Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. In a few hours President Biden will address the nation in only his secondever Oval Office Address. The goal, convince the American People that it will be important to spend 100 billion of their tax dollars, majority of which would help israel and ukraine. Bottom line, sources tell cnn, that President Biden will not only try to make an argument about the immorality what Russias Vladimir Putin and the Terrorist Group Hamas have done but that the costs of u. S. Inaction of not supporting israel and ukraine would be harmful to u. S. National security. President biden arrived back in the u. S. Early this morning after roughly seven hours on the ground in tel aviv. President biden says he pressed israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu there on israels plans for the next phase of the war and worked to secure propositions from the israelis for humanitarian aid for the innocents in gaza. President biden will also speak about trying to bolster the Ukraine Military further. Ukraine, recently delivered u. S. Weapons systems led to the most significant sdrix strikes against Russian Forces in the last few days. Its not just the public President Biden needs to convince. Its some on capitol hill after House Republicans again woke up this morning and chose incompetence. Its not clear any aid package can get through congress as theres no speaker for the u. S. House of representatives for two weeks . A row. Ohio congressman jim jordan still doesnt have the vote and seems to be losing support further. And were told that todays republican meeting Behind Closed Doors devolved into shouting and cursing at each other. Its a staggering display of selfregard and immaturity from House Republicans. Not only American Allies but americans are being killed abroad. Cnn is learns congressman jordan is hoping for yet another vote on his nomination for speaker. Tonight well have more on that in a moment. Lets start in israel with Cnns Kaitlan Collins in tel aviv. Why has President Biden decided now is the right time for this speech . Reporter well, hes about to ask the American Public for billions of dollars of aid to other countries. Notably here in israel, of course, where he just spent a whirlwint seven, eight hours on the Ground Meeting with the newly formed wartime cabinet as israel prepares for its next steps in this war, and the president vowed time and time again since the attack to support them and also tying the address whats happening in ukraine and what could happen in taiwan and, of course, also mentioning something republicans repeatedly brought up saying they dont support sending more aid to ukraine. Thats the u. S. Southern border. Fortifying that as well. All of these pieces you see the president tie in to his address tonight and something you dont often see. He has only spoken to the nation from the Resolute Desk in the oval office twice since taking office. Did so around the Debt Deal Negotiations over the summer. Hes going to do so again tonight. Because hes got to ask congress for hundreds, or for ttens of billions of dollars. 10 billion to israel sending a message its important to stand up for democracies abroad. Ones that are coming under threat and could come under thread in the future and tying it back to why it matters for americans. Weve seen strong support from americans when it comes to israel but slipping when it comes to ukraine. The president just got off the phone with president zelenskyy. The president did everything he wanted. We expect to see aid go from eg egypt into gaza. Desperately needed but not support to the have americans and others in gaza to get out. He felt the visit was important and tie that in tonight from the oval office. And the conversations that President Biden had directly with members of israels war cabinet, and turns out that some of them were interested in House Republicans inability to agree upon a speaker . Reporter yeah. Its kind of hard to think about. That the president is here in this wartorn country. Even in tel aviv where the president was, intercepted another missile from the sky. Obviously a regular occurrence here in tel aviv and has been since october 7th and the president and Prime Minister of israel and new wartime cabinet sitting in this ballroom. Basement of a hotel. Doubles as bunker. You dont have to go anywhere when sirens go off its essentially already a bomb shelter and chaos happening on capitol hill got brought up, jake. Asking the president about this, talking what was happening as jim jordan was losing a vote you discussed yesterday and still did not get the votes because it affect whats the president will ask tonight. Ask all he wants. Until the house actually gets a speaker or empowers a temporary speaker they cant get the aid passed. Its frozen. Its a concern here in israel and the president brought it up, talked about it, lamented it, made assurances in the long run it wont stand in the way of israel getting that aid. Notable, jake, it was even brought up at all during this trip. Thanks so much. Now to cnns ben wedeman in southern lebanon. Seeing images of repairs made to the rafah vasing in southern gaza. And they are predicting open tomorrow. How likely is that actually looking . Reporter well, we understand from people on the ground in rafah that they are at the moment working to repair the road between the egyptian side and the palestinian side at rafah. Of course, its been damaged as result of israeli bombing, and they do believe that it will be ready for