The house of representatives the honorable Hakeem Jeffries of new york. Mr. Speaker, you may agree with this. But we are back here 22 days into this republican manufactured chaos and House Republicans have brought us to the exact same position that we were back then. All of the infighting, all the disarray, just to end up where we were three weeks ago. These past few weeks we have been left wondering if republicans were truly intent on solving our issues, reopening the house of representatives and rallying around someone to lead this chamber. Or has this been about Something Else . Has this been a focus of House Republicans to find the person who can pass their extreme litmus test to oppose marriage equality, enact a nationwide abortion ban without exceptions, gut Social Security and medicare, and support overturning a free and fair election. A fair question. A fair question. Nowhere in that Candidate Questionnaire is it about growing the middle class, helping our communities, keeping
Voting for speaker. This time louisiana congressman mike johnson is the fourth nominee for republicans. Hello, and welcome. Im sandra smith in new york, a big welcome back to you, john. John good to be back, john roberts in washington, and this is america reports. Remains unclear whether mike johnson will have the support to win the job. Chad pergram, of course, has been watching this for what feels like weeks now, because it has been weeks. Chad, whats the latest . They are getting very close to taking yet another ballot here for Speaker Of The House. What they have been doing the past couple of minutes here is putting into nomination the candidate for this particular round, of course mike johnson, the new one here and pete aguilar, the chair of the Democratic Caucus is again nominating Hakeem Jeffries, the democratic leader. This feels different than some of the other chapters we have been through over the past couple of weeks. I talked to a couple members a few minutes ago, members
Show, breaking developments in the Israel Hamas War and 14 new trucks carrying humanitarian aid have entered gaza today. Its nowhere near enough is intensifies the bombardment in the head of a Ground Invasion. Congresswoman alexandria ocasiocortez joins me live. I will ask her about the u. S. Response to the war and her call for a ceasefire. The incredible gop dysfunction here at home in congress. Two former Trump Lawyers flip on the ex president who might be the next Georgia Codefendant to fall. Welcome to the, show im mehdi hassan. Joe biden has been a lifelong supporter of israel. He met with legendary israeli Prime Minister in his very first year as a senator this week on wednesday he went to israel to hug israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to offer the and still reeling from a Violent Hamas attack that killed more than 1400 israelis. And then on thursday evening back in the oval office, the president addressed the American Public on the subject of u. S. Support for israel a
We will be back here tomorrow night at eight pm eastern next sunday at noon eastern. Stay right where you are there is much more news coming up on msnbc. Tonight on the mehdi hassan show, breaking developments in the Israel Hamas Mull War and 14 new trucks carrying humanitarian aid have entered gaza today. Its nowhere near. Enough is intensifies the bombardment in the head of a Ground Invasion. Congresswoman alexandria ocasiocortez joins me live. I will ask her about the u. S. Response to the war and her call for a ceasefire. The incredible gop dysfunction here at home in congress. Two former Trump Lawyers flip on the ex president who might be the next Georgia Codefendant to fall. Welcome to the, show im mehdi hassan. Joe biden has been a lifelong supporter of israel. He met with legendary israeli Prime Minister in his very first year as a senator this week on wednesday he went to israel to hug israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to offer the and still reeling from a Violent Hama
House democrats has been answered. By our nominee for speaker, the gentleman from brooklyn, the leader of our House Democratic caucus, the honorable Hakeem Jeffries [ applause ] leader jeffries has answered our call, but the majoritys nominee is disconnected. Disconnected from the American People and their values. Maga extremism is designed to divide. And it has broken the republican party. Their nominees vision is a direct attack on the freedom and the rights of the American People. And hes got the record to prove it. The republican nominee has voted against healthcare for children, for veterans, even for 9 11 survivors. He has opposed lowering the cost of insulin repeatedly. He wants to cut Social Security and medicare. Dont take it from me, it was raised on the other side of the aisle, just this week, as a Selling Point to make him speaker. Over his 16 years in the house, the republican nominee has never supported a farm bill. What does that mean . What does that mean . It means he