what does this mean for jason chaffetz who wants the job? >> jason chaffetz might be one of the beneficiaries with them because he threw his hat was in the ring. mccarthy would get the biggest and dan webster second and chaffetz 10 or 11 votes. and he might come out of the wood work or someone comes in to the speakership here. >> what are the democrats saying? >> reporter: i was on fox business. and the chair of the house democratic caucus was on and he said maybe republicans might realize that john boehner was the best deal they being get. individual members of congress in the republican party who had trouble with him. and john boehner who is number one plan to keep the government open and not hit it with the debt seouling and that was the history. and that was the way to go and that's the point ja vier was making. >> we get information from chad every day. and don't miss what he writes tis invaluable and. chad, we'll rely on your notes in the knocks hours on fox news. we will continue to watch this. >> for more on this. we'll bring in chri

jason chaffetz, kevin mccarthy, picked themselves as speaker. sealed to be all systems go for kevin mccarthy. front page of newspapers predicted he would be house speaker and telling sources around him he would get the job. by 12 noon. official enclave of gop voters met and who they want. kevin mccarthy dropping out. saying he was not the guy. did he have the votes? is he too closely aligned with john boehner. who will get the job when boehner leaves at end of the month. we have blake burman, d.c., steve moore. and republican strategist ford o'connell. blake, starting with you, what are lawmakers there in d.c. telling you about today's events? >> a lot of them are stunned, trish. nobody saw this coming. at noon there was supposed to be a meeting all 247 republican lawmakers got into the room. pretty much like an episode of "survivor," write down on sheet of paper who they want as next speaker. the question going forward. it was believed going into all of this, would kevin mccarthy get to 218. that is the magic number to become the next speaker n

>> reporter: well, jason chaffetz knows where things are right now. he does not have the support to become nominated to become the next speaker by his own party. kevin mccarthy by all accounts does. we're going to be looking closely at how close he gets to that magic 218 number. jason chaffetz really took a pretty significant blow to his candidacy when the house freedom caucus, that conservative group came out and they supported daniel webster instead of him. he was supposed to be the guy who was aimed to bridge those conservatives with the more establishment type in the party, and i asked him about that. here is what he had to say. >> i'm trying to bridge the gulf and the divide. that's not just going to end today. there are new processes and things that we have to do to get this team even more unified than in the past. >> reporter: chaffetz said he will back the nominee after today's vote. that's a significant move. he plans to end his candidacy. the question is whether some of the other folks who backed daniel webster will turn around and back the

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. >>> republican congressman jason chaffetz made it official. he's running for house speaker. >> joining us to talk about it and a lot more is moderator of "meet the press" chuck todd. how are you. >> how are you doing? >> not something unexpected. >> jason chaffetz is very comfortable on tv. i think people see him frequently. he's a congressman from utah. and it's interesting. he and mccarthy are about the same age. generation rally he's a little bit different. yes, he's a conservative, but he's not always a predictable conservative. i think he's definitely -- he's comfortable in the tea party wing of the party. but a little known fact about him. he was a college football kicker for byu. >> really. >> no respect as he said. i've talked to him about this. he said four years at byu in the '80s was not good. >> he's dealing with the secret service. >> it only made him more popular. the secret service investigating him. it's funnying. elia cummings threw out a statement supporting chaffetz. i document know if chaffetz can beat mccarthy. i think he

tara is right, jason chaffetz is great at messaging. since he came to the house in 2008, he's been known for running his government reform committee well. he has been sleeping in the house to save money. he's stepped up to the plate. paul ryan was inclined to get in it. four years ago, he was campaigning to be vice president. should he get a chance? he can be a spoiler candidate. we can force the race into having a robust election where people compete and not just giving someone proxy as the next, you know, boehner light, which mccarthy would be. if jason chaffetz is successful in making this last a couple weeks, getting mccarthy out of the race, that is a win in itself. >> i wanted to quick talk about the new poll we're seeing in the republican race for president. trump still leading in both iowa and new hampshire. the first voting states. the lead is shrinking. in iowa, trump lost five points. in new hampshire, he's down seven points. all this in the last month. signs he's losing his appeal? >> i don't know necessarily that he's losin

