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
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