kevin mccarthy hails from the blue-collar city of bakersfield. kevin is not the son of politicians or corporate titans, he is the son of a firefighter. his story is an american story, he is the grandson of an italian immigrant, from stafford to speaker, he's devoted part of his life to the house of representatives. in politics, nothing is handed to you. that certainly holds true in this town and this building. kevin's success is the result of hard work and determination. kevin is a fighter. time and time again, he fought for his constituents, his estate, has conference and his country. the first sign of his go get him attitude is when at the age of 19, he started his own small business selling sandwiches. ng sandwiches. while attending college at cal state-bakersfield, he got interested in politics and took a job working for former chairman of the ways and means committee, mr. thomas and worked as a congressional aide and ultimately served as a district director for congressman thomas. in 2000, kevin stepped forward as a candidate for the first ti

kevin mccarthy did not deserve any of that treatment. d no matter what, he has always risen above the fold and handled every situation with grace and put whatever best interests of america first. kevin, thank you tore your leadership. it's been an honor to serve along side you. jackie and i wish you knowing but the best in whatever comes next. and i yield back. mr. calvert: ms. kim for two minutes. . mrs. kim: thank you, representative calvert, for your leadership and for yielding. i rise to honor and thank speaker kevin mccarthy who is selfless, an amazing leader, and always optimistic, for his service in congress has left a lasting impact in our community, the state, our party and our country. kevin has had my back since i first decided to run for congress and encouraged me every single step of the way. he has worked tirelessly to make our party look more like america. and the gains we've made in the past five years are a testament to that. kevin has been committed to ensuring people like me and each of us in our conference has what it

so, there's a lot of shameful questions that could be asked about kevin mccarthy? , indeed. >> danny, what do you make of mccarthy's musings about joining trump's cabinet. i mean clearly, he does not see all of the indictments, the legal woes weighing down on trump as a major problem. asking somebody to be like hey, you know what, i see all of the legal perils. but you know what, i want to be part of your team down the road. you are a lawyer, what do you make of that? >> it no surprise at all, i think there are plenty of people that are still lining up to be part of a trump cabinet. i mean, some have even argue that's one of the republican candidates, vivek ramaswamy, has sort of been a trump alternative that is looking to get into the trump administration. i don't know if that's true, but a lot of people obviously don't care at all that trump is facing 91 counts in four criminal cases against him. and really, it doesn't seem to affect him in the polls, so kevin mccarthy apparently is just one of millions of people that don't care at all, that donald trump is facing

all the supposed power, and this is how that then president trump, 2017, talked about him. >> kevin mccarthy, whereas kevin? there is my kevin. it follow me into the heat of battle, right kevin? >> that's my kevin. and that's how you viewed it. and you both have discussed that was a one-way relationship. but deeper than that, careless, i'm curious what you think about a situation where no one in the republican party takes seriously the idea that you're really elected, whether it's to a house seat or by your colleagues in the speakership, and you represent an independent branch. period. >> well, that certainly has been a problem for house republicans since donald trump came to office. i remember in 2017, house republicans wanted to reform the rules of the house, and then speaker ryan came in and -- [inaudible] therefore, we can do it. so this is not new. this started from day one. but i will say, yeah, of course there's a liz cheney model, which is admirable, it is a kevin mccarthy mondale, but somewhere in between, ari, is that mitch mcconnell our model, and i think one could make an argumen

that is kevin mccarthy's legacy according to kevin mccarthy. kevin mccarthy's legacy according to the facts involves normalizing an attempted coup and bargaining away the dignity of the speakership. perhaps the most consequential thing he did was not even a speaker. a few weeks after the insurrection on the capitol, mccarthy traveled out to mar-a-lago to have dinner with donald trump. in so doing, mccarthy effectively brought donald trump into the good graces of the party and set the stage for his political comeback. in her new book, liz cheney explains why kevin mccarthy made that fateful trip. the truth was pretty simple. kevin mccarthy went to mar-a-lago because his ability to raise money had dried up after january 6th. haven't needed money. trump had a list of small dollar donors, but trump kevin would have to go big trump for them. in order to use those lists, kevin enough to help donald trump cover up the stain of his assault on our democracy. it was a price kevin mccarthy was willing to pay. joining me now is congressman jamie raskin, de

