Right now, donald trump makes his pick for Speaker Of The House. Good day to our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im kasie hunt. It is friday, october 6. 5 00 a. M. Here in washington, 2 00 a. M. On the west coast. Congressman jim jordan waking up to the news that could propel him to a new job as Speaker Of The House. Former President Trump throwing his weight behind jordan. In a truth social post overnight, the former president called Jordan A Star who is strong on crime, borders, our military vets and the second amendment. And he says jordan will be a, quote, great Speaker Of The House and who has my complete and total endorsement. Jordan is and has been a close trump ally. He has been a Driving Force behind the Impeachment Inquiry into President Biden and he has endorsed trumps president ial campaign. While jordans rival, House Majority leader Steve Scalise, has not. Speaking to reporters on thursday, jordan said he is confident that he can unify republicans even the eight who voted to oust mccarthy. I disagree with what took place, but those guys are Friends Of Mine and, you know, i think that that is the message ive been talking to my colleagues about. Who can bring the eight into the team, who can unite our team. I think that i can do that. If i didnt think i coukcould d that, i wouldnt run. Trumps backing is sure to spark uneasiness among the moderate republicans who are on the frontlines of the gop majority. And it raises the temperature in an already intense battle inside the party. Lets bring in our congressional reporter from punch bowl news. Wonderful to have you back here. Lets just take this simply as what in your view does this trump endorsement do to the race for Speaker Of The House . Yeah, so thanks for having me on. The trump endorsement will shake things up here. I think that it will galvanize and embolden a lot of trump wing of the Republican Party. Obviously i think jordan was a natural pick for trump. He even awarded him the president ial medal of freedom. So his endorsement is not surprising. But i think that it will create some challenges with some of the moderate more vulnerable republicans that have said they dont want trump near capitol hill with reports saying he may or may not come tuesday, talking about the speaker race. And so i think a lot of these other members are really shying away from the president. And that will create some challenges for jordan who is very focused on the eight republicans that ousted mccarthy this week. Yeah, i mean, im thinking through this, because you are right. These moderates, and we should explain to people, it is the moderate republicans that give the gop the majority. Those are the districts that are on the bubble. They need to win in more moderate districts to expand their majority, make it easy to mcgovern. Their slim majority made it impossible for Kevin Mccarthy to govern at the end of the day. But i think that it is important to underscore that this conference broadly speaking is with donald trump. And when trump was president , if he said something, it could swing a single tweet could swing the votes of dozens of republicans and just send the whole institution kind of into a scramble situation. I guess while i absolutely take your point about the moderate, my question is whether this would make it impossible functionally for steve came sh scalise to get to 218. Would 218 vote for him over trump endorsed jim jordan. That is a great point. And when you see endorsements go for jordan outside of trump as well, but some floated donald trump to be the next speaker now turning their support to jordan. So i think that you are absolutely right in saying that whatever trump says, you know, that is what members will follow for a handful to maybe more than that in the House Republican conference, that is very, very loyal to the president , were talking about people like Marjorie Taylor greene, Barriry Moore of alabama who told me that he was very seriously nominating trump or supporting trump for speaker who is now turning his endorsement to jim jordan because trump made that enforcement last night. So were seeing a lot of shift here. And i need to dig into this on the reporting side a little bit, but Barbara Comstock yesterday made the point that there was sort of an idea floated out there that maybe trump could be the temporary Speaker Of The House and comstock said no, hes not allowed to because the House Republicans have a rule that you cant serve in leadership if you have been indicted. So whoops on that. But lets dig into jordan a little bit here and kind of talk about his evolution. Because he obviously was a Founding Member of the Freedom Caucus. He was one of John BoehnersChief Tormenters when painboehn ultimately bailed out of the house. He has since evolved. He is now chairman of the judiciary committee, he is firmly inside. He has a Good Relationship with Kevin Mccarthy. And that is another piece of this puzzle because mccarthy hasnt put his finger on