seems like he just keeps lying so much that is gonna get caught on something at some point. that might be the out. unfortunately, lying is not enough anymore. for a sitting congressman. on that point, you did have a comment from kevin mccarthy, who was reporting that this is cnn reporting, that mccarthy talked about santos in a closed conference meeting today. and eva, there s a difference between a lying and committing a crime. and the latter causes you to lose a committee spot. is that? it doesn t only bar? i mean, that is been a central argument all along. he pretty much has been saying variations of this for the past few weeks. that it takes a really high bar to call for someone s removal, that ultimately you should listen to the voters, in his district. who elected him. he certainly, speaker mccarthy, is not listening to them now. because many of those voters are saying, had they known
it s almost like we have reached max maximum idiotcy. you know, for me it s an embarrassment to our country to have somebody like that as a seated congressman, and on the other hand there s nothing he can do because he was a vote for speaker mccarthy, and he towed the line. it s sad that somebody who lies their way into congress and saob who has no integrity, and he can only pronounce the college right rather than going there, and now he s a sitting congressman, and it s so ridiculous. he will get away with it. i don t know if he will win re-election, and maybe he could depending on the district and how it s set up. as somebody who served in congress, and somebody who is one of the 11,000 that has sat
you can help me with this, it s rumored and sometimes fantastical type of rumors, steve scalise has been mentioned, jim jordan has been mentioned, former president trump. you don t have to be a sitting congressman. how credible is this list? could it go beyond this list? what are you hearing? i think dana perino mentioned tyrus in the last hour. neil: i did hear that. it could be me, you, anybody, which is so interesting. it doesn t have to be a member of the house. it could be the former president if that s what the conference wanted. it s not likely. we were talking about whether we might see four democrats move over to the right and give mccarthy the life line to end this. that is not likely either because they re really enjoying all of this right now. they re happy to stay in the
united on that. the younger people to have bigger roles into democratic party. the republicans are not uniting in this effort. originally, there were five withholding and then nine of them signed a letter they were withholding. so that is why 14 total. steve: statement because kevin mccarthy does have a majority, but the house freedom caucus they were talking about steve scalise and donald trump. so stay tuned. it all starts ainsley: is that even possible? steve: you do not have to be a sitting congressman. 60 minutes after the top of the hour and ashley strohmier joins us with international news. i do, guys we start with moscow heavy casualty for rocket attack in a russian occupied region of eastern ukraine. the kremlin said 63 soldiers were killed at the stroke of midnight new year s day in a strike on eight emulation stockpile. they are claiming for number of dead is much higher in russian say 6,000 of their troops have been killed since the start of
populations less than that and moderate sized state is coming into the united states every year. everything that president biden is doing and mayorkas is doing is to decrease the number of people they re sending out and increase the number of people coming in, whether it s the interim final rule or budget for the next psychoand will did away with 287g program that allowed state and local law enforcement to participate with ice and deporting people and everything is about bringing more and more people into the united states. will: really quickly before we go, id love to get your i d love your perspective, nancy pelosi one of the last acts increasing the amounts that house staffers can be paid more than a sitting congressman or woman can be paid. is that giving you new abilities to hire better staff or a permanent washington? it s a bit of both. i have a great team of people with the current dollars i can pay them. everybody wants a raise, but it s a bit of too much washington but cl