aid trucks to start moving in. We understand that those trucks full of aid have assembled in an area to the west of rafah. That theyre preparing to move. It does appear that at this point it will go ahead. Exactly what time on friday we dont know, but we also know that trucks are already at the rafah crossing. Theyre handing out numbers so everybody know whats order theyre going in and already handed out, according to our source on the scene, 25 numbers, but we understand in total there are hundreds of trucks waiting to go in. And the leader of Evipt El Sisi called on the egyptian public to get on the streets and protest in solidarity with the palestinian people. How unusual is that to have a demonstration on the streets of egypt . Reporter well, when its in response to a call from president sisi, it looks like all the usual bureaucratic hurdles have been wiped away. We understand that state supported Political Parties trade unions and other organizations have very quickly received their permission to hold protests in egypt since sisi came to power ten years ago, strictly forbidden. Any unauthorized protest, strictly forbidden and oftentimes brutally sue pppress by the security forces, but in this instance looks like a goahead. He said meeting with the german chancellor yesterday in cairo you will see millions of egyptians come out in support of the egyptian position. Its important to stress what exactly is the egyptian position . The egyptians have been ada adamantly opposed to any idea of palestinians from gaza coming in to egypt. Remember there is a deep feeling that when palestinians are forced or flee from their homes, by the israelis, oftentimes theyre never allowed back. This is really a red line for the egyptians and, of course, these protests will be also an opportunity for the egyptians to show their support for president sisis position. Keep in mind, however, theres always a worry in egypt when you have a large group of people out demonstrating, someone might step outside the bounds placed by the government, and perhaps stress some unhappiness with the rule of president sisi, and we expect by and large many people to come out in the streets of egypt to protest tomorrow. Jake . Maybe remind people the blockade against gaza is not only israels its egypts and southern lebanon. Thank you. Breaking news from the pentagon. U. S. Officials say a u. S. Naish destroyer operating in the middle east shot down multiple missiles and drones off the coast of yemen. The pentagon is not sure exactly where those missiles or drones were headed but it was potentially for targets in israel. Bring in cnns oren liebermann. What are you hearing . Reporter we understand the uss kardian Navy Destroyer operating In The Red Sea passed south in the suez canal and intercepted three missiles the pentagon confirmed a short time ago. According to the pentagon, iranianback ed rebels s who launched the attack. Heading north along the red sea and dont Say Givtentatively th target. They can continue to defend itself, u. S. Interests and its partners. Worth noting this isnt the only hot spot outside gaza. A series of Drone Attacks on u. S. And Coalition Forces in iraq. Two days ago one caused minor injuries to coalition, and a second, pentagon noting during one of the alarms because of a suspected threat a u. S. Contract her a cardiac episode and died as a result of that. This is what the pentagon and Biden Administration are trying to watch closely preventing it from becoming a regional conflict even as you see protests across the middle east directed at both the u. S. And israel, defense secretary lloyd austin held a number of talk wis israeli counterparts and arab leaders first saying the u. S. Would continue to back israel but also defending and ensuring that the safeguarding of civilian lives was important for everybody here, jake. A tense situation as the conflict looks like its hheade towards a regional expansion. Devastating news about two of the hostages kidnapped by hamas and an 8yearold israeli American Woman and her teenage granddaughter were killed. Their bodies found. Ill talk with their cousin next. Stay with us. We have a, a terrible update for you right now on five Family Member whose were all kidnapped by hamas, 12 days ago from their home. They were kidnapped obviously october 7th and near oes from the border. Talked to one relative two mods ago and sadly the bodies of two of the five, abbys Cousin Carmella Dan and the granddaughter noya dan, their bodies found. They were killed. No word on the three other Israeli Citizens from the family missing. Carmellas soninlaw and her father. And noyas siblings as well. Joining us now is abby back with us. When we do the interviews we obviously hope youll come back with great news and thats not the case with at least two of the five and im so sorry. So sorry about the loss of your cousin carmella and her granddaughter noya. Its a, its a stupid question, but how are you doing . Hows the rest of the family doing . Youre hearing this awful news and also are worried about the others. You know, we celebrated carmellas 80th Birthday on tuesday. We got together as a family to have each other and to bring each other strength, and we blessed letter believing that she heard us thinking that she was alive. You know, the last messages they sent to one another, they were saying goodbye to each other. Her daughters saying goodbye. Feared they wouldnt make it and carmella said to them, dont say goodbye. Stay strong. We are going to survive this. This messages created