kevin mccarthy said what everyone knew. the benghazi's mission was not to find out something we didn't already know about what happened in benghazi. its mission was simply to damage hillary clinton politically. in the secret audiotape that "the washington post" reported on tonight, kevin mccarthy says there is two people i think putin pace, rohrabacher and trump. he is referring to california congressman dana rohrabacher there is some laughter at this point in the transcript. and kevin mccarthy says "swear to god." paul ryan then immediately says this is an off the record. no leaks, all right? and according to the transcript, there is nor laughter. and paul ryan says "this is how we know we're a real family here." steve scalise says "that's how you know that we're tight." then paul ryan says "what's said in the family stays in the family." paul ryan's spokesperson brendan buck first chose to lie when asked about this report. he said that never happened. and then when he was told that "the washington post" had audio recordin

mccarthy is not the only -- as the mccarthy campaign gains steam and becomes clearer and clearer thatohnson and his vice president hubert humphrey, who would be another possible nominee for the 1968 democratic nomination, that they are increasingly hobbled by the war in vietnam. robert kennedy reconsiders his idea about not getting in the race. by middle of march, too late to actually get formally on the ballot for wisconsin. the wisconsin primary coming up, nonetheless -- he is a significant right in candidate and on the ballot for later primaries going forward, kennedy jumps in. kennedy -- by this point the supporters of gene mccarthy, who might have been inclined to support committee the summer before now have -- they have plighted themselves to gene mccarthy and they see kennedy as this johnny-come-lately, just getting in on the bandwagon once it gets going. among the diehard mccarthy supporters there was a great dislike of bobby kennedy. here is a homemade sign in iowa, at a campaign rally in these ring in 1968 supporting mccarthy. handwritten and marker on the posters "bobby go

she was a very junior senator and at the time, mccarthy was very popular here in new england. as the only woman in the senate, she was under extreme scrutiny at a time when many believed that women had no place in politics. she was well aware she was risking her reputation in a political career. she looked at the evidence behind mccarthy's accusations and concluded what he did was wrong and harmful to our nation. to give you some sense of what she was experiencing, there is a train that runs under the capitol building. that morning before she took to the senate floor, she found herself on the small little train that moves from one building to the other with senator mccarthy. mccarthy had some hint of what was going to happen on the senate floor and he got right up in her face and said, senator i understand you are going to give a speech this morning. is there anything i should know? senator smith moved to the senate floor alone and took on joseph mccarthy and after her speech through for example, others began to speak out and the dark chapter of mccarthyism was eventually clos

mccarthy -- as mccarthy's campaign gained steam and a lot of the energy of the campaign -- thesem young people young college people who join -- who care more about the war in vietnam than any other issue, and who have their first experience in organized politics by jumping on this support of the mccarthy campaign. they are encouraged by campaign organizers to get clean for jean, meaning cut your hair, shave your beard, where tiny close, don't look like a long-haired young hippie. make yourself look like a clean scrubbed campaign worker as a way to increase the support for mccarthy beyond just young people in their college store room. -- college dorm room. as the mccarthy campaign gains steam and it becomes clearer and clearer that johnson and his vice president hubert humphrey, who would be another possible nominee for the 1968 democratic nomination, that they are increasingly hobbled by the war in vietnam. robert kennedy reconsiders his idea about not getting any race. march, too late to actually get formally on the ballot for wisconsin primary he is a significant writing candidate and

you are either with gene mccarthy or bobby kennedy. and kennedy and mccarthy did not like each other very much either. well-financed opponent. he would say things like, he plays touch football, but i play football. atnedy was extremely good calibrating himself to be the larger cultural zeitgeist. reaching out, not just to college students, all of whom come in nearly all of whom are white. but reaching out to a multiracial coalition of democratic voters, people who had fond memories and loyalties to his brother, john, and to these other members of working-class members of the roosevelt coalition, the new deal coalition to build support around his candidacy. and by the end of march you have johnson realizing he should see he is getting out. it just gets more crazy from there. if that had been all that happened in 1968, that would be enough of a story. but there is so much more that happens that shapes with the election's outcome is, and also where american history goes from there. including the assassination of martin luther king in -- o

