Right now on Andrea Mitchell reports, a power vacuum after Kevin Mccarthy broke too many promises to both sides of the aisle. The office of Speaker Of The House of the United States house of representatives is hereby declared vacant. The first time in u. S. History, the Speaker Of The House is ousted from his leadership post by his own party. I will not run for speaker again. I might have been given a bad break, but i truly still consider myself to be the luckiest man on the face of the earth. With a small group of hard right republicans determined to Fire Mccarthy and his insults against democrats, no one would come to his rescue. We heard Speaker Mccarthy say that he wanted us to bring it on. I guess we did. Kevin mccarthy is a feature of the swamp. Who can bring the fractured republicans together to take the gavel . How will Congress Avoid a shutdown in a little over a month from now . I will speak to Democratic Congress member Alyssa Slotkin slotkin. The judge in Donald Trumps civi
Speaker fired, it has been a day for the history books. Indeed. Kevin mccarthys old job will no longer no doubt safe to say, jake and anderson, of course, the news continues tonight. Our special coverage here certainly does. Joining me now, abby phillip and laura coates. Good evening, everyone, i am abby phillip alongside my colleagues laura coates and kaitlan collins. This is a Special Edition of Cnn Primetime for an unprecedented moment in the history of the United States. The headline tonight the American Government is broken. The tyranny of a minority is now paralyzing this countries institutions. Depending on where you might stand politically, it could be for better or worse, in your view, but right now, here is where we are there is currently no speaker of the house and, after narrowly avoiding a shutdown, the government is set to run out of money in less than 45 days. And houses now leaving for a week. Now, all of this is because, for the very first time ever, republicans have s
Gingrich says hes destructive to the party. Many are equally ticked off at democrats who could have, in many republicans minds, should have saved mccarthys job. Well tell you what theyre doing to settle the score. We start in washington where a chaotic new chapter in the history of the House Of Representatives has begun, and just when it seems things couldnt get any uglier, they have. Republican supporters of Kevin Mccarthy Furious Over Democrats unwillingness to protect them and protect the speaker from conservatives are now exacting revenge. Over the past 24 hours, two democratic leaders, nancy pelosi and steny hoyer have been told to vacate their offices inside the capitol. Pelosi is blaming acting speaker Patrick Mchenry for the move, although its not clear who made the final call. Mchenry is just one of at least six lawmakers who are now testing the water indvan of next weeks vote for a new speaker. Others include Steve Scalise, Judiciary Committee chair, jim jordan who confirmed
Scalise . Who do you think might have the votes to lead your party and the house . All three of those would be Excellent Choices and i think they can do an excellent job. Theyre honorable men, to me at least, and theyve never openly mocked me, anyway. They sure as heck have always kept their word to me. Theres several others that have whispered in my ear during all of this. And of course i dont want to out them, i understand that they have to keep their secrecy about them. But there are several Milling Around that are very interested in doing this. Mark green from tennessee is somebody that people have been talking about. So theres several out there that people are talking about. Im sorry, but i just find this so shocking. What exactly did he say to mock your faith, sir . It really doesnt matter. It was just the fact that i publicly stated on your station, i think, this morning that i was praying about it and i had two paths to go, either go with my friend or go with my conscious, and
Who has passed today. Longest serving woman in Senate History leaves behind a legacy as a fierce advocate for gun Safety Measures and equal rights. Also tonight, the consequences of handing over power to the radical fringe of your party. The republican Government Shutdown would all but certain to come this weekend. Plus a Major Development in the plot to overturn trumps Election Loss in georgia. Late today we learned that one of trumps codefendants has agreed to a plea deal. We begin tonight with the essence of maga and the countdown. A little over 24 hours from now, the federal government will likely shut down. That will happen for only one reason, because the fundamental essence of maga. Donald trumps trusted version of republicanism. The chaos and cruelty. Today, in an effort to pass a continuing resolution to keep the government open for one month, failed. It will not surprise you that the people who voted to shut the government down where members of the maga caucus, including insu