight democrats to stand with the rest of the republicans, to defeat the motion that kevin mccarthy is still in office. i can't imagine -- if he did start paying a price for it, if he did start negotiating, giving things away, that's when the conference may actually really turn on him. right now, he has the support of 200 and something people. maybe not 218 republicans. >> yeah, the numbers. they are a doozy, aren't they? brendan buck, who knows far more about strange machinations of the grand ole party than i do. thank you my friend, for joining us this friday night. >> yeah, of course. >> still ahead, kevin mccarthy. maybe in a whole lot of trouble, but there is one group of lawmakers who could still save him, just like we talked about. one of them joins me next. the ball is out and there's a pile-up. -let's go! -get in the pile! ugh, i'll deal with this tomorrow. you won't. it's ripe in here. m

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as you point out, this is coming amid pressure for kevin mccarthy.ny: we are approaching a government shutdown at the end of the month. if a budget is not approved in order to give the government continued spending authority. the money is simply going to run out. there's a lot of conservative members of the house who want to tow a hard line on budget negotiations. they want to cut spending even further than kevin mccarthy agreed to during debt negotiations really over this year. they are threatening kevin mccarthy that they are going to shut the government down unless they get more of what they want. kevin mccarthy may have made the calculation that this is one way of giving them something, moving forward on impeachment. that will keep his right flank happier and they might be more willing to go along with budget negotiations. helena: but will it? it does not appear to have mollified some republicans on the right. tell us more about what we are seeing. anthony: matt gaetz, the congressman from florida who i mentioned earlier, he called this a baby st

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that's what kevin mccarthy should be doing in the house. instead, of course, she'he's be catering to the most extreme members of his caucus, subservient to the far right wing of the republican party that's really controlling the debate. today was an exception, he came to 2 the middle. if he does that, then we might actually do our job and get the government properly funded. >> i asked brendan boyle this, and i'll put the question tow, maybe you heard it and you already know what you might say, but because kevin mccarthy showed a willingness today to work with democrats to get this passed today, does that make you perhaps more on the side of wanting to keep him as the speaker of the house as opposed to, if he gets thrown overboard and somebody else comes in, more of a hard liner, perhaps that's somebody you can't work with. is that going to have to be part of the calculation? >> well, look, i voted against kevin mccarthy 15 times, that's how long it took him to get elected speaker and i'd be proud to vote against him for a 16th time. but you

kevin mccarthy has no plan. and the snow plan that's likely to stop the government from grinding to a halt. the chaos caucus, not the speaker, is in charge tonight. the house has gone home. republicans have scheduled votes for tomorrow, but so far none of the votes that they have held have brought us closer to any resolution. so, barring some unexpected innervation intervention, at 12:01 sunday, some important parts of the government will shut down entirely, and essential parts of government will be carried on by millions of federal employees and military personnel, without pay. the shutdown will happen, because a fully republican -controlled house has failed in its constitutional responsibility to fund the government. this isn't a debate between republicans and democrats. it's a fight between donald trump and everyone. donald trump pushed this shut down. if you thought for a second that the extremist republicans who are voting down their own speakers bills are doing so on the basis of some strong moral belief o

but we're here because of kevin mccarthy, let's be honest. >> yeah, kevin mccarthy said earlier today, as s.e. just mentioned, he was the adult in the room. >> he can say whatever he wants but he's the weakest speaker we've ever had. and i think it is worth wondering, republicans saw the writing on the wall. they knew this after the impeachment which was such a fiasco for them, which showcased all these democratic congress people, i think they were willing, they saw the writing on the wall and they knew they would likely lose the house which i still think they will. think about people like mike lawler who is in a d plus district. they were desperate not to shut down the government because they knew. >> right. and s.e., the house minority leader was calling this a victory for the democrats today. let's listen to that. >> the american people have won. the extreme maga republicans have lost. it was a victory for the american people and a complete and total surrender by right-wing extremists who throughout the year have tried to hijack the congress. >> s.e., what do you think of that? it'

