the fact seive -- steve scalise won this on the first ballot is significant. he said he had a lot of votes on this, appeared to be in the lead, and you can't be whip if you don't whip your first vote -- >> jeb in texas was going to challenge mccarthy, pete sessions would do that. both ultimately dropping out. what happened there and do we know the vote count that lifted mccarthy to his position? >> no. they're not giving us the vote tallies. was thought that raul labrador, the conservative congressmann from idaho, they vote against everything, decorrect controlling, the hurricane sandy bill, thigh voted no on almost everything. they used to tell us what the vote tallies were but the votes needed to win, you have 233 members of the house republican conference. if everybody votes it's 117. >> then how do you think these guys get along? kind of sticks out here, against the other two. how will they all work in sync? >> that's going to be very interesting. steve scalise has had good relationship with the leadership, even though he had in affiliations with the tea p

i mean, what this does is it sets up kevin mccarthy for steve scalise and john boehner. can maintain that support it will be really hard to unseat him come january which a lot of the conservative caucus has talked about significantly. i spoke to a number of conservatives yesterday who made very clear that if they wanted to shake up the leadership it was this race that they would do it in and if they failed this time it was going to be very, very hard to mount a challenge in november. >> howard, when you see steve scalise in that trip deck that we just showed, one has a hard time imagining after the midterms which is when the leadership contest will begin anew whether kevin mccarthy takes over the speaker's gavel if john boehner will give it up. >> first of all, i don't think boehner will give it up, but if he does in that trip tick you had there which of these three is not like the other, you know? >> right. >> and it's steve scalise, but i don't know if he would be able to muster the kind of support and enthusiasm across the -- across the republican conference necessary

>> one of the reporters asking questions of steve scalise said on twitter scalise's win was his first win and if you want to be whip, you have to be able to count the votes correctly in your own leadership race. let's go to a call. leesburg, virginia, what do you think about the new republican leadership? caller: i'm very disappointed this happened. we didn't vote cantor out to get another chamber of commerce, crooked chamber of commors guy in. to be honest about it, in theed that cochran race in mississippi, even bloomberg donated as well as mitch mcconnell. it's a huge cluster of guys that are bought and paid for and us americans, i'm a veteran, we're sick of it and we're organizing to throw these guys out by going different places and voting -- >> leo, listen in and see if we hear something from kevin ccarthy. >> the whole package. this was probable floirge group in favor of immigration reform. been elected and starting putting out the appeal. >> what do you make of that and expectation because your position on immigration -- >> my expectation, you're all going to get hurt here. >>

steve scalise from louisiana the new majority whip.arthy. >> first and foremost i want to thank my constituents and my colleagues for the trust that they instilled in me. america's struggling. we're struggling with a stagnant economy, a failed health care law, and so many are living paycheck to paycheck. they're looking for individuals that put people before politics. i make one promise. i will work every single day to make sure this conference has the courage to lead with the wisdom to listen. and we'll turn this country around. >> thank you. i too want to thank my colleagues and my constituents for the honor they've entrusted me to be the next majority whip. i'm looking forward to bringing a fresh new voice to our leadership table and joining with this team to help confront the challenges that people all across this is country are face. we've got solid conservative solutions that are going to solve the problems facing our country. we've reached out to the president to join us in sofing those problems. but we're going to continue to m

louisiana's steve scalise was tapped as the new whip. t's the post in charge of wrangling the votes. scalise is a tea party favorite, the chairman of the republican house conservative study committee. he took a victory lap today. >> we have this strong team that is representative of our entire congress and i'm proud to be chairman of the republican conservative committee, and i've worked very hard over the year and a half that i've been chairman to move conservative solutions forward in a way that unites our conference. >> translation, he's talking about a right driven consensus, uniting the conference and delivering the votes that you need from the most conservative members of the house, aka the tea party. playing to the conservative base, he also quickly took an opportunity during the first question from reporters to slam both senate democrats and this guy in the white house. >> this is a win for america, because we're going to be a more united team moving forward. you look at a senate that's dysfunctional. the president wants to sit in

steve scalise. . .

