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 cant really imagine whats going on in that room right now. Were 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 guess. Look, Donald Trumps support may not have propelled jim jordan, but it came pretty close to getting an election denying defender of the january 6th insurrectionists, that is jim jordan, into the job that is second in line for the presidency. And trumps fingerprints are all over this latest round two because six of the remaining eight republicans running voted to overturn the 2020 president ial election results. But one of those leading candidates is someone who at least didnt try to overturn the will of the people at that time, a guy named tom emmer. You might not know him if you walked up to him in the street, but here he is. And dont get me wrong, hes very conservative and very trumpy on just about every issue. But maybe hes a viable option, maybe hes got some little momentum, it seems, except for one thing, donald trump doesnt seem to like him very much, despite saying that hes trying to stay out of the speakers race as much as possible, and that emmer called him over the weekend, which emmer confirmed too, politico is reporting that trump allies have been working Behind The Scenes to destroy his candidacy. Now, you might be wondering, why is that . Is it because of the irreconcilable Policy Differences . Of course not. It is apparently because emmer has not forcefully defended trump against the indictments he is facing, and because he criticized him after january 6th. Save the context over all of this, this is what emmer said on january 6th. He said, quote, todays events in washington were an unacceptable display of violence that runs counter to everything we stand for as a country. There is no excuse for reasonable debate and discourse to be replaced by destruction and chaos. Now, before we start giving out profiles and encouraging words to emmer or anyone else, you should know that emmer also signed on to a texas lawsuit in 2020, asking the Supreme Court to invalidate bidens win. So, basically, his Election Denier credentials are actually really good, if you care about that sort of thing. Just not good enough for trump. So at a time when we desperately need the House Of Representatives to function, donald trump and his allies appear to be working Behind The Scenes to torpedo a plausible candidate for the speakership because two years ago, that candidate accurately described the attack on the capitol as an acceptable display of violence. Its basically where we are right now. Now, obviously, this sort of mind bending, self involved pettiness is not really something new. It was just a couple of weeks ago in the immediate aftermath of the Terrorist Attack by hamas when trump publicly attacked israeli Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu, who he still holds a Grudge Against for congratulating joe biden on his victory in 2020, thats what the coaches about. It doesnt matter if you are Prime Minister of a close ally reeling from 9 11, it doesnt matter if you are a conservative, almost trumpy, pretty trumpy republican running for speaker. And of course, it doesnt matter how minor this was, donald trump will try and exact revenge no matter the circumstances, and no matter the stakes. Now, trumps support for jim jordan was not enough to get him elected. Hes not speaker of the house right now. It is entirely possible it wont be to sink him either. But it does seem like a complicating factor at a moment when the House Republican conference desperately needs to get its act together for the good of the country. I want to begin our coverage tonight on capitol hill. Jake sherman is the cofounder of punchbowl news. And he joins me now. Check, if anyone knows whats happening in that room, its not a room, i think its probably you, what are you hearing . What is going on Behind Closed Doors right now . Well, jen, this is a little bit of a boring of sorts, so to speak, in the sense that its not very boring. But what is happening is the nine candidates, now eight candidates, because dan meuser of pennsylvania dropped out, theyre just basically reciting what they would do for the conference, which in some cases is tethered to reality and in some cases is not. Now, the big moment is when people leave the room and Start Talking about who they will or will not support, what republicans have going for them right now is that they are exhausted, to be honest with you. Weve had no speaker now for three weeks. There is, there are critical things that need to get passed, aid to israel, and potentially aid to ukraine, government runs out of money in just a couple of weeks here. So, they realize they have to get on this, and more importantly, or more immediately is that if they dont get a speaker this week, some republican or democrat, but i would assume republican, its gonna take it into their own hands and try to make Patrick Mchenry, who is sitting in that city temporarily, try to put him permanently in that seat. So, theres a lot of pressure right now. I dont know, and this is probably your next question, whether any of these candidates can get 217 votes. I dont know at this point. Its far from clear. To me, these are a group of inexperienced and relatively new members to the leadership circles, if they are even in the leadership circles. So, remember, this is like the fourth choice for many House Republicans. So, we are digging pretty deep Into The Woods here. Its like many of us couldnt have picked many of them out from a lineup before yesterday. Jake, the Patrick Mchenry thing, it sounds like thats still alive. We can talk about that, were gonna talk about that even in a couple of days. Also, youve