Welcome to our viewers joining us in the United States, and all around the world, we continue our breaking News Coverage of israel at war. I am john vause. We continue with gruesome details about the attacks carried out by hamas over the weekend. The cruel acts of brutality of women, and children, are beyond abhorrent. The subject matter, and the video are graphic, and disturbing. The Israeli Government says that babies, and toddlers were found with heads decapitated in a kibbutz in southern israel. Hamas denies beheading children, calling the allegations fabricated, and baseless. In the meantime, israels military is stepping up its airstrikes on gaza, as forces massed near the border, ahead of a Ground Incursion. Palestinian officials says the only Power Station in gaza has stopped working. Hospitals, expected to run out of fuel for their generators in the coming day. The weekend Terror Attacks by hamas it is across israeli politics, and with the announcement of an Emergency Government and a wartime cabinet. The people of israel are united. Now, the leadership is to. We have put aside our differences because of the fate of the country is on the line. We will work together, shoulder to shoulder, for the sake of our citizens of israel. There is a time for war, and daytime for peace. This, now, is time for war. U. S. Secretary of state, antony blinken, and a tough hostage negotiator, are hurting to israel. Blinken says, discussions are ongoing about a humanitarian corridor, and with medical supplies in gaza, allowing civilians to leave safely. The Farming Community of kibbutz is one of the first areas attacked by hamas, on saturday. Jihadi fighters went door to door, massacring 120 people at will. They took the ability to gain control. Journalists were allowed to see the carnage firsthand. Cnns chris has a report, a warning, the content of the report is disturbing. 7 11 am on saturday morning, the militants arrived at this kibbutz. Surveillance footage, showing them lying in wait, until a car arrives. They shoot the driver, and enter the compound. More poured in on motorcycles. Eerily at ease, and in no apparent hurry. Thomas hand heard the gunshots, and immediately thought of his eightyearold daughter, emily, who is staying with a neighbor. She doesnt do it often, but unfortunately, that night, that particular night we, the friday night with, she went to sleep at her friends house. 12 hours, he says, he was pinned down under heavy gunfire, unable to reach his daughter. As hamas went door to door, executing his neighbors. Waiting, im thinking that the army will be here soon. Just hold on a little longer. When and longer. And longer. By the time the military gained control, this is what remained of the once tranquil community. Late wednesday afternoon, Israeli Forces let journalists in for the first time, after days of pitched battles. I saw soldiers fight here, and i thought here with myself. Only to come from apartment, two apartment, and do you know how heavy it was an unconscious know how long it took . It is a question to ask ourselves. They are working to the defense of people, and to take the survival out of it into defense, and into offensive operations, im sure that we ask ourselves is difficult, and a question of taste. For now, there are more pressing questions. The bodies of more than 100 residents have been recovered. But, the army says, many more are still missing. You can still see the amount of blood. This was a massacre. The full scale of the horrors that transpired here is just starting to come to light. Family photographs on the wall. They waited two agonizing days before getting the news. We found emily. He is dead. And i said yes, and smiled. It was the best possible news out of all of the possibilities. It was the best possibility. She was either dead, or in gaza. If you know anything about what they do to people in gaza, it is worse than death. The way they treat you they have no food, they have no water. She would be in a dark room, filled with who knows how many people, and terrified. Every single minute, our, day, and possibly years to come. Death was a blessing. An absolute blessing. Clarissa ward, cnn, very coutts, israel. From london, journalist elliott gotkine, following developments. It was their incumbents, and the beheading of children. We also have the formation of the wartime cabinet, and will open to this point, been deeply divided. Its not just been deeply divided, its more divided than ever over the past nine months, and they have been trying to push forward from this judicial overhaul. If there is one thing that hamas succeeded in doing, in addition to all of the carnage that we have seen over the past few days here in the killing, at least 1200 people, and it is also barring Parra Laetitia and, and benny gantz with no friend of Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu, the former Defense Minister, chief of the general staff, taking his National Unity party into government to form this Emergency Government, went before the cameras yesterday to say why he had done this, and what hamas had done in score. There are seeing, very clearly, that they will be to pay. We promise, to the people of israel, when we say never again, we mean it. Never again. To make good on his promise, of course, we have seen these airstrikes in the last few hours. It is a wave of strikes on the Nakba Elite Forces of hamas, and their operational centers, according to the idf. The idf saying, it was this division that participated, with others, in this mass Terror