caller: how could it be worse if the next speaker is kevin mccarthy than what we have got right now? how could that possibly be worse? anything is possible. the sun may not, tomorrow, but the bottom line is why doesn't c-span cover what the governor of california did in the white house while the president was too young -- while the president was overseas? there is a lot of white guilt, a lot of people afraid to say what they really think. we will find out in november. i hope that there is a big change. people can say, here is the big change. in 2024, who knows who will run for the democrats. it is ridiculous how people are going, maybe joe is not good enough. is it going to beat joe and donald again? , i vote donald -- if it is, i will vote for donald. he knows what he is doing it that she knows what he is doing. host: let us assume if the republicans do take control of the house, has there been any telegraph and of what a republican-controlled house would look like? guest: the republican majority, if it does come into existence, as my colleague nathan gonzales at inside elections wo

he was his chief counsel during the mccarthy hearings. roy cohn was aloseted gay man, and you have said that while roy cohn was a terrible human being, you call the real villain the closet. >> mm-hmm. >> explain your thinking about that. >> well, i think that the closet makes people do terrible things. you have to lie every day about who you are. and the closet made gay people do terrible things not just to themselves, but to other people, which is not to say that, you know, there were plenty of people who didn't commit the sort of transgressions that roy cohn did who were also closeted. but i think ultimately you have to see him as a victim of the closet in the way that all gay people were victims of the closet. >> other victims of the closet were the hundreds of people who were persecuted by j. edgar hoover. we discussed him earlier, but he vigorously pursued investigations of so-called "sex perverts in government service." roy cohn was on a version of the original "firing line" with william f. buckley jr., where he actually talks about

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and so was leader mccarthy's. what explains president trump's behavior? why did he not take immediate action in the time of crisis? because president trump's plan for january 6th was the halt or delay congress was official proceeding to count the votes. the mob attacked the capital quick, the the mob attacking the capital quickly caused the evacuation of both the house and the senate. the count ground to an absolute hall and was ultimately delayed for hours. the mob was accomplishing president trump's purpose. so of course he didn't intervene. here's what will be clear by the end of this hearing. president trump did not fail to act during the 187 minutes between leaving the ellipse and telling the mob to go home. he chose not to act, but there were hundreds that day who honored their oaths and put their lives on the line to protect the people inside the capital and to safeguard our democracy. many of them are here to night with us, and many more are watching from home. as you already know, that we'll see again to night. their service and sacrifice shines

but republican leader kevin mccarthy tried to stack the committee with election denier congressman jim banks of india and trump sycophant and coup supporter, perhaps coconspirator, congressman jim jordan of ohio. nancy pelosi firmly rejected both men, who obviously had no place in a serious investigation into that -- >> these people are going to act up, cause a problem, and people said to me, put them on, and then when you act up, take them off. i said, why should we waste time on something as predictable. the republicans that they put on will have their own point of view. nobody is saying that it all should be one point of view for the committee. but it is, when statements of our ridiculous and fall into the realm of, you must be kidding, there's no way that they are going to be on the committee. >> so, pelosi says no two members. not all of them. just two of the members proposed. kevin mccarthy in turn accused pelosi of breaking with president by rejecting his patently unfit choices. >> speaker pelosi has taken the unprecedented step of denying the minority parties picks for the sele

. >> today, house minority leader kevin mccarthy became the latest member of team trump to discredit former white house aide cassidy hutchinson sworn testimony to the january 6th committee. here's what she told the committee about a phone call she received from mccarthy on january the 6th after trump finished his speech at the ellipse. >> he then explained the president just said, he much into the capitol, he told me this whole week you weren't coming up, here why would you lie to me? i, said i wasn't lying to you sir, we are not going to the capitol. and he, said, well he just said it onstage,, cassidy figure it, out don't come up here. >> now, a full month after hutchinson's under oath testimony, mccarthy says he doesn't remember any of that. >> if i talk to her, i don't remember it. if it was coming up here, i don't think i wanted a lot of people coming up to the capital. but i don't remember the conversation. >> what did you see specifically about trump coming to capital? >> i don't remember. that >> you don't remember being concerned by his comments? >> no. because i did watch i

