renews pledges to defend mem berls, including neighbouring turkey. >> new threat. >> we are trying to salvage what we can. south carolina residents trying to recover amid rain falls of dangerous flooding. >> pluto revealed. discoveries about the mysterious planet billions of miles from the sun >>> evening, i'm antonio mora, this is al jazeera america. we begin with a shocking development in the battle for house speaker. the front runner dropped out of the race just before a meeting to nominate the party. it throws the area into chaos. al jazeera's michael shure reports from capital hill. >> a shocking day on capitol hill. a day we were supposed to know who the republicans were nominating for speaker of the house. turns out that at the end of the day we are further away from knowing who that will be. it started with an abrupt withdrawal of majority leader of kevin mccarthy. >> reporter: when the day began, kevin mccarthy was the front-runner for house speaker and then the unexpected. >> what happened was kevin mccarthy went up to the microphone and said that he was not going to - he wa