Attack on israel, that began in the early hours of saturday morning. Everyone, now expecting this Ground Invasion to be imminent from israel. We do not know precisely, when or, how it will happen. A spokesperson for the idf, saying, in his words, i think it is enough to show pictures, and pair it with what weve said. That the end results we are aspiring to. Put simply, john, is really to not just decimate, but to completely destroy hamass capabilities, and so much with the uk, u. S. , european, all designate as a terrorist organization is never able to repeat what it did in the early hours of saturday morning, and the repercussions of which we are still seeing, both on israel, and inside of the gaza strip, as well. John . Elliott gotkine, in london, with the very latest. A senior hamas official, based in london told us that it took two years to prepare the attack on israel, a complicated attack by air, sea, and land. Cnns sam kiley, with more, on the assault, and a shadowy figure who may be behind it. A warning, this report contains demanded the release of u. S. House to seize on russian tv. Were also prisoners in the u. S. We want them of course theyre hamas sentences to life and u. S. We want them to free our sons from their prisons. U. S. Connects prisoner swaps, only recently did one with iran, why would need to one with us . Confirmation of part of the hamas assault in israel. They were enabled by a failure in Israeli Intelligence but blotted by a shadowy hamas officer, the guest. Only two photographs exist of him who is nearly 60. He is known as el deif because he lives with it as a guest in a different location every night. Is the mastermind, the monster behind the murder of the attack in israel and the kidnapping of 150 hostages. We [inaudible] in the mid 1990s whose be leave to be behind a wave of atrocities in israel. And in 2018s, believed to have lost an arm and leg in an israeli arm strike aimed it in the killeds wife and his daughter. For the last two years though, a massive pretended to focus on welfare not war for. All the while under the table hamas was planning this big attack. Israel meanwhile invested in automation and sensors, High Technology iron wall around gaza and focused forces on the west bank and under deep her mask encouraged complacency. The last weekend, it hit hard. Attacking communication towers an Automated Machine guns with drones. Over running command and control centers. Telling senior officers, among them three kernels. And unleashing terror on thousands of civilians. The Israel Defense forces found hamas antitank ones and other heavy weapons, sunday may have planned for a longer stay. The Shock Infantry Attack is either deliberately brutal from the start or degenerated into a massacre as a really defenses collapsed. It shifted attention and power to hamas. He has become like a got to some of the palestinians because of what he has done. Many palestinians are dismayed by the massacre and the bloodshed that is followed. But with the lives of hostages in his hands, the guest now has an unwelcome place in americas mind. Sam kiley, cnn. Doctor mostafa is the president of the Palestinian National initiative and a member of the palestinian parliament. He joins me now live from the west bank city of ramallah. Doctor, its good to see you. Thank you thank you for having me. Obviously all eyes are on gaza right now and here is really miller operation where it goes. But one of the biggest obstacles to peace between israelis and the palestinians is always extremely us on both sides have always been able to determine how this conflict plays out. And it seems like now we are seeing that play out at large. Absolutely, as you said we have been living under the pressure of extremism here. You mentioned hamas, its good to mention israel has been run by a very extreme government including who declared palestinians should have no, no state, they should either emigrate, or accept a level of subjugation or die. This extremism has of course led to this explosion. But the main root cause that is never been dealt with by several Israeli Governments the continuation of the israeli illegal got condition of palestinian land. Who is not this occupation which is 56 years old, the longest in modern history has transformed into a system of apartheid that represses every palestinian. Today of course the issue is not that israelis attacking hamas only, the israeli airstrikes and the enrich Israeli Bombardment is attacking civilian palestinian population and gaza. They are dehumanizing hamas, but in the case they are demonizing of palestinians. When theres 2. 2 Million People living in less than one point 140 square miles, with 50 of the 2. 2 Million People are children. The result is drastic. Up to now 1200 palestinians have been killed by israeli airstrikes, including 326 children. And no less than 180 women. This will not lead to peace. The way out of this is to immediately have a cease fire, immediately deescalate, immediately have an exchange of prisoners, so those israelis are who are held in gaza will come back safe. In exchange for releasing some Palestinian Prisoners who have been in jail, some of whom have been in jail for 43 years. No ones talking a ceasefire at this point, no ones talking really seriously about a Prisoner Exchange in the moment. And thats unfortunate. It will play out as this will play out. One thing i think is important to mention here is that the militant group Hamas Which Controls Gaza is no friend to the Palestinian Authority in ramallah. A fattah