it haunted teva mccarthy. publicly, he projected the appearance of a man who will be the next speaker. but in private, his allies told him the pursuit of power was changing them. he said that even if he won, he cannot govern. we need someone to get us to 247, referring to the total number of house republicans. and i was never going to get to 247. we would take your phone calls and see what you think about the situation in the house, and the republican leadership there. give us a call, let us know what you think. orson is a tweet @cspan. can also get on facebook. some members wanted to proceed and vote on webster or chaffetz. forjordan was ready to run leader if mccarthy won. and then we hear from ryan costello, he actually broke the news about mccarthy. apparently i broke the news. blame it on being a freshman and going up the wrong door. he was the first one we heard earlier today that let us know kevin mccarthy was not going to be running for speaker. we would take a look at what commerzbank costello said an

i want mccarthy if anybody.ost: the previous color mentioned that dick cheney has endorsed kevin mccarthy. he put out a statement last night with politico. john in greenville, maryland, an independent. you're on. caller: thank you for taking my call. i would just like to comment on the first caller after your guest, i totally agree about the state of politics. i encourage him and everybody else to check out bernie sanders. he is looking at the working-class and brings on -- integrity and authenticity. i believe he and martin o'malley ideally to gore actually opposed to the tpp. it seems like the further libertarian and right-wing people are -- host: i don't know if you saw this, but hillary clinton an interviewerng that she is now against this trade deal. she has said she would oppose it from what she knows. of course all the details are not public. 30 days for those details to come out and then a. -- 30 days for those details to come out and then a period of review. republicans are in favor of moving forward wi

mccarthy drops from speaker bid. that may be the first time we've actually seen an exclamation point in a beltway headline. but this was just a total republican mess today. who's going to run congress? nobody knows. nobody knows. who's going to be third in line to the presidency after the vice president? the second most powerful person in washington after the president. nobody knows. who runs the republican party? nobody knows. who gets to decide who runs the republican party? say it with me now. nobody knows. this entire process from the very beginning has been for the republicans surprise after disaster after surprise after disaster. but that's their process. this is also the same process that ultimately has to result in somebody, somebody else, getting this really, really important job. and there's nothing about this process thus far that gives us any indication whatsoever of what that person might be or who they might be chosen. could be dave brat for all we know. or how about one of those angry people who booed

mccarthy saying at 8:00 a.m.ence he was going to run for speaker, expected to get the number that he needed. just a short while ago, pulled out of the race. there's going to be a lot of speculation as to why. this is wild stuff. this is wild stuff. >> luke russert, thanks. congressman, thanks. andrea mitchell, while that conversation was going on, paul ryan has issued a statement, really same language he was using last night and this morning, saying he has no interest in the job. presumably would not respond to a draft. >> that's what he's saying at that time. saying while he's gratified about the support he's receiving, he's grateful but remains determined he's not going to be a candidate and believes he can best serve the country as chairman of the house ways and means committee. that may be his motivation but is certainly the best job choice right now is not to be a leader of that conference, not to try to be speaker of the house and get caught between feuding elements within the republican party and the white

the final whip count was mccarthy and he was above 200. everybody thought he had a clear pathway to being the next speaker of the house. you look at the people competing. daniel webster. he had the support of the freedom caucus. and then chaffetz as well. >> you will need about 218 give her or take. so you will need that much. and chaffetz said he had the majority of people supporting him. >> it is the freedom caucus. that is 40-42 rotes and that is down to 205. that is not majority to get the whole house to vote for you. the freedom caucus is saying pro-economic growth policy is what will win the gop and the white house next year. that was it. when you have pome obama's policy for zero wage growth this is the freedom caucus display. >> brett, we knew the vote was pushed back. it was supposed to take place this week and they pushed it back and heard beyond october 29th and i am reading it will be pushed back again because of this demme schuldevelopment. >> this is earth shattering in washington, d.c. a place where order is ileacs lly usual

mccarthy stunning everyone.epublicans gathered behind closed doors to hold a secret vote. >> we're serving. we should put this conference first. we probably need a fresh face. i'll stay on as majority leader but the one thing i found when talking to everybody, if we're going to unite and be strong, we need a new face to

