hey, chris, good to be with you. >> you are one of the republicans leading the charge to remove liz chaney the republican conference and it looks like to replace it with at least a woman from upstate new york. i want to put up their voting records, it is interesting, chaney has 80% voting record from heritage action. score is 38%. she voteed with trump position last four years 93% of the time. stefonic voted with trump position 78% of the time f. chaney is being replaced and she's clearly, it see,ore conservative than ste sdlt f-- stefonic, is it just because she is not as loyal to president trump? >> let's be honest, this misses the reason why we need a change in republican support. republicans are unified in single mission to oppose radical dangerous biden agenda and win back majority in the midterm election. any other focus is a distraction from stopping the biden agendaa from what it had done at three months sending this academy in tailspin, making america less safe, abroad from appeasing those in iran by flirting with the iran nuclear deal. that is our focus as house republican confer

is liz chaney going to survive this? jake: yamiche, i want to also say congratulation, i feel like we've been on air together since we were young children and here you are with your own show. i have no reporting to suggest that liz chaythee will survive the challenge next week, next tuesday or wednesday. it could happen. we could be very surprised on wednesday if chaney survives. we were surprised last time. i don't believe that will be the case this time. kevin mccarthy is against her, steve scalise is against her, jim jordan, some of the most powerful in the republican party are for elise stea stefanic who is challenging liz chaney. there's two visions of the party. the liz chaney vision, she believes that donald trump is a danger and she uses every opportunity she can to talk about the lies he's telling about january 6 and the election. and she's unafraid to criticize her own party leadership, the leadership in which she sits. and there's elise stefanik who believes it's important to represent the broader republican c

reporter: have you talked to liz chaney? ms. stefanik: i have not. ms. thk -- mr. mccarthy: i want to wish our policy chair here happy birthday. so you all remember the birthday song? here we go. ♪ this is your birthday hey! ♪♪ everybody have a good weekend. >> house republicans ved to elect new york congresswoman elise stea stefanic as their new conference chair today. she received 134 votes. texas congressman got 46 votes. representative stefanik replaces congresswoman liz chaney who was removed from her leadership position earlier this week. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2021] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> book tv on c-span2 has top nonfiction books and authors every weekend. saturday at 9:00 p.m. eastern, nine nasty words, english in the gutter. then, now, and forever. columbia university professor john mcshorter looks at how profanity has evolved over time. sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern on "after words," in her latest book "persist,"

. >> congressman, this plays into what we are seeing unfold in the republican party, liz chaney versuspresident biden saying he doesn't understand the republican party after number two came out against liz chaney. we caught on hot mic venting about liz change -- >> so all of them essentially turning on her. an endorsement from president trump on stefanik to take her place. >> this is mind-boggling. the republican party has a total identity crisis. we have totally different views of foreign policy, but let's be clear why liz cheney is being removed. her offense is that joe biden is president of the united states. can you believe that? how do they expect joe biden can work with them when they don't recognize he is legitimate? >> what are relationships like between you and some of your colleagues, especially those who suspect or are frustrated with the january 6 insurrection. >> it's been difficult. i have reached across the aisle where i can. i am working with gallagher and young, people who say, yes, i understand joe biden won the election. you can work with those individuals. but when

and they go to the retreat and basically the whole retreat is kevin mccarthy and liz chaney. they listen to us three or four months ago when we said, this is not going to work. we're all about inviting people's input and their thought process to the political right but when somebody's fundamental view is we don't need to work on election integrity, we don't need to work on the crisis at the border, we can find four more countries to invade before lunchtime tomorrow, that person should not be the spokesperson of the republican party. we knew that then. i'm glad our colleagues have caught up. maybe we're the leaders, marjorie. they follow us. [cheers and applause] marjorie: i didn't go to the republican conference trip either. i didn't go on that retreat. so i don't know how much you guys know but we already tried to remove liz chaney as our chairwoman. there was a very big effort there. we voted to kick her out a few months ago. we were ahead on this. we don't understand why it took leadership and everybody else to get to this point. but that's the problem, isn't it? exactly t

