fight maybe in a different manner. i will not run for speaker again. i ll have the conference pick somebody else. all right. what a difference nine months makes. kevin mccarthy s speakership is over after a small group of far right republicans joined all democrats in voting to remove him. we ll go through what led to his undoing and what s next for the house after a truly chaotic, historic day on capitol hill. plus, the other big story we are following this morning, donald trump now under a gag order in his civil fraud trial for what he posted on social media. we ll go through what the consequences could be if he violates the judge s ruling. a bad day in court for the former president. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it s wednesday, october 4th. along with joe, willie and me, we have the host of way too early jonathan lemire, senior writer for the dispatch, david drucker and co-host of showtime s the circus jennifer palmiary. and nbc news national affairs anal
good morning, everyone. i m poppy harlow along with phil mattingly live outside of the capitol in washington, d.c., this morning. it is wednesday, october 4th, and there is no speaker of the house. we are going to discuss the politics of how this happened and where we go from here. certainly we re going to talk about the process of what happens next, but we are really focusing on the implications. the people s house is paralyzed. it cannot do its job for you, the american people, after kevin mccarthy became the first speaker of the house in our nation s history to be removed. the office of speaker of the house of the united states house of representatives is hereby declared vacant. take a look at these, the front pages from the major papers across the country, as you wake up this morning. our nation enters uncharted territory. the house is in chaos. republicans are now scrambling to find a new leader after a small rebellion, just eight members, led by matt gaetz, was ab
uncertain intentions and even more uncertain goals. there s a second group, small group. honestly they re willing to plunge this body into chaos and this country into uncertainty for reasons that only they really understand. voting yes is at the least a disruptive overreaction. in reality it s selfish, bad for conservative policies, and bad for america. those pleas by republicans could not save kevin mccarthy s speakership. it s a gop civil war as a small group of far-right lawmakers joined all democrats in voting to remove him. we ll have much, much more from a historic day in the house in just a moment. amid yesterday s chaos president biden was reaching out to allies trying to reassure them about america s support for ukraine. and also ahead donald trump is now under a gag order in his civil fraud trial. we ll explain what led to the judge s decision. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, october 4th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for start
stopgap measure that s their own numbers crafted. a small group of republican holdouts numbering at about 21 voted against. it s that small group was more than enough to tank the bill, and send republicans back to square one. possibly taking any hope of avoiding a showdown with them. it was the latest sign of the ongoing division and disarray among the house gop conference. since the beginning of this, year unresolved tensions between speaker kevin mccarthy and a handful of the parties extremists led by florida congressman matt gaetz have repeatedly pled to to our door. now it appears that they are willing to make good on those threats. as things stand right, now neither house, nor the senate have managed to pass any bills that can avert a shutdown. if no deal is mixed reached by midnight, tonight about 820,000 federal employees, that s nearly 1 million federal workers, in major agencies will be according to the white house office of management and. budget millions of ame
Timeline of this ambush. joining us, john kirby. a former spokesman for the pentagon and the state department. this ambush was on october 4th. take us through the timeline. that s right, wolf. wednesday, october 4th. it was on that day officials tell us the 12-man green barea led just completed a meeting with local leaders and were walking back to their unarmored pick up trucks when the ambush resulted in a fire fight that lasted about 30 minutes until french fighter jets arrived to fly low passes in b attempt to dispurse theerse the attackers. sergeant johnson became separated then from his team. we do not know how or why at this point. search and rescue operation