kevin mccarthy not expanding on why other than to say mccarthy says it is not -- neil: it is the same reasoning or rationale john boehner gave to step down, he could have survived a vote. it would have been rocky but he would have had a majority support to stay on as speaker of the house but he wanted to save the inevitable bloodletting that would have pursued. and would have gone a lot more this go around with the back of the freedom caucus but you have to wonder whether mccarthy was afraid this could be a drawn-out process because there would have been multiple votes and with each successive vote, chances would have been into the equation. >> take out kevin mccarthy, mccarthy was there because he was the majority leader, the natural to fly to the number one. any one that goes in there needs the support based on these 30 to 40 house caucus members and on the flip if one of those house caucus members, daniel webster wants to be the next speaker of the house webster is going to need the support of 180 others that are considered not necessarily more moderate but certainly not a part of

mccarthy saw the handwriting on the wall. the other establishment figures did as well, and it's complete chaos now. >> what's odd, davide, to me is for six years now we've seen a solid republican front against president obama. somehow this same republican group that stood four-square against the democrat president's initiatives in thes in the house have now split apart. >> if part because they believe the republican establishment for all the fighting they did with president obama, they didn't fight hard enough. this is the group that wanted the government to be shut down over planned parenthood. they didn't kwlar it did to the republican establishment. they were angry boehner cut a deal. they were angry with boehner with some of the other deals. it's the same thing in the senate and why mitch mcconnell faced a possible primary challenge. some figures on the right felt he was too accommodating, even though you have the democrats in the white house saying, this is crazy. they wouldn't deal with us at all. the other thing to kee

mccarthy brought mccarthy down. it was worse than a gaffe. it was a blunder. that committee is about leaving dead ambassador on battlefield. it is not politics that disqualified him. to steve's point about a fresh face, taylor griffin, running for congress, former white house insider, knows capitol hill. he is talking to people out there, he says speaker of the house does not have to be member of the house. you could be speaker of the house. insiders talking about mitt romney as possible speaker. >> anything could happen. trish: i want to get back why this happened in the first place. we saw a shift. we saw a turn, really start to take place after those comments that mccarthy made to our very own sean hannity. let's role tape on that one. i want to get everybody's reaction. >> everybody thought hillary clinton was unbeatable, right? but we put together a benghazi special committee, a select committee. what are her numbers today? her numbers are dropping. why? because she is untrustable. trish: we also had mccarthy being asked about those comments by a reporter

mccarthy stunning everyone. republicans gathered behind closed doors to hold a secret vote. >> we're serving. we should put this conference first. we probably need a fresh face. i'll stay on as majority leader but the one thing i found when talking to everybody, if we're going to unite and be strong, we need a new face to help do that. nothing more than that. i feel good about the decision. i feel greet have my family here, my colleagues. i think we're only going to be stronger. >> mike, busy day for you. now what? >> gretchen, the statement just house from house speaker john boehner who is due to retire is trying to reassure the public that he's willing to stay on until a new speaker is elected. some are floating the idea of going with caretaker speaker until they get through the 2016 election and a new congress can elect a new speaker. appropriations chairman from kentucky is being mentioned as is republican john cline. here is more of mccarthy's explanation. >> i don't want making voter for speaker a tough on

kevin mccarthy is a very good man. he's always been one that puts his country before everything else. >> florida congressman daniel webster picked up conservative support from about 40 members of the house freedom caucus late yesterday and is pledging to make the house more inclusive. >> i have no idea how it will change. but it doesn't change what i'm running on, and that is i want to have a principled, based, member-driven process. >> establishment say mccarthy had a numbers problem. >> kevin mccarthy had the vast majority of the conference's confidence and votes. but he's made a decision that he couldn't get to 218. >> north carolina congressman walter jones raised eyebrows after sending this letter tuesday to the republican conference chair saying quote i'm asking that any candidate for speaker of the house, majority leader and majority whip withdraw himself from the leadership election, if there are any misdeeds he has committed since joining congress that will embarrass himself, the republican conference and the

