won the week two. all in with chris hayes starts now. l in with chris hayes starts now. good evening from new york. i m chris. hayes i want to get ahead of the story. it appears this long week may be coming to a close and more ways than one. if grading on a curve, strong curve, would be speaker of the house kevin mccarthy had his best day yet today. i should say he still lost two more rounds of votes. he did manage to win over most of his detractors, including some previous hard-liners. and, for the first time, he actually won more votes in the democratic challenger, hakeem jeffries. so, clap. negotiations are still underway. they are adjourned right now when they reconvene just two short hours from now, mccarthy may finally become speaker of the house. they seem confident that is the case. we will see. but based on everything we ve seen, it s obvious, even if mccarthy does clinched the gavel, it will be a victory. this will leave him the weakest speaker in modern polit
i think at the end of the day we ll get everybody together. you failed three times, how do you possibly pull this off? you get to 218. how do you do it? you come back, you continue what you re doing right now, talking, solve the small problems. they say if you do the same thing over and over insanity. and expect the same that s the definition of insanity. it was supposed to be kevin mccarthy s big moment. so what the heck happened? good morning, america, good to see you. poppy and i are here in new york. kaitlan is live in washington d.c. hi, kaitlan, doing okay? we re bracing. it s the worst episode of the west wing ever playing out right now. we ll see what happens today. a chaotic day on the hill. no speaker elected. some in the republican party turned against their leader. ahead kaitlan collins is going to speak with a member who switched his vote after first saying yes. plus we have buffalo bills safety damar hamlin news, still in critical c
and tearful families saying good-bye to loved ones departing for training. putin wants 300,000 new fighters to help turn the tide as the russian military suffers setbacks in ukraine. russia is saying the call up would be limited to those with military experience but reports say civilians also now are being conscripted. the new york times tells the story of a husband and father of five who received a summons at a 4:00 a.m. meeting where a train had been organized to take him to a military center. many men are fleeing russia to avoid the forced enlistment. this is traffic as people escape to nearby georgia. russian airporting have been packed with people trying to get out of the country. one human rights group said more than 1,300 people have been arrested in anti-car protests in moscow and st. petersburg over the past few days. also today, voting begins in four regions of russian-occupied ukraine, in a sham referendum that could lead to the annexation of 15% of ukrainian ter
And we certainly want to hear from manu and our colleagues who walk these halls every day. My understanding is its not going to happen right away. In fact, manu, let me go to you. I want to tell you this text that im getting is that youre probably hearing it from members who are coming off the floor right now. That manu, youre probably hearing from members saying that the jordan folks are very much lobbying many in the republican conference to hold off and not vote right now to empower Patrick Mchenry. So what is likely going to happen, and you telegraphed this earlier, is that once this vote is gavelled closed, theyre going to go back and talk again like they have done after every one of these, and that david joyce of ohio is going to try to make the case for why its time to move on for move on from jim jordan, and talk about giving Patrick Mchenry the functions of the United States government done at least in the short term. What are you hearing . Reporter yeah, i think we can expect
Terrorist attacks. Dont go anywhere. Cnn this morning starts right now. Hello, everyone. Were glad youre with us. Im poppy harlow with Phil Mattingly in new york. Erin burnett joins us live in israel. Its 6 00 a. M. On the east coast. 1 00 p. M. In tel vooe, where Secretary Of State Antony Blinken is on the ground now as the war between israel and hamas intensifies. Were expecting to hear from him shortly. Hes meeting oneonone with the israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as airstrikes continue to gaza. Hostages are still being held captive this morning. This is what it looks like in gaza city right now. Israel is now vowing to keep power, water and fuel cut off to the gaza strip until hamas releases hostages. The International Committee of the red cross is sounding the alarm saying hospitals will turn into morgues with cancer patients, babies in incubators and elderly at serious risk. There are hundreds of thousands of troops massing near the border with tanks and artillery as th