Its wholly inadequate, but i know everyone is thinking about your community right now and the horror and terror they experienced and still must be experiencing as we discussed. Thank you very much for joining us. Thank you. Joining our conversation gun safety advocate, our dear friend Fred Guttenbering who has helped us talk through so many news cycle like this one, so many tragic moments when an entire community made up of familyings like his is changed in an instant. His daughter jamie was murdered in the Mass Shooting in parkland, florida. Also joining our conversation former fbi Counter Intelligence agent pete struck. Fred, the details are being logged in every parent and tragally a lot of kids brains today, right . This happened at a Bowling Alley. This happened on youth night. So add to school, add to the baseball field, add to the walmart, the Bowling Alley on youth night as a place that is no longer safe in the United States of america in 2023. Nicolle, i thought the evolution
House floor opening, with now a fourth republican nominee for speaker. This time it is congressman mike johnson of louisiana. And he says he has the votes to win. Overseas, were following breaking developments out of israel. The u. N. Warning it may be forced to stop operating in gaza today as fuel runs out. Some World Leaders intensifying their calls for a ceasefire. Plus, forecasters warn of a, quote, Nightmare Scenario after a cat 5 Hurricane Slams into mexicos southern Pacific Coast overnight, near the popular resort city of acapulco. It went from a Tropical Storm to a cat 5 in just 12 hours. We begin this hour on capitol hill, where next hour lawmakers are expected to vote once again for a speaker of the house. Louisiana congressman mike johnson is now the fourth gop pick in three weeks. The second in just one day. After tom emmer dropped out yesterday when it became clear he could not secure enough votes. A visual reminder of how Congress Found themselves in leadership crisis. 22
Good morning to our viewer in the United States and Around The World. Im kasie hunt. It is wednesday, october 25th. 5 00 a. M. Here in washington where we begin another day without a speaker of the house. About seven hours from now the house is scheduled to vote again to try to fix that. So who might the next speaker of the house be . Well, you would be forgiven to not recognizing this man, that is 51yearold mike johnson of louisiana whose relative complete lack of public profile might be exactly why he could become the last man standing. He was picked late last night after a tumultuous day on capitol hill. Republicans spent most of the day voting to pick tom emmer as their nominee. And he is not exactly a house house name either, but he served in house leadership before. And that seems to be exactly the problem. Emmer was selected as next pick for speaker yesterday around lunchtime, but he was out before dinner. And that was mostly because donald trump knew too much about him. After e
Live starts right now. Laura . Youve got a lot to fix with whats going on in washington. You think i can fix it . Hold on, im the want to fix this . You will not put that on me today. Laura alone can fix it. Well, then you have some very high hopes. Thank you so much, nice to see you as always. And we do have, to her point, there is Breaking News out there as republicans are just now choosing another speaker. The big question is, how long will this one last . Tonight, i am laura coates live. All right everyone, mike johnson, come on down. Youre the next contestant on the next speaker, right . Well, for the fourth time in three weeks, republicans have chosen another speaker designate. Congressman mike johnson was elected with 128 votes. Do the math, thats less than the total, you do realize. And get this, Kevin Mccarthy, who was kicked out of the job three weeks ago, received 43 votes. The next highest tally. Which means its Groundhog Day all over again. Just go ahead and cue up bill mu
Announcer this is cnn Breaking News. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. Im standing on a roof torp looking out over tel aviv. It is just after 11 00 p. M. Here and were covering three major stories right now. The war here. The end to the Chaotic Speakership Saga Back in washington, d. C. And former President Donald Trump in a stunning appearance on the stand today in his new york Civil Fraud Trial. Well start with Breaking News from israel. It is been 18 days since the attacks by hamas caught this country and most of the world by surprise. Just over an hour ago, from this rooftop, we heard explosions presumably from israels iron dome Defense System intercepting several rocks fired on tel aviv from gaza and minutes ago they confirmed that four people were injured with something possibly shrapnel hitting this town. A reminder that hamas continues to try to kill as many israeli civilians as they can with their rockets. Theyre just not able to do so because of the iron dome Defense Syste