Good morning. I'm playbook co-author Rachel Bade. It's Monday, October 2nd. Today, Capitol Hill is lurching from one crisis to the next, this time creating to a historic effort to oust a speaker just two days after Congress barely averted a government shutdown.

Congressman Matt Gates announced yesterday that he will file a motion to vacate on Speaker Kevin McCarthy this week sometime.

And that could happen as soon as tonight when the House gavels back in session.

But first, a couple of housekeeping measures for you.

California Governor Gavin Newsom will appoint Emily's list president

LaFanza Butler to fill Diane Feinstein's seat. At least that's what our colleague Chris

Catalago scoop yesterday. The announcement is expected to come sometime today. Interestingly enough,

the announcement actually comes with no preconditions that Butler doesn't run for office.

So, in theory, she could decide to run for re-election and join the already crowded field for Feinstein's replacement, which already includes Congressman Adam Schiff, Barbara Lee, and Katie Porter.

In New York, former President Donald Trump is expected to attend the opening of a civil

trial in New York for charges of fraud by the Trump organization. His team is trying to turn this

into a rally cry for supporters, and this very much underscores how the norms of politics have

very much been twisted upside down in the Trump era, where a candidate for

the White House is able to turn this into a benefit for him with his own party base. Just a reminder

that in this case, Trump is accused of being held liable for overvaluing his properties. And according

to the New York Times, if he's found to be liable,

he could face as much as a $250 million fine. The ruling also leaves his assets, including

Trump Tower itself, vulnerable to seizure, according to the New York Times. And back to the capital,

to the chaos. I spent most of my Sunday working the phones talking to

Democrats, McCarthy allies, and people who are allied with Matt Gates, trying to figure out

how this is all going to go down. So just to sort of lay out the process first, as soon as Gates

files a motion to vacate, we expect Kevin McCarthy to move to table. That basically means kill it in its tracks.

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