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Today on Inside Politics, jim jordan abandons a vote. Jor deny will back someone else temporarily to get the government up and running after more than two weeks afwithout a house speaker. Plus a prime time test for joe biden. He will make an address to lay out the stakes for american support for two democracies under siege. Israel and ukraine. Plus the mccracken cracks, Sidney Powell admits she spread lie after conspiracy after lie about the 2020 election. She will testify at trial, including against donald trump. Im dana bash. Lets go behind the headlines and Inside Politics. Up first, best laid plans, scrapped. We entered today expecting a third vote right around this time to try once again to give jim jordan the gafl. That vote is no longer happening. Now we are told that jordan will get behind plan d or e or ive lost track of the letters at this point, but sources are telling us that jordan will back giving more power to a speaker place holder Patrick Mchenry, and that will happen while the tries to continue back room dealing to get his way to the gavel over the next few months. Lets go straight to manu raju, who is also over this on capitol hill. What is the latest at this moment . Has jordan come out of this meeting and said im into this temporary plan . Reporter hes said this Behind Closed Doors. There are a number of fastmoving developments in this saga that gop Leadership Crisis A that has paralyzed the house for two weeks. Theres some signs that this crisis temporary can end. Jordan indicated he will back a plan to keep Patrick Mchenry as speaker, em him until january. They need a resolution on the floor to be voted on until this afternoon to give him that power. But the catch is that jordan says hes not going to drop out of the race to be speaker. His powers would run out of the resolution today. Now the House Republicans are badly divided over the resolution. Many of the hardliners oppose Empowering Mchenry have said very strong words against that idea. And some of the republicans, who oppose jim jordans candidacy, are strongly opposed for him staying in as a Speaker Designee. Several of them told me jordan needs to drop out altogether as they consider a new speaker candidate. I hope he will concede if he loses more votes. I will be readvocating for temporary empowerment of the speaker pro tem, allow the conference to decompress, reorganize, but most importantly, allow us to get back to work. Is that a problem it he stays a Speaker Designee . So now the big question is how Many Democrats will support that residolution to empower Patrick Mchenry. Its expected to be introduced, but given the divisions within the republican ranks, democratic votes will be essential. At this moment, House Democrats are meeting Behind Closed Doors to figure out their strategy. Hakeem jeffries, the democratic lead er, who i asked about this multiple times, had not yet taken a position yet saying think needed to discuss this with their members. Some want concessions from republicans in order to support. Other ones said we need to get behind this in order to get the house moving and beyond the state of paralysis. So a lot of questions here about how this will play out, what this means for republicans going forward, and also what legislation could move under an interim speaker, all huge issues as these fastmoving developments happen at this hour to try to unstick this paralyzed house. Before i let you go, i know youre trying to talk to members as they leave this republican meeting. Given how many you have spoken to, even just this morning, is it your sense with jordan backing this idea of Giving Mchenry the temporary power, that that could help at the very least get a majority of republicans on board with it or is it too soon because the republican conference is just so divided . Reporter its too soon to tell. Some of those aligned are strongly opposed to this idea coming out and saying they will absolutely not support it. And what the congressman from indiana was running for the senate told me this would be the biggest fu to voters if Republican Voters if they go along with it showing how much republicans are concerned about. Banks went on to call it a betrayal and predicted a minority would vote for this on the floor of the house. So it shows you the tension thats lingering mrng two weeks after mccarthys ouster. Thank you for that reporting. Here with me to share their reporting is David Chalian and jeff zeleny. I mean, wow. We just heard the tone and tenor from the reporting. I spoke to somebody who has been around a lot of internal republican battles in the house who said they have never seen it this toxic. Undoubtly, its toxic. We have for these many weeks now. Your last question is so critical. A majority of republicans will come on board. If jordan is backing it, it brings a majority of republicans because think about the tactics that jordan and allies have been using unsuccessfully. That whole Republican Echo Chamber and firing up the grass roots. You just heard what manu was say ing about jim banks. We have to Pay Attention to does that whole Republican Echo Chamber who along with what jordan wants to do to preserve some time or do they rail against this notion of republicans getting into bed with democrats in some fashion to get government rolling again. Because you can see if they do, jim jordan may not be sufficient here if the grass roots get riled up as thinking this is somehow giving up what is about winning the majority. What winning the majority is all about for them. As you do, i want to underscore that they might say its a day that ends in y. This is different because theres no speaker of the house for measure two weeks. Where jordan miscalculated is hes not as scary or carry any other powers. He doesnt fundraises, which means he has no experience in getting people to