kevin mccarthy calls it quits. the ousted house speaker set to retire at the end of the month, not the end of his term. ending a congressional career with an astronomical rise and publically embarrassing downfall. >>> former president trump sparking a firestorm by doubling down on whether he would turn the presidency into a dictatorship, after his friend and ally sean hannity gave him repeated chances to deny it. we will play it all in a moment. judge for yourself. >>> president biden telling donors off camera, he is not sure he would be running for re-election if donald trump weren't. but retracts that when reporters ask him about it later. >> would you be running for president if trump wasn't running? >> i expect so. look, he is running. i have to run. >> the former president responding in iowa. >> president biden says he is running because you are running. do you have any comment? >> i doubt it. i doubt that. they don't want me to run. everybody wants to run against biden. >>> president biden speaking this hour

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

home of the xfinity 10g network. >>> kevin mccarthy calling it quits. california congressman announced yesterday he will not seek re-election in 2024. in fact he is leaving congress at the end of the year just months after being ousted as house speaker in a dramatic wa battle with his conference's right wing. >> when the stakes were the highest, we rose to the challenge. we were willing to risk it all no matter the odds, no matter the personal cost. simply put, we did the right thing. but now it is time to pursue my passion in a new arena. while i'll be departing the house at the end of this year, i will never ever give up fighting for this country that i love so much. >> mccarthy announced his decision in a "wall street journal" op-ed. he did not mention his historic ouster. he touted the party's accomplishments. and let's bring in mychael schnell from "the hill." i think all of us who have known and covered kevin mccarthy smiled, nodded, maybe were minorly amused by his own description of persistently cheerful, that is what he said in his "wall street

they spent a week on kevin mccarthy and a week on george santos. you don't have a week, you start to lose focus because presidential cycle takes over. youun are out of time and focus on the wrong thing, not a contracts, you are focused on your own internal fight. >> emily: majority from 220 to 213, and in his farewell address letter, former speaker said you know the more government you have, weaker america gets, worse america gets. i will recruit best and brightest for office, to me, that indicated he feels where we need bandaid is no longer legislature, it is slim and terrifying. to your point, he out recruiting to get a cohesive gop because that is what we're lacking. do you feel he'll succeed? is that where we need his prowess? will it work? >> sean: it is not a governing majority, kevin mccarthy sees you need a larger majority, he will go recruit other members to come to the party. you have to have compromise, you can never have it be my way or the highway. politics don't work that way, marriage doesn't work that i way. sometimes in my house, i

at this moment. >> what do you think kevin mccarthy's aspirations are at this point?i haven't talked to him. i don't know. but he's -- he's in the process right now -- >> what does he seem to be positioning himself for? >> well, he could be doing one of a few things. looking at private sector opportunities, i'm sure the grass would be very green for him out there as a former speaker. i'm sure he can make a lot of money and do some things he wants to do. also, he might be positioning himself perhaps to have a position in a trump administration should trump win the white house or any republican. but i think it is still unclear. i suspect kevin mccarthy is trying to figure out many of these members don't make these decisions immediately, it takes some time to sort through various options that will be presented to a former speaker. >> all right, we'll leave it there for now. former congressman charlie dent, great to see you. >> thanks, fred. >>> strong words from the lead senate democrat negotiator trying to make a deal with republicans on border security and aid funding

nancy pelosi, kevin mccarthy, we have them all. pelosi went as the democrats lost their, now mccarthy is gone. california loses clout. that's the bottom line. we lose clout because people in positions of authority like that have the ability to move stuff in our direction and neither one now. >> what happens to mccarthy? i know of someone in the senate leaves the governor will appoint a new senator. that's six months from now. has mccarthy indicated what is next? >> no. the fact he is leaving at this point -- congress has rules for when you can start to become a lobbyist. that's a big deal. in the senate it's two years. in the house it is one. by leaving now it means by early 2025 he can be in the lobbying business lobbying for things he thinks are important for organizations he thinks are important. that's what will happen with mccarthy. i don't think you will go away. he will be in a better position and sleep better at night. as far as his district, i think it's fair to say we are likely to see when that special election comes we a

