This hour, we continue cnns special live coverage of a historic vote on capitol hill. A moment, the House Of Representatives will hold a key vote on a motion to oust Kevin Mccarthy as speaker. A motion being brought by one of his fellow republicans. At the beginning of the day, we knew there were five republicans who would vote to oust him. Now, we know there are six. And were learning that mccarthys republican allies are attempting to make a lastminute plea to the 212 House Democrats there, to try to join them, to save him. But House Democrats appear to be united in not wanting to rescue mccarthy. Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries just sent what is known as a Dear Colleague letter to his fellow democrats. Saying its the responsibility of the gop to end their own House Republican civil war. Lets go right to capitol hill now where we find cnns manu raju and cnns melanie zanona. Manu, to you first, what are you hearing from republicans as this vote gets closer and closer . Reporter well,
ryan, what does that mean for this conference going forward? well, the question is whether or not this counts as that demonstration. you know, they say, you know, if you show a gun in act one, you know, you have to use it in act two. so hopefully for the country, this counts as them using using their gun. you know, they shut the government down. you know, hopefully that doesn t mean they have to go into default. which which they ll be much less likely to do next time because critical filing deadlines for primaries will have passed by the next time we get to the debt ceiling. i think you ll find people much less interested in demagoguing the debt ceiling when they re cruising to re-election. i think the checkoff quote is if you show a gun in act one, you have to shoot a park ranger in the foot by the end of the play. and what about the benghazi cover-up? thank you. joy will stay with us. coming up, the government shutdown and near debt ceiling disaster in retrospect. watch a
this counts as them using using their gun. you know, they shut the government down. you know, hopefully that doesn t mean they have to go into default. which which they ll be much less likely to do next time because critical filing deadlines for primaries will have passed by the next time we get to the debt ceiling. i think you ll find people much less interested in demagoguing the debt ceiling when they re cruising to re-election. i think the checkoff quote is if you show a gun in act one, you have to shoot a park ranger in the foot by the end of the play. and what about the benghazi cover-up? thank you. joy will stay with us. coming up, the government shutdown and near debt ceiling disaster in retrospect. watch and feel good reflecting on how republicans lost in the end. stay with us. my mantra?
truly you believe something. yeah. so we all pay the cost of this instead of getting a drug circle or big puppets, whatever they need to do to let everyone know how they feel, i think that s part of it. they needed to show people how serious and committed they are. right. there s a catharsis needed. i think to understand the modern republican party, you have to understand we talked about this before is the anger and rage and disappointment that the base feels with the republican party. yeah. that their own party is not standing up for what they believe is true conservatism. i think there s a need among the base to have elected republicans really show them, really demonstrate that they really are they really are at least respectful of their conservative beliefs and demonstrate it with real acts. ryan, what does that mean for this conference going forward? well, the question is whether or not this counts as that demonstration. you know, they say, you know, if you sh