clark: and kevin mccarthy has lost control of the gavel. he has proved beyond a shadow of the doubt that the republican conference is controlled by conspiracy theorists devoid of reasonable voices that are coming here to govern and solve problems. donald trump is the puppet master and marjorie taylor greene is calling the shots. they have purged their ranks of anyone who could call themselves a moderate. if there were moderates left, where are they? why haven't they demanded a vote and called this a distraction a gross political stunt? why? because maga extremists are running the house. six weeks ago kevin mccarthy sent the house home to keep the federal government. we have a few days to keep the government open. instead of getting to work and instead of thinking about the brairve firefighters who need to get paid and our heroic troops who deserve a paycheck for their service, the communities that need disaster aid and seniors who depend on government service, he has launched a sham impeachment inquiry based on lies. there is no evidence, n

kevin mccarthy and joe biden came to an agreement.out that agreement at all because that is the agreement which, again, actually is a vote. a real thing, a real public agreement. >> a binding thing, yeah. >> that they're trying to break. yeah, so it's a very -- it's a very strange group of friends you're running with these days, ari. i don't know what to -- i don't know what to say. >> well, that's just a reflection of who's in government and who's in the news, and we try to welcome all comers with standards. but i know what you mean. i've heard it from other people. i think you put an important point on it, though, which is typically the speaker is subject to removal, which means losing the -- of their caucus. here is the second layer shrouded from mystery, which is not just, we'll remove you from what i just said, it's also, if you break this secret special sauce, but nobody can really agree or publicly confirm with that sauce is, if they're going to go further along -- it looks publicly like he's taking more risk firing more at the

it's based on the weakness of kevin mccarthy's speakership.s conference. and is beholden to the most extreme elements who want an impeachment of joe biden, an impeachment without evidence. and second, this is, again, kevin mccarthy doing the bidding of donald trump. donald trump wants to somehow dilute the stain of his impeachments, he wants to try to weaken joe biden going into the presidential election. so this is kevin mccarthy doing what donald trump says, once again. and i'll tell you what it's not. it's not impeachment based on high crimes or misdemeanors or any evidence of such things. this is essentially evidence-free impeachment, and it is purely politically motivated by mccarthy and donald trump. >> but do you not have any concerns about the questionable business dealings of hunter biden and possible ties to the president when he was vice president? >> well, there's been no evidence of ties to the president or any evidence of any wrongdoing on the part of joe biden. look, i don't think any presidential family member should traffic on

i mean -- what is inextricably linked is kevin mccarthy's move here and kevin mccarthy's quest to survives speaker. and that is what you're seeing on display here. and so, by moving ahead with his impeachment inquiry, absent sort of unified support from his conference, kevin mccarthy is saying in no uncertain terms, his own survival in this job as speaker is the most important thing here. rather than getting the entire republican conference together with this as a critical goal for this fall. and just think that's important note here. also, it's so different from what we saw four years ago when nancy pelosi launched impeachment inquiry against donald trump in the first trump impeachment. she waited for her more moderate front-line members to get on board with this idea. they were so skittish that this was going to blow up in their face. it took them a while to get on board, finally when those vulnerable members moved forward, nancy pelosi moved forward. here's, kevin mccarthy taking the right-wing of the caucus with others, members not on board. >> not only not on board and the feeling by

not kevin mccarthy.got those pictures inside the room of mccarthy and zelenskyy next to each other. a much different. how concerned is the pentagon roogt now that this aid may not get awe proved by congress? >> the pentagon still has quite a bit of money in its reserves through the presidential drawdown authority. essentially all of the weaponry it has in its stockpiles that it can give to ukraine. so that money rehasn't run out yet. they are very concerned about the possibility of a government shutdown. if there's a shutdown, according to the pentagon, there could be a significant disruption in the stabs that goes to ukraine. the training programs for ukraine could be disrupted. the funding for them could halt. so this is something that they are very concerned about and they are watching closely. they are saying publicly, look, if this happens and we have run out of money and run out of personnel and have these furloughs, it's going to be very difficult for us to continue the level of the tempo of the s

then kevin mccarthy is shrinking speakership. the republican leader, caving to the radical right with his impeachment push. and the intensifying efforts to block donald trump from state ballots in 2024. my conversation one-on-one with harvard constitutional law professor, laurence tribe. that is coming up soon. i'm ayman mohyeldin, let's get started. >> so, developing late last night, the special counsel jack smith asked judge tanya chutkan to issue a gag order against donald trump prohibiting him from attacking prosecutors. including the judge, herself, or potential witnesses who may testify on in a federal criminal trials, stemming from his effort to subvert the 2020 election. now, prosecutors said, quote, the defendants past conduct, including conduct that has taken place after and as a direct result of the indictment in this case, actually demonstrates the need for this order. adding that trump's past salvos had already resulted in harassment of potential witnesses. of course, to no one's surprise, yeah, donald trump responde