been on the hill all day reporting. You are probably tired too. Is there buzz on any of these candidates . They have this closeddoor meeting tomorrow at nine a. M. , so going into tonight, was their buzz around one or two over a few others. I would say tom emmer, the House Majority whip, is probably the favorite right now because he has a large operation. He is in the leadership. He could raise money. He has all the makings, and we said this about Steve Scalise and jim jordan as well, he has all the makings for somebody who should be able to climb up the leadership ladder. Probably in the second position is byron donalds, the Florida Republican who has at least until recently designs on being governor of the Sunshine State at some point. He is a relatively new member of congress, very good on television, gets along with a lot of members of the House Republican conference. But again, very little experience in legislating, especially washington. And then, you have two other conservatives who are probably in the mix, but we would call lesser candidates, that is kevin hern of oklahoma, who made a fortune being a mcdonalds franchiser, and mike jackson of louisiana who was already in the leadership in a pretty low slop. But remember, jen, the important thing to think about here is that these are gonna be the people this is gonna be the person representing House Republicans in negotiations against joe biden, chuck schumer, mitch mcconnell, hakeem jeffries, who have a combined 140 years, and im just calculating this, so i know, of experience in washington. This is gonna be an unfair matchup for House Republicans if they ever get out of this mess. It is very important job, second to the presidency. Take, we will be here until night. If you learn anything new, please come back. We would love to get any update from you. Thank you so much for joining me this evening. And joining me now is the second highest ranking democrat in the house, democratic jen congresswoman katherine clark. Congresswoman, thank you so much for joining me. My bet is that your Caucus Meetings are quite different from this one. But of course, we are now in the third week with no speaker, no win in sight. The government could shut down in a month. You cant pass assistance to israel or help address the humanitarian crisis in gaza. Those are the things weve been talking about. What are we missing . What are the other impacts of not having a speaker . Well, jen, thank you for having me. And you are exactly right. We are 25 days from the next shut down, three weeks of chaos and dysfunction. And there still is one clear path forward. And that is work with democrats on behalf of the American People. And that has been our offer and continues to be our offer. Lets get back to doing the work that we were sent to congress to do. And you have lifted the things that are so important, avoid a shutdown, address our National Security and the needs of our allies, continue the democrats work of Lowering Costs for the American People. And finally, elect a speaker who is going to defend democracy, not degrade it. And what we have seen so far, if we just look at last week, all of that was rejected to pursue a speakership of jim jordan. So, we are in a very dangerous and extreme place with the house gop. Jim jordan, such a good example. I mean, he is an Election Denier, somebody who defended the insurrectionists. I could go on, as i am sure you could. And leader jeffries obviously spoke about he was not he shouldnt be. But there were Men And Women who were. Are you all discussing privately on these candidates or others, is there a republican candidate that you could work with, or you would be comfortable working with . I think there are many different candidates that we could work with because its not about a single person, it is about who is going to end the civil war and get back to work for the American People. Who is going to work with us on the deal that we already made and voted for back in june that set budget levels, that set, we agreed not to have any of these poison pills added into those bills. What we are seeing is a Republican Party that has rolled back that agreement and put National Abortion bans in everything from defense to agriculture bills. I mean, their full, wholehearted adoption of the most maga extreme parts of their caucus is a rejection of what the American People are asking us to do, come together, put them first, and get back to the real work we have to do on their behalf. 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And hundreds of americans are stuck inside gaza, unable to move through the rafah crossing into egypt, even as preparations for a Ground Invasion pick up at the border, the Biden Administration is also privately urging israel to delay its Ground Offensive into israel in an effort to buy more time for Hostage Negotiations and for additional aid to be delivered. The white house also confirmed this afternoon that iran is actively facilitating some of the Proxy Group Attacks on u. S. Bases in the middle east. And President Biden has directed the Defense Department to plan or prepare for more, adding more fuel to the fears of the possibility of a larger war in the middle east. Joining me now is democratic congresswoman elissa slotkin. Shes a former cia analyst who served in iraq, and shes been in the room since these hard conversations are happening. She previously worked in both the Department Of Defense and on the National Security council. And shes a candidate for senate. You have a lot on your plate. I want to start with the news that iran is actively facilitating some of the Proxy Attacks on u. S. Bases in the middle east. And the confirmation from the white house today, because i