here's jason chaffetz speaking before a crowd of reporters. robert costa, with us this morning on "washington journal," some of his take of the meeting this morning. host: we'll show you some of the comments that just happened a short while ago. we'll hear from jason chaffetz and also from daniel webster as they left that meeting this morning. >> what is the main concern? >> i don't think there was any concern directed at me. i think there was a good discussion about you how we do deal with certain issues. that's what you want to do. i'm glad members showed up and went as long as it did. >> more than 100 people in the room? >> we had other discussions. i hope we got everybody. i don't know that we did in the short amount of time. between the republican study committee and all that, we met with a lot of people. >> mccarthy will overcome whatever doubts -- >> that's a mistake we have to move on. that's not normally what he does. everybody understands that. the validity of that committee is showing true. democrats can ask questions. republicans c

things seem to have changed with jason chaffetz getting into the race. second inurn to this command. two candidates vying for that spot. tom price, steve scalise. what have you heard? >> it seems like a close race. they are appealing more to the conservatives but scalise came into leadership as the conservative candidate here. it seems like you might have the advantage as the whip in his current position. his team starts out with the votes and the organization but i think prices making a good run of it. it does seem like members think scully's has the upper hand. it is one of those questions that needs to be shaken out and that sort of position will depend on how the speaker race turns out if mccarthy does not move up to the rank and the position isn't opened. >> what about talk of changing the rules? having to give up your current position to run for a new one? >> that has been thrown out there as an idea that any member in leadership who wants to run for a new spot has to vacate their old position. it would change the dynamic. right now, the only spot

congressman jason chaffetz of utah will make a last minute run at the speakership. this news comes after kevin mccarthy's comments earlier this week suggesting the gop led benghazi committee helped tank hillary clinton's poll numbers. >> the point i was trying to make i wasn't -- that committee is to get the truth out. >> we should be clear here. chaffetz is getting a very late start. he only has a week to gather support, less than a week. mccarthy is the leading candidate for the job but still officially 50 republican votes he would probably need shy of the 218 it would take to win the fwavl gavel. let's start with this. i want to play jason chaffetz to give people the background on why this is happening. jason chaffetz said he was on board with kevin mccarthy, the current number two candidate. this is what jason chaffetz had to say. >> those statements are absolutely inappropriate. they should be with ddrawnwithd to suggest political motivation is not fair to myself. most importantly it's not fair to the four families who lost loves ones. it was never the intentio

for jasone whip count chaffetz? guest: right now i guess the only public whip count we have is about three people. that would be jason chaffetz and his utah colleagues. but there is probably more than that. he has actually told people not to publicly say they are supporting him. he does not want people to get caught in the crosshairs of kevin mccarthy or anyone else. shot.really a long green caucus house said it was going to endorse daniel webster. he really could come in and third. host: what prompted him to jump in and what is his strategy for winning? guest: there are a couple different strategies. one i think maybe he is betting that people will feel that mccarthy's current leadership and we need a fresh face and a fresh start. but the other long-term strategy is mr. mccarthy gets the nomination today. mccarthy can't get a majority of those in the house. they go to a second ballot, he still can't get it. and maybe there hope is that at some point he will say, ok. mccarthy can't get enough. what about this jason

committee chairman jason chaffetz said in a committee chairman jason chaffetz said in a statement that koskinen destroyed documents and misled the public. the irs said tuesday it did not have an immediate comment on the resolution. tim: a new south sioux city law has some city leaders butting heads with propery owrs.. south sioux city has passed a new ordinance for rental inspections that will take effect in march. with the n ordinance, property owners must follow a checklist of maintence codes. the rental inspection board emphasizes the importance of safety and health in living environments. "we're concerned about the health and safety of the occupants," said randy meyer, chairman of the rental inspection board. "and we're goininto go in and make sure there are no violations". . members of the ordinance board feel the updated dwelling law will create a safer environment for occupants. this new ordinance for rental inspections was created under the leadership of a diverse group of south sioux city citizens including the mayor, landowners, a homeowner, as well as attorneys and paralegal