today, speaker kevin mccarthy tried again. and it crashed and burned again. remember, mccarthy cannot afford to lose more than four votes in the house to move any legislation because has majority is so slim, because republicans underperformed so badly in the midterms. and right now, the medical cost as part of mccarthy and the u. s. government and all of us hostage. after another failed vote, on a rule, the republican speaker pushed it pretty well. he said, this is a party that points to burn the helpless down. >> it's frustrating to think that i don't understand votes against breaking the idea and having the debate. -- if you don't like the bill. this is a whole new concept. but it doesn't work. >> even the republican speaker most members of his party just want to bring the plays down, some republicans would like to think the government shutdown has nothing to do with him. yesterday, republican congressman and senior operator mike simpson, of idaho, said, quote, we always get the blame. name one time with shut the government down and we haven't gotten the bla

that's what it leads to kevin mccarthy it's very specific. he does not feel it has 218 or public that is all he ever cares about. he should put it on the floor but if he doesn't think it has the floor should put on the floor but my guess i would defer but i would guess that measure would have to avoid a shutdown. maybe a little higher than that. but that bill the cr would have votes on the floor. he does have the votes of the extreme is to give mccarthy his job. that is what he has trouble understanding. praxis is pretty much for one month. why is there such a problem with is just for one month? >> is a painful reminder of what the republican led chaos would mean. you want these cuts us out about the people it's about cuts in harm. they want to send a message to the american public. unfortunate what the message they want to send it generally means fewer services, longer delays fewer social security folks working to help people navigate their issues. they do it to make a point. cutting education dollars means title i teachers. that is harmful.

what happened to make kevin mccarthy change his tune?carthy finally decided that he was no longer going to be hostage to about 15 or 20 house republicans who wanted to hijack this process from the beginning, who have been threatening, since before he became speaker in january of this year. and this is the only way to govern. there have been two very important in your crises in washington on the hill over the course of this year. one of the debt ceiling debate and now this. the only solution for kevin mccarthy is to work in a bipartisan manner and not allow a french minority to control this control and embarrass the republican conference. it's a come a long time but he finally found the only way forward. >> let me ask you, carlos, what do you think happens to kevin mccarthy now? do you think is a motion to vacate? >> i think it's probably a 50/50 proposition. you have to remember matt gaetz who is the main protagonist behind this whole effort as someone who's doing a lot of posturing, try to get attention, wants to run for governor of flo

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have you ever seen a speaker as week as kevin mccarthy? described, and it is true, the nancy pelosi was one of the most powerful it's effective speakers that we've had in generations. as much as that is true, and mccarthy is one of the weakest. he demonstrates that every day. one of the things that made pelosi effective is the fact that she understood her caucus, she managed at, and she created a set, a discipline in the caucus. kevin mccarthy has done none of that. part of it is how he got started. those first 15 votes to make him speaker meant that he had to give concession after concession. you heard matt gaetz say that's in any case. i don't think it stops here. he promised a vote on impeachments two weeks ago. he did a full circle on that. now you have this inquiry. it's going to come to a vote. it's going to put all of those members who want him biden district, there are about 18 of them, it's going to put them all in jeopardy because kevin mccarthy is so weak. that leads right into his weakness going into a possible government shutdo

much lower spending level because of hardliners holding the house floor hostage, arguing that kevin mccarthyad cut a bad deal. so mccarthy turned to them and basically moved forward with a series of spending bills at such lower levels that they were never going to get democratic support. that is what is being alleged here from jeffreys when he says this moment could have been avoided. the senate has delayed a vote right now in their chamber because they are having conversations with their democratic colleagues in the house. again, if the bill presented is as house speaker kevin mccarthy described it, a short-term spending bill that i know cluds dis includes disaster aid but not ukraine spending aid, right now democrats are just trying to have a conversation about whether or not they need to keep fighting for that aid or whether or not they might be comfortable moving forward without it. they're scrubbing the legislative text to make sure there is no surprises. they did not expect to be here with today playing out as it has. >> i'm going to ask you to school us some more on all of this. i jus

