better speaker who is honest and trustworthy. of course, new speaker, mike johnson, dealing with a lot of the issues kevin mccarty facebook we will see how that goes in the coming days. thank you so much for joining us. cnn newsnight with abby phillip starts right now. democrats and republicans giving us an instruction manual on how to make hard things harder. that is tonight on newsnight. good evening, i m abby phillip. right now, we are watching both major american political parties ignore history and its lessons, really not learning from their mistakes is always a good recipe to repeat them. but, which party will ultimately bear the brunt is the big question. for democrats, joe manchin is the man in the middle. what i will be doing is traveling the country, and speaking out, to see if there is an interest in creating a movement, to mobilize the middle and bring americans together. the long-standing west virginia senator announced today that he will not run for re-e