do anything. And i think that assuming he could use the media in a moment when the media is preoccupied with the war was a miscollation. They are paying to what biden is saying. Theres lots of concerns about iran. It was harder to breakthrough in the news iek the and no one cares that much about who is speaker. They do see how long its taking them to do something that is extremely basic. Another extremely base. You have heard member after member say their majority is threatened. But set aside that for a second. And the idea of jim jordan trying to become speaker at some point down the road. Thats very much an open question. Its hard to imagine that happening. As dade was saying, if the grass roots is even a fraction as angry as manu was suggesting, that the fu language, he will have a hard time doing this. But the bigger plate is what Hakeem Jeffries going to do. Are they going to bail them out. My sense is probably yes, because this has gone on so long. Theres a worry among some democrats i speak to, members and others, about while they didnt cause any of this, its seeped into the atmosphere they did not help Kevin Mccarthy. Every time Kevin Mccarthy speaks about this, he blames democrats. Its not the democrats fault, but this is a moment when they can help out. So i think the burden is on them as well. What he decides this afternoon is also important to democrats showing a that they, too, can govern. Will the white house get involved . Were not sure. Thats something to keep an eye on. Thats such an important point. I spoke before coming on with a House Democrat who was talking about how Many Democrats are going to Cross Party Lines and this is not to vote for a republican speaker, this is just to give the temporary speaker powers to help the nation govern. The answer was that similar to what you just said, which is that on the raw politics of it, republicans cant govern, but it does seep into democratic territory. Whether its fair or not, its just people are just frustrated. So it would help to lock like the cavalry is coming in. Which is why you have seen them saying my door is open to engage in negotiation, not to just wall it off. I interviewed the chairwoman of the Congressional Committee in charge of winning back the house for democrats. I asked her specifically, what is it youd be looking for. She kept saying were open. Were waiting for republicans to engage. Clearly, republicans are going to engage now. One thing she said is we want Bipartisan Legislation to be brought to the floor under this speaker mchenry. We need to trust they are willing to do that, not just pursue a republicanonly agenda. In a majorityrule situation like the house, thats kind of unheard of. Everybody, standby. This is one of many giant stories that we are covering today. The oval office serves as a backdrop tonight for a president ial prime time address with giant global consequences. Were going to go live to the white house in minutes. Marshal the full pomp and power of the bully pulpit to sell the world on what he views as a necessary and Righteous Mission to support democracies who are currently in significant peril. In a matter of hours, the president will sketch out his vision for aid, both humanitarian and military, to israel and to ukraine. The speech happens at a critical, potentially outcomealtering moment in both conflicts. It is also a time in congress, as we have been talking about, is stuck in neutral, unable to drive forward without a house speaker. Mj lee is live at the white house. What are you hearing about what we should expect from the president tonight . As President Biden has been watching these horrific scenes of violence pouring out of israel, we are told that he expressed to his advisers in recent days his desire to try to speak directly to the American People, not just about the situation in israel, but the ongoing war in ukraine as well. And that he basically believes it theres an opportunity here to not just send a message to the world about the importance of the u. S. Supporting its allies as they are being attacked, but also that this can be set up as a message about the importance of u. S. National security and National Security matters as well. Now this moment is incredibly important for the white house in terms of trying to sort of shore up the public support, as we have talked about a lot, when it comes to supporting ukraine, the public support for that has begun to wane in recent months. While theres Majority Support for the people of israel and a lot of sympathy, theres sort of a mixed response when it comes to the prospects of u. S. Involvement. Now we have also reported that the white house is preparing to make a supplemental National Security request to the tune of some 100 billion, some 60 billion of that will go towards ukraine. The other 40 billion will go to israel. And thaiwan and other matters related to the u. S. Southern border. This is an incredibly important moment for the president and the fact that this is taking place in the oval office tells you the gravity of this situation. Thank you so much for that reporting. And today in israel and in gaza, it seems like Ceaseless Karn Act ahead of the president s prime time moment here in washington. This is in southern gaza. Pictures of a mad dash to save palestinians plucked from the rubble, but at this hour, rare glimmers of hope. We are getting word that the crossing will open some time tomorrow to allow humanitarian aid to cross into gaza. Theres been heavy, heavy shelling over the past week. Whats happening at this moment. Hes the most fired upon city. 25 of all the rocket this is have been fired from gaza into israel have targeted the city of ashkelon. Of those 1,200 rockets that have rained down on the city, about 200 of those made direct impacts on Apartment Buildings and offices, restaurants, et cetera. About 90 of the businesses here are