Democrats are making it clear they will not provide the life raft for him. Let republicans deal with their own problems. I mean, let them wallow in their pig sty of incompetence. But the Big Question Hanging Over The Hill right now, if not mccarthy, then who . I want to bring in ali vitali on capitol hill. Also with us, Washington Post national reporter, carol lehning. Former aid to speakers paul ryan and john boehner and msnbc political analyst, brendan buck. Were also joined by former republican congressman from florida, carlos. Ali, ive been away from you for all of a minute so i know either someones walked by you or youre getting texts. Tell us where everything stands right now. Certainly both. As we went off the air with you, congressman chip roy walked by. I asked if he thought any of these other hard liners could have their minds changed. He said well see. The reporting we did just a few minutes ago says a lot of these folk who said their going to vote against mccarthy probably
House speaker Kevin Mccarthy fighting to stay in power. Florida republican congressman matt gaetz pushing to oust him after less than a year in charge. Hello, im john roberts, welcome to you on this historic tuesday. A lot going on behind us. Im Aishah Hasnie in for sandra smith. Matt gaetz filed the motion to vacate the chair, could force a new vote as early as 1 30 today for House Speaker if mccarthys allies are not able to save him. John the florida congressman says the recent spending battle and ongoing aid to ukraine says he is not representing republican interest in the house. And if he can convince enough gop members for the motion, he will be forced to rely on democrats. Aishah juan and chris are standing by, but first, off to capitol hill where senior Congressional Correspondent chad pergram is live with the latest. So, what are you hearing, where are the democrats at right now . Good afternoon, aishah. When asked if he would still be speaking, Kevin Mccarthy said yes but conc
Thank you so much for letting us into your homes once again during these truly extraordinary times. We are grateful. The beat with katie fhang in for ari begins right now. Thanks for everything youve done to get us started. I appreciate it. Have a great show. And welcome all of you to the beat. Were tracking that extraordinary Breaking News late today. Republican Kevin Mccarthy becoming the first House Speaker in United States history to be expelled from the job. A Renegade Band of several maga lawmakers leading the charge to push him out. The final vote 216210, given the republicans very slim majority in the house, mccarthy could only afford to lose a handful of gop votes. In the end he lost eight republicans. That number combined with democrats voting against him was enough to oust him. Heres the moment the vote was officially tallied. The first time weve seen a moment like this in the house of representatives 234 years. The yeas are 216, the nays are 210. The resolution is adopted.
If you recall. Adam schiff teased this last week. We do expect him to make a statement after the hearing wraps up, which we think is any minute now. And we were told the hearing had been wrapping up. We also expect to hear from the chairman, adam schiff, as well. We dont know how long well hear from him, but well hear something from him. Cohens testimony comes as a source tells nbc news that cohen turned over new documents showing how his false 2017 testimony to congress about trump tower moscow was edited. And if these documents back up the claims cohen implied last week, that the president s lawyers made those edits, it could potentially implicate them in cohens false statements. One of the president s lawyers is denying that they altered a key part of his testimony. Were going to have a lot more on this developing story in a moment, along with some new jawdropping poll numbers in the wake of the cohen testimony. But for now, as we await mr. Cohen to the microphones, were going to be
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