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Everything is on videotape, both inside and outside the capital. so, there is no question what was said and who is that it, what the result was. it's just gonna be a question of whether donald trump will be fortunate enough to have one supporter on his jury. if he does, the walk. >> based on some of the defenses that you've heard the former president float around, do you think any of them, so far, could stick? and if you were on the former presidents legal team, which we know you're not, how would you go about jury selection? >> i would merely establish that the facts presented are not in disp...

20 republicans have defected from the kevin mccarthy camp. the question remains, is there still a path for mccarthy to become speaker? straight to capitol hill and cnn's jessica dean. is there a path? >> reporter: that's the big question. is there a path? you talk to kevin mccarthy publicly he says i'm not dropping out. privately we know there are talks this may not work for kevin mccarthy. it's a simple math game right now. i was in that chamber when they did that three failed votes. no speaker as we heard over and over. it became very clear this is a stalemate. those 20 members, a lot of the...

Candidates throwing their hat into the ring. >> stay there. i want to bring in cnn's one and only senior data reporter and talk about the numbers complicating mccarthy's life beyond the raw head count. why does mccarthy have so little room for error? >> look historically at potential first time speakers, anderson. he has 222 republican seats, right? if you look at the last few speakers, people who went on to be speaker they had a lot more seats in their majority. they had a lot more room for error. kevin mccarthy can only lose four seats. you have to go all the way back to 1931 to find a speak...

Mccarthy from the grass roots that might push the republicans iffy on him over the edge. this is like we like kevin mccarthy but we don't love him. this is not what you would expect for the groundswell of support. one nugget that i'll point out. remember, kevin mccarthy faced this before. back in late 2015 there was this idea that kevin mccarthy would succeed john boehner in the house and just couldn't do it. couldn't generate enough support among the republican caucus so the good news for him he's much better liked now at plus 30 points than he was back in 2015 at plus two points. these are n...

Senate and house, cut it out of medicare, which cuts life-saving drugs. >> you're playing a math game there, senator. >> he didn't pay his taxes. >> they didn't cut anything on medicare. it's cost savings having to do with the prescription drug benefit. i understand you want to call it something else. >> if you cut spending in medicare, it's going to impanel the ability spoke mob to provide think. >> i will remember that when you argue that. >> that's what's going to happen. >> i will remember this when you art this -- >> $280 billion out of the medicare reduction will cut life-saving drugs. t...