i do jason chaffetz is a comer. a little tidbit under the heading of seven degrees of separation from kevin bacon, he's the son of kitty dukakis' first husband. shows you what a small world the political world is. >> i'm trying to diagram that out. thanks, chris. let's hear from a democrat in the house of representatives. congressman frank pallone, a democrat representing a jersey shore district of mostly monmouth county. last time you were in the news was earlier this week, seems like a year ago, your request that sports betting sites like fan duel be looked into, perhaps referred to the ftc. well, here we are looking at a house of representatives without a clear front-runner for speaker of the house, controlled by the other party. what do you make of just what went down in the gop caucus today? >> it's good to see you, brian. i think it's just very unfortunate and indicative of the fact that with this chaos that the republican majority in the house just can't run the government. as chris said, we have very importa

and an exclusive interchange with jason chaffetz. >> the crisis in syria deepens and the russians bomb assad's enemies and tell the united states to get out of the way. >> into the wreckage of this administration's middle east policy has now stepped vladimir putin. >> what does that mean for the future of the region? we will ask retired four-star general jack keane and ryan crocker former ambassador to iraq and syria. >> husband, another mass shooting as a gunman targets christians at an oregon community college. >> our thoughts and prayers are not enough. this is a political choice we make to allow this to happen every few months in america. >> we weigh in on the president's comments and what can be done to prevent more massacres. >> our power player of the week, on inspiring generations of children. >> hello from fox news in washington. house speaker is a big job, he or she leads half of congress and is second in the line of presidential succession. when speaker boehner announced his resignation it seemed certain the number two majority leader would succeed him but, suddenly, that is

the speaker's battle now has been joined by jason chaffetz, running against kevin mccarthy. congressman chaffetz now joins me. congressman, thank you very much for being with us. this has divided the conference. tell me why you are going up against kevin mccarthy. >> i like to think i'm not running against kevin mccarthy. he's a good man. he's done a lot. he's big reason why we are in the majority. i have put my name in to become the next speaker of the house. having an internal debate as to who should be the next speaker is kind of the mesamerican way. a little competition, i shouldn't be afraid of that. i think we need a fresh start. we need to bridge the internal divide we have had. we have had very spirited debates. i want to engage in internal process reform that i think could make the whole political spectrum more positive about the end result and i also want to get more aggressive on the communications war, because i think generally, house republicans have been fairly pathetic in our ability to take the argument to the president, to the senate and ultimately to the am

so, mark, let's pick up here with jason chaffetz. congressman, of course, potentially getting some steam but now jon huntsman has come after him and not painting a flattering picture of him. >> tamron, this is your debate pretty much. you have current house majority leader kevin mccarthy going toe-to-toe with house republican jason chaffetz. to me, what's most interesting is the timing on the leadership in the speaker race for republicans. it's now going to be october 29th. in some ways that's not good news for kevin mccarthy because those three additional weeks give opponents a little bit more time to make the case against mccarthy. i do note the timing of the benghazi committee's very interesting. october 22nd is when hillary clinton testifies before that benghazi committee. if she's able to use kevin mccarthy's own comments as a shield in that testimony, you might have a lot of upset and angry house republicans that they weren't able to score a lot of points. so i think what ends up happening at that benghazi committee could have

also in the race are jason chaffetz and daniel webster. the more conservative wing backing website er. brave live in washington, what can we expect today. >> we can expect some discord. some are already said they are not supporting mccarthy. he is still considered the front runner. he's the majority leader. he is the number two behind boehner. but the problem is some conservatives think he is too much like john boehner. they have been fighting for a greater voice within the party and not inclined to support mccarthy. jason chaffetz has been a conservative critic and outspoken critic within the party. so we're expecting he will get a decent amount of support and then daniel webster, who is not nearly as well known is the person that the conservative freedom caucus says they are voting for today. about 40 lawmakers there. today an internal vote, that final vote to choose the house speaker is october 29th when democrats get to weigh in. and are they likely to support one of these? or as some of them are say already saying now, they are going