mccarthy like? pel pelosi well, they have a nominating process today, and they have a ratification, if that's the word, of speaker on the floor on october 29. then we'll have a new speaker and we can talk about it then. but we're californians. we share that background. i wish whoever is the new speaker well and extend a hand of cooperation to whoever that person may be. >> you talk about the counterchaos. democrats have not been immune to the in-fighting amongst themselves. you had challenges from the blue dogs or whomever else during your time. do you sympathize at all with the struggle to try and keep a coalition built? ms. pelosi: no, not at all. i actually do not agree with your characterization. we are a democratic party. we are not a rubber stamp. it is the nature of our party to have that vitality and we build consensus. when we build that consensus, we go to the floor and we succeed. and we succeeded very well even working under the leadership of president george w. bush. we passed the bigge

he seemed to take credit for mccarthy quitting. let's take a listen. >> kevin mccarthy is out. you know that, right? and they're giving me a lot of credit for that because i said you really need somebody very, very tough and very smart. you know, smart goes with tough. not just tough. i know tough people, they're not smart. that's the worst, okay? that's the worst. you got to be smart. but we need smart, we need tough, we need the whole package. like me, thank you. i like that, i like this guy over here, whoever he is. but it's bedlam in washington right now, bedlam. it's a mess. i've never seen anything like it. >> joining me now, republican congressman from new york, peter king. congressman, good to see you again. >> kate, how are you? >> i'm well, thank you. donald trump, i don't know if you could hear that sound that we just played? >> i do. >> he just commented on kevin mccarthy, basically taking credit for him. he said that washington is bedlam right now. >> donald trump is a funny guy, he's a great new yorker, and unfortunately, he's accurate this time, except it's reall

kevin mccarthy is a very good man. he has always been one that puts his country before everything else. so he and i stand shoulder to shoulder with the same goal and desire and that is to unite this party and take the fight to the president, to the senate and to the american people. i really do believe it is time for a fresh start. that was the whole genesis of my campaign. but we need to have a lot more family discussion because we need to find somebody that our whole body can unite behind and do what we were elected to do. so i was absolutely stunned, surprised, and shocked that this happened, but our conference is going to have to do a lot of deep soul searching and we'll see what happens. >> are you still a candidate? >> yes. i said that i would support the nominee on the floor but we don't yet have a nominee. so the fact that it's delayed, i will continue to campaign. yeah. absolutely. >> reporter: sounds like you don't like your leadership. >> i think we have a lot of internal fracturing that's happened and we ne

john: issue number two in hillaryland is kevin mccarthy.fter suggesting that the purpose of the benghazi committee was to drag down hillary clinton politically, it has not taken long for his colleagues to slap him on the wrist. >> it's an inappropriate statement. it was not how it started. >> should this disqualify him for being speaker of the house? >> it does not necessarily disqualify him, but it's a terrible statement. >> he should apologize. >> yeah, i think you should apologize and withdraw it. it's an absolute inaccurate statement as to what we are doing and have done on the work on benghazi. john: that's congressman jason chaffetz. already hillary clinton is trying to make hay out of mccarthy-ghazi. an opportunity to hit benghazi and the other usual suspects. >> hi everybody, i am campaign manager for hillary for america. i wanted to give you a quick update on our strategy in the state of the race. there are 15 republican candidates. five other democratic candidates. 2 billionaire brothers who have committed to spending over $800 mi

kevin mccarthy by all accounts does. we're going to be looking closely at how close he gets to that magic 218 number. jason chaffetz really took a pretty significant blow to his candidacy when the house freedom caucus, that conservative group came out and they supported daniel webster instead of him. he was supposed to be the guy who was aimed to bridge those conservatives with the more establishment type in the party, and i asked him about that. here is what he had to say. >> i'm trying to bridge the gulf and the divide. that's not just going to end today. there are new processes and things that we have to do to get this team even more unified than in the past. >> reporter: chaffetz said he will back the nominee after today's vote. that's a significant move. he plans to end his candidacy. the question is whether some of the other folks who backed daniel webster will turn around and back the nominee. that's a question we'll have to see how it's resolved in the next couple of weeks. ashleigh? >> and it's all up to 125 vot

