Tonight straight from the source, Breaking News as republican hardliner matt gaetz has made good on his threat to oust House SpeakerKevin Mccarthy from his job, filing the papers tonight to at least try to for the first time in more than a century. Plus new reporting tonight, why a seething donald trump chose to show up in court today to face the judge who found him libel for fraud and the Attorney General who brought that case against him, raging at both of them on day one of his trial. And a 9yearold tonight who vanished on a camping trip has just been found alive after 400 Rescue Workers were out looking for her. A suspect is now in custody, and we have the latest. Im kaitlan collins, and this is the source. Tonight a showdown is underway on capitol hill over whether House SpeakerKevin Mccarthy can keep his job. Matt gaetz of florida, one of the rights most Defiant Hard Liners and one of mccarthys biggest detractors, has just followed through with his threat to remove Kevin Mccarthy from the House Speakership. He doesnt have my support anymore and he doesnt str the support of a requisite number of republicans to continue as the republican speaker. He may continue as the House Speaker and he may continue as the speaker of the democrats in some sort of uniparty coalition. But he is not going to be a speaker in power as a consequence of republican votes. Mccarthy responding with these three words to that, quote, bring it on. Gaetz replying with two of his on, just did. Mccarthy could need democrats to save him, but right now theyre saying almost to a tee that theyre going to wait to hear from Democratic Leaders to take a position before they decide how they will vote. With this Breaking News, i am joined by republican congressman tim burchett of tennessee. Are you going to oust Kevin Mccarthy from his job . I really see it as two things. One, do i vote against my friend Kevin Mccarthy, or do i go with my conscience . Thats, kind of, where im at. And im currently praying about it. But i would if it was right now, i would vote to oust him, yes. Okay. So, if the vote was held right now, and of course it will have to be held in the next two days, do you foresee that changing or are you a yes vote over the next two days to oust Voter Mccarthy . I dont think i will other than the phone calls i get right after they see this broadcast. I suspect that, you know, the pressure will be put on us. But, you know, its been pretty clear with me, maam, all along. As you know, ive talked about the fiscal responsibility, really having two jobs here. One is 12 appropriations and passing a budget. And weve not done that. Weve not done that in 30 years. We just keep abdicating our duty. We say, oh were going to do a 4r5day one now. Thats great. But thats not what i signed up for. I signed up to do my job, and my job is to pass a budget. And thats not what were doing. We talked about that last time you were here. Are there 218 votes to oust mccarthy do you believe . I dont know. I dont know if theres a half a dozen. But its what i believe. Im not going to im really a barometer checker. I dont care about that. Im going to do whats right for me and for the people of the district i represent. It seems to be the will of them. Its obviously my will. Im just disgusted about a system where were supposed to be in meetings and here it is, weve got 45 days, and what are we doing . We had a nice dinner, started work at 6 00, and i guarantee you the good, hardworking people of tennessee and most of the people watching this, democrats and republicans, theyre going to be up tomorrow morning at 5 30 or 6 00 working. Youve got single moms doing two jobs, doctors, lawyers, firemen, everybody is. And yet congress is not. On that note, if hes ousted, who would replace Kevin Mccarthy . Are there any names being floated that youve heard . Well, im joined off to my side here by chip roy. He would be a wise choice, but im sure now hes scare id said his name. Hes probably going to look under his car before he starts it as he walks out of here. Did he say hes going to oust Kevin Mccarthy . I havent asked anybody. Im not polling people. We look to see whats going to pass instead of doing what our conscience tells us what to do. Thats why were 33 trillion in debt honestly. We pass these monstrosity Omnibus Bills and check to see, theres the stuff i need or the lobbyist i need to grease and we vote for the bill and theres over 2,000 pages of nancy pelosi weve got to pass until we know whats in it kind of stuff. And here we are, we said were going to be different and were not. Congressman tim burchett, you just joined us at the last minute on this Breaking News. Appreciate your time tonight. You are a yes to oust Kevin Mccarthy. Im so glad they found that little girl. We all are, and certainly her family is as well. Of course the question tonight becomes if enough republicans move to oust mccarthy, as the congressman said hes a yes, will democrats cut a deal to save him . Lets ask one. Weve got Jared Moskowitz of florida with us. Congressman, would you vote personally to save Kevin Mccarthys job . Well, thanks kaitlan. Thanks for having me on. Im going to wait until Hakeem Jeffries weighs in. As hakeem said tonight, people are tired of the partisanship, the gainesmanship, the bringsmanship this becomes. In the congress, all weve seen is this sort of chaos, chaos caucus. We saw this when it came to impeachment last week in the impeachment hearing, trying to impeach a president for something his son did. And we saw a couple days ago when they almost closed down the government, hurting our military, and helping our adversaries. This is more chaos. Im going to wait to hear