Share beyond what youre reporting. We are going to go. We have to get ready for the jewish leaders. Thanks, everybody. [captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2023] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy visit ncicap. Org] tkpwao pbl from capitol hill, not long ago republicans in the house voted Steve Scalise, louisiana congressman, to be their nominee for speaker of the u. S. House of representatives. It was a see get ballot behind closed doors with rank anne file members rankandfile members. Scalise scored 113 votes while 99 republicans voted for congressman jim jordan. Three voted present. Well get your reaction to the latest from capitol hill this afternoon. Here is how we are dividing the lines today. Republicans, 2027488001 2027488901. Democrats, 2027488902. Text 2027488903. Post on s with the handle at cspan or facebook. Com slash cspan. Congressman Steve Scalise the nominee for speaker for
Together when we were evacuated and thats what were doing. They had really rene yes. Im so sorry for what youre going through and what your family continues to go through and all the families. I wish you continued strength and peace in ahead. Can i just tell you how professional they were with having bunch of looters, having bunch of murderers and having the ones who burned and blew gas and rolled paper under peoples doors to smoke them out. Really they were so prepared. So prepared for this. Rene butler, thank you. Im sorry. I am, too. Announcer this is cnn Breaking News. Youre watching cnn news central. Im Boris Sanchez in washington, d. C. , where we have just learned the house will not be voting on a new speaker today. Republicans just nominated congressman Steve Scalise for the job. We want to go live to tel aviv, israel. Anderson . The rockets continued to be fired near israel and the death toll is coming into greater view. The tale of horror and atrocity is coming into view the
Missiles for haim. And shells for artillery, highprecision aviation ammunition, means of electronic warfare, antitank weapons and other equipment. The representative of the Us National Security council, john kirby, emphasized the importance of continuous support to ukraine. We believe that this is absolutely necessary. You have heard me say before that time is not our friend, that we continue to do everything we can to help ukraine succeed on the battlefield and regain more of its own territories. The military assistance we announced today is another important signal of our continued commitment to support of the ukrainian people, the funding that Congress Approved during the Previous Fiscal Year is used, in accordance with the program of president ial powers , of course we will continue to provide ukraine with the necessary weapons and equipment, but it is extremely important that Congress Honors its obligations to the people of ukraine and provides additional funding , we are conducti
Democracy at work, where citizens are truly informed, our republic thrives. Get informed straight from the source on cspan, unfiltered, unbiased, word for word, from the nations capitol to wherever you are, because the opinion that matters most is your own. This is what democracy looks like. Cspan, powered by cable. Announcer we are back in one welcome to the new table polly reynolds, the senior fellow governance studies for brookings institution. Institute, and bob cusack, editorinchief of the help newspaper. The hill newspaper. Welcome to our new home. Lets start with the latest on this speaker race. What have we learned after the gop conference behind closed doors last night . Guest nothing is settled. They are still in a state of facts, do not have a speaker. After last weeks debacle, most republicans got out of town. They are having discussions about changing the as far as motion to vacate. They do not have consensus there. They certainly do not have consensus on who will be the n
Republican huddled on capital hill taking the first step to electing a new speaker. They are under pressure to act quickly in order to provide aid to israel. The speaker battle on capitol hill and your thoughts on what is happening in the middle east. For democrats 202 7488000, for republicans 202 7488001 and for independents 202 7488002 you can also text at 202 7488003 or on facebook facebook. Com cspan. Good morning everyone and welcome to our new home at the washington journal. We are in a brandnew studio, in the same building on a different floor. It has been a year in the making. We have new monitors, new backgrounds, new desks, new lighting. One thing that will not change as the conversation we have with each of you every morning. If you want a more indepth tour of this new studio you can go online and take a tour along with us to check it all out. For the first hour, we have a double headline with the speaker battle on capitol hill and how the u. S. Is responding to the israel h