kevin mccarthy is a very good man. he's always been one that puts his country before everything else. >> florida congressman daniel webster picked up conservative support from about 40 members of the house freedom caucus late yesterday and is pledging to make the house more inclusive. >> i have no idea how it will change. but it doesn't change what i'm running on, and that is i want to have a principled, based, member-driven process. >> establishment say mccarthy had a numbers problem. >> kevin mccarthy had the vast majority of the conference's confidence and votes. but he's made a decision that he couldn't get to 218. >> north carolina congressman walter jones raised eyebrows after sending this letter tuesday to the republican conference chair saying quote i'm asking that any candidate for speaker of the house, majority leader and majority whip withdraw himself from the leadership election, if there are any misdeeds he has committed since joining congress that will embarrass himself, the republican conference and the

she is basically calling out mccarthy.e said today that his comment about the strategy of that committee being political and partisan in nature wasn't helpful. >> i think that is true. but october 22 will be the definitive day for hillary clinton and for the republicans on the house committee at this point. i think mccarthy's statement will be more distant giving him time to get on a more level playing field. let me make one point. with boehner continuing to be speaker he is in a stronger position to clean up things like debt ceiling and issues. conservatives may not get the deal they might have if they worked together to get things done. i don't know how you feel but in a way they are hurting their own cause. >> john boehner is currently the speaker and will remain the speaker until we elect another one so they got what they didn't want and john boehner intends to clean up the barn a bit. debt ceiling and the issue of coming to a budget agreement we may be able to get the issues dealt with before he leaves at the end of o

mccarthy only told boehner and others of his decision moments before a critical first vote mccarthy was expected to win and now all votes on a new speaker have been postponed. we're also following a very disturbing development right now involving russian strikes in syria. two u.s. officials tell cnn that at least four cruise missiles launched from a russian ship aimed at targets in syria crashed into iran instead. russia strongly denying that noting drones operating in syria around the clock presumably monitoring operations. we're covering all of this and a whole lot more this hour with our correspondents and our guests including republican congressman adam kinsinger. he's a veteran of the wars in iraq and afghanistan. let's begin with the breaking news. our chief political correspondent dana bash is working the story for us tonight. dana, there are reports speaker boehner may now be personally lobbying for an ally to run for speaker. >> wolf, speaker boehner and everybody else wants this to be finished because this was such a surprise that john boehner himself was planning to get this

mccarthy needs to do to change things?ell i'll just give you some examples and i'm not certain really what all we need to do. but the committees who determine what people serve on is completely under the control of the speaker. that power should be diffused to many other members and it should be merit based rather than what you do for the speaker and how you specifically vote. also, many members are frustrated that they have bills that are very popular, have a lot of co-sponsors and they never get a hearing. they never get a vote. so we need to see a structural change so that is much more from the ground up. that is better representation for members back home. >> what has mr. mccarthy said when you asked him specifically about these things? >> well he promises more representation from the base. but there hasn't been any tangible changes yet. and that is what we're going to be looking at for the next three weeks. whether is he going to do in our rules and the structure of leadership that would make us follow in support of h

well, now there is kevin mccarthy. who is getting a lot of air time because he's about to be speaker of the house and nobody has any idea -- well, yeah, who is he? and speaker may end up being an ironic title for him since when he does speak, he says things like keeping the place of the band on america. and he talks about visiting somewhere named hungria. it is weird if you talk like that and your title is speaker. kevin mccarthy in his new high profile role of about to be speaker of the house, he has just admitted on tape on camera that actually the democrats are right, and the whole point of this supposedly solemn benghazi investigation all this time has literally just been about getting hillary clinton and trying to hurt her run for the presidency. >> the question that i think you really want to ask me is how am i going to be different? >> i love how you ask my questions, but go ahead. that was one of my questions. >> i knew you would want to ask it. what you're going to see is a conservative speaker that takes a co

luke russert, our reporting on capitol hill saying he just saw kevin mccarthy on the hallway and mccarthyul ryan would be fantastic. and he hopes that he will run for speaker. we'll have much more on this breaking news when we come back. ♪ the way i see it, you have two choices; the easy way or the hard way. you could choose a card that limits where you earn bonus cash back. or, you could make things easier on yourself. that's right, the quicksilver card from capital one. with quicksilver you earn unlimited 1.5% cash back on every purchase, everywhere. so, let's try this again. what's in your wallet? yeah! ahh... you probably say it a million times a day. ahh... ahh! ahh... ahh! but at cigna, we want to help everyone say it once a year. say "ahh". >>ahh... cigna medical plans cover one hundred percent of your in-network annual checkup. so america, let's go. know. ahh! and take control of your health. cigna. together, all the way. it's gotten squarer. over the years. brighter. bigger. thinner. even curvier. but what's next? for all binge watchers. movie geeks. sports freaks. x1 from xfinit

