. hello, and thank you for being with us. it s 10:00 eastern i m ana cabrera reporting from new york all eyes on the white house this hour as president biden prepares to welcome the president of south korea, from nuclear submarines to the fallout from that intel leak, the two leaders are already making news. look at all the pomp and circumstance as they prepare if the big arrival. we ll be checking in there in a moment this all comes on the heels of biden s 2024 launch. his team just released its first campaign ad of this election cycle this morning, and we re live in a key swing state getting reaction to biden s bid and a potential biden/trump rematch. parts of the midwest staring down potentially historic flooding as the mississippi river swells to dangerous levels we ll have a live look at emergency preparations underway, a woman whose family is canoeing to work describes the situation. we have been told there s a possibility the gas is going to get shut off it s nev
Number of 217 votes to win the gavel. Reporter do you think you have the votes on the floor today . We feel really good. We need to get a speaker today. We feel really good about where we are at. Steve kornacki will be with me to break down the vote from the big board. The latest nbc reporting on the breaking news that President Biden will leave tonight for israel and jordan to get humanitarian aid moving into gaza, Work On Releaing the hostages, and how gaza will look if hamas is removed. Hamas released a video of a hostage. The question, is it a signal that the terror group might be willing to deal . Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington. A big day where the house is in session and ohio congressman jim jordan is the man of the hour. The Judiciary Chairmans bid for speaker is gaining steam within the House Republican conference. He is closing in on the 217 votes he needs to win. The battle for a man long viewed as the leader of House Revolutionaries to become second in
And can another candidate get 217 votes and this is a huge question as the leaderless house. He is using other to pressure the members of congress to vote for him. Yeah. That is exactly right. That is the hope that, ultimately that these members will come to his side. Expect there could be breaks in between each of these votes. We will see exactly how this plays out but a lot of uncertainty at the moment but there could be meetings that happen to try to pick off these members onebyone. We will see if they decide to recess longer a few hours or maybe come back the next day. We will see. They hope they can eventually get the members by tonight to come their way and perhaps that Pressure Campaign they believe will get them to come to their side. One said i will close out entirely if they pressure him. We expect him to vote for Steve Scalise on the floor and not jim jordan. Dana, what are you hearing . I want to underscore, based on some reporting that im doing, one of the aspects of jorda
multiple governors issuing disaster declarations. understand this still can be a dangerous situation. reporter: a drone capturing neighborhoods already already underwater, while mcgregor, iowa, is poised to see its highest river levels since 1965. this water came up really fast this time reporter: in pleasant valley, near davenport, people forced to get around by boat the mississippi river floods largely fueled, scientists say, by 6 to 18 inches of melting snow pack in north dakota and minnesota. a similar story out west, where park officials say by friday they ll close much of the famed yosemite valley through at least may 3rd as melting snow in california s mountain s threaten flooding there too this as hail hammers parts of the south, including central florida, and sweetwater, texas, where a super cell dumping baseball-sized hail destroyed this storm chaser s windshield and with just days until the start of may, snow slamming the