It isa it is a significant day in washington where the Louisiana Lawmaker secured a narrow win overjim jordan. Chief of thejustice committee. Narrow win overjim jordan. Chief of the justice committee. Who enjoyed the justice committee. Who enjoyed the support of the party right wing now he will do to the House Of Representatives where he will have to win over many other lawmakers from his own party not a guarantee, Heartland Republicans who asked of the previous speaker Kevin Mccarthy after he brokered the deal democrats to effort a Government Shutdown ensured that there was 15 rounds of the vote to secure him speaker. Here is scalise. First, i want to thank my House Republican colleagues forjust designating me as the speaker. Obviously, we still have work to do. Were going to have to go upstairs on the house floor and resolve this and then get the house opened again. We have a lot of work to do. Notjust in the house for the people of this country, but we see how dangerous of a world it is and how things can change so quickly. We need to make sure were sending a message to people all throughout the world that the house is open and doing the peoples business. A couple of things about this. Which are interesting first, want to talk about scalise himself because hes not in the greatest of health. I think he is currently being treated for blood cancer. But he was confident that he can take on what is a very importantjob at the moment. Is a very important ob at the moment. �. ,. ,. , moment. Im having some trouble heafina moment. Im having some Trouble Hearing yom moment. Im having some Trouble Hearing you. But moment. Im having some Trouble Hearing you. But i moment. Im having some Trouble Hearing you. But i will moment. Im having some Trouble Hearing you. But i will address moment. Im having some troublej hearing you. But i will address the speakers race. It appears scalise has the lead, but he has less than 50 of the votes he needs to actually become speaker. And he needs at least another 110 votes. There will not be a vote today. Im not sure there will be one tomorrow. The problem is, the way our government is set up, without the house, you cannot really get anything done. Nothing can go to the senate. The president has executive privileges and orders he can issue, but given all going on in the world and israel, ukraine, a budget we need to get died here in the us by a month from now, without a speaker at the house, and nothing can happen. Get there is still fighting going on. So you can expect the good democrats to vote in unison for hakeem jeffries. It is clear scalise as lease 110 votes, but you have the 18 republicans running for reelection this in districts that joe biden one. So they are in a tough spot but they also may have the most clout. The question is, can you keep them happy and keep people like Marjorie Taylor greene and others like her happy as well. Earlier we were talking about a rule change. Can you hear me now . No i dont think. Well see if we can reestablish them. John, the interesting thing about all of this is that time is of the essence. You cannot get a resolution on the floor if you dont have a house speaker. There needs to be a resolution on israel. The Rubber Stamping of weapons and systems to israel, not to mention, ukraine. When they got rid of the speaker over the spending bill, they stripped out of the spending bill, Essential Aid to ukraine. So this is becoming really important. Ukraine. So this is becoming really imortant. ,. , important. There is something absurd about the fact important. There is something absurd about the fact that important. There is something absurd about the fact that america important. There is something absurd about the fact that america is important. There is something absurd about the fact that america is so about the fact that america is so critical about the fact that america is so critical to about the fact that america is so Critical To Military Aid for ukraine, Critical To Military Aid for ukraine, military aid to israel in these ukraine, military aid to israel in these critical moments, immensely geopolitical confluence and get it is being geopolitical confluence and get it is being hampered by the Inner Ring Goings is being hampered by the Inner Ring Goings of is being hampered by the Inner Ring Goings of one political party. The republicans. If they could agree they could get a speaker but is the difficulty they could get a speaker but is the difficulty of getting a speaker that has led difficulty of getting a speaker that has led to the turnover of the speaken has led to the turnover of the speaker. And this paralysis. You have speaker. And this paralysis. You have to speaker. And this paralysis. You have to thinkjust as as we were talking have to thinkjust as as we were talking earlier about the view of the world talking earlier about the view of the world about hamas. What is the view of the world about hamas. What is the view of the the world about hamas. What is the view of the world about the Republican Party will be if this really Republican Party will be if this really turns into a stalemate as it seems really