kevin mccarthy: come on over. up. on you, huh?saw some of listen, we have been going through this campaign, talking to a lot of members. the one thing i have always said to earn this majority, we are servants. we should put this conference first.i think there is something to be said for us to unite, we probably need a fresh face. i will say on as majority leader, but the one thing i found talking to everybody, if we are going to unite and be strong, we need a new face to do that. nothing more than that. i feel good about the decision. i feel great to have my family here, my colleagues. i think we are only going to be stronger. we fought hard to win the majority and turn the country around. -- a stepbe a foot forward. >> why change it, what happened? rep. kevin mccarthy: we had our were calls and there into the district. i don't want making voting for speaker a tough one. i don't want to go to the floor and win with 220 votes. i think the best thing for our party is to have 247 votes. if we are going to be strong, we have to be 100

there was that kevin mccarthy news.n seeing a upswing ever since this morning and a pretty significant surge around midmorning. no higher by more than 3% and approaching $50 a barrel. we have the oil minister of venezuela saying that opec and non-opec nations are to be meeting on october 21 a technical meeting -- in a technical meeting. the secretary-general said that demand will climb more than estimated this year. at the same time, the file -- does not necessarily mean we will see any kind of production cuts. speaking of production, take a look at the numbers that we got yesterday, which is one of the reasons that oil was down yesterday. we had an unexpected built in inntories and we had a kickoff in production what you can see is a big -- a significant downtrend in production causing some concerns in the oil market yesterday. oil stocks are some of the best performers today in helping support the orall arages. >> of course you want higher prices. >> even when they say they're going to cut, that does not necessarily m

before mccarthy withdrew, jason chaffetz declared.ster of florida had the backing of the freedom caucus. webster wants to change the rules. former house speaker newt gingrich has said he would be interested. you do not have to be a current member or member at all of the house to be speaker. it could be anybody. it could be one of us. among the list declaring they are not running, kathy mcmorris washington and trey gowdy. >> this is unbelievable there is a scramble to find somebody. >> this used to be a job everyone wanted. >>> donald trump is taking credit for knocking mccarthy out of the race for speaker. trump expressed doubt of mccarthy's fitness for the position last week after the benghazi issue was politically motivated. listen to trump's reaction. >> a lot of people are giving me credit for it because of the level of toughness. we need somebody tough. i have been saying that. i think kevin is a nice guy. we need somebody that is tough and smart. not just tough. we need somebody very, very smart and can do the right thing for th

kevin mccarthy who became a candidate. hours after giving it up. was out.n the midst of closed door, the californian, a member of the leadership team said "i'm not going to do it." >> we are going to be strong, we have to be 100% united. i think, you know what. let's put the conference first. we have been talking - i've been talking with a number of members, i've been thinking about this, trying to thick if we can get there. i think it's best to have a new face. >>> representatives mick mulvaney of south carolina concedes he's been called a members of the shut down caucus by colleagues that blame him for brinksmanship they believe hurt the republican party. he and his colleagues see the country, politics, the u.s. house in a different way from fellow republicans. they think the big republican majority didn't work its will in a way, got along to get along. they want it stopped and have gone to battle over making a leadership to do it. we have more on the republican freed am caucus. >> england closed doors, conservative members of the house are flexing their

mccarthy's lack of experience. not since 1891 has anyone with such a small amount of experience in congress become speaker. and frankly the guy who became speaker in 1891, even he had more experience than kevin mccarthy did in congress. he's just the closest one that we can find. one of the other remarkable things about the prospect of kevin mccarthy becoming speaker is the issue of his skill at speaking. >> in the past few years alone i have visited poland, hungria -- >> hungria was super happy to have him. no american politician has ever visited hungria before. we checked the records. kevin mccarthy's speaking skills are unusually, notably insert adjective here for any member of congress, let alone for somebody who's supposed to now become the second most powerful person in washington, the man in charge of congress. i mean, those clips we showed before with him talking about visiting hungria and putting the band on america and all the rest, those are all from his first ever foreign policy speech, which he deliver

