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Tonight, straight from the, source a new fight is erupting and a speakerless house, with a fractured gop candidates are now emerging to replace the only speaker who has ever been ousted from that job. One of the republicans who voted to boot Kevin Mccarthy is here and moments. Lost all of trumps back in court for day three of his fraud trial, attacking the judge who just placed a partial gag order on him. The new York Attorney general who brought that case is now telling champion everyone, she will not and Rudy Giulianis legal problems are piling up. Another attorney has just left his legal team, and whats known as americas mayor is denying his Drinking Habits at prosecutors attention. Im kaitlan collins, and this is the source. Tonight the race is on her place Kevin Mccarthy, and the clock is ticking for republicans who have given themselves one week from today to find a new leader. Speaker hopefuls are working with others in the gop are working overtime to punish the eight rebels who Push Mccarthy Off that cliff last night, during the house and Republican Party into expletive film chaos, infighting, mac abiding, backstabbing, really you can pick any here. The bottom line, is it is bad. I will speak with one of those rebels, perhaps the most surprising one of all of them in just a moment. But first, ticketless into how to republican congressman described just how tense things are inside their party on capitol hill right now. I will be really candid, if we had stayed together in the meeting last, night i think that you would have seen this throne, and im much rheumatic when i say, that theres a lot of raw emotion right now. Yesterday was different, there was, anger there was frustration, and frankly there was desperation going on. So far, two candidates have officially thrown their hats into the ring for the open speakers job, is the second ranking republican in the house. Jim jordan the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee and a former Freedom Caucus leader other names are floating around, but the key question tonight really is who can get enough votes to get that job. One person we should note that it wont be, despite some Wishful Thinking by some of his republican allies, is donald trump. Yes, it is true, the speaker of the house does not need to be a member of congress. Perhaps, most obvious reason, is spelled out in the House Republican rules. Any member who is indicted on Felony Charges of two or more years that would apply to, trump but did not stop him from posting a picture on social media. Lets get straight to the source, tonight with one of the republicans who voted to remove Kevin Mccarthy from the speakers role, congresswoman nancy mace of South Carolina joins me now. Congresswoman, first i want to give you the opportunity tonight to respond directly to mccarthys criticism of you during this exhaustive Press Conference that he had last night after you voted to oust him. Nancy mace is a whole other story. Okay. Lets just be honest here. I call nancy maces Chief Of Staff yesterday, and because i called the Chief Of Staff . She was on the view saying i did not keep my words. I called her Chief Of Staff, because maybe i dont connect, i just at the, him i said can you please tell me. I do not understand, where have i not kept my word . You know what the Chief Of Staffs, that you have kept your word 100 percent. But if you have a problem with a bill i want to help you. But i can sit there and write your entire, bill and congresswoman, he is essentially saying you were lying when he did not keep his word. What is your response . Well, number, one i would like to know why he called my staff rather than talk to me directly. I am very familiar with how to write a bill. Women in congress can draft, right, file, and pass legislation. So the facts are on our side. I was very public about what kind of deals and negotiations that legislation he would back and support me on, throughout the entirety of this year. That is all a matter of public, record including the timing of those pieces of legislation. And today, none of those things actually came true. So my focus today is to focus on the future, to focus on the opportunity here we have as a party, as a country, to come together and find a speaker who will tell the truth, find a speaker who will be, honest and keep their word. You cant tell conservatives one, think moderates, another democrat something else. That is not leadership. That is not building consensus. If you tell everybody different things, we have a lot of work to do we after roll up our sleeves and im very much looking forward to the speakers race next week. I will make with every candidate that throws their hat in the ring. This is a real opportunity for us to do what we said we were going to, do we promised a budget in 12 separate spending, bills we promised to be, responsible taxpayer, dollars and this is our opportunity to show that kind of leadership next week. Yes, he even said that he would give your Chief Of Staff a job if he got fired over those comments of What Mccarthy said. Have you spoken here Chief Of Staff, have you cleared up what my chief and i were drinking last night, you had a, because the, line and we are just fine. I did not hear the conversation, and to me it does not really matter what words were exchanged, he did not reach out to me. I want to look, for erdogan to bring people, together bring the party, together