Right now on early start, help wanted. Divided house seeks new speaker. Must be and you nighter. R. I. N. O. S need not apply. Must handle high stress environment. Job security low. Very low. Good day to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im kasie hunt. It is thursday, october 5. 5 00 a. M. Here in washington where the race for a new House Speaker is on with two lawmakers already throwing their hats in the ring. Steve scalise and jim jordan. There is of course some concern that jordan might be a bit too right wing for more moderate members tastes. He says that will not be a problem. I think were a conservative right center party and im the guy who can help unite that. I think my politics are entirely consistent where republicans are across the country. So meanwhile Steve Scalise says that republicans, quote, strength as a conference comes from our unity, ends quote. Uhhuh. This conference is extraordinarily divided. And the reality is that getting to 218 votes to be speaker is simply not the case right now. And it has gotten so bad that some House Republicans rightfully fear it could ultimately cost them the election. This move does need the majority. It puts the majority in jeopardy when you see disunity. Do you worry that it could cost you the majority . It could. And other republicans, garrett graves for example, he is a very close mccarthy ally and is very frustrated with the man who led the charge against mccarthy, that of course matt gaetz. Take a look. Effect definitely someone threw a grenade on the house floor. A reason this has not been done well over 100 years. The house is frozen. They cant refer bills. You cant legislate on the house floor right now. So this effectively has frozen the country. Lets bring in annie grayer. Good morning, always wonderful to see you. And since we just heard mr. Graves there talking about the country being essentially frozen, you have some really great new reporting out this morning about just how bad this all is. Just the shear level i mean, they cant do anything. Tell us about it. Reporter they really cant do anything right now. I cant emphasize this enough. Without an elected speaker, they cant bring bills to the floor. The interim speaker Patrick Mchenry has extremely limited power. So without being able to bring bills to the floor, that means that republicans cant make progress on Government Funding. Now, that deadline is november 17. This was a critical time when the house was supposed to be passing bills and trying to come to a deal so we dont come right up to the deadline like we did october 30. And you also have the Impeachment Inquiry into President Biden that is really called in to question right now. This was another key time where republicans were really trying to build momentum, this has been a top target of theirs since they took over the house back in january. And they were really trying to bring reluctant republicans who didnt see the evidence and werent necessarily on board with the inquiry effort, this is a time when they were trying to do all of that. And withouten a elan elected sp there is the question of whether or not they have the power to enforce their subpoena powers. Were in untested legal territory here. While the committees of injuries sdiks technically can hold hearings and maybe issue subpoenas, it is just really unclear what they can do right now. And there is an irony to all of this, that the eight republicans who joined with democrats to oust mccarthy, these were some of the most vocal proceed phone nentss of focusing on Government Funding, single Subject Spending Bills and trying to impeach the president. And their actions have turned the house into chaos and essentially stopped all the business that they wanted to happen from happening. Ill just tell you one anecdote that kind of encapsulates all of this, a little wonky, but after mccarthy was ousted on tuesday night, mchenry took over, he never officially gaveled out the house. Which is what is required to kind of end the enlgtlegislativ. So when we came back wednesday, we actually were still on Tuesday October 3 legislative day. That just shows you the Twilight Zone that we are in the house right now. That is crazy. We should take their friday away for this, it should just be thursday forever until they figure this out. That is really fascinating. And the impeachment stuff i have to say, everyone should head to cnn. Com to take a look at this story which is just out a couple minutes ago, but that was really the thing that stood out to me. These guys who stood in mccarthys way, they were given this Impeachment Inquiry and it is their actions that suddenly they cant execute on any of it. You used the word irony which i think is the right one. You also had other Great Reporting that stuck out to me about liz cheney who of course no longer in the house after she had a primary challenge. She lost. She and Kevin Mccarthy have there is a lot of bad blood between the two of them and it goes back to january 6. And you have new reporting about what she did as mccarthy was trying to convince democrats to help him save his speakership. What did she do . Reporter yeah, so in the days leading up to