kevin mccarthy was scared. as were others in congress. even those who themselves helps to provoke violence. and as you will see today, donald trump's own white house counsel, his own white house staff members of his own family all implored him to immediately intervene to condemn the violence and instruct his supporters to stand down, leave the capitol and disperse. for multiple hours. he would not. donald trump would not get on the phone in order the military or law enforcement agencies to help. and for hours donald trump chose not to answer the pleas from congress from his own party and from all across our nation to do with his oath required. he refused to defend our nation and our constitution. he refused to do what every american president must. in the days after january 6, almost no one in any political party would defend president trump's conduct and no one should do so today. thank you. and i now recognize the gentleman from virginia. thank you, madam. vice chair. article 2 of our constitution requires that the president's where a v

kevin mccarthy said we need a bipartisan outside commission to investigate this attack. after key negotiated and got all the terms he wanted he pulled the rug out from under the republicans that were supporting it and made sure it was defeated in the senate. once a bipartisan outside commission was defeated the only alternative was this committee. after kevin mccarthy named his members to the committee and speaker pelosi rejected two of them jim jordan and jim thanks for good reason, i supported her decision to do that, he withdrew all of his other nominees. the notion now that somehow that committee is incapable of getting to the facts of what happened because kevin mccarthy is nonsensical. it is also a diversion. nearly every single one of our witnesses has been a republican rusty bowers, brad -- bret: i understand. we have the list. cross-examination is an important thing in committee hearings, right? >> that's right. i would also point out that i think it is highly unlikely and i think you would agree that any of those witnesses testimony would be any different had t

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mccarthy dismissed them as snow white and the six dwarves. four years later, the senate of the united states would side with smith. she was right. the majority that had decided to take an easier path, mccarthy seemed powerful, the press loved him, he understood how to manipulate it, and we had this four years of madness. dwight eisenhower, much argument about that, about what he did, but he actually took a dive during the 1952 campaign and took out a section of his speech attacking mccarthy because they just didn't want to affront the base. huh, sounds pretty familiar, doesn't it? >> you know, eisenhower, one of my heros. when i was reading the great book on mccarthy. >> it was really hard to read because dwight eisenhower was a hero. he was going to win in wisconsin easily. he had a chance to criticize joe mccarthy, had a chance to criticize a man who had gone after and tried to wreck the career, wreck the life of his mentor. general marshall, and he refused to say a negative word about them. and like you said, actively, went into the speech

so it was leader mccarthy. my relationship with. he said it was getting really ugly over at the capitol. he said, anything that you can do to help, i would appreciate it. i don't recall when he. as anything you can do. i got the sense, that you, know they were scared. >> they meaning mr. mccarthy and people on the hill? because of the violence? >> he was scared, yes. >> think about. that leader mccarthy, who was one of the presidents strongest supporters was scared and begging for help. president trump turned him down. so, he tried to call the president's children. republican house member gallagher also implored the president to call off the attack. mister president, you have got to stop this. you are the only person who can call us off. call it off. -- the election is over. call it off. president elect, joe, biden also went live on tv to demand the president trump tell the mob to leave. >> i call on president trump to go on national television now. to fulfill his though and defend the constitution and demand and and to this evesham

we have pictures of the meeting the that the china task force had led by kevin mccarthy. here's what the chinese embassy says. we notice with grave concern that the house republican china task force held a round table discussion on taiwan related issues on wednesday which hiked up the china threat, clamored for today, ukraine tomorrow, taiwan and called forearming taiwan and then they go on to say we hope that leader mccarthy could strictly abide by the u.s. one china policy and the stipulation in the three joint communications between china and the u.s., implement the u.s. government's commitment that it does not support taiwan independence. there's your bullying right now, talking to the leader of the gop about his meeting with the ambassador of taiwan. >> well, i was at that meeting and i applaud leader mccarthy for his leadership, for his words of support for taiwan in that meeting and the one china policy talks about resolving issues with taiwan peacefully. it is the china communist party which is increasingly turning to military intimidation and a economic coercion.

