And so over and over and over again, this entire city is hearing these thunderous booms from the sky. This is reality for People Living here, and then the response often is airstrikes in gaza. Now though things seem to be a bit different because as israel prepares for a Ground Incursion, it just has been more quiet in gaza than we have seen right now. We have seen a bit of black smoke coming from gaza today, but in the very beginning, i mean, it was fearsome, it was terrifying with the airstrikes happening in gaza for the residents there. 700 children have already been killed there. But you remember this all started, this time around, with hamas and its Surprise Attack on civilians just trying to enjoy their lives. I do want to give you some sound of what happened earlier. I think we have a little bit of that for you now. So lets go to that. Our photographer is here with us. Lawrence is also with us as well as my fantastic producer, seb. So youre hearing in english, now you can go back to normal. The danger is over and she says it in hebrew. That happens in a hotel for someone like me who doesnt live here now. I lived here years ago. But for regular people, of course, you dont hear anything like that. You just notice that the sirens are no longer going off. But people are in their homes. Nobody is out really in the streets. Normally, on sunday in tel aviv, i mean, this place is packed with people lying on the beach, riding their bikes, walking their dogs, kissing their babies and eating food. Its a beautiful old area. There is a fantastic smorgasbord of palestinian fairs as well. And this place is just its basically a ghost town. You are not seeing anyone. Its a bit eerie. To your point, sara, you know, do you feel the tense atmosphere . Are you getting the sense that we are getting much closer to a Ground Offensive . Reporter you know, for someone who, you know, maybe hasnt experienced war, which, hopefully, most people have not, it is a real what is the word . I mean, its anxiety provoking when there is something over your head that you cant see but you know is there because you hear the sirens go off. Same thing in gaza. The sound of a Fighter Jet Flying over your city when you know that is going to mean a massive boom and then extreme devastation, its terrifying. So you are always a little bit on edge. You are hyper aware of whats going on around you, but again its fight or flight. And a lot of people people staying here, its fight. They want to fight to live their lives and try to find some semblance of normal. But it is very hard. There is definitely a heightened sense of fear and anxiety on both sides of this conflict. Yeah. I was watching when you were on with wolf, and there were, i think, five or so rockets that were coming into your area from gaza, and the iron dome intercepted them. We watched the flashes and then the booms. You this morning visited iron dome defense system. Tell everyone and explain what you saw. Reporter look, the iron dome system has been a game changer for israel. They have it. It is not it does not exist in gaza. When rockets come over, that system knocks out 90 plus percent of the rockets. It has a very high rate of completion. That is a picture of it that our photographer took just about an hour ago. It looks kind of like a not to be sort of childlike, but it looks like a lego. I loved legos as a kid. It looks like a lego. Its this sort of rectangular box. But you see it there. But its an enormous rectangular box. But that is perhaps one of the most effective and important lifesaving instruments that the israeli army has because it has saved countless lives, maybe our own from last night when we had the rockets directly over our head and intercepted by the iron dome. I want to now go to cnns scott mclean. He is live for us in london. Scott, look, i see you, victor and amara, there, too, along with me. Scott, i know there are millions of civilians in Northern Gaza that israel has warned to leave, to evacuate. The issue is, to where and how with that many people. Thats half the population of one the most populated, densely populated places on earth, but the Israeli Defense forces are saying that they must get out. Clearly, thats because there is going to be grave danger there. Hamas has not encouraged this, but you are seeing pictures right now from gaza city, the place where the campaign is clearly going to be targeted, just with everything that they can muster, their children, a little bit a bag of something, just trying to babies, infants. You see people walking out. It is its really hard to see. These are regular people trying to live their lives as well. But hamas is being accused of using them as Human Shields because they are not helping people leave. I want to go now to scott to give us more information on what is happening there in gaza. Reporter a, to say that things are desperate would be an understatement. You have aid groups warning that food, fuel, water are all in desperately short supply and getting worse, and you have aid that is potentially relief for millions of people sitting at the Rafah Border Krogs in egypt unable to get into gaza and help people. The World Food Programme saying team are hungry and time is running out. Of course, the more immediate threat is from the Israeli Military strikes which have now killed more than 2,300 people in gaza. And that is significant because that means in just eight days more people have died in gaza than died in the entire 2014 conflict, which killed which lasted 51 days. Of course, all of this is expected only to get worse. Dozens of Palestinians Dig through rubble. Desperately searching for survivors in the aftermath of an airstrike. More than half of