steve scalise, how does he lose?t does feel like everything is sort of building around him, but how does he lose? if he loses today, why would it happen? >> i don't think it's going to happen. i was here at the capitol early this morning meeting with boehner allies. a lot of them last night turned toward scalise. they believe that voting for him for whip protects john boehner this fall because it appeases concern afternoons in the conference who as luke said are frustrated. the only way he loses is if marlin stutzman, this indiana wild card, throws his support behind roskam and that puts raskam over the edge. >> luke, watching this back and forth a little bit, if you're john boehner, do you -- are you secretly now probably hoping scalise does win because you need that protection, that if it ends up being three blue state guys again, roskam in the number three post, that it only maybe gins up the conservative angst? >> chuck, i can speak for bob too, we both have had the privilege of seeing the scalise whip count at s

peter roscum, the number four republican in the house, running against congressman steve scalise, the chair of the republican study commitee, the more conservative part of the party. someone who will fight for conservative values, and they say eric cantor's loss is the proof that republican leadership needs to move farther to the right. congressman roscum is making the case he is conservative enough and should lead. he is the guy that gets on the house floor, counts the votes, making sure if the house republican leadership puts something on the floor, he makes sure you vote for it. so it's an interesting question. how this plays out the rest of the year, house republicans and the entire congress have a fairly light legislative agenda for the rest of the year and we could be going through this all again because they have these as a function of congressional elections so after the mid-term elections they'll vote on this again. this leadership team has the next few months to make its mark in what most folks on capitol hill will assume will be a light legislative agenda. >> when tea party

. >> representative steve scalise from louisiana will take over role of majority. he greeted his family after. he'll be responsible for rounding up support for votes and promising a united front going forward. >>> new accusations against a prominent republican and 2016 presidential candidate. wisconsin governor, scott walker. he was part of a nationwide criminal fund raising scheme with conservative groups. he hasn't been charged with any crimes. prosecutors and his lawyers are fighting over whether the activities violate campaign laws and walker is dismissing the accusations saying two judges told prosecutors they can't go ahead with the investigation. >>> new details about what the u.s. is planning to free army sergeant bowe bergdahl. they worked on paying off the militants. eventually worked out a deal that sent five from guantanamo bay. >>> happening today, vice president joe biden visits guatemala where he'll talk to the government about stopping parents from sending their kids to the north without documentation. jay johnson goes to texas where hundreds of chi

politico" says with just hours ago, peter roskam of illinois and steve scalise in louisiana are in a furious scramble to lock up votes for the intensely competitive race. they also -- they also are joined by marlin stutzman of indiana. tweet here from david drucker of "the examiner" saying on that whip race, steve scalise is preparing for a second ballot but confident. he claims over 50 whips on his team, plans to meet over and walk over as a grufmente that's per a source. we'll have the results of that race and following reporters who are obviously covering that. speaker boehner here on c-span. just to let you know, you may have heard leader pelosi. he's been meeting with his national security team. mark knoller of cbs tweeting that the president expected to announce first steps for the u.s. taking to counter isi s's attacks and aggression in iraq. look for coverage on that on c-span3 and also online at c-span.org and also c-span radio. yesterday on capitol hill, general motors c.e.o. testified in front of a house committee on the internal g.m. report regarding the ignition switch r

steve scalise, more conservative. >> the republican study committee which is a conservative policy groupi don't think there will be anything missed in terms of momentum and cadence. they got two bills done, one bill on nsa, one bill on defense authorization. >> was kevin mccarthy better than eric cantor? >> my suspicion is that boehner and mccarthy will move in alignment. there will not be the fear that you will get stabbed in the back. scalise does have conservative bona fides. >> let me skip around and say john that the cantor vote shocked some republicans. the race is a tossup. what implications will that have for other republicans? >> i don't think it will have any more implications beyond what has been felt. to your point, cantor's race shock almost every republican in the house. they didn't see it coming, cantor didn't see it coming. everyone knew thad cochran's race would be tough. he has a long record of service. when you have a long record of service, someone can just stand up and say, it is time for change. i don't think it will be a shock if cochran loses. >> what do you think