and find a leader that we can all get, behind do what we told the American People. Biggest speaker that will keep their word, because at the bare minimum that is what we should be doing for the American People. Well your bill on the backlog of reed gets in the u. S. , it has got into a, committee has not got into a full floor house vote. The question though, is do you think whoever is the next speaker, begum, shorten steve scalise, anyone else who can get to 2 18, will be more moderate than mccarthy . I think that the most important thing is that we get somebody whos going to be, honest who will keep their word. If we say we are going to follow the, law theres a law from 1970, for the Budget Impact and control act that says, we are supposed have a, budgetary us will have 12 separate up down spending bills, that is good for the country. That is also good for both sides of the, aisle because leadership will often, as you know, kaitlan nikola, they do these they do not want to give the power back to the people. A select few, the most powerful, have all the, say and they take that power away from the people and avoid the law. When they are for doing the spending bills. When we do the, bills they are vetted through, committee they are vetted with amendments, both sides get you have a say in the amendment process, before there voted, on via have time to, read them and it is a full house process. That is how the constitution, works it is good for everybody. That is not an unreasonable ask. Im of course advocating for womens, issues im advocating for responsible governance, and oversight. Things that make a lot of sense to everybody on both sides of the aisle. Because of your, votes are you concerned that you will be expelled from the republican conference . Or kicked off your committees . Well, certainly, the eight of us that voted this way, if you wanted to have the gavel, if you want to move forward united, you are going to need our votes. I think if we look backward, and punish people based on their principles, that is only going to further divide our conference. We have a lot of work to do. We promised the American People we would deliver results, and we need to do that. I do not charge my colleagues for their, votes or what their values are, or their principles are. I have always said, caitlin, i said it on your show, im willing to work with anyone whos willing to work with me. And that means moving the ball forward. Im not today, they could do what they wanted, ive been in a lot of, fights it was the first woman to graduate from the Citadel Military College of South Carolina, im not afraid of standing on principle and my values. I will say, kaitlan, the establishment is coming after me. I have had a lot of threats about my fundraising, im asking people to go to my website, nancy mace the or g to help me, to show their support, because there are folks who are coming after me tonight. Im glad you brought that, up because back in january with the marathon votes for Kevin Mccarthy to get this job, fighting to get the gavel, this is something you said. Matt gaetz is a fraud, every time he voted against governing party last, week he sent out a fund raising email. What you saw last week was a constitutional process diminished by those kinds of political actions. Of course, now here we are, and in october, even Congressman Gaetz are in agreement on at least ousting mccarthy. You wrote a podcaster, day you yourself are fundraising off that vote, how do you explain that to now . Well i have not been fundraising off of this every step of the, way i made my decision last night. I made the decision to fundraise over the last 24 hours, because of the threats that i have received over fundraising and money drying up, which is why need help. The people, the establishment is coming up to, me ive gotten a lot of that from different groups and different members that they would withhold funding no matter what. I do need help from the, people and that was a decision that i made late last night because of everything that was going on. It is a genuine, ask if they people want to support the effort, they can go to nancy mace dot org. That podcast was one that is done by steve bannon, of course he wants voted to hold him in contempt of congress, which you brought up today. Is he now advising you . No, nobody, i mean i have consultants, but he is not one of them. I often will make my decisions on my own, i do not take pressure from the outside world or outside groups generally. Im not beholden to anyone anywhere, not in d. C. Im only beholden to the people, and i make decisions on legislation on those generally on my own. But overall, when you look at what you were saying in january, if someone looks at what he said then and what you say now, if it could excess your being hypocritical of, that how do you respond to that . Im taking it from all sides right now. And because of the threat that have been receiving over the last couple of weeks, i have finally reached a point last night where i was like you know what, i will let people that know that i need help, and communicate that. This was not a calculated decision, this was a decision based on the threats that have been receiving in the last three or so weeks from fellow members, from the different groups around washington, and around the country. I have to stand up and defend myself, defend my, vote and it takes money to do that. And people can help me if they go to nancy mace dot org. So