Short lived leadership in the house this afternoon. Im Heather Holmes and im alex savage. A group of conservative republicans made good on their threat to oust the speaker. The office of speaker of the house of the United States house of representatives is hereby declared vacant today. This vote further plunges the house into chaos with tensions inside the Republican Party at an all time high. This rebellion was led by florida congressman matt gaetz. Kevin mccarthy is chaos. I think 33 trillion in debt is chaos. I think that facing a 2. 2 trillion annual deficit is chaos. The republicans are in the middle of a civil war that is causing chaos, dysfunction and extremism. Republican congressman Patrick Mchenry of North Carolina will now temporarily lead the house of representatives until a new speaker is elected. I want to bring in stephen wolper, politics professor at saint marys college. And boyd, professor, what a day. Mccarthy served as speaker for just 269 days. That is the second sh
Troubled soul who did not deserve to die in a hail of bullets. She didnt have any political agenda, she didnt hate her country or anything like that. She wasnt a terrorist. And a crazy kayaker teetering on the edge of insanity looking for glory. As he shoots down a terrifying and steep mountainside. So, what was he thinking . Im on the edge of glory and im hanging on a moment of truth im on the edge of glory and im hanging on a moment of truth i think we found gingers next stunt. Yeah. You mean that wasnt ginger . No, it wasnt ginger. But we do have her out in the field this morning. Shes going to cover an extraordinary confluence of weather events. Also this morning take a look at the cover of new york post. Theyre taking a crack at Alex Rodriguez. The headline this morning, theres no whining in baseball. This comes after rodriguez filed a lawsuit against Major League Baseball for allegedly ruining his reputation, he says. Well have the full story coming up. He had some harsh words fo