[laughter] majority leader mccarthy: i pick up the phone -- [laughter] majority leader mccarthy: i happen to be the majority leader, former whip. i know my members well. the president gives me a list who i think would be best to talk on the list, and he was right. [laughter] majority leader mccarthy: and mr. president, they all voted for the bill. [applause] majority leader mccarthy: today is a start. today is a start of a new beginning. yes, it's about providing better health care, but i happen to have been a small business owner. i listened to my district. you know how many families no longer have a 40-hour job and now have to take two part-time jobs? or how many small businesses told me that they couldn't expand anymore because they were afraid of what obamacare would do for them? we are going to unshackle, build an economy, let people have greater choice in their health care, and protect pre-existing conditions. and i thank you for that work. i want to call up -- [applause] majority leader mccarthy: i was this job before being majority whip. [laughter] majority leader mccarthy: i neve

mccarthy: i thank my friend for yielding. as my friend knows, we do expect to receive the formal budget request from the president next week. which, as my friend also knows, that is common for the first ear of a new administration. now, as the gentleman said, maybe this is later, but this is the latest in the history of america that any president has had to wait for a cabinet. it's always helpful. he still has many more people to be feeled and confirmed. as that progresses, i think actions will be able to moved forward even faster. as in tradition, the budget committee has announced its intention to host o.m.b. irector. the committee is looking forward to marking up bills through heg order. as soon as action is scheduled for the floor, the gentleman will know that i will note fight those if favor will vote aye all members. i thank him and yield -- will notify all members. i thank him and yield back. mr. hoyer: i thank the gentleman. with respect to the appropriations process, as the gentleman knows, there are 12 discrete appr

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neutrogena® >>> controversy around kevin mccarthy this morning.ng his colleagues last year that vladimir putin pays donald trump. reporters heard the tape and provided a transcript. people in the room apparently laughed. mccarthy now says he was just kidding but we'll let you judge for yourself. republican leaders are talking about the dnc hack last summer when he said there is two people i think putin pays, ror backer and trump. he added swear to god. then paul ryan responded this is an off the record. no leaks, all right? and then he added. this is how we know we're a real family here. now paul ryan's office says this is all just a joke and we got the same message from kevin mccarthy. >> if you listen to it, it said everybody laughs. so you know it is a joke. there is nothing to it. no one believes it to be true. >> all right. adam wrote the story. he listened to the tapes. he joins us right now. adam, the $6 million question is was kevin mccarthy joking? you seaslistened. what do you think? >> it is a very serious conversation that's taking pla

mccarthy: patrick mchenry. hip steve scalise never gave up, answered every question and the team between scalise and mchenry i put beyond any team we ever had. i give you the whip steve scalise. mr. scalise: today we took the first step toward rescuing families from the failures of obamacare. we've been seeing it play out all across the country. this isn't some hypothetical discussion. you see families struggling in every part of our country. i heard from families you will all the time in my district in southeast louisiana sharing with me stories of double-digit premium increases every single year. when we had the 27 1/2-hour markup before the house energy and commerce committee, longest they said in the history of congress to pass this bill out of committee, we had a long and important discussion about health care policy in america and how this isn't about achieving some kind of political goal. it's about families, families who are struggling under the weight of this law that doesn't work. and so i reached out