the scale, but we know that he has been a little bit, i dont know, frustrated is the right word, but watching Steve Scalises ambitions and there is a sense that mccarthy may try to take his operation and put it in force for jordan, that could also be a game changer. Certainly. And we know that there were some tensions there between Steve Scalise and Kevin Mccarthy throughout his speakership. And i think that well see that potentially play out in this speakers fight depending on what Kevin Mccarthy decides to do. But of course him and jordan are close. He made him chairman of the judiciary committee. And i think that jordan has really swiftly and successfully navigated the ranks of the republican conference without isolating that tarifconservative which i think is very difficult to given that the whole idea of the Freedom Caucus is kind of not being afraid to go against leadership. So were really going to see how that plays out as well. We some you are. We are in for im glad it is friday. Were in for a really busy week next week. Mica, thank you for finishing up a long week with us with your reporting. And coming up, plans are under way for a potential meeting this fall between President Biden and chinese president xi. Plus did donald trump talk about sensitive Nuclear Secrets with a foreign billionaire . A new report ahead. And the president ial candidate not named trump who vowed that mexico will pay for a border wall . Planning is under way for a potential facetoface meeting between joe biden and xi jinping at San Franciscos apec summit coming up in november. It would be their inperson meeting. Marc stewart is joining us from beijing. Marc, it is 5 00 there, 5 00 here. Thank you for being here. And this is of course no way a done deal, but the Biden Administration has been taking steps to lay the ground work for months. You are on the ground. What is the feeling from beijing on this . Reporter whether you are here in beijing or if you are in washington, there has been this collective feeling that there is the need at a natural progression for a facetoface meeting. And the apec meeting in San Francisco would be the logical next step. Im thinking back to june this year, we had secretary of state Antony Blinken here in beijing. He met with xi jinping. And if you look at some of the dialogue and some of the discussion, there is very much this principle of stabilizing the u. S. china relationship. So this very much falls in line with that continuing narrative. And as you know, we have seen some very high Profile Visitors here in recent months. Weve seen treasury secretary janet yellen, weve seen commerce secretary gina raimondo. And i think that it is fair to say that a part of these visits is to determine where there is Common Ground between the United States and china and where there are red lines. So if and when this meeting were to take place likely in fran, there would be definitive starting points. As you know the list of issues between the group and china is very thorny. We have human rights issue, we have chip and technology issue, we have the taiwan issue. It is a very long list. So these meetings in many ways will narrow down the beginning focus. Yeah, and the other thing too, that there are member of Congress Heading to china next week. A lot are china hawks. What is the goal there . Reporter right. I was talking to one analyst last night who pointed out the white house certainly likes to have its line of dialogue with china, but so do lawmakers. So were going to see Chuck Schumer here, he will be leading a bipartisan delegation. Among the topics to be discussed are certainly going to be economics, technology, security. We are also hearing from representative bill cassidy, or senator bill cassidy, i should say, a republican from louisiana, who says indeed they have a meeting with xi jinping. So well see if that truly happens next week. Yeah, there is a lot of discontent in congress right now. In some ways this may be designed to show it. Well watch it closely. Have a great weekend. And this just in, iranian Peace Activist has been named recipient of the 2023 nobel peace prize. He is currently in jail and repeatedly sentenced for her work for rights. Lets bring in max foster live from london. Max, her name has really become synonymous for the fight for rule rights. Tell us how you understand this years pick by the Nobel Committee. I think that it is a reflection of what women are suffering in iran mainly. And she really typifies that. Shes been in prison for the last couple of decades pretty much. Shes been sentenced to lashings. Currently on a ten year sentence i think. But all of these seem to roll one into the next. Cnn actually spoke to her or got a recording from her within that notorious prison where many of these women are kept. And in it, she is chanting women, life, freedom. And this is really the slogan that erupted from after the death of mahsa amini. And a every time it gets braver. And so the Nobel Committee awarded the peace