they promoted kevin mccarthy to majority leader and picked republican study chairman steve scalise as majority whip. scalise is the only southerner now in the leadership team. >> they elected a guy that's only grown up through the grassroots. they elected a guy that spent his time going around recruiting many of these individuals to get the majority. >> i mean this is a win for america because we're going to be a more united team moving forward. >> win for america. anyway, joining me now, perry bacon is live at the faith and freedom coalition conference. here with me on set, manu raju and amy walker. i want to get first to scott walker. amy, let's take everything at face value that, no, he didn't commit any crime. there's a carelessness aspect to this. the same thing with christie. if you're a donor on wall street and you're thinking to yourself, really? you're your own political operative? you're sending e-mails to karl rove talking about coordination? that's just -- that's just stupid, okay? to be like totally cynical. we all know campaigns are always looking a way to skirt these la

but mccartney's leading to be the majority leader, and here we have steve scalise. he's from louisiana, and he's considered the frontrunner, and he's carrying the banner not only for the tea party, but for southerners, who feel as though they're underrepresented in the republican leadership here in cong. running against him, peter roscoe from illinois, and another conservative republican from indiana, who is considered a dark horse here, it could be a runoff, some tension and intrigue around that. and it happens in a closed election here this afternoon. >> so what does the selection on capitol hill mean for the tea party? >> again, you look at the division within the republican party. and it represents a minority of views from across the country and across the political spectrum. on immigration, prex immigratiod on climate change. and they're trying to edge them away from a hard line stance on some of the issues, particularly with the 2014 election beings, but especially heading into the 2016 presidential election, trying to take some of those issues off of the tabl

steve scalise has a built-in base of support. peter roskam, the chief deputy whip, is making a job -- an argument that he is doing the job harshly already. already.b partially and then the guy from indiana. it is a wide-open race. it could be very interesting. host: domenico montanaro, let me share you -- share with you this. "mccarthy's personality is one of his greatest strengths. he is surely the best light republican in the house -- the best liked republican in the house, at least among republicans. in two thousand six along with peter roskam of illinois and michele bachmann of minnesota. for two decades, he worked for bill thomas, a brainy gop house member, and ran his california office. the question is, how conservative is he? he is not a tea party republican, libertarian, or a neocon." there are a lot of tea party members who are not sold on this leadership team, because none of them are from states that are in the south where the republican base is, at this poin t. -- he is of labrador probably more liberal than eric cant

steve scalise, more conservative. a lot of confidence on the part of conservatives in the house and led the republican conservative study, which is a policy group. i really don't think there will ofanything missed in terms momentum and cadence. they got two bills done, one bill on nsa, one bill on defense authorization. >> from the white house perspective, is kevin mccarthy better than eric cantor? >> my suspicion is that boehner and mccarthy will move in alignment. there will not be the fear that you will get stabbed in the back. saclise does have conservative bona fides. you may have a pretty good combination to get things done. >> let me skip around and say john that the cantor vote shocked some republicans. the race is a tossup. what implications will that have for other republicans? >> i don't think it will have any more implications beyond what has been felt. to your point, cantor's race shocked almost every republican in the house. they didn't see it coming, cantor didn't see it coming. if you read the punditry

>> the most shocking thing of the last three days was steve scalise. was going up against an established guide. -- guy. steve scully's killed it in his calisey -- steve s killed it, without mincing words. be tension on to the leadership side. but i think you did an excellent job in terms of getting people behind him for this vote. >> he is from the first district of louisiana, he is a disciple of the governor of louisiana. what is his support within the tea party? let's be direct. is he a key party type? >> -- tea party type? >> i don't think he is part of the group that wants to burn the whole thing down. he has been head of the republican study committee, which is the core conservative group in the house. he has worked well with leadership, particularly over the last year. he worked very well with eric cantor. this idea that he is the kind of guy who was going to shut the government down -- is he more in line with them ideologically? yes, but he is a worker and he understands that things do need to go forward. i don't think this idea that he is major