then mccarthy quickly added, swear to god.se speak he paul ryan instructed them to keep the conversation private, saying no leaks. spokespeople for ryan and mccarthy both denied the conversation ever happened until the post told them it had an aud audio recording of the whole thing. then they called it a failed attempt at humor. mccarthy tried to explain his comments to nbc news. >> if you listened to it, everybody laughed. so you know it's a bad attempt at a joke. that's all there is to it. no one believes it to be true. >> do you still have confidence in the president? >> 100%. >> joining me now, a senior reporter at business insider, and josh barrow. josh, you just wrote a column on this. >> yes. >> which basically, i think, is exactly right. >> yeah. >> which is basically you think it both is and is not a joke. >> right. it's one of those jokes that's funny because of the kernel of truth behind it. i don't think that mccarthy thought trump was literally in the pay of putin. i also don't think trump is literally in the pay

of the house majority liter in congress. >> kevin mccarthy. >> this is republican congressman kevin mccarthycalifornia he's not our kevin. as you can see right there. this is our kevin. >> that's not me. >> he's here with us. >> how can anybody sinned meanness at all. >> it makes sense on twitter i'm kevinmccarthytv on twitter he's gop leader. so, let's say he's getting a ton of tweets any time a massive news story breaks and he's involved in the conversation people send me messages thinking they're sending them to him. so, it will populate into my name. so people will say you know blah, blah, blah, whatever, kevin mccarthy they won't sigh the tv part and populate my name. i've been getting some really disturbingly mean tweets. some can't show on tv this is one of them you are a cheap partisan foolish weasel idiot oh, yes i'm 100% confident you're and they calle sxlittive word. >> sdu think this was directed at you. >> no partisan -- >> no the partisan okay. >> what i decided to do is i wanted to call these people out so i row tweet them and give them a movie recommendation. i'll take someth

kevin mccarthy, everyone who works in washington knows mccarthy. it's actually sort of consistent with him that it's a bad joke more than a sincere statement. that was just sort of my reaction. i don't want to unfairly tarnish him. anyway -- >> without having heard the reporting and getting the nuance from his tone, it's hard to say. yes, he is often lighthearted member of congress. it's hard to say without context, you're right, greta. >> without a doubt. we should hear the tape and we have not. i just want to err on the side of caution on this one. peter alexander is now answering a question that i've had in terms of how did the white house find out. this is peter alexander's report. a spokesperson for the department of justice tells nbc news the white house counsel's office was informed of the appointment of a special counsel after the order was signed this afternoon. no specific time provided. michael, that's sort of straight by the book. it's rod rosenstein as deputy a.g. it's his decision, attorney general sessions having recused himself. he

mccarthy: i thank the gentleman for yielding. the gentleman will be happy to know that appropriations has already held 47 hearings dealing with f.y. 2018. so, as we receive the president's budget and able to ask questions to the o.m.b. director, we will continue to move forward. but it is our intention always to go through regular order and in all cases if possible individually down onto the floor. i yield back. mr. hoyer: i hope that we do in fact get that done. mr. leader, i was shocked yesterdayha t oc tromy pepeivndur side's perspective was extraordinarily accelerated, undermining the opportunity for careful and thorough consideration. the bill that is known as the american health care act, or otherwise known as the bill to attempt to repeal the affordable care act. that bill, as the gentleman knows, was introduced on march 6 . not a single hearing. and was marked up less than two full days later in the ways and means committee on march 8. it was marked up on march 8 and 9 in the energy and commerce committee. in the budget c

and then mccarthy laughing.cccarthy adds, there's two people that putin plays, rorbacker and trump. there's laughter and then he adds, "swear to god." ryan then interjects and says, "this is off the record, no leaks, right?" ryan then adds, "this is how we know we're a real family here." >> that was a concise way of getting that in. what happened afterwards, did you attempt to get a response from anyone that was there about this conversation, and if so, what did they say? >> yeah. we went to ryan's office. we went to mccarthy's office, and we basically said we were going to report this dialogue. they came back to us and said that it never happened. that there was no such conversation. they said it was fiction. we went back to them a second time and we said, we're going to report that the actual -- we're going to print the actual transcript which you had me read from, to which they said it was a made-up transcript and false. then we went to them one last time and said, we're going to be saying that we listened to

