Is doubling down on its assessment that israel was not responsible for the deadly explosion at a gaza hospital. Our Defense Department says its highly unlikely that it was israelis. Loo im not suggesting hamas deliberately did it, either. The president is urging israelis to avoid the mistakes after 9 11 that the u. S. Made that led to 20 years of war. Im sure those horrors have tapped into some kind of primal feeling in israel like it felt in the United States. Shock, pain, rage. I caution this, while you feel that rage, dont be consumed by it. After 9 11, we were enraged in the United States. While we sought justice and got justice, we also made mistakes. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell In Washington where a lot of news is breaking. House republicans are punting after two weeks of failed attempts to find a permanent replacement for ousted speaker Kevin Mccarthy. The new propoal is to give temporary speaker Patrick Mchenry the power until january to move legislation to the floor
Thats what u. S. Bank is for. Huge relief. Yeah. Good morning. 11 00 a. M. Eastern, 8 00 a. M. Pacific. Im jose diazbalart alongside my friend and colleague ana cabrera for a second hour of Special Coverage. Were following two major stories this morning. And right now the fate of the House Of Representatives is up for grabs with another vote to decide the next speaker of the house. Beginning any moment now, we have live pictures of the house floor we want to show you, where jim jordan is trying to convince a group of holdouts to cast their vote for him after his attempts to secure the speakership yesterday ended in failure. 20 republicans voted for someone else. This is all happening as President Biden is wrapping up his visit to israel to show the United States support among israels war with hamas. Were also keeping an eye on beirut, lebanon, where a scene of protests and some violence is playing out as propalestinian protesters gather outside the u. S. Embassy in the lebanese capital
People elected joe biden president. Or, you know, they can all elect Hakeem Jeffries to be speaker of the house, he got 216 votes there. Claire mccaskill, thank you as always for your wisdom and thoughts tonight. I appreciate it, my friend. You bet, alex. That is our show for tonight, now its time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. Good evening,. Lawrence. Good evening, alex. I think Hakeem Jeffries may be on his way for setting the record for getting the most votes for speaker, more than anyone else who hasnt been elected speaker. Its unbelievable to see those vote totals when Hakeem Jeffries is the leader on the board. Shocking. Its a sign of the times, lawrence. Well see what the board says tomorrow. Thanks, alex. Have a good show. Thank you. Air force one was wheels up at Andrews Air Force base at 5 52 pm. President biden is now four hours into the ten hour flight to israel, where Air Force One is expected to land about about 11 am local time in israel. A little over an hour
Live pictures right now in tel aviv where any moment we expect to see the president. Indeed, the president and also the Secretary Of State tony blinken who has been with the president on this trip. Hes actually been crisscrossing the middle east for days now. The president is expected to speak any minute now. When he does, we will bring those words to you. He just met with israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this morning. He has been meeting with even the war cabinet there in israel as well as First Responders and Family Members of victims of that horrific attack on october 7th, and those Family Members also wondering whats happening with members who are still missing. The president is now literally in a war zone thrown into fresh turmoil by the deadly blast at a gaza hospital. Hundreds reportedly killed. Hamas blames israel, israel blames another militant group, Islamic Jihad. Protests erupting across the middle east, a large crowd of Palestinian Protesters gathering this mornin
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. Im 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 Chairmans 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 Revolutionaries to become second in