the vote to oust mccarthy, liz cheney saw congressman dan goldman, democrat from new york, on tv talking about what democrats were weighing at the time. And sources tell me that cheney called goldman to discuss the threat that mccarthy presented to the country after everything that she felt like she had learned from her work on the january 6 committee. She talked about mccarthys relationship with former President Trump and all the work that she had done to uncover trumps involvement with january 6. And then goldman shared that conversation with the entire Democratic Caucus when they met behind closed goor doors tuesda that is really democrats came together and united behind the idea that they were not going to help mccarthy up until that point, there had been some conversations about maybe there is some concessions that we can get, maybe there is a Power Sharing Agreement we can do. That meeting was the decision absolutely not, we are staying unified. And that conversation between contain any and congressman goldman ways just one of the Motivating Factorsany and congr goldman ways just one of the motivating factors that got democrats united. The texture Behind The Scenes is really so interesting and i think underscores the way, you know, cheney is in the minority in her conference in terms of how she feels about january 6, but she then stakes her entire political career on it. And stood up to this. The one wrinkle here too is that jim jordan is running for Speaker Of The House, he tried to help in what if you watch how it played out on the floor, it would have been sort of a gentlemanly thing to do and liz cheney was like you are not a gentleman she said to him, you fing did this. And he may end up Speaker Of The House. What a disaster. Annie grayer, thank you very much for being us with us. I really appreciate you bringing us your new reporting. Just ahead here, we have new attention on a deadly car crash in new jersey. The driver involved . Future wife of senator bob n menendez. Plus u. S. Transfers weapons to ukraine. The twist . They were seized from iran. And he has been a bad first dog. The latest on commanders biting incident. We go now to a cnn exclusive. The u. S. Transferring weapons they seized from iran to ukraine. The move could help alleviate some critical shortages as the Ukrainian Military awaits more money and equipment from the u. S. And its allies. It could also help drive a wedge between ukraine and russia. Nada bashir is live with more. How much does this help ukraine . Reporter this is not going to answer august of all of thet it will be a boost to troops particularly as questions continue to swirl around the long term supply to ukraine. Were talking about thousands of weapons, more than a million rounds of seized iranian ammunition which has been transferred to ukraine already according to the u. S. Central command. These weapons are set to have been seized back in december of last year by the u. S. Navy. They were en route from iran to the houthis in yemen. Of course there are questions around the sourcing and legality of transferring these weapons to ukraine. We know of course that iran is facing sanctions. Already it is under u. N. Arms embargo and typically the u. N. Would require these weapons to either be destroyed or stored. Up until this point, these weapons have in fact been stored at u. S. Central command facilities across the middle east. But we have heard from the u. S. State accident defending the legality of this move. Take a listen. In the legislative language authorizing the department of defenses Ukraine SecurityAssistance Initiative which of course im sure they would be happy to speak to you more about, Secretary Of Defense is authorized with the concurrence of the Secretary Of State to make available to the government of ukraine weapons and other Defense Articles from the United States and other sources. This obviously is one of those other sources. Reporter of course the intention here is to alleviate some of the pressures that ukraine is facing when it comes to shortages in ammunition and weapons. Weve heard the warnings, the concern from nato officials that that supply of weapons readily available to be supplied to ukraine is running out. We heard that warning from the pentagon earlier this week that while funds in the u. S. Budget at this current point in time are sufficient, there is long term concern with congress decision. So of course this will be a positive move for ukraine, but in terms of the long term viability, there are other issues on the table of course. Nada bashir, thank you very much for that. The u. S. Transfer of iranian weapons to ukraine also comes as western allies become increasingly divided over whether to continue sending their own supplies. Max foster is joining us Live In London with more. Max, good morning. I cant imagine why there might be nerves about whether or not the u. S. Government could get it together enough to continue funding this. Lets talk a little bit about that. But i also have to say, i see kind of in this like, yes, these weapons will obviously help the ukrainians. There is the tactical Battlefield Discussion to be had around that. But they