So hes been representing the louisiana Congressional District now since 2016. Hes in the leadership, but hes not too high in the leadership. So hes the vice chair of the House Republican conference. Heres the other big thing. He served on trumps first Senate Impeachment trial defense team. Hes a defender of donald trump, and we can see that in his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, so what we see is that johnson, in fact, had drafted the house gop legal brief supporting the texas suit. And he objected to Certifying The 2020 Election Results. Now perhaps theres some interesting sort of back and forth. Perhaps some republicans want to forget about it. Lets look back and compare it to now. We have a solemn responsibility today, we must vote to sustain objections to states of electors smutted by states that we genuinely believe clearly violated the constitution and the president ial election of 2020. This is the threshold before us, and its an issue before us for the state of arizona.
Entered gaza on food to take out terrorists and find hostages. Israeli military confirming 222 people are being held captive. You are watching Fox And Friends, im carley shimkus. Todd im todd piro. Israel said it hit targets in the gaza strip from the last days. The u. S. State department is telling americans in lebanon to leave now. Trey yingst has the latest on the ground. Good morning. Trey good morning. The israeli spokesman Daniel Hagari explain targets were hit along the gaza strip. Last night we watched as airstrikes took place. Looking for information about hostages being held and ensure they are clearing the path for that expected ground operation. Israeli authorities saying 222 people are being held hostage inside gaza and that number is rising and expect it to continue to rise as they gather more information about who is missing and who was killed in the october 7 massacre. In lebanon, as strikes continue, israelis ramped up strikes south in lebanon. There were Antihaf Tank
Trump alone. Wow. Fascinating. Thank you. Cnn this morning continues right now pochlt. This is cnn breaking news. It is the top of the pour. Im poppy harlow with Phil Mattingly in new york. Monitoring two big stories right now. Jim jordan about to give a News Conference in minutes as he tries yet again to become House Speaker after failing multiple times. We are also following several big developments in israels war with hamas. Today President Biden is back from the war zone and calling on congress to approve a new Wartime Aid Package for israel and ukraine. In a prime tile oval always speech he called it vital for Americas National security. I know these conflicts can seem far away. Its natural to ask, why does this matter to america. When terrorists dont pay a price for their terror, when dictators dont pay a price for their aggression they cause more chaos and death and destruction. They keep going. The cost and threats to america and the world keep rising. Of course, congress is pa
Kevin mccarthy needed 15 rounds. Ainsley Kevin Mccarthy said i will not run, Steve Scalise said im out. Jim jordan cant get votes. Who else is there . Newt gingrich or lee zeldin. Lawrence mccarthy is saying to give jim jordan some grace here. Hes only been at this for a couple days, i had three months to prepare and get a consensus and it took me 10 rounds. Ainsley what dont they like about jim jordan . Lawrence i had a representative on and i try to get representatives to say what about jim jordan do you not like . Go on record. They keep saying, we want to handle this Behind Closed Doors. Part of the method they are talking about, they want to do it Behind Closed Doors in the caucus and jim jordan wants them on the record to face constituents. Brian couple of things going on. Number one, the reason why Appropriations Bills were not done, moderates have a different view than conservatives and he said before you become speaker, wo out things that stopped us before and get a consensus
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