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
finally official. kevin mccarthy is the new speaker of the house after 15 hard-fought ballots and some serious late night drama. and a good saturday morning to you, i m katie fang, let s begin today s show getting caught up on how we got here. it started with the 14th vote late last night mccarthy managed to flip more of the hard-line republicans needed to win the speakership. but came up short one matt gates voted present. that led to a tense conversation on the house floor between the two men, and our show of visible frustration from mccarthy. and watch this. republican congressman mike rogers approaches matt gates to see something and a colleague pulls him back by putting a hand on his face. the moment showing how much anger was boiling over on the floor after several days of voting. and then for a moment it looked like republicans are going to adjourn, and start voting again on monday. but at the last second, or it was out that they suddenly had the votes. and of that 1
the lobby talking and getting in an elevator together. police say they don t think they knew each other. that s us for us. the news continue. see you tomorrow. the source continues with kaitlan collins. tonight straight from the source, president biden rebuking republicans for their quote silence on threat to democracy calling his predecessor by name. we will be joined tonight by cindy and jack mccain, the wife and the son of the late republican senator john mccain. plus the first biden impeachment inquiry hearing not off to a great start exactly. one republican aide saying calling it an unmitigated disaster, and every single republican witness agreed with democrats. all with nearly 48 hours left before the government is set to shut down and ran out of funding, millions of american stop standing stop getting their paychecks, including members of the u.s. military. i m kaitlan collins and this is the source. we are live from capitol hill tonight. the citadel of our d
billingsley and lapere in the lobby, talking and getting on an elevator together. police say they do not think they knew one another. that s it for us. the news continues. i ll see you tomorrow. the source with kaitlan the source with kaitlan collins starts now. captions by vitac www.vitac.com tonight straight from the source, president biden rebuking republicans for their, quote, silence on threats to kmok si, calling out his predecessor by name. we ll be joined by kindi and plus the first biden impeachment inquiry not off to a strong start. one senior republican aide calling it, quote, an unmitigated disastor, as every republican witness agreed with democrats. all with nearly 48 hours left before the government is set to shut down and run out of funding and millions of americans are set to stop getting their paychecks, including members of the u.s. military. i m kaitlan collins, and this is the source. we re live from capitol hill tonight. the citadel of
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