hope for us she was alive and well, and for us now, i cant imagine that the nightmare got worse, but it did. We not only thonow have two of m murdered by hamas but still fighting for three of them. There are so many israelis in the last 12 days that have lost people, have people missing, have people serving or killed and we cant grieve in peace, because we have to continue to fight. How do you feel about how the Israeli Government responded to the Terrorist Attack on october 7th so far . I feel from the Point Of View of several Family Members missing that isolated. It took a very long time for the families to hear. It took almost nine days to get confirmation of them being kidnapped and kind out two days later carmella and noya had been murdered, but someone with a larger understanding of what the country is dealing with, i understand the massive dilemma and massive challenge theyre facing. The members now are looking, like, 16 or 1,700 people murdered by hamas. To catalog and number that number of bodies. I dont know how anyone would be ready for Something Like that. Yeah. When President Biden was in tel aviv yesterday he met with some of the families. He had a lot of messages for the people of israel. Including that the u. S. Stands firmly with israel. One of the other things he said was that one of the lessons from 9 11, and i know that proportionately this is much worse than 9 11. Proportionately this is like 40,000 people in israel, terms how big your country is versus how big our country is. Correct. He says one of the lessons to learn, dont be consumed by rage. And i know thats got to be difficult to hear but i wonder how, i wonder how that landed with you . It lands with me, because for the first time in 12 days i sat with my children this morning and explained to them we lost people that they were dead and no longer hostages, and we had to finally explain to them that we were at war and that people infiltrated our border to murder and brutalize citizens here. And that two of our Family Members were dead, and they asked so many questions, but why would someone do that . But why take them or why kill them . And end of the conversation we said to them, we dont hate anyone. We are not dealing with rage right now. We are dealing with hope and were fighting, and i believe thats the only choice right now. And the only thing that we can tell our children. What do you want what do you want us to know about your loved ones who you lost . I think i saw an image of your cousins granddaughter and she was a fan of harry potter. She was. What should we remember . What if theres one thing we should, we should take away and just remember forever from this interview what do you want us to remember about your cousin and her granddaughter . Carmella was in the worst moments the strongest person we knew, and noya in her love of harry potter believed in magic and i have to believe the combination of strength and magic and the fact they had the strongest of relationships, until the end, gives us some solace knowing that theyre together in this. That what biden also said in his speech and in his visit that we have to stand against terror. That we have to fight for the civilians that are still being held hostage, and that we have to use our voices. Whether that means speaked to elected officials demanding that this remain a top priority. This is what we want. Abby, im so sorry. Thank you. Were all so sorry. Were all so sorry. Were still fighting. May carmella and noya, may they are memories be a blessing. Thank you. We were remember carmellas strength and noyas love and belief in magic. Thank you so much. Well be right back. Muc israelhamas war, but the aid package President Biden will pitch tonight the American People tonight cannot actually pass congress, because there is not a House Speaker. Right now on capitol hill republican congressman jim jordan and in his effort to bully his way into the house Speakers Chamber run into the reality that he doesnt have the votes. But that does not mean hes giving up. Not having the votes has never stopped mr. Jordan before. Remember he didnt give up when donald trump lost the 2020 election. A major player in the conspiracy to overturn the peoples vote and keep him in office. And threatening republicans and their spouses if those republicans voted against jordans grab for the speakers gavel. Congresswoman meeks from iowa reserved credible Death Threats and barrage of threatening calls after flipping her speaker vote from jordan on tuesday for House Appropriations chairwoman kate granger on wednesday. Congressman steve womack of arkansas says his office flooded with calls and lots of profanity and nebraska congressmans wife receiving menacing text messages. Jordan on x, formerly known as twitter came out said, no american should i cost another. Condemn all threats against our colleagues. Imperative to come together, its important, he said that yesterday, last night. Of course, the campaign to pressure people was announced on i think Saturday Night or sunday morning. He came out yesterday. Cnns reporter on capitol hill, melanie, after all of this, somehow, for some reason, congressman jim jordan announced he will hold a third vote for speaker . Still trying . Reporter yeah. Jim jordans new plan is actually the same as his old plan which is hes going to try to win over his opposition and potentially fight this out on the floor even though its clear he is nowhere near having votes it will take to become speaker. 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