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so they have a deal, but do they have the votes? right now the race to get party holdouts onboard with the debt ceiling agreement, that potentially catastrophic default just days away. well have the latest. plus, what caused part of an apartment building to collapse? rescue dogs are now scanning for any sign of survivors in davenport, iowa, as the citys fire chief says the building is structurally up snsound posing threat to his teams. well follow those and more stories coming in rig...

After the outspoken leader of his republican opponent, matt gaetz, officially filed his motion to oust the party speaker, for partners with democrats to keep the government open. Why not . I think matt has planned this all along. It didnt matter what we transpired. He would have done it if we were in shutdown or not. Will Democratic House members vote with mccarthy to save his job . Let republicans deal with their own problems. They can let them wallow in the pigsty of incompetence. We will talk...

Possibility mccarthy and biden didnt get to agreement. they have over the weekend. so can both of them get the votes necessary to get this over the top. what are democrats telling you and republicans telling you about their head counting? >> reporter: well, kevin mccarthy has argued that he is going to have the votes, that he believes that he might even have a majority of his conference supporting this package. he is going to lose some members in his right flank, that is absolutely clear. a numb...

That there could be jurors in a senate trial and they dont want to prejudice themselves now by saying so. certainly some republican senators are come out and made it clear that they think this is indeed a witch-hunt, to borrow the presidents phrase, that they think the whole matter say sham and they believe they would not cast a vote to remove the president. others are being more cagey and center mitt romneys and fewer republicans are very unwilling to be outspoken against the president. theyre ...

To do that. there has been one case in the past when he hasnt asked the leader of the biggest party with the greatest number of seats in the knesset. what hell do is spend a week canvassing opinion from all the different leaders and parties in the 120-seat knesset and appoint someone he thinks is most likely to succeed in knitting together a coalition to have a crack at it. theyll have six weeks to do that. >> lots of head counting to come. sam kiley on the ground in jerusalem, thanks. former ...

>> looking back, do you think the trump campaign should have doctor hired papadopoulos? >> i dont think they did hire him. do you think they should have used his services and had him in that meeting? >> no way. >> what about carter page? >> probably not. he was not qualified to be a presidential foreign policy adviser. he was certainly more qualified than papadopoulos. >> what about michael flynn? >> i think a four star general we combat valor is qualified to do whatever he wishes. i can tell ...

Would have made a better deal or i wouldnt have made my deal at all and we would have tightened sanctions. thats a hypothetical. we dont know if that would have really happened but the democrats will own this. if iran does start being more aggressive in the short-term, thats going to be a problem during the campaign. >> and so while were in this part where congress is doing head counting, going through the details you think this means something? >> no. i think the whole congress debate, which we...

Deal or i wouldnt have made my deal at all and we would have tightened sanctions. thats a hypothetical. we dont know if that would have really happened but the democrats will own this. if iran does start being more aggressive in the short-term, thats going to be a problem during the campaign. >> and so while were in this part where congress is doing head counting, going through the details you think this means something? >> no. i think the whole congress debate, which were not going to jump into...

Failure. do you know who said that? senator ted cruz. senator ted cruz. >> looking at it from a -- but he was looking at it from a realistic head counting. >> my point is that if is he leaving the republican party because he thinks mike lee and ted cruz have been unfairly targeted, and that the republicans arent standing up on questions of constitutional authority even look, this is a difference about tactics, not about the issues. >> but i want to be clear on. this the question is how do you ge...

It was a strategy doomed to failure. do you know who said that? senator ted cruz. senator ted cruz. >> looking at it from a -- but he was looking at it from a realistic head counting. >> my point is that if is he leaving the republican party because he thinks mike lee and ted cruz have been unfairly targeted, and that the republicans arent standing up on questions of constitutional authority even look, this is a difference about tactics, not about the issues. >> but i want to be clear on. this t...