captions by vitac www.vitac.com and welcome back to our continuing coverage of the chaos in washington, d.c. it has been quite a day and quite a night. first, kevin mccarthy lost his sixth vote to become house speaker. the house adjourned. members then reconvened briefly, only to adjourn until noon tomorrow, with the speaker more upbeat about his chances. why are things looking more upbeat for mccarthy? reporter: he s hearing more positive responses from those opponents, the people that have essentially seemed immovable for the past two days. but after a meeting in which mccarthy has made a number of concessions, ranging on political issues, how his outside group engages on key issues, as well as giving them more power and more sway over themselves, the rank and file at the expense of the leadership, some of these members sound like they re moving in direction. congressman mike cloud, for one, says the talks are moving in a positive light, in his view, as well as scot
okay. and i think that what scalise has been a fantastic leader. but i do believe that kevin mccarthy and it s not necessarily that we re the best friends. but i m trying to be fair. mccarthy five years ago raised his hand and he said, haey, i want to be speaker. good luck. he travelled the country. he raised funds. he put us in the majority. he helped some of us. he put together called commitment for america. and then people elected him. so, why aren t we giving him a chance? well, because those 20 think otherwise. but i repeat, it s such a fantastic system. you guys are covering everything by the minute, which is the way it should be. those 20 are talking to the press. they re having their moment of glory. tell me where else does this happen this way? and there s not a civil war right after? congressman salazar, appreciate your time tonight.
now, actually pretty good since where it started pretty much in the 100 level, stocks are negative even though one of the big three credit agencies affirmed the u.s. government s aaa rating today, calling its credit worthiness exceptional. that s a sharp contrast to this month s downgrade by standard & poor s. we told you this this was going to happen yesterday. it did. protesters make san francisco s rush hour commute a mess. bay area rapid transit shut all four downtown b.a.r.t. stations last night to protesters angry over shootings involving b.a.r.t. police officers. b.a.r.t. blocked cell service at some stations last week so protesters couldn t coordinate on social media. well, phone service stayed on last night. news corps exec james murdoch may have to answer new questions in parliament on that phone hacking scandal. a british lawmaker says murdoch may have misled his committee about settlements paying to hacking victims. they want him clarify his statements. murdoc