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Historic figure, if he so chose. but i don't think he has either the intellectual firepower to sort of handle, you know, this issue, or the political focus and staying power to see it through. because you would have to take on part of your own base. i think many republicans -- and i believe many republican lawmakers would actually be relieved if the president were to lead on this issue and they weren't out there on their own, naked against the nra. but again, you know, anderson, we've seen so many times, he'll float an idea and the next three people who come in the office say, hey, boss, your ...

In senior white house correspondent, jim acosta. they're watching this closely at the white house because the stakes are pretty high there as well. >> reporter: that's right, wolf. the white house has been clear. the white house believes benghazi is a political exercise to damage hillary clinton. josh earnest said it was going to be up to this committee to prove it's credible today, putting pressure on the panel, not the secretary of state. and after kevin mccarthy basically said it was set up to affect clinton's standings in the pole, they said he said something everybody in washington alread...

Congressman, the majority leader kevin mccarthy of california and richard hanna of new york and other members of congress. we have assembled a team today to talk about what's expected and what's at stake during the coming hours. brianna keilar is here with us as is jim acosta actually over at the white house. and the alise lavitt. a let's start with dana up on capitol hill. i understand you have been able to speak with some committee members as they prepared for today's hearing. set the scene for us. >> first of all i can tell you that the public which has been -- there's been a big line here....

Property in arizona. >> 36% said they were satisfied with the way hillary clinton handled herself, 59% were dissatisfied so she's got work to do. amanda, the problem for the republicans now, they're really on the defensive because of what kevin mccarthy, the republican majority leader of the house of representatives said, look at her number, look at her popularity. her numbers go down as a result of this select committee on benghazi. $4 million, $5 million taxpayer money spent. and the democrats are arguing, as kevin mccarthy said, it was done for political purposes. >> mccarthy rightly lost t...

Political story, at least in the short terms. including raising the dead limit, possibly avoiding a government shutdown. he's -- the house republicans need to -- >> what are you hearing behind the scenes? >> it does seem to be there is where should he might accept, yet, that seems to be where all the reporting is. , where kevin mccarthy took his name out of the -- but we still need to hearty from paul ryan fifth. >> the other headline, i just don't like the guys, recordly said by george w. bush, regarding fellow texan ted cruz. what is going on there? >> it's a private fund-raiser.