Of funding in a few weeks, and also because the white house will be asking congress presently for an aid package for israel, one that by all accounts so far cant pass without a speaker. Lets goat that story first, and then right back to israel where things are rapidly unfolding as well. Jake sherman, Cofounder Of Punch Bowl News and msnbc political contributor. Thanks for being with us. What exactly is going on . So scalise, katy, won the republican conferences nomination to be speaker. This is the initial process by which the republican conference caps their candidate to be the speaker for a house floor vote. As you noted, he only won with 113 votes. That is nothing. That is more than 100 votes shy of winning the speakership and in an alarming sign for mr. Scalise, he has several republicans already saying that they will not vote for him on the floor. Now, some of that could be bluster. We dont know, but tom massey of kentucky, max miller of ohio both have said they have not committed
By cnn contradicts pentagon reports about that Chaotic Afghanistan Withdrawal and the explosion outside the kabul airport, 13 u. S. Service members were killed in that blast, Hundred Grids are dozens at least of afghan, some of the goldstar families are now accusing the pentagon of telling lies. And leading this hour as the new york hush money cover up its picks back up tomorrow in new york, a change in tactics from Donald Trumps legal team were told when it comes to Adult Film Actress and director Stormy Daniels being back on the stand. Lets go to cnn paul read in new york and paula, the defense crossexamination of Stormy Daniels, we were told it originally was expected to be fairly brief, but but sources are telling you thats changed why . Yeah. They have a while to go at this point. And the reason they want to spend more time here is because they were surprised that in her testimony, she raised the possibility that the sexual encounter was not consensual, something that she had not
Surveillance on tv and radio alongside Lisa Abramowicz im jonathan ferro. Your equity market positive by 0. 2 on the s p come on a threeday winning streak on the s p 500. If you want to focus on the data, the week starts today. Lisa ppi today ahead of cpi tomorrow. Its interesting whether the Economic Data is what is driving gains we are seeing in stocks in frank the in bonds was arguably which is arguably what is leading stocks. Whether it is haven trade or listening to the fed speak or just a blowoff of the tough we saw last week. Lisa we talked a lot about it jonathan we talked a lot about in the past when he four hours. The fed is comfortable with the market doing the work for them and the work the market is not doing the work for them. Lisa nikki bowman later this morning. Even the hawkish talk seems to be dampening the tone a little bit basically saying maybe one more hike is needed but softening the tone around the edges, it seems like everybody has been taken off guard with the
Antisemitism in the u. S. Following the hamas attack on israel. We want to get your reactions to the speech. How do you define antisemitism . Do you think it is on the rise . If you are jewish, how do you define it . Republicans can call 202 7488001. Democrats at 202 7488000. Independent colors can call 202 7488002. You can also text 202 7488003. Welcome to todays washington journal. People get started with a portion of the president s speech from yesterday. [video clip] President Biden we must not give safe harbor to anyone for everyone in our nation. We know that scapegoating and demonizing any minority has affected every minority and our democracy. We had to put these principles into action. I understand people have strong beliefs about the world. In america, we respect and protect the fundamental right to free speech. To protest peacefully and make our voices heard. There is no place on any campus in america for antisemitism, hate speech or violence of any kind. [applause] whether
The horrific, bar baric, hamasiran invasion of israel. Israel is regrouping with their air defenses, soon to be haunched ground attack launched. Weaver trying to get with hold of mike tobin with on the ground. Hes on the gaza border. As soon as we can, we will plug him right in. Meanwhile on the show, senator eric schmidt will be here to tell us why the administration is still in deep denial about the role of iran, and. Just in just a second the great harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz is going to the tell us why hard harvard loves hamas, or maybe they dont. But first, a worth of word of congratulations, winning a tight race over another great friend and distinguished conservative, jim jordan. Mr. Jordan has now declared support for scalise and is whipping other members into the scalise camp. Hopefully the republican conference will be completely united and move the nomination to the house floor and get the 217 votes necessary. A couple more words about Steve Scalise, whom i have kn