and kevin mccarthy wants to play in that. he wants to play in the primaries because he wants to seek that revenge. so it is fascinating that this happens today. it is 95% of its about timing. and we see that evident today with the mccarthy's announcement. we see that happening today. >> yes, he says he wants to serve america in new ways. what do you think is next for him? >> he's going to sprinkle money from those packs. he's going to sprinkle that money far and wide, especially in primary contests against people like matt gaetz against people like nancy mace and against people like bob, good. so he's going to play there and he's going to raise a lot of money because kevin mccarthy raises a heck of a lot more money. then speaker mike johnson is ever raised. and present some opportunities for him in the near term. and the longer term will certainly go after he sets out to make as a lobbyist and to be influential just his his previous folks have done. paul ryan and eric cantor. >> all right. tonight is a republican debate. we'r

i would do it all again. >> only kevin mccarthy knows what's next for kevin mccarthy. certainly, a well-paying job lobbying the government would be a possibility. if donald trump is president again, maybe a job in the trump administration. mccarthy blamed trump for january 6th attacks but was one of the first appear to forgive him. back to you. >> thanks, scott. >>> the holidays are inching closer, so you know what time it is. it's time to get those packages ordered. we'll break down the deadlines. >>> and many sites are using artificial intelligence to simplify your process. how you can use the new chat box. >>> and our school shout-out series. here's a fifth-grade class from oakland lockwood s.t.e.m. academy. [ speaking foreign language ] in oakland, california. >> i am mrs. clark. this is the dual language grade in california. >> we would like to say -- >> good morning, bay area! ? in espanol! [ [ speaking in a global language] >> good morning to you. >> hello to them and a great friday it is. we would love to see students you know take part. email us your video. ho

what will kevin mccarthy's congressional legacy be? >> let me say this, lawrence, with all due respect to you, your program and your audience, i am not here to talk about him. but we have to do is talk about the future. they have placed our democracy in jeopardy. we have to make sure that it is safe and strong, that our flag is still there, with liberty and justice for all. i rather just say, with another election over, let's go on to the next one. we're into the election year almost, let's talk about what is at stake. when we talk about liberty, we talk about what is at risk. why is that risk, the affordable care act, the former president already said that was his target, and that is important. people have to know, when we talk about democracy being at stake, it's your freedom to have health care. to have pre-existing conditions, not to have limits on the care that you can receive. that list goes on and on about a woman's health in terms of her reproductive freedom. let's not talk about them, let's talk about what comes next, let's gi

you're talking to then leader kevin mccarthy. he tells you donald trump, quote, knows it over and he needs time to, quote, go through the stages of grief. and then almost immediately you see this on fox news. >> president trump won this election. so everyone who's listening, do not be quiet. do not be -- do not be silent about this. we cannot allow this to happen before our very eyes. >> this is a theme throughout the book. so much so i could fill an hour of examples of kevin mccarthy saying something to you that is rational and reality-based and then going on tv and doing the exact opposite. for example, saying he's going to withdraw objections to the electoral count and then doing the exact opposite. you go so far as to at one point donald trump uses a word, a euphemism -- a feline euphemism to describe kevin mccarthy. and you agree with him, with donald trump. but it's worse than that because that cravenness in your view, it really put -- >> what i can tell you is it became very clear that when you're the leader and each time

former house speaker kevin mccarthy will soon be former member of congress kevin mccarthy.igning. our chief capitol hill correspondent manu raju here with the news. manu, what have you learned? >> yeah. this is a big deal. this is former speaker of the house kevin mccarthy announcing he will retire at the end of this year, resign his seat from congress and will step aside and no longer serve the district in california that he has for some number of years now in the aftermath of his ouster as speaker of the house. two months ago the historic vote pushing him out of speakership when he led by matt gaetz and voted out by seven other republicans along with democrats pushing him out as the first speaker ever to lose his position at the hands of his colleagues now announcing that he won't even serve for the rest of his two-year term that would have expired at the end of 2025 saying in this new article that he wrote for "the wall street journal" that his time was up. he writes it is in this spirit that i have decided to depart the house in the endthe year to serve america in new w

