Welcome to Meet the Press.

Now I'm Gabe Gutierrez reporting in Washington where we are watching history in the making.

As House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's political fate is hanging by a thread.

Right now the House is about to vote on removing him as Speaker.

If successful, it will be the first time in American history that a House Speaker, the

second in line for the presidency after the vice president has been removed by a vote of their

House colleagues. The last hour House Republicans have been delivering emotional statements on the floor

ahead of the vote with McCarthy's critics defending their move to Ausdam, arguing that he broke

his promises to the conference. McCarthy's defenders and leadership have fired back praising his

record while warning of the chaos that will come if the effort to Ausdam is successful.

This was all set in motion after last night a member of McCarthy's own party, Congressman

Matt Gaetz brought the motion to the floor seeking to Ausdam. What followed was a scramble

my McCarthy to save his speakership today, including a vote in the past hour seeking to pause the

effort, which failed 208 to 2018. With 11 Republicans joining Democrats in voting against

the motion to table the resolution to Aus McCarthy. Right now, these six House Republicans have

said they will vote to Aus McCarthy, and if enough Democrats join them and we expect them to,

it will throw the House into an unprecedented state of turmoil with no leader and no clear successor

for McCarthy. And as he's senior Capitol Hill correspondent Garrett Hague joins me now,

and Garrett voting has just begun.

That's right, Gabe. Voting is underway now, and this process will look familiar to anyone who

paid attention to the speaker's race vote back in January. They'll follow the same pattern here

with a reading clerk going name by name through the House roster, and members having to stand and

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