Some of today's top stories

• rumors are swirling on Capitol Hill this morning. 
      Former Bakersfield Congressman Kevin McCarthy is being considered as a top candidate for Donald Trump's chief of staff... should Trump win the presidential election. That's according to a Bloomberg article published yesterday.
      It says McCarthy was offered the job in Trump's last term, but turned it down because he wanted to serve as house speaker. 
      According to Bloomberg, Trump is considering McCarthy as chief of staff because of McCarthy's understanding of Capitol Hill, federal agencies and budgets. 
      McCarthy has largely remained out of the public eye since his resignation from Congress in December. 
• We are less than two hours away from polling sites opening up in Kern County for a special election.
      Voters are being asked to choose who will complete the remainder of Kevin McCarthy's term in the House... which would've ended next January... had he not resigned Remember... the special election is *separate* from the full two-year term to *replace* McCarthy. 
      That race was part of the primary election earlier this month. 
      Here are your nine candidates... some were on your March primary ballots.
      Mike Boudreaux... Anna Zoe Cohen... Vince Fong... and Kyle Kirkland are the Republicans. 
      Marisa Wood and Harmesh Kumar are the Democratic candidates. 
      James Cardoza... Ben Dewell and David Fluhart are running as no party preference. 
      If none of these candidates receive a majority of the votes... meaning 50 percent plus 1... there will be a runoff special election in May. And a special election is expensive. 
      For the primary and potential runoff... Kern County says it expects to spend $1.6 million dollars.
      While Fresno, Tulare and Kings Counties estimate they will combine for $1.3 million dollars in spending. 
      Polling sites are set to open this morning at 7 o'clock... and will close tonight at 8.
• A man who was shot in Oildale nearly three years ago, has died of his wounds. The shooting happened at a suspected illegal casino on North Chester Avenue back in 20-21.
      38-year-old Christopher Ray Walker was shot several times and survived.
      But according to the coroner's office, Walker died this past January of complications from multiple gunshot wounds.
      His death has been ruled a homicide.
      No word on whether anyone has been charged in the case.
• Now to an officer-involved shooting in January, that left a man dead.
      The Bakersfield Police Department has now released body-camera footage of the incident.
      And, we want to warn you, it is graphic as it shows what transpired between officers and the suspect. Here's 17's Mikhala Armstrong.