and then mccarthy ads there's two people i think putin pays, ror balker and trump. there's laughder by some of the lawmakers in the room and then mccarthy adds swear to god. ryan then interskrekts and says, quote, this is an off-the-record, no leaks, all right? and then ryan then adds this is how we know we're a real family here. >> that was a concise way of putting, and i just wanted to get that in. so what happened afterwards? did you attempt to get a response from anyone that was there about this conversation and if so what did they say? >> so we went to ryans office, went to mccarthy's office and basically said we're going to report this dialogue. they came back to us and said it never happened, that there was no such conversation. they said it was fiction. we went back to them a second time, and said we're going to report the actual -- we're going to print the actual transcript, which you just had me read from. to which they said it was a made-up transcript, that it was false. then we went to them one last time and said to them we were actually going to be sayi

he is now global because of what melissa mccarthy does.d. >> do you think it bothers the white house that this was happening? i was talking to an associate of trump's today. he said that whenever sean spicer takes the podium, it's like a hostage video. >> it shouldn't bother them. but it does. i think the president is thin skinned about this kind of treatment. i think it's a great parody. i'm sure sean appreciates it. i'm less shower the president appreciates it. >> i am sure he does not. >> the reagans invited emisscopo over. >> does "late night" get under his skin? >> trump doesn't care about being called on a lie, being revealed to the ignorance about something or not knowing how much health insurance costs, but if you question his manhood, make him look silly. >> i hope we are not referring to the hands thing at the debate. >> i didn't say anything. or you question the manhood of his spokes people for that matter by having sean spicer played by a woman. >> that stuff i think really gets up to date his skin. he hits a lot of unforced er

mccarthy now says the comment was a bad attempt at a joke. well, to help make sense of these developments, we are joined by marcy wheeler, an independent journalist who covers national security and civil liberties. she runs the website emptywheel.net. welcome to democracy now! talk first about this new development, the appointment of a special counsel -- not announced by jeff sessions week as the attorney general had to recuse himself from any investigations into russia, given his own relationship or undisclosedviously with the russian ambassador to the united states, but announced by rod rosenstein, the deputy attorney general. he made robert mueller the former fbi director, special counsel. the scope of the investigation is interesting because he described it as the confirmedion the gym, an earlier house intelligence committee testimony. so the investigation into whether trump and his campaign associates have ties to russia. the appointment of mueller is good on a lot of points. oftentimes, they appoint an assistant u.s. attorney for an exi

melissa mccarthy at it again.city traffic today. >> come on. come on! >> reporter: shouting at drivers and giving "snl" fans a little preview. >> come on! >> reporter: the podium h >> you better run. you don't have a chance! >> reporter: this will be the fourth time spicy appears on the show. >> thank you guys. have a great weekend. >> reporter: and after this week maybe better said by his alter ego. >> that's enough for today. spicy's going to go bye-bye right now. need a big boy nap. >> it was charlie chaplin who says "a day without laughter is a day wasted." thank you for watching abc news. and as always, we're online at abcnews.com. and our "nightline" facebook page. thanks for the company, america. have a great mother's day weekend. >> what do you get when you combine amazing contestants with mind-blowing questions and a chance to win $1 million? 30 minutes of drama you don't want to miss. this is "who wants to be a millionaire." [dramatic music] ♪ [cheers and applause] hey, everybody, welcome to the show. ar