then kevin mccarthy made a conscious decision to not participate. this was nobody's decision besides kevin mccarthy's, so it's not like republicans were shut out of the room. republicans could have taken a role on this committee. they could have had a bipartisan commission. they could have had any number of involvements in this process, but they chose not to have. it's important to remember that, chose. conscious decision. now, time will tell, politics will tell, and history will tell whether that was the right decision. i've made the argument it was stupid from every point of view, the republicans' point of view, the democrats' point of view, history's point of view, they have no one but themselves to blame that they are not in the room, so the argument that this is a one-party hearing, a, it's not. b, it's not. i mean, they chose to take themselves out of the arena, which is their decision. i mean, what was pelosi supposed to do at that point? oh, well, if kevin mccarthy's not going to put his people on, we're going to fold our tents and go on. id

the dead include a married couple, irina and kevin mccarthy, who attended the parade with their two year-old son aiden who was found wandering alone after the shooting. the boy's father died as he tried to protect his son from the rooftop sniper who fired 70 rounds at parade-goers. nine shooting victims remain hospitalized. on tuesday, authorities filed seven counts of first degree murder against the suspected gunman, a 21-year-old resident of highland park named robert crimo. police also acknowledged they visited the man's house twice in 2019, first after he tried to -- his family said he tried to take his own life by suicide and then when he threatened to "kill everyone." this is chris covelli, a spokesperson for the lake county's sheriff's office. >> the police removed 16 knives come a dagger, and a sword from crimo's home. at that time there was no probable cause to arrest. there were no complaints at were signed by any of the victims. the highland park police department, however, did immediately notify the illinois state police of the incident. amy: police say over the next three years,

i will play this from representative mccarthy. [video clip] you will spend more dollars chasing goods all during a recession. you are going to say, it's ok because you change the definition of a recession. einstein once said, the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. what you should really do, just change the definition. maybe people won't hear you or understand it. we all know across this country what caused inflation. democrats winning the house, senate and the presidency. and now you are doubling down on the same failed policies. with the worst inflation in 40 years not enough? are they trying to see how high they can get it? all while forcing the american people to pay the bills for your failures. democrats can help themselves. they simply don't care about the consequences. host: he was referring in part to the inflation reduction act. what do you think? guest: coming from a man who is accusing democrats of changing the definition of recession, coming from a man who has

the names of the seven victims are being released and among them are kevin mccarthy and irina mccarthy. there two-year-old child survived that shooting and was found alone. as we start to learn more about those victims, investigators are revealing more about the alleged gunman being held without bail. >> officials spoke at a press conference saying the motive is not clear. the suspect drove to madison, wisconsin. >> he located the celebration and contemplated another attack. >> we have more on the unfolding investigation. >> reporter: this morning the lone gunman who police say unleashed a rooftop ambush on this july 4 holiday parade is facing seven counts of first- degree murder with more charges likely.com. police are revealing they visited the home of the suspect twice before but he was able to legally purchase weapons afterwards. his firearm application was sponsored by his father. i spoke with the attorney. >> people are upset with the alleged shooter's parents. they are telling me how did they not know something like this would not happen? >> the fact is, nobody knew. nobody saw

the only time he apparently did so is in that private call with kevin mccarthy. there is something else president trump never acknowledged. the names and the memories of the officers who died following the attack on the capitol. we're honored to be joined tonight by police and first responders who bravely protected us on january 6th. your character and courage give us hope that democracy can and should prevail, even in the face of a violent insurrection. we onwe can never thank you enoh for what you did to protect our democracy. on january 9th two of president trump's officials texted each other on the glaring death of a capitol police officer who succumbed to his injured on the night of jan aou air a seventh. this was his director of public relations and communications. their job was to convince people to vote for president trump. they knew his heart, mind and voice as well as anyone. they knew how he connectd with his supporters. here is what they had to say about their boss. also said shitty not to acknowledge the tkaeugt of the capitol police officer. the res

