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if one other republican votes against it, that could stop the bill in committee. mccarthy's team and his allies don't agree with what roy is asserting they privately agreed to. but it all speaks to the building tension internally as mccarthy is moving to lock down the votes and he told reporters that he's not concerned about losing his gavel despite the threats from those members of the hard-right freedom caucus. >> saying that the speaker is lying in his view. m manu raju, thanks very much. we're joined by the whip for the house progressive congress, thanks for sharing part of your afternoon with us. given the shape that this deal has taken, will you be voting for it? >> so the -- this is not a both sides kind of argument. right now as you were just saying in the last segment, you see extreme right wing
needs to look at the very severe consequences to the u.s. economy. you can see the dollar tank. people's -- the stock market could tank. you'll see the global economy impacted by this. so this is something that i think no one thinks that america should be playing with. >> kevin mccarthy got that speakership by the skin of his teeth. do you think he is willing to allow this country to get into a state of default on its debt just to appease the hard-right freedom caucus which refuses to move? >> look, the words coming out of the oval office just a few minutes ago that we heard, that you just played, katie, i thought they were quite optimistic. both sides talking about the fact, they said default is not really on the table. that's very important if they both mean it. both sides saying they have to look at some kind of deal that is acceptable to each republican and to democratic bases. so that was more optimistic than i've been hearing during the course of the day. i was having conversations with somebody up on the hill earlier today, and they said listen,
>> reporter: some of them absolutely are. behind the scenes they made some of these key decisions. two members in particular, michael cloud and andrew clyde. they unusually were two republicans who held out on kevin mccarthy. we're told they will have a seat on the house appropriations committee. that funds the federal government. there are also other members as well. byron donalds who was nominated to run against mccarthy fell short of those votes and he'll have a seat on the financial services committee. this is all part of mccarthy's deal. he promised more representation from some members of that hard-right freedom caucus, and that won over some of these key members. we're learning more and more about elements of kevin mccarthy's handshake deal, and that's exactly how he got the votes to get ballots to become speaker. >> it's all coming together. thank you. with us kelly armstrong, making these decisions about committee assignments. congressman, thank you so much
giving them more leverage over the speaker, being able to oust a sitting speaker with one individual doing that, having more members of those hard-right freedom caucus but policy implications dealing with the debt ceiling. big significant issue going forward but for mccarthy right now on the floor they're counting the votes right now. the clerks are making sure that the tally is correct. he's going to likely fall short here but they feel clear momentum. they think they can get there maybe not today but very close, maybe in the next coming days they believe that mccarthy will soon become speaker of the house. >> manu, do you expect them to push for another vote immediately? >> reporter: that was the expectation. when i asked patrick mchenry about that do you expect another vote after this one, he said, i do. that was the expectation going in. now they, of course, need to have all 218 members, 218 votes to adjourn the house. unclear if they would have that and take a break to negotiate further offline. if they don't have 218 to
adjourn because some conservative hold-outs are not willing to vote to adjourn and democrats don't either so we expect to move forward with this vote which will be a huge moment for kevin mccarthy. he needs to show progress. he needs to show that there are fewer than 20 republicans who will oppose him. he can only lose four to get the speakership but if he's not able to show progress, i'm told from multiple members including ken buck of colorado, that they plan to potentially defect, meaning there will be more opponents to kevin mccarthy because of concerns that he simply cannot get there and it's time to step aside. he has offered a range of concessions essentially giving them more power allowing for a single member to essential agoly call for the ouster of a speaker. that was initially a red line for him. he gave in. he indicated he would allow for at least some of the members of the hard-right freedom caucus to serve on the powerful house rules committee, a huge move because it would essentially give them sway over the terms of
come january. kevin mccarthy, the republican leader, still moving behind the scenes to lock down the 218 votes he will need in order to get the gavel. two members of the hard right freedom caucus told me on thursday that mccarthy is not there yet. they said that he does not have 218 votes and he has a ways to go. andy biggs, one of the republican members, said there should be a, quote, consensus candidate who should emerge after negotiations between the two sides in order to unite the warring wings of their conference. manu raju, cnn, capitol hill. thanks for that. republicans preparing to take control of the house are gearing up to launch investigations of joe biden and his son hunter. >> in the 118th congress we will look at whether he is a president compromised or swayed by foreign dollars and influence. i want to be clear. this is an investigation of joe biden and that's where the committee will focus in this
through the affordable care act under barack obama. after a party was swept into the minority, becoming speaker again in 2019 where she battled donald trump, making him the only president impeached twice, including after january 6th where pro-trump rioters stormed the capitol and targeted the speaker. >> can you imagine a caucus not run by nancy pelosi? >> i hope that we don't have to see that. >> reporter: wolf, tonight there are still questions about the next house speaker, who is trying-to-work behind the scenes to lock down the votes. he will meet in january to take that top position. two members of the hard right freedom caucus told me tonight that mccarthy does not have the votes as bob goode republican of virginia, says mccarthy is not there yet and saying there should be a consensus candidate
>> reporter: -- nancy pelosi announced she will step aside. >> i will not seek reelection. for me it calls for a new generation to lead the democratic caucus that i so deeply respect and i am greatly so many are ready and willing to shoulder this awesome responsibility. >> reporter: at 82 the democrat has represented san francisco in the house for 35 years, saying she would continue serving in a congress whose make-up has markedly changed. >> when i came to the congress in 1987, there were 12 democratic women. now there are over 90 and we want more. >> reporter: the news prompting an immediate shake-up. pelosi announcing steny hoyer he would not run for leadership. 82-year-old jim clyburn
happening now, nancy pelosi passes the torch, ending two decades at the helm of the house dem democratic party saying it's time for a new leader to lead the caucus. and former president barack obama warns democracy is under assault both here in the united states and indeed all across the globe. more on his very impassioned remarks, coming up this hour. and later, my exclusive interview with the incoming mayor of los angeles, karen bass. she'll be the first woman to serve in the city's top job and just the second african-american. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room."
voting. more than 9 million americans have already cast their ballots. is that good for democrats? is it good for republicans? one thing we can assert is it's good for democracy. it's good for the republic. there is something motivating americans to drop what they're doing, stand in line, and participate in a midterm election. regardless of what experts are predicting right now, whether they're relying on polling or turnout data, inflation, whether they're reading animal entrails, as always, you, the american people, you get the final say. now, we're about to tap into the brain of a former lone wolf in the republican party, an independent mind, congressman justin amash, famously left the republican party over trump and trumpism. he was the first republican lawmaker to back impeachment. and as a hard right freedom caucus member at the time. amash fired the warning shot years ago saying our politics, our partisanship was in a partisan death spiral. what does he make of today's