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and melissa mccarthy prepares for her return to "saturday night live." breaking with you on a thursday break yofrg night former fbi director james comey speaks out for the very first time since his abrupt firing. he released a farewell letter to employees after his stunning ouster writing quote i have long believed that a president can fire an fbi director for any reason or for no reason at all. it is done. and i will be fine. as reports surface the president ordered attorney general jeff sessions and ag rod rosenstein to provide in writing the case for firing comey. multiple news outlets from "the new york times" to the associated press report comey had just requested more resources to pursue his investigation in russia's meddling in the 2016 election and possible involvement of trump associates before his termination. it is fielding questions as it was the true motive behind his firing. the white house deputy press secretary says the decision had everything to do with his handling of the confidence in director comey, and frankly, he'd been considering

when we return our specialists andrew mccarthy and dr.ht after this. >> eboni: time to circle back with andrew mccarthy and nile gardiner. doc, you worked for both united states and pressure governments. -- british governments. what is the biggest differences? >> guest: that's a very good question. a lot of similarities. there are no two greater nations on earth than the united states and great britain and the special relationship between our two great countries is the most powerful force of freedom today. i have been privileged to work with leaders on both sides of the atlantic. it's a tremendous privilege to be living in the united states now which is a true force for liberty and freedom on the world stage. long may that continue. >> eric: may i follow-up with this question? we saw the anti-globalist and populist movement. you you go from britain with the united states with donald trump can it continue? >> guest: brexit is a tremendous force for freedom and great news for the united states. i think it will strengthen the special relatio

i wonder if you ever heard that one. >> mccarthy in d.c. mccarthy, did he vote? >> he did not. he abstained. ill a lot.was it was actually ten months from the middle of 1954 to the middle of 1955, where he was gone. he was recuperating. it was december 1954. so there was a procedure called peering which he could have cast his -- made his views known. but , but it was very complicated relationship because mccarthy was a family friend. he had -- yes. joe mccarthy was a senator from wisconsin who has -- was one of the real sharp cold warriors and involved a lot of accusations about people's patriotism and that sort of thing. so kennedy had, you know, the family knew him well. i think kennedy was at his wedding. i think mccarthy was at kennedy's wedding. there was a history there. kennedy was a shrewd guy. that by the mid-1950's, early 1950's, the mccarthy announcer: was a bit of a toxic senator, and so he kind of kept his distance. he was very wary. people come up to him, what do you think about joe mccarthy? he would give very terse answers so, you know, kennedy did not vote on t

and we just got a commend from mccarthy himself. here's the reaction. >> if you listened to, everybody laughed, so you know it's a joke. that's all there is to it. no one believes it to be true. >> do you still have confidence in the president? >> 100%. >> adam, is it a joke? does it sound like a joke when you listen to the recording? did people react to it like b.s, kibi kibitzing, throwing this stuff around? would a person listening to this tape, hear a person actually accuse of being on the payroll of moscow? >> if you heard the tape, what you would hear is a very serious conversation taking place in which basically everybody is denouncing russia's role in meddling in politics in europe. and then mccarthy brings the conversation home and points out that the day before, there was news that the dnc was hacked by the russians. and, you know, he then -- there's a brief laughter that he puts out there when he describes how they stole the oppo research, the opposition research on trump. and then ryan asks him to give it to whom? and th

i just need a couple minutes in a bush to get it together. >> melissa mccarthy in those outtakes as sheve through manhattan streets as sean spicer for last week's performance of "snl." her impersonation of spicer had gotten so big, legitimate news camera crews trying to chase her down and look, having fun. really in character. >>> nikki haley is saying what the white house won't, the western wall is in israel. the former south carolina governor endorsed the idea of moving the american embassy in israel to jerusalem and placing the western wall in israel in new comments amid reports the president may rule out moving the u.s. embassy to jerusalem altogether. days before the president embarks on his foreign trip which includes a stop in israel. >>> this incident caught on body cameras, an officer approaches a man at a dollar general store when suddenly he takes off. the officer chases him through the store and using his taser trying to subdue the suspect. the struggle continued outside. police eventually tackled the man to the ground and placed him in custody. one officer suffered a fractu

