mr. mccarthy, seek recognition? mr. mccarthy: i offer a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker: the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk will first number the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 503. resolved, that the clerk be instructed to inform the president of the united states that the house of representatives has elected paul d. ryan, a representative from the state of wisconsin, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker: without objection the resolution is agreed to and the motion to reconsider is laid pon the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from california, mr. mccarthy, seek recognition? mr. mccarthy: mr. speaker, i offer a privileged resolution ask for its immediate consideration. the clerk: the clerk will reminority resolution. the clerk: house resolution 504, resolved, that a message be sent to the senate to inform that body that pall d. ryan, a member from the state of wisconsin, has been elected speaker of the house of representatives. th

mr. mccarthy, mr. scalise, mrs. , and many on rs my side of the aisle, our committee chairs, people i have worked with for a long time. i'm just as grateful to ms. pelosi, mr. hoyer, mr. clyburn, and becerra, and others for all of the work that we have done together. over these last five years we have done an awful lot of work together. probably more work done across the aisle over the last five years than in the 25 years that i served in this institution. now, as much as i enjoy working with all of you, some of you still could learn to dress etter. ou know who you are. i saw one of the culprits, one of the usual suspects that shows up here once in a while without a tie, but this morning he didn't dress very well but he did have a tie on. i'm grateful to the people who work in this institution every day. whether it's the reading clerks - there are a lot of people, thousands of people that allow us to do our jobs and to help make this institution what it is. and whether it's the people you see here toda

mr. mccarthy and the congresswoman from north carolina. both have strongly denied that there was anything there and i want to make very clear to our viewers, there is no evidence whatsoever that anything existed, but this has been such a subject of conversation within the halls of the capital that last week in a meeting between texas republicans and mr. mccarthy, there was a confrontation when asked directly whether or not there was any affair between him and rene elmers and mr. mccarthy denied it as he has elsewhere and walter jones, a north carolina congressman released a letter saying if any of these speaker candidates have any skeletons in their closet, they should immediately drop their bid and as we know now, mr. jones is saying the reason why he issued that letter is partly because of this rumor. similarly, ms. elmers today behind closed doors told her colleagues she was very appreciative of them standing behind her and she thanked them for their public and private support for her. she didn't really address this directly, but she di

mr. mccarthy. what happens now as you consider running against paul ryan? speaker boehner: this is not about us. not about us as leaders and not about us as members. our job is to do the right thing for the american people every day. you have heard me say this multiple times and i will say it most of -- one more time. if you do the right things for the right reasons, the right things will happen for the country. >> on our next washington journal, an update on next week house speaker's race. camp who isin heels a member of the freedom caucus, joins us. we talked to the special counsel in the clinton administration or his take on hillary clinton's testimony before the benghazi committee. washington journal's live every morning at seven ago eastern on c-span. you can join the conversation by phone or facebook and twitter. former secretary of state and presidential candidate hillary clinton testifies tomorrow for the house select committee on benghazi, which is investigating the 2012 attack on the u.s. consulate. 10:00 a.m.ge at eastern on c-span3, c-span radio

mr. mccarthy, seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i offer a privilege resolution and ask for its immediate resolution. >> the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk will first number the resolution. >> house resolution 503 resolved that the clerk be instructed to inform the president of the united states that the house of representatives has elected paul d. ryan, a representative from the state of wisconsin, speaker of the house of representatives. >> without objection the resolution is agreed to and the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. for what purpose does the gentleman from california, mr. mccarthy, seek recognition? >> well, mr. speaker, i offer a privilege resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. >> the clerk will report the resolution. >> house resolution 504, resolved, that a message be sent to the senate to inform that body that paul d. ryan, a representative from the state of wisconsin, has been elected speaker of the house of representatives. >> without objection, the resolution is agree

