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Defeated, running for jeff flake's seat in november. jon kyl has been holding down the fort in the mccain seat in what he said was going to be a short-term appointment. about a week ago, he announced the end of the year would be the end of his second tour of duty in the senate. there was a lot of speculation about who would be tapped to fill this seat. mcsally was a favorite early on, heavy heavily recruited to run. i think she was the first woman to ever command a fighter squadron. she had a very impressive resume. then there was this pushback we started to see last week, other names being fl...

Secondly, when the president asserts executive privilege, it is a long stand practicing of both republican and democratic administrations that the justice department will stop and will not seek to prosecute and executive branch official covered by a claim of executive privilege. i can tell what you happens next. goes to the full house. but after that all bets are off. >> i guess that begs the question, pete, what's the point of this you a part from the theatrical spectacle we are seeing today? as i understand it, this would take at least two years to get to court proceedings if at all. >> it c...

>> i remember in '99 being so bored on the house floor with how they were dragging things out, doing absolutely nothing, but i decided to just -- i'd bring books and sit on the floor and read greek history and roman history. of course, i would go back to my office and work, but when you were stuck on the floor, because you -- nothing happened. >> right. >> like this, i lost weight. >> that's good. i'll bring you some books. >> in 2000 -- i said '99, in 2000, because it just freezes and nothing gets done because nobody wants to take a chance. >> do you think that a four-year house term would ch...

>> and let's remind everybody what we're looking at next week when congress comes back. the senate returns on monday, april 24. the house reconvenes the next day, tuesday, the 25th. that friday, a week from tomorrow is the deadline to fund the federal government and avoid a shutdown. so rick, what are the odds that we're facing a government shounshoun shutdown? >> i think it is pretty narrow. they are in charge of everything and it would be a strange thing to try to explain to your constituents that we shut down our own government which we run. i don't think getting a health care plan done wit...