An unprecedented morning in washington. Theres no clear speaker of the house, no date to elect one. New details about who republicans might pick next the day after the Wall Street Journal says they cut off their own heads. A brandnew gag order is now in place as donald trump soon heads back to court in new york this morning. And in georgia, prosecutors there, theyre making moves. New reporting on the plea deal theyre floating to multiple people charged alongside donald trump. A historic strike happening right now that could affect millions of Americans Health care. 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers walking off the job, making this the largest u. S. Health care strike ever. Im sara sidner with kate bolduan and john berman. Cnn news central starts right now. This morning there is no speaker of the house of representatives, no clear sense who will be speaker, and no certainty when there will be a speaker. It is a veritable congressional abyss and an unprecedented one brought on by republic
Because you cannot do thejob for eight people, you have 96 of your entire conference, but eight members can partner with your whole other side. How do you govern . As of now, theres no clear candidate to replace him. Republicans are now going home for the week, effectively shutting down the house. They say they may have a candidate by next tuesday with a possible vote next wednesday, but that all remains very fluid. It was all brought on by congressman matt gaetz of florida. He launched the vote to oust the speaker. After some debate, lawmakers voted 216 to 210 to remove mccarthy from the leadership position. Gaetz and seven other republicans joined all 208 democrats present in the room. One of the eight members of the Republican Party who voted to oust mccarthy is congressman ken buck, of colorado. Earlier i spoke with him about his decision to remove mccarthy as speaker, and What Happens Next. Can you tell us more about what went into your decision to oust Kevin Mccarthy. Went into y
watch campaign 2020 coverage live on c-span3, c-span.org, or the free c-span radio app app. next, the 61st annual shaking mcintyre dinner in manchester new hampshire, featuring 10 democratic presidential candidates. state party officials say this is their major political fundraiser. democrats,shire, please welcome to the stage mayor pete buttigieg. [cheers and applause] mr. buttigieg: thank you! [chanting buttigieg ] thank you.eg: thank you. mr. buttigieg: thank you, new hampshire. thank you. mr. buttigieg: thank you senator shaking. it is not often you get someone so respected they name the event after her. thanks for all the work you and the delegation are doing, my thankriends i support, you. [cheers and applause] mr. buttigieg: and thank you new hampshire for welcoming us to this state over the course of the last year. i am here one more time to ask you to join me not only to end the era of donald trump but to launch the era that must come next. [cheers and applaus
new hampshire democrats, .lease welcome to the stage [applause] thank you first in the nation democrats. i want to congratulate the chairman and the staff of the new hampshire democratic party for putting on an amazing event this evening. to all of the elected democrats who are out there, thank you for your service but i particularly want to thank my colleague in washington, the best delegation we have. jeanne shaheen and maggie custer. they are amazing partners who are focused on getting the job done and i think you have seen over the last few weeks the courage they bring to their positions. we can t thank them enough. to all of the out-of-towners who might be joining us tonight, to our friends in organized labor or in the media, the volunteers and activists. i have some colleagues from congress here who are great from across the country, but to all of those who are here to experience new hampshire, welcome, and mark your calendars. in four years, we will be back here
Against an epidemic brought to us by opioids. It does not matter where you live. This crisis has touched every corner of american society. While new england and the ohio valley regions represent states hardest hit by the epidemic, Health Officials from the south and reaching across the Mountain West all report a dwroeg number of Overdose Deaths in those counties. The latest figures from the cdc is astounding, 91 americans die every day from an overdose. Now more than ever we must come together and strengthen our commitment to fight this malady. I expected tos members will bring to the forefront key incites on this critical issue. In the Previous Congress the energy and Commerce Committee led several bipartisan initiatives to help address the epidemic. Theyre now law in providing resources at the state and local levels. Much needed policy changes are being implemented. The passage of both kara and cures. In fact, as a result of kara patients suffering from Substance Abuse now have great