i want to bring your attention to jason chaffetz, now that he's in the running. it seemed like mccarthy was a shoo-in, with a former top republican who said to me, this is mccarthy's deal. he gets that it's all it's the message that republicans need to put their message through. well, what happened? then the comments happened a few days after that about benghazi and you heard kevin mccarthy say, yeah, that probably had something to do with it. here is what i bring your attention about chaffetz, i'm quoting here, we need to bring the fight to the american people and he said it with an exclamation point. jason chaffetz if you've been following his quotes the last couple of days, the message, the message, the message, we need to bring the message of republicans and what our base wants out into the public, out of congress and that's what we need to get going forward. neil: wait a minute, didn't chaffetz do the bidding of speaker boehner when the bumped a congressman off the committee and all of a sudden came in, you know, angry concerned tea partier and then did the

chaffetz was here on cnn and he was not happy about the comments of kevin mccarthy about the benghazi select committee to the comment th that he made that it was political to disparage her. and what happened between then and thursday. >> it is amazing, because he said that he was supportive of kevin mccarthy and then they had a fund-raiser together, and he told mccarthy straight up i will challenge you, and he said that he decided between thursday night and friday morning he going to run, but he nos that he is a long shot for the race, and little chance that he can win, but he is trying to tap into the unrest within the republican conference over a simply promoting the existing leadership team, and that is the leadership team that folks are talking about that the republicans and the conservatives have not been aggressive enough in pursuing the agenda, and not just fighting the president, but the republicans in the senate as well. >> and this could get lively if he is getting the majority of the caucus in the house, and he does not get the 218 vote, and all of the democrats will will v

jason chaffetz wrangled some support. he's a representative from utah. he said it was the numbers, 218 to elect a new speaker. >> so, look, so i'm wondering now. you mentioned chaffetz. i heard mr. webster's name as well here. so where is the consensus candidate? who is it? who can get to 217? >> reporter: you know, the people we have spoken to so far today have not said that jason chaffetz or daniel webster, the representative from florida and former speaker of the house from florida is that candidate. they have said they're going to look at other candidates, looking to find a candidate, maybe even a paul ryan who has said insistently he doesn't want to be speaker. they may go to him and say they need him to be speaker. right now they don't have that, and chaffetz knows that as well. >> is there a clock running on this? >> reporter: the time line is john boehner's rez anythings -- re nation. if they can't get to 218, he has to stay and work some overtime. he doesn't want that to happen either. he'll have a big hand trying to bring this party he's strugg

jason chaffetz of utah has decided that he is going to run, as well. he's been an outspoken conservative critic of the party. and finally, florida's daniel webster, who is less known, but now the freedom caucus, a group of conservative lawmakers, say that they will vote together in a bloc in favor of him. that's going to take a lot of votes away from kevin mccarthy. so it's not clear at all at this point if he is actually get to the 218 votes needed at the end of the month, that final election is happening on october 29th. >> tracie potts live in d.c. >>> presidential politics, rupert murdoch following a tv interview on his fox news channel posted a tweet that seemed to compare gop presidential candidate ben carson to current president barack obama. he wrote, ben and candy carson terrific. what about a real black president who can properly address the racial divide? and much else. murdoch has been publicly supportive of ben carson, but this tweet got so much attention on social media, even legendary tv producer norman lear weighed in, he tweeted really

the director of the secret service apologizing this morning to congressman jason chaffetz. new report says the top official suggested leaking details of the utah republican's unsuccessful application to join the secret service back in 2003. chaffetz is a long time critic of the agency. joined from washington with more. not often we hear a direct apology like this, jim. >> not often but the allegations are pretty severe. and so director joe clansy of the u.s. secret service is putting out this statement apologizing to the house oversight committee jason chaffetz after one of its top officials apparently tried to leak information about chaffetz to the press. right here, it says very clearly information he might find embarrassing. this is from a u.s. secret service official ed lowry. says some information you might find embarrassing needs to get out and he's talk about the jason chaffetz. now the director of the secret service as you mentioned is putting o autostatement apologizing. i don't know if we have that to put up but i can read part to you. the secret service takes emp