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all eyes are on house speaker kevin mccarthy. it is like watching some for slope try to -- feral cats at the -- yesterday mccarthy returned to the capitol and held a conference call to discuss the path ahead. to try to hammer out something for them to vote on this week. the house rules committee was also at work saturday, preparing for appropriations bills that would cover funding for the department of defense, agriculture, state, and homeland security. i mean, this is the least they can do, as president biden pointed out last night in a speech to the congressional black caucus in washington. >> funding the government, the most basic responsibility of congress, and it is time for the public to start doing the job america elected them to do. >> and yet, far right members of the republican house majority continue to threaten to withhold their votes and a potential deal. that has one mccarthy ally breathing fire. >> the arsonist that their house on fire, they're warning about their house burning, they are going to want credit for put

and what donald trump is not helping kevin mccarthy at all. >> not at all.ccarthy is in a vise of his own making. this is a whole other deal. there is no exit ramp. i said a week ago, in washington, there's optimism, always finds a solution. i think that is possible because people don't want it. they're marching towards a shutdown, some with glee. the question is how long will it go? the former president hasn't said that yet, how long should they shut it down? but again, newt gingrich and others, elders in the party, are very concerned about this. >> sure. >> so this could be the best thing that president biden has at least politically, republicans shutting down the government. but the actual problem after it shuts down is how do you get it back open. >> i don't know the answer. >> that's always the hardest part. >> there's a big problem if there's a shutdown, most likely, it will be fuller than what we've experienced in the past. we're talking about members of the armed forces not getting paid possibly. and the white house is messaging on, perhaps, you know

congressman adam schiff who led the second impeachment against donald trump had to say about kevin mccarthywatch. >> mccarthy realizes he doesn't have the votes to do a real impeachment investigation. he doesn't have the support of his own members to do it. but at the same time, his motivation is, what do i need to do to stay speaker one more day? or maybe one more week? and he's got donald trump pushing him to do an impeachment inquiry, he's got the marjorie taylor greene's and elise toughen exposing him to do an impeachment investigation. he knows he doesn't have the votes for it. he knows he's going to contradict himself and just two weeks ago, but none of that really matters. and this is the problem he has with his own conference, and that is, he stands for nothing. his only reason for being is to try to cling to that job. >> so, you served in the house. you know a lot more about that body than i do. have you ever seen a speaker as week as kevin mccarthy? >> well, you know, we often describe, and it is true, that nancy pelosi was one of the most powerful and effective speakers that we'v

kevin mccarthy does not want that.nts to show that republicans can operate a functional government. and to try to stave off some of the votes that -- shot down, he wants to throw them this impeachment inquiry as part of an exchange. for instance, marjorie taylor greene says she would only vote to not shut down the government if this impeachment inquiry was approved. and that's probably a few others in her camp that will accept this impeachment inquiry in exchange for a vote to keep the government open. so mccarthy was trying to keep the government open by giving them this impeachment inquiry. >> got it. joyce, new topic. there is another hearing tomorrow in georgia. what should we expect? i mean, lucky for us, it is going to be televised, so no chance for misinformation, we'll get to see it with our own eyes. >> right, so, in this hearing tomorrow, the judge will take up some of the preliminary pretrial motions for the defendants who ask for speedy trials and will get them in late october. and these are the sorts of ar

because if kevin mccarthy makes a deal with democrats, kevin mccarthy isn't speaker of the house anymore. is the statesman like thing to do if you're kevin mccarthy to basically throw yourself on your sword, understand you won't be speaker anymore, and keep the government open? >> well, you know, i can't tell kevin mccarthy what to do. he's not going to call me for advice, but i know this. he is the speaker of the house of the united states and house of representatives for the whole country. and he has a responsibility, and the congress has a responsibility to take care of the whole country. as also the leader of house republicans, which i guess means he owns everything that comes out of that conference and caucus that seems to be at war with itself. but the rest of our imperfect government system is pretty much ready to go here. the president's ready to go, the senate even on a rather bipartisan basis has made clear they're ready to act. it's down to whether house republicans can first of all make peace with each other and make peace with their leader kevin mccarthy. but we're running o

