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In "the faulkner focus." it is nasty. the battle for the gavel. the first time as i mentioned in a century the vote needed more than a single ballot. resistance to republican leader kevin mccarthy. it got hotter yesterday in the final rounds of votes. he started losing support. now 20 mccarthy defectors going into the second day. they are backing ohio representative-elect -- they're all elect because they can't be sworn in because they haven't chosen a speaker -- those 20 like jim jordan for the job. jordan supports mccarthy. how will that work out? he said he is not interested in being the sp...

The american people. that's my job. >> bret: if kevin mccarthy says i will give you everything you want, what will you say? >> what do you mean give me everything i want? i got to be able to go. >> bret: what you want is not kevin mccarthy? >> i didn't say that if i get everything that i want, that's great. but we got to get to 218. so right now in the room, bret, it's not just chip roy, it's people like brian fitzpatrick, byron donalds and other people while we are sitting down and talking. not about getting everything i want. it's about getting what is necessary for the american people. that...

Legitimate contenders you got to feel kevin mccarthy poised to become one 18th speaker of the house. in the past, the right person at the right time, this position has been one of extreme power if you can do that. the speaker position could be as powerful as anyone in the country including the president. it happened in the past, treatment i want to share with you how they stood out. let's begin with joe cannon, he ruled with an iron fist fought for the rights of house pledging to battle the domineer, one of the most powerful and speakers in history, major reform bills became law including prog...

Feel kevin mccarthy poised to become one 18th speaker of the house. in the past, the right person at the right time, this position has been one of extreme power if you can do that. the speaker position could be as powerful as anyone in the country including the president. it happened in the past, treatment i want to share with you how they stood out. let's begin with joe cannon, he ruled with an iron fist fought for the rights of house pledging to battle the domineer, one of the most powerful and speakers in history, major reform bills became law including progressive majors the food and drug ...

Your list, neal? >> mccarthy. i mean, i would start with him. go sir, the others who've been implicated. but i think they have to go before congress and tell the truth. they're not above the law. if other people like you and me can be sieve peanut, why not them? >> you know that january 10th phone call, obviously was with liz cheney. a. b., here's what charlie psych said earlier today about cheney's push for trump to be punished. >> kevin mccarthy knows he -- knew that and he knows now that liz cheney was absolutely right. he led the lynch mob to take away her position. he is leading the campa...