>> i don't trust a thing kevin mccarthy says. i'll be honest with you. sometime about year or two ago he made the decision that his only goal is to become speaker of the house, and he'll do whatever he has to do. he thinks siding with the insurrec insurrection ists is the way to get there. cassidy hutchinson testified under oath, she's extremely credible. secondarily, they've all been discredited. i know this for a fact, cass dif hutchndson maintained a lot of outreach to members of congress. it is not inconceivable she would be the one kevin would call. >> he has been talking to her throughout the week because he was accusing her of lying to him about what she had said previously. congressman kinzinger -- >> yeah, i think -- >> yeah, go ahead. >> the idea that she would just come up with that story and make it up is ludicrous. >> congressman, i really appreciate your time. thank you. >>> big quite a week of big developments, whether it's high ranking members of the former committee, signs the justice department probe is reaching into the white house, th

kevin mccarthy, the republican leader, had an opportunity correct. but other members, and they withdrew that oper, correct. so there are 2 republican members that are leading. i mean one is the daughter of a former vice president states and rather a tough vice president. i'd state the other name is a no name and g o p. circles, why, in your estimation, just as you know in this mix, as she becomes so reviled adam, consider, you know, is likely going to move on to, you know, run, run a new organization called country 1st. but in that, the republicans don't seem to be solvent, right? now in terms of, of this discussion. yeah. so, so let's be clear, the reason why there aren't, as we both described republicans on the committee is entirely their own doing and their leader kevin mccarthy's doing. but even with that, what is impressed me maybe the most about these committee hearings is that the overwhelming majority of the witnesses have been republicans. 2 of the people who have really, i think, had the biggest role of, from what i've seen and the hearings

that's by the way, because kevin mccarthy rejected putting a g o p. members on other than the, the 2 that were appointed by speaker below. so i just went on to emphasize for audience, so they get lost the weeds. kevin mccarthy, the republican leader, had an opportunity to record other members and they withdrew that oper correct. so there are 2 republican members that are leading, i mean one is the daughter of a former vice pres, united states, and rather a tough vice pres, united states. you know, the chia name is a known name and g o p circles. why? in your estimation, just as you know in this mix, as she become so reviled adam, tensing her, you know, is likely gonna move on to, you know, run, run a new organization called country 1st. but in that, the republicans don't seem to be solvent right now. in terms of, of this discussion. yes. so, so let's be clear, the reason why there are as, as we both described, republicans on the committee is entirely their own doing and their leader kevin mccarthy's doing. but even with that, what is impressed me maybe the most about these committee

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obviously the mccarthy one would have had jim jordan and others. they would not have that so they took them all out, making this committee look a little more partisan and against trump, but they are just showing the facts. the doj, we all know, but going back to the nixon thing. people are so divided.we all want the same things but these wedge issues that have been in the past creating personal ideologies and their morals and such, you know, that creates such a problem, but when it comes down to it, the pocketbook issues, are going farther in this campaign. host: i will jump in. jim antle, what do you hear their? guest: i think inflation and pocketbook issues will be the dominant issues in this campaign. while there will be some concerted effort to make the election about trump and that might limit the extent of any red wave, i don't think it will necessarily prevent one, especially in the house. i think the underlying issues are going to be very difficult for democrats. i think a lot of people are going to vote on the economy. i think that a lot o

