hi there, everyone, here we go again. it s 4:00 in new york. at this hour, the house of representatives is completely and totally paralyzed. it is unable and incapable of swearing in members, forming committees, setting rules for itself, passing legislation even in the case of an emergency, couldn t do any of those things. it s a state of chaos and paralysis that is unprecedent ed in modern american history and it is all because the new republican house majority cannot agree on who should lead it in the 118th congress. house gop leader kevin mccarthy has moved into the speaker s office already, appears to be living by the motto, if at first you don t succeed try, try, try, try, try, try again. he has now lost five votes for the speakership, a sixth vote is underway. it s already clear from the math that mccarthy doesn t have the votes to become speaker of the house of representatives this time either. democrats for their part quietly made history yesterday by choosing the fir
dogs helping families and survivors of the parkland school shooting. you don t want to mess. it all of that and more is coming up. and the good sunday morning to you. i am katie fang. this morning, waiting to see if trump s legal team finally gets around to filing a motion calling for a special master to review the evidence that was seized from his mar-a-lago estate. trump s attorney said friday the neutral person is needed to help, quote, vindicate the fourth amendment rights of the president. this comes as and bc learned that trump is also considering releasing the surveillance footage of the fbi search. so far, though, none of that has happened. meanwhile, the doj has until thursday to propose redactions for the affidavit supporting the document seizure. for more on all of this, we turn to nbc news justice reporter ryan reilly. ryan, good to see you this morning. thanks for being here. give us the latest of what is going on. there is a call for the special master. and i
For Scottish Politics. Humza yousaf has stepped down as snp leader and scotlands First Minister afterjust over a year in office. His politicalfuture had been uncertain after the Shock Announcement last thursday, that he was ending Power Sharing with the scottish greens they clashed with the Scottish Government on its approach to gender reform and climate targets. He had been facing two votes of no confidence in the Scottish Parliament. The snp now have 28 days to find a new leader who is supported by a majority at holyrood. And we can go live to edinburgh, and our correspondent laura maciver. A very good evening to you. Humza yousaf started today as the First Minister of scotland and Leader Of The Snp. He ends it with that party looking for a new leader, and there will be a successor to him first got his First Minister. It was an emotionalfirst his First Minister. It was an emotional First Minister who made his Resignation Statement earlier, and james cook has been following the events
Hed been under growing pressure after he ripped up a Power Sharing Deal with the Scottish Green Party and faced two separate votes of no confidence. There are renewed hopes tonight of a breakthrough in the ceasefire negotiations between israel and hamas after weeks of stalemate between the two sides. The us secretary of state, antony blinken, who is in saudi arabia, said he is hopeful hamas will accept what he described as a very generous proposal. At least 45 people have been killed in kenya after a dam collapsed during the night following torrential rainfall according to local officials there. Video footage from near the Rift Valley Town of mai mahiu shows a vast area covered in mud, flattened houses and uprooted trees. A trial has got under way in the city of stuttgart over an alleged far right coup plot to overthrow the german government. Nine men appeared in court, accused of Planning A Coup with the aim of installing an aristocrat as head of state. It is the first of three trials
money for these republicans and spreading himself across the country that that would help. this is not a party that s particularly interested in who raises the most money for them. so tim miller, before we went and listened in to the floor, you and i were having a conversation about the most blunt analysis of kevin mccarthy. this is what i was getting at. he didn t just stay quiet when marjorie taylor greene and paul gosar and scott perry and matt gaetz went about the business of planning a coup and seeking federal pardons for their role, which they wouldn t have sought a pardon if they weren t aware they were committing krams. this is someone who created safe spaces for the worst elements of the right, creating a permission structure for kevin mccarthy stays silent, and to see him now be the victim of this group, it feels like a pump the brakes moment, but it won t be that, will it?