closed. We visited a Command Center today where essentially the city has set up a combination of police, emergency services, military to coordinate responses to the rockets as they fall down on this city. Now in the broader context of things, what we also found is a city and a country that is really waiting and anticipating the next stages of this campaign. Were seeing several pretty bellicose comments from the prime minister, the Defense Minister as well as some generals in the field talking about the fact that the next phase of this operation, of this Military Campaign will involve going into gaza. So that is what this country is waiting for. At the same time as you have mentioned, we have seen both the devastating humanitarian situation inside of gaza, in particular, after that deadly blast at a hospital in gaza. But we are seeing those glimmers of hope with the potential after President Biden visited here yesterday for humanitarian aid. At least 20 trucks of humanitarian aid to begin flowing into egypt this week. The next question is whether any civilians who are inside of gaza, who really have no safe place to go, whether they will be able to go through that crossing into egypt as well. That remains to be seen. So many Unanswered Questions that are life or death Unanswered Questions for these civilians. Thank you so much. Appreciate it. Last week an israeli whose family was abducted from a can i be buts joined our show. He had five Family Members missing. Today we have the sad news to share that two of those Family Members have been found murdered. One was 80 years old and was also a u. S. Citizen born in massachusetts. And his cousin was just 13 years old. Edo joins me now. Were so, so sorry for your loss. Were so sorry to hear about your aunt and your cousin. Can you share how you got this news . I need to breathe. Thank you for having me again, dana. We celebrated with all the people of israel. It was october 17th. And he would blame this for weeks before she got abducted. And we had a symbolic and helpful for a safe return home. With the whole country. Everybody is saying and recorded themselves and then send it to us. It was very heartwarming. After 4 00 p. M. The day after, we celebrate before we got the news. The uniform Military Officer informed us officially that both were slaughtered. After they were abducted from kibbutz in their community. In life and in death, this is an impossible situation because no need to apologize. At the same time, we mourn the disaster. We must also the other female members home, which is offer the father, who is 53, she is 16 and theres an 11yearold boy we saw last week that they were abducted. We were just devastated because we know that the hour glass is running out. If they are not released immediately, the fate may be the same. Did the the officials tell you i dont want to get too graphic, and you share what you want to share, why it took so long to figure out that they were murdered . Yeah, so actually as you can imagine, we asked all those questions and actually several more. They dont have all the information handy. But the estimation is that there were murdered maybe she has a heart problem, so shes walking pretty slow. And when she gets stressed out, she starts staying in the same place. They were afraid this was the reason. But we dont know that for sure. We thought terrorism is the worst thing to call. But what happened there, since its so different, we basically call any condition any aid, whether its humanitarian or any other aid with the Immediate Release of the hostages, especially the kids. Its unbelievable. You mentioned the pain is palpable and understandable. Were so sorry for your loss. May their mm ris be a blessing. You mentioned the kids. We want to say once again there are three other members of your family who are unaccounted for. So we are praying for their safe return. I know this was not eases sit to come on, but i really appreciate you continuing to share the story of your family, especially with this grim news. Can i say just one last sentence . Please. Yesterday, President Biden visited israel. And when had i know he was pressure ing israel to agree fo humanitarian aid with nothing in return. I understand his policy because the u. S. Caresses as much as we do for any human beings anywhere else. Especially in conflict area, but this is such a different disaster, we see the least we should do is when we give humanitarian aid to the palestinian people, we cant let our especially u. S. Citizens, but israel citizens be below the ground in tunnels without any basic conditions for human beings. I understand. Its impossible. Its impossible to understand, but thank you for adding that and thank you for coming on. Well be right back. Youre probably not easily persuaded to switch mobile providers for your business. But what if we told you its possible that comcast Business Mobile can save you up to 75 a year on your wireless bill versus the big three carriers . Its true. Plus, when you buy your first line of mobile, you get a second line free. There are no Term Contracts or line activation fees. And you can bring your own device. Oh, and all on the most reliable Inside Politics<\/a>, jim jordan abandons a vote. Jor deny will back someone else temporarily to get the government up and running after more than two weeks afwithout a house speaker. Plus a prime time test for joe biden. He will make an address to lay out the stakes for american support for two democracies under siege. Israel and ukraine. Plus the mccracken cracks, Sidney Powell<\/a> admits she spread lie after conspiracy after lie about the 2020 election. She will testify at trial, including against donald trump. Im dana bash. Lets go behind the headlines and Inside Politics<\/a>. Up first, best laid plans, scrapped. We entered today expecting a third vote right around this time to try once again to give jim