This is cnns special live coverage of an historic vote on capitol hill. Im jake tapper. This has not happened in more than 100 years. But facing a revolt from a small but powerful group of republican hardliners, mccarthy says he will bring up a motion to vacate in the first series of votes today that is just minutes away. I truly believe, though, the institution of the house, at the end of the day if you throw a speaker out that has 99 of their conference, that kept government open and paid the troops, i think were in a really bad place for how were going to run congress. Speaker mccarthy says he thinks he will survive the vote and that he will not make a deal with democrats to keep his job but that may not even be an option anyway. Heres the speaker earlier today. Democrats have been huddling today. Democrats are signaling they will not be coming to Speaker Mccarthys rescue. Lets get right to the action on capitol hill. Cnns manu raju and lauren fox join me now. Manu, ill start with y
Rhetoric and examining the issues from healthcare in kentucky to minimum wage in alaska, and soon well know who is going to capitol hill as America Votes. The long and expensive Midterm Election campaign is over. Today voters are casting ballots that will have widespread impact. It will come down to a handful of days. We go to David Shuster who joins us with more on what to watch. Lets talk about control of the u. S. Senate. Yes, tony, for the purposes of calling a senate majority, the first wave of results on the east coast could be crucial. Around 8 00 p. M. Of republicans could flip either New Hampshire or North Carolina, where were favored the chance to reaching 51 tonight will rise dramatically. Keep an eye on kentucky and georgia, seats that republicans are defending. The Democratic Victory in either kentucky or georgia would raise the democratic chances of holding on to the u. S. Senate. Mitch mcconnell stands to become majority leader if republicans gain control. The reason why
Not close. And four years later in an environment that is more hostile, kay hagan comes pretty close to winning a senate seat despite 125 million being spent, and she did that in large part because we turned out tens of thousands of more of the most disenfranchised people in the country in a state where republicans shortened the early vote period from two weeks to one week and eliminated a lot of the easilyaccessible voting sites for africanamericans and for young people. Thats the lesson that democrats have to take. Theres no question there are a lot of disappointed democrats and my message to them is take a few days, have a drink or two, get a little bit of rest, pick yourself back up because theres an election in two years and thats what we should be looking at over the next couple of months for what is going to definitely be another election cycle. The one candidate for president to did go to campaign with gary peters is the senator elect. What is next for you . I think i have four
Waiting periods in certain parts of the country that veterans have to experience. That is what i would make on this. It has been a tough year of the v. A. A of criticism and a lot of it justified. It is completely unacceptable. Not tolerable that anyone would dr. The books and we have to do with those people. At the end of the day, what i hope every veteran in america understands, what i know that the vast majority of my state of vermont understands, is once you get into the v. A. , the quality of care is quite good. That is what all the veterans organizations say and it is true. You can see that entire interview with vermont senator Bernie Sanders at 6 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan. Next, journalists discuss the midterm elections by looking at the results and how they were covered by the media. Us was part of a form hosted by cq roll call. It is an hour. Im the politics editor at rollcall. This panel is entitled what happened . Joining me today is nathan gonzales, the Deputy Editor of the
Up. They are trying to help senate. Can i get a selfy . And in many states, they are building up ious for hillary in 2016. On the republican side, get ready for jeb bush. One thing about florida is, its a purple state. In focus, the Georgia Senate race, the key issue, outsourcing jobs. I am proud of it. This is a part of american business, part of any business. Three weeks until the november elections and now, the biggest names in american politics are fully engaged in the midterm campaigns. This week, former president bill clinton returned to arkansas to try to help democrats, including embattled incumbent senate mark pryor. Clinton urged voters not to cast a protest vote and he quoted the state song. You are in my heart, and you will always be. Arkansas, you run deep in me. Vote your heart. Dont vote for what they tell you you have to be against. Vote for what you know you should be for. Vote for mark pryor. Clinton is also beginning to appear in Television Ads. His first is in kentu