i am kevin wong. i am the manager. in 1989 we move from chinatown to richmond district.a bit, over 29 years. we carry products from thailand, japan, indonesia, vietnam, singapore and india. we try to keep everything fresh daily. so a customer can get the best out a bit. >> normally during crab season in november, this is the first place i hit. because they have really just really fresh crab. this is something my family really likes for me to make. also, from my traditional chinese food, i love to make a kale soup. they cut it to the size they really want. i am probably here once a week. i'm very familiar with the aisles and they know everyone who is a cashier -- cashier here i know when people come into a market such as this, it looks like an asian supermarkets, which it is and sometimes it can be intimidating. we don't speak the language and many of the labels are in chinese, you may not know what to buy or if it is the proper ingredients for the recipe are trying to make. i do see a lot of people here with a recipe card or sometimes with a magazine and they are looking

to assemble that for a look back at what brought kevin mccarthy to this position of power and what we might expect the next couple of years. scott wong and evan halpert been covering kevin mccarthy since before 2004 when he became the republican leader in the california assembly. i was working the sacramento bureau, the state was a major budget crisis which continued for some time and he sort of lead the minority republicans in resisting any tax increases and then he went on to go to congress later and i have been covering him. >> i've been covering capitol hill for eight years but kevin mccarthy specifically since i joined the hill newspaper, capitol hill publication and started covering house republicans. then the speaker of the house was john boehner but we have had turnover over the years and mccarthy has been the consistent force throughout that time so now after four years in the majority, i am covering kevin mccarthy in the minority. >> the consistent force coupled with a pretty quick rise in the california assembly and the house of representatives. for both of you, what is the secret to his success? by his he advanced so quic

back at what brought kevin mccarthy to this position of power and what to expect from him in the next couple of years. we have a couple of reporters helping us with this, scott wong, he's a senior staffer for the hill. and evan is a staff writer for "the los angeles times." i'm going to ask both of you, starting with you, evan, how you've been covering kevin mccarthy and for how long? >> i've been covering kevin mccarthy since 2004 when he became the leader in the california assembly. arm schwarzenegger was governor, the state was in a budget crisis which continued for some time. he sort of led the minority republicans in resisting any tax increases and then he went on to go to congress later and i started working in washington about six years ago and i've been covering him while i've been in washington. henry: scott, how about you? -- host: scott, how about you? >> when i joined the hill newspaper and started covering house republicans. then the speaker of the house was john boehner, we've had some turnover and mccarthy has been the sort of consistent force throughout that time. so now after four years in the majority i'm covering kevin mccarthy in the minority.

as we close, scott wong, what will you be looking for in this man's leadership style over the next few years? scott: where does kevinccarthy go from here? he aspires to become speaker of the house if republicans are able to be successful in the 2020 election and democrats have a disastrous year. kevin mccarthy is expected to run for speaker of the house but the big question is whether conservatives will allow him to ascend to that role. there is a big question mark hanging over his head. can he seal the deal and become speaker and secure those 218 votes? a lot of people think this is as high as he will rise and then he could be passing the baton to somebody else. that is something i will be looking at. >> so much of this is behind closed doors. what will you be watching for? evan: we have seen so much of his career has been guided by where the republican party is going. he senses it ahead of time and tries to get himself there. in this moment, for him to excel, he will need to lead the party to a place and figure out and redefine what the party is so it can become ascendant again. whether he is up to the task is wha

. >> scott wong, so we're entering the era of flipping back and forth from party control. everyone talks about bipartisanship but what's the reality of the congress kevin mccarthy came into in 2007 and what it's been like since? >> well, those are the nancy pelosi years when he arrived, then it became the boehner years. you know, they haven't been terribly bipartisan. i mean that's a reality. it looks like even in the trump era especially, as we're in a government shutdown, out of a government shutdown, and back in it, things haven't changed that much. he entered into a congress that was very partisan and not getting a whole lot done. obviously when obama won election, that was the arrival of obamacare, democrats were able to push that through. during the kevin mccarthy era. and obviously that became a big punching bag and a big target for republicans helping to propel them back into power in 2010 obviously with the young guns program that kevin mccarthy was an integral part of. >> can you talk about the young guns program, who were they, what were they trying to do? >> sure, it was kevin mccarthy and paul ryan and eric cantor of course. their whole pl