this now, kevin mccarthy is resigning. the ousted speaker announced today he will leave congress by the end of this year. he did so in a "wall street journal" op-ed. i want to get to melanie zanona on capitol hill. this is big news because he's the former house speaker, but it also is about the very, very narrow majority that the house republicans already have. it will at least for a short time be even smaller. >> reporter: that's right. this is only going to complicate the difficult math problem in the house. after they expelled george santos last week, republicans right now can only afford to lose three republicans on any party line votes. that number is going to go down to two republicans once kevin mccarthy leaves. and that is something that is not lost on members. marjorie taylor greene, who was a staunch ally of kevin mccarthy, summed it up best when she said i hope no one dies. a very grim reference to the idea that the house is so ten wous, especially when you have a c chaotic and rambunctious group of republicans.

kevin mccarthy calls it quits.nth, not the end of his term. ending a congressional career with an astronomical rise and publically embarrassing downfall. >>> former president trump sparking a firestorm by doubling down on whether he

the latest example, the third shortest tenured speaker in american history, kevin mccarthy. he outlasted only a man who had a couple for one day, and a man who died of tuberculosis, so he has that going for him. mccarthy, like many before him, and like every other republican, had this opportunity to come after trump after january six, but with visions of this because ship in his head, he hopped onto a plane after the inspector shireen to the former president's home, and trump was at its lowest, too big for an endorsement from the disgraced former president. but even that pilgrimage did not buy him much. >> no persons has received a majority hole number of votes passed by surname, a speaker has not been elected. a speaker as not been elected, has not been elected, has not been elected. a speaker has not been elected. kevin mccarthy of the state of california, having received a majority of the votes cast, is duly elected speaker at the house of representatives. >> yay, kevin, my boy. the alpha changes there or not, because you're doing a kind of starting, but instead -- just ni

kevin mccarthy did not deserve any of that treatment. and no matter what, he has always risen above the fold and handled every situation with grace and put whatever best interests of america first. kevin, thank you tore your leadership. it's been an honor to serve along side you. jackie and i wish you knowing but the best in whatever comes next. and i yield back. mr. calvert: ms. kim for two minutes. . mrs. kim: thank you, representative calvert, for your leadership and for yielding. i rise to honor and thank speaker kevin mccarthy who is selfless, an amazing leader, and always optimistic, for his service in congress has left a lasting impact in our community, the state, our party and our country. kevin has had my back since i first decided to run for congress and encouraged me every single step of the way. he has worked tirelessly to make our party look more like america. and the gains we've made in the past five years are a testament to that. kevin has been committed to ensuring people like me and each of us in our conference has what i

words of courage from kevin mccarthy. the winston churchill of our time.'s bring in manu raju on capitol hill. manu, congress is, surprise surprise, leaving town for the holiday break with a major to-do list left here in washington. >> yeah, that's right. the house is gone until after the christmas holiday and then into the new year. the senate will come back on monday in a last-ditch effort to try to get a deal on immigration to deal with the crisis at the southern border with mexico potentially that could unlock aid to ukraine and israel. but many, many hurdles remain. and also ample frustration the amount of legislation left on the desk unable to get resolved as the house left town and members are making clear they're not happy about it. >> it's on the individual members because they've -- they're gutless and they won't stand up. >> when you look back at this congress, has this been a productive congress? >> no. i've been here five years. and the biggest surprise, everybody says what's your biggest surprise up here? that i was not surprised. no. >> what

. >>> two months after he was ousted as house speaker, kevin mccarthy making a big announcement about his future. >>> donald trump revealing what he'd do if he wins the white house again. what he said about dictatorship as his gop rivals meet on the debate stage tonight. >>> and from "all in the family" to "sanford & son" to "good times," remembering sitcom genius norman lear. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening, everyone. breaking tonight, police in las vegas still on the scene at the university of nevada where there are multiple victims dead in a shooting on campus. authorities say the suspected assailant is also dead. word of an active shooter sent a swarm of police officers rushing to the scene just before noon pacific time. campus police posting a message to those in the area to run, hide, or fight, a frequently taught mantra in this age of mass shootings. the university is just minutes from the vegas strip and practically adjacent to the las vegas airport. the afternoon's tragedy following a string of shootings in texas that left at least

