Number of 217 votes to win the gavel. Reporter do you think you have the votes on the floor today . We feel really good. We need to get a speaker today. We feel really good about where we are at. Steve kornacki will be with me to break down the vote from the big board. The latest nbc reporting on the breaking news that President Biden will leave tonight for israel and jordan to get humanitarian aid moving into gaza, Work On Releaing the hostages, and how gaza will look if hamas is removed. Hamas released a video of a hostage. The question, is it a signal that the terror group might be willing to deal . Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington. A big day where the house is in session and ohio congressman jim jordan is the man of the hour. The Judiciary Chairmans bid for speaker is gaining steam within the House Republican conference. He is closing in on the 217 votes he needs to win. The battle for a man long viewed as the leader of House Revolutionaries to become second in
And check out the modern ruhles podcast. Third episode drops today. Were talking feminism. Right now, our dear friend, katy tur. Im here. You know i have a Bernie Sanders Campaign Manager and im going to talk to them about how they feel about the surge. Shes peeling away the voters. Im going to guess theyre not that into it. Well see. Well see. They are, theyre proposing bigger and broader and deeper plans compared to what the other democrats are doing on everything from the wealth tax to the climates. Housing. Is that the way theyre going to make a difference. Thank you very much. Good afternoon. Im katy tur. Its 11 00 a. M. Out west and 2 00 p. M. In the east and today, the dam is breaking on impeachment. At 2 30, joe biden will make his strongest statement yet on the trump ukraine controversy. Hell tell reporters if the president doesnt comply with investigatio investigations, congress has no choice but to impeach. At 4 00 p. M. , nancy pelosi is leading a mee meeting with her entir
economy don t automatically vote for republicans. remember, republicans didn t offer any policies. right. when it s the democrats doing the inflation reduction act and the republicans are like burning books, you end up on a different list. one thing that i ve been most fixated on is the upcoming debt ceiling and fact that very clearly republicans have made all the noises. my read of the election results is the narrower the margin is, the less credibly they can make that threat. they have front line members that don t want to do it. about it what is your read about what the odds are for big nasty debt ceiling fight are given the results? think you re 100% spot on. i talk to donors on both sides
this goes? this is just all confirming this is a very challenging environment, hallie. this comes from reporting from our colleagues and added seven new front line members, including congressman gotheimer and senator of virginia among a couple who are added as front line they re paying attention because they re worried about this overall environment. and this is a much different cycle than in 2018 than when democrats were talking about our opportunities to flip this republican district. this is about holding on to democratic seats and democratic areas that haven t necessarily been top tier races in other political environments. this is where democrats have to defend a lot of districts. it s going to be tough for them. mark murray, greg, great to see both of you. appreciate it. now to the january 6th investigation. i want to show you somebody on screen here. this is the guy that wore the
democrats push to sell the new house competition bill. yeah. well so democrats in the house, particularly front line members who are up for reelection in a lot of districts where they re really vulnerable, they want to run on a package about jobs, they want to run on a package about inflation. these are some of the key attacks republicans are going after them for, and because the biden agenda has so far stalled i mean build back better really not seeing a lot of progress and failing to get over the hump. the same thing with comprehensive voting rights legislation. they need a win. this bill, competes act, the america competes act which is the version of the senate bill would need to be a china bill, to compete with china for research, development and innovation and helping to bring the u.s. up to a level that could compete on the global scale. but these house democrats, these vulnerable front line members