mr. mccarthy, to drive down my poll numbers. surprise. >> my point is that tonight she was speaking to the democrats in that room, and the democrats that will be voting in the key states in the primary. that may be very good for her. however, long term, sean, when you have an fbi criminal investigation looming, blaming this on mccarthy, talking about the benghazi committee may not be enough for her. final point is that she continued to move left on keystone and defending herself on trait tonight. again, that may help her, stabilize numbers and lock up the democratic nomination but could be moving her so far left, that it makes it harder for her in a general election both on the trust issue and the e-mail and policy issues. she's moved pretty far left, sean. >> part of the exchange we didn't air, she admitted it's a legitimate investigation because of the fbi and inspector general. they talk about a bottom in poll numbers she dropped ten points in a week. 40 paints in the stay of virginia. how much lower can anyone go? >> well, t

mr. mccarthy, to drive down my poll numbers. big surprise, and that's what they have attempted to do. i am still standing. i am happy to be part of this debate. and i intend to keep talking about the issues that matter to the american people. >> the american people are sick and tired of hearing about your damn e-mails. >> thank you. me too. me too. >> you know? the middle class, anderson, let me say something about the media as well. i go around the country and talk to a whole lot of people. middle class in this country is collapsing. we have 27 million people living in poverty. we have massive wealth and income inequality. our trade policies have cost us millions of decent jobs. the american people want to know if we're going to have a democracy as a result of citizens united. let's talk about the real issues facing america. >> thank you, bernie. thank you. [ applause ] >> two happy candidates right there. >> aim amen. >> we all knew it would come up. was this planned by is senator getting ready for this debate? >> absolutely not. this was pure bernie sanders being hill. he was in th

mr. mccarthy to drive down my poll numbers, big surprise. >> bernie sanders saw his opening and went in for the kill. >> the american people are sick and tired of hearing about your dam e-mails. >> thank you. me too! me too! >> oh bernie. >> and hillary had a lot to say about lincoln chaffey's insin you weighingses. >> i think we need somebody who has the best in ethical standards as our next president. >> secretary clinton do you want to respond? >> no. >> and finally jim webb's thoughts. >> i wouldn't have a problem with that. >> matt, she said i have taken responsibility and then said i blame the republicans. is that taking responsibility? >> she has done that for 25 years. does anyone remember what that meant? on normal disclosure of government accountability she says i take full responsibility and then doesn't and lies about it. it is what she has been doing forever. she said there were no classified e-mails. that just wasn't true. it is thought true at the time. it was knowledgeably untrue and it got bigger. she is incapable of normally speaking truly when it comes to accountability.

mr. mccarthy, to drive down my poll numbers, a big surprise, and that's what they have attempted to do. i am still standing. i am hoep happy to be a part of this debate. i intend to keep talking about the issues that matter to the american people. >> the american people are sick and tired of hearing about your dam e-mails. >> thank you. me too, me too! [ applause ] >> the middle class, anderson, let me say something about the media as well, i go around the kuptd, talk to a whole lot of people, middle class of this country is collapsing. we have 27 million people living in poverty. we have massive wealth in income and equality. our trade policies cost us millions of decent jobs. the american people want to know whether we will have a democracy or an allegarchy as a result of citizens reunited. enough of the e-mails. let's talk about the issues facing america. >> two happy candidates. >> amen. >> take us behind the scene. we all know the e-mail subject would come up. was this planned by the senator, based on all the rehearsal the team you spent getting recalled for this event? >> absolute

mr. mccarthy's announcement today. i do think the president, like most people in washington, was surprised. but you know, ultimately, there are some serious responsibilities that members of congress have and you know, what the president is looking for is somebody who understands that in an era of divided government and in a representative democracy that compromise and a willingness to work across the aisle and acknowledgment that you're not going to get 100% of what you demand will be necessary to get anything done. and that recognition is critical to advancing the interests of the american people. and that's going to require some leadership and we'll see if the successor to john boehner is up to the task. >> next question on a different topic. this weekend marks the 20th anniversary of the march on washington. the million man march. and it's the 20th anniversary. no requests were permitted to any counterrally. the organizer said that this event has -- the first anniversary no requests for permitted to any counterer ra