turns into a stalemate as it seems to really turns into a stalemate as it seems to be. But if you are 110 votes seems to be. But if you are 110 votes short seems to be. But if you are 110 votes short it is a lot of wrangling, a of time in meetings and days of wrangling, a of time in meetings and days of deferred votes. That is the time days of deferred votes. That is the time when days of deferred votes. That is the time when the united states, i think its citizens. Time when the united states, i think its citizens, but definitely its political its citizens, but definitely its Political Leadership wants to see action Political Leadership wants to see action and action that is reflective of us action and action that is reflective of us values, commitment to democracy, commitment to fight the territorial democracy, commitment to fight the territorial invasion of ukraine or terrorism territorial invasion of ukraine or terrorism of hamas and it leads a mighty terrorism of hamas and it leads a mighty country, unrivaled military power. Mighty country, unrivaled military power, hamp dirt. It makes you think of the power, hamp dirt. It makes you think of the battle power, hamp dirt. It makes you think of the battle is lost. But there is something going seriously wrong when internat something going seriously wrong when internal politics of the Republican Party internal politics of the Republican Party in internal politics of the Republican Party in the house can cause this much party in the house can cause this much disruption in looking forward. It much disruption in looking forward. It was much disruption in looking forward. 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Use on our screen, Speaking TojewishCommunity Leaders speaking to jewish Community Leaders in Speaking TojewishCommunity Leaders in washington lets have a and see what he is saying. Aha, in washington lets have a and see what he is saying. What he is saying. A number of leaders around what he is saying. A number of leaders around the what he is saying. A number of leaders around the world, what he is saying. A number of leaders around the world, leaders in region as well. And among those that have been victimised, those who have been killed are at least 22 american citizens. This attack was a campaign of pure cruelty. Notjust hate, but Pure Cruelty Againstjewish people and i would argue is the deadliest day forjews since the holocaust. Deadliest day since the holocaust. The one of the worst chapters in Human History that reminded us of all of that expression i learned from my dad early on, silence is complicity. Silence is complicity. It really is. I want you to know, i think you have already figured it out. I refused to be silent and i knew you refused to be silent as well. � ,. , thatis that is president biting speaking to jewish Community Leaders in washington this afternoon. Reassuring them of the united statess steadfast support for the operation in gaza to the and Antony Blinken will arrive in tel aviv in the morning. I think hejust Left Washington in last few hours. One one immediate concern for the American Team that is incoming is to establish how Many American citizens have been killed 22 so far confirmed dead, perhaps as many as 17 taken hostage. The second objective is to control the shock waves that are rippling across the region. The uss gerald ford is now in position off israel. Air force squadrons in the middle east reinforced, the first arms supplies were dispatched to israel last night. All of that intended to strengthen the us Military Posture and to bolster the deterrance. Were determined to make sure that israel gets everything it needs to defend itself to provide for the security of its people. Already significant Military Assistance requested by israel is on the way. Thats on top of everything that weve been doing for years, including with the memorandum of understanding that was negotiated by president obama to make sure that israel has what it needs to defend itself. At the same time, we anticipate therell be further needs, further requests. Weve already been working closely with congress on this, and we look forward to continuing to do that to make sure that israel has what it needs. Thus far hezbullah has not taken up hamass call to open up a Northern Front against israel, as it did in 2006. Nor have palestinians in the west bank, or eastjerusalem although it did fire at a post this morning killing three israelis. Nor have palestinians in the west bank, or eastjerusalem risen up in revolt. But we are not even five days into this. What happens when the Ground Offensive begins, and the pictures begin circulating in the muslim world. Is there a limit to how far israel will be allowed to go. No calls for restraint at this point. I want to pick up with something you sit at the very beginning of the programme you said, the biggest objective for the israelis should be not to do with the enemy expects them to do. They would expect them to come in hard, they must� ve known that when they plotted this. And they want his Brother Bagbonon and they want his Brother Bagbonon and the arab states and the North