the gavel. this morning, he was not able to bring along a handful of far right lawmakers who oppose his nomination and are demanding more big power concessions from him as the price for going forward. we may have a battle on the floor. but the battle is for the conference and the country. that s fine with me. i don t see how a few people maybe it s 5, maybe it s 20 sit because they want a gravel that they can t earn. that s not what the constituents voted them for. this as house democrats united behind hakeem jeffries, with a new younger ship team holding business cards to play as the republicans dissolve into chaos. why is choosing a speaker important? the house cannot form committees or do work on any legislation until there is a presiding officer. it s been a century since it has taken more than one roll call vote to fill the position. at this hour, we don t know how many votes it will take to elect the next speaker or how long it will drag out and da minute dimi
Hello. Im kris jansing and there is Breaking News at this hour. The u. S. Military announcing it launched two air strikes on two locations over Eastern Syria used by iran guard and troops. The defense secretary said the launches were against ongoing iranian backed Militia Groups that began just over a week ago. In those instances militants used drones and rockets to attack multiple u. S. Installations in the region. The pentagon said those attacks left 21 americans with minor injuries, one u. S. Contractor die of a cardiac event. Now, there is a precedent here. The u. S. Has launched similar air strikes in Syria Including Last march when another u. S. Contractor was killed by a Militia Drone in syria. Defense secretary Austin Describeded the overnight launches as, quote, selfdefense and in a statement called them separate and distinct from the hamas conflict. But of course iran is a backer of hamas. All of it putting u. S. Forces in a delicate position, trying to protect personnel whil
no one has votes to be speaker. kevin mccarthy is in theory closer than anyone. these morning meetings, afternoon meetings, evening meetings last night, none have moved the needle in his direction. it has hardened the opposition to him among members of the freedom caucus, our far right members, some want votes on specific things, committee assignments or have personal grievances against the republican leader. we are about to see a pressure cooker on the house floor. the majority of the house republican conference and in many cases their friends, family, children here to see them sworn this later today are probably instead going to be watching hour after hour of house votes while the speaker s office or soon to be speaker hopefully speaker kevin mccarthy tries to pressure this faction, as do other republicans like dan crenshaw. really speaking directly to these republican rebels who are
make progress and based on the morning meetings and our expectation of the afternoon meetings we expect they will do exactly that. bill: wisconsin democratic congressman house progressive caucus chair, thank you for your time, great to have you on. you have a trillion requests, we have a trillion questions ourselves here. you have a long, long list. what are you willing to leave on the table and give up, sir? well, i think the conversation we had yesterday with the president was our priorities are to keep as many of his priorities in the build back better agenda and do them for a slightly shorter amount of time just to get them started to see if they will work well for the american people and make sure they are immediate. american people will see some benefits as quickly as possible as we are getting out of the covid era. so we were very happy to hear that is also the president s strategy. we want to make sure the american people benefit. at the end of the day that s what the bill
make progress. reporter: president biden working behind closed doors to close the deal. the president is basing this approach on five decades of washington is a good guide for how to get things done. reporter: his domestic agenda hanging in the balance, biden launching into a week designed to break the logjam. politics of the art of the possible and president biden is someone who understands how to bring people together. reporter: monday calls with joe manchin, as well as democratic leaders. last night i continued my discussions with speaker pelosi and president biden as we worked to an agreement on legislation we can bring to the floor. reporter: today, separate morning oval office meetings with manchin and kyrsten sinema. two moderate holdouts. afternoon meetings split by ideological leanings. nine progressives who urged biden to go big on his signature economic and climate bill focused by moderates focused on