of highland park. 37-year-old kevin mccarthy of highland park. 63-year-old jacquelyn sundheim of highland park. 88-year-old stephen straus of highland park. 78-year-old nicolas toledo-zargoza of morelos, mexico. >> the seventh victim has not been identified. the family of 78-year-old nicolas toledo says the father of eight and grandfather to many had been visiting his family in highland park from mexico. they described him as a loving man who was creative, adventurous, and funny. 63-year-old jacki sundheim was a lifelong congregant and staff member at a nearby synagogue serving as preschoolteacher and events coordinator. in a statement, the north shore congregation saying there are no words sufficient to express the depth of our grief for jacki's death and sympathy for her family and loved ones. a total of 39 patients were taken to four area hospitals. 26 went to highland park hospital ranging in age from 8 to 85. nine patients now remain hospitalized. john whitehead teaches history in a local school. mass shootings now a part of american history. explaining it nearly impossible. >> to be

in february 1950, mccarthy claimed over 200, as were working for the state department. close even if they're only one in the state department, that would be one communist too many. >> during webb's staff meeting of gore 13, they discussed defending the security against mccarthy's accusations. in an effort to do so, later that day, deputy undersecretary john here boys for the congressional committee the state department had already been actively working to remove security threats from their employment roster. none of them were climbing us but of the 202 people they fired over their previous two years, 91 were suspected to be homosexuals. as stated in his during david johnson's book on the lavender scare, rather than see the revelation as evidence of an effective system, many interpreted it as proof the state department, perhaps the entire government, was infiltrated with sexual perverts. senator clyde hughley was tacit with investigating the situation. he told his chief counsel -- >> i don't want any public hearings at all on this matter. i want it as low-key as possible

at that point mccarthy said we will not include anyone at all. then speaker pelosi said we are still going to have a bipartisan committee. that is why we have bennie thompson as the chair, we have liz cheney, the chair of the republican conference on the house side, adam kinzinger who you know is a distinguished vet and is still in the service today. we have operated in a bipartisan way. you will note the vast majority of people testifying about what happened are republicans, whether people like secretary of state raffensperger, a trump supporter in georgia who is the one who reported trump trying to get him to fabricate votes. or the republican speaker of the house in arizona, or william barr, who was an extremely loyal member of the trump administration that stuck with trump through thick and thin but ended up saying the big lie was bs. i will clean that up for c-span. he was the one who told him there was nothing there in all of these claims of election fraud. it is that big lie that was the source of all of these events. i agree with you if y

house minority leader mccarthy is seeking to cast doubt on miss hutchinson's testimony and the work of the committee. >> this is just the continuation. they're obsessed with trump and this is all they want to do, but this here say would never be allowed in the court of law. >> we should point out, nothing would be here say if mr. meadows or pat cipollone would testify under oath. all they need to do is tell the truth. say what they said. then everything would be clear. hutchinson is also being attacked be i the former president himself. here's some of what he told news max yesterday for an interview that aired today. >> this lady yesterday, there's something wrong with her? is there something wrong? the woman is living in fantasy land. she's a social climber if you call it social. she's got serious problems. mental problems. but for this girl to sit there and just, i think just make up -- and again, i hardly know who she is. >> this girl, he says, about a highly regarded 26-year-old republican woman who loyally served as the principle aide to his own chief of staff, mark meadows, claim

we saw that former president trump is very angry that kevin mccarthy did exactly what trump wanted to do was pull out his republican members of congress, because now he has two republican members who aren't going to sit there and spew out the big lie, so this is an amazing thing for the american people to hear the truth. most importantly, we want the truth to come out so that something like this never happens again in this country. >> it doesn't appear to be breaking through republicans. a lot of recent polling showing the number of republicans over the last year who view this as a legitimate protest on january 6th and not an insurrection has actually dramatically risen, how do you explain that? >> well, look, on the margins it's puncturing through. what will haste history say in five years? i can guarantee you -- well, in about ten years, a single trump supporter that exists anywhere in the country, it's like nixon, lot of people spotted nixon until he was out of office, then, look, nobody supported nixon. the other thing is, we live in a media environment, where you get your media f

