Brooklyn Rep. Hakeem Jeffries could succeed Nancy Pelosi

BLAME. >>> IF YOU ARE A TAYLOR SWIFT ANOTHER SHOT TO BUY TICKETS TO HER SHOW ANYTIME SOON. GOOD EVENING. I AM MAURICE DUBOIS . >> AND I AM KRISTINE JOHNSON. >>> NANCY PELOSI ANOTHER SHE WILL NOT SEEK LEADERSHIP IN THE NEXT CONGRESS . >> THIS CLEARS THE WAY FOR A LEADERS INCLUDING A NAME NEW YORKERS WILL RECOGNIZE. MARCIA KRAMER HERE WITH THE STORY. >> Reporter: THE WASHINGTON SPECULATION MACHINE HAS BEEN IN OVERDRIVE FOR MONTHS, WONDERING IF NANCY PELOSI WOULD KEEP HER PLEDGE TO LIMIT HERSELF TO FOUR MORE YEARS. AND IF SO, WHO WOULD FOLLOW IN

HER FOOTSTEPS? SHE ANSWERED THE FIRST QUESTION TODAY AND SOURCES TELL ME SHE HAS DONE EVERYTHING IN HER POWER TO DETERMINE HER SUCCESSOR . >> I WILL NOT SEEK REELECTION TO DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP IN THE NEXT CONGRESS. >> Reporter: WEARING WHITE IN AN APPARENT NOD TO THE FACT SHE WAS THE FIRST WOMAN TO SERVE AS SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, NANCY PELOSI SAYS SHE WILL LEAVE HER LEADERSHIP POST AFTER A SERIES OF DEMOCRATIC LOSSES COSTER PARTY THE MAJORITY INCLUDING FOUR SEATS ON LONG ISLAND THAT WENT REPUBLICAN TO HELP SOLIDIFY A PARTY CHANGE THAT WILL PROPEL KEVIN McCARTHY INTO

THE SPEAKERSHIP, SECOND IN LINE TO THE PRESIDENCY. PELOSI WILL REMAIN IN CONGRESS. >> THERE IS NO GREATER OFFICIAL HONOR FOR ME THAN TO STAND ON THIS FLOOR AND TO SPEAK FOR

THE PEOPLE OF SAN FRANCISCO. >> Reporter: PELOSI WAS REELECTED TO REPRESENT SAN SERVE OUT THE TWO YEAR TERM, BUT SOURCES TELL CBS2 SHE WILL NOT SEEK REELECTION IN 2024. THE DECISION TO STEP DOWN CAME AFTER HER HUSBAND, PAUL, WAS ATTACKED WITH A HAMMER IN THEIR SAN FRANCISCO HOME BY AN ASSAILANT WHO WAS ACTUALLY LOOKING FOR HER. SHE SEEMED TO TEAR UP AS SHE THANKED PEOPLE

FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND PRAYERS FOR — >> MY DEAR HUSBAND, PAUL. >> Reporter: PELOSI CLEARS THE WAY FOR NEW LEADERS. >> A NEW GENERATION WILL LEAD THE CAUCUS THAT I SO DEEPLY RESPECT. I AM GRATEFUL THAT SO MANY ARE READY AND WILLING TO SHOULDER THIS AWESOME RESPONSIBILITY. >> Reporter: SOURCES TELL CBS2 SHE HOPES TO PASS THE TORCH TO JEFFRIES , 52, WHO HAS PUT TOGETHER A DIVERSE LEADERSHIP TEAM. CATHERINE CLARK OF MASSACHUSETTS AND PETE ABELARD OF CALIFORNIA. HE PRAISED HER IN A TWEET AS THE GOAT, GREATEST OF ALL TIME. JEFFRIES WOULD NOT ONLY BE THE

FIRST PERSON OF COLOR TO LEAD HIS PARTY IN THE HOUSE, BUT ALSO REPRESENT A NEW GENERATION. >> IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR GEN Xers, LIKE ME, TO BE REFLECTED IN THE HOUSE LEADERSHIP. WE HAD A NUMBER OF YOUNG VOTERS AND YOUNG LEADERS WERE CONCERNED THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULDN’T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR LEADERSHIP, BUT NOW THEY DO. >> Reporter: ADAM SCHIFF WAS ALSO SAID TO BE INTERESTED IN THE JOB, BUT SOURCES TELL ME PELOSI HAS WORKED BEHIND THE SCENES TO CONVINCE HIM TO RUN