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a remarkable turnaround today for the republican leader. mccarthy promised progress, he promised it tuesday and promised it wednesday, promised it thursday. today we finally saw it. even as he failed on his 13th ballot. 15 rebel holdouts today switched their votes in favor of mccarthy, giving him for the first time this whole week more votes than the democratic leader hakeem jeffries, but despite this break in the republican resistance, six hardliners remain and congress people matt ga...

Israel or other entities that service intermediary are directly to hamas. even so, he credited u.s. diplomacy with contributing to tonights cease-fire declaration. >> over the last 11 days, i spoke with the prime minister six times. i also spoke to the boss of the party, and our intense conversation gazes. i also want to thank secretary of state, our national security adviser, and everybody on our team with their incredible efforts to bring this out for we are about to see. we have held intensiv...

Intermediaries indirectly to hamas. but even so, he credited u.s. diplomacy with contributing to tonights cease-fire declaration. >> over the last 11 days, i spoke with the prime minister six times. ive also spoken with the president and boss of the palestinian authority authorize than once. i also want to thank the secretary of state, secretary of defense and everyone on our team for this incredible to bring this about. weve held intensive high-level discussions hour by hour literally. these ho...

Mutual and simultaneous cease-fire has been agreed upon. israel and hamas do not talk to each other directly, so this cease-fire has been brokered byd egypt. egypt does talk to both sides. tonight president biden was t careful to say that the u.s. government doesnt talk to hamas either.s. we only talk to israel or to other entities that can serve ao intermediaries indirectly to hamas. but even so, he credited u.s. diplomacy with contributing to tonights cease-fire declaration. >> over the last 1...

Of these conversations that took place. were hearing conflicting recall of what took place. i think getting more certitude in that regard is going to be helpful to us. but i think its pretty clear now. we have basically a whistle-blower who gave us a road map, and now the president of the united states driving down these roads to the various crime scenes. and i think all thats happened in just really the last three or four weeks is pretty compelling. >> congresswoman jackie speier, thanks for be...

Today came from, naturally, their foreign policy guy. theres only one. john mccain. john mccain, along with his shadow, lindsey graham, and their new third amigo, new hampshire senator kelly ayotte, they released a joint statement today, praising the cease-fire declaration, but then adding were for good measure, quote, what happens in the middle east will impact americas vital national security interests for the foreseeable future and stronger, smarter american leadership is desperately needed. ...

The united states being cited specifically for playing a crucial war in getting the cease-fire. and hillary clinton physically being there and making the announcement about this cease-fire after eight days of fighting between israel and gaza. it was frankly a testament to the power and to the necessity of american diplomatic leadership in the world. but the cease-fire would happen was first reported at about 12:15 eastern time this afternoon. less than an hour after those first reports that it w...

Specifically for playing a crucial war in getting the cease-fire. and hillary clinton physically being there and making the announcement about this cease-fire after eight days of fighting between israel and gaza. it was frankly a testament to the power and to the necessity of american diplomatic leadership in the world. but the cease-fire would happen was first reported at about 12:15 eastern time this afternoon. less than an hour after those first reports that it was going to happen, we got our...

John mccain. john mccain, along with his shadow, lindsey graham, and their new third amigo, new hampshire senator kelly ayotte, they released a joint statement today, praising the cease-fire declaration, but then adding were for good measure, quote, what happens in the middle east will impact americas vital national security interests for the foreseeable future and stronger, smarter american leadership is desperately needed. smarter leadership! take it from john mccain. remember, john mccains bi...

Plant. what its like a quarter century later. just moments ago libyas foreign minister said libya has decided to halt all military operations to "protect civilians" in line with the u.n. no-fly decision. they say the cease-fire will "take the country back to safety and ensure security for all libyans." well have much more on the u.n. decision, as well as libyas cease-fire declaration coming up this half-hour. in japan, it is one week since the earthquake, then the tsunami which devastated th...