patrick mchenry recently announced he was leaving kevin mccarthy.sly today, you know, the house is not what it used to be. and i think for a lot of these people who grew up in a very different environment, a very different era, what they see today in terms of the lack of good policy making, the increase in polarization in congress, i think these are reasons why folks leave. and, you know, it's a different place. and what matters the influence that matters is very different than the influences that matter. just as recently as 4 or 5 years ago. so it doesn't surprise me that kevin mccarthy is leaving and it's going to open up a competitive race on the republican side to see who replaces him for his bakersfield area district. >> that's traditionally a safe republican seat. right. so we'll see what happens. but so many veterans leaving. all right, lonnie chen, thank you so much. appreciate it. >> thank you. >> a reminder, you can get our live newscast. breaking news, weather and more with our abc7 bay area streaming tv app. it's available on apple tv, g

the people that voted against kevin mccarthy were pretty dug in and i'm not certain they were going to be persuaded by anybody. but you heard mccarthy sort of echo what i said earlier, which is the talk about retribution is going to cost him support in the election and that's not the way forward. trump can make the election about things that will be winning issues. he could make it about the economy, inflation, crime, imgrigs, world affairs, all of these things you could make an election about and make a referendum on joe biden, those would be winning issues and those are things people care about and those are things where people think joe biden's failed. kevin mccarthy's been in a lot of races and gone through a lot of cycles. he knows a winning issue when he sees it, and he thinks the retribution issue is not a winning issue. but there's such a menu. there's such a buffet of things on which to run that i think sts sort of puzzling to choose to not focus on that when it's clear to any political person that's where you should be. >> and chuck, how would you like to see the president fr

we talked in the first block about kevin mccarthy, eugene, it is not just kevin mccarthy who plans toire at the end of his term. there is actually what i think you could describe as an exodus on the part of republican lawmakers. i wonder, what that is going to mean for the composition of congress? >> yeah, first of all, what it tells you a lot about congress about how members of congress are just over. it republicans realize, and have told us as reporters overt over, again they're not getting anything done. that's not what they came to congress. it's more about personalities in the tension than legislating. this college led by republicans do messaging. bills they can do messaging bills that wouldn't pass the, senate that would get no democratic votes in the house. but that tells the american people what they want to do. they're not even doing that. that is something they could do without any kind of democratic support. just letting the american people know what they're going to do. i will say, when you talk to some of these republicans that are retiring, some of them are retiring in d

. >>> kevin mccarthy officially stepping down. what his departure means amid chaos on capitol hill. >>> then, pop megastar taylor swift named time magazine's person of the year. her global impact far beyond the charts, as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> good evening once again, i'm stephanie ruhle at headquarters here in new york city. tonight, some of the republicans running for president held for fourth and final debate before the iowa caucuses, now less than six weeks away. ron desantis, nikki haley, vivek ramaswamy, and chris christie came out swinging, facing off at tuscaloosa, alabama at a trump free event. trump free, why? because the former president was a no-show once again. but despite him not being there, things got heated and he did quickly. >> i am sick of republicans who are not willing to stand up and fight back against what the lift is doing to this country. you have other candidates up here like nikki haley. she calfs anytime that left comes after her. anytime that media comes after

what was your take on kevin mccarthy? caller: kevin mccarthy i thought was also a good man, but there were too many people in the republican ranks against him and what he wanted to be and do. when you do something like that, when you spend time in this environment with the democrats all hanging together like glue, you have to stick together and do your work, and do the good work for this country as far as fiscal policy goes. this border thing, if we are going to spend billions of dollars on it, we are going to be in trouble fiscally pretty soon. host: do you think the republicans will give speaker johnson a fair shake when it comes to the way he conducts the office and the ability to make things happen? caller: i think they should come together, work together. you cannot have everything overnight. you have to work together and get anything going down the road fiscally in this country. when you talk about $34 trillion, it is just about unimaginable what that is. host: ok, barry in south dakota, giving us his thoughts on th