. >> congressman steve scalise of indiana will replace him as majority whip.e won a three-way race. he chairs the conservative republican study subcommittee and had strong support from southern lawmakers. >>> texas republican governor rick perry is acknowledging another moment he wishes he could take back. the possible 2016 candidate who infamously drew a blank in a 2012 presidential debate last week compared homosexuality to alcoholism. here's part of what he said. >> whether or not you feel compelled to follow a particular lifestyle or not, you have the ability to decide not to do that. and i made the point of talking about alcoholism. i may have the -- i may have the genetic coding that i'm inclined to be an alcoholic, but i have the desire not to do that. and i look at the homosexual issue as the same way. >> governor perry now says he used a poor choice of words. at a christian science monitor event he said he stepped in it. i got asked about an issue, he said, and instead of saying we need to be respectful and tolera tolerant, and whether or not you're g

speaker john boehner and taking mccarthy's role as third in command, the gop whip congressman steve scalise of the state of louisiana. >>> at the white house today president obama awarded the medal of honor to a young marine who represents the very best of this country. he was severely wounded while serving in afghanistan. he wasn't expected to live and thought he was dying himself, and as the president said today his heroism will inspire for generations. we get a look at his story tonight from nbc's peter alexander. >> reporter: kyle carpenter shouldn't be alive, not cruising down an open road, not returning to classes at the university of south carolina this fall. >> i've been given a second chance to do good things and enjoy the life and the second chance i've been blessed with. >> reporter: he's 24 now, but marine corporal carpenter was just 21 when he earned the medal of honor. that's him in afghanistan helmand province, a taliban stronghold, where an enemy grenade exploded on the roof where he and another marine were standing guard. what was running through your head? >> i felt like w

the republicans also elected steve scalise of louisiana to succeed mccarthy as majority whip. late last night, texas governor rick perry authorized spending an extra $1.3 million a week on border security. texas has been facing a surge of illegal immigrants. state and local authorities say the federal government is not doing enough to help. here's anna werner. >> reporter: this is video of illegal immigrants caught by police in the small town of george west, texas. officers capture dozens here each month. rey garcia is the police chief. how many people would you guess are getting through that you don't have an opportunity to catch? >> we only catch a fraction of them. they know the schedule of the police officers, of the different police departments. >> reporter: garcia told us there's been a 400% increase in illegal immigrants caught here. police don't have the resources to hold them for long. federal agents are supposed to pick them up, but sometimes they don't. so, in those instances, do you have a choice or do you just have to let them go? >> we let them go. we'll point th

steve scalise, a republican congressmen, who is 48 years old and only been in congress since 2008, is now in charge of doing that. why was he able to do it? very simply, he runs the republican study committee which is the largest caucus on capitol hill. it's of all the conservative republicans. he knows where they are, he knows their politics and he basically also cashed in some favors and got himself a job. >> do you think this is going to be enough of a shakeup of the leadership, enough change? as you say, it's just mccarthy moving up. there's one new leader, scalise. the tea party groups and the conservatives really thought that the lesson of eric cantor being defeated, and that was the primary election that set off all of these changes, the lesson was the establishment had to change its ways and move really far to the right. doesn't seem like there's really that much change. >> a lot of it will rest with scalise. he meets the requirements of about 1/3 of the caucus. he's from the south. he's much more conservative. he's been willing to stand up to leadership and say i don't like w

steve scalise is that person. we'll see whether they will competently do their business for the rest of the year. everything else is lining up favorably for them in the midterm elections. is there any chance that as a result of this we can have real any kind of meaningful change or pass along washington? >> unlikely. it is a smooth transition for republicans that you might not have expected nine days ago. you're swapping out eric cantor, who, you know, really wasn't as popular guy who had taken on a lot of baggage and some would say was the glass chin of the childrens. kevin mccarthy is a popular guy more of a silicone valley guy than a wall street guy. you have a new look for the party. you've incorporated conservati e conservatives more. i do think steve scalise will have to basically incorporate into this leadership team which is still a continuity message, more central to navigate a lot of issues. so scalise will have to get on board and be a liaison for that 70% of the caucus which he used to lead in the repu

and meeting with steve scalise, a republican, a conservative from louisiana and as a conservative in the house, a heavy conservative and thinking with mccarthy ascendant and boehner as speaker you have ohio and california in the number one and two spots and maybe a conservative has to be in that number three spot. so -- >> majority whip job. >> number three. it looks like scalise beats peter roskam from illinois. gwen: peter roskam will be burning up your phone. what's happening in mississippi and perhaps kansas as well. are they saying oh, no? >> in mississippied that cochran had an -- thad cochran had an early june and an initial primary with a tea party challenger. gwen: chris mcdaniel. >> chris mcdaniel. who polled more votes and didn't get to 50% and going into the runoff. the conventional wisdom a runoff turnout goes down and the one with the more motivated and more passionate supporters is going to win and that's likely to be the tea party candidate. thad cochran's strategy is to now expand the electorate and go after some of the democrats who would have voted for him in the g

