Ac 360 with Anderson Cooper begins right now. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com tonight on 360, the dysfunction is coming from inside the house, as republicans fight republicans over what happened and who will be the next speaker. New yorks attorney general Letitia James says the donald trump show is over, as his fraud trial continues and the former president heads back to florida. The first person to be charged in tupacs killing 27 years after the killing. Well talk to the d. A. On the case. We begin tonight with the dysfunction, infighting, and back biting among House Republicans, after eight of them made their party leader, Kevin Mccarthy, the first ever House Speaker to be voted out of a job. That and why none of it should be surprising to anyone. The dysfunction got so bad after the vote, we learned that Republicans Cannot even stand to be in the same room with each other for more than a few minutes. There was a meeting last night, as you may know, of republicans, and that room wo
Tracy morgan and chris hayes. Take that show on the road. I like to, i got to meet. Or did he make an impassioned case for many events . I dont, know i should follow up with him and be, like did i persuade you on the mini van tracy morgan . He was your intended audience, im sure. Thank you, my, friend will be watching tonight. Thanks to you at home for joining me this evening. There is, as you, no major breaking news tonight, about the Republican Party and its leadership. From the former president of the United States, who is just smacked down by a judge in new york to the historic chaos unfolding in the House Of Representatives. Where Kevin Mccarthy was just ousted as Speaker Of The House. And we are going to get to all of that this evening. But to understand how we got here, we need to go back exactly 1000 days ago. January 6th, 2021. When a violent mob stormed the u. S. Capitol. In the wake of that deadly attack, minority leader Kevin Mccarthy took to the house floor and said this.
Permanent level of that seat left vacant by the late senator diane feinstein. Well see what happens next. Abby, always a pleasure. Thanks to everyone for watching, our coverage does continue. Right now, for viewers who might be joining us, were talking about a day unlike any In Washington since 1910, the last time that has members tried to throw out their speaker then. 113 years later, for the very first time, members tried to throw at their speaker but this time, this time, anderson and caitlin, they succeeded. Yeah, jake and edison, Kevin Mccarthy only serving for 269 days, his speakership undone by eight republicans led by congressman matt gaetz of florida, using that rule to force him out that mccarthy himself agreed to, of course, as a condition to get the job as House Speaker, now a vote in the election is expected next week, a week for now from tomorrow night. The jockeying at the position is already underway tonight. Cnns Melanie Zanona is covering it all at the capitol. Nani,
President of the United States that was just smacked down by a judge in new york, to the historic chaos unfolding in the House Of Representatives, where Kevin Mccarthy was just ousted as Speaker Of The House. And we are going to get to all of that this evening but to understand how we got here, we need to go back exactly 1000 days ago. To january 6th, 2021, when a violent mob stormed the u. S. Capitol. In the wake of that deadly attack, minority leader Kevin Mccarthy took to the house floor and said this. The president bears responsibility for wednesdays attack on congress by mob rioters. He should have immediately denounced the mob when he saw what was unfolding. That moment was the closest Kevin Mccarthy ever came to pulling himself out from under the heel of his partys hard right base. It did not last long. After that rebuke of donald trump, mr. Mccarthy spent each and every day paying penance, trying to work his way back into the good graces of the farright. Less than three weeks l
Members tried to throw out their speaker, and it didnt work then. 113 years later for the very first time members tried to throw out their speaker, but this time, this time, anderson and kaitlan, they succeeded. Yeah. And jake and anderson, of course Kevin Mccarthy only serving for 269 days. His speakership undone by eight Rebel Republicans led by congressman matt gaetz of florida. Using that rule to force him out that mccarthy himself agreed to, of course, as a condition to get the job as House Speaker. Now a vote, at least an election is expected next week, a week from now, a week from tomorrow night. The jockeying for the position, though, is already under way tonight and cnns Melanie Zanona is covering it all at the capitol. Melanie, whats the latest we just heard from Kevin Mccarthy saying hes not going to try to run for speaker again . Who is going to enter this race . Reporter kaitlan, that is the question right now, and weve heard from a number of republicans who say there are