i think it's a big risk for them. >> you bring up kevin mccarthy.ant to talk a little bit about kevin mccarthy because "washington post" is detailing this phone call he apparently had with donald trump shortly af mccarthy was removed as speaker of the house. when mccarthy asked why the former president did not help him keep the speakership, trump blasted mccarthy for not expunging and endorsing. mccarthy felt very free and emboldened to tell it straight to trump when he was feeling now that he has been ousted. what do you make of this? >> given all that kevin mccarthy has done to support donald trump and going down there to mar-a-lago when he supposedly couldn't eat after he lost, donald trump certainly should have had his back. this is a classic case of loyalty with donald trump is a one-way street. mccarthy was loyal to trump. he did not return the favor. he encouraged matt gaetz to oust him from being speaker, and he didn't do anything to help him win. the votes were mounting up against him. i would have dropped the f bomb and a lot more. his cam

kevin mccarthy and mitch o'connell each had the opportunity as individuals to stop donald trump's threat to as the country. neither of them did so. both failed.he mccarthy, she's just unsparing about.e' she reminds us that mccarthy rescued trump before january 6th, the day the tape came out t of trump's call to georgia ay officials.al this is from page 65 of the book. quote, when i saw reports about the call, i assumed the audio of trump pressuring state officialu to violate the law and overturn the election would mean the end of most of the objections to thw electoral count in the house. i couldn't imagine members would continue to do trump's bidding. a short time later after what we all assumed was significant pressure from trump, kevin announced that he would be voting to object. i was certain that kevin did not believe the objections were constitutional, nor that they could be justified by any al genuine fraud in the election. his chief counsel clearly did d not think so, but this has never really been about principle for kevin. that's when mccarthy saves trumu the first time.th then

kevin mccarthy was a political loser in a pretty epic way.a presidential today, ron da desantis has probably taken the hardest fall. but i'll go with a write-in and say i think the biggest political loser is the republicans primarily the donor class who wanted to stop former president trump's march to the are republican nomination. they failed to find a message that worked or to coalesce around an alternative. and we're heading towards the iowa caucuses in a few weeks with the former president miles ahead of the competition. >> very good point. joey jackson, biggest loser 2023. >> i have to go with two that hit close to home for me. george santos being my former congressman, how he got elected in the first instance is perplexing. but i guess if you make up stories that resonate with people and they are not fact checked, this can happen. but also accountability can happen because he's no longer there. second one would be rudy giuliani. wow. i mean, he was an incredible mayor. being a new yorker, being a person in new york daily, what he doesid

what was your take on kevin mccarthy? caller: kevin mccarthy i thought was also a good man, but there were too many people in the republican ranks against him and what he wanted to be and do. when you do something like that, when you spend time in this environment with the democrats all hanging together like glue, you have to stick together and do your work, and do the good work for this country as far as fiscal policy goes. this border thing, if we are going to spend billions of dollars on it, we are going to be in trouble fiscally pretty soon. host: do you think the republicans will give speaker johnson a fair shake when it comes to the way he conducts the office and the ability to make things happen? caller: i think they should come together, work together. you cannot have everything overnight. you have to work together and get anything going down the road fiscally in this country. when you talk about $34 trillion, it is just about unimaginable what that is. host: ok, barry in south dakota, giving us his thoughts on th

hi bob. >> but the biggest blueberry pie slice of all goes to kevin mccarthy. lifornia congressman sold his soul for a speakership, shorter than britney spears's latest marriage. in 2023 mccarthy went from third in line to the presidency, to pushing matches in the congressional hallways and as this year and, mccarthy has announced that he will be leaving congress for good. it was truly a fall from grace. and one for the ages. susan, do you see them with blueberry pie on their face? >> he doesn't only have blueberry face, he's taking a dive into blueberry filling. he's drenched and blueberry faced. i mean, it's what he has put this congress through. if you think about it in many ways, just having the votes, having these small margin when it comes to basically kevin mccarthy not doing the right thing when it comes to george santos and seeking his ouster. he has just brought so much disgrace on the congress, the country, and he does it all while making more money than when he was a sitting member of congress. he's doing cameo appearances so let me urge everyone. st