jordan the gafl. That vote is no longer happening. Now we are told that jordan will get behind plan d or e or ive lost track of the letters at this point, but sources are telling us that jordan will back giving more power to a speaker place holder Patrick Mchenry<\/a>, and that will happen while the tries to continue back room dealing to get his way to the gavel over the next few months. Lets go straight to manu raju, who is also over this on capitol hill. What is the latest at this moment . Has jordan come out of this meeting and said im into this temporary plan . Reporter hes said this Behind Closed Doors<\/a>. There are a number of fastmoving developments in this saga that gop Leadership Crisis A<\/a> that has paralyzed the house for two weeks. Theres some signs that this crisis temporary can end. Jordan indicated he will back a plan to keep Patrick Mchenry<\/a> as speaker, em him until january. They need a resolution on the floor to be voted on until this afternoon to give him that power. But the catch is that jordan says hes not going to drop out of the race to be speaker. His powers would run out of the resolution today. Now the House Republicans<\/a> are badly divided over the resolution. Many of the hardliners oppose Empowering Mchenry<\/a> have said very strong words against that idea. And some of the republicans, who oppose jim jordans candidacy, are strongly opposed for him staying in as a Speaker Designee<\/a>. Several of them told me jordan needs to drop out altogether as they consider a new speaker candidate. I hope he will concede if he loses more votes. I will be readvocating for temporary empowerment of the speaker pro tem, allow the conference to decompress, reorganize, but most importantly, allow us to get back to work. Is that a problem it he stays a Speaker Designee<\/a> . So now the big question is how Many Democrats<\/a> will support that residolution to empower Patrick Mchenry<\/a>. Its expected to be introduced, but given the divisions within the republican ranks, democratic votes will be essential. At this moment, House Democrats<\/a> are meeting Behind Closed Doors<\/a> to figure out their strategy. Hakeem jeffries, the democratic lead er, who i asked about this multiple times, had not yet taken a position yet saying think needed to discuss this with their members. Some want concessions from republicans in order to support. Other ones said we need to get behind this in order to get the house moving and beyond the state of paralysis. So a lot of questions here about how this will play out, what this means for republicans going forward, and also what legislation could move under an interim speaker, all huge issues as these fastmoving developments happen at this hour to try to unstick this paralyzed house. Before i let you go, i know youre trying to talk to members as they leave this republican meeting. Given how many you have spoken to, even just this morning, is it your sense with jordan backing this idea of Giving Mchenry<\/a> the temporary power, that that could help at the very least get a majority of republicans on board with it or is it too soon because the republican conference is just so divided . Reporter its too soon to tell. Some of those aligned are strongly opposed to this idea coming out and saying they will absolutely not support it. And what the congressman from indiana was running for the senate told me this would be the biggest fu to voters if Republican Voters<\/a> if they go along with it showing how much republicans are concerned about. Banks went on to call it a betrayal and predicted a minority would vote for this on the floor of the house. So it shows you the tension thats lingering mrng two weeks after mccarthys ouster. Thank you for that reporting. Here with me to share their reporting is David Chalian<\/a> and jeff zeleny. I mean, wow. We just heard the tone and tenor from the reporting. I spoke to somebody who has been around a lot of internal republican battles in the house who said they have never seen it this toxic. Undoubtly, its toxic. We have for these many weeks now. Your last question is so critical. A majority of republicans will come on board. If jordan is backing it, it brings a majority of republicans because think about the tactics that jordan and allies have been using unsuccessfully. That whole Republican Echo Chamber<\/a> and firing up the grass roots. You just heard what manu was say ing about jim banks. We have to Pay Attention<\/a> to does that whole Republican Echo Chamber<\/a> who along with what jordan wants to do to preserve some time or do they rail against this notion of republicans getting into bed with democrats in some fashion to get government rolling again. Because you can see if they do, jim jordan may not be sufficient here if the grass roots get riled up as thinking this is somehow giving up what is about winning the majority. What winning the majority is all about for them. As you do, i want to underscore that they might say its a day that ends in y. This is different because theres no speaker of the house for measure two weeks. Where jordan miscalculated is hes not as scary or carry any other powers. He doesnt fundraises, which means he has no experience in getting people to do anything. And i think that assuming he could use the media in a moment when the media is preoccupied with the war was a miscollation. They are paying to what biden is saying. Theres lots of concerns about iran. It was harder to breakthrough in the news iek the and no one cares that much about who is speaker. They do see how long its taking them to do something that is extremely basic. Another extremely base. You have heard member after member say their majority is threatened. But set aside that for a second. And the idea of jim jordan trying to become speaker at some point down the road. Thats very much an open question. Its hard to imagine that happening. As dade