are also kind of twisting the knife a little bit with the russians. The russians we have to remind everyone are so tight with iran, likely that lot of these weapons came from russia. Yeah, one analyst describing it as poet ticic justice. Iran has been sending drones in particular to support russia. And now iranian weapons will be used on the ukrainian side. I think the other optic here really is how desperate the situation has become that nato is effectively having to send iranian weapons to ukraine because it hasnt got enough of its own. We heard earlier this week from a Senior Member of nato saying that they are staring at the bottom of the barlg of their Weapons Cache if you like, they are running out of ammunition to send to ukraine. So really desperate situation. And it has been complicated, the legality around using the iranian weapons and sending them off to ukraine. But it is an interesting one, but as nada says, not a game changer, but useful weaponry for the ukrainians right now. So lets talk about the politics of this situation. Because President Biden was asked about the House Speaker race on wednesday. It obviously is challenging for the United States government to do anything at the moment. Annie grayer was just reporting that everything is functionally frozen including this piece of it. President biden is going to give a big speech they have said about ukraine aid. But i know european leaders are meeting, they are worried about this. And the Ukraine Question is becoming central in the speakers race. Jim jordan who is a top candidate saying he doesnt want to do it or tie it to specific conservative Policy Changes in other areas here in the United States. Honestly, it is not looking good. No, and there has been a lot of coverage about this in the u. S. , but i have to say, in europe, i think people are so confused and befuddled by what is happening in washington, they dont really understand fully what is happening. But the reality is this money could potentially be running out from America To Ukraine and that will have a huge impact on the war and all the alliances across europe who are also supporting ukraine in that war. As you say, leaders meeting, Prime Ministers and president s meeting in spain today. And president zelenskyy has arrived there as well. And Behind The Scenes i wouldnt quite describe it as panic, but the only conversation is who on earth are we going to do if america stops sending money to ukraine. Because europe will have to try to make up for it. But if you look at the finances, no way that they can. I dont think that there are any answers right now, but there is real worry about how they will respond if america cant keep providing that money and how you know, certainly they will be looking at the biden speech to see how he explains it. For sure. And i know some of our reporting coming out of our International Teams yesterday said some of this money runs out in december and were facing another possible Government Shutdown here in mid november. The time line is very tight as you point out for zelenskyy in trying to keep his troops supplied with weaponry. And the dysfunction over here, i could very easily see it even if Congress Wants to do it, i could see them basically running out the clock which is obviously tough. And sources say that the bigger Challenge Zelenskyy is sort of facing is he is looking at what is happening in america but also concerned about the right Center Governments in europe thinking that that is happening in america, maybe we should fall back as well. So a lot of dynamics going on. For sure. Max foster, wonderful to see you. Rudy giuliani now suing President Biden. Well tellll you why. And new yorks Attorney General warns donald trump. Stay with us. We have quick hits across america now. 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Lets go straight to our weatherman derrek van dam. Good morning. What is the situation there . Look, i mean, i played soccer all my life and i think ive played in heavier rain than that, but look, if there is lightning involved, you dont want to be on the soccer pitch and that was the case. Dangerous to be a spectator as well. That is why they delayed the game. And guess what, that saw about 2 to 4 inches of rain in a matter of a two hour period in and around frisco, which is just north of the dallas ft. Worth region. This is the bigger part of a system that brought wind and hail reports throughout texas and oklahoma. Here is the latest scenario. This is the current radar. And you can see lighter Rain Stretching across arkansas, but it is heavier further south you travel. Interstate 45 and 20 running east and west. Heaviest of rain fell just to the northeast of dallas ft. Worth near the text texarkana region. There is one Flash Flood Warning still ongoing affecting about 20,000 people in northeast texas. This is the storm system responsible. Remember yesterday we talked about a onetwo punch of cold fronts. Here is the first one, there is the second one. That will bring us the Autumn Weather that weve been previewing for the past couple of days. It is advancing through the midwest. It has its eyes set on the northeast. Check out how the temp