The from the heart of the washington Swamp On Capitol Hill where in mere moments we will be joined by the 56th Speaker Of The House of representatives mike johnson for his very first tv interview since becoming speaker. Now the louisiana native now is third in line to be president. He has vowed to secure our southern border, decentralize our federal government, reform the weaponized and politicized doj and fbi and bring the Republican Caucus together with a thin majority and, predictably, this was not hard to predict, the left has launched a fullscale attack on the new speaker led, of course, by did dnc calling him a Maga Extremist and much more. And advising him not to get comfortable in his new position. Now coming up, were going to ask him how he plans to deal with his political adversaries, what are his top agenda items, how will he keep this caucus together . Plus well check in on israels looming Ground Invasion in gaza, a short incursion last night, the first of what we expect to
And can another candidate get 217 votes and this is a huge question as the leaderless house. He is using other to pressure the members of congress to vote for him. Yeah. That is exactly right. That is the hope that, ultimately that these members will come to his side. Expect there could be breaks in between each of these votes. We will see exactly how this plays out but a lot of uncertainty at the moment but there could be meetings that happen to try to pick off these members onebyone. We will see if they decide to recess longer a few hours or maybe come back the next day. We will see. They hope they can eventually get the members by tonight to come their way and perhaps that Pressure Campaign they believe will get them to come to their side. One said i will close out entirely if they pressure him. We expect him to vote for Steve Scalise on the floor and not jim jordan. Dana, what are you hearing . I want to underscore, based on some reporting that im doing, one of the aspects of jorda