mr. mccarthy, congressman mccarthy and mr. poliska, the aide, the hand-picked assistant to mr. gowdy, and then of course, mr. hanna, what they have done is they have already affirmed what we already knew. so the things that they said, we have been seeing that all along. so this is just an affirmation, today, this latest thing of bringing miss aberdin to the hill, dragging her through testimony when she was not there on the night of the event, she was not with hillary clinton on the night, she has no operational role, she has no policy role, but yet and still, they drag her in and again, i think there's an obsession with again, trying to derail the campaign of hillary clinton. period. >> there was a statement from trey gowdy, the chairman, disputing what richard hanna, the other republican member who acknowledged that this was politically motivated, and after that, trey gowdy put out a statement saying there are seven members of the benghazi committee who are intimately familiar with the work of the committee, the motives behind the work and the results of that work. congressman

mr. amash: neither does mccarthy or neither does chaffetz. we need to have discussions as a conference and as a house. >> to get a new candidate, to get more concessions from the leadership, what? mr. amash: we have to find a compromise, we need to find a way to move forward as a unified group. and with the current approach, which is very power driven, top-down, that's not unifying to the conference and it's not good for republicans, from all ends of the spectrum. so -- >> what do you need to hear mccarthy say to feel like -- mr. amash: it's not about saying things, it's about doing things. we need changes in terms of how the structure of the house works, and, again, we got a long time between now and the elections and let's see if things change in the house and we're going to sit together as a freedom caucus and ensure that the american people are represented. >> what about any policy commiments like debt ceiling, do you need to hear that from him? mr. amash: from my perspective, even though the media likes to take it down this road, it's not

mr. mccarthy has already stated. e then have congressman hannah we've been asked to not listen to the words of mccarthy, and not listen to the words of others but look at the actions of the republican staff to affirm what and this morning again we have a situation where it is clear the hen we look at actions calling ms. abdin in, letting the press know about her me the location of the interview when she based on we've stimony that gotten has no -- no policy responsibilities, no operational responsibilities, clinton th secretary on the night of this phenomenal tragedy only leaves one to ask , did the gentleman congressman mccarthy congressman hannah and mr. pod isca tell the truth. that's question. the question also becomes a taxpayer is funded effort to derail the candidacy of hillary clinton. and to be very frank with you, a taxpayer the statements of those three gentlemen and i match them up with what we have been saying all along, the -- when we look at what they do and we look at what the gentlemen said, they all

mrs. mccarthy: this way, mr. moxley. hmm. later perhaps.ow, i think i have some visitors. ( sighs ) father brown. i might have known. mrs. mccarthy, jeremiah. i was just welcoming aggie back to kembleford. bridget, how have you been keeping? until this morning, i was doing quite well.

mr. mccarthy, will you give a statement? how did it go? >> it went very well, very well. >> reporter: are you going to get the votes at 12:00? so he sounds confident. all he needs to get is 125 republican votes in the secret ballot that's going to go on that will start momentarily now, but the key question is whether or not if he does get that he's going to get 218 which we expect will be what's needed to get the majority of the full house at the end of october. ashleigh? >> as people are filing by you, i'm assuming you're heading into the -- i think it's the ways and means committee room to hold this big, secret vote? >> reporter: let us turn the m camera around to give you an inside look here. you're right. this is the ways and committee room. i'll try not to bump into members as they're walking by. this is where they're holding the vote. it's actually -- i'm not sure if it's on purpose or not, probably not, it's just a nice, big room which is why they're using it. it also happens to be where the person nominating kevin mccarthy hangs hi

mr. mccarthy, seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i offer a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. >> the clerk will report the resolution. the clerk will first number the resolution. >> house resolution 503, resolved, that the clerk be instructed to inform the president of the united states that the house of representatives has elected paul d. ryan, a representative from the state of wisconsin, speaker of the house of representatives. >> without objection to, the resolution is agreed to, and the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. [laughter] [applause] >> for what purpose does the gentleman from california, mr. mccarthy, seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i offer a privileged resolution and ask for its immediate consideration. >> the clerk will report the resolution. >> house resolution 504, resolved, that a message be sent to the senate to inform that body that paul d. ryan, a representative from the state of wisconsin, has been elected speaker of the house of representatives. >> without obj