gazas 2 million residents who live in the northern section of the strip were told to rack wait ahead of an anticipated Israeli Ground assault on hamas. But leaving is also deadly. An apparent explosion friday along a main Evacuation Route killed a number of people, including children. The idf says hamas was responsible. It appears that they have they physically prevented people from moving from north to south, and also it appears they boobytrapped some of the roads. Reporter even Emergency Crews are not safe from the constant barrage. The Palestinian Government says paramedics were targeted in an israeli airstrike while trying to rescue a family in Northern Gaza. Another disturbing video shows an explosion rocking an ambulance carrying a woman and child. Its unclear what happened to them. Hospitals in the area already struggling, are now overwhelmed. We consider it a humanitarian chronic emergency over many, many years, and now its a complete catastrophe. There are major gaps in food, water, shelter, sanitation. People now are being forced into these unsanitary overcrowded settings, risks of disease outbreaks. Reporter lack of electricity along with food and Water Shortages in both the northern and southern parts of gaza are becoming very real concerns. Translator i am searching here under the rubble for the remains of lentils and rice. Reporter many who have taken refuge sleep on the ground and try to comfort their families. Its a tragedy. There is no water, no electricity, and i have no money. I am standing here hungry wondering, whats left . Reporter palestinians who hold foreign passports are also in dire straits. The only remaining route out of gaza is through egypt. We waited there for maybe four hours and everyone was calling the embassies and they were telling them that they dont know if they are going to cross today or not. Reporter egypts Foreign Minister says the crossing is open, but the roads aso damaged they are impassable even for humanitarian aid. So, look, the u. N. Says that most people in gaza right now do not have access to water. That means desperate people are Drinking Brackish Water for wells meant for agriculture. That is raising the obvious fear of waterborne diseases. Consider in. The United States estimates there are some 50,000 pregnant women in gaza right now, 5,000 or so are likely due to give birth in about next month. You can imagine giving birth in a place where there is limited access to food, water, hygiene, sanitation, all of that. These women, remember, sara, have no other options. They simply have nowhere to go. Reporter yeah, i cant imagine the terror that they feel. Scott, thank you so much. I want to toss it back to victor and amara. I was able to take my helmet off because the danger for now has passed in tel aviv. Thank you, sara. Of course, the humanitarian crisis will only get worse once this Ground Incursion, if and whether it happens. For more on the evolve military and intelligence situation on the ground, retired u. S. Army Brigadier GeneralSteve Anderson and former Director Of Communications for u. S. National intelligence sean turner. Welcome you to both. General, start with you. If you can touch on how risky such a Ground Operation will be for the idf, for the civilians, and also for those hostages because, clearly, hamas has been fully expected such a response from israel. Thank you, victor and amara. Yes, this is very risky. Going to be a very, very difficult commmission to accomp with all those people there in an urban environment. We think about our experiences in places like fallujah and ramadi in iraq. This would be fallujah on steroids trying to get from there. So im urging the israelis to exercise restraint. Are they are being very successful right now in applying pressure to the palestinians. You know, we saw from scotts report there is a lot shortages of water and fuel and electricity and whatnot. They are making the palestinians feel the pain. And this is exactly what they want. What the iranians want is they want israel to go running in there to, you know, to essentially satiate their desire for revenge to do something which i believe would be foolish, which would be to go in there immediately without a proper and, you know, appropriate intelligence and support. They want israel to get bogged down in gaza. T they want them to run in there like that. Israel needs to stand back and show restraint. As sean can tell you better than i, the best opportunity to gather intelligence is when the people are feeling the pain like they are feeling right now. Sean, i want to talk about this message that at Iranian Foreign minister sent to israel that if they continue and, of course, continue with this, i guess, expected incursion, the Ground Incursion that they may have to get involved, how much of that should israel and the rest of the world take to the bank . I mean, is this warning their version of an Aircraft Carrier in the mediterranean, or is the expectation that if there is a Ground Incursion, hezbollah will get involved . Yeah, you know, victor, i have been saying the beginning that one my Major Concerns and Major Concerns of the National Security community is this conflict would expand to a larger regional conflict. Look, i think that we have to take iran serious when they make these threats. I also think that we know we said from the very beginning there is absolutely no way that hamas could have planned, executed, resourced this multpronged attack without, if not direct, certainly indirect support from iran. So at some point israel is going to want accountability for that. So i think that its not just about what iran is saying. Its also about the fact that we know that israel is