apparently they want hunter who is facing three active investigations to stay quiet and not bring any more attention to the big guy, even as hunter faces a looming indictment. joining us now with if very latest, our own kevin corke. kevin? kellyanne, great to be with you. as you can imagine, this is a major headache for the white house. apparently hunter biden is, according to some, going rogue. in effect, what he s said to be doing is though the fact that he s facing numerous investigations, apparently he s clashing with the white house over his legal defense. now, as you pointed out, he s facing investigations into possible tax fraud and illegal firearm purchase, business corruption and a child support case in arkansas. tonight according to axios, hunter has clashed with top aides to his father, the president, over that new legal strategy. leading hunter has been said to hire a new lawyer for a more combative approach. parentally he did so without consulting his father s
Out the door. I think one of the key votes i would look for going up on the board early on is andy biggs. Andy biggs, not only has i think a reasonable mind, i think he can step back from this. He will also be very influential on others. As goes biggs, i think a number of them will also go. I really do. And for, you know, Matt Rosendale has to look people in the mirror and say you are criticizing the speaker for working with democrats but you are the one that will be voting with the democrats today. So john yeah, an interesting point to make. We wont have to wait long when the roll is called to find out how biggs voted, at least his name is not zimmerman. Might have to wait a long time if it were. Jason, good to see you. Thanks so much. Really appreciate it. Thank you. John at this hour, House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy fighting to hold on to the gavel with the house set to vote on a motion to oust him. Breaking coverage continues with hour two of america reports. John roberts in washingto
This hour, we continue cnns special live coverage of a historic vote on capitol hill. A moment, the House Of Representatives will hold a key vote on a motion to oust Kevin Mccarthy as speaker. A motion being brought by one of his fellow republicans. At the beginning of the day, we knew there were five republicans who would vote to oust him. Now, we know there are six. And were learning that mccarthys republican allies are attempting to make a lastminute plea to the 212 House Democrats there, to try to join them, to save him. But House Democrats appear to be united in not wanting to rescue mccarthy. Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries just sent what is known as a Dear Colleague letter to his fellow democrats. Saying its the responsibility of the gop to end their own House Republican civil war. Lets go right to capitol hill now where we find cnns manu raju and cnns melanie zanona. Manu, to you first, what are you hearing from republicans as this vote gets closer and closer . Reporter well,
absolutely nothing about the looming debt ceiling crisis. he refused to negotiate or even to talk to republicans for months. but now he s begging for a meeting with speaker mccarthy at the 11th hour. here now with reaction, alabama senator katie britt. senator britt, before i ask you a question, let me introduce you to the viewers. as the first woman to represent alabama in the united states senate, the youngest republican woman to ever elected to the united states senate in our nation s history and of the 25 current female senators, the only one with school age children. when you re not making legislation history, you re making school lunches. thanks for joining us. two big crises. the looming debt crises. let s start with that first. speaker mccarthy caught the white house flat footed bypassing a bill cutting