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 can t really imagine what s going on in that room right now. we re 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 wi
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 can t really imagine what s going on in that room right now. we re 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 gue
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when terrorists don t pay a price for their terror, when dictators don t pay a price for their aggression, they cause more chaos and death. chaos andh and he calls on congress to fund both wars. we can t let petty, partisan, angry politics get in the way of the responsibilities of a great nation. now the urgent effort to free more hostages as two americans are released as both conflicts rage on. will the u.s. be able to build support for staying in the fight? i ll ask secretary of state antony blinken and former vice president mike pence. plus, house in chaos. a speaker has not been elected. we need to come together and figure out who our speaker s going to be. the house of representatives remains leaderless as the republican fight over who will become the next speaker drags on. the crazy eights who have led the race. the amount of damage they have done to this party and to this country is insurmountable. is there a solution to this dysfunction? will anyon
sensitive site expiration is done. to be thanks very much, we appreciate it. kristen o leary is the former director of hostage recovery for the united states. he s a senior vice president of global affairs for the group. coming up, donald trump continues to take a page out of the authoritarian playbook as his legal troubles grow. i ll speak with the woman who wrote the book on authoritarian leaders. ruth joins me. then, with israel and hezbollah trading fire over lebanon s threatens to spill over into the region. we ll go to lebanon for the latest on the ground. plus, lbj and by the former vice prime minister of israel, another hour of velshi begins right now. good morning to you, it is sunday the 22nd. with wars regime between ukraine and russia, israel and hamas, and threatening to spill into other continents, global leadership is critical. we re facing our own crisis of democracy in her own home, one that is easy to overlook when the news of the world s war. legal peri