African seats to price up in support. How did the israeli stop that from happening. That support. How did the israeli stop that from happening. That from happening. That is the auestion that from happening. That is the question of that from happening. That is the question of the that from happening. That is the question of the hour, that from happening. That is the question of the hour, the that from happening. That is the question of the hour, the day i that from happening. That is the l question of the hour, the day and weeks ahead. And that is what everyone has to navigate. I told think anyone has an answer to that. But i think establishing a sense of ground rules that everything has to be done possible to protect all of the innocent civilians, hostages and others who are in gaza, to get them out. I think nothing is more important than that right now. You referenced that american hostages in toronto in 1979. They were released until the resin election. And it was basically Ronald Reagan beating jimmy carter. But that was a negotiation. And that is how it ended. This is far more fraught in many ways. You can tell, i will go back to what i said at the top of the show. It is clear netanyahu wanted to go in with shock and all but there would have been Collateral Damage to many innocent civilians who have already been traumatised and harmed in so many ways. Tonight he said every and harmed in so many ways. Tonight he said every hamas and harmed in so many ways. Tonight he said every hamas man and harmed in so many ways. Tonight he said every hamas man is a and harmed in so many ways. Tonight he said every hamas man is a dead i he said every hamas man is a dead man. But from the opposition, the former general himself and he said there is a time for peace and war and now is not a time for peace, now is a time for war. So the rhetoric is a time for war. So the rhetoric is such that they will go in very hard. But there must be this hope for the negotiation for Family Speech had on tonight because these are of enormous value, the hostages. I remember back in 2006 when she he was taken and swapped him for a 1000 palestinian producers and their currently thousands in prisons around israel and there are enormous value for these hostages and they need to keep that in mind. Bath value for these hostages and they need to keep that in mind. Both of these things need to keep that in mind. Both of these things can need to keep that in mind. Both of these things can be need to keep that in mind. Both of these things can be true. Need to keep that in mind. Both of these things can be true. Hamas i need to keep that in mind. Both of i these things can be true. Hamas can be taken out and you can get the hostages as well. I think that is everything is tried to do right now. Whether it will be successful, no one knows, but that has to be the goal. And certainly for the families who have loved ones who are being detained. Dr Natalie Roberts is the uk Executive Director of msf. It has been patiently waiting and is now coming in, thank you for coming on. Do you have people in gaza at the moment . Irate on. Do you have people in gaza at the moment . On. Do you have people in gaza at the moment . We do actually have 0 erations the moment . We do actually have operations in the moment . We do actually have operations in gaza the moment . We do actually have operations in gaza for the moment . We do actually have operations in gaza for a the moment . We do actually have operations in gaza for a long the moment . We do actually have | operations in gaza for a long time. It operations in gaza for a long time. It has operations in gaza for a long time. It has been operations in gaza for a long time. It has been 16 years of blockade in gaza and it has been 16 years of blockade in gaza and multiple escalations of violence gaza and multiple escalations of violence to our teams are use to responding violence to our teams are use to responding in many ways to this type of episodes responding in many ways to this type of episodes of bombing and escalations in the conflict. But they escalations in the conflict. But they are escalations in the conflict. But they are telling me that this is on a whole they are telling me that this is on a whole other skill that weve never seen a whole other skill that weve never seen anything like this before. I had seen anything like this before. Had been seen anything like this before. I had been in many, many war zones of the years and whenever i get there, i can attest to the amazing work that the doctors they are due and the nurses as well. What do they need . Clearly there is a dire situation with regards to power and fuel which knows hospital can run on without that, what else do they need . ~,. , without that, what else do they need . ~ , ,. ,. , need . Absolutely, they have gotten uuite used need . Absolutely, they have gotten quite used to need . Absolutely, they have gotten quite used to running need . Absolutely, they have gotten quite used to running with need . Absolutely, they have gotten quite used to running with all need . 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