Districts and dont want to be seen as being overly supportive of jim jordan. That said, they might vote differently on the second or third ballot. I think the first ballot is kind of posturing. A sense of where everyone is. And now as you have reported, jim jordan knows who is left out there, who opposes him. And well see if hes there to pull them over. I dont think the party wants a repeat of either what happened two weeks ago or what happened, you know, when mccarthy was first elected. All those ballots. Right now i think there is a sense, its more important to have a speaker at this time than maybe your first choice as speaker. John well, better some speaker than the one you want, interesting way to put it. Right. John if i was curious to note that the number of people who voted no for jim jordan was about the same as voted no for mccarthy back in january. He eventually won them over after extraordinary amount of Horse Trading, including a measure that ended up being his demise. Kin
Israel killed a top commander of Hezbollah group in a strike on south Lebanon as fears rise that the war in Gaza could spread in Middle east. | World News
u.s. secretary of state antony blinken is expected to arrive in turkey today, the first stop on his eight nation visit to the middle east where he is hoping to keep the israel-hamas war from spreading. this as isis is claiming responsibility for the twin explosions in iran on wednesday that killed 84 people. meanwhile in iraq a militia source says a top commander for pro iranian group was killed in a strike in baghdad. one american tells cnn that the group has u.s. blood on its hands, that was an american official. the u.s. is fighting back against pro iranian proxies in the region. militia source says a top commander and his assistant were killed in a strike in baghdad. oren lieberman has nor fmore fre pentagon. reporter: a u.s. strike in iraq, second in little more than a week, killing the commander of a pro iran militia. and the target had u.s. blood one official says. actively involved in planning and carrying out attacks against
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