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roy of texas, who was a key negotiator of getting kevin mccarthy elected as house speaker. ♪ lets make a deal. 15th time is the charm. >> the honorable kevin mccarthy is duly elected speaker of the house of representatives. [ cheers and applause ] >> but after a bruising fight, can kevin mccarthy govern? the man who negotiated the deal to deliver mccarthy key votes, republican congressman chip roy of texas joins me for his first post-vote interview. a lawmaker critical of the rebel...

When it was really a question if any of this with the debt limit would pass, so hell likely underscore that and highlight that tonight, but im wondering, what type of town does he set when hes talking to the american people. i was thinking about conversations i had outside the capitol where there was a group of activists that said, were concerned they will take us into default. is he going to talk to americans tonight about what happened and try to bring reassurance in? >> i think were going to ...

Comes out? no. they typically dont vote for these big deals. its possible they could swallow this deal, vote against it, say they dont like it, put out a statement, and leave kevin mccarthy alone. but i think it really depends how much he angers them and how far he goes and what their eyes is caving to the democratic demands here. >> and when you look at the proposal -- again we dont have all the details, so its hard to analyze. but the basic things in there, capping spending for some time, perh...

Expecting, that he could be threatened. his speakership could be on the line here. do i expect the freedom caucus to vote for whatever deal comes out? no. they typically do not vote for these really big compromise deals. they dont usually vote for spending deals. it is possible they could just swallow this deal, vote against it. say they dont like it. put out a statement and leave kevin mccarthy alone but it really depends how much he angers them and how far he goes in what their eyes is caving ...

One from japan. both the president and mccarthy calling that call productive. the president last night saying that call went well. so today the white house negotiators and speaker mccarthys deputies met for another three hours today. congressman patrick mchenry one of those negotiators coming out there saying we are at a very sensitive point but saying there is good will on both sides to try and reach an agreement. but whats really notable here is how far these sides remain just ten days away fr...

Speaker. that was a key part of the negotiations going forward. members on the far right had demanded that. this rules package also would make it harder to raise taxes, harder to raise spending as well, to demand some spending cuts if that were to happen. but there were other concessions that mccarthy made that were not part of this proposal that are also causing some concerns, giving members of that hard right freedom caucus more say in the legislative process as well as capping spending, domes...

Negotiations with hardliners before the house can pass a rules package on monday. in short, mccarthy has the title hes always wanted, but not necessarily the power that comes along with it. he eked out a wind, but the mandate is less youre issued. mccarthy required the better part of a week to grind down the conservative opposition to his speaker bid, and the way things have been done in the house for decades. one of the holdouts, republican congressman chip roy of texas was instrumental in deli...

About balancing a budget, then the chairman of the committee decided not to have a vote on a budget at all. and then, you know, frankly i am a little disappointed that there are a lot of things in the ryan budget that i like. there are a lot of reforms that i think make sense. but the fact that it wont balance for 28 years is bothersome to me. ive got a son whos 9 years old. hell be in his late 30s before this budget would balance. hes going to graduate high school -- wait, hold on. hes going to...

>> oh, man. they show us whats behind that map are some real trends they have to pay attention to. number one is the economy. look at this. that was the big issue that everyone was voting on. 51% of the people that we surveyed said that was the big issue for them there. look at what happened there. we break it down by how much money they make. various categories. the biggest group is here. look n all of these groups, rick santorum won every one except for the people who make more than ...

look at this. the number one issue to all of the voters today was the economy. and not by a little bit. a massive amount. this is just one of the indicators here. look at who voted today. the biggest single group in this was people who made $50,000 to $100,000 a year. but if you look at everybody from $200,000 on down in income, down here we have $200,000 or more, look at who won in these categories. rick santorum, at least in terms of what we heard from the exit polls, everybody in ea...