think one of the pieces that hasnt received probably nearly enough attention is the possibility of a broader war here. How concerned are you about those reports and what youve seen over the past couple weeks . I am very concerned. And you can see it both with the administration, and saying american citizens and lebanon the part, or dependence or citizens in iraq depart. But you can also see it with what the iranians are saying or not saying, right . We havent seen anything from the grand ayatollah that said dont get involved, dont attack, wait. We are seeing quite the opposite. We are seeing Iranian State news talking about, if this did become a regional war, here are places iran could really become more engaged with u. S. Forces. So, i think we have to prepare ourselves that this is a distinct possibility to regionalization. And we have brought in a lot of Military Equipment into the region, right . Carrier strike group, more planes, to deter iran, to send a message, like, dont do this. But i think we should all start to think through scenarios of if they do start to engage and hit israel from a bunch of fronts, hit u. S. Forces from a bunch of fronts, what is our proportional response . What is, you know, our preparedness to get involved tonight . I think thats why many of us who have middle east backgrounds are so stressed about whats going on right now. Youve been in these rooms in the Defense Department, National Security council, youve been in the briefings on the hill, is there anything that you would like to see the administration doing that theyre not doing now . What do you think they should be doing . Well, i think, you know, the Biden Administration is trying to thread this needle, right . Of their public support of israel, israel was egregiously attacked and has the right to respond. But also, privately using those conversations and those levers to really make sure that, frankly, israel learns the mistakes that the United States made in places like iraq and afghanistan. I served three tours in iraq with the cia. I know up close and personal what means when you dont have a clear strategy, when you dont know what your endgame is. And i think it is so important right now that we just take a breath, particularly on the ou know, i i see urban mean, civilians in gaza, everyone to president there was a Press Conference personally and what she was really know about really know about who believed to her court in interfaith dialogue. Thats what she did for my office, thats what shes done for a lot of leaders in michigan. And it was just, you know, her funeral was yesterday. And you could see that work in who showed up to her funeral. It was just a completely mixed picture of every faith and religion, every creed, because thats what she believed. And we dont know the circumstances of how she died, but we know how she lived. And for a place like michigan, which has such a big middle eastern population, a big jewish population, people who feel so raw right now, the what i am trying to take out of her short life is further that message of coexistence, that we go forward together, and we are all on this ship together. We have to figure out a way forward. And that, to me, is her biggest blessing for what she left for us. I mean, as you just mentioned, i mean, michigan has such a large american population, large Jewish American population, and this is not being investigated, i should note, as a hate crime. But theres a lot of fear in people understandably. How are you talking to your constituents . How should everybody be talking about what is a very raw and visceral moment in this country . First, i think that the important thing is to just keep those lines of communication open, like, if you know someone who is personally connected to this conflict, of them, and just say, look, i know you are in pain, i know if you are a palestinian american, you feel pain, if you are american, muslim american, you see yourself and you feel like i mean, ive heard constantly, as recently as saturday, visiting mosques, people feel dehumanized in that their lives are not worth as much as israeli lives. Call someone and say, look, i know this is painful for you. I just want you to know that i recognize that pain. Thats the bare minimum. I think at a maximum, we have to call out islamophobia and antisemitism wherever we see it, and by whoever who is doing it, even if there are friends, even if there is someone close to us. Right now, our communities in michigan are so worried about attacks, and sort of being threatened. And we need to just Everyone Needs to take a breath. And remember, certainly, we are all michiganders. We go to the same schools. We eat at the same restaurants. But there is no breaking up into two different michigans, or two different detroits. That, to me, is what im hearing from people. And we have to treat people equally, whatever side of this conflict they find themselves on. Very good fullthroated heartfelt advice to end on. Congresswoman elissa slotkin, thank you so much for joining me with all your expertise this evening. I appreciate it. Still ahead hes currently facing nearly 100 total charges. So donald trump is doing what up with conversations . Do you listen to tv on max volume . Hearing loss makes you miss out on important moments. You feel alone. Start hearing better today, with rcas all new micro hearing aids. 