Jared looks at the fracture within the House of Representatives, as GOP infighting has led to the outser of Kevin McCarthy as Speaker after an historic vote yesterday. The House is on hiatus until Tuesday, but they're unable to advance any business until a new Speaker is elected...and last time's election process was a fiasco. Meanwhile, temporary funding expires soon and appropriation bills are dead in the water until further notice.
Damon Olinto, Volunteer Chairman for the Constellation Furyk & Friends Tournament, joins JMN to update us on event activities still to come with this year's event, including the main tournament action.
Rep. Rutherford joins JMN to share thoughts after the removal of Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House. Rutherford voted to retain McCarthy, after fellow Florida Representative Matt Gaetz's proposal to remove the Speaker from his leadership role.
Logan reports on a national emergency alert test that will fire off between 2:20pm-2:50pm today, All phones on and in service during this window will receive the alert, even if you've turned alert notifications off, so if you need to NOT have that sound off for silence or safety reasons, make sure your phone is off at the time.
Rachel Winter, UNF Dean of Students, and Maurisha Bishop-Salmon, UNF Victim Advocate, join JMN to discuss this year's Take Back The Night events starting this evening, raising awareness and empowering victims and survivors of domestic violence.
Mark joins JMN to discuss the Speaker of the House ouster yesterday, as Kevin McCarthy is voted out after a Matt Gaetz motion to vacate. Is this patriotism? Is this chaos? Is this irrelevant? You tell us during The Mark Kaye Show "Whatever You Want Wednesday" from noon to 3pm!
SPEAKER VOTE CHAOS - The US House of Representatives is now entering uncharted territory after Republican Kevin McCarthy lost his job as the Speaker of the House yesterday. The motion to vacate from Rep. Matt Gaetz passed Tuesday with the support of eight hardline Republicans and all the Democrats present and voting. Without a Speaker of the House, Congress is essentially paralyzed because lawmakers can’t pass legislation or conduct any business until a new leader is selected. We break down what’s next in this process and how long congressional business may be on hold.
Logan reports on rewards being offered for information leading to convictions on the recent murders of a 6-year-old and a 3-year-old, both victims of recent gun violence in Jacksonville.
Tabitha Furyk joins JMN to discuss the charities that benefit from the Constellation Furyk & Friends Tournament and related events. Tonight's event includes Dustin Lynch and Carly Pearce performing at Daily's Place, and a variety of Pro-Am golfers, tournament rounds, and additional concerts and activities scheduled over the rest of the week.
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