Was in after his own party failed to come together on a republican version at the end of the day, keeping government open and paying our troops was the right decision. I stand by that decision. And the end of the day, if i have to lose my job over it, so be it. House democrats were strongly encouraged to vote against mccarthy. The republicans are in the middle of a civil war that is causing chaos, dysfunction and extremism. This is the mess hes created for himself, and he has to figure out how to clean it up and with more than five republicans voting with the other side, the speakership is now open. The real problems of real americans will get ignored for weeks, while dc politician turns play middle school games about terrible personal grudges. Matt gaetz needs to quit being a chaos agent. All proceedings of the house are now on pause until republicans elect a new speaker in washington. Rebecca castor fox news. And just in the last hour at four, Steven Wolper of Saint Marys College in
Only from xfinity. Floor tonight. Bay area lawmaker is looking for a path forward. We need a speaker that will truly work in a bipartisan way. Tonight, the us house of representatives at a standstill with votes canceled for the rest of the week. Good evening, everyone. Im mike mibach. And im julie julie haener. In the end, it was eight republican detractors who essentially forced mccarthy out. We have Team Coverage tonight on todays vote. Ktvu s Jana Katsuyama is standing by with what the coming weeks could be like. But first, we begin with fox news. Rebecca castor, whos live tonight in washington with more on todays vote. Rebecca good evening, julie. It was a vote that came down to the wire in an outcome that even Kevin Mccarthy himself was not expecting. He was optimistic heading on to the house floor this afternoon, telling reporters he was confident hed still be speaker at the end of the night. But in a historic twist, he was kicked out of his chair with republicans now scrambling
News at noon. Good afternoon. Im gasia mikaelian. Im andre senior. Thank you for joining us. Honoring the life and legacy of senator Dianne Feinstein at this hour. She is lying in state at San Francisco city hall where people are gathering to pay respects to the late senator. Hundreds of people are already coming through the rotunda to bid a final farewell. The public can pay their respects until 7 00 this evening. Ctvs kristen, captain has been inside the city hall rotunda since the casket arrived at 8 00 this morning. He joins us now live. Christian yeah, the public still paying their respects and saying their final farewells to senator Dianne Feinstein. But of course, before she was a senator, she was the mayor of San Francisco. And were joined now by the current mayor of San Francisco, london breed, and wanted to get your reflections on this day at this time, im with the senator lying in state here under the rotunda in city hall. Well its just been such an outpouring of love and su
Prime minister assure the committee those who would refuse legal aid is still under the new exceptional funding scheme. He said, the minister, this was a vital safeguard. 617 family law applications have been made, and eight have been allowed. What kind of safeguard is that . I will at the close of the cases he raises a key thing is this, that we have to make sure our legal aid system is is affordable and where we can bear our legal aid system with similar common law countries, we still spend far more per head in countries like australia or new zealand or others. He shakes his head but, frankly, its no good for members apartment to Come Department every week and vote against every single spending decision but not to recognize we have to get our deficit down in order to help our economy recover. Thank you, mr. Speaker. Will be Prime Minister take a few minutes over the easter days [inaudible] in Economic Affairs which was announced last night . Because if he does i am sure it will get m
More united for decades to come. Sergeant first class daniel ferguson, Staff Sergeant carlos lazaneyrodriguez, Sergeant Timothy owens. Like the 576 fort hood soldiers who have given their lives in iraq and afghanistan, they were taken from us much too soon. Like the 13 americans we lost five years ago, their passing shakes our soul. In moments such as this, we summon once more what we have learned in these hard years of war. We reach within our wounded hearts. We lean on each other. We hold each other up. We carry on. With gods amazing grace, we somehow bear what seems unbearable. Love bears all things. Believes all things. Hopes all things. Endures all things. Love never ends. May god watch over these american soldiers. May he keep strong their families whose love endures. May god continue to bless the United States of america with patriots such as these. Ladies and gentlemen, at this time our Staff Sergeant will sing amazing grace. Grace zing how sweet the sound wretch like me was lo