was saying, if the grass roots is even a fraction as angry as manu was suggesting, that the fu language, he will have a hard time doing this. But the bigger plate is what Hakeem Jeffries<\/a> going to do. Are they going to bail them out. My sense is probably yes, because this has gone on so long. Theres a worry among some democrats i speak to, members and others, about while they didnt cause any of this, its seeped into the atmosphere they did not help Kevin Mccarthy<\/a>. Every time Kevin Mccarthy<\/a> speaks about this, he blames democrats. Its not the democrats fault, but this is a moment when they can help out. So i think the burden is on them as well. What he decides this afternoon is also important to democrats showing a that they, too, can govern. Will the white house get involved . Were not sure. Thats something to keep an eye on. Thats such an important point. I spoke before coming on with a House Democrat<\/a> who was talking about how Many Democrats<\/a> are going to Cross Party Lines<\/a> and this is not to vote for a republican speaker, this is just to give the temporary speaker powers to help the nation govern. The answer was that similar to what you just said, which is that on the raw politics of it, republicans cant govern, but it does seep into democratic territory. Whether its fair or not, its just people are just frustrated. So it would help to lock like the cavalry is coming in. Which is why you have seen them saying my door is open to engage in negotiation, not to just wall it off. I interviewed the chairwoman of the Congressional Committee<\/a> in charge of winning back the house for democrats. I asked her specifically, what is it youd be looking for. She kept saying were open. Were waiting for republicans to engage. Clearly, republicans are going to engage now. One thing she said is we want Bipartisan Legislation<\/a> to be brought to the floor under this speaker mchenry. We need to trust they are willing to do that, not just pursue a republicanonly agenda. In a majorityrule situation like the house, thats kind of unheard of. Everybody, standby. This is one of many giant stories that we are covering today. The oval office serves as a backdrop tonight for a president ial prime time address with giant global consequences. Were going to go live to the white house in minutes. Marshal the full pomp and power of the bully pulpit to sell the world on what he views as a necessary and Righteous Mission<\/a> to support democracies who are currently in significant peril. In a matter of hours, the president will sketch out his vision for aid, both humanitarian and military, to israel and to ukraine. The speech happens at a critical, potentially outcomealtering moment in both conflicts. It is also a time in congress, as we have been talking about, is stuck in neutral, unable to drive forward without a house speaker. Mj lee is live at the white house. What are you hearing about what we should expect from the president tonight . As President Biden<\/a> has been watching these horrific scenes of violence pouring out of israel, we are told that he expressed to his advisers in recent days his desire to try to speak directly to the American People<\/a>, not just about the situation in israel, but the ongoing war in ukraine as well. And that he basically believes it theres an opportunity here to not just send a message to the world about the importance of the u. S. Supporting its allies as they are being attacked, but also that this can be set up as a message about the importance of u. S. National security and National Security<\/a> matters as well. Now this moment is incredibly important for the white house in terms of trying to sort of shore up the public support, as we have talked about a lot, when it comes to supporting ukraine, the public support for that has begun to wane in recent months. While theres Majority Support<\/a> for the people of israel and a lot of sympathy, theres sort of a mixed response when it comes to the prospects of u. S. Involvement. Now we have also reported that the white house is preparing to make a supplemental National Security<\/a> request to the tune of some 100 billion, some 60 billion of that will go towards ukraine. The other 40 billion will go to israel. And thaiwan and other matters related to the u. S. Southern border. This is an incredibly important moment for the president and the fact that this is taking place in the oval office tells you the gravity of this situation. Thank you so much for that reporting. And today in israel and in gaza, it seems like Ceaseless Karn Act<\/a> ahead of the president s prime time moment here in washington. This is in southern gaza. Pictures of a mad dash to save palestinians plucked from the rubble, but at this hour, rare glimmers of hope. We are getting word that the crossing will open some time tomorrow to allow humanitarian aid to cross into gaza. Theres been heavy, heavy shelling over the past week. Whats happening at this moment. Hes the most fired upon city. 25 of all the rocket this is have been fired from gaza into israel have targeted the city of ashkelon. Of those 1,200 rockets that have rained down on the city, about 200 of those made direct impacts on Apartment Buildings<\/a> and offices, restaurants, et cetera. About 90 of the businesses here are closed. We visited a Command Center<\/a> today where essentially the city has set up a combination of police, emergency services, military to coordinate responses to the rockets as they fall down on this city. Now in the broader context of things, what we also found is a city and a country that is really waiting and anticipating the next stages of this campaign. Were seeing several pretty bellicose comments from the prime minister, the Defense Minister<\/a> as well as some generals in the field talking about the fact that the next phase of this operation, of this Military Campaign<\/a> will