Mccarthy Faced News Today

on capitol hill, senators negotiating a deal on the border as house speaker mike johnson and fellow republicans are set to visit the border this afternoon. we want to begin this hour with that breaking news out of iran. more than 100 people confirmed killed. iranian officials calling the explosions a terrorist incident. want to bring in now tehran bureau chief ali arouzi who is live for us on the ground in tehran. we spoke last hour, what updates are we getting this hour as to what m...

is dually elected speaker of the house of representatives. >> i hope one thing is clear, i never give up. >> but what did mccarthy trade away for the gavel? and can the weekend speaker rule his unruly caucus? plus, a party united. >> the d in democrat stands for deliver. in the wake of the republicans disarray, are democrats the real winner. and biden announces a new crackdown on illegal crossings. the president will see the crisis firsthand for the first time. >> my message is this,...

That theyre defended. And that, again, this cant be allowed to continue. With regard to the second point, yes, this is something that were very focused on. We want to make sure that no other country or entity tries to take advantage of the situation. The president s been very, very clear about that. He said very starkly that any state or nonstate actor considering that, dont do it. Hes backed that up in a number of ways, including, as i mentioned the other day, deploying our largest Aircraft Car...

widening war as the u.s. strikes back at iranian-linked targets after u.s. forces in the mideast come under multiple attacks. plus mr. speaker. the house finally elects a speaker. louisianas mike johnson ending weeks of chaos. >> the peoples house is back in business. and just hours later, the deadliest mass shooting this year where 18 were killed in lewiston, maine. the speakers response, guns are not to blame. >> the problem is the human heart. its not guns. its not the weapon. ...

Rules that they are talking about, reducing spending to 2022 levels which would be big cuts in government spending, and this was one of the problems that mccarthy faced is moderates were upset about it. >> this is not in the rules package. its a secret document thats floating around. >> theyre not actually even letting people have copies. so. >> how damaging it would be for them if it got out. >> theres going to be -- theyre going to try and pass the rules package. theyll get that done and theyl...

Colleagues, "in the aftermath of a capitol insurrection, that former president trump acknowledged bearing some blame for it." >> he told me he does have some responsibility for what happened. >> reporter: the suddenly unveiling of private republican tensions comes after the authors of a new book, "this will not pass," released a series of clips exposing . ernal discussions. >> ive had it with this guy. >> reporter: before the audio was released, mccarthy denied telling people he had suggested re...