reporter: all of these options are thorny. if they go to another round of balloting, it s not clear i would be surprised if mccarthy were able to peel off the number of people that he needs from this 20 no vote coalition on his side to actually become speaker on this next ballot. what we are hearing is that the mccarthy team could go for a motion to adjourn until tomorrow. you are right, that would buy them time. it would save them another round of embarrassment if he were to lose on this fourth ballot. as i was walking over here, i tried to find some key members of that 20 no vote coalition to ask if they would support that motion to adjourn. right now, democrats have said they will not represent republicans do that. they are whipping against that motion. republicans would have to go it alone. they would not be able to pass that motion to adjourn unless some of these 20 republicans were also on board and supportive of it. i talked, for example, with congressman andy bigg
seemed the political fit for this state, the reddest in the nation. where she won by nearly 50 points. but everything changed when she turned on trump. every american must consider this. can a president who is willing to make the choices donald trump made during the violence of january 6th ever be trusted with any position of authority in our great nation again. as cheney awaits word on her political future, trump and his allies are facing new threats to their legal future. three investigations moving ahead on multiple fronts in just the past 24 hours. federal prosecutors now say the search at mar-a-lago is part of an ongoing criminal investigation involving national security after warning a judge that unsealing the affidavit could compromise witnesses and undermine their case. in new york the former cfo for trump s business empire is now expected to plead guilty to criminal charges in a case linked to tax fraud. and in georgia where investigators are looking into attempt
constitution. politico reports this on the fallout of the referendum, quote, turnout soared in canas despite advisory and little else to draw democrats to the polls yet in a state where trump beat president joe biden by 15 percentage points in 2020, the amendment was failing badly in a brushback to republican legislators who are preparing to move legislation s stricting abortion, and if the politics of roe proved fruitful for republicans in kansas, it will be even more treacherous for the gop and swing more moderate swaths of the country and here s how abortion rights advocates pulled it off according to the new york times, quote, registered republicans far outnumber democrats in kansas and they made explicit appeals to unaffiliated voters and center right voters. in interviews last week in johnson county, texas, a number of voters said they were registered republicans and opposed the amendment, a dynamic that certainly played out across the state given the margin. the resu
he s only been retired for 24 hours. i talked to him two hours ago on the phone from his home in michigan. he was the vice chair of the problem solvers caucus. he was one of ten republican who is voted to um peach donald trump. he was one of 12 house republicans who voted for the 2021 infrastructure package. when we re talking about this idea of a consensus pick that potentially a healthy share of democrats could cross party lines and vote on behalf of and pick off a few gop members, more moderate members who respect fred upton, he could be a potential option if we re looking at days ahead in this process. when i talked with fred upton, he told me specifically he still supports mccarthy, but he s not turning down the idea in the house of representatives were to come to him that he would be open to serving as speaker. vaughn hillyard reporting on fredupton, who says he s intrigued by the idea.
secretary of state. 9 trump-endorsed candidate frequently campaigns on banning ballot drop boxes he s sponsored screenings of a mute vae that climbs widespread fraud. but the current secretary of state says there s no objective evidence that 2020 election was stolen and according to a database from the conservative heritage foundation, wyoming has seen just three instances of voter fraud in 40 years. zero since 2014. i want to bring in brendon buck. he s also affiliated with americans keeping country first. a superpac that s helping vulnerable candidates who voted to um peach impeach president trump. back with me is news now anchor kristen cass per. so this wyoming race is really just one example of many across the country where on one side