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
That approximately 656 this evening, a couple of shooting incidents occurred here with multiple casualties in the city of lewiston. A massive Search Effort underway at this hour for. The gunman in a Mass Shooting in lewiston, maine. At least 22 people are dead, dozens more wounded. Getting everybody. Im kevin corke In Washington and im marianne rafferty, live in los angeles. The situation still unfolding at this hour. Its very fluid, but police are confirming that robert khan is A Person Of Interest and he should be considered Armed And Dangerous. He is still large at this time. We go now to fox news Correspondent Molly who just arrived on the scene. Shes live from lewiston. Molly, what can you tell us at this hour . Good morning, marianne. We are just outside the central maine Medical Center. This is one of the facilities where some of the victims were brought earlier in the evening tonight. It is absolutely surrounded by Law Enforcement, many of them holding long guns at all. Every b
In a few spots. I was just checking if there are damage reports, one that i see so far with a utility pole. The winds are Strong Enough to cause a few issues for this morning. This is not a major danger but you need to watch out this morning. This is now 4 00 in the afternoon. I think the focus of the strongest winds as its passing through the area. Its a windy day no matter how you slice it. There have already been reports in this range particularly overnight in the midnight hours or so. We saw some high gusts reporting in areas like delaware, burks county had gusts above 40 Miles Per Hour. Still continuing to be the potential for us and, again, like i mentioned, downed tree limbs, Power Outages are possible for us. Look at the wind gusts in wilmington and coatesville up to now 41mileperhour gusts in coatesville. The front is moving from west to east so that will be one of the highest points right about the start time for the philadelphia marathon. Looking at your radar and satellite,
This is a live look. Obviously the first heat taking off. A 26. 2mile through the city of philadelphia. Down no old city, over to washington avenue. Then into mant yok. In addition to running the marathon theyll be up against the wind. Those winds moving in throughout the morning. Theyll certainly be up against a wind challenge but, nonetheless, a beautiful run, a tour of the city. Its going to be an awesome time. Meteorologist krystal klei is tracking the windy conditions. Krystal, you have some reports of damage out there. Reports just started rolling in through the National Weather service. They filter those over to media, and we have quite a few in burks county, new castle county. Those winds are for the most part power lines and poles being damaged. Now through about 4 00 this afternoon has damaging winds. 15 to 25 miles an hour, gusts 40 to 50 and as i mentioned downed tree limbs, Power Outages especially in areas where its prone for to you see tree limbs come down. Lk drive is o
Well right now the Confederate Flag is no longer flying at the South Carolina state house. The honor guard took it down just a little while. It was a brief, short ceremony of huge crowds to watch the historic moment. Lets listen in for a second. [ cheering ] the flag coming down just a little after three weeks of the killing of people at a church in charleston. In that renewed calls for this moment, for the Confederate Flag to be removed from the South Carolina sit capitol. The flag was handed over to the director of the South Carolina confederate relic room where it will be displayed after 54 years of flying above the South Carolina capitol. Thank you christen. There will soon be a legal challenge to virginias decision to remove the flag from the license plates. It go go to court to keep the state from banning the plates. The governor asked the attorney general to work on phasing out the vanity plates. Breaking news right now. Former Virginia Governor bob mcdonald sentence up held. We