mr. mccarthy's lack of experience. not since 1891 has anyone with such a small amount of experience in congress become speaker. and frankly the guy who became speaker in 1891, even he had more experience than kevin mccarthy did in congress. he's just the closest one that we can find. one of the other remarkable things about the prospect of kevin mccarthy becoming speaker is the issue of his skill at speaking. >> in the past few years alone i have visited poland, hungria -- >> hungria was super happy to have him. no american politician has ever visited hungria before. we checked the records. kevin mccarthy's speaking skills are unusually, notably insert adjective here for any member of congress, let alone for somebody who's supposed to now become the second most powerful person in washington, the man in charge of congress. i mean, those clips we showed before with him talking about visiting hungria and putting the band on america and all the rest, those are all from his first ever foreign policy speech, which he deliver

mr. mccarthy, to drive down my poll numbers, big surprise. >> hillary clinton will testify in front of the committee later this month. meantime, on the republican side dr. ben carson is giving donald trump a run for his money. it shows him still leading the pack at 24%, but carson is quickly moving up in the polls. now trailing by 1%. that's well within the margin of error. the latest numbers come two weeks before to third republican debate. a fiery scene in southeastern florida after a small plane crashes into a trailer park. the crash setting two mobile homes on fire. the flames were put out, but the plumes of smoke could be seen hours later. one fire official says the number of people hurt is unknown and right now it is not clear what caused the plane to crash. >>> and a former nba star is spending the night in a hospital outside las vegas. lamar odom was found unconscious where he was staying. they say he was drinking and taking herbal supplements for male enhancements. he won back to back titles with the lakers. i'm kelly wright. log on to fox news.com. the most powerful name in news.

mr. mccarthy, what message do you have to them now as they consider paul ryan? >> listen, this is not about us. not about us as leaders. not about us as members. our job is to do the right thing for the american people every day. you've heard me say this multiple times and i'll say it one more time. if you do the right things every day for the right reasons the right things will happen for our country. hanks. >> on our next "washington journal" we get an update on next week's house speaker's race. tim huelskamp a member of the freedom caucus joins us. then we talk to lanny davis who served as special counsel in the clinton administration and we'll get his take on the hillary clinton testimony before the house benghazi committee. "washington journal" is live every morning at 7:00 eastern on c-span and you can join the conversation by phone or on acebook and twitter. >> i say this is quite unusual for me but i do want to thank all of you for your friendship and your loyal support and for the planning of this wonderful evening for me. i shall remember it always. an

mr. mccarthy finally admitted that he messed that up. you know, but even when he was still defending it he still really truly even when help is not trying to read from notes he is still truly having a hard time talking in a way that makes sense. >> i do not want to make that harm benghazi committee in any way. >> despite this verbal incapability, can i think is going to become an object of fascination if they really do go through with making him speaker. despite his verbal trouble, house republicans do seem set to go ahead tomorrow with nominating kevin mccarthy to be the new speaker of the house which will put him third in line to the presidency after vice president joe biden. and even today, on the precipice of that achievement as he is more and more frequently being asked about the big issues of the day and america's role in the world, still today the man cannot speak in a way that consistently makes sense. honestly, this is just today. this is not getting better. this is -- okay, kevin mccarthy asking today why wouldn't the president

mr. mccarthy is not the same as actually electing him on the floor.here are also concerns if he can get the votes necessary on the floor to even become the speaker in the first place. does that make sense? you talked about kevin mccarthy, the presumptive favorite. there are a couple of other candidates for house speaker. tell us about those and they are set to speak before some of the republican caucuses on tuesday wednesday. why this process? emma: kevin mccarthy is the presumptive favorite, the establishment pick for speaker of the house. he is being challenged by a rank in file florida republican named daniel webster who many conservatives like because he talks a lot about process and collaboration. he is new to washington. more or less, he is a member of the 2010 class so people like and he is a fresher face not spoiled by capitol hill, if you want to call it that. the new wrinkle in this in the candidacy of setting government reform, jason chaffetz, the utah republican has taken a very high profile role. he announced on fox news sunday that he wo

