Permanent level of that seat left vacant by the late senator diane feinstein. Well see what happens next. Abby, always a pleasure. Thanks to everyone for watching, our coverage does continue. Right now, for viewers who might be joining us, were talking about a day unlike any In Washington since 1910, the last time that has members tried to throw out their speaker then. 113 years later, for the very first time, members tried to throw at their speaker but this time, this time, anderson and caitlin, they succeeded. Yeah, jake and edison, Kevin Mccarthy only serving for 269 days, his speakership undone by eight republicans led by congressman matt gaetz of florida, using that rule to force him out that mccarthy himself agreed to, of course, as a condition to get the job as House Speaker, now a vote in the election is expected next week, a week for now from tomorrow night. The jockeying at the position is already underway tonight. Cnns Melanie Zanona is covering it all at the capitol. Nani,
Members tried to throw out their speaker, and it didnt work then. 113 years later for the very first time members tried to throw out their speaker, but this time, this time, anderson and kaitlan, they succeeded. Yeah. And jake and anderson, of course Kevin Mccarthy only serving for 269 days. His speakership undone by eight Rebel Republicans led by congressman matt gaetz of florida. Using that rule to force him out that mccarthy himself agreed to, of course, as a condition to get the job as House Speaker. Now a vote, at least an election is expected next week, a week from now, a week from tomorrow night. The jockeying for the position, though, is already under way tonight and cnns Melanie Zanona is covering it all at the capitol. Melanie, whats the latest we just heard from Kevin Mccarthy saying hes not going to try to run for speaker again . Who is going to enter this race . Reporter kaitlan, that is the question right now, and weve heard from a number of republicans who say there are
congressman gaetz saying quote, thoughts and prayers as he works through his grief. congress said we have moved on to a much better speaker, who is honest and trustworthy. of course, that new speaker is speaker mike johnson, dealing with a lot of the issues that kevin mccarthy faced as house speaker. we will see that on display in the coming days. meanwhile, thank you so much for joining us, cnn news now 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 news night. good evening, i m abby philip in new york. and right now we are watching both major american political parties ignore history, and its lessons, and really not learning from their mistakes is always a good mess recipe to repeat them. but which party will ultimately bear the brunt of its is the big question. for democrats, joe manchin is the man in the middle. what i will be doing is traveling the country, and s
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