. >>> there is new cnn reporting this morning that some republicans such as kevin mccarthy are fuming that senate minority leader mitch mcconnell has in their view helped democrats push through a series of bipartisan pieces of legislation. mcconnell's cooperation surprising to some considering he certainly has a reputation for stopping democrats' legislation, keeping his confidence united and together. he's earned the nickname, the grim reaper. >> yeah, he wore that nickname look a badge of honor. over the past year we have seen mcconnell at odds with his own party over issues such as infrastructure, gun violence and most recently the critical chips bill. cnn's melanie zanona is on capitol hill. what more can you tell us about this potential rift? >> reporter: grim reaper no more. mitch mcconnell has been responsible for keeping some of these bipartisan priorities alive, which democrats are now touting on the campaign trail. as you mentioned, he's voted for infrastructure, gun reform and now most recently a bill to boost the global chip shortage. and that is really put him at odds wit

kevin mccarthy, mitch mcconnell, condemning the insurrection, before they fell into line. mccarthy went down to mar-a-lago, eight days after joe biden took over at the white house. mcconnell, who probably doesn't get enough blame for this, it is not going to happen until after january 20th, at which point, everybody had their built-in answers. why should we impeach a president who isn't in office? they all did their part here, and ultimately, they are propping him up, in that continues to this day, and so is everyone else. >> j.d. vance wants text to a friend, he thinks trump might be hitler. now, being completely obedient to him, running the trumpiest candidate of all campaign. do people like j.d. vance get any respect for their voters, or do they just think that their voters are dumb, and that they will believe it if they just say, i love trump? >> it really doesn't look respectful from the outside. the fact is, they voted for him. he is the republican nominee for senate in ohio, and he's a bet to win that senate seat in november. they will say, the only formula that the

his mother, irina mccarthy was 35 years old his father, kevin mccarthy 37 years old. we learn more today about the alleged sue shooter. police say that in 2019, someone who knew the shooter call the police because the shooter had attempted suicide. just four months later the police were called again, this time by the teenagers parents, who said their son has threatened to quote, kill everyone. police remove 16 knives as well as a dagger and a sword from the home. authorities say the suspect has been willing to speak to investigators since he has been taken into custody. they say at this, time any kind of motive he may have had remains unclear. the alleged shooter was charged late tonight with seven counts of murder. the states attorney general is right, here he brought up the chargers and said tonight he expects dozens of more charges will be right to account not just for the seven people were killed, but all of the victims. charges will be representative not just of the physical damage done by the shooter, but the emotional damage, if convicted, these charges come wi

i mean, kevin mccarthy wants nothing more than to be speak over the house. and he knows the surest way of blowing that dream up is to get on the wrong side of donald trump. so he has to make it work for him with donald trump. lindsey graham desperately wanted to be reelected as a senator from south carolina in 2020. it's a very red state. he needed the blessing of donald trump. mitch mcconnell is different. they don't have any personal bond whatsoever. but mitch mcconnell knew that if he wanted to work with the republican president and get the judges that he wanted to get from the supreme court on down, he needed to work with the white house on this. look, politics is about deal making. but ultimate lirks this relationship has been very precarious, and they have turned the other way in -- in a lot of steps along the way to a presidency that think, you know, they would say privately and i certainly would say has been quite destructive. >> so much reporting that is striking. i want to quote from one -- this is one part of europe coersation with liz cheney. she

this is what mccarthy said today when he was pressed. >> i don't remember having any conversations with her about coming -- about the president coming to the capitol. i just don't recall any of that. i recall my conversation with dan scavino, i remember calling jared. that was in the midst of pop coming into the capitol and being removed from the office. >> reporter: again, a reminder of why they want to speak with kevin mccarthy and in talks with bennie thompson today he was saying they are considering still what to do with these republican lawmakers who have stone walled their subpoenas but thomson also said when you don't want to remember, it's sometimes convenient to say you just can't remember. that's thompson's read on it anyway. >> politico had the reporting about the 20 transcripts being handed over. do we have any details about what's in them and why they're being shared first? >> one reason that the justice department always wants to see transcripts of interviews that happen under oath before congress is because something that's key to them is being able to make sure what peop

