a remarkable turnaround today for the republican leader. mccarthy promised progress, he promised it tuesday and promised it wednesday, promised it thursday. today we finally saw it. even as he failed on his 13th ballot. 15 rebel holdouts today switched their votes in favor of mccarthy, giving him for the first time this whole week more votes than the democratic leader hakeem jeffries, but despite this break in the republican resistance, six hardliners remain and congress people matt gaetz, bob good, andy harris, elle crane andy harris is not one of them. it s a different individual. in any case, the six are keeping mccarthy two votes short of the magic number needing needed to realize his dream of clinching the speaker s gavel. straight to chief congressional correspondent manu raju live on capitol hill. mccarthy won over much of the republican opposition today. he s still short of enough votes to win. how does he get the final two votes he nooesz? right now the top lea
the wuhan lab in china for gain of function research. but yet dr. fauci hasn t come before congress in the house of representatives. the american people deserve answers on covid-19 and speaker kevin mccarthy has given the republican majority the tools necessary to make that possible. [applause] the democrats have spent the past six years investigating a president for potential wrongdoing in ukraine and russia. now let me say this loud and clear. the republicans will also investigate a president for potential wrongdoing in ukraine and russia as well as china. the american people have a lot of questions for dr. fauci. christopher ray, merrick garland, secretary mayorkas. we cannot ask those questions until we elect our speaker. under speaker pelosi was a full-time committee to harass the previous president, to advocate for wage, social issues which the oversight committee had absolutely no jurisdiction and committee totally uninterested in the american taxpayer. in a republican
Americans are devastated by Violent Crime and the railing against the system that puts thugs back out on the streets. Citizens are begging for help. Its breaking my heart. Lifetime resident, never seen nothing like whats going on now. It hurts. It hurts. And, you know, we just praying and praying, hoping god can intervene. Laura the families of victims across the country are demanding action before others get hurt. Were going to talk to one of the mothers whose sons was murdered and his killer may be getting a plea deal. Plus, who the Biden Administration is blaming for commanders Secret Service sweet tooth. It will make you all say what the failla. Jimmy failla will be here later in the show. First, the big news, Kevin Mccarthy is out as Speaker Of The House. Washington must change. We have to break the cycle. Kevin mccarthy is the Speaker Of The House of representatives and he has failed to take a stand where it matters. So, if he wont, i will. The office of Speaker Of The House of t
Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com and, good evening, im erin burnett along with wolf blitzer tonight. And welcome to a Special Edition of outfront because we are following the breaking news, and a Major Development at this hour because we are just learning that Kevin Mccarthy will not run for Speaker Of The House again will not run. A major decision coming after he made history. The first speaker in American History to lose his job. His firing has plunged the house into complete chaos, all work grinding to a halt. The party bewildered and uncertain what to do. No clear successor is in sight at this hour. But we do know that House Republicans, as wolf and i are sitting here, are Behind Closed Doors in a pivotal meeting, one that is sure to be heated, wolf, if what weve heard about recent meetings before all of this is any indication of where we are right now. We are standing by for details. Mccarthys removal puts an end to his term, which was just 269 days as Speaker Of The House. That
Americans are devastated by Violent Crime and the railing against the system that puts thugs back out on the streets. Citizens are begging for help. Its breaking my heart. Lifetime resident, never seen nothing like whats going on now. It hurts. It hurts. And, you know, we just praying and praying, hoping god can intervene. Laura the families of victims across the country are demanding action before others get hurt. Were going to talk to one of the mothers whose sons was murdered and his killer may be getting a plea deal. Plus, who the Biden Administration is blaming for commanders Secret Service sweet tooth. It will make you all say what the failla. Jimmy failla will be here later in the show. First, the big news, Kevin Mccarthy is out as Speaker Of The House. Washington must change. We have to break the cycle. Kevin mccarthy is the speaker of the House Of Representatives and he has failed to take a stand where it matters. So, if he wont, i will. The office of Speaker Of The House of t