>>> AFTER MONTHS OF DELAY IT LOOKS LIKE THE HOUSE WILL FINALLY PASS MUCH NEEDED FOREIGN AID FOR THE EMBATTLE NATION OF UKRAINE. TODAY THE HOUSE VOTED 316-94 TO ALLOW FOR SEPARATE VOTES ON BILLS TO FUND UKRAINE, ISRAEL AND TAIWAN. IT NOW LOOKS LIKE THE HOUSE WILL PASS EACH OF THOSE AID BILLS TOMORROW OR THEY'LL CERTAINLY TRY TO BUT THE DRAMA IN HOUSE IS FAR FROM OVER. TODAY THE FAR RIGHT ARIZONA CONGRESSMAN ANNOUNCED HE WOULD BE JOINING HIS COLLEAGUES GREEN AND MASSEY OF KENTUCKY IN SUPPORTING A MEASURE TO OUST THE SPEAKER JOHNSON WHICH IS A SO CALLED MOTION TO VACATE. IF ALL DEMOCRATS VOTE TOGETHER AGAINST THE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON CAN ONLY AFFORD TO LOSE TWO REPUBLICAN VOTES TO LOSE HIS SEAT. AND MIKE GALLAGHER IS EXPECTED TO LEAVE CONGRESS SOMETIME AFTER THIS WEEKEND'S VOTE WHICH AFTER THE SPEAKER JOHNSON COULD ONLY AFFORD TO LOSE A SINGLE VOTE. DESPITE THAT RAZOR THIN MARGIN, THE SPEAKER IS PROJECTING CONFIDENCE HE'S GOING TO STAY ON THE JOB. >> ARE YOU WORRIED ABOUT YOUR JOB? >> I DON'T WORRY. I JUST DO MY JOB. >> IS IT TIME TO JUST PUT THE MOTION TO VACATE ON THE FLOOR? >> WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS. I'M GOING TO DO MY JOB. I'M NOT DETERED BY THREATS. WE'RE GOING TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY. >> WITH THREE REPUBLICANS NOW SEEMINGLY COMMITTED TO OUSTING JOHNSON, THE SPEAKER WILL NEED HELP FROM DEMOCRATS IN ORDER TO STAY IN HIS JOB. SO WILL ANY OF THEM HELP HIM? TODAY THE HOUSE MINORITY LEADER JEFFREYS KEPT REPORTERS IN SUSPENSE ABOUT WHAT HE AND HIS CAUCUS PLAN TO DO. >> AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME AS HOUSE DEMOCRATS WE WILL HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW TO DEAL WITH ANY HYPOTHETICAL MOTION TO VACATE. GREEN, MASSEY AND GOSAR ARE QUITE A GROUP. ARE QUITE A GROUP. AND I'M SURE THAT WILL PLAY SOME ROLE IN OUR CONVERSATION. >> JOINING US NOW CONGRESSMAN HINES AND RANKING MEMBER ON THE HOUSE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE. GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. WHAT A SEVERAL MONTHS THIS HAS BEEN. JOHNSON IS PRIVY TO BE A SENSORY TO OUR ADVERSARIES. HEP WAS A HOLD OUT HIMSELF. >> YEAH, I THINK IT DID. I REALLY THINK IT DID. AND LOOK, I DON'T THINK I AGREE WITH SPEAKER JOHNSON ON ANYTHING POLITICAL. BUT I WILL SAY THAT HE, LOOK HE SAID TWO MONTHS AGO WE'RE GOING TO PASS THE BUDGET AND WE HAD A WHOLE FREAK OUT WHETHER THERE COULD BE A SHUT DOWN. HE SAID WE WOULD PASS 702 FISA WHICH WE DID. AND I THINK NEXT IS A SUPPLEMENTAL. I DON'T AGREE WITH HIM ON ANYTHING POLITICALLY BUT HE APPEARS TO DO WHAT HE PROMISES TO DO. AND I LIKE THE WAY HAKIM PUT IT. THE ABSOLUTELY MOST FRINGY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS. >> TALK TO ME ABOUT THE LOGIC AND SOME OF THE LOGIC AS I SUPPOSE AS THE ELECTION COMES AROUND, DEMOCRATS CAN SAY THE BUSINESS OF AMERICA NEEDS TO BE DONE AND WE SUPPORT THE BUSINESS OF AMERICA BEING DONE. ON THE OTHER HAND, MIKE JOHNSON WAS, HAS BEEN AND CONTINUES TO BE AN ELECTION DENIER, AN ALLY OF DONALD TRUMPS. WHAT'S IN IT FOR REPUBLICANS TO HELP HIM? >> YOU KNOW DEMOCRATS. >> YES, WHAT'S IN IT FOR DEMOCRATS. >> FOR US TO BE, AND IN FACT, I