definitely on high alert with regard to iran. So, yeah, victor, i think we cant discount, cant dismiss these threats, and certain frly from an intelligence perspective we will be watching to see if iran is putting any force, any resources behind the threat. But i think its an important threat we have to keep our eye on. General, as you read in the new york times, and with the idf preparing for this Ground Assault, the objectives that they were given, number one was to capture gaza city. Tell us about this objective, and also, i mean, this is not going to prevent hamas militants from moving south and hiding there, right . Well, it remains to be seen how they execute it. There is probably an opportunity for them to cut them off, you know, if they did an assault that went straight to the middle of the country. I would say towards the Gaza Power Plant and then most of the population would be north of that. But this is going to be incredibly difficult. We are talking weeks, probably months, know. And in some some would argue you would never be able to control a city that large with a small force. Again, iran wants them to get bogged down in there, want to have a multiple front war, want to probably have hezbollah come down from lebanon and the syrians come in from syria. Remember, israel is surrounded by 150 Million People that probably would like them to go away, okay . The iranians certainly most vociferous in that respect. They are outnumbered 15 to 1. So they need to be very careful about how they proceed here. They need to show restraint. I dont think they need to go running in there willynilly into gaza. They need to stand back, apply the pressure, continue to obtain as much Human Intelligence as possible because, of course, that was the major failure that occurred a week ago, and then they are going to get that Human Intelligence that sean can tell you by continuing to apply pressure and make the people feel the pain. All right. General anderson, sean turner, thank you both. President biden is making urgent calls to players on both sides of the Israeli Palestinian war now. The war with hamas, i should say. His american Secretary Of State is in the region right now. We also have the latest from the white house next. New this morning, the u. S. Embassy says it will evacuate u. S. Nationals from israel by sea starting tomorrow. This comes as the Biden Administration is struggling very much to secure an Evacuation Plan for americans who are trapped in gaza. Cnns Jasmine Wright is live at the white house this morning. What can you tell us about what is a very tricky and difficult situation and truly terrifying . Reporter yeah, sara. The through line behind the President Bidens response to the conflict in israel now has been basically to embrace israel while also deterring the conflict from widening. Now, we heard that message yesterday in his call with Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu, the fifth time they have had a conversation since the attack last saturday where the president and the readout, according to the white house, really reaffirmed his support for israel, both morally and militarily. Now, also we heard that in his call with president boss of the Palestinian Authority, the first time they talked since the violence broke out last saturday, they spoke, according to the white house readout, and the president also not only supported the Palestinian People in this readout, but also talked about the ongoing diplomacy between the u. S. , jordan, israel, and egypt, trying to get humanitarian needs to the unfolding crisis in gaza. Now, we also heard this Morality Argument from the president yesterday in remarks at the Human Rights Campaign dinner yesterday in d. C. Where he called for a total end to all forms of hate, but also talked about the human cost of war. Take a listen. A week ago we saw hate manifested in other ways, in the worst massacre of jewish people since the holocaust. More than 1,300 innocent lives lost in israel, including at least 27 americans. Children and grandparents alike, kidnapped, held hostage by hamas. The humanitarian crisis in gaza, innocent palestinian families and vast majority nothing to do with hamas. [ applause ] they are being used as Human Shields. Reporter now, also President Bidens message to both israel and the Palestinian Authority is also this message of deterrence, warning any wouldbe actors from widening the conflict. That is going to be the line that President Biden continues to tiptoe as he works through this tricky diplomacy as conflict goes on. Sara. Reporter yeah, we should mention there is a real distinction between the palestinian short and hamas, the Palestinian Authority over the west bank and hamas, which is in a position of ruling over gaza. Jasmine write, thank you for your reporting there from the white house. Sending it back to you, victor and amara. Lets bring in ron brownstein. Good morning you to. T piece, israeli crisis is testing bidens c Foreign Policy claims. Explain what that is and if this first week of the war validates it. Yes, good morning. Well, look, i mean, this is the job that President Biden says he was hired to do. You know, he argued in 2020 that his more steady approach to international affairs, his willingness and determination to work with allies would produce better results for america and its friends Around The World and trumpser erratic and impulsive unilateral im. In the first week, the white house has gotten the personal contrast it wanted to see. Bidens statements on the war have been, i think, praised really in both parties in the u. S. As both strong and measured, and you saw trump erupt in a kind of characteristic fit of personal even he is