Tonight, the House Of Representatives is entering week three without a speaker. Eight candidates are now vying for the job, after one dropped out in the last hour. And right now, as we speak, republicans are meeting Behind Closed Doors to figure out some kind of a path forward before an internal vote tomorrow. Gotta hold your breath. After all the reports of screaming and cursing, some physical altercations in previous meetings, you cant really imagine whats going on in that room right now. Were gonna talk to some people who do know in just a moment. But if you are wondering out there why this matters and why we are still talking about this circus, well, the thing is, nothing can happen in congress. No new money for israel, no new money for humanitarian efforts in gaza, nothing without a speaker. Now is the time when we really actually need government to function. And you will never guess who is involved in all of this dysfunction Behind The Scenes, or maybe you will get. Look, Donald
early with us on thursday morning. this is our final show of the year. i want to offer sincere thanks everyone who works on it. we could not do it without them and of course thanks all of you for watching each and every morning. we can t wait to take on 2022 with you. that s all for us, morning joe starts right now. we ll see you monday. as you noel, the cdc has been criticized for mix messaging throughout the course of the pandemic whether on masks or boosters. why should americans trust the cdc? my job right now is to take all the science and the information that we have and to deliver guidance and recommendations to the american people that s adapted to the science at hand. this pandemic has given us a lot of new and updated science over the last two years and it s my job to convey that science through those recommendations and that s exactly we are doing. this morning we have new
dictated by what s going on in florida right now. and mitch mcconnell has decided and made clear that he believes rick scott will be elected. eventually will be the next senator and as such sure participating. look, as you noel, anything can happen over the course of the next couple of days as this recount goes through. republicans do feel confident that rick scott will be the next senator. i also think there is a posture here that the majority leader wants to send across and that probably rick scott s campaign that he is the elected senator in their view and therefore he is going to take part in all of the activities that any newly elected senator would. right now that s the posture they have and that s where the leader certainly stands right now. phil mattingly on the hill, thanks very much sglrchlts still ahead, as president trump contemplating shaking up several senior positions in his administration, a report is giving new insight into his mood
lives this armed forces saved in west africa. it was you that set up the architecture ant set the example for the world s response. one woman in west africa said we thanked god first and then we thanked america second for caring about us. that s the difference you made, you continue to make in the lives of people around the world. as you noel with service comes great sacrifice and after 15 years of war our wounded warriors bear the scars both seen and unseen. in my visits to their bedsides and rehab centers i have been in awe watching a wounded warrior grab his walker and pull himself up and through excruciating pain take a step and then another.
talked to former members of the dea, for example, on the federal level who say, no, you shouldn t legalize it. it essentially is this message not just to people within the united states, criminals, but also, for example, to mexican drug cartels that the u.s. is soft on soft on the anti-drug message. well, everybody forgets them that you have crime and criminalization. because it s forbidden. if you legalize it, it s out of crime. there s no one at a crime scene who can make money from something that is not that is not illegal. so if you control this and text it and control the quality as well, it s better for the help of the consumers and you will lose the crime. i m curious. an area you noel. a lot of people go to amsterdam and people think erroneously it s a free for all, you can walk into a coffee shop and