kevin mccarthy is running basically unopposed for speaker. mr.h: i don't think that's my place any more than i would pick the speaker or leader in ohio, but i think he has a good personality, and i think he is a guy who does connect and there's no doubt in my mind that i would be able to work with him as president. mark: will you put forward your proposal to submit a balance budget to congress in your first term? mr. kasich: i'm not sure how we would do that exactly, but there's no mystery in what i do. i have only written 18 budgets, which is 18 more than you have written, so people -- if they want to know what my priorities are, they just need to look at my record. we will put more meat on the bones. mark: you are running as a guy who knows how to balance budgets. would you pledge and put forward something now to say to people, "here is one of my budgets to get to balance." mr. kasich: i don't think it's going to be done -- to be direct about it, anyone who says it can be done in four years or whatever does not know what they are talking about

mr. mccarthy, congressman mccarthy, make it clear what this is all about. we then, of course, have the hand-picked member of the republican staff to affirm what mr. mccarthy had already stated. we then have congressman hannah to reaffirm all of it. but even if we wanted to put words to the side, the question becomes we've been asked to not listen to the words of mccarthy, not listen to the words of hannah but look at the actions of the committee. and this morning, again, we have a situation where it is clear that when we look at the actions, calling ms. abedin in, letting the press know about the time, the location of her interview, when she, based on other testimony that we've gotten, has no -- no policy responsibilities, no operational responsibilities, was not with secretary clinton on the night of this phenomenal tragedy only leads one to ask the question, did the gentleman, congressman mccarthy, congressman hannah, and mr. podiska tell the truth. that's the question. the question also becomes whether this is a taxpayer funded effort to derail the candi

mr. mccarthy, mr. scalise, mrs. , and many on rs my side of the aisle, our committee chairs, people i have worked with for a long time. i'm just as grateful to ms. pelosi, mr. hoyer, mr. clyburn, and becerra, and others for all of the work that we have done together. over these last five years we have done an awful lot of work together. probably more work done across the aisle over the last five years than in the 25 years that i served in this institution. now, as much as i enjoy working with all of you, some of you still could learn to dress etter. ou know who you are. i saw one of the culprits, one of the usual suspects that shows up here once in a while without a tie, but this morning he didn't dress very well but he did have a tie on. i'm grateful to the people who work in this institution every day. whether it's the reading clerks - there are a lot of people, thousands of people that allow us to do our jobs and to help make this institution what it is. and whether it's the people you see here toda

mr. mccarthy: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that when the house adjourns today it adjourn to meet on monday, october 26, 2015, when it shall convene at noon for morning hour debate and 2:00 p.m. for legislative days. -- business. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the chair will now entertain requests for one-minute votes. one-minute speeches. pardon me. for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania wish -- seek recognition? mr. thompson: mr. speaker, request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute, revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. thompson: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today in recognition of national forest products week and in support of our nation's foresters, timber producers, researchers. the forest product industry as a whole. pennsylvania derives its name from penns woods, as history shows our forests have played a central role in the building of this contry. today the commonwealth has 16.7 million acres of forestlands, 7

mr. mccarthy isn't the same as actually electing him on the floor and there's also concern about whether he can get the 218 votes necessary on the floor to even become the speaker in the first place. if that makes sense. a lot of moving parts. >> host: you talk about kevin mccarthy being the presumptive favorite and their couple of other candidates for house speaker. tell us about them and to speak before a pub -- a couple of republican caucuses. why that process? >> guest: we know that mccarthy is the presumptive favorite for speaker of the house. he is being challenged by a rank-and-file florida republican named daniel webster said many of the conservatives like because he talks a lot about process and corroboration and he's new to washington more or less. he's a member of the 2010 class so people like that he is a fresher face in knots oiled by capitol hill if you want to call it that but the new wrinkle in this is the candidacy of oversight and government reform committee chairman jason chaffetz a utah republican has taken on a high-profile role since the start of congress and now "f