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This is all, all of these indictments that you see, i was never indicted, practically, never heard the word. It wasnt a word that register. Practically, never heard the word. I was never indicted. I could factcheck yes, he was. Notably, in one of those trials, the federal Election Interference case, trump is no longer facing a gag order, at least for the moment. Judge Tanya Chutkan temporarily lifted the order on friday, ending an appeal from the ex president s lawyers, basically meaning he is once again free to lash out at whomever he wants without consequences for now. Trump couldnt even make it the entire weekend without once again attacking special counsel jack smith, something he was previously forbidden from doing. Late last night, he took to his Social Media Platform to call smith, quote, deranged, one of his favorite words for him. Trump also took the opportunity to attack a potential witness in a different trial, the floor in that case, about his mishandling of highly classified government secrets. The ex president went after anthony pratt, an australian billionaire and a maralago member who has reportedly been interviewed by the special counsels office. According to those reports, his office is investigating allegations that trump shared Nuclear Secrets with pratt who went on to spill the beans to a number of friends and associates, including more than a dozen foreign officials. In the post, trump denied those allegations and called pratt, quote, a red haired we are though from australia, very mature. It remains to be seen how the federal judge in that case, Trump Appointee aileen cannon, one response to the attack if at all. Mary mccord served as the Acting Assistant Attorney General for National Security at the department of justice. She is now an msnbc legal analyst and the cohost of the x podcast, prosecuting donald trump are cast, along with andrew weissmann. She joins me now on set. Mary, a lot to get to. Judge chutkans gag order is frozen until at least this saturday, or as early as saturday, while trumps legal appeal plays out. What happens next . Yeah, and this is not that uncommon. In fact, judge chutkan, back in the trump versus thompson case, the case involving the house select committees request for president ial records, judge chutkan was the first judge to rule there. She also administratively, reinstated her order because she knew trump was gonna take an appeal, and she thought lets gonna preserve the status quo while he takes his appeal, and thats what shes done here. So administratively, she reinstated until she rules herself, that she she should be state throughout the entire pendency of the appeal, or when the circuit, the appellate court, could also say we are going to stay her order. Now, it doesnt mean there is literally no holds bar. It means her order is not in effect. Yeah. You know, he still cant issue actual threats to people, like, that would be violation of law. He cant otherwise violate his bail conditions, which did not include a quote unquote gag order, but do include not committing other crimes and threats, so something that would be like a direct threat, which is always careful not to do comes to the edge. Comes to the edge. So, i mentioned this anthony pratt, the australian businessman, who spoke to jack smith About Trump Sharing Classified Secrets with him. 60 minutes obtained audio of pratt detailing how trump bragged to him about military strikes and conversations with foreign leaders and president s. Lets take a listen to that and i want to talk to you about it on the other side. I havent even heard it, it hadnt even been on the news yet and he said, i just he said, i just bombed iraq. And the president called me, you just bombed my city. And he said, i said to him, okay what are you going to do about it . According to reporting, he also unveiled those secrets or spoke with about a dozen foreign officials about them. But pratt was not mentioned in the classified documents indictment, why not . Well, its not clear to me at what Point Jack Smith and his team became aware of pratt or this tape, this recording, this 60 minutes australia has, or anything else about pratt. But it is clear that they have now spoken with him. I think i have heard, you know, at least twice theyve met with him. And they do not necessarily have to supersede the indictment and add additional charges related to this. They could, if they think that his evidence is credible, and you know, pratt could be bragging a little bit about this. We dont know for sure. But if he is credible about what he describes mr. Trump telling him, both while he was president and after he was no longer president , they could potentially introduce that in trials as evidence call 404b evidence, evidence of mr. Trumps intent, his knowledge, absence of a mistake. Theyre trying to prove that he knowingly mishandle classified information. Other information that he was not just careless with it, but sharing it with people could go a long way in support of their we could still hear more about anthony pratt, well, we will see. Before i let you go, i want to ask you just about this georgia case because one of the election lawyers, Sydney Powell, has pleaded guilty to six Misdemeanor Counts of conspiracy to commit Election Interference. Yesterday, trump posted on truth social, quote, miss powell was not my attorney and never was. Doesnt that hurt the president s chances of trying to make the case about Attorney Client privilege . Well, certainly, if you were to believe him, and if it were true, that would mean an Attorney Client privilege would be tough as well as an advice of counsel defense. Although we know that trump frequently does this, right . He will Say Something one day, and two years later, he says something completely contrary to it. And if these issues get litigated, if that defense of advice of counsel, or if documents or information or materials, if he tries to keep those out and attorneyclient privilege, the lawyers will be arguing things like, his social media posts