involve going into gaza. So that is what this country is waiting for. At the same time as you have mentioned, we have seen both the devastating humanitarian situation inside of gaza, in particular, after that deadly blast at a hospital in gaza. But we are seeing those glimmers of hope with the potential after President Biden<\/a> visited here yesterday for humanitarian aid. At least 20 trucks of humanitarian aid to begin flowing into egypt this week. The next question is whether any civilians who are inside of gaza, who really have no safe place to go, whether they will be able to go through that crossing into egypt as well. That remains to be seen. So many Unanswered Questions<\/a> that are life or death Unanswered Questions<\/a> for these civilians. Thank you so much. Appreciate it. Last week an israeli whose family was abducted from a can i be buts joined our show. He had five Family Members<\/a> missing. Today we have the sad news to share that two of those Family Members<\/a> have been found murdered. One was 80 years old and was also a u. S. Citizen born in massachusetts. And his cousin was just 13 years old. Edo joins me now. Were so, so sorry for your loss. Were so sorry to hear about your aunt and your cousin. Can you share how you got this news . I need to breathe. Thank you for having me again, dana. We celebrated with all the people of israel. It was october 17th. And he would blame this for weeks before she got abducted. And we had a symbolic and helpful for a safe return home. With the whole country. Everybody is saying and recorded themselves and then send it to us. It was very heartwarming. After 4 00 p. M. The day after, we celebrate before we got the news. The uniform Military Officer<\/a> informed us officially that both were slaughtered. After they were abducted from kibbutz in their community. In life and in death, this is an impossible situation because no need to apologize. At the same time, we mourn the disaster. We must also the other female members home, which is offer the father, who is 53, she is 16 and theres an 11yearold boy we saw last week that they were abducted. We were just devastated because we know that the hour glass is running out. If they are not released immediately, the fate may be the same. Did the the officials tell you i dont want to get too graphic, and you share what you want to share, why it took so long to figure out that they were murdered . Yeah, so actually as you can imagine, we asked all those questions and actually several more. They dont have all the information handy. But the estimation is that there were murdered maybe she has a heart problem, so shes walking pretty slow. And when she gets stressed out, she starts staying in the same place. They were afraid this was the reason. But we dont know that for sure. We thought terrorism is the worst thing to call. But what happened there, since its so different, we basically call any condition any aid, whether its humanitarian or any other aid with the Immediate Release<\/a> of the hostages, especially the kids. Its unbelievable. You mentioned the pain is palpable and understandable. Were so sorry for your loss. May their mm ris be a blessing. You mentioned the kids. We want to say once again there are three other members of your family who are unaccounted for. So we are praying for their safe return. I know this was not eases sit to come on, but i really appreciate you continuing to share the story of your family, especially with this grim news. Can i say just one last sentence . Please. Yesterday, President Biden<\/a> visited israel. And when had i know he was pressure ing israel to agree fo humanitarian aid with nothing in return. I understand his policy because the u. S. Caresses as much as we do for any human beings anywhere else. Especially in conflict area, but this is such a different disaster, we see the least we should do is when we give humanitarian aid to the palestinian people, we cant let our especially u. S. Citizens, but israel citizens be below the ground in tunnels without any basic conditions for human beings. I understand. Its impossible. Its impossible to understand, but thank you for adding that and thank you for coming on. Well be right back. Youre probably not easily persuaded to switch mobile providers for your business. But what if we told you its possible that comcast Business Mobile<\/a> can save you up to 75 a year on your wireless bill versus the big three carriers . Its true. Plus, when you buy your first line of mobile, you get a second line free. There are no Term Contracts<\/a> or line activation fees. And you can bring your own device. Oh, and all on the most reliable 5g Mobile Network<\/a> nationwide. Wireless that works for you. Its not just possible. Its happening. The power goes out and we still have wifi to do our homework. And thats a good thing . Great in my book who are you . No power . No problem. Introducing stormready wifi. Now you can stay reliably connected through Power Outages<\/a> with unlimited cellular data and up to 4 hours of battery backup to keep you online. Only from xfinity. Home of the xfinity 10g network. Breaking news, Sidney Powell<\/a> pleaded guilty to six counts of Election Interference<\/a> in georgia just a day before her trial was set to begin. As part of the deal, trumps former attorney will be required to testify at future trials. Zachary cohen is covering all of the developments. What are you hearing . This was a surprising reversal by zid nee powell, and one that could have Dig Zig Cant Implications<\/a> for the other defendants. She was adamant she would not take a plea deal. That was supposed to start tomorrow, but in just the last several hours, a deal did come together that allowed powell to basically avoid being charged and pleading guilty to felonies. She was facing prison time if convicted. Now pleading guilty to six misdemeanors that do take the