The speaker pro tempore the house will be in order. The chair lays before the house a communication from the speaker. The clerk the speakers rooms, washington, d. C. May 23, 2024. I hereby appoint the honorable Celeste Malloy to act as speaker pro tempore on this day, signed, mike johnson, speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the player will be loved by offered by chaplain kibben. Chaplain kibben would you pray with me. Eternal god, we pray to you as wepter this memorial day weekend. That you would bless our efforts to honor our fallen heroes. In the fanfare of parades and picnics, barbecues and summers beginning, may we take time to recall the countless sacrifices that were made to defend our freedoms and uphold our liberty. These noble men and women have stood firm. In the face of wars, alarms, and up against the anguish of adversity they would not be moved. May they rest knowing that they gave themselves fully to the work you, o lord, set before them to a
Bidens aid request for israel and ukraine. We will preview tonights state dinner honoring australian Prime Minister anthony albanese. Washington journal starts now. Host it is the washington journal for october 25. House republicans gather at noon today. Representative mike johnson gained the votes needed to secure the position. Watch that on cspan. He has been over 20 days since the house has had a speaker. To start today, we ask you if you have seen over the past three weeks and if it has affected how you View Congress and how it operates. Tell us on our phone line. 202 7488001 for republicans. Democrats, 202 7488000. Independents, 202 7488002 is how you do that. If you want to text us and tell us your view of congress has been affected by the lack of a speaker and the election process, 202 7488003 is how you do that. You can post on facebook and on x and follow the show on instagram. A recent poll by the economist is highlighted in a recent story, looking at the view of congress in
Grand jury . Explosive new reporting that mark meadows was granted immunity. It sounds like, according to reporting, that the Special Counsel immunized mark meadows. We have a sense of as another trump lawyer flips in court. If i knew that what i knew now, i would have declined to represent donald trump in the post election challenges. And the indicted ex president kneecaps the latest republican bid for speaker for not being loyal to trump. I saw him or, hes finished. Hes not a supporter. Tonight, speaker emerita nancy pelosi on all of the above than inside the courtroom where Michael Cohen testified with his former boss in co. And as bombing continues and hundreds remain hostage, what we know about why a Ground Incursion into gaza still has not happened. Dont, dont throw fuel on the fire. When all in starts right now. Good evening from new york, i am chris hayes. Tonight, we have a report that mark meadows, the Chief Of Staff to donald trump on january six has been granted immunity fr
Lost. And there was that rose garden moment after the Supreme Court decision. And he said to you, i dont want people to know i lost, right . He said that to mark meadows. I was standing catty corner to mark meadows. We were leaving the residence. We were at a christmas reception. The president was going back to the residence from the oval office. I was with mark steps behind mark. And this was a conversation between the president and mark meadows. That was part of our interview with former white house aide Cassidy Hutchinson almost exactly a month ago. Now her former boss mark meadows may have flipped on the former president. Meanwhile, another attorney from Donald Trumps elite Strike Force Legal team takes a plea deal in the Georgia Election interference case. We have a lot to cover this morning on the legal cases tied to donald trump. Plus, well go through the on going republicanled chaos on capitol hill. Still no speaker . Mike johnson of louisiana is now the partys fourth nominee f
Stronger u. S. Dollar. You can see that here at the bloomberg u. S. Dollar index up over 12. 75 and dime excreted gaining . 65 per barrel, currently at 84. 40. All three of these things here are bad for this thing here and that is why you see stocks dropping. Abigail doolittle is here with a look at the earnings so far and we have had and still have a ton of earnings to come. Abigail, 40 of the s p 500 reporting this week. 15. 8 trillion of market cap recorded. You did a great breakdown of the macro pressures for the s p 500, nasdaq 100. Here are the micro pressures and we have a tale of two stories in the cloud. Microsoft of 2. 7 up to. 7 on strong cloud corner, revenue over of 13 , betterthanexpected. Back in the team growth area. Their cloud is much better, up 29 and above the three preceding quarters, even though it did not top yearoveryear growth estimate. Take a look at google or alphabet, down 8. 9 , between its worst day from last year and march of 2020. That is the degree of s