for the very first time ever, republicans have successfully ousted a sitting speaker. kevin mccarthy only serving for 269 days. his speakership undone by eight republicans. the ripping off of the band-aid. that s what we need to do to get back on track. i do not regret negotiating. the government is designed to find compromise. the era is definitely over. they re in total disarray. they need time to figure out what s next. i think the american public understands what we re doing and fully support it. president biden is going to aim to strike a tone of business as usual. the house cannot do anything until there is a speaker elected here. good morning from washington, d.c. we are live outside the capitol. the house of representatives is paralyzed after kevin mccarthy became the first speaker in the history of the chamber to be removed. that means congress can t do its job for the american people and no one is running the show, at least not officially or formal
lack wardia airport forced to close a terminal. hundreds of flights canceled. the mayor urging people to stay home and shelter in place. more than 8 inches of rain at jfk airports. flood watches and warnings across several states at this hour the government shutdown. one day left. kevin mccarthy unable to get a small group of republicans rebelling to agree. 3.5 million americans now. more than half are military families set to go without pay. air traffic control, border security, the tsa all affected too. rachel scott live on the hill. honoring senator dianne feinstein, a trailblazer. the first woman to serve as mayor of san francisco. the first woman elected to the senate from california. democrats and republicans paying tribute. and we remember the historic moment in san francisco when the mayor was killed. feinstein was there. the major news from georgia tonight and what could this mean for former president trump. tonight the first plea deal in the georgia election int
but just so amazing to watch. this is a young team that came up through the farm system. can t wait to see it in october. thanks for joining us. have a wonderful weekend. cnn this morning starts right now. good morning, everyone. glad you re wir us. it is friday september 29th and right now the government is open for now, but we are on the brink of a shutdown with no deal in sight to stop it after a night of failure on capitol hill. the clock is ticking away with less than two days left. here s what happened while you were sleeping. this vote, the yea, 191, nays, 297. the motion is not passed and lays on the table. chaos and division among house republicans on full display. one of their own spending bills went down in flames after 27 lawmakers voted against it. just hours from now speaker mccarthy trying to hold a last-ditch vote on his stopgap bill to keep the government funded temporarily, but it does not look like he has enough votes in his own party for that. fa
pouring into subways and busses. laguardia airport forced to close a terminal. the mayor urging people to stay home and shelter in place. more than 8 inches of rain at jfk airport. flood watches and warning across several states at this hour. rob marciano timing this out. the government shutdown. one day left, no deals. speaker kevin mccarthy unable to it a small group of republicans rebelling americans, some military families set to go without pay. honoring senator dianne feinstein. a trailblazer, the first woman to serve as mayor of san francisco, the first woman elect to the senate from california. democrats and republicans paying tribute. and we remember that historic moment in san francisco when the mayor was killed. feinstein was there. the major news from georgia tonight, and what could this mean for former president trump? tonight, the first plea deal in the georgia election interference case against trump and 18 alleged coconspirators. one of the defendants tod
very successful. that was speaker kevin mccarthy back in january trying to make the case as he worked to become speaker of the house, his majority would come together, learn from that moment and be able to succeed at the moment the united states federal government is on the brink of a government shutdown with less than 40 hours left on the clock. right now speaker mccarthy is throwing a last-ditch hail mary as he struggles to overcome a rebellion in the house gop as we speak, the house rules committee trying to clear a way for a vote on a cinematstopgap bill. at this point, despite conservative additions into the legislation, mccarthy stunt i have peer to have enough republican votes to pass it. he is refusing to say if he will cut a deal with democrats if it fails. do you have a plan b if this why would i tell you? in this job, you ve got to have a, b, c, d, e, f, g. what letter are you on now? again, that was mccarthy back in january. the question this morni