Capitol hill this afternoon as you see Speaker Mccarthy gavelling in the house of representatives, where you will see the House Speaker fighting to keep his job. Congressman matt gaetz raymond leading the charge to oust him from his role as speaker of the house. The house averted a government shutdown. Gaetz raymond expected to take the flooris expected to take th fl floor. I spoke with folks on capitol hill and i count eight republicans is what matt gaetz has, perhaps more than that. He would need 210 democrats to pass the motion to vacate. You have congressman Hakeem Jeffries saying the caucus should vote to oust Kevin Mccarthy. Pramila jayapal doubling down, we are not voting in any way to save Kevin Mccarthy. The question this hour, does Kevin Mccarthy seem the cat with nine lives . It took 15 votes to get the gavel. Well watch the house floor and update new developments. First, historic legal battle that could have political implication on the 2024 race. The first son has pleaded
A. M. Pacific. House speaker Kevin Mccarthy is up against a motion that would remove him as speaker. President bidens son, hunter, entered a plea on three federal gun charges. The trial has become for onetime crypto billionaire, bankmanfried. Overnight, texas congressman was carjacked by three armed men a mile from the capitol. He will be with us this morning to talk about what happened. App. We begin this hour with that Breaking News on capitol hill where house speaker, Kevin Mccarthy, is facing the biggest challenge to his leadership today. The house will vote on matt gaetz motion to oust him as speaker. Right now House Democrats are Behind Closed Doors to discuss what they will do, and mccarthy expressed confidence when asked if he will still be speaker by the end of the night . If i counted how many sometimes somebody would have wanted to knock me out, i would have been gone a long time ago. And we have our guests. Ali, where does Mccarthy Stand as of this minute . He was unequivoc
We are following several break news events this hoursh a one that has huge repercussions for the functions of congress, and the others are legal battles one for a former u. S. President and one for the sitting president s son. Those are separate legal cases playing out in two different courthouses for two different reasons. A moment ago we saw hunter biden heading into court and we are waiting for former President Trump to head into court. President trump faces an existential threat to his business empire, and he is heading back into a court where he has lost part of his case, and the judge has already found that he is liable for fraud. And hunter biden is in a delaware courtroom to be arraigned on federal gun charges. And major Breaking News, we are learning that there is going to be a vote today, and House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy announced that there is going to be a vote today to decide his fate. Will he keep his job . Democrats and republicans are meeting Behind Closed Doors at this
Say the four overpowered and assaulted at least one guard stealing keys and a personal car. That car seen sideswiping a jeep and then abandoned. Three of the four were arrested yesterday morning in bridgeton. That is huggins home town. And they did not say if the ambush and escape took place in the secure area or how the four managed to beat security measures there. They say that issue is being investigated. Im not prepared to criticize the operation at harbor fields detention facility. We are still trying to gather all the information and trying to gather the facts. The question remains, how did the four breakout . The prosecutor is make that part of his investigation as well. Apparently the state of new jersey operates the facility for Atlantic County and we approached the state for comment and so far no comment yet. Live in mays landing, john rawlins, channel 6 action news. Thank you. Of course our conference continues at 6abc. Com and well continue to bring you the latest detailed
His parents both local radio personalities tweeted this picture of their son in the hospital. He ran way but they caught up with them every time he slipped on the wet pavement. They were aiming for my head and they were trying to knock me out. Its disturbing because these are young kids. The police chief believe this is a random attack and identify aid 13yearold as a person of interest. We are trying to get this kid and move through the identification process and move through looking to see the other three and get them involved. Mountain in the meantime they are looking to see if it was connect to a Second Attack an hour later. And students were unaware of the incidents and unphased. Its in the back of my mind but i walk this way a lot. Campus surveillance cameras got video of this group of young people prior to the attack and unfortunately it was dark and rainy but not clear images of their faces, if you know anything are you urged to call police. Thank you. Escaped juvenile and new j