political sooth sayers were predicting? if last night s primary results were any indication, we might have some clues that, look, that may not hit so hard after all. here s the first clue. have we been watching a little news coverage on the on the edge of our seat? i i i honestly can t believe it. i cannot believe it. well, that s democrat pat ryan. he apparently surprised himself that he won a special election against a republican in a new york swing district that many expected to swing toward the gop. after all, biden only won the district by what a point and a half in 2020? when it all comes to midterm elections, if past is prologue, the party in the oval office doesn t really get the benefit of the spoils. and that leads us to number two clue number two. i ll let pat ryan explain that one too. and i think these supreme court decisions especially, on both guns and on roe, struck a real nerve that s much deeper than some of the other issues people are expe
The possibility of himself serving in that position before he has indicated he is opposed to that and this shows a desperate moment that republicans are in, jake and there are other possible candidates who can yet emerge and try to run for the Spook Speakership and they will run into the same problem, and nationally with Kevin Mccarthy who was pushed out of The Speakership that they would have a difficult, if not impossible time of getting to the 217 votes needed to be elected speaker given the significant divisions that are still within this badly divided republican conference traying tra tra traying to figure on the a way forward and jim jordan could lose the vote by potentially a worse margin than yesterday. It is unprecedented and frankly, embarrassing. Well get back to the vote that well see happen soon, but now lets go to israel and the american president and President Biden and the Anger Rippling across arab capitals specifically about that incident at the hospital. Cnns Kaitlan
Scalise . Who do you think might have the votes to lead your party and the house . All three of those would be Excellent Choices and i think they can do an excellent job. Theyre honorable men, to me at least, and theyve never openly mocked me, anyway. They sure as heck have always kept their word to me. Theres several others that have whispered in my ear during all of this. And of course i dont want to out them, i understand that they have to keep their secrecy about them. But there are several Milling Around that are very interested in doing this. Mark green from tennessee is somebody that people have been talking about. So theres several out there that people are talking about. Im sorry, but i just find this so shocking. What exactly did he say to mock your faith, sir . It really doesnt matter. It was just the fact that i publicly stated on your station, i think, this morning that i was praying about it and i had two paths to go, either go with my friend or go with my conscious, and
All right. Happening now, the first live pictures of the Impeachment Inquiry into President Biden. This whole thing opened with a debate over whether the hearing is legal at all, and it is taking place for hours as only congress has hours to avoid a government shutdown. Speaking of which it could be the first shutdown since 2019. The house and the senate are still at odds, and the situation is especially tense among House Republicans. The Testy Exchange between closed doors of speaker Kevin Mccarthy and the hard right members. The candidates debated and did anyone win . Or short of that, did anyone make dents in the armor of frontrunner donald trump, just as we learn about how donald trump is feeling about attending next republican debate. Im sara sidner, with John B Berman and kate bolduan. And the First Official Impeachment Inquiry into President Biden. And now, they are Questioning Experts and professors here, and not fact witnesses, and the House Republicans are saying that the Pre
dioxide that could cause breathing difficulties. and the other thing we re watching, other eyes on qatar because the deal or the truce between israel and hamas was delayed. meant to happen today. apparently happening tomorrow. we re waiting for confirmation from qatar. more on that in the coming hour. thank you for joining me. have a wonderful thanksgiving. cnn this morning starts right now. happy thanksgiving to those who celebrate. five things to know, israel says is that hamas hostages won t be released until tomorrow, but we could get word from qatar on where the truce will begin. and so it means another agonizing day for the families of the hostages who are waiting. a source says that the u.s. is working on a list of who will be released first. jamie foxx is being sued for sexual assault and battery that happened at a restaurant in 2015. and a fiery explosion shuts down a border crossing between the u.s. and canada after a speeding bentley hit a median and bu