Districts and dont want to be seen as being overly supportive of jim jordan. That said, they might vote differently on the second or third ballot. I think the first ballot is kind of posturing. A sense of where everyone is. And now as you have reported, jim jordan knows who is left out there, who opposes him. And well see if hes there to pull them over. I dont think the party wants a repeat of either what happened two weeks ago or what happened, you know, when mccarthy was first elected. All those ballots. Right now i think there is a sense, its more important to have a speaker at this time than maybe your first choice as speaker. John well, better some speaker than the one you want, interesting way to put it. Right. John if i was curious to note that the number of people who voted no for jim jordan was about the same as voted no for mccarthy back in january. He eventually won them over after extraordinary amount of Horse Trading, including a measure that ended up being his demise. Kin
The prosecution has called 19 witnesses so far. The most significant one is expected to take to the stand tomorrow. Michael cohen. Given a stern warning from the judge on friday. The judge said while he cannot subject Michael Cohen and other witnesses to a gag order he did tell prosecutors to let them know key is being ordered from the bench to stop talking about the case. This comes after he repeatedly used tiktok to live stream his commentary on the trial and cant trump despite repeated warnings from the prosecutors to also stop. He stream to from the apple wearing a tshirt with the photo of trump with him behind the bars. The former president has already been fined a total of 10,000 for violating a gag order that keeps him from talking about witnesses. He has been warned that he faces jail time if he violates it again. A perjurer at the center of the prosecution case. Accused of falsifying Business Records to hide reimbursements made to who was made to stormy daniels. Talking about
Room. Hi everyone. Im jessica dean in new york and we begin this hour with israels military ramping up operations in gaza, ordering the immediate evacuation of several more neighborhoods in the Southern City of rafah. Thats where more than 1 million displaced palestinians have been taking refuge its the idf saying about 300,000 have already fled. Now this is happening as a newly released state Department Report finds it, quote, reasonable to assess that america in weapons have been used by Israeli Forces in gaza in ways quote inconsistent with International Humanitarian law. We have cnns Priscilla Alvarez with more fallout from that poor but first lets go to cnn correspondent scott mclean in the dire situation in gaza and scott, israels military confirming war airstrikes. Today, this as hundreds of thousands of people are trying to leave rafah, what do we know . Yeah. So the Israeli Military ordered two parts of gaza to be evacuated, several areas of Northern Gaza. And also several par
Revised plan, which includes new spending cuts and borrowing strategies. Welcome, everyone to the for this afternoon. Im alex savage and good afternoon, everyone. Im frank mallicoat, the proposed cuts include shrinking the states workforce and cutting back on some services to address the states projected deficit. Ktvu jana katsuyama. Listen to the announcement. Joins us here on the desk with more. And of course, the governor is already getting criticism from all sides about this revised proposal. His revised budget is 288 billion for 2024, much lower than his original 310 billion budget. Governor newsom said the state is facing a 27. 6 billion budget deficit for the 20 2425 fiscal year. His proposal includes cuts in services to about 260 state programs, and hes also proposing an 8 reduction in the states workforce by eliminating unfilled job posts, plus or minus 10,000 vacant positions. Those positions are being determined in real time at every agency and department. We want a leaner g
Forbidden. Here. The prime forbidden. Here. The Prime Minister, rishi sunak, says the uk will continue to support british israeli families. We stand in solidarity with israel and the people of israel in the face of these barbaric acts of terrorism. And last acts of terrorism. And last night i went to visit a synagogue in to london express my support for the Jewish Community. We in the uk, i was unequivocal with them that we will make sure that they feel safe at this time. And the police have been given very clear guidance and advice from the government to do everything that they can to keep the community safe. They will clamp down on any behaviour that falls foul law. Just remind foul of the law. Just remind everyone that hamas is a proscribed and terrorist organisation. Organisation. Well, in other news today, the labour leader, sir keir starmer , has promised a decade starmer, has promised a decade of National Renewal if his party is elected at the next general election. He was addre