This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. Im tony harris. Were following breaking news from capitol hill. The current House Majority leader, Kevin Mccarthy, took his name out of the running for house speaker. Lets head straight to al jazeeras political course dents Michael Shure on capitol hill. Why is this happening, and can i suggest to you that the answer to the question is nothing more complicated than Kevin Mccarthy couldnt win . Reporter well, you know, you just did my job for me, tony. Yes. A lot of it came down to that. A lot of it came down to the numbers. A lot of it came down to benghazi. The fact that he made a remark that really stirred a lot of passion on the republican side, especially in the conservative republican side, sort of undermining his colleagues with what he said, saying benghazi was politically moetivated. You hit it right on the head. It is the numbers. He talked about that. It all went back to the math. The one thing i found in talking to everybod
Craig is in manila with more on the monster storm. Reporter this is the moment when the storm hit a city of more than 200,000 people. Once the winds whipped in from the coast with gusts around 300 kilometers an hour, and with it came floodwater. People used mattresses to stay above the rising waters. This is the kind of scene rescue crews are seeing as they reach isolated areas. A tornado just passed us. And it lasted for four hours. It was just crumbling, you know. I mean, at first it was the ceiling that went off, and then the roof just started flying in all directions and then the water just started coming. Reporter the survivors are desperate. Weve got some looting going on at a drugstore by the looks of it. Were opening as many stores as we can so the people have access to food. There is some looting going on, and weve deployed the army as much as we can. Were trying to secure power and water, which are the basics. Reporter with communications down and roads out, emergency organiz
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