There has been unprecedented upheaval in congress, specifically among the republican majority in the house. The parties nominee for speaker of the house, congressman Steve Scalise has Just Announced that he is dropping out as a candidate. I just share what my colleagues that i withdraw my name as a candidate for the speaker does a country. As you look at over the last couple of weeks, there is still work to be done. We are going to have more on that story in just a bit. But we continue our coverage of the Israel Hamas War which is about to enter its seventh day of fighting. A number of dead from this conflict has now reached more than 2800 people. Among that number, israel reports at least 1300 israeli lives lost, including over 200 israeli soldiers. The Palestinian Health Ministry Reports more than 1500 palestinian lives have been lost. Those same authorities report that the number of injured israelis is more than 3300. The number of injured palestinians as more than 6000. The number
Which is worrisome. Thank you, my friend, for all the breaking news. And thanks to you at home for joining in this continuing night of news development. A lot of big breaking news. In the last hour there has been unprecedented upheaval in congress, specifically among the republican majority in the house. The partys nominee for speaker of the house, congressman Steve Scalise has Just Announced that he is dropping out as a candidate. I just share what my colleagues that i withdraw my name as a candidate for the speaker does a country. As you look at over the last couple of weeks, there is still work to be done. We are going to have more on that story in just a bit. But we continue our coverage of the Israel Hamas War which is about to enter its seventh day of fighting. A number of dead from this conflict has now reached more than 2800 people. Among that number, israel reports at least 1300 israeli lives lost, including over 200 israeli soldiers. The Palestinian Health Ministry Reports mo
I just dont know how theyre going to do it. I dont think they know it. Theyt dont. Which is worrisome. Thank you, my friend, for all the breakingy news. And thank you for joining on this continuing night of developments. In the last hour there has been unprecedented upheaval in congress specifically among the republican majority in the house. The partys nominee for Speaker Of The House, congressman Steve Scalise, has Just Announced that he is dropping out as a candidate. I just shared with my colleagues im dropping out as a candidate for speaker designee. If you look over the last few weeks and where where our conference is, theres still work to be done. Well have much more on that story in just a bit, but first we continue our coverage with the israelhamas war about to enter its seventh day of fighting. The number of dead has reached 2,800 people. Among that2, number israel repos at least 1,300 israeli lives lost including over 200 soldiers. And the Palestinian Health authority report
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Court for His Civil Fraud Trial, former President Donald Trump is heading back to the Campaign Trail, but not before going after the judge who put him under a gag order. Well take you live to the c courthouse. And Police Searching for suspects after a Mass Shooting during home come Week Celebrations at a university. Well have the latest on that search. Were following these latest developing stories and many more all coming in here to cnn news central. And now there are two, minutes ago House Majority leader Steve Scalise made it official announcing that he will run to replace Kevin Mccarthy as House Speaker. It comes just hours after hardline conservative jim jordan publicly said he will run. Both need to win over more moderate members of their conference. And theres no time to waste, a floor vote on the speaker is expected next week in then the house is essentially paralyzed with a deadline looming in november. Melanie za nnona joins us on capitol hill. What do we know about Steve Sca