right now the question is if met kevin mccarthy will take.g at his proposal to make sure it is actually clean. the fact of the matter is, we should have never gotten to this point. i represent say, diego one of the biggest military communities in our country, service members are starting to plan for not getting their paychecks, mothers and children are starting to plan for not cutting wic, we've if kevin mccarthy somehow is able to get this done, this is not something for him to celebrate, this is the bare minimum of making our government work. he should be ashamed that he's even putting these families through this much uncertainty. >> let me ask you, you talk about the senate bill that you have been able to go through that you believe democrats would vote for. that includes provisions for emergency funding, disaster relief, and also funding for ukraine. it's my understanding based on what kevin mccarthy was telling a reporter at the top of the hour, and at this other, bill that you are looking over right. now democrats are reviewing. it it d

it left kevin mccarthy with very little room to maneuver. he needed democratic votes in order to keep the government open and that is where he ultimately made the decision. let the democrats help carry this across the finish line. >> manu raju, thank you so much there on capitol hill. >>> let's go to the white house. kayla is there. so, kayla, is the white house behind the senate possibly passing this after the house has? what is the feeling there? >> fred, i just spoke to a white house official who tells cnn that it would likely support that compromise continuing resolution that would keep the government open for 45 days for a few reasons. number one, it would keep the government open and it does include disaster relief funding and authorization for the federal aviation authority. number two, this official says that it does not include the 30% across-the-board spending cuts that many republicans were pushing to be included in previous short-term bills. number three, there's a belief within the white house that kevin mccarthy as house speake

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what is is democratic side saying about what price they would exact from kevin mccarthy if they've got to provide him the votes to pass a bill. >> this question keeps coming up because of the way people like matt gates are trying to overthrow mccarthy is all but inevitable and democrats will have a choice to make. do they support the motion to make it the speaker's chair. minority power would always do that. it would not support a republican speaker. i've got to say i'm very, very skeptical. this sounds like an episode of the west wing. not something that happens in reality for democrats to basically protect mccarthy's job and keep a republican speaker. that doesn't play well in even competitive district. also, democrats want a whole series of demands from mccarthy. that he is never going to provide because it would further weaken him to the point of untenltability. they want him to let go of the inquiry. they want him to pursue bipartisan government funding levels. in the words of one aide, stop letting the crazies one the house. is mccarthy going to do that? it's unlikely. democrats

afterwards, kevin mccarthy was visibly frustrated when that vote went down.listen. >> it's frustrating in the sense that i don't understand why anybody votes against bringing the idea up and having the debate. this is a whole new concept of individuals that just want to burn the whole place down. >> reporter: as you could hear, wolf, tensions at an all time high right now as republicans wrestle with how to govern. >> melanie zanona on capitol hill. thank you for that update. i want to bring in cnn political commentator, scott jennings, and jamal simmons. there's very little time left to avert a government shutdown. is the speaker kevin mccarthy making a mistake sending the members home this weekend? >> not having them there doesn't necessarily mean he's not and they're not working through the weekend. i'm certain they're going to be having lots of phone calls and conversations to pull people together here. it's not clear where it's going to go but i know the speaker's office is working feverishly to drive consensus. the big news of the day was congressman law

, and we have no interest in saving kevin mccarthy. we do have an interest in making sure that government continues to function, that people can get the services that they need, and at the end of the day, we are not going to save republicans -- we are not going to save the speaker because he has been a completely untrustworthy negotiator. >> democratic congressman james clyburn said today there are circumstances under which he could vote for mccarthy to remain speaker. can you see a scenario in which you and the roeest of the progressive caucus could help him keep the speakership? >> he's not a reliable negotiator. he made a deal with the president and immediately broke it. for us, we would need to write power sharing into the rules of the house. listen, we're not even going there right now. what we're focused on is let's get through this shutdown. let's make sure that government functions because republicans have shown they can't govern. that's -- i mean, there's a civil war going on over on that side. we have said we are willing to f

so instant response soon as we from kevin mccarthy.ating the president for nine months and have turned up no evidence of wrongdoing, that's according to a white house spokesman for oversight and investigations. so instant response from the white house but that was kevin mccarthy detailing and talking about the corruption allegations and he mentioned hunter biden several times and the wider biden several times and the wider biden family. that news just emerging in washington and we will obviously have more on the developments and raw politics going on in washington. you are watching bbc news. hello there. tuesday certainly brought with it a day of contrast. we had heavy rain across northern england, but after a chilly start, some lovely sunshine. further north in aberdeen, it was a beautiful afternoon. if we take a look at the satellite picture, you can see where the sunny spells were through scotland and northern ireland with a few isolated showers. but the heaviest of the rain certainly across parts of east yorkshire, lincolnshire, no

