we will make sure they have what it needs to take care of its citizens, defend itself and respond to this attack. there s no justification for terrorism. there s no excuse. hamas does not stand for the palestinian people s right to dignity and self-determination. its stated purpose is annihilation on the murder of jewish people. president biden making it clear that the united states stands with israel, promising support following the hamas terrorist attacks. the president also confirmed that there are americans being held hostage by the terror group. we ll get an update on what is being done to try and free them. and we ve seen more explosions in gaza this morning as the conflict enters its fifth day. we ll get a live report from israel in just a moment. also ahead, national security analyst for nbc news and msnbc clint watts with an overview of the war and what could happen next. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is wednesday, october 11th. let s dive right in.
he didn t have my support anymore and he doesn t have the support of a requisite number of republicans to continue as speaker. matt gaetz makes his move against kevin mccarthy. what will the speaker do now. you always count me out. i m telling you the same thing i tell you every time. i never give up. good morning to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m kasie hunt. it is tuesday, october 3, and this morning the ball is in kevin mccarthy s court after florida congressman matt gaetz made good on his threat, he filed a motion to have mccarthy removed as speaker of the house. mccarthy s message to gatetz ha been bring it on. now that gaetz has, republicans are likely to try procedural maneuvers to kill gaetz motion without holding a vote to oust mccarthy directly. but mccarthy will need to turn to democrats. the whip count shows five republicans say that they are standing with gaetz. mccarthy can only afford to lose four. if kevin mccarthy goes and
hello, everyone, thank you for joining me this sunday. i m fredricka whitfield. and we begin with a national crisis averted. at least for the next 45 days. just a few hours before midnight, the deadline to shut down the government, the u.s. senate overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan bill to keep the nation s government open until mid-november. the breakthrough came after house speaker mccarthy surprised everyone by pushing a short-term spending bill through the house with democratic help. it is a deal that may cost mccarthy his speakership. republican hardliners are vowing to bring a motion to the floor to oust the leader for ignoring the spending cuts they were demanding in a package. i do intend to file a motion to vacate against speaker mccarthy this week. i think we need to rip off the band aid and move on with new leadership that could be trustworthy. look, the one thing that everybody has in common is that nobody trusts kevin mccarthy. he lied to biden and house conser
gop leaders going forward with another house spending vote that is probably going nowhere. lawmakers scrambling with the government hurdling toward a shutdown this weekend. good day to our viers here in the united states and a around the world. i m kasie hunt. it is friday, september 29, thank you for getting an early start with us. 5:00 a.m. here in washington where the weeks ticked down to days and now hours. there are 43 of them left before the u.s. government shuts down. and leaders you ve elected to at the very least keep the government open, keep paying federal workers, you know, the very basics, they are falling down on the job. now house republicans are trying to distract by their own in-fighting by making it a battle over border security provisions that are nonstarters it seems in the senate. it is kevin mccarthy s last ditch effort to get enough house republicans to support a short term funding bill which he still plans to bring to the floor despite opposition from
right now on early start, trust but verify. where things now stand between the world s two largest super boy powers. plus what biden said about hostage negotiations and potential deal to come. overnight top house democrats were evacuated from dnc headquarters as police clash with protestors calling for a ceasefire. good morning to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m casey hunt. it it is thursday, november 16. president biden and xi jinping putting their tensions aside to agree on a series of issues after talking for the first time in a year. the two leaders spent four hours together at a secluded california location with relations between the two biggest economies near a low point. biden and xi agreed to take steps to curb fentanyl production and restore military communications and work together on art fificial intelligence. and to pick until phone and call in times of crisis. but biden said there was no agreement after raising the issue of detained