bitter conflict among house republicans. former minority leader kevin mccarthy is being opposed by landful of lawmakers who are refusing to support him. a number that increased by one on the last balloting for speaking. chad pergram has been following this all day minute by minute. he tells us where things stand tonight from a chaotic capitol hill. good evening, chad. bret, as you say. the most chaos for the beginning of a congress in 100 years. it marked a foreboding start for a g.o.p. majority which promised big things in the midterms. the house voted all afternoon. kevin mccarthy lacks the votes to become speaker. mccarthy and his allies are determined to keep voting and wear down his opponents. are you going to stay in the race, leader mccarthy. yes. i m not going anywhere. look, i have the record for the longest speech ever on the floor. i don t have a problem getting a record for the most votes for speaker, too. there were only five g.o.p. members officially opp
Jesse i didnt hear anything, did you . Bret i will watch for you. On this vote, the yeas are 216, the nays are 210. The resolution is adopted. Without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. The office of speaker of the house of the United States house of representatives is hereby declared vacant. [gavel] bret quite a day. Good evening, welcome to washington. Im bret baier. Breaking tonight, history in front of our eyes today for the first time in the history of this republic, the speaker of the house has been kicked out of his job. A civil war among House Republicans. The historymaking removal of a speaker, lawmakers taking to the floor this afternoon to either urge colleagues to remove speaker Kevin Mccarthy or retain him. The full house then voted to get rid of mccarthy, the final tally 216 to 2010. Eight republicans sided with 208 democrats and now there is chaos in Republican Leadership about what comes next. Lets find out. Senior Congressional Correspondent chad
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