This hour, we continue cnns special live coverage of a historic vote on capitol hill. A moment, the House Of Representatives will hold a key vote on a motion to oust Kevin Mccarthy as speaker. A motion being brought by one of his fellow republicans. At the beginning of the day, we knew there were five republicans who would vote to oust him. Now, we know there are six. And were learning that mccarthys republican allies are attempting to make a lastminute plea to the 212 House Democrats there, to try to join them, to save him. But House Democrats appear to be united in not wanting to rescue mccarthy. Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries just sent what is known as a Dear Colleague letter to his fellow democrats. Saying its the responsibility of the gop to end their own House Republican civil war. Lets go right to capitol hill now where we find cnns manu raju and cnns melanie zanona. Manu, to you first, what are you hearing from republicans as this vote gets closer and closer . Reporter well,
leader xi jinping, that was held in woodside california about 35 miles south of san francisco, marking the first meeting in just over a year. she something was quoted through a translator as telling president biden, it is not an option for either country to turn its back on the other. they also said there is room enough to coexist and to both be successful, and that one country success is an opportunity for the other. president biden said he secured agreemen o three major issues, including an effort to reduce the direct shipment of fentanyl in all forms from china to the united states. president biden importantly also annoced two militaries will resume direct contact and communication, and both nations will coordinate on risk and safety issues surrounding artificial intelligence. after the meeting, the president spoke about the progress and about managing the relationship with china. these are tangible steps in the right direction to determine what s useful and what s not u
u.s. commander there s this moral ambiguity, not on college campuses, the elites, there is no moral confusion here. if a u.s. commander ever suggested or ever moved troops in a hospital to hide from the enemy, they would immediately be court-martialed. they would be taken out of the command structure of the united states military. they would be court-martialed. they would be dishonorably discharged. if just one did that. with hamas, that is their strategy. we knew from the day the attacks came, they were going to go. they were going to hide behind civilians. they were going to hide in schools. they were going to hide in the hospitals. we knew that. and it s exactly, willie, what it s exactly what s happened. again, wall street journal editorial page talking about it in their lead editorial, talking about the fact that today in gaza, hamas terrorists used the same war crime tactics that isis did in the battle of mosul. only now observers rush to apologize for it. when is