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but then mccarthy quickly add, quote, swear to god. speaker paul ryan instructed his republican lieutenant to keep the conversation private saying no leaks. this is how we know we're a real family here. according to the post, it is difficult to tell from the recording the extent to which the remarks were meant to be taken literally. for context here, this is about a month before donald trump secured the republican nomination. but there was nobody else really in the rung ning at that point. the day this conversation happened both mccarthy and paul ryan had met with the propaganda tactics the russians were using in ukraine and the way they were supporting populist politician. paul ryan was talking about that when kevin mccarthy brought up the russian hacking of the democratic party and brought up his comment that he is pretty darn sure putin is paying trump if he is paying anyone. somebody recorded the whole exchange, saved it for almost a year, and then gave that reporting tonight to "the washington post." spokespeople for paul ryan and

kevin mccarthy will join us.an longevity, he's cheating death by finding solutions for longevity. judge andrew napolitano is here, big show ahead. texas governor greg abbott signing a bill prohibiting cities in the state from enacting so-called sanctuary laws, the governor slammed the sanctuary cities and he streamed the signing of that bill on facebook live. watch. >> let's be clear about something, we all support legal immigration. it helps to build america in texas, but legal immigration is different from harboring people who have committed dangerous crimes. those policies are sanctuary city policies and won't be tolerated in texas. maria: joining us right now fox news contributor and former florida congressman, lieutenant west. >> my pleasure, maria. maria: after president trump vows to withhold any funding from sanctuary cities, what do you make of the governor reinforcing the president's position this morning? >> well, i'm coming to dallas, texas, which is my home, i moved on january 2015, one of the concer

how long mccarthy will get to play spicer is an open question.m stirring speculation about his future, this as the president refuses to commit to keeping him. >> he's doing a good job but he gets beat up. >> will he be there tomorrow? >> he's been there from the beginning. >> reporter: for now "snl" fans are waiting for mccarthy's masterful impression. >> you like that? you like that, dork? you like that, dork? >>> this is cnn breaking news. >>> top of the hour you're in the "cnn newsroom." i'm ana cabrera. a short time ago north korea launched some sort of ballistic missile. we are waiting for a statement from the pentagon. but the launch is confirmed from the western part of the country. it flew about 450 miles until it splashed into the water off north korea's east coast. straight out to the capital of south korea, seoul, and alexandra field. what are you hearing about this launch? >> reporter: what we're hearing from defense officials, ana, this is not a missile that would have threatened the continental united states. it does not appear to b

mccarthy, six shots rang out. mr. mccarthy, you were wounded. what were your immediate reactions? somebody said something about how you immediately took a pose to protect the president. tell us the initial seconds. what were you doing and thinking? >> i'm going to take one second before we get there to recognize our boss, who passed away recently. [applause] tom: he wrote a good book. >> he wrote a good book. god bless him. i forget the question. -- [laughter] tom: we will remember that. the immediate reaction. you have training. you are trained to do things without thinking. but you also think about what's going on. tell us the heart pounding moment, what was it like? >> i did not think. it was a reaction to training. we trained very intensely at the secret service and presidential protective division. the only thing you can do is reaction based upon training. much like the military going up the hill, or police officers going down a dark alley, it is based upon training. i can't say that i could think about it because it happened quickly. it was over in 1.4 seconds, six shots. it

any time kevin mccarthy makes news i get his hate tweets.on't know thou answer that question. then next up another one i received. >> keep into mind the name lawrence there i'll get to my reply because i through in a matrix reply here. all right cheap partisan foolish wheeze sell idiot. you're a blank bad word. you slimy coward gop sell out or and/or yea without. it's been real. now they g they got speaker ryan's name direct. so what i've done i decided to respond to these people call them out retweet them show people how hateful people are because in my opinion people hide behind keyboards and say things they don't mean. >> right. >> they say things they would never say to somebody's face. >> right. >> i sky to do call them out i responded by i also give them movie reviews. this is one -- [ laughter ] >> i love that. i respond to do this guy, go see get out or logan. have you seen the film yet? usually they reply and say i'm sorry i meant the other kevin mccarthy. let's go to the next tweet. basically what i end up doing, this is the lawren

