that s what u.s. bank is for. huge relief. yeah. good morning. 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific. i m jose diaz-balart alongside my friend and colleague ana cabrera for a second hour of special coverage. we re 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 israel s war with hamas. we re also keeping an eye on beirut, lebanon, where a scene of protests and some violence is playing out as pro-palestinian protesters gather outside the u.s. embassy in
the possibility of himself serving in that position before he has indicated he is opposed to that and this shows a desperate moment that republicans are in, jake and there are other possible candidates who can yet emerge and try to run for the spook speakership and they will run into the same problem, and nationally with kevin mccarthy who was pushed out of the speakership that they would have a difficult, if not impossible time of getting to the 217 votes needed to be elected speaker given the significant divisions that are still within this badly divided republican conference traying tra tra traying to figure on the a way forward and jim jordan could lose the vote by potentially a worse margin than yesterday. it is unprecedented and frankly, embarrassing. we ll get back to the vote that we ll see happen soon, but now let s go to israel and the american president and president biden and the anger rippling across arab capitals specifically about that incident at the hospita
his longtime friend and adviser lanny davis is standing by, here in studio for an exclusive preview. andrew wiseman and kristi greenberg both watched stormy daniels testify this weekend they will join me as well. also today, a rant about a fictional cannibal was not the most concerning thing the president said yesterday. biden campaign spokesperson adrian elrod joins me with reaction. later, my rent nsand colleae ali velshi stops by to talk about his book and how acts of courage are the engine of democracy. okay, the date was january 12th, 2018 and this was the headline on the wall street journal. trump lawyer arrange $130,000 payment for adult film star silence. obviously it was a grabbing headline by 2018 standards but there was also a lot going on at the time. the big news that night was actually the sitting president of the united states saying something completely racist about african countries. but that story from the wall street journal, the one about the hush
do you see? my first step is shipping houston. second championship oh, my god hello, again and welcome. hey, it s time to break down the big stories with some smart people. today, we re asking thank after days of salacious details, was porn star stormy daniels testimony and let trump hush money trial, crucial or just cringy then perception problem resident biden s as the economy is great. but with most americans not feeling it can flip the script and convince voters before the alliance upshot. and named che. we ll discuss whether the boy scouts rebranding deserves a merit badge the gang is all here and ready to go. so sit back, relax and let s talk about it up first. the intimate at a times r rated testimony from important star stormy daniels dominated the headlines this week and donald trump s hush money trial but once you get past that spanking and silk pajamas questions remained whether the prosecutors are making a convincing argument so donald trump railing against
defense for donald trump and spent a whole lot of time asking questions about what they originally objected to. the details of her alleged trust with the former president of the united states. now, the crescendo of this hours-long stint on the witness stand. all led up to this trump s attorney, susan necklace, heavy handedly, the asserting that the adult film actress had made it all up necklace& you ve bragged about how good you are about writing porn movies and writing really good stories and writing really good dialogue, right daniels? yes. necklace. and now you have a story you ve been telling about having sex with donald trump, right? daniels. and if that story were untrue, i would have written it a lot better. there was laughter in the courtroom daniels hover of course, is not the only headline witness to take her turn under the oath. the jury also heard from madeline western out that s a former for gatekeeper really to the president and the head of oval office operati