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your next speaker is? the answer is no. welcome to political twilight zone. the capitol is reeling after kevin mccarthy, the clear frontrunner for the job, dropped out at the last minute and there is no clear picture to replace john boehner. this is mccarthy s explanation. i m stay on as majority leader. the one thing i found is if we are going to unite and be strong, we need a new face to do that. so many house republicans are trying to convince paul ryan from wisconsin to fill the void. the former vice presidential candidate said no way, not once, but twice. as we sit here this morning, maybe, just maybe, there is some wiggle room. let s get more from cnn s dana bash. reporter: john and michelle, shock, stunned, complete disbelief. we have run out of words to describe the feeling among house republicans and what we witnessed and what we were part of when kevin mccarthy went into what we thought would be an anti-climatic event. we thought he would get the majorit ....
good morning, everyone, i m alson kosik in for christy paul. 30 people dead, more than 100 wunld mdz after at least one bomb ripped through the main train station in turkey. the moment it hit, it was caught on video. watch this. you can see, really chilling to see there. this happened about 10:00 a.m. local time. the explosion so intense that witnesses say it shook nearby high rises. in the moments after the attack, dozens of bodies lay in the streets. threw see them covered with strooets sheets. they re waiting for ambulances and police. what is the latest, what are you hearing? reporter: good morning, it really affected everyone tragically here in turkey. according to min industry, 30 people were kill in the plast. another 126 wounded an this was a peace rally. these were people gathered to go out on the streets calling for a number of platforms. troops have been involved and the government is calling them terrorism on two fronts. it s bombing in syria, but ....
ankara s main train station moments ago. a witness says the blast was so powerful that it rocked nearby highrises. we re working to get more information, new details, and will bring them to you as soon as we learn more. and now to the shift in u.s. policy in syria. the government now suspending its program to train rebels in the fight against isis. the plan initially was set up to train some 5,000 syrian rebels a year. the half billion dollar program fell far short of its goals. cnn s barbara starr with more on how the u.s. plans to move forward. reporter: syrian forces backed up by russia continuing to escalate attacks in western syria as the u.s. announces a massive overhaul of its effort to train syrian rebels to fight isis. i wasn t satisfied with the early efforts in that regard. reporter: few were. new instead of recruiting fighters from the battlefield for training, the u.s. will provide air strikes and air drop ammunition and communications gear in north ....
i m john berman. i m michelle kosinski. first, chaos in congress doesn t sound like anything new. republicans are desperate to find a leader. so far, no takers. majority leader kevin mccarthy pulling out of the race for house speaker. leaving avoid that republicans are scrambling to fill. the california congress member was a frontrunner to replace john boehner, but he decided the party needs a new direction. i ll stay on as majority leader. the one thing i found, if we are going to unite and be strong, we need a new face to help do that. house republicans are hoping to convince wisconsin s paul ryan to step up and run for speaker when they meet behind closed doors this morning. the former vice presidential candidate has declined the offer not once, but twice. we get more now from cnn s chief political correspondent dana bash. reporter: john and michelle, shock, stunned, disbelief. we have run out of words to describe the feeling among house republicans and what ....
coast. we re live with the breaking news on hurricane florence. a new forecast coming in right now for this monster storm that threatens 20 million people. hurricane florence still bearing down on the carolinas and the mid-atlantic coast where 1.5 million people have already been forced to flee. we ve got a lot coming up on this for you. but let s get right to tom sater in the cnn weather center. tom, good evening to you. a new advisory has just come in. what can you tell us? we still have a massive category 4 florence here, and it hasn t even reached its peak yet, don. some updates i need to tell you about because it s such an active atlantic right now. while we are watching florence, authorities in texas now are watching what s happening off the yucatan. we could have a depression or a tropical storm in the next couple of days. so, you know, services are going to be spread out across the country. let s back up from yesterday and really tell you what s happened in th ....