. >>> kevin mccarthy stepping up pressure on liz chaney he says fellow gop congressmen are losing confidenceity to do her job. this after chaney trading insults with former president trump. >>> french lawmakers have passe a sweeping bill to address climate change it includes a ban on construction of new airports and expansion of current airports. the bill also seeks to reduce packaging. meghan markle is now a children's book author "the bench" is inspired by her husband and son. the book will be on store shelves next month she said the book was inspired by a poem she wrote for harry. so cute. >> back to you >> have to keep an eye out for that >>> still ahead, apollo global making another billion dollar deal why are they betting on properties that can't seem to find real home we'll speak with the kco-head of private conequity, next so do banks. that's why they're going hybrid with ibm. a hybrid cloud approach helps them personalize experiences with watson ai while helping keep data secure. ♪ ♪ ♪ from banking to manufacturing, businesses are going with a smarter hybrid cloud, using the tools,

conference chair today after congresswoman liz chaney was removed from that position earlier this week. following today's vote, representative stefanik spoke to reporters. she was joined by minority leader kevin mccarthy and other house republican leaders.

there is a moment from liz cheney that's getting a lot of attention for good reason. i'll let viewers take it in themselves. let's roll chaneycially fox news, has a particular obligation to make sure people know the election wasn't stolen. >> i'm going to answer your question. >> no, but if you're mentioning fox news, you have to know that this show -- >> we need to make sure that the american people recognize and understand that the election wasn't stolen. >> straightforward statement immediately created some tension there with the fox news anchor. your view on what she's choosing to do, what she wants people to understand and fox viewers are going to see that for themselves at this pivotal time when more and more republicans are migrating towards a very damaging election lie that undermines democracy itself. >> i think that there is some debate over whether this is really a stand-alone principal for whether this is her particular need, if she's going to run for president. it is obviously not going to be in the trump lane, so she's trying to stake out a position as the anti-trump figure. i don't really care. she -- i think

liz cheney from republican leadership won't happen until next wednesday. today on the fourth month anniversary of the riot, republicans are coalescing around as chaney's replacementshow casing lies about the election and the riot itself, which is required for anyone who wants to survive in the republican party. this ico

liz cheney from republican leadership won't happen until next wednesday. today on the fourth month anniversary of the riot, republicans are coalescing around as chaney's replacement was making the rounds, show casing lies about the election and the riot itself, which is required for anyone who wants to survive in the republican party. this is congress mam stefanik, calling an audit, which could overturn the results of the election. >> i fully support the audit in arizona. we want transparency and answers for the american people. what are the democrats so afraid of? the voters in arizona and the state senate in arizona pursued this audit. i fully support it. transparency is a good thing. we need to fix these election security issues going into the future. >> now, for the record, this really has nothing to do with election security. there were no widespread security issues, no widespread voter fraud, at least not according to the republicans. again, republicans who run the state's largest county where the audit in arizona is being held. and not according to the secretary of state katie hobbs who runs elections and told us last night that observers of the audit are

chair liz cheney of wyoming has been attacked for standing up for the facts about the election and supporting the impeachment of trump for inciting the january 6 insurrection. this week after chaneynsurrection, mccarthy and his deputy steve scalise both all-in election liars started attempting to undermine cheney in earnest. as councilman anthony gonzalez and other house voted to impeach trump, if a prerequisite for leading our conference is lying to our voters, then liz is not the best fit, unquote. it's my opinion that the united states needs a healthy, thriving, fact-based republican party. it is difficult to look at these events, all of them just from the last week and conclude that we have one. that does it for us today. make sure to tune in tomorrow to my weekly show "the lead." now from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. eastern. thanks for spending your sunday with us. stay with cnn. the news continues next. he moth. ♪ ♪ and this is how mom shines. with 30% off everything. at zales. the diamond store. we visited mars...mars! and people with diabetes are still pricking their fingers? that changes now. meet the dexcom g6. it shows your glucose right on your phone and where it's heading. fin

liz cheney from her leadership role wednesday morning. the viewpoints they say, we're seeing largely out of step with where the party stands. they felt like. list. chaney so transfixed on taking every reporter question about her belief that trump inside it a riot, many of them say former president trump isn't what's threatening conservatism, putting instead to president biden and his policies. they're pushing a message of unity in order to take back the house. and next year's midterm elections. i want to talk more about you know what we're fighting against, rather on the outside rather than inside fighting within our party democrats, meanwhile, say the republican party is struggling with an identity crisis. republicans are seeking to perpetuate an act upon the big lie that the election was stolen simply to placate. the most dishonest president in american history. new york congresswoman elise stefanik has launched her bid for cheney's former role, seeing in a letter to fellow republicans are members believe that the stakes are far too high. for us to be divided. i can that its form for the open conference chair position is expected to be held on thursd