mccarthy has made it clear that he does not plan to cooperate. there have been no signs of his thinking on that has changed. him, other members of congress, those are people that they would like to get. >> great reporting as always. we are sharing your analysis. that is a national correspondent for politico. there are still numerous legal issues. >> there are attempts to overthrow american democracy. that is ahead. democracy that is ahead. that is ahead. cibinqo - now fda approved 100% steroid free not an injection, cibinqo is a once-daily pill for adults ability to fight infections, including tb. before and during treatment, your doctor should check for infections and do blood tests. tell your doctor if you've had hepatitis b or c, have flu-like symptomsfatal, lymphoma, lung, skin and other cancers, serious heart-related events, and blood clots can happen. people 50 and older with heart disease risk factors have an increased risk of serious heart-related events or death with jak inhibitors. this is the moment. but we've only just begun. a new in

mccarthy called me with this information, i answered the call. and he sounded rough but also frustrated and angry at me. i was confused because i didn't know what the president had just said. he then explained the president just said he's marching to the capel toll. you told me this whole week, you aren't coming up here. why would you lie to me? i said, i'm not lying. i wasn't lying to you, sir. i -- we're not going to the capitol. he said, well, he just said it on stage, cassidy. figure it out. don't come up here. >> with that, we're joined by adam a adam kinzinger. thanks for being here. the inspector general for the department of homeland security knew about the missing secret service text messages over a year before alerting your committee, seven months earlier than secret service officials had previously stated. does that make any sense to you? >> it doesn't. and you know, this is all new to me too. we found out as a committee, as you well know and have reported, about these missing texts not that long ago. we got a letter from the ig. we ta

so this is kevin mccarthy's choice. but also, i mean, we have to say, you know, what an effective job they have done and what an effective move it was for nancy pelosi to put liz cheney and adam kinzinger on that committee. they are two of the most forceful members of this committee. this was nancy pelosi's decision, that she was going to give this kind of a platform to a very conservative republican, a former member of leadership. i think it is paying off for her. >> ben, i talked to you about the threats against adam kinzinger and adam schiff responded to that. he's obviously had threats. we're not going to play the tape right now of some of the horrible things that were said. but as a republican and as someone who has worked pro bono for these election workers that had similar experiences, what would be your message to the party going forward about the kind of abuse of the political system and of, you know, fellow republicans? >> you know, the republican party looks to take control of the party through the political

. >> the republicans changed their vote after kevin mccarthy whipped against it. that's an investment in america and that's what conservatives are talking about all the time and then to turn your back on the chips bill. thank god it got through but -- >> coming up, pelosi's possible taiwan trip is sparking fears of chinese retaliation and what, if any, did biden's call with chinese president xi jinping accomplish. we'll take that up next. >> president biden and his chinese counter part xi jinping spoke on thursday to tamp down tensions over taiwan. complicating the situation is a visit to the island by speaker pelosi next month. shy that threatened an aggressive response over the trip warning bind not to play with fire as they said. the administration attempts to dis-sway the speaker from going and to forego would be kowtowing to chinese threats. >> our friends and our allies are watching this real closely. because if they see the bad guys able to threaten the united states of america, that means no country is safe from tyranny. >> so to pick this up with our pane

you describing what you said to kevin mccarthy. kevin, you have convinced half of the country that the election was stolen. there's going to be violence, and mccarthy's answer, thanks, adam. next caller. just an extraordinary moment, of course you were turned out unfortunately to be right. mccarthy clearly didn't believe this stuff, would it have been different if he had stood up and he said no, the election is not stolen, and pushed back on this effort or would he just have been pushed aside, was it too late? >> look, it would be so different right now. would he have been pushed aside in process? maybe. the question is, what are you going to stand for in your life? go out being known as the guy who enabled a failed coup or the guy who goes out standing up? very likely could have survived this. when he went to mar-a-lago, you robe this, a couple week period after january 6th almost a standoff among republicans, what do we do? the second kevin mccarthy showed up at mar-a-lago taking that picture with donald trump he literally resurr

