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Good evening. i m erin burnett. we begin outfront with the breaking news. the man everyone assumed would be the next speaker of the house is gone. in a shocking move, kevin mccarthy stunning washington and dropping out of the race. and he got out moments before the vote to give him the job. that job, of course, second in line to the president. it s a huge development tonight. speculation surging on the reason for his sudden exit. but note this, hillary clinton pounced on mccarthy when he appeared to suggest that the republican-led benghazi investigation was aimed at weakening her candidacy and today donald trump taking credit for mccarthy s shocking move. kevin mccarthy is out. you know that, right? [cheers and applause ] and they are giving me a lot of credit for that because i said you really need somebody very, very tough and very smart. our chief political correspondent dana bash is outfront. dana, rouepublicans are saying ....
i qualify as a groupie today. looking forward to it. but in the park. i m not a groupie, but yes, i m a groupie about ed sheeran. got to go he said. i m too excited about ed sheeran. bruce jenner going on the offensive in court fighting back against that wrongful death lawsuit filed against him for that deadly car accident earlier this year. asking a judge to throw out the lawsuit altogether. abc s linsey davis with the story. bruce jenner is fighting back against his involvement in the deadly malibu car crash that claimed the life of 69-year-old kimberly howe. are there any injuries? i m going to say yes. it looks pretty bad. one car is destroyed. bruce, are you okay? the reality show star who after passing a police sobriety test walked away from the collision unharmed objecting to a lawsuit filed by howe s 57 and 60-year-old stepchildren seeking compensatory damage claiming jenner was negligent, careless and reckless in the incident. ....
Busted says they have put their staff on alert and will refine our procedures that help insure the safety of our patients. this may not be the first time king has done something like this. he was purportedly arrested in 2013 for impersonating a dallas firefighter. mara schiavocampo, abc news, new york. coming up, bruce jenner fighting back in court now. asking a judge to throw out the wrongful death suit against him in connection to a deadly car accident. what his lawyers are saying. that story up next. that story up next. ....
Expect. okay. you could be the next bachelor and your wife doesn t even know it. she would know it. you re right, you re right. you re right. glad she doesn t watch the show. i m glad both of our spouses don t. we begin with the federal charges, serious stuff. man, this was a bombshell. where did this come from? we ve got a lot of questions still about this. it s a weird story in a lot of ways. we re talking about the former speaker of the house, dennis hastert. he s accused of violating banking laws and lying to the fbi. federal indictment hints at wrongdoing by hastert long before he was a heart beat away from the presidency back when he was a high school wrestling coach and teacher. let s get the details now from abc s devin dwyer. former house speaker dennis hastert accused of a dark past before his career in politics. federal prosecutors have indicted the illinois republican for trying to hide nearly $2 million in secret payments to an unidentified person and ....
Northeast going downhill in terms of wet weather saturday over the interior and then on sunday, closer to the i-95 corridor and then once the rain comes to an end, early next week is going to be much, much cooler. we re talking about temperatures down into the 60s. more flash flooding possible through saturday night. oklahoma and texas and then we too will catch a big break on sunday. t.j. and reena, back to you. thanks so much, justin. now to the story stunning washington. former speaker of the house dennis hastert is charged with violating banking laws. he allegedly withdrew nearly $2 million in cash to pay someone to keep quiet about wrongdoing in his past before he entered politics. there are hints, whatever that prior misconduct was, it happened while he was in high school. wrestling coach when he was a high school wrestling coach in illinois. eric hong of wls has more from hastert s hometown. no answer at the home of dennis hastert, the serenity of ....