, somebody just held somebody babb. >> kevin mccarthy celebrating a victory that almost didn't happen kevin mccarthy going head to head with matt gaetz after the house speaker work with the democrats to avert a government shutdown. >> promising he will move this week to remove house speaker kevin mccarthy. >> kevin mccarthy was ousted from his role as speaker of the house by fellow republicans. >>> and on and on went. the c did not help. in the periods between that infighting, congress did pass some of the kind of things that are really easy to pass, some ceremonial bills, commemorative coins, but as he made these adjustments whether they're going to regulate new technology, art terrible intelligence, a lot of things didn't get touched. only about 4 bills passed. half became law in the senate, ss than other congresses. republicans got a debt suspension bill, they got government funding done, some foreign funding for ukraine, those kind of big-ticket items. beyond the basics, we can say here this congress has noisy, chaotic, unproductive by any objective measures. republicans should dr

he needs to stop that. >> congressman, is kevin mccarthy dealing with reality? >> well, no. i mean he says he needs to talk about rebuilding and restoring. certainly donald trump is not going to be the face of restoring and rebuilding. yeah, he was right at the very end by saying that donald trump needs to stop that. but let's work in reality. he's not going to stop that. this is his whole campaign. the whole reason he's running, jim, is for retribution. it's for revenge. it's to stay out of jail. it's to be able to pardon himself if, in fact, he is convicted. it's the whole reason he's running. kevin knows this. and sadly, kevin mccarthy went from my friend and somebody who i think was the future of the gop, talking about things like climate change and how the republican party can do a better job in dealing with those issues, to somebody that made a deal with the devil to become speaker of the house with donald trump. he has sold everything out. so he has no choice now. i mean he has to support donald trump now because that's the only political future kevin mccarthy has. bu

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but i did say that kevin mccarthy would not be speaker long, so i do get credit for that. my prediction, just for fun, is that biden and trump will drop out and barbie will be the next president. >> karl: we'll be right back. bi next president. >> jonathan: we'll be right bab.

the little incident with the tennessee congressman. >> guest: former speaker kevin mccarthy has said he's going to reside at the end of the year. this might be its last week in washington or at least in congress. he hasn't said what he's going to do after that. it's not uncommon for former speakers to leave in the middle of their term. we are waiting to hear for sure whether former speaker nancy pelosi will run for reelection. i think she has indicated that is her playing but she hasn't filed yet in california to do so. that deadline is coming up pretty quickly. mccarthy hasn't said what he plans to do next. there was someer scuttlebutt he could be a lobbyist. one of its key allies jeff miller told one of my colleagues that mccarthy is about being a lobbyist that he is too qualified to do that. there's a long tradition in washington of former speakers, former lawmakers staying in the government relationsio base in e lobbying space and continue to be a part of the conversation on capitol hill. former speaker john boehner fit the bill on that one. he's been lobbying i believe on cannab

kevin mccarthy is a republican and the republicans was calling in the whole year they want republicansrk with democrats. when it was time for the debt ceiling, mccarthy worked with the president and the democrats to save millions of millions of jobs all over the united states. he made the right decision. now, i have a question for mr. jeff. and then, i am going to have a question for the other gentlemen. the question for mr. jeff is, explained to the people hel -- how hunter biden, a citizen of the united states, never held office in the white house, never was in government, never was a senator, just an ordinary citizen, i want you to tell the people the difference between president trump's children and why they were subpoenaed because there was part of the system in the white house, i want you to explain that. for the other gentlemen, i would like for you to explain what congress' job is for the border. the congress is supposed to make decisions to change the border but the congressmen are not doing anything. explain that to the american people. host: all right, larry. >> i think what

it was a price kevin mccarthy was willing to pay. every time kevin mccarthy faced a decision of consequence, he has done the wrong thing. told you she takes the bark off him. and that's like a tenth of it. with mitch mcconnell, republican senate leader, she is more kind in her tone, if i may say. but she also pretty much puts him on the down escalator in terms of where he will end up paying for his actions for eternity. she said she, quote, never stopped wondering why mckonld opposed the relation of a 9/11 style commission to investigate what happened on january th. she said senator mcconnell was wrong to vote against convicting trump and his impeach lt because that one decision by that one man in that one moment might have ended all of the peril for our nation. page 162, leader mcconnell, who had made a career on behind the scenes maneuvering got this one wrong. i had known mitch mcconnell for more than 20 years, and i had respected him. few could match his mastery of the tactics of political leadership. but i thought he made a numb