closer idealogically to netanyahu. Trump praised the autocratic enemies of israel and to air his personal grievances. The question, victor, of course, is that this gets harder as it goes, rallying support for israel after an attack of this magnitude is not that difficult, a diplomatic lift. The real hard part will come managing what happens as the as the war goes on and potentially moves to this Ground Invasion phase. Lets talk about that, ron, because you do talk about this delicate balance, right, that President Biden needs to strike and he is expressing fullthroated solidarity with israel, but also, you know, suggesting that israel needs to practice restraint. How is he going to obviously, thats a concern, right, as this war as you say, as it drags on . Yes. You look at all of the all of the complex goals, right. This is exactly the kind of puzzle that biden said he was better suited to manage than trump. I mean, youre talking about responding to this horrific Terrorist Attack and degrading or trying to virtually eliminate hamas capacity to do it again as you saw in the previous segment, that is a very high bar, while also preventing a wider war and keeping on track, amara, you know, the broader administration goal, which admittedly continues an initiative of the Trump Administration of normalizing relations between israel and many of its sunni arab neighbors around iran. That a lot to keep on your plate. There is only so much restraint that any ally can bring to israel at this moment. Imagine if allies told us not to invade afghanistan after 9 11, how receptive we would have been to that. But certainly as this goes forward, you know, the Biden Administration very much wants to keep an eye on what comes after. Because there will be an after. And start steering this conflict in a way that allows for the future possibilities to continue, in particular that normalization of relations. That is going to be the very difficult diplomatic test. Ron brownstein, thank you so much. Thank you. Secretary of state Antony Blinken is set to arrive in cairo. He is traveling around the middle east as iran issues an ominous warning to israel. Stay with us. Youre probably not easily persuaded to switch mobile providers for your business. 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Arrive in cairo to meet with the president of egypt after his trip to saudi arabia. His visit comes as people seeking to escape gaza are gathering at egypts rafah border crossing. Its essentially the only way out of gaza at this moment, but there is no indication that the crossing has opened yet. The state Department Just yesterday advised americans in gaza that if it does open, there may be very little notice. Joining us now is former israeli ambassador to the United States, michael oren, ambassador, thank you so much for your time. First off, what do have you heard anything about the rafah crossing . Because we are get, you know, conflicting reports. One side, we are hearing that the egyptians say their side is open, but on the gaza said that the roads and the have been, i guess, damaged and, hence, there can be no movement of people or goods. Good morning. Good to be with you. This is an old story. This not the first time this happened. This is the fifth round of the fighting we have had with hamas in almost every round we have an issue with the rafah crossing. Egypt is very reluctant to let palestinians into sinai, into the northern sinai city, the egyptians dont like to create that type of precedent. Here there may be no alternative. The civilians have to clear out of Northern Gaza because that is where the fighting has been. The fight something going to be underground. Hamas has built hundreds of Attack Tunnels under the cities, under hospitals, under schools. The Israeli Defense forces have no choice but to go into tunnels, that the bunkers. You cant do this with a million civilians on top. They have to move. The question is where. Southern gaza is agricultural, open, there are fields there the best possible refuge temporarily for the civilians is in egypt. The egyptians last i heard a few minutes ago were saying that the that hamas has been shelling the approaches to rafah with rocket fire. That makes sense because hamas doesnt want the civilians to flee. Hamas needs the civilians as Human Shields. I know this is hard to, you know, wrap a civilized head around. But this is what hamas is about. They dont want them to flee. They want to keep them there. So there is a delicate balance. I also know the israeli side that there are lots of calls for israel to let food into the gaza strip. I was for the israeli government, i was in government that was in charge of this issue of getting food and supplies into gaza. We have one major crossing, which is translated as the vineyard of peace. It is no longer the vineyard of peace. It has been destroyed by hamas. Even if there was a possibility of getting food to that crossing, it no longer exists because hamas blew it up. So its a very dire situation. I hope there can be a solution on the egyptian side. You are saying despite the blockade ordered by Israel On Food and water and fuel, your explanation is that there is no way to get those supplies into sluns in gaza . We dont provide water to gaza. We provide desalination processes. Hamas ruined all of the well systems, quacaquifer in gaza an the past during peacetime we could desalinate some of the water. Thats it. The electricity, we provide 50 of the electricity in gaza. Other side is in the charge of hamas. Hamas cut off electricity. I guarantee all the bunkers, all the tunnels have electricity. I want to ask you about this warning from iran. Basically, Warning Israel that it will