mentioned,hree names one of mccarthy's chief deputie steve scalise and marlin stutzman. those are the names being mentioned most often. is a domino taking shape here. boehnerigns that john is holding onto the speaker job? >> there is no sign right now gavel isn'tehner's any doubt right now. thee elections will get leadership through the next election. there is next year -- that is when any challenge to john boehner with surface. >> peter cook live on capitol hill. thanks. during his 15 years in office, eric cantor raked in campaign cash from wall street bonus. what do they have to show for their investment? megan hughes has been looking into that. how did congressman cantor help wall street and the business community when it comes to policy? >> cantor has certainly been an ally to the financial services community. everything from fighting. frank rules to raising the debt limit. his wife once worked for goldman sachs. he started his career on the financial services committee. there is a long history there. he was willing to talk about sticky issues that were sticky for re

if he does current include chief deputy whip of illinois, louisiana congressman steve scalise and marlin stutzman of indiana. >> happening today the marine that jumped on grenade to save his best friend's life receives the nation's highest honor corporal carpenter will receive an honor that takes place today. carpenter was wounded in 2010 while guarding a patrol base in afghanistan. enemy forces lobbed grenades into the base and he put himself between one and norma reason. he lost his right eye and suffered injuries. he is the 8th recipient to be chosen for the medal of honor for actions in iraq organ stan p. >> congratulations. >> coming up congress couldn't get the washington redskins to change their name how the pc police are using the patent office. why it could cost the team millions. >> a sky diver's parachute gets tangled up mid jump. it is an amazing ending you have to see to believe. ♪ what i expected. captain obvious: this is a creepy room. man: oh hey, captain obvious. captain obvious: you should have used hotels.com. their genuine guest reviews are written by guests who have

the chief deputy whip wants a promotion to whip sem, he will likely face a challenge from steve scalise. some gop rebels, including congressman steve king of iowa even want boehner and the entire leadership bounced and boehner isn't budging. his backers are saying, he's needed for stability now. cantor said he just came up short and down played the gop internal division. >> the differences that we may have are slight and pale in comparison to the districts we have with the left. >> with a 95% lifetime rating from the american conservative uni union, he argue the differences are being scrathd. >> i would say from the tea party remember what it means. taxed enough already. >> it could slow down the legislative agenda. immigration reform is less likely to be passed this year. cantor denies supporting amnesty and helped block the senate bill from coming to the house floor. >> i said there's common ground at the border. i would like to see the issue of the kids addressed by those that didn't break any laws and come here unbeknownsted to them. so again, i've always said that there should be a

kevin mccarthy is our new majority leader and steve scalise is our new majority whip. i want to thank my colleagues to participated in this election. focus on theto priorities of the american people. our job is to make sure we are doing everything we can to promote our economy, create more jobs and higher wages for the american people. let me turn it over to our new majority leader kevin mccarthy. foremost, i want to thank my constituents and my colleagues for the trust that they have instilled in me. .merica is struggling we are struggling within it -- with a staggering economy and so many are living paycheck to paycheck. they are looking for individuals that put people before politics. i make one promise. day towork every single make sure this conference has the courage to lead with the wisdom to listen. and we will turn this country around. >> i want to thank my colleagues and my constituents for the honor they have interested in me to be the next majority whip. i am looking forward to bring a fresh new voice to our leadership table and join with this team with the

house majority whip, which his chief deputy, pete raskam is getting a look among his competition steve scalisehow are you? >> good morning. >> the tea party conservatives will blind quote leadership to death. they love to complain, moan to death but when the chips are down, they don't want to run? they love complaining but they don't want to lead? >> there was so little time by cantor stepping down, he created a much bigger hurdle for those sort of noise makers to create any kind of operation because mccarthy had it built in. as the whip he knows everybody's phone number and birthday and first name of their spouse and had the votes in hand. he was able to launch quickly, which was helpful here. the noise making will continue. that's part of the process. we get to enjoy covering it but it's not going to change anything. >> kevin mccarthy friendly to reporters, loves sort of being in action but this guy is not a policy -- >> not at all. politics are politics. >> neither is boehner. how much we got the number one and number two guys not really big policy guys and the whole conservative movement i

