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fights behind closed doors. you walk out and -- wow. willie -- what? >> you know. nancy pelosi would never allow this -- >> never. >> -- to happen. >> never. >> you just dont go out there and get humiliated three times in a row. >> what a contrast. nancy pelosi never went to the house floor. people saying, what its going to happen? you went to the house floor, you knew if nancy put it on the floor its going to pass. did all the work before. hear from a lot of people, willie, kevin pl m...

the u.s. launching a drone strike in northern iraq killing five iranian proxy fighters. this at least -- this is the fifth time the u.s. has carried out retaliatory strikes in iraq and syria over the past month. >> steve: meanwhile in the gaza strip, the idf advances deeper into the region, taking out at least 200 hamas targets overnight. >> lawrence: trey yingst is live in southern israel with the latest. trey, the cease-fire is over. whats the latest on the ground? >> trey: yeah, hey...

>> bret: childrens health groups want president biden to declare a national emergency over a shortage of a common antibiotic. correspondent gillian turner has details on the crisis over amonkeypox sill lynn. >> this years amoxil lip, antibiotic to treat everything from ear infections to bronchitis in kids. october 28th the fda declared a shortage of amoxicillin, mixed with liquid and used to treat small children. over 100,000 americans missed work due to child care problems. a record high, accor...

Workplace absences of parents are setting a new historical record for October. Parents need to stay at home due to childcare challenges, viral infections, school staff shortages, and the closure of daycare centers.

Or whether were going to let the world pass us by. >> with us now, katherine rampell, a cnn economics and political commentator, and opinion columnist for the "washington post." welcome back. we were in the same seats a month ago talking about the disappointing august nurmbers, talking about the influence of delta. what happened now, basically the same thing? >> there had been optimistic hopes that in september, we would finally see a little bit of a hiring boom because unemployment benefits or ...

Hiring here. lets look at how many jobs have been added back since the beginning of the year. you can see this is the weakest since january, and a big, big slow down from the summer. we had june and july, big hiring there in june and july, and then the brakes went on there overall here. how does it make us look for the pandemic? you can see we are in the pandemic, add another 235, that doesnt add much. you are still down more than 5 million jobs since the pandemic began. the jobless rate here, 5...

Still holding back because theyre worried about the possibility. still the possibility of getting the coronavirus or they have child care problems, or -- and theres a lot of evidence out there that some workers just want to change jobs. they dont want to go back to the same routine they had before. even so, 850 new jobs in june is a terrific benchmark. it is better than a lot of economists thought. we are still down from what the economy was in january of 2020. that is were about 6.5 million job...

Constituents and elected officials are such an important part of holding office and what i worry about is this atmosphere is going to give those lawmakers who are uncomfortable being held accountable an excuse to hide under the desks and never interact with people who want to tell them about the child care problems, they cant afford the prescription drugs and thats what really worries me about this. not just the threat but it will do to the exchange of information in a democracy that up until no...