he wants to protect him from any blame for the poor midterm performance because he needs him if he s going to run for president in 2024. and it does seem that some allies have gotten the message. marjorie taylor greene now saying she thinks it s a bad idea for someone to challenge mccarthy. but not everyone in the party feels the same way. take a listen to what congressman matt gaetz said earlier today. right now there are a lot of the establishment republicans in denial, believing that kevin mccarthy can become speaker. what i m here is tell you is there are definitely at least five people, actually a lot more, who would rather be waterboarded by liz cheney than vote for kevin mccarthy for speaker of the house, and i m one of them. reporter: now, the only reason why these fringe voices matter is because of the math. if republicans win the majority it is going to be by a razor
she ll have my support. if she makes way for a new generation, then of course i would support one of the new candidates. it looks as though if republicans win the majority, it s going to be by a very narrow margin. as you know, every year a member of the house dies, like in the last it s historical. morbid thought. it s a body of 435 people, many of whom are over the age of 65. there s always incumbencies that are falling by the wayside. somebody retires, gets indicted, somebody goes to jail, somebody gets sick, et cetera, et cetera. i wish all of you that you live long and prosper. i m just talking about historical trends. that s going to be difficult for mccarthy, assuming he s the speaker, to have such a narrow majority. are there any areas where you think democrats and republicans can work together in such an environment? on issues of bringing manufacturing back, i co-led the
those situations where trump has kicked this to the courts and the courts aren t going to be able to sort it out. today the supreme court cleared the way for the january 6th committee to retain arizona ch chairwoman woman kelley ward s call logs. what are you expecting in the last few weeks of committee work? there s just not enough time to revolve all the legal disputes. i see two big imperatives left. they ll issue their report, that s going to be historically significant. number two, all of the evidence t that the committee has gathered, that will be available to prosecutors. now that we re done with midterms, i think the focus is going to turn away from congress, the january 6th committee, on to heavier hitters, most importantly onto the united states department of justice. thanks to both of you. federal prosecutors investigating former president trump attorney rg republicans
are expecting the blame game to continue to heat up. thanks so much. bipartisanship in an increasing foreign concept in washington, is an increasingly foreign concept but not for massachusetts governor charlie baker. he s been one of the most popular governors in the united states, which is especially noteworthy given that he s a republican in a blue state. does he have answers for what republicans should be doing differently? here is part two of my exclusive interview. you in many ways have been the anti-trump republican, although you ve kept your powder dry when it comes to criticizing him. why haven t you been more outspoken against him, even as so much of what you ve done in massachusetts has been the embodiment of everything he s not, in a good way for you?
bezos. plus, donald trump making a new bid to stop the criminal investigation to whoever was responsible for the classified documents at mar-a-lago. and waiting to see if the gop will take control of the house of representatives. a fight among republicans over who will lead their very narrow majority, spilling out into the public. kevin mccarthy and mitch mcconnell are facing backlash from the far right wing of their party. let s go to melanie zanona. kevin mccarthy has someone making calls on his behalf for the speaker s battle. tell us about that. reporter: kevin mccarthy is getting key backup from former donald trump. donald trump has been calling people encouraging them to support mccarthy for speaker.