pretty darn good. thanks. the lead with jake tapper starts now. direct quote, stand your butt up then, quote, you stand your butt up. not a schoolyard. that was today in the united states senate. the lead starts right now. i d love to do it right now. well stand your butt up then. you stand your butt up. stop it. heated exchanges on capitol hill. one in the senator and another in the house involving former house speaker kevin mccarthy and actual physical violence. and just down the block, a massive rally on the national mall with a goal. one rally attendee has a brother being held hostage by hamas. he ll join me ahead. plus an emergency request for an emergency protective order after leaked evidence in fulton county, georgia, shows co-defendants of donald trump explaining efforts to overturn georgia s 2020 election results with shocking new details that you have not heard before. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. we re going to have much more on
news. the new house speaker just cleared a very significant hurdle, getting his plan to avoid a government shutdown approved with the help of democrats. at the same time, anger amongst some house republicans is clearly boiling over with one gop lawmaker accusing another of elbowing him in the back. we re following the rapidly worsening health care crisis in war-torn gaza. the united nations says there s now only one working hospital left in the north as fighting rages and civilians are dying. thousands of americans rally in washington, showing their support for israel and its war against hamas, as anti-semitism is surging in the u.s. and around the world. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. let s get straight to the breaking news out of washington. the house of representatives voting tonight to keep the federal government open until at least early next year, as t
neil: welcome to opposite day. a big and really big demonstration in washington. this one in support of israel. and a big surprise on inflation. this one all but guaranteeing no rate hikes and maybe for a while. welcome, everybody. i m neil cavuto. i do want to show you something because it s something that you don t often see. a look at interest rates across the board. jaw dropping when you look at how much and how quickly they were dropping and how much stocks are jumping as a result. much more on all of that in just a moment. suffice it to say that because of that big drop in interest rates, mortgage rates could follow suit and your borrowing costs could follow suit. there s no way knowing for sure, but obviously the financial community liked it. now to that other big rally that surprised a lot of folks. because it was a big one in support of israel. you don t hear that these days. hillary vaughn is there on the national mall in washington. hillary? hi, neil. israeli p
outbreak a global pandemic. our senior medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta joins us to explain why. what makes it a pandemic? there are criteria that are somewhat defined to call something a pandemic. let me preface by saying this terminology that we re going to start using now isn t so much to cause panic but rather to really cause a focus on preparedness. sanjay will join us in a moment. more than 525,000 americans have died since sanjay made those remarks. but this morning there are so many positive signs. 2.2 million people a day are getting vaccinated. the cdc has new guidelines for 30 million people who are fully vaccinated. if you are one of them, the cdc says it is safe to gather with other vaccinated people indoors without masks. and vaccinated grandparents can safely visit unvaccinated grandchildren. but the experts say we re not out of the wood yet. coronavirus variants could still trigger another deadly surge, especially as states relax their guidelines.
Is now back to work marking up gop tax reform plan. The pressure is on after that house did pass its version this afternoon 227205 with 13 republicans voting no. The house had room for that many voting no, but this is growing concern at this hour there could be trouble brewing in the senate. It all actually started right here during this show yesterday. As i was talking to charlie gasparino, news broke that senator ron johnson of wisconsin said hes a no vote on the senates current version. He told the wall street journal he did not like the plan as it stands because it was too generous to big corporations but not to smaller businesses. And now it seems Senate Johnson senator johnson could be just the tip of a growing iceberg. Not in the senate, but with big Trump Supporters who have written big checks to donald trump. In a fox business exclusionive, charlie exclusive, charlie gasparino, theres a a revolt behind the screens . Yes. And, liz, as you know, the markets up today. Liz absolut