Very successful. That was speaker Kevin Mccarthy back in january trying to make the case as he worked to become speaker of the house, his majority would come together, learn from that moment and be able to succeed at the moment the United States federal government is on the brink of a Government Shutdown with less than 40 hours left on the clock. Right now Speaker Mccarthy is throwing a lastditch hail mary as he struggles to overcome a rebellion in the house gop as we speak, the House Rules Committee trying to clear a way for a vote on a cinematstopgap bill. At this point, despite conservative additions into the legislation, mccarthy stunt i have peer to have enough republican votes to pass it. He is refusing to say if he will cut a deal with democrats if it fails. Do you have a plan b if this why would i tell you . In this job, youve got to have a, b, c, d, e, f, g. What letter are you on now . Again, that was mccarthy back in january. The question this morning that was yesterday. Her
that he will not seek the republican nomination in 2 201. the former arkansas governor says it wasn t in his heart to run for president this time around. his decision expands and already wide open field of potential gop candidates. the middle east is coming to the west coast. a california paint ballpark has shelled out a quarter million dollars to construct a new course designed to resemble osama bin laden s compound. it will feature 18-foot walls, middle eastern music, a downed helicopter and people dressed like the taliban. back to you. residents in louisiana s cajun country preparing f the worst as water spews out of the morganza spillway. rick reichmuth is watching all of the latest preparations. hello, rick. from whereownstream where they opened up the spillway yesterday.