vote. is there could be a mad dash scramble and nominate ago speaker and eight candidates seeking to acquire the gavel of this hour and watching that closely and updates as soon as we get them live from the hill. meanwhile, from the middle east, it is day 18 of israel at war and idf cranked up air strikes against hamas targets in gaza overnight. israel still deciding on major ground offenses or keep the jewish state s powder dry. at least for now. good morning. we await for more action on that i m bill hemmer live in new york. big couple of hours here, dana. did i recollects i m dana pree no and this dana perino and this is mesh s news room. at this hour, a very large group of israeli supporters are gathering outside united nations chanting bring them home ahead of a 10:00 a.m. hearing. amber: let s get to it. best of my recollections apologies, we ll try to get the audio in there a bit. did i recollects president biden will not consider a cease-fire till all hostages kidna
absolutely speaks for. dana: calling for an investigation is a great way for members of congress to not have to take responsibility for getting something wrong. they that could get people killed. dana: war efforts between israel and hamas and efforts to release all the hostages and call ifs more humanitarian aid and more. bill: house republicans trying to pick next nominee to be speaker and if one of the next candidates gets enough support, a full vote on the floor of the house as early as midday and one of the eight candidates has already dropped out so where we stand, nobody knows. dana: coming face-to-face with long time lawyer and fixer michael cohen. cohen is expected to give testimony in the state attorney general civil fraud trial against president trump and more on those stories throughout the hour. sirens sounding across central israel and the west bank and a heavy barrage of rockets from gaza and israel continues to bombard with air strikes and hamas rel