the media kept touting each ballot as a crushing defeat for ken mccash think kevin mccarthy, although he was winning 95% of house republicans. that was especially true late friday night when after flipping most of his opponents to his side, mccarthy lost by one vote. you could see he was stunned as he walks away there, and one ally, mike rogers, made a beeline for matt gaetz who had taken a half step by voting present. not until the early morning our hours yesterday did mccarthy win. some of the talking heads predicted mccarthy would drop out. i suspect that when they come back after dinner that mccarthy is going to end up withdrawing. oh, i think his goose is very much cooked. i don t think we re going to see a speaker kevin mccarthy. howard: only in the final late night drama did journalists say, hey, shocker, mccarthy, who we all branded the biggest loser, might actually win this thing. of i m howard kurtz, and this is mediabuzz. howard: ahead, my exclusive int
gop presidential primary debate is now in the books. the five candidates talked about banning tik tok, killing cartel members and how they would respond to the abortion debate. the presidential hopefuls spent plenty of time attacking each other and they also attacked the former president who happens to be the current gop front runner. fox coverage, political anchor bret baier will give us his top three moments but we begin with aishah hasnie in miami where nobody was pulling any punches. issue a, good evening. reporter: trace, good evening to you. we were warned and told ahead of time that the knives were going to come outen boy did they come out. knives especially held by vivek ramaswamy tonight as he attacked nikki haley over and over again, even getting personal at one point going after her daughter over her daughter s tik tok use. here are some of the most tense moments of the night. do you want a leader from a different generation who s going to put this country firs