joining me now is congressman jason chaffetz, chair of the powerful oversight committee. congressman, welcome back to "fox news sunday". >> thanks for having me. >> five weeks ago you said you supported kevin mccarthy for speaker and it was widely assumed, the number two position in the gop caucus, that he would move up when john boehner moved out. why are you even considering the idea of running against mccarthy? >> kevin mccarthy is a good man. it's a reason why we have such a solid majority. but things have changed and there's really a math problem. you need 218 votes on the floor of the house. there are 246 republicans that will vote but there are nearly 50 people and a growing number that will not and cannot vote for kevin mccarthy as the speaker on the floor. he's going to fall short of the 218 votes on the floor of the house. >> so, what are you going to do? are you running for speaker? are you going to put your name forward when the house caucus votes on thursday? >> today, here, i am announcing my intention to run for speaker of the house of represents. we were e

jason chaffetz goes "on the record." i appreciate it. >> why do you want to be speaker of the house? >> you know. i think it's time for a new start. speaker boehner is stepping down. we can appreciate what has done but at the same time, we got -- we got elected with the largest majority that we have had since babe ruth was swing ago bat and they expect us to get results. they expect us to tackle tough issues and not punt and take the fight to the president and to the senate and to the american people and that's what i want to do. >> okay. you are running general's majority leader kevin mccarthy, you guys are good friends. >> he is a s. a great guy. >> you guys have talked about it. >> i did on friday morning. eyeball to eyeball. >> did you say i hate you now. >> we are friends. i think it was tough. i just told him why i was running and i thought he had a math problem. >> meaning he doesn't have 218 votes. >> 22 18 votes on the floor of the house is what it takes. i do feel in my heart i'm not running against cfn i'm run

a number of others are -- >> well, jason chaffetz is among those. he is the guy who shoved you aside and then unshoved you when it looks like folks were angry how you were treated you. got your post back ute i'm sure you're licking some wounds. that do you think? >> i think we're all better off for it. jason and i are good friends -- >> would you support him for speaker. >> certainly i could support him under the right circumstances. we have a great -- >> what about dan webster? he was the beneficiary of the freedom caucus group of some 40 members. what too you thing? >> certainly he has the credentials of being the speaker of the house in florida, really more of a process guy and that's what this gets down to. motor about who is going to change the way we do business here in washington, dc, more so than really about the person, and so i think that's what most of us are waiting to see, who is going to come out with the best plan to do that. obviously it took a very sharp turn to either the left or right this morning when mccarthy mentioned he is goi

what is the impact on mccarthy as well as jason chaffetz? daniel: the unknown is jason chaffetz. we do not know how much support he has. there are only a handful of members who have publicly endorsed him. he could get a few, as well. the freedom caucus comprises 30-40 members and if they vote in a block, that promises and -- at least something like 30 votes to webster. in the immediate term, it will not have a huge effect because mccarthy is going to be probably the recipient of a wide majority of the republican votes, behind closed doors tomorrow. where this matters is october 29, when they go to the house floor. that is a big unknown. on the house floor, mccarthy needs to win 218 votes to be named speaker. he cannot do that if 30 or more republicans vote for somebody else. you need 218 republicans and there are 247. it just makes it infinitely tougher to get there. host: is the freedom caucus not committing to vote for whoever comes out as the winner tomorrow? daniel: my understanding of their decision is that they are committing for only tomorrow. i think they view the rest of

does jason chaffetz have a shot? he said it's all about the numbers, all about the math and mccarthy can't get 218 votes. >> as of right now chaffetz is right about that. mccarthy doesn't have 218 votes which is what he'd need. some republicans flat-out aren't going to vote for kevin mccarthy as of right now. >> because of the benghazi comments? >> the freedom caucus and some of the tea party folks were thinking they were going to give him a chance but weren't sold on him. there was still room to move around here. the benghazi remarks just blew the lid off of everything. everyone is pretty upset on capitol hill about this. they're going if he's going to -- if he can't even get the message out correctly now, what's he going to do when he's speaker? so there's a lot of room here. i don't think that chaffetz necessarily can win, but i think it's going to definitely cause some backdoor dealing going on before the vote on thursday. >> that never happens in washington. >> no, no. more so than they originally thought. >> ma