dont govern the legal issues here, and heres what the actual facts are. And so, that still remains to be seen down the road, both in the georgia litigation, and probably also in the d. C. Federal court, District Court litigation. So, Sydney Powell they both pled guilty to trump lawyers, i think its worth noting. What does that mean for other defendants in georgia . , well i think a few things. I mean, now weve had three people plead guilty. Weve had people who are actually pretty heavily involved, pretty highlevel circles to mr. Trump, who have actually admitted their guilt. And even though i tend to think that these sentences here were quite light for the significance of what they did, it shows one, they felt that the state had the evidence against them, that it was good enough to convict them. And so, they wanted to try and cut a deal. Two, they are available to testify in future cases, including against mr. Trump, and if fani willis believes their testimony is credible, i suspect that she will call them. And i think it sends a signal to others that in the states but a real case here, and you have a choice now, try to work and deal with the state, or go and take your chances at trial. Mary mccord, so much Legal Expertise at this table. Thank you so much for joining me this evening. And still to come, World Central Kitchen has served more than 300 million meals to people who need it most. Chef jose andres joins me on his latest efforts to help people suffering in israel and gaza, coming up next. With cirkul, your water is deliciously flavored at the turn of a dial, with zero sugar and zero calories. And cirkul has over 40 flavors, so your water can be as unique as you are. Try cirkul. Your water, your way. Now with even more flavors. Available at walmart or drinkcirkul. Com. When you with the war in the middle east and subsequent humanitarian crises now deep into its second week, three convoys filled with desperately needed aid have made their way into gaza. And as President Bidens new Special Envoy to the middle east told me yesterday, there will be much more to come in the days ahead. Our expectation and substance of our discussion with all sides is that starting tomorrow, you will be seeing a continuous flow of assistance moving. We want to build that flow up to the levels necessary, to begin to meet gazas needs. So, thats what david satterfield, who is at the center of these negotiations, very center, told me yesterday. But one thing is clear, what has arrived and what is set to come will only be a fraction of what is needed to help the more than 2 Million People affected. Organizations like the World Food Programme and the red cross are doing what they can. But its going to take a much Broader Network of groups stepping up to meet this moment. One of the groups stepping up is the World Central Kitchen, founded by chef jose andres, who is no stranger to rolling up his sleeves and help feed families trapped in war zones. Last year, he was in ukraine when he mobilized a team of chefs to help families there and those displaced surrounding countries. Now, he and his team are working to provide meals for those affected on both sides of this conflict. So far, they fed more than 30,000 people. Joining me now is jose andres. Hes a world renowned chef and founder of World Central Kitchen. I want to just start, the World Central Kitchen is doing so much on the ground in so many parts of the world. You are working right now with partners on the ground in israel, in lebanon, in gaza. Tell me a little bit about the work you are doing and why it is so important to you to be on the ground in all of those places during those conflicts . Well, again, we go to these spaces very quickly because we believe that food and water is a universal human right. And so, after the terrible attack by hamas, which caused Thousands Loss of life in israel, we sent very quickly our teams. And we do what we do best, which is partner with local restaurants, with local ngos and other organizations, to start bringing food to hundreds of thousands of people in israel that were affected by these terrible attacks. We are giving food to probably different places around as well. We are on our way to 200 something, 200,000 more meals. At the same time, obviously, we had a good partner on the ground in gaza, an organization which i love, they are mainly medical, but for different reasons, we brought them food, and we use their knowhow of gaza. We have also done 20,000 meals in gaza. But more importantly, weve been able to buy from whatever was available from local farmers. We bought every single produce we could, and we went in fruits and vegetables, weve done over 1 million meals in the form of food bags, covering the needs of any family going to the supermarket. But this is only a drop of water in a very big ocean of needs. We still have some food that we still can obviously deliver, but inside of gaza, the food is running short. Its not gonna be covering the needs of the gaza population, not right now. They are really suffering the horrors of the war. You have been on the ground in war zones so many times before, given the remarkable work that you and your organization do. We are all waiting for this Ground Offensive to start. We dont know whats gonna look like, when it will start. How much harder will that make it to get food, water, and supplies for organizations like the local ones who are working with on the ground once that begins . Myself not being in gaza, even weve had teams of World Central Kitchen that have been there before. But i can speak from experience, unfortunately, again, in what has been the first conflict in the world for World Central Kitchen in a war zone, it was ukraine. I just came