Good evening everyone im lurk coats here with audrey philip, this is a Special Edition of cnn tonight. Kevin mccarthy obvious house speaker. He has said hes not going to run again. Now the house will be assessed for a week, and they wont even return until next tuesday night for a conference meeting, before theyre a potential vote later that week on electing a new speaker. That means the house will be closed for business, meanwhile mccartney who lost that speakership gavel today, he said this tonight. These are the same people that never voted for me, but after we went through 15 rounds, im not sure those individuals are looking to be productive. Well this is certainly a moment in american history, in a string of number moments, ive never seen anything like this before. Never before has the speaker lost the job in a vote on the house floor. It happened with with the pounding of a gavel. The office of speaker of the house, of the United States house of representatives is hereby declared
Permanent level of that seat left vacant by the late senator diane feinstein. Well see what happens next. Abby, always a pleasure. Thanks to everyone for watching, our coverage does continue. Right now, for viewers who might be joining us, were talking about a day unlike any In Washington since 1910, the last time that has members tried to throw out their speaker then. 113 years later, for the very first time, members tried to throw at their speaker but this time, this time, anderson and caitlin, they succeeded. Yeah, jake and edison, Kevin Mccarthy only serving for 269 days, his speakership undone by eight republicans led by congressman matt gaetz of florida, using that rule to force him out that mccarthy himself agreed to, of course, as a condition to get the job as House Speaker, now a vote in the election is expected next week, a week for now from tomorrow night. The jockeying at the position is already underway tonight. Cnns Melanie Zanona is covering it all at the capitol. Nani,
Good evening, everyone. Im laura coates, here with abby philip, and this is a Special Edition of cnn tonight. Kevin mccarthy, i listed as house speaker, he says hes not dont even run again. Now, the house will be in recess for a week. Theyre not even planning to return till next tuesday night for cough conference meetings, before then, a Potential Vote later that week on electing a new speaker. So that means the house will be closed for business, maybe well get another speaker. Me while, because he lost that speakership gavel today, police said this tonight. These are the same people that never voted for me, they thought it was big they went to present. After we went through 15 rounds. Im not quite sure those individuals are looking to be productive. Well, this is certainly a moment in american history. And a series of a number of moments that weve never seen anything like before. Never before has a speaker lost the job in a vote on the house floor. And it happened with the pounding of
Infighting on the right as tensions explode. And tonight, republicans have no clear way out of the mess of their own making. A new Government Shutdown threat just over a month away, and very real questions about funding the military and the war in ukraine. Already, as republicans are searching for a new speaker, the same magafueled turmoil that took down mccarthy is on display. Multiple republicans already announcing bids, including jim jordan and Steve Scalise. Some on the far right and Foxs Sean Hannity floating Donald Trumps name as speaker. One republican senator giving his gop house colleagues some advice. This ousting of Speaker Mccarthy and now we have a pro tem as speaker. I dont have a lot of advice for my house colleagues, other than this. Follow your heart, but take your brain with you. Id also advise all of my house colleagues to be sure and take their meds. Take your meds. Now, thats a republican senator giving that advice. Kevin mccarthy now has two historic bookends to h
Right now on Andrea Mitchell reports, a power vacuum after Kevin Mccarthy broke too many promises to both sides of the aisle. The office of Speaker Of The House of the United States house of representatives is hereby declared vacant. The first time in u. S. History, the Speaker Of The House is ousted from his leadership post by his own party. I will not run for speaker again. I might have been given a bad break, but i truly still consider myself to be the luckiest man on the face of the earth. With a small group of hard right republicans determined to Fire Mccarthy and his insults against democrats, no one would come to his rescue. We heard Speaker Mccarthy say that he wanted us to bring it on. I guess we did. Kevin mccarthy is a feature of the swamp. Who can bring the fractured republicans together to take the gavel . How will Congress Avoid a shutdown in a little over a month from now . I will speak to Democratic Congress member Alyssa Slotkin slotkin. The judge in Donald Trumps civi