Into his state of mind. Multiple republican members of the house have knowledge of that call and who say after trump tried to say to kevin, its not my people, mccarthy responded no, these are your people to which trump then said these are the new details. Quote, well, kevin, i guess these people are more upset about the election than you are and then mccarthy responded, who the f do you think youre talking to . Anderson, cnn confirmed this exchange with republican congresswoman Jamie Herrera butler of washington who was briefed on the call directly by Kevin Mccarthy on january 10th, she has been taking copious notes throughout since the insurrection and the impeachment and she took very precise notes on their call. Were also told by several other republican members that Kevin Mccarthy wasnt shy about talking about this exchange with trump, that he wanted republicans in his conference to know about it and congresswoman Herrera Butler told me today that trumps comments to Kevin Mccarthy
Mistaken about the most significant phone call of his life. Can i sorry. Just quickly, but not just tuberville because remember the call came to senator mike lee. It was on mike lees phone. Mmhmm. And he gave his phone to tuberville. Senator mike lees office has confirmed that that phone call did, in fact, happen. They disputed what mike lee may or may not have said about it, but they confirmed that the call happened for sure. Yeah, and i want to go to the white house right now where we have kaitlan collins, who can offer some more information about this phone call between thenPresident Trump and House Republican leader Kevin Mccarthy. It is a damning account, kaitlan, the president saying that the mob, the terrorist mob cares more about the election than mccarthy does, and apparently mccarthy is telling a lot of people this story. Reporter well, right. And of course if you look at what mccarthys response was, he was clearly getting incredibly irritated with the president. You dont oft
But has since become a trump loyalist. Are you ready to stand with me and millions and millions of others who want four more years . If mcmullin can pull off an upset victory, hes vowed to stay a true independent. But what happens if the senate is split . Could this race signal a new way of tackling partisan politics . And what about a third party . What does independent conservative candidate Evan Mcmullin say now . Firing line with Margaret Hoover is made possible in part by. And by. Corporate funding is provided by. Evan mcmullin, welcome to the firing line. Great to be with you, margaret. This is the closest senate race that utah has seen in decades. Now, you have been a republican in the past, and you do continue to agree with republicans on many issues, from the economy to abortion. So why are you running as an independent . Well, im an independent. And actually, though ive been associated with the Republican Party or affiliated with the Republican Party as an independent for mos
Welcome to countdown, im mark barton. Im anna eds. International pressure on russia following its seizure of its crimea region. Our europe editor david swede is following the e. U. Summit taking place in brussels. Berlin, of course. Jonathan has the market reaction. Jonathan, plenty of market reaction. You look at the russian equity market, headed to the biggest drop. The ruble holding up a little bit for one reason. The Russian Central Bank has come out of high rates from 5 to 7 . They cite the rates are intended to prevent inflation risks. What it doesnt do is take away that Political Risk. You saw what happened in turkey when they hiked rates. A complete turnaround again. In the broader markets, you are seeing general risk aversion. The swiss franc into gold. It feeds a matter of time before they were going to raise rates, wasnt it, john . Inflation has been above the Central Banks target for 17 months. The target is 5 . They are well above the targets. Investors waiting for a long
Game over, you lose. Look, i understand the political virtue of making that argument. Its always good to convince those who disagree with you to just give up their beliefs. Sometimes those of us on this side of the aisle oblige by doing so. But its not an argument that has any basis in the constitution. Is obamacare currently the loft land . Of course. Its passed into law, some statute books. No one on this side of the aisle is arguing that its not. Were arguing that it shouldnt be. Thats a very different thing than saying its not. And congress has the power of the purse. Congress has the power ill finish this point and then im happy to yield for a question. Congress has the power to appropriate and theres no obligation for congress to appropriate, to fund a law that isnt working. That evidence and experience that what the American People are experiencing has demonstrated it isnt working. And so the house of representatives in voting to deFund Obamacare while funding the rest of govern