you dont think it is hypocritical that you criticize someone like the congressman for fundraising off of his fight against mccarthy back in january, but you are fundraising off after casting your vote last night to booed mccarthy from his job . I waited until after that vote, some people might call it that, im calling it the truth. What is actually going on. This is not a politically calculated decision, i did not make this vote for political reasons. I did out of principle because i felt this was the right move for the country. I want to follow the, law be responsible with spending, that has come i have learned, in a very raw way over the last 24 hours, that comes with severe consequences. Are you getting a lot of backlash for that vote . I am getting backlash from everywhere right now. Im also getting a lot of support. You know, i have had folks call and hang up on me, today ive been, cursed somebody dropped an f bomb on me when i made the vote last night, you can hear the gasp on the floor. Standing up for what i believe, in but i have learned in a very lonely way, that standing up for principle can also be a little painful and quite lonely. I have learned that very quickly in the last 24 hours. When it comes to who is going to be the next speaker, one thing we have heard from some members, republicans, they want to reform this will motion that there could be one vote as we saw to move to oust the speaker. Do you think that should stay a house rule . It should stay as a house rule. I mean this has been a house rule, this has been president for over 100 years until nancy pelosi changed the house rules when she was in charge. By and large, this has been around for over 100 years. Rarely used, and there is precedent in the house for having as a rule. Again this was a commitment that was made earlier this, year and from my perspective i care about womens, issues i care about balancing the budget, and i care about following law. And following our rules. It has been around for a long time and we should keep it. You think it is ridiculous from some your colleagues are floating the idea Of Trump BeingHouse Speaker when he cant be the House Speaker . Well, for i do not understand that why we would push a candidate that cannot be speaker right now. That is their fight, that is not mine. Im focused on who can be our speaker next week, that is a valuable endeavor over the next couple of days. I will meet with every candidate that throws there how to the ring and i want to make sure we get united next week, we do it quickly, and we have a lot of work to do. Certainly that is true. Of course it is paralyzed right now. Congressman nancy mace is going to be a busy week. Thank you for your time tonight. Thank you, caitlin. Today we heard from the white house, President Biden, saying the dysfunction on capitol hill concerns him. The speaker drama did make him laugh a little bit. What is the advice to the next House Speaker . That is above my pay grade. We will get that some another Senate Democrats when we come back. Senator cory booker is here with me. Plus, the new reporting that is prompting a tunnel from woody to leoni. I have an alcohol problem, i should be in the guinness book of World Records the House Of Representatives is that a complete standstill, tonight effectively unable to do any real legislative business until they have selected a successor to House SpeakerKevin Mccarthy, former House SpeakerKevin Mccarthy. The repercussions of course of those grievances, threatened to be grave for the ukrainians who are fighting to defend their homeland tonight. The leading contenders for the speakers gavel holding very different views on whether or not the u. S. Should continue to provide additional funding and weapons for ukraine. This is what jim jordan one of those who has officially entered the race told manu raju today. What about ukraine, are you willing to move forward . I am against that. What i understand is, at some point, we are going to have to deal with this Appropriation Process in the right way. I will try to do that in the next 41 days. The most pressing issue an americans mind is not ukraine. It is the border situation, and it is crime on the street. Lets get straight to the source now with new jersey democratic senator cory booker. Senator, thank you so much for joining me. I wonder when you look at what happened in washington last night, where this is going, how does the paralysis in the house affect your ability to function in the senate . Well we have seen that already. We have seen deals get done when it comes to mccarthy and schumer, and mitch mcconnell, and they all agree on a big spending bill. Because of the very narrow extreme minority, part of the republican caucus, the rightwing, then mccarthy suddenly betrays the deal and walks away. It brings a lot of frustration over to the senate when we are passing bipartisan appropriation bills, when we are getting things done in the senate in a bipartisan way for having to come over here, and even though there is a bipartisan majority for a lot of the common sense things that america needs, to fund the government, fulfill the full faith and credit of the united states, mccarthy is unable to get it done because he is catering to this, or at least wasnt able to get it done because he was catering towards the small extreme minority. That is very frustrating. If he is unable to get it done are you worried about whoever takes place and what that person is like .