So hes been representing the louisiana Congressional District now since 2016. Hes in the leadership, but hes not too high in the leadership. So hes the vice chair of the House Republican conference. Heres the other big thing. He served on trumps first Senate Impeachment trial defense team. Hes a defender of donald trump, and we can see that in his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, so what we see is that johnson, in fact, had drafted the house gop legal brief supporting the texas suit. And he objected to Certifying The 2020 Election Results. Now perhaps theres some interesting sort of back and forth. Perhaps some republicans want to forget about it. Lets look back and compare it to now. We have a solemn responsibility today, we must vote to sustain objections to states of electors smutted by states that we genuinely believe clearly violated the constitution and the president ial election of 2020. This is the threshold before us, and its an issue before us for the state of arizona.
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