from Hakeem Jeffries. Hes done a great job leading the caucus through all of this chaos, so im going to wait to hear what he has to say. That is what were hearing from democrats. They want to wait to have Leadership Weigh in. , kind of, would be a remarkable situation though if draets are voting to save Kevin Mccarthys job. What do you want to get from Kevin Mccarthy in exchange for your vote . Is there anything you would want in order to cast a vote for mccarthy . Im not going to negotiate with the speaker obviously through the tv. Ill let my leadership do that. Look, there are priorities to the american people. Weve been up here putting people over politics since january. So, look, yeah, this is about making sure that were doing everything we can for the american people. Its about funding our military. Its about making sure that our military can even have the leaders that they need to feel positions, as we see republicans blocking that in the senate. Its about helping the american people, you know, put food on the table. You know, its about making sure there are goodpaying jobs. At the end of the day, democrats have an agenda. I have faith in Hakeem Jeffreys to negotiate that. At the end of the day, this is going to be fascinating and you havent heard from Hakeem Jeffries yet, is that right . We have a Caucus Meeting in the morning. I imagine well hear from him then. This is fascinating. At the end of the day, whether it passes or fails in the next couple of days, it will be a motion to table. We wont be voting on the motion to vacate. After that, matt may make this motion over and over again. Republicans can start denying the rule, which means no bill can come up. This is not over. This is going to be chaos now continued. And by the way, in the event kevin doesnt have the votes and the motion to vacate eventually succeeds, then it could be weeks and weeks before we have a speaker, as we approach, again, another shutdown. So, more chaos from the republicans in the 118th congress. Seems to be the on capitol hill these days. After you have that meeting in the morning, please let us know what the leadership tells you. Thank you for joining tonight. Lets go to republican governor, former governor of maryland, the national cochair of the no labels, larry hogan is here with us. I mean, we had a lot of things we want to talk to you about. But given this Breaking News, this is a party youve been a member of for a long time. What do you make of whats happening on capitol hill . Well, its showing that its nothing but devisiveness and dysfunction in washington. And i think the average person is just, kind of, disgusted by it. And i think matt gaetz is a poster child for everything thats wrong with washington and why they have a 15 Approval Rating for congress. I dont think the average person is really following the palace intrigue as much as we are about whos going to be the speaker. But they are pretty frustrated that were not talking about the economy, that were not coming together to get things done. I think instead of focusing on things like the economy, which republicans should be doing, voters approve of republicans on the economy by 20 points over democrats. Were not talking about. Were following trump trials and fights over speakership. It seems to raise the question over can republicans govern. They have the House Majority on capitol hill and this is what it looks like. Its not helping the campaign because it looks like were dysfunctional. I think the democrats are enjoying watching that happen. Its going to be interesting to see. I dont think theres enough republican votes to remove the speaker, but its going to make us look like we cant lead. What if fights on capitol hill is over ukraine funding. Youve stood up, you supported ukraine. You sent them a multimillion dollar package. Kevin mccarthy stripped that ukraine funding from what they passed on saturday to keep the government funded. What kind of message does that send to kyiv and moscow . It sends a terrible message. It sends a message to all of our enemies that they no longer fear us and our allies that were no longer going to support them. Even if we dont care for standing up for freedom and democracy, its in americas best interest to make sure that weve given them everything we can give them to get this war done. These folks, these republicans, havent spent much time at the reagan library. I can tell you that. They dont know about the importance of peace through strength. I think this is a big mistake, to have this big fight over not funding ukraine. I think a number of republicans on the debate stage agree with that. Some of the folks in congress dont seem to understand the importance of it. That number is growing of those who dont support it on capitol hill and in the house. You mentioned the other aspect of what weve been covering today which is donald trump in court for day one of his civil trial. He didnt have to be there. What does it say to you as someone asked many times if you are going to run for president , when you see the republican front runner there in court instead of on the campaign trail . I think its a huge distraction and its sucking all the oxygen out of the room. Im proud we have a lot of great republican candidates on that debate stage. But theyre getting no traction because no one is paying attention. Instead of focusing On The Issues and talking about how were going to fix our cities, were spending time talking about donald trump trials. Which one . Every day its a different thing. And all throughout the primaries, its going to be court tv instead of why cant we do a better job leading. Its clearly hit a nerve for him. If you listened