with jason chaffetz. he said he would. the paul ryan if paul ryan ran for speaker. jason chaffetz is the congressman who fried to challenge mckaerlt who with drew abankruptly and threw the contest into turmoil. jason chaffetz said he absolutely would get behind paul ryan, if mr. ryan decided to run. republicans just gathered in this room right behind me where they talk for about an hour about the way forward. they try to figure out what they should do after that sudden resignation announcement. paul ryan did not say much. there were some who encouraged him to run, pictures people made but he did not express his interest whatsoever. members have been talking to him behind the scene. one said, how's ghim morning? he said, do you have something to tell me this morning? and mr. ryan said, no, i don't. he's keeping his cards close to his vest while he deliberates what he's going to do. he's going to clear the field and he will almost certainly be the next speaker. we'll have to wait for him and what he decides

jason chaffetz out of utah and daniel webster out of florida. we have a lot of talent and it will be interesting to see who actually jumps into the ring and offers himself to serve in what is a very difficult position and often a short-term position. if you look over the last couple of decades, how many speakers have lasted as much as four or five years? not very many. >> a lot of people don't seem excited about doing the job. one of the main issues is a lot of folks talking about the return to regular order, the house is operating from continuing resolutions to funding governments, that sets up the issues with funding planned parenthood for people who object to that. how important is it to you to find a candidate you think can actually return the house to regular order? >> well, if we're going to operate as a republican is supposed to operate, we need to have regular order. what is the difference between regular order and what we have had over the last eight to ten years? it is a matter of whether you have five or ten people at the very top, th

joining mess now is jason chaffetz, chair of the pourerful house oversight committee. welcome back to "fox news sunday." >> thanks for having me. >> just five days ago you said you supported kevin mccarthy for the position, and it was widely assumed he would move up when john boehner moved out. why are you even considering the idea of running against mccarthy. >> kevin mccarthy is a good man, a big reason why we have such a there's really a math problem. you need 218 votes on the floor of the house. there's 246 republicans that will voice, but there are nearly 50 people and a growing number that will not and cannot vote for kevin mccarthy as the speaker on the floor. he will fall short of the 218 votes on the floor of of house. >> so what are you going to do? are you going to put your name forward when the house caucus votes on thursday? >> today, here, i am announcing my intention to run for speaker of the house of representatives. we were entrusted by the american people with the largest majority the republicans have ever had since babe ruth was swinging the baseball

but jason chaffetz, republican of utah, chairman of the house oversight committee. he's been in a lot of very public dramas for the house, and he might be someone who could bridge a little better, the more establishment part of the republican party as well as the younger and in some cases, more conservative part of this republican conference. but it's unclear that he would have the votes. but it's changing the dynamic. so what we expect will happen is on thursday, the house republicans will get to nominate their choice for speaker, but that's the only job where both parties get to vote. and that will actually happen later in the month. we don't expect democrats to vote for probably anyone other than nancy pelosi. so getting to the needed 218 votes is critical. does kevin mccarthy have enough? it's unclear. it seems jason chaffetz as a newcomer, probably doesn't have enough, but he's changing that dynamic and there will be extra time given for the second and third and fourth seats in terms of the top priorities for the house. so if there's a bit of a skirmish for the

it's the last thing they want to do and it puts mccarthy in a difficult position, because if jason chaffetz is willing to play that type of hard ball, would he be willing to do that? >> back to the same dilemma that john boehner faced. luke, thank you. >> thank you. >>> now to the historic flooding in south carolina, that has claimed nine lives. some are calling it the thousand-year flood after torrential downpours that had emergency personnel scrambling to rescue members of the community. this is the scene in columbia, south carolina. entire streets and roads destroyed by this historic flood. power lines brought to the ground and homes engulfed by water. governor nikki haley updated the state on the situation and described the historic nature of this storm. >> south carolina has gone through a storm of historic proportions. it's gone through a storm that has never happened before. having said that, south carolina's moving. we have all the people we need. >> and joining me now in columbia, south carolina, nbc's al roker. al, we're reading about 40,000 people without watering, seeing incredi

