Lets get started. Tonight we begin with breaking developments on the burgeoning efforts to oust Kevin Mccarthy from his role of Speaker Of The House. This morning farright republican matt gaetz vowed to file a socalled motion to vacate. Thats a move to event the speaker. He says hes going to do that in the coming days. Saying, quote, we need to rebuff the bandaid. I think we need to move on with new leadership that can be trustworthy. According to politico, some house president conservatives predict there is at least a dozen gop members ready to support the motion to vacate against mccarthy. Now to Progressive Democrats have indicated their support as well. Shortly after the announcement from gaetz, Congresswoman Alexdria ocasiocortez shows she would, quote, absolutely voted for a motion to vacate it. She left the door open in negotiations if mccarthy came to democrats for help. Also said its not up to democrats to save republicans from themselves. Just hours ago on this network, Congr
Developments on the burgeoning efforts to oust Kevin Mccarthy from his role of Speaker Of The House. This morning farright republican matt gaetz vowed to file a socalled motion to vacate. Thats a move to event the speaker. He says hes going to do that in the coming days. Saying, quote, we need to rebuff the bandaid. I think we need to move on with new leadership that n be trustworthy. According to politico, some house president conservatives predict there is at least a dozen gop members ready to support the motion to vacate against mccarthy. Now to Progressive Democrats have indicated their support as well. Shortly after the announcement from gaetz, congresswoman alexandria ocasiocortez shows she would, quote, absolutely voted for a motion to vacate it. She left the door open in negotiations if mccarthy came to democrats for help. Also said its not up to democrats to save republicans from themselves. Just hours ago on this network, Congressman Ilhan Omar endorsed a motion to vacate. I
Still warm and humid this morning as the front is ever so slowly sliding down that way. Dew points are back to the 40s and 50s, meaning no fog but b, just enjoy the beautiful sunshine and the crisp air we have outside today. High temps back into the mid 70s. Vanessa were still seeing lane blockages on manhattan. Were hearing eastbound lanes are being lanes are open so particularly in the ooe bound direction, make sure youre planning extra time. Jen will talk more about the details of this Police Activity in a couple of minutes. Russell its 6 01. Well begin with a news alert out of pasco. Deputies are looking for a man that is armed and dangerous. 26yearold savage has a history of selling drugs. Hes accused of running off from obstruction. Jennifer a man attacks firefighters and police after setting fire to an apartment. It happened on bay to bay boulevard. Firefighters arrived to find smoke coming through the roof. When they tried to reach the second floor with a ladder, they say a man
Different schedule. Happy to have you back. Its been good. I think i counted 26 days away from summer or fall. I think were like less than a month away. Its so sad. Its rapidly approaching. This is our last weekend of full summer. Next weekends is Labor Day Weekend the unofficial end to summer so many kids headed back to school this week and the next week and following after labor day so winding down as we take a live look outside on this saturday morning, august 27th. Beautiful shot of the capitol with some clouds streaking through that sunrise right behind it. You know, even though the Summer Season is winding down this heat is not. Wow. Our heat wave rolls on and on. Lets start off on this steamy morning. 79 at Reagan National, 73 at dulles, 74 bwi marshall. If youre just about to head out this morning to walk the dog or go for a morning run or bike ride it is warm. It is so humid out there still. Just likees another hot one planned. D a bit north and west. Those Higher Elevations w
World in 90 seconds. Protests have been going on all evening. Its getting really ugly. Theres a lot of anger out here. A lot of mistrust. Chaos on the streets of charlotte. This is not how we riot. This is not how we succeed. This is not the way. Is there any doubt in your mind that a gun was recovered near him . Absolutely no doubt whatsoever, no. We have two more names to add to a list of africanamericans its unbearable. And it needs to become intollariable. In particular, in tulsa this young officer, i dont know what she was thinking. I dont know what she was thinking. But im very, very troubled by this. The main suspect behind the new york bombing praising Osama Bin Laden in a journal. This is a new era of terror. Hes the leader that will lead us to the promised land. Even if youre speaking for donald trump, dont show up in a of buttons on. Dress up and look presentable. Blackout affecting all of puerto rico after a huge fire. The blaze erupting at a major power plant. In and out b