Political Party of Mad Mahatma Abbas as often clashed with hamas. How concerned are you right now with this outpouring of sympathy for israel and the outpouring of condemnation for what hamas did which was horrible, that now palestinians arent all out being swept up as being hamas . And then your standing which as many palestinians work very hard, to establish palestinians at a credible, viable alternative state. That is now being swept away by the brutality of the weekend . It shouldnt be and just sending out israeli propaganda, some of which is absolutely incorrect will not solve the problem. Dehumanization of all palestinians will not solve the problem. Look, we have been under occupation for so many years. We have not seen a day of freedom for 56 years. And many of us, especially the 70 of the people in gaza who are refugees who are displaced by israel 75 years ago. Israel has already conducted five wars on gaza. Did that and hamas . Could that end violence . Did that and the situation . Of course not. Now they are gonna have a huge Ground Invasion, something that is totally in, unacceptable even according to guterres the secretary of the United Nations who says you cannot impose total blockade on gaza. Now israel is preventing food, fuel, water, electricity from the people of gaza. I received calls every day from patients in gaza who are about to die because they dont have access to dialysis, and children in incubators who could die because there is no electricity. Besieging a whole population is not a solution. Striking on children and women because of a terrible air strike is not a solution. Let me warn you. A very important dangerous point is what israeli leaders are calling for, which is effecting the 2. 2 Million People in gaza to egypt. Creating a very serious matter of ethnic cleansing One More Time against the palestinian people. This will not lead to peace. This will not lead to peace. Even if the United States is fully supportive of it. The only thing that leads to lasting peace is a negotiated settlement. But who will lead the negotiations. Who blocked the negotiations all these . His was netanyahu. Because he signed a Peace Agreement with palestinians. Robin was extreme assassinate by and israeli extremist. Netanyahu blocked all negotiations with palestinians. I just want to and on positive solution. The twos been on life support since distant memory. It is always darkest before dawn. Are you even the slightest bit hopeful that once the worst is over that there will be this realization that they can only be lasting peace through a negotiated settlement between the palestinians and israelis . Absolutely and although it might sound strange at this time let me tell you, we have struggled very hard all our lives to have a Two State Solution. Unfortunately netanyahu made his best to kill it by sending settlers to the lions illegally. This may now sound strange now. I think the only way out of it is immediate Two State Solution or we will have to change it one Apartheid State Reality that israel has created, because the other apart i State Reality is a democratic one State Reality. There is no way the palestinians will give up their struggle for freedom and there is no way i know to continue this inhuman situation. Either we have a Two State Solution as soon as possible or we will have to be together with equality, but palestinians have to be treated equally. And that means full democratic, civil and National Rights for both people. Doctor, thank you for being with with us. A time is very valuable, and we appreciate. Thank you. Well israeli airstrikes have been pounding gaza overnight. Coming up, one of the very latest update on israels war with hamas from Spokes Person for the Israel Defense forces. National services compulsory in israel a few graduate high school. Almost All The Young Men serve three years, when in two years. Its a shared experience that binds the country and now there is more than 300,000 call back to duty, many are driven by greek of grief and sadness. Heres cnns Jeremy Diamond at a Military Base in southern israel, columns of israeli tanks stand at the ready. Awaiting orders for an invasion of gaza that everyone expects, but no one has yet commanded. This is a country on the war footing. The Israeli Military has called it more than 300,000 reservists one of the largest Mobilization Efforts in the countrys history and this one behind me is that Mobilization Effort in action. You are witnessing thousands of reservists, israelis from all across the country coming to this Military Base in southern israel. To begin to prepare for the next phase of this Military Campaign. Its not just the scale that makes this mobilization different. Ive been in all the campaigns. In the last 30 years. Never Something Like this. For the soldiers converging on this base, the shocking brutality of hamass surprise Terrorist Attacks is still reverberating. Every person in israel has lost someone. Every person. In amsterdam till wednesday morning, until monday morning, i came here to enlist in the army and to fight those bastards. Very emotional moment. Very emotional moment. Yes. We see children die. Its like an animal. Driving Down Roads East of the gaza strip, preparations for the next phase of israels Military Campaign are everywhere. Trucks loaded with ammunition. Armored vehicles, thousands of Israeli Soldiers mobilizing, and just seven miles from the gaza border, this formation of armored personnel carriers. We are about a dozen kilometers from the gaza border, about six