kevin mccarthy of california will replace him as majority leader while steve scalise of louisiana will take his place as party whip. both mccarthy and scalise welcomed their new roles. witherica is struggling the stagnant economy, a failed health care law, and so many are living paycheck to paycheck. they are looking for individuals that put people before politics. i make one promise. toill work every single day make sure this conference has the courage to lead with wisdom to listen. forward to bring a fresh new voice to our leadership table and helping to confront the challenges that people all across the country are facing. we have solid conservative willlt -- solutions that solve the problems of our country. >> next week, mississippi thad cochran will phase a tea party .hallenger he is encouraging democrats to vote for him in the runoff. wisconsin prosecutors have determined scott walker was at the center of a criminal scheme to illegally coordinate fundraising with a number of right-wing groups. the claim from five district attorneys is made in unsealed documents from an investigat

chaotic scramble to fill mccarthy's job with a contest between stitsman of indiana, roscom and steve scalise, three considered tea party accolades which brings us to the broader struggle for hearts and minds of the gop. after a year of chatter about the tea party's increasingly diluted brew, david brat surprise victory has tea partiers nationwide feeling officially giddy. creates a wave of energy that's infectious, read an e-mail to supporters from the president of the washington-based tea party group freedom works for america. subject line, you're winning. you know who's losing? liberal establishment politician. it's hard to say that with a straight face. eric cantor, crushed in his republican primary because of his vote to fully fund obamacare. that is according to an e-mail from new york gop congressional kand george demos. if the tea party has its ways, eric cantor will not be the last liberal establishment politician to go down. fund-raising e-mail from tennessee state representative dzhokh dzhokhjo car, warns, lamar, you're next. joining me now, democratic congressman from maryland's e

republicans chose louisiana congressman steve scalise for the number three job. the headline, of course, is this. now, this man, this man is now second in command to john boehner. and because of this peculiar and insistent expectation that john boehner is always thought to be on the verge of quitting, starting today, starting tonight, the headlines about kevin mccarthy are about to start shifting from kevin mccarthy just elected house majority leader, to kevin mccarthy, the man who any minute now is about to become the new speaker of the house. when john boehner quits. kevin mccarthy, third in line to the presidency. ah, tea party freak-out. the vote to pick kevin mccarthy, not a tea party guy, to be john boehner's top deputy, that was vote was midafternoon today. the dawning recognition that that means the republicans just elected kevin mccarthy to be their next speaker of the house, the most powerful republican in politics, and he's not a tea party guy, that recognition should dawn some time later tonight when tea party republicans around the country will sit b

elected today is the majority whip, steve scalise of louisiana. you can continue to comment on the gop leadership elections on facebook at facebook.com/c-span or twitter #c-span chat. we are going to rejoin the house hearing we were showing you before the briefing, the head of general motors appearing before the house panel addressing her company's response to safety defects. we pick it up with congressman michael burgess questioning miss barra. >> that's why we've employed a lot of innovative ways to do that. the dealers are reaching out. >> the story in new york times, yesterday or today, people talk about receiving multiple postcards. they tried to get the car fixed. they tried, but the part is not available. are we going to see less and less of those stories? >> they should. we are starting another line. right now, we have the parts. we have tried to be incredibly fair in a first come first serve basis as customers raise concerns. we are complying with the law. >> thank you. mr. valukas, let me ask you a couple questions. i think i understood

creating a free for all for people like steve scalise, and from illinois fighting are to the spot ineadership. throw it back to you, kayla, with an apology for calling you sarah earlier. >> quite all right, john. one of the only people who actually apologized for the wrong name. we've all done it before'sone more question. we all heard lloyd on "squawk box" this morning asked about this race and about what cantor's defeat meant for the impasses in washington and going forward, and he said he's worried that this means that compromise is something that just can't happen. that any sort of perception that compromise is on the table will just hurt these candidates, because they're trying to be more polarized to win these elections. >> i think he's right. certainly in the remainder of this year, and perhaps through the rest of president obama's term, and i think one point of concern for wall street is, what happens when the debt limit comes up next year? because the forces that want to confront the administration do not want to give in on things like the debt limit that john boehner and er

