you, andy scholes. thank you very much for being with us. i ll see you tomorrow. and thanks to all of you for joining us. don t go anywhere. cnn this morning starts right now. good morning, everyone. glad you re starting your day with us. here are fife things to know. happening right now, the israeli military carrying out an operation at the besieged hospital in gaza. there are reports of active fire fights inside of that collects. we ll hear from the idf live later this morning. and new hope for a deal to release the hostages. president biden says he believes it s going to happen. also president biden today set to have a high-stakes summit with chinese president xi jinping. the goal to keep tensions from getting any worse. it s up to the senate to prevent a government shutdown before the deadline on friday night. the house passed a short-term measure yesterday. and new overnight, president biden blasting donald trump for calling his enemies vermin. the remark was l
a new day has dawned in america. you said in august you thought he might be afraid of you and the women in congress. i don t know if he knows how to deal with women in power and women with strength, but we ll see. let s hope for the best. donna? well, maxine waters on the cover of the national journal. yes, he s going to have to deal with women. women who are extremely i m going to let you finish. i have to note, i can tell you re excited about your time on the hill. you brought visual aids for each of your answers. i am a creature, as i tell people, i m a hill rat. i started my career there in 1981. for me it s like going back to the place where i learned so much, and the members are incredible. i want to pick up on the freshman members. i was worried that they might not be able to get on capitol hill and find their offices and hire staff and get ready. they are ready.
direction. yet the tea party wing wants to push the party further right in some cases. what s going on with the republican party? we ve got an expert. the former house republican majority leader and former freedomworks chairman dick armey. i will henceforth call you mr. armey. mr. armey, i m a hill rat, and i always look up to guys that have been elected. i m going to ask you broad questions, we ll narrow it down to freedomworks later on. what s going on with your party? i thought in that first debate romney had the number on the president. he s talking about spending, creating jobs, sticking to economics. he looked like he had a winning line, and then he went to benghazi and rape and rotten apple stuff. what should you party have been this year? why wasn t your party what it should have been this year? obviously there are a lot of foolish mistakes and that 48% of the american people thing that he did.
welcome back to hardball. ever since the republicans lost in november, the parties appeared to be in kind of a civil war, and donors are zipping their wallets because these don t like the party s direction. yet the tea party wing wants to push the party further right in some cases. what s going on with the republican party? we ve got an expert. the former house republican majority leader and former freedomworks chairman dick armey. i will henceforth call you mr. armey. mr. armey, i m a hill rat, and i always look up to guys that have been elected. i m going to ask you broad questions, we ll narrow it down to freedomworks later on. what s going on with your party? i thought in that first debate romney had the number on the president. he s talking about spending, creating jobs, sticking to economics. he looked like he had a winning line, and then he went to benghazi and rape and rotten apple stuff. what should you party have been this year? why wasn t your party what it should have bee
let s get you back to hardball. welcome back to hardball. ever since the republicans lost in november, the parties appeared to be in kind of a civil war and donors are zipping their wallets because these don t like the party s direction. yet the tea party wing wants to push the party further right in some cases. what s going on with the republican party? we ve got an expert. the former house republican majority leader and former freedom works chairman dick armey. mr. armey, i m a hill rat and i always look up to guys that have been elected. i m going to ask you broad questions, we ll narrow it down to freedom works later on. what s going on with your party? i thought in that first debate romney had the number on the president. he s talking about spending, creating jobs, sticking to economics. he looked like he had a winning