or seven miles. What we are seeing here are the preparations for what many people in israel believe is going to happen next. That is the possibility of a Ground Invasion. You can see here armored personnel carriers, perhaps nearly two dozen of those, as well as trucks, and you see soldiers, all here preparing for the next phase of this war. Amid the preparations for, tomorrows battle, todays is still very much alive. Jeremy diamond, cnn in southern israel. Idf spokesman is now with us from tel aviv. Again, its good to see you thank you for taking the time. Thank you for having me. As Israeli Soldiers regain control of areas in the south, as they go from community to community, it seems the atrocities go from bad to horrendous. We have those discoveries been ongoing, is there an update to what weve already heard in the last 12 hours or so . Yes, the update is that yesterday during the Day International media was allowed access together with the Israeli Soldiers, basically embedding with that operation and they went into a Community CalledKibitz Bianchi and found more than 100 body bags of a resilient israeli civilians, men, women, children, elderly, many babies and really saw the scope and magnitude of the atrocities, including mutilation of bodies and people that were burned inside homes. Really horrendous, horrendous scenes that i am at a loss of words really to describe how cruel those scenes were. And all the years of conflict between israel and hamas, has there ever been anything close to this level of brutality . Not only in the many years of conflict between hamas and israel, i cant recall anything in all of the history of israel. We have fought many wars against Arab Military and of course there have been many many sad vile reports of mutilations a bodies of her Israeli Soldiers that happened long before the war of independence in 1948. But those were soldiers fighting. Of course it cannot be understood and condoned but on the battlefield, here we are talking about civilians. That is what is so astounding in this event that as every day goes by, we see more and more bodies and the remains of bodies. You wonder why and how and what hamas would think they would gain from behaving like this. Yes, its a good question once we that we dont have an answer for right now. Just move on. What is the latest on possible safe passage out of gaza for foreign nationals . For those negotiations stand right now . I hear reports about that concerning egypt and concerning the u. N. I understand that it is a topic that also Secretary Blinken will be dealing with. I think that the key here lies reaching understandings with egypt and understanding what is possible and what they will be willing to accommodate. And we will see how that situation unfolds. Clearly the humanitarian situation inside the gaza strip is of concern and needs to be dealt with. If anybody wants to put actions to words and really cares for safety or the wellbeing of palestinians should really be concerned with allowing a passage for them. And with that in mind, whats the latest and allow humanitarian supplies into gaza, especially now that theyre only Power Station is out of fuel and not operational. Is israel willing to allow food, fuel another medical essentials into the gaza strip . First of all there is no way of getting anything in because most of the infrastructure that supports that kind of thing, gas pipes, and roads from israel into gaza were severed by the terrorists. Beyond that, im not aware of any change in israeli policy as we go to the issue of providing fuel, electricity, Water Et Cetera for the very same enemy that is fighting us. Im not aware of any change in policy. If that happens, and of course the idf well executed. Because as of now, the situation remains as it was before. So essentially right now and gaza, there is no differentiation between hamas militants and Palestinian Civilians . Of the aisle being treated as the same . No, what we are as we are at war. We are fighting against a Terrorist Army that uses all of the infrastructure, the infrastructure that is supposed to be there for the civilians, he uses that infrastructure for military purposes in everything that he does. And the rockets that they fire, and the attacks that they launched against our communities, they hide underneath all of that infrastructure. So from a Military Point of view, im not saying for me human point of view, but from a Military Point of view, we are looking at hamas as the governing entity of the gaza strip, and we are not going to be providing electricity, water and fuel for them to be able to fight against us. Good point. Colonel thanks for being with us. We appreciate your time. Thank you. Still to come here on cnn. With thomas believed to be holding 150 hostages in gaza, the families of those taken are desperately pleading for their release. Fears growing their loved ones could now be used as human shields. Youre probably not easily persuaded to switch mobile providers for your business. But what if we told you its possible that comcast Business Mobile can save you up to 75 a year on your wireless bill versus the big three carriers . Its true. Plus, when you buy your first line of mobile, you get a second line free. There are no Term Contracts or line activation fees. And you can bring your own device. 