Thank you so much, sir, appreciate it. Good afternoon, everyone. Im Ashley Webster in for liz claman. Were seeing green across the screen. All the major indexes moving higher as you can see, but we are off session highs. And when you look at the intraday chart, you can see that all three indices spiking up right around 1 p. M. There you go, you can see that moving on up less than an hour after House Republicans voted in a closed door meeting to elect republican majority whip tom emmer as their nominee for speaker of the house. Now, the nomination has a long way to go though, he needs the votes. And well start with a vote on the house floor. Fox news senior Congressional Correspondent chad pergram is live on capitol hill this afternoon. Chad, whats the timetable from here . Reporter well, theres no timetable right now because tom emmer is in this room right behind me listening to his opponents. He won this race against mike johnson, got 117 votes, mike johnson 97, but that is a far cry
Thats a United Nations staff member describing the conditions inside gaza as israel prepares for a potential fullscale Ground Invasion in the wake of the Terror Attack by hamas. Well have a live report from israel straight ahead. Plus well bring you an update on the Biden Administrations efforts to prevent further escalation in the region with top officials on the ground this morning in both israel and jordan. And also ahead, more republican led chaos on capitol hill. The partys nominee for House Speaker just dropped out of the race. Good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, october 13th. Im jonathan lemire. Thank you for starting your day with us. We begin this morning with the fast moving developments in the latest out of the war between israel and hamas. Israels military has ordered a large scale evacuation of the entire northern half of gaza within the next 24 hours. That region is home to just over 1 Million People and accounts for about half of the overall territo
Pacific. Right now former President Trump is in a courtroom in New York City as the Civil Fraud Trial against him begins. His Business Empire on the line. On capitol hill, a Government Shutdown has been averted for now. But theres a new crisis for House Speaker Kevin Mccarthy. Well talk to congressman Steven Horsford about that, and get his reaction. At the Supreme Court, Justice Clarence thomas has recused himself from a january 6th case for the very first time. Well explain why. And this weekend, large groups of migrants, mostly from venezuela made their way across the border navigating through razor wire to get to shore. Well speak about why they are fleeing their homes in my sitdown interview with the former interim president juan gaido, who is now living in exile in the United States. We begin in New York City where right now former President Trump is inside a courtroom where his massive Business Empire is on the line. Just moments ago nbc news got a look inside that very courtroo
You left after like song five or six. Went on for a long time. I did get out early, but not early enough. Im very tired. I was really excited to see the opening. Killed it. Fantastic. And then i partied hard. I danced through five songs and then girls got to go to bed. Thats certainly what you did. This girl stayed up a little later. Got late night food. I really regret most of last night. Not the concert, but everything else. Shawn tempesta, what is planned for this weekend . Relaxation. Recoup. I feel like i need to recharge. Thats on my priority list. And some laundry. You . Im halfway through the laundry. I already started that and i have to put together a crib. Oh. Thats cute no. Is it like you have to put it together yourself . I have no idea. I dont know if its allen wrenches. Good luck with that. Let me know how it goes. Of music, the guitar project gee is back. Just take a listen to this. . . Yes. We first met nik kai on the Morning Blend when he was just 11 years old. Now fiv