intervene if the Operation Into Gaza continues. Are you concerned about, you know, what do you think of this warning and how concerned are you about this becoming a wider regional conflict starting with hezbollah and iran backing hezbollah . We take the warning very, very seriously. Iran is committed to our destruction. Iran is the major financial backer and trainer of hamas and iran is the owner and operator of islamic jihad. The other Terrorist Organization in gaza that participate inside the massacres of our people. So we take it very, very seriously. Iran has been trying to transform syria into an open front against us and the Israeli Air Force has been operating nightly to prevent that from happening. Very, very anxious and dangerous situation. The immediate danger is from hezbollah in the north. Hamas has about 10,000, 15,000 rockets, some of them hit where im talking to this morning. I am in my bomb shelter. In a building next door, was destroyed. The hamas has about 150,000 rockets. Many of them are accurate. Tens of thousands of them are buried under home in lebanon villages. We would have to go village to village, house to house. Hezbollah has a large trained army of terrorists who have been fighting in the Syrian Civil War on behalf of the syrian dictator for ten years. Grave threat. Hezbollah has been firing at us. Killed four of our soldiers, fired dozens of mortar rounds. They havent fired all the rockets yet. If they do, it will be a twofront war. So israel has not seen since 1973. Mr. Ambassador, i have one more for you. The israeli National Security council said yesterday that israel will not hold negotiations with an enemy that we have vowed that have vowed to wipe off the face of the earth. This, of course, for the hostages. But there is precedent here. Do you agree with the decision not to negotiate to release these hostages when israel has negotiated with hamas in the past to release an israeli soldier . Yeah, its a point israel negotiated with the egyptians who negotiate with the sure, intermediary. Yes. Its a distinction without a difference. Like, i get that. I am not a spokesman for the israel government. I am a civilian here. And i would say that its kind of an irrelevant decision. Hamas has no intention to negotiate for these hostages. Hamas needs the hostages as Human Shields. If the civilians clear out, thats their major human shield. Their last human shield would be the hostages. And thats what they are interested in. And right now, you are not going to hear hamas talking about negotiating. Certainly not seriously. They will hold on to these people as long as they can. We will have to release them using the military means at our disposal. Still the u. S. Officials are exploring other channels to negotiate or help with from qatar. We will leave it there. Thank you very much. 300,000 israeli reservists called up to battle hamas. We will hear from one soldier who left his moment in chicago to fight for israel next. Ground incursion could be imminent, israels military says it is preparing for what it calls the next stages of war against hamas in gaza. This could include strikes from the air, sea, and land. You are looking at pictures there from the border with gaza. There is a significant focus on Ground Operations. The effort involves Hundreds Of Thousands of drafted reservists. 300,000 at last count, both in the north and for potential battle, of course, in the south. Joining us now is Sergeant Andrew silverman. You were born and raised in chicago, but you stayed here in israel to fight for the idf. Thank you so much for speaking with us right now at this difficult time. What have you heard about the days ahead . Are you being given any information about when there may be a Ground Incursion . I cant speak to any specific Ground Movements or plans that the army has. All i can say is that were ready for whatever plan comes from above and the army is being trained around the clock in order to make sure whatever happens is successful. Reporter what does that training look like . Can you give us a sense of what it is that you have been through to prepare for Something Like a fullscale war here . I think it really is specific to the theater of war that were going to be expecting in gaza and also potentially in lebanon, that if youre in gaza, that means lots of urban combat, so making sure that troops are well trained in all things urban combat and making sure that they are ready to come up to whats going to be facing them. Reporter yeah, as a reporter, i have been through urban, you know, warfare before in gaza and in other places. It is perhaps the most dangerous, the most difficult for those who are there, the civilians certainly, as well as those fighting against one another. Have you been given any directive as to how to try and mitigate, to lessen the number of palestinians living there life there, to keep them as safe as possible . I think that its everyones goal to minimize civilian casualties and i think the number one way that the government is trying to minimize civilian casualties is with that Evacuation Order of Northern Gaza. Unfortunately, we have videos and Satellite Images of hamas actively blocking civilians from evacuating to the south, and even further there is the blockage from egypt from letting civilians into egypt. So all of that combined leads to what may end up being a high civilian death count. And thats no ones fault other than hamas because hamas uses civilians as Human Shields intentionally in order to give themselves Propaganda Power in the global media. Reporter yeah, its really hard to see people stuck in such a situation. Let me ask you this. You know, as you were here, i think, during the