THINK HIS PROMISE MAY BE MORE WITH REPUBLICANS THAN DEMOCRATS. WE DEMONSTRATEED THAT WE ARE THE BIPARTISAN PARTY OF GETTING STUFF DONE. WE GOT THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW DONE AFTER IT WAS A JOKE FOR YEARS AND YEARS. WE GOT THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT WHICH YOU KNOW CAPED INSULIN AT $35 A MONTH FOR DIABETICS. WE SHOWED THAT EVERYTHING WE MEANT TO ACCOMPLISH WE ACCOMPLISHED. THE ONLY REASON ANYTHING GOT DONE IN THE PAST, WAS BECAUSE THE DEMOCRATS WERE WILLING TO WORK WITH A SPEAKER WHO JUST AS YOU SAID IS IDEOLOGICALLY EVERYTHING WE DON'T BELIEVE IN. BUT YOU ASKED A POLITICAL QUESTION, WHAT'S IN IT FOR US IS TO DEMONSTRATE TIME AND TIME AGAIN THAT WE'RE ABOUT GETTING THINGS DONE FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE NOT ABOUT PARTISAN POSTUREING OR SOCIAL MEDIA ANTICS A LA, MARJORY GREEN. >> DO YOU THINK ABOUT OR WORRY ABOUT OR CARE THAT IF MIKE JOHNSON DISAPPEARS, SOMEONE LESS PALATABLE SHOWS UP AT HIS JOB? >> WHAT WE KNOW FOR SURE BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN THIS MOVIE BEFORE, WHEN KEVIN MCCARTHY WAS DEFENESTRATED. A PERIOD OF CHAOS. IT WAS THREE WEEKS IN THE CASE OF MCCARTHY BEFORE MIKE JOHNSON WAS FINALLY VOTED IN. THERE IS A TENSION, THERE IS A TENSION HERE, RIGHT. IT IS NOT OUR JOB AS DEMOCRATS TO SAVE REPUBLICANS FROM THEIR MANIFEST DYSFUNCTION. ON THE OTHER HAND, IF YOU SET ASIDE OUR PARTISAN INTEREST WHICH I THINK WE REGULARLY DO, WE ARE ABOUT DELIVERING. WE DELIVERED THE RULE TODAY. MORE DEMOCRATS VOTED FOR A REPUBLICAN RULE. THIS IS UNHEARD OF. MORE DEMOCRATS VOTED FOR A REPUBLICAN RULE THAN DEMOCRATS DID. I THINK TOMORROW WE WILL BE THE MARGIN OF VICTORY FOR AID TO UKRAINE, ISRAEL AND FOR THE PEOPLE OF GAZA. >> IN ORDER TO DO THAT TO SAVE MIKE JOHNSON AND WHAT YOU SAID AID TO UKRAINE, AID TO TAIWAN, AID TO ISRAEL. DO DEMOCRATS DISCUSS NOW WANTING MORE OUT OF THIS DEAL, IF IT WERE A MINORITY GOVERNMENT IN A PARLIAMENTARY SITUATION? IS THIS GOING TO BE AN A PEACE MEAL BASIS. OR IS THERE GOING TO BE MORE DISCUSSION ON MIKE JOHNSON'S TEAM TO SAY THIS IS WHAT GOING FORWARD LOOKS LIKE FOR US. >> I THINK THAT CONVERSATION IS INEVITABLE. BECAUSE TOMORROW I THINK WE WILL PASS ALL THESE BILLS WITH A SUPER MAJORITY. THAT'S A WHOLE OTHER CONVERSATION. IMAGINE A MAJORITARIAN BODY AND WHEN THE VOTE HAPPENS ON UKRAINE AND ISRAEL YOU HAVE A MASSIVE SUPPORT. BUT TO YOUR QUESTION, YES. THERE'S VERY LITTLE DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT AFTER THESE THINGS PASS, GREEN OR GOSART OR ONE OF THOSE GUYS IS GOING TO CALL FOR A MOTION TO VACATE. WE WON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT TOMORROW WE'LL DEAL WITH IT WHEN WE COME BACK. BUT YEAH THAT'S THE MOMENT WHEN WE SAY. WHEN PRESUMABLY SPEAKER JOHNSON GOES TO JEFFRIES AND SAYS, LOOK WHO KNOWS IF I'M GOING TO KEEP MY JOB. LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT DEMOCRATS CAN DO TO KEEP MY JOB. AND YOU LABELED WHAT IT WOULD BE. IT WOULD BE A COALITION GOVERNMENT WHICH BY THE WAY WOULD BE APPALLING TO A LOT OF MEMBERS OF THE MAJORITY. BUT GUESS WHAT, YOU HAD A MAJORITY AND YOU SCREWED IT UP. I THINK THERE'S A CONVERSATION TO BE HAD THERE. OBVIOUSLY IT'LL
