Receipts. Call to order, this hearing of the House Permanent Select Committee on intelligence. This is an unusual hearing for us, and it is exciting, from the back room it sounded like it was a reception, everyone was so excited to see their friends and to reconnect. That was happening on a social level. We will reconnect on the professional level. One thing that we know, for each of you, is you have had an incredible career in congress, incredible careers in National Security, incredible careers on this committee. We do not want to lose your resident expertise. And we believe that you work on a bipartisan basis, and certainly, you are about getting this committee working on a bipartisan basis. So we want to turn to you today to get your advice, on issues that you see that you think we need to be focused on. On issues that you think this committee, as you have seen the work we have been doing, should either continue or modify, in the way we are undertaking them. So i want first to intr
Of the european union, because in fact the eu has not yet taken care of military affairs, and as far as we know , one of the obstacles in this case remains the position of hungary. Of the european union, joseph borel, said that he hopes to resolve and approve the settlement this issue, perhaps the most remarkable feature of these ministerial meetings in luxembourg was that the issue of ukraine was in second place on the draft agenda, after the issue of the war against israel against hamas, despite european representatives emphasized that they do not forget ukraine, and in particular, the representative of lithuania emphasized this. We cannot forget about ukraine, where the situation is not the easiest, we see a renewed russian offensive, this reminds us that the russians waiting for situations where we Pay Attention to something else, so they can resume their attacks. I hope that with the help of funding, we will be able to send a message that europe is committed to defining the defens
Soon as possible. We need to help israel and get the appropriations process movements so the key elements are funded in the right way and get back to our Committee Work and frankly we need to continue the oversight work that i think is so darn important. Jim jordan failed to get through in two votes to become House Speaker. Taking a run at number three today. Struggling to win over two dozen republican holdouts. It could hold a third vote as early as this morning. Well follow that live as it happens. First. [explosions] rockets over gaza as israel prepares to pull the trigger on a full scale Ground Invasion. As we come on the air with tensions high in the region we see smoke rising on the israel lebanon border. Problems to the north as well. Im shannon bream. Bill and dana are off. Were here. Gillian im Gillian Turner and this is americas newsroom. Israel telling troops to be ready for a Ground Assault on gaza. No timetable on the deployment. Israel continues to scorch hamas Terror Tar
Places like chicago erik los angeles, theyre speaking out. Great work there, larry. Love the show. Lets get right to it. Thanks for watching the evening edit. Former Deputy Assistant attorney general tom dupree joining us now. This news, three cases against former President Trump, looks like theyre hitting a wall. Democrats started out the year, they were going to throw trump in jail, get biden reelected. Do you think all of them could be delayed past the election . If were talking jack smiths classified documents case, the 2020 case and now the georgia to 2020 case is hitting the wall too. I do think theyre all going to get delayed past the election, liz. Look, these cases are falling like dominoeses. When this year began, i think all the antitrump fors were very optimistic they would bring him to trial in four cases. Obviously, one is happening, but i think the other three are going to get pushed back until after the election. These cases raise complicated legal issues, these judges
Republican huddled on capital hill taking the first step to electing a new speaker. They are under pressure to act quickly in order to provide aid to israel. The speaker battle on capitol hill and your thoughts on what is happening in the middle east. For democrats 202 7488000, for republicans 202 7488001 and for independents 202 7488002 you can also text at 202 7488003 or on facebook facebook. Com cspan. Good morning everyone and welcome to our new home at the washington journal. We are in a brandnew studio, in the same building on a different floor. It has been a year in the making. We have new monitors, new backgrounds, new desks, new lighting. One thing that will not change as the conversation we have with each of you every morning. If you want a more indepth tour of this new studio you can go online and take a tour along with us to check it all out. For the first hour, we have a double headline with the speaker battle on capitol hill and how the u. S. Is responding to the israel h