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Congress who can't function, it's just embarrassing. we're the greatest nation in the world. and we've had a lot of trouble with the attacks on our institution already. and it's just -- more than anything else. >> reporter: while that's a deep-rooted worry when it comes to the president. he's several times noted how critical the perception of the rest of the world in terms of how the u.s. can operate particularly in the wake of the last three or four years, how he views that at this moment in time. he's given the sense things are starting to turn a corner, and in his view, this is a problem. >...

>> no member elect, having received the majority of the votes cast, a speaker has not been elected. >> you know, to have a congress that can't function is just embarrassing. we're the greatest nation in the world. how can that be? >> these leadership challenges are a good thing for our party. and they're actually a good thing for america. the days of just power by acclimation those days are over. it needs to be earned. >> people who are voting against kevin mccarthy in the republican conference are aiding joe biden, aiding hakeem jeffries and aiding chuck schumer. >> bret: well, that's a littl...

Inside the who is who have looked at this with a level of some amusement. white house officials were keenly aware of the figurative opportunity of a split screen when the president arrived in kentucky with senate minority leader mitch mcconnell to talk about one of his bipartisan achievements of his first two years. they didn't expect a literal one. you saw the chaos on the house floor as the president stood with leader mcconnell talking about the $2 billion going to the bridge, and while they like that contrast, they didn't expect it to be just as dramatic as it is as we are now in our second...

>> i don't know if it won't function. but it will be very, very difficult. it will make 2010 to 2018 seem like it was functional. i'll say that. and it's going to be, i mean if, if people don't have confidence in washington now, wait until you have a dwighted government with a republican conference that's really centered on the right wing of the party. >> what about when marjorie taylor green said the other day, she will have a lot of power if republicans win? >> i have been thinking about this, katy. i don't buy, let me put it this way, i think that the leadership has brought those kinds of p...

Need to know that. thank you so much for being here. i appreciate it. >> thanks so much. >> more social media reaction now. what do we have? intrainspect and you shall find. increasing dependence on parents are the roots. it's a complicated picture. i had no idea there was such a large segment of our society of men who i was about to say able-bodied but i can't say that but of prime age and not reflected in the unemployment numbers. when you factor that in, we're at a level of men not engaged in work. problematic for them and problematic for their families. i'm sure truly some of them are disa...