you know that it's not -- it's not good for him for melissa mccarthy going at him like that.hink we're seeing that on "snl" hiding in the bushes. >> i'm sure they're like order some bushes, yes we will see bushes on "snl." i'm sure they ordered a fresh crop of bushes. >> i bet the writer were like no way this didn't happen we would never have written this. this is hill airious. >> to be a comedienne there is too much good stuff daughters go to yog urt places on too much candy on the yog urt right now. >> do you remember when the dsh the ol heads woi would say in these times. it's serious because it's extraordinary times right now. president trump firing the fbi director, possible tapes in the oval office be compared to nixon during watergate. do you think that's all fair? >> yeah, because let's also remember he had time to trol rosy o'donnell. >> it was a good troll. >> he is having a busy week. shouldn't he have his mind on other things? i mean that -- that's what the crazy thing about that any time you think maybe we're not satisfying it seriously enough frufrps steps forwa

there's kevin mccarthy of the house leadership team. dr. tom price from the secretary of health and human services. 217 votes as john just mentioned got it across the finish line. i'd estimate 100 members of congress there. others have gone home to their districts before a 11-day congressional recess. now the president of the united states. [applause] >> speaker ryan, majority leader mccarthy, majority whip scalise, chairman brady, chairman walden, chairman woman black, congressman meadows and all the principled members of congress standing with us here today, on behalf of president trump and the first family, welcome to the white house. [applause] thanks to the leadership of president donald trump. welcome to the beginning of the end of obamacare. [applause] it was march 2010, seven years ago, democrats passed the government takeover of healthcare. at that time republicans in congress promised the american people that law would not stand. today thanks to the perseverance, the determination and the leadership of president donald trump and a

just how long will mccarthy get to play spicer is an open question.ce from the briefing room earlier this week stirring speculation on his future. >> he's going a god job but he gets beat up. >> will he be there tomorrow? >> he's be there for beginning. >> tonight the fans are waiting for mccarthy's impression. brian stelter cnn, new york. >> coming up live next hour you have live pictures right now from the department of justice where attorney general jeff sessions and deputy attorney general rod rosenstein are interviewing candidates to be the next fbi director. we know six candidates that have interviewed for the job, any moment we expect to see a seven candidate. who will it be, we're bring it to you live as soon as we know. stay with us. >>> you're live in the cnn inn newsroom i'm monica barrera in new york. we begin with sources are describing as plummeting morale inside the white house following the firing of fbi director james comey. the vice president as rattled and president trump himself as agitated and isolated. the president is trying to

after some laughter in the room, mccarthy said "swear to god."ff the record, no leaks, all right?" then he added, "this is how we know we're a real family here." speaker ryan's office says this was just a joke and today mccarthy also says it was just a joke. >> because if you listen to it, it says everybody laughs, so you know it's a joke and that's all there is to it. no one believes it to be true. >> last hour i had a chance to speak to the reporter who broke this story, the "washington post" adam enteris, who listened to the tape. i asked him if he thought that kevin mccarthy was joking. >> he was a very early person to take notice of this maybe strange affinity that trump had for putin, and he makes this remark, which, frankly, when you listen to the tone in his voice, he says it seriously. if it is a joke, it's very dead pan. and he doesn't say at the end, i'm telling a joke, he says "swear to god." the words are the words. >> look, there was laughter in the room. that much is clear. some people were laughing and took at least part of it as

