we report with breaking news i california and the deadl weather situation unfoldin there. another atmospheric river is slamming the state, bringing millions under flood alerts. several roads washed away, communities cut off an evacuations ordered. that threat is not over, mor rain is expected this weeken and northern california, eve more snow in fact in the sierra s let s go to nbc steve patterson, he is joining us from sanger california that is in the central part of the state. steve, welcome and what it s like there yes the central part of the state is taken a lot of this water, take a look at this community here one of the communities tha really sort of dodged a bullet here alex, take a look here th river running through rushin water, all of this though was part of that river yesterday this entire communit waterlogged water coming ove this bridge. we just saw workers plot a massive log from the strea here it was clogging things up and they worked to shore thi up but it c
Thing for the country without a doubt. My friends and i agree on that whether or not we agree on the speaker. He did the right thing. He did the right thing i think for this institution. He showed it could function in a time of crisis. Finally, i think he did the right thing for our party. He made sure we could continue to negotiate and achieve some of the very objectives my friend from virginia laid out and achieve them in divided government which calls for some degree of give and take. So im very proud of this speaker. Im very proud to stand behind him. Tomorrow morning, whether i win or lose, im going to be pretty proud of the people i fought with, and im going to be extraordinarily proud of the person i fought for, the speaker of the house, Kevin Mccarthy. [ applause ] with that i reserve the balance of my time. Gentleman from oklahomas time is reserved. Gentleman from florida. Mr. Speaker, my friend from oklahoma says my colleagues and i who dont support Kevin Mccarthy would plung
The chair directs the clerk to conduct the vote bid a call of the roll. The clerk will call the Roll Alphabetically by sur name. Youre watching history in the making. Im neil cavuto. Theres never been a successful effort to remove the Speaker Of The House. That could be happening. We dont know. This is putting up for a vote. A measure that was first sponsored by florida congressman matt gaetz to remove the speaker because he hasnt lived up to his job. Theyre going to do this verbally so we can hear from each and every member. Chad pergram on what is at stake and what is going on here. Chad . Good afternoon. Theyre going to go through this entire roll, 433 members and call their names and ask whether they support this motion to vacate the chair, to say theres no speaker or say they do support the fact that they have a speaker. This a definitive vote for Kevin Mccarthy saying were trying to oust him. Kevin mccarthy indicated earlier this morning he was confident that he would still be Sp
Nays. The ayes and nays are requested. Those favoring a vote by the ayes and nays shall rise. A sufficient number risen, the ayes and nays are ordered. Pursuant to clause 3 of rule 20, the chair directs the clerk to conduct the vote by a call of the roll. The clerk will call the roll alphabetically by surname. The house will be in order. The clerk may call the roll. Adams . Yes. Aye. Aderholt . No. Nay. Aguilar . Aye. Yea. Alford . No. Nay. Allen . No. Nay. Allred . Aye. Yea. Emmaday . No. Nay. Armstrong . No. No. Arrington . No. Nay. O ochenclaus . Yes. Yea. Babbin . No. Nay. Bacon . No. Nay. Baird . No. Nay. Balderson . No. Nay. Ballent . Yes. Yea. Banks . Banks . Barr . No. Nay. Barragan . Yes. Yes. Barragan . Yea. Bean of florida . No. Nay. Beatty . Yes. Yea. Bentz . No. Nay. Berra . Yes. Yea. Birdman . No. Nay. Beyer . Yea. Yea. Bice . No. Nay. Biggs . Aye. Yea. Bilaracas . No. Nay. Bishop of georgia . Yes. Yea. Bishop of North Carolina . Yes. Yea. No. Nay. Bloomhour . Nay. Blunt,
Right thing for our party. He made sure we could continue to negotiate and achieve the objects my friend from virginia laid out and achieved them in divided government. So im very proud of this speaker. Im very proud to stand behind him. Tomorrow morning whether i win or lose, im going to be pretty proud of the people i fought with and im be extraordinarily proud of the person i fought for, the Speaker Of The House, Kevin Mccarthy. With that i reserve the balance of my time. [applause] the gentleman from oklahomas time is reserved. The gentleman from florida. My friend from oklahoma says my colleagues and i dont support Kevin Mccarthy would plunge the house and the country in to chaos. Chaos is Speaker Mccarthy. Chaos is somebody that we cannot trust with their word. The one thing that the white house, House Democrats and many of us reason the conservative side of the Republican Caucus would argue is that the thing we have in common, Kevin Mccarthy said something to all of us at one po