. >> reporter: tony and irina cologne are part of the mccarthy's extended family. they felt compelled to help little aidan, so they started a gofundme for the little boy the donations taking off like wildfire. growing from a few thousand to now more than $2 million. >> it's so overwhelming people are donating not just money they're donating everything their time, babysitting, wipes everything >> tom joins us from highland park. going back to court today, could more charges be filed against the suspect? >> reporter: lester, prosecutors here continue to say he could face additional charges, including attempted murder for all those people that were injured out there on the parade route. if convicted, he faces life in prison without parole lester >> tom, thank you. >>> we want to take a closer look at the questions so many are asking how was the suspect able to buy guns despite his past threats and two encounters with police we get more on that now from pete williams >> reporter: anyone wanting to buy a gun or ammunition in illinois must first get a firearm owners iden

so she was in a position of she was also pretty close to kevin mccarthy. so, it was striking to hear him say that in such a dismissive way, because he actually knows her. >> according to her, he called her while president trump was on stage on january 6th at the ellipse and accused her of lying to him about the president going to the capitol. >> that's right. and look, mccarthy, as you said, is another one of the republicans who has walked away from this committee, so, there's no way of knowing what his response to that would be, but he's certainly someone -- one of the oddities around cassidy hutchinson, as just somebody surviving in that world, she was close to mark meadows and kevin mccarthy, who people who don't really particularly like each other. >> there's new "l.a. times" reporting that mark meadows brought a fraud allegation to bill barr the day after the 2020 election questioning the results. according to records released by the justice department. is that significant at all? >> what's significant is the actual allegation he was bringing to the a

the two youngest, irina and kevin mccarthy, leave behind their 2-year-old son. witnesses say mccarthy died shielding the toddler from the gunman's bullets. >> he was saying, "mommy, daddy, and i went to look for his mom and dad, and then i saw the scene, carnage. >> reporter: the boy was found covered in blood. they took the boy home and launched a search for his family. hours later a detective reunited the boy with his grandparents. and nearly $3 million has been raised for that little boy who lost his parents. >> just heartbreaking. trinity chavez in new york. thank you so much. >> reporter: thank you. >>> so be sure to stay with "cbs mornings." we'll have more of our exclusive interview with highland park police chief lou jogmen and atf agent in charge of chicago, kristen de tineo. that's ahead on "cbs mornings." >>> police in richmond, virginia, say that they were able to prevent a planned fourth of july mass shooting thanks to what they're calling a hero citizen. they say someone overheard a conversation about alleged plans for an attack where an annual fir

. >> up next house minority leader kevin mccarthy discusses the legislative agenda with reporters in his weekly press briefing. leader mccarthy was asked about the computer chip funding legislation, public safety proposals and the january 6th committee investigation. this runs about 20 minutes. >> i had a great line. heads up. >> good morning. what is the future to come? in a few hours the democrat led house is set to recess for 45 days, then we will come back for just 11 the legislative days. we're recessing just one day after this nation entered a recession. before they leave let's acknowledge, the democrats have no plan to help americans who are paying the highest prices in 40 years. they have no plan to stop workers from losing an entire month salary because of inflation. they have no plan to bring down the high gas prices they are still costing families more than four dollars a gallon and hundreds of dollars every sickly year. they have no plan to rescue and secure our border or reduce crime. democrats have no plan to help americans. but their policies only make it worse. our co