thanks for having me. >> kevin mccarthy dropping out of contention.does that leave to fill the speakership? >> you've got people like representative chaffetz. you've got people like representative webster. i think that the other two people to watch are trey gowdy and jeb hensarling the latter being a rising tea party star from texas. he is also the chairman of the house financial services committee. but dara, i got to be honest, lots of pressure on representative paul ryan this morning, despite him being adamant that he doesn't want the job. but -- so watch obviously paul ryan, too. >> but if he said he doesn't want the job, what is it going to take to get him back into the race and possibly, you know, take the leadership? >> lots of conversations happening last night. and meetings scheduled for later this morning with the republican conference. where all of this is expected to be hammered out. he's got to remember that yes the politics of this are fascinating. but on november 5th, our country hits the nation's debt limit so they've got to raise the d

kevin mccarthy aers stunning decision to withdraw from the race for speaker left the republican caucus scrambling to find a new leader. mccarthy announced his intentions during a meeting of republican colleagues just before they were expected to elect them as their nominee. >> reporter: mccarthy's was like a political earthquake. >> all delegations of the conference were shocked. >> reporter: in the end mccarthy decided he wasn't the lawmaker to bring the severely divided party together. >> if we are going to unite and be strong, gheedwe need a new face to help do that. >> reporter: mccarthy was gop caucus known as the freedom caucus who made demands he feared he couldn't meet and backed another candidate, representative daniel webster. this is the same group that pushed john boehner out and they also had enough votes to block mccarthy's election when the full house votes. then there was mccarthy's suggestion that the house benghazi inspection was politically motivated and exercised to undermine hillary clinton's presidential bid. >> that wasn't helpful. i could have said it much bette

mccarthy didn't seem to have the votes to win. and it was suggested that he hurt himself with comments that the benghazi committee was designed to do damage to hillary clinton. >> i should not be a distraction. that's part of the decision. >> reporter: now the conversation moves back to who might be the next speaker. >> you don't know the dynamics, you are in a race, there's two candidates. all of a sudden, there's three. it changes the dynamics, you don't know how, now there's two again, maybe more. >> the former vice president nom near, ryan, may be view as a member that can get the necessary votes. for now, longer than planned, john boehner will remain the speaker of the house. >> for his part, john boehner said that he will remain as speaker until a new speaker and elected, prompting a democrat who i spoke with to call him the once and future speaker. >> michael shure an capitol hill. jason johnson is a political science professor and al jazeera contributor. seems that congress has unlimited ability to cause chaos. did things

the who is kevin mccarthy. but it's not that kevin mccarthy.gn is out with a video featuring a man they met in iowa. this kevin mccarthy laments the angry tweets he had been getting in the wake of the house majority leader's comments about the benghazi committee. >> it's not my fault. it's the house republicans'. so please, stop with your tweeting. my twitter account just can't handle it. >> another campaign ad in today's where. it happened in north carolina second congressional district. kay daily is trying to unseat renee ellmers in that primary. she's taking aim at her in a new aim, calling the incumbent a rino. but it's not just republican in name only. this ad takes it to a whole nother level. >> as a republican, you can be a rino. >> i'm kay daly and this is my message, i'm hunting rhinos. >> there are other parts of the ad we didn't feel comfortable airing. turning to the what, it's snap face. no, it's not a new form of social media, unless you're bill belichick. at a press conference this morning, the new england patriots head coach cal

kevin mccarthy is not getting better. when he gave his foreign policy speech the first business day after john boehner stepped down as speaker, the kind-hearted of us wondered if he spoke that way in that speech because it was the first day nerves or jitters, maybe. >> this white house is managing the decline. and putting us in tough decisions for the future. petraeus had an effectively politically strategy to match the military strategy. a simple promise to all of our heroes who need when they need it most. the president would allow the ban on iranian oil exports to be lifted. ands stand while russia blackmails an entire continent. in the past few years alone, i have visited poland -- >> that was -- we're not editting that stuff. that was the first day back at work after john boehner resigned. john boehner resigning put kevin mccarthy in line to be the next speaker of the house. but turns out we now know that was not first day jitters, that is how he tries to talk. because after that first gobbly-gook translate back into