like only yesterday that congressman matt gaetz of florida began his on going slap fight with kevin mccarthys inches closer and closer to a government shutdown by opposing mccarthy's efforts to get republicans to, i don't know, paz a bill to fund the government. in the meantime, gaetz has real priorities. sources tell nbc news he's widely expected to run for governor of florida in 2026, because of course. joining me is david jolly, former republican congressman, who is no longer affiliated with the party, and i wonder why. you are the perfect person that we really wanted to talk to this on this, david, because you have been one of the people who has been the most candid, that you actually did feel embarrassment about this party, which is why you're not affiliated with anymore. at some point we have to talk about the voters who are the taste level of someone like a matt gaetz or kevin mccarthy. how are these people even electable? make it make sense for us. >> yeah, i take it one step further, joy. i felt embarrassment at some of the actions and then regret, not so much that i didn't try to a

number two, is this the beginning of the end of kevin mccarthy's speakership? said that mccarthy wouldn't be speaker in the first place. i was halfway. it took 15 rounds and he speaker name, on. the evidence by his inability to lead and get things done's with the congress. my gut feeling is there will be a shutdown. there are too many variables that have to happen between now and midnight. there will be a shutdown. how long? that remains to be seen. let's remember that every government shutdown that have ever happened has happened on republican watches. kevin mccarthy, how dare you try to turn your impotent speakership around and blame it on president biden who has done nothing but need this country properly and predicted our democracy and is doing the right thing. how dare. you knew better. >> tom, same question to you? >> i knew tara and i would probably be on the same wavelength about. this is mccarthy's speakership over? he isn't really speaker to begin with. the real question is, how long does he actually occupy that seat? he is not really speaker right now

aveeno® >>> this morning, kevin mccarthy has a new plan to keep the government open before it runs outf money in nine days. mccarthy ironed out the term of the deal in an emergency caucus meeting yesterday and catering to the most conservative members, and now he needs to get it passed. mccarthy is hoping to get it done this weekend. and melanie zanona is joining us from capitol hill this morning. there is also a bipartisan proposal considered. tell us about this, because this other proposal could go to heck in a hand basket, if you will. >> i think that is safe to say. these bipartisan talks have been picking up steam in the recent days as chaos and frustration has been growing inside of the gop. mccarthy's plan may not have the votes to pass the house, and even if it does, it is dead on arrival in the senate. the reality is that democratic votes are going to be needed to fund the government. this group called problem-solvers caucus made up of democrats and republicans hatched their own plan to fund the government, and funded the government to january and disaster aid and ukrainian ai

>> and who else would you get if it is not kevin mccarthy? need a democrat, and we need five votes, and when we have a democratic speaker, and five republicans come over to join us, and certainly there are five repub republicans who are sane, and we know there are 12 who are crazy. >> and so it is not likely to end up with a democratic speaker, but we know that you are looking at the north korean dictator kim jong-un meeting with vladimir putin and they are working out a arms deal, and providing arms to vladimir putin for the war against ukraine, but he is talk about donald trump in the prosecutions here in the united states, and putin said this morning that all that is happening with trump is the persecution of a political rival for political reasons, and this is done in front of the public of the united states and the whole world. what is your reaction to hearing from president putin on this? >> the american democracy system is working, mr. putin. we don't have a dictator here. we have a democracy system, and three branches of government, a

speakers included postmaster general lewis to joy, kevin mccarthy and hakeem jeffries. it is about 50 minutes. >>> ladies and gentlemen please welcome speaker of the house, kevin mccarthy. house democratic leader, hakeem jeffries. postmaster general, louis dejoy. and mr. michael collins, chief of staff to the honorable john robert lewis. >> [ applause ] >> kevin mccarthy, speaker of the united states house of representatives. >> thank you very much. good afternoon. it is my privilege to recommend to the u.s. capital. we are honored to have with us the u.s. postmaster, . and linda early chastain to participate and share a special occasion. each of them is instrumental in honoring the legacy of congress ms. -- congressman luis and having the special stamp. commemorative stamps are more than just pieces of paper with pictures on them. they tell stories. they honor heroes and they capture important moments in history. we are honoring and extraordinary contributions to the american people. an inspiring future generations to follow his lead. i want to thank you for joining us