plus a look ahead at what is expected to be one of the key political storylines of 2023. trump versus desantis. more on that ahead. we are going to start with some breaking news. kevin mccarthy set to hold a call with a gop conference in about an hour s time. he s facing some tough numbers in his fight for the house speaker. abc s ali roth joins me now from capitol hill. ali, what more can you tell us about your scoop. just about an hour from now, this big gop meeting. yeah, lindsay, my colleague haley talbot and i getting the scoop about an hour ago that really explains what kevin mccarthy is doing in these last two days before that make-or-break moment, the speaker s election on tuesday. sources are telling us that in less than an hour at 4 pm he s going to hold this call with members of the house gop caucus, really trying to solidify every last gop vote, every ounce of support he can be for that critical vote on tuesday. the last thing he wants to happen is for, is to no
race in new york. you have called for a congressional probe of santos. what would that look like? given everything we just heard from ali about the silence and the gop majority, do you expect it will actually happen? good to be with you, lindsey. yes, i called for an immediate house ethics investigation into him. it s also encouraging to know the department of justice investigation, that it vacillation by that new york attorney general, and the dea s in these counties. before, that he should not assume his position and resign from even having the opportunity to assume his position as a member of congress. george santos didn t embellish his resume. he committed and out now to fraud on the voters of our congressional district. lying about his education, his job career, admitting to crimes, passing bad checks, not paying rent that he was legally repo wire to pay. the point is this. republican and democrats, we can have a philosophical difference. what we should be able to trust,