Will the house get back to work today . First, you know how this goes. First they need a speaker which means first they need to go to the floor and vote yet again. That could happen next hour when republicans have called a vote again and donald trump, he just weighed in, as well. Explosions in gaza as israel carries out new air strikes. A Ground Invasion seemingly on hold as israel seems to be letting diplomatic disputes play out. A new legal reality for donald trump. His former Chief Of Staff granted immunity. What mark meadows is reportedly ready to say under oath about his former boss. Im kate bolduan with john berman. Sara sidner is on assignment in israel. This is cnn news central. Next hour, the house representatives and republicans especially are going to give it another go. Theyre going to gather and try once again to elect a new speaker. This is a try for the fourth time in less than a month. Senior republicans tell cnn that they do think that louisiana congressman and the now
those are your headlines at this hour. chris and kate, back to you. let s move to our political gut check, all of the stories you need to know, coming straight out of washington. president obama addressing the nation last night and pressing pause on his hard sell for a military strike in syria while diplomacy plays out. so where do things go from here? cnn s chief national correspondent john king is here to break it all down for us. a late night and an early morning for you, john, for many as they watch the speech and try to digest everything that came from it. a lot riding on the president s words last night. you and i have talked about how much impact one speech can have to sway public opinion. how do you think the president did? what do you make of it. i know from talking to people inside the white house, they were optimistic. they had begun to make the case. the president s challenge was very difficult. as you noted, he was trying to make the case that plan a was diplomacy an