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Theyre just so divided. ive also spoken to a few conservative members who said, hey, we werent big on mccarthy, but we cant have this constant chaos. we have to find someone who can steer this ship through the end of congress. paul ryan, hes the natural choice for this job. hes already put out a statement saying he does not want it. its unclear where the conference will go. but i can tell from aides that ive spoken to, boehner will stay on as long as he needs to until this is figured out. its a ...

For a fresh start. that was the whole genesis of my campaign. but we need to have a lot more family discussion because we need to find somebody that our whole body can unite behind and do what we were elected to do. so i was absolutely stunned, surprised and shocked that this happened, but our conference is going to have to do a lot of deep soul searching and well see what happens. >> with me now is jake tapper, anchor of "the lead." i just want your reaction to what the congressman said saying ...

>> its a shock to most of us. we just found out the big news in the meeting itself today. >> what was your first reaction when you heard? were you originally supporting kevin mccarthy for this role? >> no, i went in with daniel webster and so -- but yeah, we just thought we were going to have a normal conference meeting and have the vote and see where the numbers led us. its interesting, i heard some of the prior comments about underwood and all that kind of thing, and i hope the reporters get t...

roberts who is up from hot atlanta. >> glad to be here. i guess i am glad i didnt fall on my face so you would have me back. >> we decided to bring you back. we had a lot of fun last time. the majority leader, kevin mccarthy, has boehners endorsement but others are in the running. members of the hard right freedom caucus, a group of 40-strong, announced they would back webster for speaker. this wouldnt stop mccarthy from getting the nod but a deadlock among conservatives could spell tr...

leader. the one thing i found in talking to everybody if we are going to unite and be strong we need a new face to help do that. so nothing more than that. i feel good about the decision. i feel great to have my family here, my colleagues. i think we are only going to be stronger. >> now a midst of civil war with full rebellion as the leading presidential candidates are with trump, carson and fiorina. here is how john fleming described what took place. >> we came in the way we normally...

the republicans canceling the vote for a new speaker, the freedom caucus wants one of their own. can they hijack the process and if so can our government function at all? and the mesh hero -- then hero who tend stop a terror attack in france, attack on the streets here at home. now he wear what happened. and minutes ago, new video of the attack, lets get to it. >> who woulda thunk it. this is about much more than politics. its much bigger than the conservatives and in the house of repr...

get for sure the -- well, who has the 218 votes to win? to mike emanuel on capitol hill. >> it was a stunning turn of events after kevin mccarthy expressed confidence about his chances in the vote among the house republican conference, and then by mid-day, told members he was not their guy. mccarthy was widely believed to have the support of 200 house republicans, but needed 218 to win the election as speaker, and it was not clear that he could ever get there. he was also in a tricky s...

nothing more than that. i feel good about the decision. i feel greet have my family here, my colleagues. i think were only going to be stronger. >> mike, busy day for you. now what? >> gretchen, the statement just house from house speaker john boehner who is due to retire is trying to reassure the public that hes willing to stay on until a new speaker is elected. some are floating the idea of going with caretaker speaker until they get through the 2016 election and a new congress can e...

find the truth on the behalf of the family of four dead americans. i should not be a distraction from that and that is part of the decision as well. [inaudible] >> no. no. come on. huh? i think the conference should decide. thank you all very much. >> congressman kevin mccarthy. majority leader who was running for speaker until an hour ago when we got the news that hes out and big questions as to why and what happened and who is next in pest question to answer these questions is chad, ...

is facing real challenge because of his damaging admission that the house benghazi committee was politically motivated. he has tried to take that become but inside the republican caucus, opponents are not letting him off the hook that easily. nbcs luke russert is live on capitol hill, just outside the republican conference. luke, how serious is this challenge? do we know? its a secret ballot. >> reporter: well, andrea, i think its safe to say kevin mccarthy is going to be okay within t...