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This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Welcome to the newshour. For the first time in this nations history the house of representatives has formerly ousted its speaker. I handful of hard right republicans in every democrat voted together to remove the gavel from speaker Kevin Mccarthy. Lawmakers from both parties spoke on the house floor ahead of the final vote. Chaos is speaker macarthur. Chaos is somebody who we cannot trust with their word. The one thing that the white house, house democrats, and many of us on the conservative side of the Republican Congress would argue is that the thing we have in common Kevin Mccarthy said something to all of us at one point are not or another that he never intended to live up to. This body is entrenched in a sub optimal path and refuses to leave it. Refuses to leave that path. You cannot change if you are unwilling to change. We had every opportunity to change. We were promised change. With the democrats driving the physical bus off the cliff at 100 miles an hour, we cannot be content that slows it down to to be the party that slows it down to 95 to sit in the front seat. Our current debt is unsustainable. We need a speaker, ideally somebody who does not want to be speaker and hasnt pursue that at all costs for his entire adult life who will meet the moment and do Everything Possible to fight for the country. Were proud of the leadership he has shown, we are proud of the manner in which she has been willing to work with everybody in our conference and i believe in this chamber. There is a second group. Small group. Honestly, theyre willing to plunge this body into chaos in this country into uncertainty for reasons that only they really understand. I can tell you this motion is a terrible idea. Only as the only member who took every chance to vote against Speaker Boehner and speaker ryan, this chamber has been run better. It has been messy. Its been raucous. At times, it has been chaotic. God bless every minute of it. Because democracy is supposed to be hard. And because the alternative is a closeddoor process where 2000 page bills come out of the Speakers Office at midnight and are forced to the next morning. Todays move came nine months to the day since mccarthy lost his first vote to become speaker. Congressional correspondent Lisa Desjardins has been watching all of this unfold on capitol hill. Take us through this vote and tell us what is the status of the house of representatives right now without a speaker . Lisa california congressman Kevin Mccarthy, as he is now known, his long run of aerial feats to survive in his own caucus has ended tonight. As the house voted on 216210 vote to oust him. The motion has only ever come up once before and it failed that time. The idea is that the house declared the speakership was vacant. Now, how this happened came down to two things. The math and the small group determined to get rid of mccarthy. Eight Republicans United together to oust him. If you look at their faces, those eight are mainly conservatives with one exception, nancy mays, in a swing district, a vulnerable republican. I spoke with her after this on the steps a short while ago. Why did she do this . What did she think about the risk she is taking by putting the house in lembo . She said, i feel like the house was in chaos with kevin mcafee. Mccarthy. He broke his promise and did not come through with for women. Another conner smith said he voted no for a number of things, including a matter of character. Mccarthy made fun of his religion, his call for prayer. This was personal as well as political for everyone on the list. It is fair to say it had been a tumultuous nine months for Kevin Mccarthy in the role of House Speaker. What is driving the apparent dysfunction within the House Republican conference . Lisa the math is an issue, it is a slim five vote majority the republicans have. That said, democrat seven able to govern with that. I thought about what is underneath this. First of all, as you heard and the tape from today, spending. That is driving a lot of these conservatives are they feel that mccarthy is has not gone far enough to cut spending and underneath all of this is a clear distrust of Kevin Mccarthy. His relationships, his lack of relationships is really hurting him now. In addition to that, there are other factors. One of those and you think about is a push for partisanship. Some of those who wanted amount, think that Kevin Mccarthy should not have tried to work with democrats to keep government open. That is a factor in our government beyond Kevin Mccarthy, and he is being punished for it right now. The last thing i will say is President Trump who did call for a Government Shutdown for you he has been someone who has injected into the Republican Party the idea that not only is destruction safe but good. He is encourage conservatives like this to try and challenge institutions, including the head of the house of the representatives itself. One other thing. Democrats had the option of saving Speaker Mccarthy today but also it comes down to relationships. They said, that he has attacked them , lied, they came out of their meeting this morning saying no way are we going to save him. You mentioned relationships. There is no obvious successor, someone that you can unite the fractious Republican Party. What comes next . The country is headed toward