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In "the faulkner focus." it is nasty. the battle for the gavel. the first time as i mentioned in a century the vote needed more than a single ballot. resistance to republican leader kevin mccarthy. it got hotter yesterday in the final rounds of votes. he started losing support. now 20 mccarthy defectors going into the second day. they are backing ohio representative-elect -- theyre all elect because they cant be sworn in because they havent chosen a speaker -- those 20 like jim jordan for the jo...

The american people. thats my job. >> bret: if kevin mccarthy says i will give you everything you want, what will you say? >> what do you mean give me everything i want? i got to be able to go. >> bret: what you want is not kevin mccarthy? >> i didnt say that if i get everything that i want, thats great. but we got to get to 218. so right now in the room, bret, its not just chip roy, its people like brian fitzpatrick, byron donalds and other people while we are sitting down and talking. not abou...

Legitimate contenders you got to feel kevin mccarthy poised to become one 18th speaker of the house. in the past, the right person at the right time, this position has been one of extreme power if you can do that. the speaker position could be as powerful as anyone in the country including the president. it happened in the past, treatment i want to share with you how they stood out. lets begin with joe cannon, he ruled with an iron fist fought for the rights of house pledging to battle the domin...

Feel kevin mccarthy poised to become one 18th speaker of the house. in the past, the right person at the right time, this position has been one of extreme power if you can do that. the speaker position could be as powerful as anyone in the country including the president. it happened in the past, treatment i want to share with you how they stood out. lets begin with joe cannon, he ruled with an iron fist fought for the rights of house pledging to battle the domineer, one of the most powerful and...

Your list, neal? >> mccarthy. i mean, i would start with him. go sir, the others whove been implicated. but i think they have to go before congress and tell the truth. theyre not above the law. if other people like you and me can be sieve peanut, why not them? >> you know that january 10th phone call, obviously was with liz cheney. a. b., heres what charlie psych said earlier today about cheneys push for trump to be punished. >> kevin mccarthy knows he -- knew that and he knows now that liz chen...

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Accepting some asylum-seekers and keeping them in the country while they wait. we can wipe away the illegality of crossing the border, if you have to. its a crime to do that if you are here illegally. can you talk about that? some democrats want to get rid of ice, which is in charge of not just going up and gathering people who are here illegally, but making sure that those people who are committing further crimes are accounted for. sanctuary cities. can i talk about that? can we talk about the ...

He did not get really anything that he was asking for. i dont know going into these negotiations that we want to overcharacterize where the president stands because we need to have some good will going into these negotiations. but i dont think theres any doubt that as between the position that speaker pelosi took and the one that president trump took, speaker position clearly prevailed. neil: all right. any word on the state of the union and when that might take place? >> i dont believe just log...

Eminei immine imminent. i think the president believes that the longer it lasts the longer his power lasts over the democrats. we had a few democrats today, it was from about gail, from other places, but boy, do you think -- where are there more cracks on the republican side or the democratic side? >> i heard this before, the white house was saying that things would change when they locked up the speaker position is. she has been speaker for a week and that has not changed the dynamics at all. i...

Out more but felt he couldnt because, i dont know, maybe he would get criticism or what, but isnt that leadership? >> well, ill tell you what, i do believe that paul ryan wanted to speak out more. if you remember what happened during the "access hollywood" issue, when that story broke, there was a conference call among all house republicans that monday after the weekend. and at that time paul ryan said he was only going to campaign for house republicans and the president was on his own. i was on...