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Allies jim jordan, kevin mccarthy, who was going to be the most influential trump ally on capitol hill. it was a powerful statement tonight for leader mccarthy to become the minority leader to lead house republicans, to beat jim jordan from ohio so soundly in a leadership race. its a statement to the whole house gop conference that mccarthys in charge, paul ryan is heading for the exit. but jordans still trying to be a player. wants to be ranking on the judiciary committee, to be right up there ...

And forth between congressman mccarthy of california, congressman jordan of ohio, and the role donald trump is playing in all this. >> the race for the republican house leadership position was really a race between trump allies jim jordan, kevin mccarthy, who was going to be the most influential trump ally on capitol hill. it was a powerful statement tonight for leader mccarthy to become the minority leader to lead house republicans, to beat jim jordan from ohio so soundly in a leadership race. ...

The accused and not the accusers. wolf. >> all right. jim acosta, new york. thank you. we have more breaking news on brett kavanaughs reaction to the second woman now accusing him of sexual misconduct. lets go to our congressional spornlt phil mattingly. what is the latest? >> reporter: a congressional source said this afternoon brett kavanaugh, the supreme court nominee, had a phone call with republican staff on the senate judiciary committee to explicitly discuss the allegations from deborah...

Replacement as deputy attorney general? >> the president. >> that is a possibility? >> anything is possible. >> the permit of justice put out a statement that the deputy attorney general said numerous times if there comes a point - nothing has changed. something that is changing is the presidents personal legal team. is growing and gaining high-powered talent. john dowd is best known for the dowd report he put from major league baseball which got pete rose banned for life for gambling. donald tr...

Looking at, part of our continuing "outfront" investigation on the san diego mayor. >> reporter: walking slowly, assisted by a cane, 67-year-old great grandmother peggy shannon said mayor bob filner repeatedly harassed her for months on the job stopping by her desk in the senior center services center in city hall. he said she grabbed and kissed her on the lips and even told her, think i can go eight hours in one night? >> mayor filner, i am a mother, a grandmother and a great grandmother, i hav...

Her, think i can go eight hours in one night? >> mayor filner, i am a mother, a grand mother and a great grandmother, i have four sons, and great grandsons, you are not a role model for any of them. >> reporter: shannon is the 16th woman to publicly accuse the mayor of sexual harassment but the first senior citizen. a great grandmother doesnt surprise you? >> at this point nothing would surprise us. >> reporter: jan goldsmith has been leading an internal investigation on filner, pressure is buil...

Any word on what went on behind closed doors? john boehner revealing his cards that no new revenue is on the table and they are going to continue to move forward with the resolution. >> reporter: that meeting lasted about an hour and if you listen to speaker boehners tone, not a lot of optimism in talking about turning off the sequester. this suggests that no real tangible progress has been made. i would say at this point nothing has changed. this meeting is largely, by all accounts, what presid...

Sequester, our governments latest manufactured crisis and there are no expectations of a true breakthrough. lawmakers escaped ahead of time even with $85 billion cuts and senate majority leader saying, there will be no backroom deal and no agreement to increase taxes. and here is house speaker john boehner and senate majority leader harry reid yesterday. >> it takes a lot of pizazz. they have done nothing. >> my response will be the same thing i told you today, its time to do their job and pass ...

Discussions going on between people who are at a senior level in these negotiations. looking at ways they can probably bridge thing divide. some of the things we have been talking about is put the income tax rates somewhere in the neighborhood of 400,000. deal with some of the other concerns about estate taxes. deal with unemployment been pits. there is a whole sort of menu list of issues that have varying degrees of importance to both parties and trying to pare down something passable. what i t...

Them. bill: there are new reports now that the administration is looking for a faster exit from the war in afghanistan. this only days after one of the deadliest attack on u.s. troops. is afghanistan ready to handle its own security? steve centanni, national correspondent, live in d.c., good morning. could there be a complete pullout before 2014 which had been the original date, steve? good morning. >> reporter: right, bill, good morning. officials we talked to could not rule out the possibility...