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House speaker Kevin Mccarthy fighting to stay in power. Florida republican congressman matt gaetz pushing to oust him after less than a year in charge. Hello, im john roberts, welcome to you on this historic tuesday. A lot going on behind us. Im Aishah Hasnie in for sandra smith. Matt gaetz filed the motion to vacate the chair, could force a new vote as early as 1 30 today for House Speaker if mccarthys allies are not able to save him. John the florida congressman says the recent spending battle...

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 ...

Theres of course the 371 conspiracy to interfere with government functions. theres also the other whats commonly referred to as witness intimidation, but is also a statute that can be used to talk about interference with government functioning. and then theres this sort of mysterious reference to 18 u.s. code 241, a statute that is frequently used in the civil rights world for indictments. heres what i suspect that means about where jack smith is headed. if in fact hes going to use that, this is...

Government functioning. these are huge concessions. hes also promised members votes on a couple of pieces of legislation a specific border policy plan as well as legislation that would limit how many terms in congress members can serve. that is a huge concession, jake, and certainly something that could weaken the future speaker if he can finally clinch the votes. >> all right, lauren, thanks so much. lets talk about this all with my august panel continuing strong on day four of -- >> speak for ...

People. there are so much that we could get done. i do want to commend senator mcconnell because that wasnt an easy vote with some in his party. but it was the right vote for kentucky. and i think he voted for it. representative john yarmouth voted for it and im grateful for both of them because this is a project that multiple presidents have promised, that has been up in washington for a long time. what it is going to mean to the northern kentucky, cincinnati community and all of kentucky and o...

About self interest. not for me, but ultimately we all _ about self interest. not for me, but ultimately we all answer _ about self interest. not for me, but ultimately we all answer to - about self interest. not for me, but ultimately we all answer to the - ultimately we all answer to the public. — ultimately we all answer to the public, however big our majorities are. public, however big our majorities are there — public, however big our majorities are. there is no such thing as a safe _ a...

Runs has supposedly been working diligently ferments on the response. why cant biden get their story straight? why do they keep lying about this cracks because they know how badly they screwed this up. they know they are in the wrong and that is why we must never let this one go. yes the abbott factory may reopen we cannot let them that causes pain and anxiety for the most vulnerable and now with another great candidate , this is not a partisan issue. this is basic government functioning and the...

Runs has supposedly been working diligently ferments on the response. why cant biden get their story straight? why do they keep lying about this cracks because they know how badly they screwed this up. they know they are in the wrong and that is why we must never let this one go. yes the abbott factory may reopen we cannot let them that causes pain and anxiety for the most vulnerable and now with another great candidate , this is not a partisan issue. this is basic government functioning and the...

Runs has supposedly been working diligently ferments on the response. why cant biden get their story straight? why do they keep lying about this cracks because they know how badly they screwed this up. they know they are in the wrong and that is why we must never let this one go. yes the abbott factory may reopen we cannot let them that causes pain and anxiety for the most vulnerable and now with another great candidate , this is not a partisan issue. this is basic government functioning and the...

In ukraine. some of the images that we have seen in kyiv are nothing open and it seems as if theres not anything going on. how is a government functioning what are they doing we see the president standing firm inspiring his people to fight. is there a functioning government operating right now what does it feel like in kyiv in the course in the country. >> there is no wood in the streets of this capital city. right now a general mobilization order. if you are male between 18 and 60 eureka to sta...