back a few weeks ago from a twoweek tour around the front line areas of ukraine. And there you can see the devastation that war creates. So the people obviously are suffering, lack of water, lack of fuel. We see not only hospitals that they need fuel and those generators to run basic machinery to keep people alive, but Everything Else suffered, any kitchen that functions properly we dont have food, we dont have refrigeration. The complications just to keep building on top of each other. And then, many of those kitchens that could be used to feed people every time they become more scarce, in ukraine, weve had kitchens, every time we go, obviously sometimes we lost human lives, we lost some u. N. Workers who lost their lives trying to do humanitarian work. But war zones is not something you want to be part of. Ive seen the horrors the day after ukrainians took over. I thought what war does to humanity it brings the war so fast. Sometimes, the best of humanity comes from war. The u. N. Is gonna have a hard work in the weeks and months ahead. And theres Many Organizations like World Central Kitchen, like our partners, like water mission, the organizations that we partner with around the world, to provide drinking water. Were not coming up once the situation hopefully becomes more peaceful, then we are granted access into gaza, and were gonna start doing the same thing we were doing in israel, providing food to the people who are affected. Hopefully, we will be able to start bringing not only people, but food with us, so we can sooner rather than later start lifting all the pains that people are experiencing. 14 trucks, ten trucks, thats only for food. Im estimating you need between 250, 300 trucks a day, just to cover the basics. Ten trucks, its okay, its just a drop of water. The special teams, whenever we can get, information to go inside gaza, we will go. With a creativity that World Central Kitchen is known for, special teams. People that need food, we will find ways to provide it. People that need water, we will find other ways to provide it, fast. Jose andres, i love how you lead in your heart, and you have so much humanity inside of you. Thank you for everything you and World Central Kitchen do. I appreciate you joining me this evening. Were gonna come right back after quick break. Stay with us. We planned well for retirement, but i wish we had more cash. You think those two have any idea . That they can sell their Life Insurance policy for cash . So theyre basically sitting on a goldmine . I dont think they have a clue. Thats crazy well, not everyone knows coventrys helped thousands of people sell their policies for cash. Even term policies. I cant believe theyre just sitting up there sitting on all this cash. If you own a Life Insurance policy of 100,000 or more, you can sell all or part of it to coventry. Even a term policy. For cash, or a combination of cash and coverage, with no future premiums. 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I apologize. I have to go to the Situation Room with another issue i have to deal with. But thank you, thank you, thank you. Now, we dont know what that meeting was about, although later this afternoon, we did hear from the white house a confirmation that they were warning that iran was behind supporting Proxy Attacks that we have seen, they were warning that that was something we should be watching for, and a warning for the Department Of Defense. That was during the meeting. All this is a reminder of the fact that during a global crisis, we only see a sliver of whats happening. That is on purpose. I have worked for two president s, a secretary of state, and i can tell you that the work of diplomacy often happens best in the dark. That is why we dont discuss the status or details of conversations with qatar or other thirdparty countries to get hostages home. They dont talk about it or confirm it until they are very much on their way home because it could put the effort at risk. That is why President Biden has kept most of his messages urging delay and caution to mr. Netanyahu private because making a public case would make his private argument with netanyahu less effective. Now, it all depends on what works, and that is obviously something we will all be watching. Its also why its important to understand that there are times, especially when it comes to global crises, where the decisions the president s team make are not done through politics. The analysis of what helps or hinders his Reelection Campaign doesnt matter in the Situation Room. Its not what they are talking about in there. Even the clumsy efforts by the rnc and the usual suspects trying to make hay at a video, showing the president and first lady Walking On The Beach in delaware this weekend by the way, he also did many, many calls with foreign leaders, and even the pope. But that all seems to come across as silly Background Noise because thats not what the president s focus is on right now. Its on how to honor the pain of the people in israel, how to prevent a humanitarian crisis in gaza, how to bring american hostages home, and how to prevent a larger war, as it should be. Now, ultimately, he will be judged not by any one remark, even in the Primetime Address in the midst of all of this. But on what he actually does as president , as he should be. Thats how any president should be judged. That does it for me tonight. We will be back here a sunday afternoon at 12 pm eastern. For now, stay right where you are because the Rachel Maddow show starts right now. Hi, rachel. Hi, rachel and that other job you have gives you insight very valuable. Thank you. Im reminded many times that youre Rachel Maddow. Ive been reading your book. Its such an important reminder