pressure off her and do add some pressure to her fellow codefendants. She has to now testify as a witness buzz of the terms of this agreement. So we could see her take the stand in a hearing Down The Line<\/a> featuring donald trump or rudy giuliani, where she has first hand knowledge. Thank you for that reporting. Here to expand on that and understand what it means for donald trump and her place in his orbit is mag give habmaggie haberman. When are you hearing from inside trump world about this deal and what are Thee Reverberations<\/a> . This caught trump world by surprise. This was one of the bestkept secrets out of that d. A. s office. They are trying to figure out what it means. There are some people tell pg me they dont think this is that big of deal for him. They think her ability to actually really testify is marginal. They are this shows that the da overcharged in this case. The flip side is the argument that she intentionally charged this way so she could get guilty pleas. Theres nobody who is happy about it. Theres concern about the degree to which powell could offer information, not just about former president trump, but about rudy giuliani, as noted before. Now the former president is still most concerned right now with the new york a. G. Case, which is about his business. Thats really where the bulk of his mind share is. Theres Nobody In Trump World<\/a> who is pretending this is is a good development. They are split on what exactly it means. And thats such an important point that we have to keep remembering. Its easy to do when theres so much happening in the world, but the former president was in new york this week, because hes so worried about what the civil trial up there means for his businesses. But back to what this Sidney Powell<\/a> situation means, we should remind our viewers that were talking about plans to overturn the 2020 election and specifically, there was a key meeting at the white house, this was december 18th, 2020, Military Seizing<\/a> Voting Machines<\/a> in states trump lost, naming Sidney Powell<\/a> as a Special Counsel<\/a> to investigate supposed voter fraud, and Trump Invoking Martial Law<\/a> to overturn the election. This is just some of what were talking about. And so if this is a white house meeting, and if this is mostly about georgia, but still, if knee powell is willing to spill the beans on what donald trump might have been saying in that white house meeting, that could be significant. Theres no question. To your point, that meeting related to what she was charged with, i expect that you will see if she is called to testify, which i expect if there are trials in this case, she will be. Her having to talk in full about that. Now remember, she and other participants in that meeting, it was a wild meeting that we reported on, that cnn reported on, it was a lengthy meeting this laid bear how serious donald trump was about trying to stay in office once we learned of the details, but its a meeting that powell and giuliani and other people who were in that meeting from the other side trying to stop it testified to extensively before the house select investigating the efforts to subvert the election. How much more she would offer, i dont know, but sometimes prosecutors tend to ask different questions. And there are few meetings that were as revealing about trumps mind set and what he was thinking about, including the fact that he really was talking seriously to people, as we reported, as others have, about making her a Special Counsel<\/a> in the white house. And getting her a security clearance. Still, it makes your brain jumble inside your head. Thank you so much. Theres a lot there. Its a an understatement. Thank you so much for coming on. Great to see you. Thanks. Up next, someone who held the speakers gavel not once but twice, and what kept her caucus in line. She weighs in on the Republican House<\/a> chaos, were talking about nancy pelosi. Shes here in minutes. Our diversity is our strength, our unity is our power. That was Nancy Pelosis<\/a> motto when she was speaker of the house. Shes now the former speaker, but still very much in house of representatives. Nancy pelosi is here with me now. Thank you so much for being here. First question is about whether or not you and other democrats will vote to grant Patrick Mchenry<\/a> more power, to expand his power so you can get on with the business of the American People<\/a>, since the republicans dont have the votes to elect a speaker properly. My motto is still the same. Our diversity is our strength. We respect our differences of opinion, and thats what makes us strong. Our leader Hakeem Jeffries<\/a> has just managed this so very, very magnificently, as listening to our caucus, representing us so beautifully. He will decide what the agreement could be, if it there is one. So ill just leave it up to him. However, i will say from a standpoint of the speakership, you really cannot give mr. Mchenry power, some would suggest it would let him do this or that. You have to make him speaker. Then he has the awesome power of the speakership. The question is, for how long . My hearing is that it will be to the end of this session, so until the end of the year. Secondly, what is the legislative scope of it, what does it contain, and third, the structure, what do they do anything about the motion to vacate or what we do about motions on the floor. So its sub stabs, its timing, its structure. It will be up to Hakeem Jeffries<\/a>. We all have confidence in him. Youll go along with the current leader. But thats interest whag you just saud. Theres been lot of discussions about expanding Patrick Mchenry<\/a>, who is just a temporary speaker. Youre saying he has to be full speaker. Tough elect him speaker. You say elect him speaker, you mean have the votes on the floor . But do it for a limited amount of time. And the other aspects of it relate to