World. And welcome to hannity. History on Capitol Hill Tonighel ,republican lawmakers joininawg all 208 House Democrats to remove Kevin Mccarthy as house speaker. To the first time in our nations history. And mccarthy will not seeks speakership again. Now, sources telling mt agaie au hour, some House Republicans have been in Contactblican Withd have started an effort to draft former president donal ad to bee the next speaker. N toldi hat pres that President Trump might be open to Helpingid Ort Term the republican party, at least in the short term if necessarys ,if its needed anyway. But heres former Speaker Mccarthy. Earlier tonight. Loo lets take a look. I believe i can continue to fight maybe in a different manner. I will not run for speaker again. Ill have the conference pick wie. Today s i think today was a political decis. Thingshe democratwa and i think that i think the things they have done in the past hurt the institution. And they just started removing ine and theycommitte jus
about is ridiculous. i m in this race because the truth needs to be spoken. he is unfit. this is a guy who just said this past week that he wants to use the department of justice to go after his enemies when he gets in there. i mean, the fact of the matter is he is unfit to be president, and there is no bigger issue in this race than donald trump, and those numbers prove it. that s republican presidential candidate chris christie addressing the lack of direct criticism for donald trump at last night s gop debate. we ll have much more from that heated yet perhaps not relevant event straight ahead. meanwhile, on capitol hill senate republicans are stalling a critical aid package, which includes billions of dollars in funding for ukraine. we ll explain why and what could happen next. and also ahead we ll bring you the latest from gaza. israel says its forces are closing in on the hamas leader is believed to be the mastermind behind the october 7th terror attacks. good mo
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on this debate before it s too late. and a disturbing new study revealing a widening gap between minorities and the wealthiest americans in the wake of a devastating recession. i m wolf blitzer here in the situation room. first to what many say is shaping up to be an economic disaster of nearly unprecedented proportions if congress doesn t break the deadlock and agree on a deal to raise the debt ceiling only six days from now. the white house warning today there s no more wiggle room and beyond that date, quote, we lose our capacity to borrow. if that happens, interest rates could go up, the value of the dollar could go down. individual mortgages, car loans, student loans, and a lot more could likely suffer significantly, becoming more significant. some financial analysts are even warning of a potential stock market crash. all of that could push the united states into another great recession. let s go straight to capitol hill. our congressional correspondent kate baldwin is j
hammered with angry questions. egyptians take security into their own hands. even some children are armed with illegal guns. the revolution giving way to a wild west mentality. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. the united states is another day closer to a possible default on its debts. 19 days before the deadline there s no sign that political leaders are any closer to preventen an unprecedented and frightening train wreck. right now members of congress are in the fifth straight day of talks aimed at raising the debt limit. the frustrations and tempers have been laid bare. let s go to our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin. she s over there with the latest. what do what do we expect from the negotiations? as you know, it s been 24 hours of extremely high tension with each side accusing the other of political posturing. now they re back to see if they can sal van these negotiations or if they have to move on to plan b, or maybe plan c. today w