212 is our call for a speaker who will secure liberty, justice and opportunity for everyone. well, the unanimous call of 212 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 majority s 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 nominee s vision is a direct attack on the freedom and the rights of the american people. he s got the record to prove it. the republican nominee has voted against health care for children for veterans and even for 9/11 survivors. he has opposed lowering the cost of insulin repeatedly. he wants to cut social security and medicare. don t 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
number of 217 votes to win the gavel. reporter: do you think you have the votes on the floor today? we feel really good. we need to get a speaker today. we feel really good about where we are at. steve kornacki will be with me to break down the vote from the big board. the latest nbc reporting on the breaking news that president biden will leave tonight for israel and jordan to get humanitarian aid moving into gaza, work on releaing the hostages, and how gaza will look if hamas is removed. hamas released a video of a hostage. the question, is it a signal that the terror group might be willing to deal? good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. a big day where the house is in session and ohio congressman jim jordan is the man of the hour. the judiciary chairman s bid for speaker is gaining steam within the house republican conference. he is closing in on the 217 votes he needs to win. the battle for a man long viewed as the leader of house revolutionarie
harris: the breaking news continues. keep keep close on capitol hill, house of representatives expected to vote on speaker of the house any moment now. congressman jim jordan hopes he has enough support. he has gained major momentum, but can only lose four votes. we ll follow the action. he had enough votes to get to the nomination. we ll bring updates as they happen. in the middle east, president biden will travel to the middle east later today. the high stakes trip as israeli faces rocket attacks from hezbollah on northern border with lebanon. we learned they have 100,000 rockets should they want to engage, another front of war with hezbollah to the north and hamas together to the south against israel, bringing concern the conflict could escalate in the region. 2000 american men and women marines mostly, have been placed on ready to deploy to the middle east within 24 hours notice to aid israel in advisory and medical support roles, but everybody is armed. i m harris faul