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And of the north near the israeli city of ash to come up, cnn trips of seen large columns of tanks with personal standing by. Desperate families of the hostages taken by hamas are pleading for the release some, telling cnn say they want the public to see the videos of their loved ones being taken. This can certain some disturbing images. Sons and daughters now held hostage by hamas, some of gunfire but the stories of these victims are still coming to light. This is nine year old and three year old, believe it up ticked from their home and commits along with their mother cheri, their dad into other family members. , this horrifying video other Capture Shriek clearly telephone the last time the family was seen alive. The relative told our Anderson Cooper that she is in agony. I want my family back. I want my family back. Also among the hostages, several americans. Hersh goldberg, a 20 year old chicago native is being described as a hero for his actions inside a bomb shelter during hamass rampage. Several people said your son and his friend saved our lives. Everybody is alive because as grenades were being thrown in, they were tossing them back out. His parents say, he sustained a critical inner injury, and was later kidnapped by hamas militants. He is pleading for the release of his family after showing his video showing a scarf placed on his wife said by militants. She was believe inducted with her two daughters, aged five and three. When my wife was with me on the phone, it is hamas entered the house. Later on and managed to track her mobile phone when i saw the location is in gaza strip. Hamas says hostages are spreading across the gaza strip. Israel fears to be used as human shields. And in a chilling warning, the group threatened to execute hostages if israel continues Physics Assault on the enclave. The hostage complicates netanyahus mission to obliterate hamas. But on the border, the countrys Defense Minister is refusing to hold back. We attack, everything got the gloves are off. The mask will no longer exist, we will destroy everything. So far, israeli airstrikes have killed more than 1000 palestinians including children, according to officials in gaza. But for the hostages, no indication of Rescue Efforts yet and as israel intensifies its attacks on gaza prepares for a potential ground offensive, desperate families are afraid the loved ones could be caught in the crossfire. Salma abdulaziz, london cnn. If you are like information about how you can help people affected in israel as well as in gaza, please go to cnn. Com slash impact together a list of vetted organizations that are responding to the crisis. Hezbollah raising the stakes in the ongoing conflict with israel. Still ahead, could israel be facing a second front in the north as tensions escalate to their highest level and almost two decades. Israel has deployed Tens Of Thousands of extra troops to the northern border with lebanon as well as the golan heights, concerns that israel may be facing a second front as Escalations Escalate with hezbollah. Theyve exchanged cross border fire. The white house sends a clear message to hezbollah to sit at this conflict, not just through political back channels, but also with the deployment of the u. S. Aircraft carrier uss gerald ford in eastern mediterranean. Curry is a distinguished fellow at the university of beirut. Hes also a well published author and its good to have you with us. Been a long time. Thank you. So there has been a Constant Exchange and no letup in these Cross Border Clashes in israels north in the past five days. Right now theyre seems to be no agreement on what hezbollah will do. There seems to be limited confrontations if you like. Hezbollah sort of keeping its powder dry in many ways. Whatever hezbollah decides to do how bigger a role will that have in determining the direction of the war . Its not just hezbollah, but theres a confrontation with israel and hezbollah, so both sides have to make a decision whether to get involved in an active war or just tofortat symbolic actions. Reality is that hezbollah and israel have been actively at war on and off for about 20 years or so. They both have immense capabilities, Technical Firepower Et Cetera and determination. And they realize that theyre pretty evenly matched in many ways. Israel is still a bigger army with hezbollah has become extremely sophisticated. So they both know if the war starts, its going to be massively destructive for civilian and for infrastructure, both in lebanon and in israel. A four for ten years or so theyve had a detente, but a deterrent relationship that is choose essentially on the lebanese israeli border. If Somebody Shoots across there, the other proves shes back, and the color go, they cannot, if they killed three people as happened today, the other side kills three people. And thats where i think its going to stay. So i guess it comes down to the question now the relationship between these groups. How closely is hezbollah working with hamas . Theres a report in Foreign Affairs this as officials in hamas, hezbollah and irans quds force have been waiting regularly in lebanon and tarrant for years. Following the 20 1 21 rocket reported that hamas hezbollah and iran coordinate the fighting from a joint war room in beirut. How would you describe the relationship between hezbollah and hamas . Its hamas a junior partner. Out of that work . They both have very strong ties with iran, and hezbollahs shane wright is mostly she, a massive sunni muslim. But theyre very close ideologically and they realize if they work together, we have much more impact. Its obvious to anybody that after hezbollah got tremendous technical and capabilities with a red, plus