diehl wins massachusetts governor. worst nightmare. and i m here to stop. tracking the tropics, we are watching hurricane earl. good news not a direct impact. we will see rip current. getting a hair cut a couple seats away from me. i still love you i have plenty of reasons why i do brian: can t get over that hair cut. i will focus on the beach. hard to focus. why are you getting a hair cut at a match like that? steve: he needed one. 67 acres of beach, recreational area of the town nahant, massachusetts. kids are back at school. so they will be there this afternoon at 3:00 when school is over. new york city, don t expect any snow days this year because they stopped them thanks to the advent of zoom, you don t have to miss schooling. ainsley: right, exactly. brian: you should be able to go to the beach or zoom it in. phone your teacher listen i m at new hadn t beach in massachusetts so great i m not coming in today mrs. johnson. i will be watching you.
Kevin mccarthy says bring it on. And by it i mean a fox news on contributor ship. Sources telling cnn that just ousted speaker Will Leave Congress before the end of his term, perhaps as soon as a new speaker is elected. This as donald trump endorses a man once called a legislative terrorist by a past republican speaker to be the next speaker. Also ahead, eight years after donald trump came down the escalator and said mexico is sending rapists to the u. S. , in a new interview, trump says undocumented immigrants are, quote, poisoning the blood of our country. Well get reaction from one of his republican president ial rivals. Plus a bold message exclusively to cnn from a female activist behind bars in iran who was just awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Welcome to the lead. Why bother to continue to represent the good people of barks bakersfield, california when there is money to be made . We start today on capitol hill. Moments ago sources told cnn that ousted House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy i
brian: todd piro is here with the details. todd: what we feared and expected, sadly. good morning to all three of you. police confirming the human remains found in a south memphis neighborhood are those of missing heiress and mother of two fletcher. tire tracks in tall grass and strong odor led them to find her body abandoned home less than a mile away from the apartment complex where witnesses say they saw accused killer cleotha abston cleaning his suv. he is facing multiple charges including first degree murder. abston also carries a long criminal history first being arrested for theft at age 11. he was convicted of rape at age 14. later went on to serve 20 years in prison for kidnapping a well-known attorney at gunpoint and forcing him to withdraw money from multiple atm machines. fletcher s family is now breaking their silence and demanding justice for the 34-year-old saying, quote: we are heart broken and devastated by this senseless loss. we are grateful beyond major to
delicate operation of refloating the wrecked cruise ship costa concordia. it s been 2 1/2 years since that ship ran aground, capsizing and killing 32 people on board. it is now being towed to its home port where it will be scrapped. a mysterious odor led to the evacuation of about 50 homes in pennsylvania. emergency crews detected high levels of volatile organic compounds in several homes near philadelphia. the red cross shelter has been set up now for evacuees. the epa and other agencies are working to determine the source of those fumes. quite an unsettling weekend in oklahoma, seven earthquakes reported over the last two days, the largest registered a magnitude of 4.3. there s been a huge spike in earthquakes reported in the state. this year alone 207 quakes with 3.0 magnitude or higher. the state averaged just two per year in 1978 to 2008. no official reason for the spike, but many suggest hydro
to emerge in that group. it will add civility and a more normal feeling if they have that kind of structure while they re in the mine. reporter: meanwhile, rescue efforts are moving ahead. that giant drill that s meant to bore a 26-inch wide, half-mile long hole into the ground is now in place. they are preparing to begin. work is expected to begin saturday. they just don t know how long it will take to reach the men so far down because the ground here is so fragile. jeffrey kofman, abc news, copiapo, chile. police in a small north carolina town are trying to figure out how a woman s body went unnoticed in a hearse for nine days. they say complaints about a foul odor led them to the body. police say the funeral home picked up a woman s body from her apartment and left it in the hearse. while no criminal charges are likely, the funeral home could lose its license. in other news now, tiger woods hits the links this morning at the barclays tournament in new jersey. he s looking for