Thats what u. S. Bank is for. Huge relief. Yeah. Good morning. 11 00 a. M. Eastern, 8 00 a. M. Pacific. Im jose diazbalart alongside my friend and colleague ana cabrera for a second hour of Special Coverage. Were following two major stories this morning. And right now the fate of the House Of Representatives is up for grabs with another vote to decide the next speaker of the house. Beginning any moment now, we have live pictures of the house floor we want to show you, where jim jordan is trying to convince a group of holdouts to cast their vote for him after his attempts to secure the speakership yesterday ended in failure. 20 republicans voted for someone else. This is all happening as President Biden is wrapping up his visit to israel to show the United States support among israels war with hamas. Were also keeping an eye on beirut, lebanon, where a scene of protests and some violence is playing out as propalestinian protesters gather outside the u. S. Embassy in the lebanese capital
Caller he doesnt need to be speaker of the house, hes a sexual predator. Somehow that sticking to the topic. Host david in beasm. Your on. Go ahead. Caller im in alabama but i come from jim jordans district. Host well leave it there as the house of representatives comes in to start the process of electing speaker. The speaker pro tempore the chair has examined the journal of the last days proceedings and announces to the house his approval thereof. Think pledge of allegiance will be led by the gentleman from illinois, mr. Bost. Mr. Bost i pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The speaker pro tempore for what purpose does the gentleman from louisiana seek recognition . Pursuant to clause 7 of rule 20, i move a call of the house. The speaker pro tempore under clause 7b of rule 20, the chair confers recognition for that purpose. Without objection a call of
Host ok. Appreciate that. And thats all the time we have for the calls, for those of you who are watching this second day of attempting to elect a house speaker. Maybe you missed some of that process play out, you want to see it again. A couple of ways to do that, is the cspan now app which you can download and carry with you wherever you go throughout the day. You can go to the website or you can stay put and watch it as we reair the house vote today. We will start with the nominating speeches. The speaker pro tempore if the tellers will please come forward and take their seats. Tellers. The gentleman, mr. Loudermilk. The gentlelady from alabama, ms. The nominations are now in order. The chair recognizes the gentleman from oklahoma, mr. Cole. Mr. Cole thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, i rise for the purpose of placing in nomination the name of the honorable jim jordan for the position of speaker of the house at the direction of the republican caucus. The speaker pro tempore the gen
The house will be in order. Part of this year cspan celebrates 45 years governing Congress Like no other. Since 1979 we been your primary source for capitol hill. Providing a balanced unfiltered coverage of government. Taking you support of cable company. Cspan 45 years and counting. Powered by cable. Clicks each week congressman session we like to take a look at the week ahead. We will talk with kadia goba i want to start with not to say on capitol hill but a topic involving a member of congress bob menendez, Robert Menendez of new jersey democrat senator his trial begins today. What remind folks why a bob menendez got involved in this, his second try was people may remember progress the first one happened on 2015 or 16 i 15believe. It seems so long ago from initially breaking the news or 2022 who is under investigation. Essentially he is charged yes colluding with the egyptian government. This is somewhats. Related to an organization and him giving i guess special privileges to certa
Host good morning it is monday, may 13. Whether it is the College Campus protest over israel and god also her preparation and protest of National Conventions. Protests are the spotlight. We are asking you if you ever participated in a protest and what issue were you rallying for . Phone lines are split by age if you are under 25 202 7488000, if you are over 65 202 7488002. You can send us a text at 202 7488003 or catch up on social media at x at cspanwj and facebook at facebook. Com cspan. First some numbers from the Gallup Organization. The Gallup Organization pulling on this topic in the last time they did it was an in the wake of the dobbs abortion decision. Gallup first pulled back in 1965 with just 10 of americans said they felt the urge to organize a public demonstration. Speaking of the 1960s parallels between College Product test protest of today and 1960s. 1960s advocates see parallels to protest today. Some said they see themselves in todays protesters while others drew a sta