Go ahead. Hello . We will have to leave it there. That is it for the program today. Another edition of washington journal comes your way tomorrow morning. The house comes into consider several rules for future voting on bills. The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. May 22, 2024. I hereby appoint the honorable Chuck Edwards to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. Signed, mike johnson, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore pursuant to the order of the house of january 9, 2024, the chair will now recognize members from lists submitted by the majority and minority leaders for morning hour debate. The chair will alternate recognition between the parties, with time equally allocated between the parties and each member other than the majority and minority leaders and the minority whip limited to five minutes. But in no event shall debate
reporters the first time on camera since the iran-backed houthi rebels attacked commercial strips and destroyer in the red sea using drones and ballistic missiles. the white house says the u.s. cannot assess the u.s.s. carney was the target. hello, welcome, everyone, a breaking news afternoon. i m sandra smith in new york. and bret, great to have you here. bret: something that happens a lot on this show. i think. john has the day off. this is america reports . we are also awaiting an update from israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu as israel prepares to surround gaza s second largest city, that s where they believe hamas leaders are hiding and possibly holding hostages. sandra: meanwhile, we are getting brand-new video into our newsroom, the moment shrapnel falls in tel aviv. bret: greg palkot is on the ground in southern israel. what are you hearing there today? we are at a staging area for the israeli defense forces. outside the town of neteva, about six miles
And there was an outcry from seniors. And seniors always vote. And that is very important. They did not like the rising cost of Prescription Drugs. Seniors use a lot of drugs, and it was not paid for, so you have to have an expansion of the government. Remember, we are going into 2004, president george w. Bush was up for reelection, and he was running against john kerry, and what happened was that the conservatives did not like the expansion of the drug benefits, and the democrats did not like the bill itself, and so by a large, you had the struggle to get 218 votes. It was called the longest phot otes usually go 15 minutes, and this went for over three hours, and george w. Bush had to be woke up in the middle calls forht to make people who were not voting. How do you wake up the president . Who goes in . Do you shake him . It is interesting. It is really an interesting study of the dynamics. When medicare was put into place, that was in the 1970s, there was a need for Senior Health ca
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Interview with treasury secretary jack lew. These are very important sanctions. They are sanctions that will get their attention. War of words. Secretary of state john kerry backtracks about using the a word apartheid to describe a future israeli state if the palestinians dont become a separate nation but admitting he chose the wrong word hasnt quieted his loudest critics. Before any further harm is do to our National Security interest and Critical Alliance with israel that john kerry should offer president obama his resignation. Judgment day, what will be the cost for clippers owner Donald Sterling after making racist comments . Well find out this afternoon. If Nothing Happened you can boycott in the offseason, not just the clippers b s but the w league has to. If hes not thrown out, you have to do something. Good day, im Andrea Mitchell in washington. Were facing another day of storms. This is the latest look at the damage in mississippi. Entire southeast was hit by more than 100 tor