to him today, he was so angry when he came out. Why do you think it is hitting such a nerve with trump . Its potentially going to cost them real money. Its going to hurt his business, and he may lose 250 million. I think part of it is theater. It did strike a nerve, but he went he didnt have to be there. He went there because this is part of his attention, to attack the judge, attack the prosecutor. Hes Fundraising Off of it. Hes Fundraising Off of it and he wanted to make a big show. Its the same pattern we see from trump all the time. Is it appropriate for him to be Fundraising Off of this . No, its not. Its not appropriate but its pretty typical. You toted the idea of running. You are not running for the republican nomination. You have left open the door to run as a third party ticket. When you see Something Like that today, do you get closer to that . Look, i think about 70 of the people in america do not want donald trump or joe biden to be president. And, you know, were at a strange place where weve never been in this country where 40 of the people are independent, 68 say theyd like another alternative. But i dont know if it makes sense or not. Its not something im pursuing. I got involved in this no labels group because its all about bipartisanship and working together and finding Common Ground and compromise to get things done. Thats what ive been all about for eight years as governor. But this you saw the robert f. Kennedy jr. Came out at 19 in the polls as an independent. Imagine if we had a sane independent candidate, how much he could be pulling. Is that a yes or a no . I think its too early to decide. My hope is still when do you decide . That we can possibly nominate someone other than trump. And im hoping that frankly joe biden is not the democratic nominee. Theyre the two weakest candidates with the two lowest Approval Rating in history. And its not what america wants. It sure seems like trumps going to be the nominee if the election was tomorrow. It seems like it would be. Joe biden is the one thats going to enable him because hes the weakest candidate to run against. So, no yes or no. No yes or no. I havent ruled it out. Whens your timing . When are you going to decide . I think were going to wait and see after super tuesday what happens with these kand district attorneys. Thank you for being on set with us tonight. Coming up, we have brandnew reporting about what the governor was referencing there, why donald trump showed up to his civil fraud vile in new york today. Plus Cassidy Hutchinson is here, the former trump whous aide who famously testified before the january 6th committee. Her reaction to the scathing new remarks about her former boss from another one of his former employees, Chief Of Staff john kelly, who is now saying, quote, god help us. Tonight, i have new reporting on why donald trump decided to show up here in new york for his day in court in his civil case, a notable move given he did not actually have to be here for that. Trumps theory over the trial that cuts at the heart of his image was obvious. Several sources tell me it was as personal as it was political. Trump has been venting for days after the manhattan judge, judge engoron, found him libel for fraud and told him he was living in a, quote, Fantasy World when it came to the value of his properties, or at least what they said the value of the properties was. The allegations that trump consistently inflated his net worth strikes at the value of what trump cares the most. They are hitting him where it hurts. They are pointing to the multiple occasions today when the former president attacked the judge and the new York Attorney general who filed this lawsuit and stood just steps away from them. We have a rogue judge. We have a racist Attorney General whos a whorror show. My Financial Statements are phenomenal. This is a disgrace and you ought to go after this Attorney General. This is a judge that should be disbarred that some people say should be charged criminally for what hes doing. Why do you want to be here in person today . Because i want to watch this witch hunt myself. Of course as you hear those repeated attacks today, remember that comes after he was warned in a separate Criminal Case that is not related to this one not to lash out at court personnel. But sources say that trump has told those closest to them he doesnt care if hes punished for those attacks or given a gag order, a limited one in another case, because he believes it will benefit him politically. Joining me now to blreak everything we saw today, david kelly, and tom diawilliams, former investigative for the january 6th committee. When you hear trumps attorney arguing about these assets, saying, its not fraud, its real estate, making that defense of why the numbers were not accurate. How does the judge take that . What i think the judge trying to figure is put himself in that milieu is. Theres a lot of subjectivity, a lot of different interests, and theyre floating different numbers. As the trump camp says, theres a lot going on where theres a lot of fluff there. What the judge says is even given that, this is a completely different orbit than even in that. When youre talking about inflating everything from 17 to 35 , it doesnt even land in the area where trumps camp would like you to believe it is. They were saying something was 11,000 scare feet that was closer to 3,000 square feet. Those are hard numbers. Tim, weve seen the judge issue this ruling last week Finding Trump libel for this. That dye has already been cast. Where do they go from here . Why are attorneys still trying to argue its not fraud . One, they dont have any other arguments. What the