kevin mccarthy was involved in trying to rehabilitate the image of representative marlie taylor greene after her recent anti-semitic comments. that effort apparently did not work because once again this week, greene invoked nazi-era imagery to mock simple covid safety practices. this just weeks after apologizing for other anti-semitic remarks. mccarthy has publicly denounced some of the actions by greene and other controversial, shall we call them, republican members of congress. he has not moved to punish any of them as of yet. cnn capitol hill reporter melanie zanona joins me now. so, melanie, mccarthy, what s he trying to do here, strike some sort of impossible balance? reporter: yes, he has taken a really soft touch approach to handling these members. probably the calculation for mccarthy is he doesn t want to alienate this donald trump-aligned group of republicans who he likely will need if he wants to become speaker one day. he has told people around him he thinks it s better t