and the truth is kevin mccarthy spoke the truth. but i'll do two facts mr.ffetz conveniently forgot to tell your audience. two house republican major committees dominated and controlled by republicans, the house armed services committee and the house intelligence committee came out with reports, 40,000 documents, interviews, and after all of that republicans who mr. chaffetz is asking to vote for him for speaker, the chairman of both committees and all the republican members of the committee found, one, no wrongdoing by hillary clinton or the administration in manipulating or covering up talking points. two, no order of a stand down and, three, that whatever has been charged about political motivation is false. so, in other words, two committees are being criticized by mr. chaffetz who forgot to tell your audience about the republicans come out with these reports and goudy has nothing new but to attack and try to bring down the one candidate that i see that -- >> so a gift to her campaign? >> -- republicans most fear is -- it's a gift that we finally know wh

mr. mccarthy is going to regret that comment. john: you mentioned the gun issue and hillary putting herself on the far left to be in the league's with martin o'malley. you left out the person who is on this rare instance not on the far left, bernie sanders, who has a mixed record from a liberal perspective on gun issues. there are not many places where she can outflank bernie sanders to the left. she is going to take advantage of this. it is good politics for her. we been talking about the benghazi thing for some days, about how much an advantage that gaffe by kevin mccarthy gives her. she needed some way to turn the page, and maybe these two issues coupled will allow her to get her campaign to get on track being prosecuting. mark: she was in fine form, clearly energized by these two issues. after last week's campus shooting in oregon, the white house and other democrats, including hillary clinton, are renewing their calls are for stricter gun control laws. republicans, including the presidential candidates, have talked more abou

mr. mccarthy that he was contaminated years of john boehner's leadership. daniel webster of florida is unknown outside of his district to might have 40 votes at most. the rebels do not have enough votes to stand up their own man. they can blow up all house business and decapitate the leadership of their own party. the danger is that having proposed mr. weiner and mr. mccarthy they will refuse to back anybody who does not meet their demand. writes that donald trump is one vessel for his frustration. notably, the freedom caucus met the presidential candidates earlier this week. in this age of political polarization they are trying to tap into the anger among americans who believe correctly that washington is a mess. wall street journal goes on to write, we share most of the freedom caucus's policy goals. but what they have not offered is a realistic or plausible strategy to achieve what these conservatives say they want. their demands on mr. mccarthy include electing one of their members as majority leader, but not one of them to get the votes himself. some a

mr. mccarthy, when the reality is he said something pretty straightforward. >> i don't think so.hink he misspoke, i don't think he believes it was politically motivated. i do think he has ever use mrs. clinton's name -- did he miss big or was he mischaracterized? >> a little bit of both. you talk all day, you are going to be mischaracterized. but i don't think it is the end of the committee. john: do you think that he will be speaker or not? >> i think it is very much still up in the air. kevin doesn't have 218 votes, which is what he needs. he is speaking with the caucus are mr. webster and mr. chaffetz. he is the leader in the vote tally. john: you are an endorser of rand paul. can you give us a sense of how concerned you more about the state of his campaign? people think he is close to out of the race. >> yeah. i spent the day with him in south carolina. we stopped by the side of the road twice to eat. 30 people walked up and said hi, i like what you're doing. polling a very low numbers -- are you telling me that john kasich could walk through an airport or a barbecue joint in

mr. mccarthy to drive down my poll numbers. big surprise. >> reporter: but the benghazi controversy could still drag on. >> we are overrun. >> reporter: a movie coming soon all but blames clinton for the tragedy. a grieving mother whose only son shawn smith was among those killed also blames clinton. >> it was her department. how come she let my son be kill snd how come? she knew this was happening. >> let's bring in tracy potts who is live in washington for us today. what is clinton's strategy today? >> her strategy is to try to set the record straight from her perspective yet again. she's been before yet another committee. this will be the first time she's testified before this select committee that's only looking at the benghazi attack. we're expecting eight hours of testimony. so this could go very long today. one of the things the committee wants to know is why weren't the requests for more security in benghazi heeded earlier. they now have 8,000 pages of e-mails from ambassador chris stevens who was one of the four killed

