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Dont see there being that much more leverage. he managed to speak in a probably speaker mccarthy. >> also there is precedent, not many years ago, for a republican house not being able to do the basic function of governing and senate republicans, senate democrats and the white house had to team up and clean up the mess, talking about biden and mcconnell. even if leaders want to present a unified front at least initially when were close to the debt limit or candidate fund the government, youre goi...

There were lawmakers, specifically the tea party, they came and said we want to halt the gears of government, period. that includes spending, that includes some of these policies and regulations. i think the difference now is now republicans, including mccarthy, they had that exp expe experience, know what that looks like and means for their own agenda. thats why this time around it may be do we want to get back on that again? because the public sees congress being a stalemate not doing anything...

The authors of this "will not pass," mccarthy, in a private g.o.p. meeting just days after the attack spoke of the need for accountability. >> we cannot just sweep this under the rug. we need to know why it happened, who did it, and people need to be held accountable for it. and im committed to make sure that happens. >> reporter: many in the g.o.p., including mccarthy, have continued to publicly defend former president trump, despite his actions that day. do any of you on stage still have any c...

Including mccarthy. what do you know about that? >> thats right, we were wondering sometime if this would happen, five sitting republican members of congress including kevin mccarthy, andy biggs, mo brooks, jordan and scott perry now all under subpoena, all five men asked to voluntarily cooperate with the january 6th committee, all turned the committee down but the committee believes they have information that is central to their investigation. thats why theyve taken this dramatic, really unprec...

Officers into the mob. we warn you this is hard to watch. >> [ bleep ] [ bleep ] [ bleep ]. with us to talk more, robert gibbs, foreman obama senior adviser and white house press secretary. bill kristol, author, writer and thinker, politico, veteran of administers. this video flies in the face of those, including mccarthy but

All of that makes sense. the fact that republicans stormed in this week to have this big hoopla, i mean, talk about circus, but, i mean, it was led by a member who was not on one of the three committees that is involved with the impeachment inquiry. that actually is ridiculous. one of the best comments that i saw looking at that picture, i mean, look, its almost a quarter of the republican quack can you say that is actually in one of these impeachment inquiries. including mccarthy who is the min...

Publicly calling for a speakers election. thats because nobody is believed to have the votes to replace them, including mccarthy. there are multiple factions of republicans that are going to want something in exchange for their support to help him win a majority of the house. bret. >> bret: fascinating. peter doocy on the hill. thank you. lets get more on the problems for house republicans and what they are facing head of the midterms. senior political analyst brit hume joins us from washington....