yet another government funding deadline on november 17. What does that mean for this . First, as i talk to you right now, the house does not have a permanent speaker of the house for the first time in our history. But it does have an acting speaker of the house, patrick mchenry. There is a littleknown statute that came into play after september 11 in which speakers of the house must submit a list to the clerk of who they would like to succeed them in case something happens to them. Patrick met henry is number one on the list. He is technically the acting speaker right now. He is not in the line of succession. So, what we have here basically is a question mark. How long will it take to get a speaker . Mccarthy would like to run for speaker again, i am told you it i think our viewers can imagine what we maybe in for. A series of votes that we had in january, potentially where mccarthy tries to convince some of those people who voted against him to vote present and allow him somehow to win. That is a longshot for him. And you hit it right on the head. This is all a huge risk for so many parts of government, especially 45 days, this does increase the risk of a shutdown but also it is a problem for ukraine, for the money that ukraine is waiting to get, hoping to get as its it fights with pressure. And a problem with taiwan. The domino effects are massive. I think we are going to be following this, talking about this a lot. So many things, impeachment is something rare but we have never seen a vote like this in u. S. History. Absolutely. Lisa desjardins reporting from capitol hill on the house vote that resulted in the ouster of Kevin Mccarthy as House Speaker. Thank you. You are welcome. Sauer west. Updating our our top story. Representative Kevin Mccarthy and informed his republican colleagues this evening that he will not run for House Speaker again. The house will not reconvene until next tuesday, and republicans hope to hold elections for speaker the following day. In the days other news, hunter biden plead not guilty to charges that he lied about drug use when he bought a handgun in 2018 p the president s son said nothing as he left the courtroom after his arraignment this morning. His lawyer said they hope to get the case dismissed on constitutional grounds. An earlier plea deal for biden fell through last summer. A state judge in new york imposed a limited gag order on former President Trump at his trial for alleged business fraud. That came after he disparaged one of the judges law clerks online. Today mr. Trump spent a second day of the defense table. State prosecutors began making the case that he and his company have routinely overstated his wealth and assets. Jury selection has opened in new york in the federal fraud trial of sam bankmanfried. The former billionaire founded ftx, the now defunct cryptocurrency exchange. He looked on with his lawyers today as the court began questioning prospect of jurors. He has pleaded not guilty to defrauding thousands of customers. President biden sought to reassure allied leaders today about the u. S. Commitment to ukraine. He convened a Conference Call days after congress removed funding for kyiv. The White House National security Spokesman John Kirby says none of the leaders voiced any concerns. They understand what is going on from capitol hill. They understand that this is a small minority of extreme republicans that are holding us up, and they understand that the bulk of republican leadership, house and the senate, support ukraine. The white house is warning that any lapse in u. S. Support will only embolden russia. In pakistan, the government has ordered anyone in the country illegally to leave by november 1 or face arrest and expulsion. That includes more than 1. 7 million afghans. Many have been in pakistan for decades, and they say the new policy is unjust. If we are forced to leave pakistan, we will leave, but it is our right to remain in pakistan under islamic law as well as under democratic norms. 40 years is a very long time. There should be justice. There is no precedent of expelling people who have been living for 40 years in a country. Todays announcement follows suicide bombings that police blame on afghan militants. The attacks have strained relations between pakistan and the taliban government in afghanistan. Police in turkey detained nearly 1000 people today in the wake of a suicide bombing in ankara that wounded two policemen. Raids were carried out in 16 provinces. Those arrested including dozens of people with alleged ties to the outlawed ppk, a kurdish insurgent group. Tonight, turkey also launched fresh airstrikes against ppk targets in iraq. A trio of european scientists have claimed this years nobel prize in physics for producing the first glimpse of hyper fast electrons. Piere agostini, used laser pulses to track movements that happened in one quintillion of a second. Kraus spoke today near munich. We captured very quickly in realtime processes that are happening in the microscopic world, just as you photograph a formula 1 racing car as it runs to the finish line. You need a camera with a very short exposure time. This is the concept we used for the fastest movements that happen in nature outside the atomic nucleus which is a movement of electrons. The research could lead to breakthroughs in a wide variety of fields from medical to developing electronics. A new Jersey Appeals Court has tossed out a