following too close. we have confirmed those reports are accurate, wolf. interesting. i know you re staying on top of this story. thank you very, very much. and erin, i know we re going to turn back to our top story right now. the bitter fight for speaker of the house. that s right, wolf. and a good evening to all of you. i m erin burnett. welcome to a special edition. because right now we are in the midst of an open revolt over who will become speaker of the house. and i m wolf blitzer here in washington. it has been a very, very historic and dramatic day here in washington.ngressman kevin m far unable to secure enough votes to become the next speaker of the house. it s been such an incredible day to watch. here we are making history. he lost the support of 19 members in the first two votes. as we re sitting here, wolf, in the third vote he loses nanothe one. this is not how this is supposed to go. it s not how it ever has gone. it s a bruising rebuke of mccarthy who
Donald trump takes his campaign into a New York City courthouse. The former president attends day one of his Civil Fraud Trial. His lawyers play to an audience of one. And make this him arguments of the judge has already picked up apart. Former Manhattan District Attorney cyrus vance for the and Preet Bharara are on standby for the reaction. And theyre coming up first. Plus, Prosecutor Pepper dan goldman joins me now to discuss the spectacle and what played out in his district in manhattan today. Also breaking, today matt gaetz officially fusses motion to kick housekeeper Kevin Mccarthy out of his job. Ill ask republican congressman Bill Buck What the future will look like without him. So the kickoff of donald trump s Civil Fraud Trial in new york today was chockfull of the kind of bluster that weve all come to expect from the former president. Not really a big surprise. But he can huff and puff all he wants. The thing is in this case, trumps day of reckoning has already. Come the judg
Campaign into a New York City courthouse. The former president attends day one of his Civil Fraud Trial. His lawyers play to an audience of one. And make this him arguments of the judge has already picked up apart. Former Manhattan District Attorney sevens and for the prepereira are standby for the reaction. And theyre coming up first. Plus, Prosecutor Pepper dan goldman joins me now to discuss the spectacle and what played out in his district in manhattan today. Also breaking, today matt gaetz officially fusses motion to kick housekeeper Kevin Mccarthy out of his job. Ill ask republican congressman Bill Buck What the future will look like without him. So the kickoff of Donald Trumps Civil Fraud Trial in new york today was chockfull of the kind of bluster that weve all come to expect from the former president. Not really a big surprise. But he can huff and puff all he wants. The thing is in this case, trumps day of reckoning has already. Come the judges already found him liable of frau
Whether there are grounds for a Criminal Investigation or an ethics investigation against the president of is the United States of america. For example, Rachel Crooks is one of the 16 women that we know of who have come forward. She said that President Trump, before he was president , quote, kissed me directly on the mouth. It was so inappropriate that he thought i was so insignificant he could do that. Jo hart, said he absolutely groped me, and he just lipid his hand there touching my private parts, end quote. These are just two examples of unwelcome sexual advances. I think were he on the subway or in a restaurant would not either or both of these incident be enough to get him arrested . In your experience as the number two most important Law Enforcement officer in the United States, but before you answer that, how about these cases . Kristin anderson in an interview said, quote, the person on my right who unbeknownst to me at the time was donald trump, put their hand up my skirt. He
going to let you pick the guy you want. i understand all that. nonetheless, they have the leverage. and when kevin mccarthy failed to get the majority that he needed to insulate himself from this kind of extortion, he laid himself open to what we see today. and we don t know what valadao is saying privately to kevin. i would expect it could be very different than what he just said on television. i would expect as a loyal foot soldier on just the day of this epic defeat, which may lead into tomorrow at noon, to say what he said, but eventually once kevin realizes that it s another going to happen for him, i expect valadao to say kevin has decided to drop out of the race and he s given me permission to support somebody else. if kevin was witnessing what happened today, and he was because he was there, he must at some level know that this probably isn t going to happen for him. he s wanted it for many, many