jason chaffetz is challenging kevin mccarthy. the freedom caucus says it wants to support daniel webster from florida. the freedom caucus has about 40 numbers. that is enough to make things very complicated when the ultimate vote gets to the house floor. a simple majority will carry it inside the republican caucus. i should say the current speaker, outgoing speaker john boehner will appear on tonight's show with jimmy fallon. the united states will not cooperate with russia in the fight against isis. ash carter says no cooperation is possible as long as russia continues to strike other targets. russia's ministry admits it has hit isis targets uses cruise missiles. the pentagon confirming two jets had to be diverted to keep a safe distance from russian fighter jets in the same air space. senior correspondent arwa damon is monitoring the latest from istanbul. arwa. >> reporter: good morning. the u.s. might not want to cooperate with russia, but clearly they are going to have to coordinate to a certain degree to avoid any disaster t

. >> utah congressman jason chaffetz tossing his hat in for the speaker. he's ready to challenge kevin mccarthy for the job. mike emmanuel is live with that. >> reporter: with jason chaffetz challenging kevin for speaker it is getting awkward. they are close friends up until now. now it is getting personal shins he is running against the house majority leader. >> i think the republicans want a change. there is a reason we see the phenom nan and you don't just give automatic promotion to the existing leadership team. >> mccarthy is trying to shore up his support to get the votes to be next speaker and he appears to be getting close. chaffetz hopes that republican colleagues will be intrigued by his bid. >> i think that has the votes for it. and this week, no doubt it is something that hurt him and i wish he could take it back. >> what she is returning to. when he told sean hanity that everybody thought hillary clinton was unbeatable and the benghazi committee was formed and clinton's numbers are dropping. it is an unforced error and mccarthy tried to clean

we will show you why some apparently thought revenge on congressman jason chaffetz. that is ahead. >>> time to show you some of this morning's headlines. "usa today" reports on the approval of a funding bill to aconverted government shutdown. the government passed it 78-20 and the bill did not strip plan for planned parenthood. president obama signed it before the deadline on midnight and it funds the government until december 11th. >>> a counteroffensive last night five afghan. the taliban retreated outside the city. >>> "the new york times" reports on how new york city police will monitor virtually all instances of force and it will include situations like the take-down of former tennis star james blake. a new tracking system and guidelines will be used. officers could face formal discipline if they fail to step in or use excessive force or do not call for help. >> the start of recreational marijuana sales in oregon today. for the first time it is legal to buy pot. some dispensaries opened at midnight pacific time. oregon will not start fully regulating sales and c

jason chaffetz still in the race as well. but the ideas and the issues raised by daniel webster, let's make the house work with conservatives, work with the members, work with our constituents rather than being controlled by a few insiders. those principles which is a principle based approach to leadership, the next speaker will have those. >> reporter: congressman, what does it say that the man who single-handedly recruited so many of the tea party members in 2010, who would stay up until 2:00 in the morning texting, calling, all these guys, helping them, their fund-raisers around the country, what does it say that he's not a viable candidate? he was very friendly with a lot of you guys. he was the one who got so many of you here. what does that say? >> well, i don't know how much of that is true. it certainly wasn't true in my race. it might have been elsewhere. again, when you have 78% of republicans demanding john boehner step down, by the way, 77% of them want to get rid of mitch mcconnell. i think he should be worried t

doug, jason chaffetz, there might be others that put their hat in the ring. possibly the vote for thursday will be pushed back. your quick thoughts? >> well, time is on the side of the opponents of kevin mccarthy. i agree with them that it was a big, big mistake. you've mentioned hillary clinton. what the numbers are now showing is that joe biden causes her real problems dividing her vote. weakening her in iowa, new hampshire. so that story is yit to be written, too, harris. both are in play. >> we're in play, too, because we're coming right back. >>> next we turn to foreign policy. russia calling for the west's cooperation in syria. calling for our cooperation, us. us. that could be a tall order. as many say russia is propping up syria's president. the fox news political insiders are coming back. remember, we love it when you tune in and chime in. >>> syria's controversial president, bashar al assad, say they must succeed or the whole region will be destroyed. russia is stepping up the presence in the region. it claims to fight the terrorists. they say he's

