cathedral. this is as you say his first visit here as king. his 40th visit to northern ireland, and his car pulled up, his window was a little bit down, he was behind the barriers, a few feet away and i was so struck by the way that the way the king waved at the crowd before he was even out of the car and he was opened the door and was out and he waved. this is sort of not the way perhaps people have thought of the monarchy in the past, it is somewhat stuffy and a little bit aloof. this was a king connecting with the people of his country. he was met by the lord lieutenant on the steps of the cathedral here. introduced so some other local dignitaries. but even as he walked up those few steps into this old cathedral here, the cathedral that is known for being a cross community cathedral, even as he walked up the steps before he went in, he turned and his queen consort camilla waved again at the crowd before they went in. and it is expected, you are hearing the trumpets playing
In terms of whats going on in gaza and in israel. I also want to talk to him about this whole deadlock in the congress and speakership. Lots to talk to the former chairman about. I think will be chairman again soon. Ranking member weeks in a minute. We will be watching. Take it away. Good to talk to, you as. Always the fabulous simone. Good evening, welcome to politicsnation. Tonights lead, a moment of uncertainty. Right now, the worlds eyes are on israel hamas for. As israel prepares for massive Ground Offensive in gaza. U. S. Secretary of state Anthony Blinken told nbc this morning the administration is increasing its Military Presence in the region. To deter hezbollah and iran from expanding the conflict. Back in washington today, President Biden spoke by phone with several european leaders about developments in the region. Following an earlier call with the israeli Prime Minister. The white house is waiting on the 105 Billion Dollar National Security package, including 14 Billion D
For the aide s arrival. Israel earlier said it wont get in the way of food, water, and medicine getting to civilians, as long as the assistance does not reach hamas. Mr biden says there are a few more things that need to happen before the aid can come in. This has been a very blunt negotiation i have had. And so want to get as many of the trucks out as possible, i guess there are about 150 there. Not all will go. The first tranche, if there is a second tranche we will see how it goes. Lets look at some of the other top headlines from the war at this hour protests across the middle east erupted over the explosion at the Al Ahli Hospital in gaza, tuesday, that left at least a71 people dead. Arab states and the main palestinian militant group, hamas, have continued to blame israel for the explosion, even as mr biden backed israels claim that it had nothing to do with it. And the United States vetoed a Un Security Council vote calling for humanitarian pauses in gaza, a move that was condem
Create a debt commission, a Bipartisan Debt Commission and get at the roots of our spending problem. That takes courage. And republicans ought to support somebody with that kind of courage. Now hes not only focused on one thing. I dont know anybody thats done more to highlight and talk about the border disaster thats underway right now as we speak. I had the privilege of serving here when jay johnson was secretary of homeland security. I have a very high opinion of jay johnson. I think hes wasnt of the finest Public Servants i have ever met. He was asked define what was a crisis on the southern border. Any time you have more than a thousand illegal entries a day, you have a crisis. We have 10 or 11 times that every single day. And in that tide of humanity thats coming across, theres a boat load of fentanyl coming to kill Tens Of Thousands of all of our constituents. There are Human Traffickers who are take ing advantage of young men and young women and frankly predators in our own coun
Votes cast by surname, the speaker has not been elected. Wahwah, jim jordans maga dreams of holding the speakers gavel come up short. Tonight, the house is still without a speaker. This kind of incompetence would never have happened in Nancy Pelosis democratic caucus, and tonight, the speaker emaitous joins me live, plus, horrific bloodshed in Gaza Ozhundreds of people are killed in a powerful explosion at a gaza city hospital. But we begin tonight with an unprecedented juxtaposition of crises. An intensifying Israel Hamas War with President Biden en route to the region, and with the House Of Representatives trying to elect a speaker after two weeks without one. Were also one month from a potential Government Shutdown. The chaos on capitol hill has stalled any attempt at congressional funding for the middle east or ukraine or anything else the federal government might want to deal with, while republicans try to get their act together. Earlier today, jim jordan fell short of the 217 vot