top contenders for the whip post are marlin stutzman of indiana, peter roskam of illinois, and steve scaliselouisiana. the g.o.p's leadership elections are set for next thursday. general motors is recalling more cars for an ignition switch problem. this time it's for 500,000 chevrolet camaros, mostly in north america. g.m. said a driver's knee could bump the key fob and move the ignition switch out of the run position, causing the engine to shut off. g.m. says this recall is not related to its earlier recall of more than two million vehicles that also had ignition switch problems. oil prices edged up again today, on worries the escalating insurgency in iraq could disrupt oil exports. oil futures had their biggest weekly gain of the year. tech stocks helped boost wall street today. the dow jones industrial average gained 41 points to close above 16,755. the nasdaq rose 13 points to close at 4,310. the s&p 500 added six points to close at 1,936. for the week, the dow lost nearly 1%. the nasdaq fell a quarter of a percent. and the s&p dropped less than a percent. in ukraine, government forces t

then there would be an election for whip, because mccarthy would matriculate up the system, and steve scalise, the repair of the republican study committee, the bloc of the most conservative members of the house of representatives. he would be running potential against pete roscum. he's something -- i'm told john boehner will come right down the steps in just a minute. here comes the speaker of the house. mr. speaker? i asked earlier a senior house leadership aide if john boehner would go anywhere. there are some people in the republican hierarchy who would like to, you know, have a wholesale replacement of the leadership team. i'm told, quote, that boehner is not going anywhere. that's not to say there aren't some who want to go somewhere. steve king, a republican from iowa, said i think the clock is ticking here on a lame-duck speakership for john boehner. >> wow, chad, thank you very much. >>> the droir dow down better than 100 points. there is some thinking on wall street that eric cantor being a very big friend to the financial community and big backer of the financial community and the

republican conference, however it signals a likelihood of both kevin mccarthy winning and even steve scaliseikely to get the number three spot. he has shown a desire and ability to work with leadership, the so-called establishment. i think it shows that on the inside game at least, the establishment still has the reigns of power, despite the tea party sentiment and sdidespite tea party's distaste for the establishment and their willingness to at least somewhat work with democrats on some of the important fiscal issues like raising the debt ceiling. >> but not immigration. hogan, i want to read something. this is something that the head of one of the tea party groups who did not back mccarthy said about this leadership race. to do the same thing again after the message that grassroots sent in the cantor race seems crazy to me. mccarthy's ascend doesn't bridge the divide between the younger foreminded members and the establishment. what would have bridged that divide in your party? >> oh, gosh. that's the million dollar question. but the point that that person makes is a good one, but it's irr

he'll be replaced by steve scalise of louisiana.er the vote, mccarthy spoke to reporters. >> america's struggling. we're struggling with the stagnant economy, a failed healthcare law and so many living paycheck to paycheck. we're looking for individuals that put people before politics. i'll make one promise. i will work every single day to make sure this conference has the courage to lead with the wisdom to listen. house republicans were forced to scramble to elect new leadership after eric cantor lost his virginia primary to a tea party challenger. cantor will step down as house majority leader july 31st. >> ifill: as many as 75 government scientists in atlanta may have been exposed to live anthrax bacteria. the centers for disease control and prevention issued that warning today. the agency said researchers at one of their high-level bio- security labs failed to properly inactivate the bacteria samples. those who might have come in contact with it are now being offered treatment to stave off infection. >> woodruff: three midwester

words, it would be more likely to set the parameters for a president hillary clinton or speaker steve scalise than for president obama and speaker boehner. what boehner will tell you is all his members when they go home and talk to their constituents, their base constituents, they hear this, that the president is running rough shade ovod over house republicans. so this is their answer. the other thing republicans can get out of this potentially, it gives them something to run or or at least defend in an election year they have gotten very little done. boehner said it is not intended for the republican base during the midterms but the only folks happier of what boehner has done, democrats. house republicans are so against working with the president they'd rather sue him than get anything done. >> for a long time we have seen republicans block progress in congress, but in this case it seems that republicans have shifted their opposition into a higher gear. frankly, it's a gear that i didn't know previously existed. >> subterfuge. as i said, they're doing nothing here and so they have to give so