of the house. >> you know kevin mccarthy is out. you know that, right? [ cheers ] >> and they're giving me a lot of credit for that because i said you really need somebody very, very tough and very smart. it's bedlam in washington right now. bedlam. it's a mess. i've never seen anything like it. lou: our first guest, well, he's the one who first led the charge over the summer to change leadership in congress, filing a motion in july to vacate speaker boehner's chair. he's also part of the freedom caucus that today threw its support behind one of mccarthy's opponents congressman daniel webster of florida. all of that led to today's extraordinary events. joining us congressman mark meadows, a number of the house oversight and foreign affairs committees. congressman, great to have you here. do you feel vindicated today? what are your emotions in watching all that transpired? >> you know obviously a lot has transpired today, lou, when you see the leadership changing and the american people wanting washington, d.c. to work for them, that

with mccarthy now out of the race for speaker, who else is left? could throw their hat in the race. even john berman. jason chaffetz declared he is running and conservatives are backing daniel webster. also in contention, lynn westmoreland of georgia. former house speaker newt gingrich indicating he would be interested if asked. officially declaring, kathy mcmorris rogers and trey gowdy. >> donald trump takes credit for knocking kevin mccarthy out of the race. trump expressed doubts about mccarthy's fitness for the position last week after comments of the benghazi committee. he bragged it had been hurting hillary clinton politically. listen to trump's reaction to the decision to pull out of the speaker race. >> a lot of people are giving me credit for it and only because of the level of toughness. i think kevin is a nice guy. we need someone very tough and smart. someone very smart and can do the right thing for the country. kevin was showing that it was a hard thing. >> chris christie campaigning in new hampshire. he insists voters don't care abou

and instead of delivering a last-minute pitch mccarthy had an announcement to make. >> kevin mccarthy went up to the microphone and said that he was not going -- he was withdrawing his name from consideration for speaker. and that he was not going to be running. and with that he sat down. speaker boehner got up and said based on what was just said we're going to move to postpone election for speaker. he got up and banged the gavel and said conference dismissed. >> as the meeting came to an abrupt end and stunned republicans started to file out, pandemonium, absolute pandemonium descended on capitol hill. lawmakers and reporters alike trying to absorb what had just happened. the reaction from members was nearly unanimous. >> shock. i think a lot of people were shocked. >> there was shock. there was total silence, that people absolutely could not believe what they were hearing. >> his strongest supporters were stunned. some of them crying. i don't think they were notified ahead of time. >> absolutely stunned. did not see that coming. >> "washington post" reporter robert costa tweeted "r

boehner and mccarthy we're hearing are trying to urge him to reconsider. so alex things still very much up in the air here. we don't know if bayner is going to be hanging around. he said he'll certainly hang around until another speaker is in place. >> the city council of charleston south carolina has unanimously approved a settlement with walter scott. the unarmed black man shot in april by a white police officer as he attempted to go through a traffic stop. the family with donate a portion of the money to help south carolina's flooding. >> ensure that he did not die in vain. >> immediately after the release of the video the family took steps to keep the community calm and for that the city the tha thankful. >>> new details about one of the american heroes who helped stop the train attack in france. stabbed multiple times outside a sacramento bar. following a street sfiegt in the early morning hours yesterday, video shows the suspect fleeing the scene. >> reporter: it started as an argument outside a bar in sacramento. and quickly became a brawl. surveill

. >> house republicans in search of a new speaker as ha jort leader kevin mccarthy backs out. his surprise decision sending shock waves throughout the political world and what it could mean in the face of a government shutdown. >>> an escalating situation overseas as russian air strikes in syria continue. how it's interfering with u.s. coalition efforts to combat isis and what the russians are really after. >>> scary moments as hike areas plunge from asus pension bridge as it snaps in half. their frightening fall into the water below. the bridge designed for ten people but did their heavy backpacks cause the collapse? >> and how far would you go to celebrate halloween? how about getting buried alive in a cemetery? we'll meet the three very brave people willing to go six feet under as the whole world watches and tv. are they brave or just plain crazy in it is friday, october 9th. >>> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning, everybody. it is friday. >> we made it. >> we made it to friday. it's just the start right now, and man, everybody saw that coming on capit