prize to mohammadi for her fight to promote human rights and freedoms for all. And the point that they make actually during the speech they just gave was quite profound really. This is not just about womens rights. It is about the rights of all people within iran. So i think that that speaks to potentially reaching out to men in iran as well which is a hard challenge you can imagine. But to say shes not just fighting for women, shes fighting for everyone in iran and indeed around the world. Freedom matters and that is what shes getting rewarded for. It will be interesting how she finds out about the award because shes in prison, but what an amazing pride for her to receive. Indeed somebody who has really devoted her life in a way that is incredibly courageous to making these stands for human rights. And it really does in a world where authoritarian impulses seem to be on the rise. Max foster, thank you very much for being with us. Have a wonderful weekend. And to you. And we have a new congressional map in alabama. Could democrats get a second seat in that state and what could that mean for the Balance Of Power in the house. Plus donald trump drops the lawsuit against his formrmer fixer. Well have details on that just ahead. 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Quick hits across america. A man arrested with a handgun at wisconsin capitol on wednesday, bailed himself out and returned hours later with an assault rifle. Both times he demanded to see the governor. He is now in custody under psychiatric evaluation. The Biden Administration will start deport being undocumented venezuelan migrants directly back to their country in an effort to slow record crossings at the border. And a new congressional map in alabama gives it a Second District where black voters make up a large part of the eelectric to the rat. It could give democrats a second seat in that state. Lets go now to weather. Plunging temperatures, fall temperatures about to replace the record heat in the northeast and midwest this week as fall finally moves in. Which Derek Van Dam knows ive been waiting anxiously for. Good morning. And alds Baseball Game i think that is happening . The orioles rangers, i cant wait. I heard you threw first pitch this summer. I did in the yankees game. A packed house. We could talk about this all day long. My os are sorry. I should just let you do the weather. Well, i indicator to you this morning because you have a 70 Degree Temperature on saturday for that orioles game. And you know what, there might be a bit of rain, but it wont stop the game. But everybody else across the country who is focusing on the cooler temperatures, it is coming. This is the watches and warnings in place. That is freeze warning, temperatures will drop below freezing for many locations across the plains tonight and through the next couple of mornings. Below average temperatures moving eastward. Weve been talking about the advancing cold front. Here it is for the big apple. On wednesday, your high was 83. Yesterday you were 78. And only 60 degrees by the end of the weekend. Welcome autumn. It is here. Many locations across the eastern two thirds of the country will feel it as well. Look at the thermometer for lets say chicago, new york, d. C. , were dropping into the 40s for some of these locations overnight, throughout the afternoon wont rebound much. And so we have a very interesting tropical system that will be impacting new england once again and creating a messy weekend. Remember a couple of weekends aing a go we had another tropical system that brought rainfall to Northern New England. And there it is, Tropical Storm philippe, it is going to just churn across the Open Atlantic for a few more days before curving into Northern New England by the end of the weekend. Going to bring some rainfall to the areas that Saw Heavy Rainfall last week as well. Remember into Northern New England, we saw a little bit of flooding just outside of new york city. So well watch out for this this weekend. But there is the particular Rain Forecast showing more of a new hampshire, vermont and maine situation. So well keep a close eye on this if the track shifts. But you can see the evolution of the storm here. And it will miss baltimore by the way. Outstanding. Are you a braves fan . I am. How could i not . I live in atlanta. Youre not a yankees fan. Like get this guy out of here sglc. Derek, thank you so much. Ill see you monday. And the former president endorses a candidate for House Speaker. Details coming up. And my pillow ceo pick lindell ditched by his legal team. Well tell you why. Good morning. Thank you for being up early with us. Im kasie hunt. It is just before 5 30 here on the east coast. Former President Trump weighing in on the race for Speaker Of The House overnight endorsing loyal ally and right wing hard liner jim jordan in a post on truth social. The post came after a very long day of Swirling Rivers that trump might visit the u. S. Capitol for the First Time Si