The president yet again hyping up his own economic policy. Here he is yesterday during a labor Day Celebration in philadelphia. President biden as i said 1,000 times there is no quit in america. None. All i hear from my Friends On The Other Side what they say is wrong with america. Keep telling us america is failing. Theyre wrong. Ive got news for them. America has the strongest economy in the world right now today. Lowest Inflation Rate among any major economy. America isnt failing, america is winning. Julie take a look. Overall inflation is up nearly 16 from january 2021 when Biden Took Office to last month. Grocery prices also up nearly 20 . And his very own Commerce Secretary admitted this over the weekend. I think the reality is that inflation still exists and it is something that people see on a daily basis when they go to the Grocery Store or pay their rent or pay their mortgage. And we have to know that. That is still a challenge for folks. Julie we start with Edward Lawrence f
Strike in the west bank earlier today hitting a mosque. The idf said it thwarted an eminent terror attack. The Palestinian Authority calls it a dangerous escalation. Erin . Jim, the Israeli Military confirms that its troop had a class with hamas fighters. Its significant because this happened inside gauza. Theyre saying that there was fighting. Its just the second time that Israeli Forces have confirmed that they were operating inside gaza since the hamas terrorist attacks two weeks ago. Cnn journalist has witnessed at least 14 trucks crossing from egypt into gaza. Thats desperately needed humanitarian aid. Its a drop in the bucket, though, but it is something. And for almost two weeks, there had been nothing. An official at the main hospital says the deteriorating conditions there are catastrophic and other hospitals say they are simply overwhelmed by the number of dead and wounded from the intensifying bombardment. Israel saying they conducted dozens of strikes just today, jim. Erin,
Did he change any minds . Also ahead, President Bidens prime time address to the nation. His message with israel on the version of a Ground Invasion of gaza. Plus, the desperately needed humanitarian aid ready and waiting at gazas border. Will that border ever open to let it through . Good morning, happy friday, its 10 00 eastern. Im Ana Cabrera Reporting alongside my colleague and friend jose diazbalart for more continuing special coverage. And we begin with some Breaking News from capitol hill. The house about to gavel into session preparing to hold a third vote for speaker. So republican jim jordan is struggling to save his bid for the gavel, holding a News Conference just hours ahead of this vote. I think the American People are thirsty for change. I think they are hungry for leadership, and frankly, they know that the white house cant provide it. We have our capitol hill reporters gathering the latest information, our Steve Kornacki is standing by at the big board. Also with us is
Where we are expecting action on the floor of the u. S. House of representatives and cnns manu raju is there. I have been speaking to the House Republicans, as you have, and i am not expecting a different result. Is jim jordan . It is probably going to go poorly for him in a matter of moments here, jake. We expect the Republican Opposition in fact to grow, and remember that the first vote he lost 17 and then in the second vote it was 22, and they are believing it is close to 30, and some believe it is 29 republicans, and we will see if that is the case, but no one is believing he is going to be getting the votes to become speaker, and he can only afford three, because one of the supporters is in israel to bring down the total of what he needs raising so many questions and anger within the gop ranks of how to get out of this crisis that they themselves caused. If jim jordan does not get the votes which is widely expected, then some decisions to make, and does he continue on with another
It is contingent upon how many people vote to a candidate by name. The number goes up and down depending on how many people are on the floor. During the weekend you have people go away. So maybe there would be a path for jim jordan to be elected if just the right number of people go away on the democratic side of the aisle. Hakeem jeffries said well have all our people here. The flip side of that. There is a danger for jim jordan if he forces these votes and just enough republicans disappear on that side of the aisle or people who support him because then you could be in a scenario where they do, in fact, elect Hakeem Jeffries if just the right mixture of people goes away. If they do that, as they say in the movies, they play a very dangerous game, mr. Bond. So this is kind of where we are right now. Republicans right now who are trying to figure out which is the direction to go. They dont know if they want to maybe put a resolution on the floor to empower Patrick Mchenry. Right now ji