going on with this judge is a disaster. between the gag orders and the hate he's got for me, everybody sees it. you see it better than anybody. god bless the u.s.a. reporter: is michael cohen a liar? is michael cohen a liar? ♪ >> c-span's "washington journal," a live forum involving you to discuss the latest issues in government, politics and public policy. from washington, d.c., and across the country. coming up tuesday morning, reuters reporter david shepherdson discusses federal efforts to re-authorize federal aviation administration

legislation and its impact on consumers and the aviation industry. and then we discuss the youth vote and campus protests with courtney hope britt, and sohali vaddula. c-span's "washington journal" join in the conversation live at 7:00 eastern on c-span, c-span.org, c-span now, our mobile video app. host: natalie andrews joins us, in congress for "the wall street journal," thanks for joining us. let's start with the house. what are they working on this week? guest: it is one of those weeks where you could have a normal week, but we are looking maybe on the level 10 bananas side of the house. i like to say that the house is going to house and this maybe be one of those weeks. host: why is that?

guest: they are going to go after some home appliances, a partisan issue for republicans. they don't like the biden administration regulations on home appliances and feel it is a winning issue for them. we expect johnson to talk more about the protests on college campuses. hanging over everyone's head is whether or not marjorie taylor greene executes a motion to vacate and throws the schedule out. host: what brought us to this point when it comes to this attempt? guest: detractors will say three things, which are not a ton of people, there are three people signed on to the motion to vacate, they point to the appropriations process which frustrated them. they felt that johnson didn't hold true to what he said he was going to do when he became speaker. then they point to the fisa reauthorization. they wanted an amendment on being warrants for all searches

and johnson was that a five -- deciding vote against that. that upset them. then they pointed to the $95 billion in aid that included healthy portions for ukraine, which marjorie taylor greene said all along, if ukraine aid comes to the floor for a vote, she will execute a motion to vacate. so, those three things are what a lot of detractors and critics -- there are two groups, people signing onto the motion to vacate and a group of two if asked to vote for johnson on the floor, what they do it? maybe, maybe not. host: one of those critics, bob good, i want to play a bit of what he had to say. >> i doubt that, she has been hearing, as the rest of us have in our district, the time for a speaker battle visit in november after the election. let's focus on reelecting president trump.

if she moved forward there would be a motion to table, motion whether or not to move forward with a vote to vacate the speaker and i think that would likely fail and i don't think we would actually vote on whether to vacate the speaker. >> that sounds like a know from you. ok. but congressman thomas massie, go ahead. >> i just want to clarify, just because you don't believe it is time to take the action with a two vote to three vote margin, more narrow than a year ago when she was criticizing those of us who challenge the speaker back in january were voted to remove the speaker in october when we had a nine vote majority and worked six months away from an election, it's interesting that none of us who were a part of it called for the action, we realize it's more dangerous, reckless, risky to do it now. host: so, if both sides approach. what did you get from that? guest: the folks that voted to

oust key in ousting the earthy and have really faced blowback. he's not wrong about that. several are facing primary challenges, including bob good. there is an interesting place there in the conference and they aren't fans of it. now there is the question of whether johnson survives another day right now, but it seems that the real russian's who do they elect to be speaker early in january? that is mostly what the detractors are saying. host: marjorie taylor greene was one of the leaders. who else is leading this? is it just a general dislike or are there? guest: it seems that there are some process issues. matthews is big on process. he likes things to go the way he things that he has to we he thinks they should and his objections were tied to obsess over fisa, that's when he joined on and go sare joined on shortly

after. host: you can call into join the conversation. the numbers are (202) 748-8000 for democrats, (202) 748-8001 for republicans, and independents, (202) 748-8002. you can text questions to our guest at (202) 748-8003. how is it that the democratic party in the house is supporting johnson in the position? guest: they want to not deal with another three weeks of chaos. they said that the man you know did what they asked and that's what they did all along and it's different from when mccarthy was ousted. democrats are willing to vote on the motion to table that's likely to pass and the motion to vacate vote will likely not happen because democrats have said that they will support the motion to table because they said if you put ukraine aid on and do the things we are asking were, it puts your job at risk

and we will help you out. that has never happened before. some democrats wanted to do it for speaker mccarthy. but it's different in that mccarthy had burned a lot of bridges. he had, democrats felt that they had tried to extend trust to him that had been burned several times. with johnson, they didn't know him as well. he's unknown. what he's done so far has been very transactional, done what they asked, they would vote for the motion to table. if it came up again, i would expect their patients to wane. host: as far as the senate is concerned, what are they concerned with this week? guest: deadline to reauthorize the faa. the key debate, it is one of those trains leaving the stations. a lot of lawmakers try to get some things that are not related

to jump on. when -- one of the key debates here in washington is over allowing more flight to come into reagan airport. the local lawmakers from virginia and maryland are very opposed to this, but members of congress that fly back and forth each week want their direct flights. they are pushing for five round trip flights, 10 new flights to the airport. it will be interesting to see who wins on that. host: theresa, tennessee, you are on with our guest, natalie andrews. good morning. caller: good morning. i support the motion to vacate for speaker johnson. i think he has been the worst speaker of the republican party has ever had. he gave in to every whim that the democratic party wanted. we can't trust him to go forward on these bills that we are

facing now. i mean, i know it's not going to pass, we aren't going to get rid of him. we will get rid of him in november. we will not vote for any republican to hold the house. we won't do it. the republicans have not earned our vote in november because of the house. all i want is a recorded vote. i want to see the vote. i want to see the democrats vote who they call a white nationalist over their african-american speaker that they want. i want the proof that they have sold out completely. i want to see which republicans vote against it. they are not going to keep the house. i hope mike johnson doesn't keep his job in november. guest: to clarify, you are ok if the house loses this fall? caller: how could it be worse than what mike johnson does?

if there is a debit that in the seat, i think maybe the republicans might fight against it, maybe, but they have all sold out, they have all sold out. host: gotcha. guest: part of the problem for johnson is he has these detractors standing so staunchly against the elements that as speaker you often feel you need to bring to the floor. we want to keep the lights on. he has had a hard time unifying his party around the actions to democrats. we seen this problem with republican speakers for years. john boehner worked with nancy pelosi. nancy pelosi became masterful at this. she knew the republicans couldn't pass key bills through the house, even with bigger majorities than what mike johnson -- mike johnson had a very small minority. i mean, i don't know if we have

ever had as small a minority as mike johnson has right now. so, pelosi became masterful at this. he can offer the state must pass none. if johnson could muscle it through with republicans, he would be able to argue for more conservative wins, but because he can't he has to bring the bills to where he can get democrats through. if he doesn't want to keep the lights on, he could go and face the republicans. host: that idea of republicans being ok with losing the house, is that ok in the republicans you talk to? guest: not the ones i talk to, they feel majority is very important, however you do get a lot of them worrying that this chaos could cause them to lose the majority, which is why i think some of them want to get

the motion to table out of the way and they want to be done with it to show that they can govern. host: let's hear from louise. democratic line, thanks for calling. caller: i think that speaker johnson did the right thing. votes like marjorie taylor greene and all, they don't want to see anything happen in this country that is good for this country. i'm glad that the democrats did help, went on and voted together. that's what they are supposed to do. compromise. the republicans in the democrats. so, they need to learn that. to compromise. thank you. host: that's louise in north carolina. goodwill for johnson, how long does it questions previously postponed. votes will be taken in