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 For the second time in two weeks, House Representatives are at a loss for a speaker. Majority leader Kevin McCarthy dropped out of the race to succeed John Boehner just moments before house representatives were set to vote. Here's NPR's Susan Davis. Kevin McCarthy was about to clinch 1 his party's nomination 2 to the next speaker of the house. But the California republican stunned 3 his colleagues when he announced he was dropping out of the race. McCarthy told republicans he did not believe he was the leader to unite them. HIs decision forced outgoing speaker John Boehner to immediately postpone 4 the speaker election, leaving house republicans in disarray 5. McCarthy was heavily favored against two of his opponents, congressman 6 Jason Chaffetz of Utah and Daniel Webster of Florida. Both say they'll remain in the speaker's race. Boehner said he expected to hold another nominee 7 election in the coming weeks. He had planned to resign at the end of the month but he says he'll remain in office until a new speaker can be elected. Susan Davis, NPR news, the Capitol.

South Carolinians and four counties along the coast know they may have to evacuate 8 at a moment's notice. Flood waters have ravaged 9 * other towns since last week and are feeding into local rivers.  Governor Nikki Haley issued this morning. Georgetown will start to flood. It will get worse and it's gonna last up to 12 days. So this is an area where if you're in the area of Georgetown, you're gonna see people coming and knocking on your doors telling you to get out. Thousands of people continue to be affected 10 by advisories 11 to boil their water before use. The CEO of Volkswagen group of America Michael Horn was grilled 12 by lawmakers on Capitol Hill today. NPR's SG reports questions still remain of when customers' cars get fixed 13. Michael Horn did what CEOs do nowadays when they are called before congress. Apologize perviously. 'I would like to offer a sincere apology, sincere apology for Volkswagen's use of software program that served to defeat the regular emissions 14 test regime'. While committee members were having none of it.' 'The company's word isn't worth of dying.' That's congresswoman Jan Schakowsky of Illinois.'Only thing I want to hear today is exactly how will Volkswagen make this right by consumers.' Horn told congress that VW will not buy back defected vehicles but will fix them. Horn indicated that it could take as long as two years to fix all vehicles. SL, NPR news.
Another eclectic group of musicians will be considered for induction 15 at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 2016 including Janet Jackson, Chicago and The Cars and Steve Miller 17. Other nominees 18 include Nine Inch Nails, Los Lobos, Chaka Khan and Chic 16. This December, the Hall of Fame will announce its selections and the induction ceremony will be held April 8th.
Before the close, Dow was up 139 points at 17051. This is NPR news.
This year's Nobel Prize for literature goes to a * Russian woman who writes history based on the voices of ordinary people. NPR's CF says the author is well-known for her portrayals 19 of life in the former Soviet 20 Union. Svetlana Alexievich composes her works by weaving together hundreds of interviews. Her books include chronicles about Soviet women who fought in the second world war and the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl. Some reviewers have credited her with creating a new kind of literary genre 21.  Svetlana Alexievich currently lives in Belarus but she spent many years in exile because of her criticism of the * Russian government. She says she plans to use the nearly 1 million dollar prize to support her work on two new writing projects. CF, NPR news, Moscow.
Celebrated 22 chef Paul Prudhomme who brought spicy 23 Louisiana cuisine 24 to culinary fans worldwide for decades has died. His most famous dish uses a technique which he called blackening *, fish covered with spices, and move millions of TV fans to get to cooking. That's good cooking, good evening and good lavin. We love you guys. Get the chilly 25 out and make everything smell good. That's from one of his programs. The spokesperson said Prudhomme died this morning following a brief illness. He was 75 years old.
Before the close, the US stocks were trading sharply high with the Dow gaining 139 points nearly one percent at 17051. NASDAQ up 20 to 4811. And the S&P 500 up 17 to 2013. This is NPR.
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