verdict of 222 million against Johnson Johnson over claims that its talc powder cause cancer or the lower court should have barred some of the testimony. Johnson johnson is facing more than 3000 related lawsuits. Still to come on the newshour, the role californias newest senator could play in congress. Also, despite sanctions, a u. S. Based company sold machinery that russia is using in its war against ukraine. His new book on how Abraham Lincoln succeeded in a divided united states. This is the pbs newshour, from weta studios in washington and in the west from the Walter Cronkite school of journalism at Arizona State university. Former secretary of state clinton is once again professor Hillary Clinton. As a professor of practice at columbia universitys newly launched institute of global politics. Shes teaching alongside the dean, who said their focus is inspiring future Foreign Policy leaders and thinkers to collaborate around solving the worlds most pressing problems. What we want to see is a next generation of leaders that they know, they understand how to lead in a polarized society, because they will feel that they got the skills here to learn, to disagree with one another respectfully. To persuade to build consensus, to really listen and question their own assumptions. That is what leadership will look like in the future. I spoke with secretary clinton in an exclusive interview this morning about her new role that bridges the world of academic and public service. Secretary clinton, thank you for egging time for us. Thank you. Good to talk to you. It was a 1970s when you are left a professor at the university of arkansas law school. What is it like to be back in the classroom and what was the intention behind taking on this new role . First of all, it is incredibly exciting. And i was offered this opportunity to be a professor here at columbia university, and i was very intrigued, because having been in the senate, having been secretary of state, having traveled millions of miles, i want to know what was on young peoples minds and what they were thinking about the world. I also wanted to find out if there were more effective ways in talking about the challenges that we confront, whether it is the war in ukraine or Climate Change, whatever it might be. And i thought there could not be a better way than to stand up in front of 375 young people every week with my coteacher, the dean of the school to really figure out what kids are thinking, what young people worry about. It helps me understand how young people are thinking about these issues, because i will tell you, before i started teaching, i kept hearing they did not want to talk about difficult subjects, they wanted trigger warnings. I havent seen any of that. This is been a very thoughtful and, for me, enriching experience. Your course is focused on Foreign Policy. When you were secretary state, you focus a lot on asia. And the growing threat that china presented. Now we see the Biden Administration trying to contain china, trying to develop more and stronger relationships in the indo pacific, calling for greater stability in the region. What is your assessment of the threat that china poses as it amasses more military and scientific technological strength . I think it poses potential a ry great threat. First and foremost in its region, starting with taiwan but not ending there. Clearly china has demonstrated an aggressive approach, and they have, as you said, invested a lot of money in a blue water navy, creating much more capacity. What were hoping is that we can manage the relationship. Yes, we have competition. We will have competition and strategic competition. We should. I mean, there is nothing wrong with that. But we will not tip over by intention or accident into conflict. Much of that depends upon the current chinese leadership. And once a leader decides to stay for life, you know, that is not a good sign. As we talked about americas role in the world, the continued funding and assistance for ukraine is a point of contention on capitol hill. How do you think let er rip putin is eyeing the Vladimir Putin is eyeing the growing political divide . I think he is not only thrilled by the divide over whether we continue and at what levels to find ukraine, i think he is fomenting it as well. Putin and his team that does the kind of interventions, covert a nd overt, aiming to undermine democracy and to suborned political leaders, is a big part of how he sees his role. So, when i see people paroting rushing talking russian talking points that first showed up in a speech from a russian official. That is a big point scored for putin. When i see americans in positions of responsibility talking about how we should not support the people of ukraine. Theyre corrupt. Yeah, they are working very hard to be transparent, and accountable. And talk about corruption there is the master of corruption living in the kremlin. So, there is an ideological and partisan political divide. And i know that the majority of congress is still in favor of supporting ukraine. So we have to get through this period. We have to pass legislation and continue to support. You know, jeff, this fight is our fight. Honestly, i dont understand any american siding with putin but we have seen it and heard and we have to fight against it. As we talk about congress there is an effort by Republican Congress and matt gaetz to oust House SpeakerKevin Mccarthy