what agreement we come to. I dont know what their vote is on the republican side. I would hope this could be a consensus volt, but it just depends on the scope, the language. One more question on that. Does there need to be a promise for Bipartisan Legislation<\/a> to ensue, to go through the house after such an agreement . That will be up to Hakeem Jeffries<\/a>. This is very much related, of course, to whats happening not only in the middle east, but in ukraine. Because the president is going to speak tonight. Hes going to make the argument that the American People<\/a> taxpayer dollars should be spent to help sport tease two democrats, particularly israel. You cant do this if theres no house speaker. Well have to have the house speaker. I hope that, shall we say, there will be some order the house will be in order and we can go forward. Before we get to that place, let me say our president has been just so strong. He just understands so well the relationship between the United States<\/a> and israel, as our values partner, as our strategic partner, and also our role in the world to be respectful of other people. So i think that he has handled all this magnificently, as he did with ukraine. He has been a great global leader. You mentioned americas role in the world. I dont need to tell you Hundreds Of Thousands<\/a> of gaz saens are trying to get out. The arab world so far is not giving them a place to go. This year the u. S. Is giving jordan more than A Billion Dollars<\/a> in aid. Egypt, 170 million. How much of an obligation do they have . In the case of jordan, they have been receiving refugees from syria for a very long time. So they are almost to a point of over capacity in terms of absorbing people. But let me just say this. In terms of the whole issue, we always have to stipulate to a set of facts. The fact is that hamas is a terrorist organization. So designated by the United States<\/a> of america, this is how we regard them. They made a bar baric attack on israel killing maybe a thousand people, maybe more. In a state about the population and the size of new jersey, imagine if that had happened here. So when we see the reaction to, oh, whats going to happen in return, there has to be some stopping of the hamas from doing this. Were talking about security. So people calling for a ceasefire are premature . Again, i dont know what the nature of the ceasefire is, but the fact is that whatever happens, we have to protect the civilians, the people of gaz, who are not hamas. But thats hard to do. And hamas provoke d this knowin it would evoke a response and would have then they would be Hide Ing Behind Shields<\/a> of civilian people. But we as americans, i always tell The Story Of Israel<\/a> when i was there once, i visited the hospital. A couple days before, there was an incident where Pal Sestinian<\/a> had attacked jewish people there. And they said, we treated them both the same. We didnt treat the palestinian differently. We treated him the same because were jewish. Tease are people its so sad to see them get attacked and people say when they try to defend themselves, it doesnt share our values. They do share our values. But the president said it so well. We have to help the people of gaza. The arab countries have to do more. Especially egypt in letting them in the corridor there. And again, jordan has really carried a big load of refugees from syria. Thank you so much for coming on. Lets hope and pray everyone can be as safe as possible on all sides of this conflict. Thank you so much. Up next, sirens, smoke and simmering tension. Rockets are flying across israels northern border and they are raising alarms of a twofront war. Were going to go back to israel, straight ahead. Is it possible my network could take my business to the next level . It is with comcast business. Powering all your devices with gigspeed wifi. And you get fast downloads and uploads. Pick it up pick it up oh we got this because its powered by The Next Generation<\/a> 10g network. More speed for your business . Its not just possible. Its happening. Get started for 59. 99 a month for 12 months. Plus, ask how to get an 800 prepaid card with a qualifying internet bundle. Comcast business, powering possibilities. Today signs that israels war is getting hotter, and renewed fears about a broader conflict in israels north. Sirens sent people scattering for shelters. The idf says its firing back at targets inside lebanon. Cnns Matthew Chance<\/a> is in northern israel. This is the big fear about this second front where you are in northern israel. Reporter it certainly is, dana. As israel prepares to enter the gaza strip in a land operation, we tonight know when thats going to happen, but the assumption is very soon, the real concern for Regional Peace<\/a> and stability is what happens up here in the north of the country. Hezbollah, which is of course backed by iran, has vowed to intervene in this israeli conflict. And already were seeing a big upsurge in the amount of strikes that are coming across the border from areas in Southern Lebanon<\/a>, here to northern israel. Over the course of the day weve seen 30 attacks across the border from Southern Lebanon<\/a> into northern israel. Most of those rockets were intercepted by doess antimissile systems israels antimissile systems. One landed in this town where at least three people were injured. So the elklation is ratcheting up now. Dana . Its disturbing. Needless to say, be safe, and thank you for that incredibly important report, matthew. Really appreciate it. Thank you for joining Inside Politics<\/a> today. Cnn news central starts right now. You know i got two home runs. You got two jacks. And then my grand slam. I signed a ball for you. Okay. And it says papa i love you. Why did you do that . Because youve taught me everything about baseball. 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