mr. mccarthy is there are roughly 50 or so and growing number of people who just cannot or will not votepromote the existing leadership into the speaker's role. so i worry he'll fall short of the 218 that h cause chaos internally, and nobody is arguing with the premise mr. mccarthy might be more than a few votes shy of the 218 necessary. >> now, i know "newshour" is a place where we can get into a little into the weeds. that got a lot into the weeds. he's saying while kevin mccarthy may have more votes than anyone else for republicans now, he still does not have a majority in the house. we think kevin mccarthy might walk away tomorrow with more votes than anyone else behind closed doors but may not have enough votes for what matters, the speaker's election on october 29. he needs 218 votes. because of conservatives, chaffetz or congressman webster, no one might have enough votes right now and this leads to a very difficult situation. one long-time source called it neverland. >> sreenivasan: is there a scenario where john boehner has to stick around and be a speaker or do we not have a nu

mr. mccarthy needs to do to change things?ell i'll just give you some examples and i'm not certain really what all we need to do. but the committees who determine what people serve on is completely under the control of the speaker. that power should be diffused to many other members and it should be merit based rather than what you do for the speaker and how you specifically vote. also, many members are frustrated that they have bills that are very popular, have a lot of co-sponsors and they never get a hearing. they never get a vote. so we need to see a structural change so that is much more from the ground up. that is better representation for members back home. >> what has mr. mccarthy said when you asked him specifically about these things? >> well he promises more representation from the base. but there hasn't been any tangible changes yet. and that is what we're going to be looking at for the next three weeks. whether is he going to do in our rules and the structure of leadership that would make us follow in support of h

mr. mccarthy, to drive down my poll numbers. >> mccarthy's comment is a gift that keeps on giving. >> what are her numbers today? >> and last night bernie sanders bailed her out over the e-mail controversy. >> i think the secretary is right. and that is that the american people are sick and tired of hearing about your damn e-mails. >> me too. >> why did you do that? >> it was a spontaneous response. >> and it was also strategic. they think democratic voters don't care about the e-mails and being generous made him look magnanimous. clinton did not return the favor. attacking sanders for opposing gun laws. >> is bernie sanders tough enough on guns? >> no, not at all. >> reporter: today sanders advisers say they're taking the gloves off. >> hillary had an opportunity to be big when the gun issue arose, like burnie was when he stood up and stood back the attack against here to be political. which she chose to do. >> and she signaled joe biden she'll fight him for the obama legacy. he asked me to become secretary of state. he valued my judgment. >> today clinton's advisers amped up the pressure

mr. mccarthy, to drive down my poll numbers. big surprise. >> reporter: but the benghazi controversy could still hang on. a movie coming out soon all but blames clinton. a grieving mother's whose son was killed also blames clinton. >> it was her department. how come she let my son be killed? how come? she knew this was happening. >> reporter: and i'm told that clinton is planning to tell the committee that the slain ambassador chris stevens would not want to pull diplomats back from the front lines. the lesson will be to make them more secure. but 44% of the americans in the new poll say they are not satisfied by her answers so far on benghazi. those people are her audience tomorrow. >> thank you. >>> the announcement rocketing across washington and far beyond the campaign trail. donald trump tweeted, i think joe biden made correct decision for him and his family. personally i would rather run against hillary because her record is so bad, he tweeted. >> and with that, let's bring in "meet the press" moderator chuck todd, let's p

mr. mccarthy to drive down my poll numbers. big surprise. >> reporter: and that's when sanders surprised the crowd with this. >> let me say something that may not be great politics. but i think the secretary is right. and that is that the american people are sick and tired of hearing about your damn e-mails. >> thank you. me, too. me, too. >> enough of the e-mails. let's talk about the real issues facing america. [ applause ] >> thank you, bernie. thank you. >> reporter: a crowd pleasing moment that won even the approval of their arch enemy, donald trump. he tweeted, good move by bernie s. it was one of many sanders applause lines throwing out progressive red meat throughout the night. >> the planet we're going to leave our kids and grandchildren may not be habitable. make sure our 350e78 have education and jobs rather than jail cells. take back our government from the handful of billionaires and create the vibrant democracy we know we can and should have. >> well, i thought bernie sanders did very well. of all the folks on the