capabilities have now been shared with hamas either directly or through iran or through third parties with the houthis in yemen. Who knows how. How they do their coordination we dont know. A very secretive and theyre very good at Keeping Secrets now. But they clearly form what they call a Strategic Deterrent front. They have one or two other partners in the regions like the houthis in yemen and smaller groups and they see themselves as fighting for the same cause. John kirby once again had this warning to israels enemies. Bottom line is, we are sending a loud and clear message that the United States is ready to take action to any hostiles for israel to try to escalate this war. So for groups like hezbollah, how much weight does that threat actually carry . Its likely to have any impact on their decisionmaking process . And when iran heres at what they say . United states is good at many things, but its not good at very diplomacy or warfare in the global south. So the u. S. Acts tough to support israel, its always done that but i dont think these kind of statements influence very many people in the region. If iran or hezbollah wanted to do something, unamerican threat would probably not stop them from doing it. I think the reality that neither iran nor hezbollah want to start a bigger war. The United States is historically obsessed with iran for some reason. Thats always has to have a needle bad guy a menace in the region, used to be iraq, used to be the russians, is to be alqaeda and other groups. Now its around. Its ironic that the u. S. Negotiated an agreement, a very good agreement with iran Nuclear Issues and sanctions but iran is seen in the u. S. Public speaker as a real terrible menace, almost as bad as chinas u. S. s eyes. So they keep playing, overplaying this sense of we are going to stop iran from doing this and doing that, and iran shows no sign of being wanting to involved in the war. I dont take very seriously what the u. S. Says about middle east ideological political and military movements so neither do most people in the region. Great to have you with a. Syrian sites in your experience very much appreciated. Thank you. Thanks for having me. Still to come here on cnn. U. S. Congress republicans go through the machines of choosing a nominee for speaker of the house, but still cant seal the deal with the farright party extremists. Welcome back. Israel is stepping up at its offensive in gaza and the Israel Defense forces say they are conducting largescale strikes on hamas targets early thursday morning. Palestinian Health Ministry says at least 51 people were killed and more than 280 wounded overnight. Gaza is now in near total darkness as its sole Power Station shutdown will have to run out of fuel. In the meantime, israel says babies and toddlers were found decapitated following hamass attack on a kibbutz during the weekend. Cnn has not independently verified the reports in a mass denies the allegations. The Biden Administration says military aid to israel and ukraine remain Top Priorities but, cannot act until Chris Nominates a speaker. Steve scalise was nominated for the job, but republic republicans are growing fearful that Steve Scalise bid for the speakership gets much smaller. Opposition from members of the farright and others who are not yet sold on his nomination to be speaker of the house. Its a challenge for him at the moment, its a narrowly divided house. He needs 217 republicans to support him for the speakership. During the republican nomination, he won 113 votes and three of those votes or from not voting delegates. He has essentially 110 members vote on the house floor he will need a lot more. We do expect dozens of those people who voted against police and voted for congress and jim jordan to support scalise on the floor, but there are a number of others who say they will vote for Jim Jordan On The House floor even though jordan himself has urged his supporters to back scalise and and this paralysis in the house and the aftermath of that unprecedented vote last week to oust Kevin Mccarthy from the speakership. But even despite those calls from jim jordan, a member of republicans we have talked to are making clear they still plan to vote against scalise on the floor, making it incredibly difficult in the moment to win the speakership. You can vote for jordan on the floor in the ballot. Vote for jordan, every single ballot . Its hard to say but i think well have to go several rounds. Im talking to different people in different camps. We are figuring out where they are, and i would be conservative, this moderates, democrats and figuring out what the next steps might be. Now the timing of the vote is still uncertain. Republicans came out of the wednesday meeting hoping to have a vote for wednesday afternoon maybe even evening time to elect scalise as a speaker. That did not happen. It remains a possibility as well but if scalise does not have the votes, the question is does he go to the floor . To see dare republicans to vote against them for a single nomination. Does he grinded out like Kevin Mccarthy did back in january when the speakership went up to 15 ballots . All key questions for scalise. There is just no path for him to get the nomination to get the speakership and believe that perhaps another candidate could emerge down the line. All those key questions continue to loom over the gop at this time when the House Cannot Act on any legislation until the speaker is elected. Many raju, cnn, capitol hill. 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