mccarthy is getting support from former president donald trump but that support has failed to move the needle in his direction, not even by one vote. meantime democrats are relishing the leadership chaos on the other side. senior congressional correspondent chad pergram tells us where things stand right now. a long day today. good evening, chad. bret, things are getting worse not better for kevin mccarthy. his support is eroding. mccarthy says he s not backing down. now even a couple democrats are fishing for a deal. the support of former president trump failed to help mccarthy today. mr. trump saying it s time for the g.o.p. to vote for mccarthy and, quote: close the deal. but some of mr. trump s supporters scoffed. even having my favorite president call us and tell us we need to knock this off i think it actually needs to be reversed. the president needs to tell kevin mccarthy that, sir, you do not have the votes and it s time to withdrawal. mccarthy has lost on six c
To be an optimistic speech, notjust to be an optimistic speech, notjust to be an optimistic speech, notjust to be American People but to the american congress. There are at least two audiences, if not more for this address. For these big addresses. The president needs to win over the people in the room, and just as importantly, win over those watching on television. The numbers of those watching on television have declined by almost 50 in the last few decades. President pays attention to his ratings, so it will be interesting to see how many people to tune into this. The president. I think it is crucial in this address, he really has to start legislating. He has not introduced any legislation yet. A lot of Members Of Congress have expressed concern about him not pushing hard enough, championing things for. Has done a lot of Executive Orders but not a lot of policies. Here is the joint session of congress, the floor of congress. You have members of the senate and the House Of Representa
Reporter certainly. That will be a challenge for some of them especially in districts where the president is very popular. If members did not side with him on this. I think the big question right now is will it get to the floor . Thats a decision that Doesnt Reside in the white house. Its really a decision for the majority leaders of the republicans, Kevin Mccarthy a long with the speaker, they run the floor. If they believe it is sort of a doomed bill, theyve got to make a calculation about tip typically you could see them not put it on the floor with that political exposure for each and every member to be recorded on something that went nowhere. Thats typically how this goes. We saw the president saying he wanted a vote. That was a point of leverage. In the time weve been talking about this and when weve been updating our own whip counts and describing the mood and the atmosphere, i can assure you, if there were people in leadership who thought we had that wrong, they would be callin
If the administration was standing by that tweet which sean spicer said the president is, then why could congress then need to investigate if this information already exists . The Press Secretary talked a little bit about the issu i have to listen to the vshage again, the transcript, but he talked about credibility and the idea there is a separation of powers as well. We also talked a little bit about the idea that hey we are in tax season, tax day is just over month away. Will the president release his returns from this most recent year . The president secretary said he would got back to us. And then is the president still under audit for past returns . The Press Secretary confirming he indeed is. A separation of powers, and they dont want to be perceived as directing congress to investigate in a certain way. Harold ford is this going to dog them much longer . It will. The question by halle and the other young lady spelled i out. I think the health care the governors will be the ar ab
Honored that recusal with regard to matters pending the Department Of Justice, but i just want to comment on what may have been on anybody elses mind or offer any opinion about that because its not for me to make those decisions. Well, it is exactly, i think, why Senator Schatz asked a whole series of questions about the scope of recusal, because i am a lawyer. Senator schatz may not be. He asked better questions than i did, but i also am having real difficulty understanding the scope of the recusal, its contours in definition, and i have an unresolved question about whether or not thats why the Attorney General failed to appear before us today, is to avoid having to answer direct questions about the scope of his recusal. I do appreciate and respect your appointment of a highly talented Special Counsel, and there have been questions from both sides that imply strong support for his independence and his conduct, and i appreciate the care with which you are answering my questions, but im