job, then mccarthy s done? i don t know if i would say mccarthy s done. but i think that he s taken on a lot of water because of his gaffe about the benghazi committee. look at what happened today on capitol hill, you had democrats proving a privileged resolution, it was a party-line vote. but they were saying, look, this is a witch-hunt being done to go after hillary clinton s poll numbers. elijah cummings, for some time had taken the responsibility seriously, he said today in a press conference, chuck, trey gowdy has had a laser focus on hillary clinton, and that s been the only purpose of this tax-funded committee. it s a complete waste of money. i think mccarthy has to walk a fine line. how much does he promise to conservatives and can boehner cover him with the debt limit? it s going to be a fascinating month. indeed. still ahead, congressman paul ryan on that said house leadership shake-up. but first, hampton pearson has your cnbc market wrap right
the gop leadership shake-up. kevin mccarthy, he wants to be the (wind noise) (road noise) what s happening here. is not normal, it s extraordinary. 291 people, 350 tons, 186 miles per hour. you re not sure what s on the other side to that time after you land. but momentum pushes you forward. you are a test pilot, breaking through where others broke. this is why you take off. same reason the pioneers before you went in canoes and covered wagons, with wild eyes and big fevered dreams and it s why we re with you. 80 thousand people now. on the ground. in the air. engines on. because there is no stop in us.
we re done. you can see as we go through time we could set some low temperatures overnight tonight. we are 10 to 20 to 25 degrees below average. leland i promise as we get into april, mid-april, things will begin it to improve. okay? mark my words. always something to look forward to. we re going to hold you to that, janice. okay, my friend. see you soon. thanks, j.d. uma? all right. and as we get set for hour two of america s news headquarters here are some of the stories we are following. longtime democrat and senate my minority leader harry reid calling it quits setting off a leadership shake-up for the dems, and amaas for some in the gop. there s a bit of news today that harry reid is retiring from the senate. mraus[ applause ]
place? well, cnn s will ripley has more on that and reports that some sony execs were uncomfortable with certain scenes in the film. reporter: as the sony crisis escalates most japanese moviegoers are oblivious. have you heard of the interview ? no. no. reporter: less than two miles from sony s tokyo headquarters not a single person we asked knows about the controversial comedy. behind these walls, nobody is laughing. this is costing sony hundreds of millions of dollar, destroying relationships in hollywood. reporter: hollywood reporter editor at large kim masters says the attack is paralyzing sony pictures entertainment and could force a leadership shake-up. there is no movie in the world that could be worth this but certainly not this movie. hello, north korea. reporter: hacked e-mails reveal executives grow uncomfortable with certain scenes in the interview which joke about the assassination of north korean leader kim jong-un.
yesterday at a news conference with russian president the president was focused on the war in afghanistan insisting the change of commander does not mean a change in strategy. the president dismissing suggestions that the leadership shake-up would affect his timetable for the withdrawal of u.s. troops set to begin next summer. we did not say that starting july in 2011, suddenly, there would be no troops from the united states or allied countries in afghanistan. we didn t say we would be switching off the lights and closing the door behind us. we said as we began a transition phase in which the afghan government is taking on more and more responsibility. that was the president s clearest description of his timetable of bringing troops home next year, a schedule many analysts feel is unrealistic.