initial Surprise Attack by hamas on saturday, on the sabbath, what are you going through . Whats going through your mind as you prepare for what is an official war declared by israel . So, i actually wasnt in israel on saturday morning. I woke up in chicago to the news of what happened. I actually learned early that morning that my partner from the army from my service had been killed in battle, and i think that the real message coming from all israelis and all jews worldwide is that every jew is connected each other somehow. And so while, you know, there are many people Around The World, many jews Around The World may not specifically know People Killed like me, it struck everyone to their core and everyone has a responsibility in them to do as much as they can in order to make sure this never happens again. What we saw on saturday morning was the closest thing to the holocaust that we have seen in 80 years. And so like i said, the closest thing to the holocaust we have seen in 80 years. That slogan of nev again, it wasnt a suggestion. Its something we intend to act on. These images of jews being murdered is something that should not have happened and it will not happen again. Reporter i got to go back to you, because you just surprised me, andrew, telling me one of your partners, one of your colleagues who you have, i think, fought alongside or trained alongside with ended up being killed. Im so sorry to hear that. I know that creates deep pain for you and for the family. Would you mind sharing a little bit about who that person is, if the family if you think the family is okay with it . Yeah. My partner was a lone soldier from france. I am also a lone soldier. Its someone who comes from outside of israel in order to serve while their parents live outside of the country. And he fought bravely against the terrorists and it was his goal in order to protect the citizens that were in the the civilians living in the south from these terrorists and i believe that he is proud of, you know, his efforts and we are all extremely proud of him and everyone that fell on that fateful saturday morning because without them, we understand now that hamas plans were to come up into the central of israel to get into the communities around tel aviv and even into tel aviv. And so without the heroic response of people like him, thousands more could have been killed and killed in quite a barbaric fashion, i might add. Reporter im sorry for your loss. Thank you so much, sergeant silberman. We appreciate you taking the t time. Amara and victor, wow, back to you. Strong interview. Thank you. House republicans pick trump ally jim jordan as their nominee for speaker, but he is still facing an uphill climb for gavel. We will break down the drama with a live report from d. C. Next. A live look at gaza this morning, where an incursion by Israeli Ground force is now imminent, but as israels war against hamas moves into this next phase, back here on capitol hill, the house still has no speaker. And without one, there is virtually nothing the house can do regarding israels war with hamas, including a simple resolution of support for israel. Let alone vote to provide aid. The vacancy is adding to the urgency for House Republicans who are now considering jim jordan, but he does not appear to have the 217 votes that he needs if it comes to the house floor. Lets go now to cnns manu raju in d. C. So hes been working the phones all weekend. Is it looking any better for him . At the moment, he does not have the votes. The question is for jim jordan, does he decide to go to the House Floor By Tuesday and try to force a public vote, in order to put pressure on some of those members. Remember, the 55 republicans who initially voted behind closed doors, that was done in a secret ballot. Does he try to force this out publicly . That is going to be the challenge for him going forward. And the challenge largely for the republicans is who can get 217 votes. In the aftermath of the historic and unprecedented ouster of Kevin Mccarthy almost two weeks ago, its been very clear, theres no one consensus candidate. And what is the alternative for the gop . This all comes as there is just enormous tension. There are a lot of members who dont want street for jim jordan, because they are angry that the eight republicans who voted to oust mccarthy are supporting jordan. They dont want to reward bad behavior, in their view. And then there are those who pushed out Kevin Mccarthy, who dont regret the position they took, including congressman ely cayne of arizona. When i put the question to him about his decision to push out Kevin Mccarthy, he said that was popular in his district. A little bit, but honestly, its like 80 20. So, i mean, the way my voters feel, they look at the country, they look at the direction that were going and they dont think we get out of this without pain or discomfort and neither do i. I didnt come up here for status quo, i came up here to change how this count works. The big question is what is next if jim jordan does falter. There potentially could be other candidates who have made some their intentions known privately that they could run if jordan falters, or do they decide to prop up the interim speaker, patrick mchenry, give him more power, things that he does not currently have to allow legislation to move forward in his position. But it shows you the desperate position that republicans are in, as no legislation can be acted upon until they elect a speaker of the house, still so many questions about how republicans resolve this mess of their own making. Yeah, certainly is, manu raju for us there in d. C. Thank you so much. 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