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he is not only focused on one thing. i don t know anybody that s done more to highlight and talk about the border disaster that is underway right now as we speak. i had the privilege of serving here when jeh johnson was secretary of homeland security. i have a very high opinion of jeh johnson. i think he is one of the finest public servants i ever met. he was asked on one occasion to define what was a crisis on the southern border. he said any time you have more than 1,000 illegal entries a day, you have a crisis. we have 10 or 11 times that every single day. in that tide of humanity that s coming across, there is a boatload of fentanyl coming to kill tens of thousands of all of our constituents. there are human traffickers who are taking advantage of young men and young women and, frankly, predators in our own country, and they are bringing them across, not by the tens or 20s or dozens, but by the hundreds and the thousands. there are amongst that flow of people, peopl ....
number of 217 votes to win the gavel. reporter: do you think you have the votes on the floor today? we feel really good. we need to get a speaker today. we feel really good about where we are at. steve kornacki will be with me to break down the vote from the big board. the latest nbc reporting on the breaking news that president biden will leave tonight for israel and jordan to get humanitarian aid moving into gaza, work on releaing the hostages, and how gaza will look if hamas is removed. hamas released a video of a hostage. the question, is it a signal that the terror group might be willing to deal? good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. a big day where the house is in session and ohio congressman jim jordan is the man of the hour. the judiciary chairman s bid for speaker is gaining steam within the house republican conference. he is closing in on the 217 votes he needs to win. the battle for a man long viewed as the leader of house revoluti ....