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House majority leader. this was an expected result. he faced minimal competition. this caps off a medoric rise for kevin mccarthy on the heels of eric cantor's loss last week. first elected in 2006. they certainly pushed him forward on the first ballot. it will be interesting to see how he leaves this house gop conference. he's had great difficulty in the past. he's probably better suited for the role. kevin mccarthy, the man who controls the house floor. now back to our other big story here in washington, that is the president and his recent announcement about iraq. >> the most important ques...

The president, who knows that he's facing this big confrontation over the budget and over the debt ceiling and we're headed for yet another big confrontation, has had trouble getting traction. he wants to get that message out. the reason they went ahead with this thing yesterday, he really is focused on what's going to be happening down the road here in washington and desperately wants to get out ahead of it. and he's having trouble doing it. >> howard, i love you because you bring that wide lens but i think here we've got to look at this through the smaller lens. it was tone deaf for the pres...

Jay carney also calling the scandal phony. eric cantore saying the white house has just decided to hang it up. what does the majority leader mean by that? plus, taylor swift fans are seeing red. seeing red. what did the singer just do that could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. mmmhmmm...everybody knows that. well, did you know that old macdonald was a really bad speller? your word is...cow. cow. cow. c...o...w... ...e...i...e...i...o. [buzzer] dangnabbit. geico. fifteen minutes could save you...well, you know.

Senator from tennessee bob corker said was probably overkill was not enough. so the question becomes what satisfies the house gop whether it comes to border security, and from all the policy discussions they've had, the only way they're going to move on that 11 million is if they feel the border is secure so that's the trigger. so there would be nothing unless there is the border security, they don't even know what that is. how do they move forward? there's been some talk what have eric cantore is pushing, andrea, perhaps we do something like the dream act where there's kids who are here by no...

I will not negotiate around the debt ceiling. we're not going to do that again. i will not negotiate around the debt ceiling. we're not going to do that again. >> after president obama spent his first term, much of it at least, trying to negotiate with republicans in congress, he made it very clear recently that he would not play that same game again. on the debt ceiling. not again. and today after months of insisting that the president really did have to negotiate with them on that, republicans gave up. david corn "showdown," the stand off the president faced with republicans. thanks for bein...