i can't tell where spicer ends and mccarthy begins anymore.this week's "snl" several months ago. it's towards the season finale coming up next weekend, so the timing's perfect for "snl," given that spicer's in the news in a not-so-friendly way this week. >> and again, the press office is in the news in a really unprecedented way, because what they were telling us earlier in the week, it's not true. it's been proven false by the president himself, again. and this i'm sure will be made fun of this weekend by "saturday night live," but it's a consequence beyond just comedy, you know. and brian stelter, sean spicer after his two-day hiatus, not on the podium, is going back today. what do we know? >> there's been talk that sarah huckabee sanders would be filling in for the week as spicer was at the pentagon doing navy reserve duty. now, that's changed. he will be at the podium this afternoon, 1:30 eastern time, live here on cnn. it's going to be notable to see how spicer answers questions versus sarah huckabee sanders yesterday. this was described

and melissa mccarthy is taking the reins as host for the fifth time.was spotted thursday donning her sean spicer costume, on the streets of manhattan. we got to sit down with a familiar face with how politics have changed over the years. hi, savannah. >> that's right, i sat down with former "saturday night live" cast member joe piscopo who actually got to play in the '80s. he told me that politics and comedy have gone hand in hand. >> reporter: "saturday night live's" president trump is what many people are talking about each sunday. as is the show's impression of white house press secretary sean spicer. and tweeting that the show is unwatchable and unfunny but america seems to disagree. with the show experiencing its highest ratings averaging 11 million viewers. joe paiscopo was an "snl" skaft member from 1980 to 19984, he played both presidents. president carter and president reag reagan. >> you can make fun of the divide in the country. "snl," brilliantly has wrapped their arms around the times. >> reporter: "snl" has done impersonations. >> i get i

tweet me at kevin mccarthy mccarthy tv and let me know what you think. in a couple of weeks coming up we have wonder woman so i'm very excite bd that. i'm kevin mccarthy, fox news. >> i like his voice, we have wopped der woman. i'm excited for wonder woman. i want to see that. alias, i think i was too young to see it at the time, but that one scene in that original movie, i meanha >> it's not really my thing. >> you don't like sky phi. >> i don't like scary movies. i think it's scary. >> i think it's going to be a little scary. jack and david are here as they always are on saturdays to take a look at capital hill and the white house for us. before that jack fox's jackie ibanez tells us what woo can look forward in the week ahead. monday morning president trump continueses his first visit to saudi arabia. we'll deliver marks at a multiple shots ' up in israel. he'll also visit the western wall becoming the first president to do so. after departing from israel he'll depart to the vatican. wednesday, a parade of militants will fill up new york harbor, the a

mccarthy, you were wounded. where you are immediate reactions. reactions.ate someone said you immediately to a good post to protect the prison. in those initial reactions were redoing and thinking? >> i'm going to take one second before we get there to recognize mr. j potter. away recentpassed --our bus who passed away our boss who passed away recently. him.less i forgot what we're talking about. >> just tell it is for that heart-pounding moment, what was it like? >> it was a reaction to training. we trained very intensely. the presidential protection division. the only way you can do something like that is based on reaction from training. much like police officers going down a dark alley. that is training. i cannot say that about it. it was over and one .6 seconds. it was a direction below so my training. you would like to say who thought about it but i really did not. corrected way we're trying to react. i am very happy to say i was able to do it that way based on my training. i don't know if i can do it again. i don't want to find out. >> we s

some of the lawmakers laughed at mccarthy's comment. then mccarthy quickly added "swear to god."congressman jolly, again, your party. what do we do about this? >> i've had every job in the u.s. house of representatives, starting as an intern answering phones, sleeping in my car. every staff job up to being a member of congress. i have never been more disenchanted than when i actually served as a member of congress. both parties, the leadership of both parties neglect their responsibilities and faithfulness to the people. there is a lack of fidelity to the job to which they were elected. and what you're seeing there is a carelessness of house leadership on the republican side, but i believe personally it exists on both. the detachment that the american people feel from congressional leadership is reflected in exactly what kevin mccarthy joked about. that is not a joking matter, and he offended the job he holds, and he offended the american people, who entrust him to serve as majority leader of the house of roipepresentatives. >> congresswoman, your purpose is not to defend your fo