i don't think it is going to go to jason chaffetz, or daniel webster. a congressman from oregon, who is not a lightning rod, who will accustomly usher this party into an attempt to be united but it is a tough challenge randall. >> ryan said absolutely not doing it, hard no quote unquote, then no comment. sit your sense that he is at least listening to speaker boehner, listening to other top republicans who are calling on him to do it for the good of the party? >> you know randall i think he is listening to speaker boehner because if you are a member of the caucus you listen to the speaker, he is a friend of the speaker's so yeah i think he is paying attention and he knows there is this clamoring. it started from the very moment that john boehner said he was leaving on the 30th. the first person that was approached was paul ryan he said he didn't want it then. paul ryan has to pay attention because it's not just the speaker. it's the national party and its other members, senators mcilroy saying he woulmitchmccoa fine candidate. >> are we going to see a m

before mccarthy withdrew, jason chaffetz declared. daniel webster of florida had the backing of the freedom caucus. webster wants to change the rules. former house speaker newt gingrich has said he would be interested. you do not have to be a current member or member at all of the house to be speaker. it could be anybody. it could be one of us. among the list declaring they are not running, kathy mcmorris washington and trey gowdy. >> this is unbelievable there is a scramble to find somebody. >> this used to be a job everyone wanted. >>> donald trump is taking credit for knocking mccarthy out of the race for speaker. trump expressed doubt of mccarthy's fitness for the position last week after the benghazi issue was politically motivated. listen to trump's reaction. >> a lot of people are giving me credit for it because of the level of toughness. we need somebody tough. i have been saying that. i think kevin is a nice guy. we need somebody that is tough and smart. not just tough. we need somebody very, very smart and can do the right t

bet on jason chaffetz. also, the top democrat in congress, democratic leader nancy pelosi, has now really called the question on what kevin mccarthy screwed up so badly. nancy pelosi tonight has submitted a letter to the republican leadership in congress saying basically, hey, if you guys are going to use the most powerful tool that congress has, if you're going to use one of these select committees, the longest one ever, to just wage a political partisan war against a democrat presidential candidate, you guys knock yourself out doing that, go for it, but if that's how you're going to use the select committee process can we also please have one of those select committees now to address the plague of mass shootings in this country? maybe you could turn your attention to that as well if you guys aren't too busy spending taxpayer dollars on a multimillion-dollar partisan vendetta against hillary clinton. that proposal today from nancy pelosi for a select committee on gun violence. that was one of several serio

. >>> jason chaffetz does not expect to win republican members in the bid to become speaker. he doesn't believe kevin mccarthy has enough support to take over boehner's seat. chaffetz slam mccarthy after the majority leader acknowledged the benghazi investigation to have been politically motivated. >>> california is the fifth state to allow doctor assisted suici suicide. it will allow doctors to quicken the deaths of terminally ill patients. vermont, oregon and washington state have similar life laws. >>> and it is time for a look at your money. alison kosik is here with that. >> we are looking at stocks. european shares are lower. investors are digesting weak factory earning from germany. the dow on monday plowed 304 points. the s&p extends the five-day winning streak. one thing giving asian stocks a boost, the u.s. and japan reaching agreement on the trans-pacific partnership. that would make it cheaper to import from and export to new asia pacific markets. critics are warning that the bad deal for american workers. this deal is by no means certain. expect a lot of fight in

erika: representatives jason chaffetz and daniel webster are still vying for the job. emily: right now a class action lawsuit spelling new trouble for the fantasy sports business. that includes allegations of insider-trading, fraud and false advertising by boston-based draftkings and rival site fan duel. all of this surfacing after a draftkings employee won $350,000 inadvertently posted information about the players being picked the most in nfl fantasy lineups. draftkings has denied any wrong doing but questions are growing. >> there is a reason to think if you are working for them, you might be very good at this particular product. maybe there is a possibility that they are making this money annalee says -- emily: new york' s attorney general has already launched an inquiry into the incident and massachusetts attorney general wants to talk to the two companies about their practices. erika: changes are coming to a dorchester neighborhood after a woman was sexually assaulted at knifepoint. the incident happened last month on harbor view street. at a community meeting la