1 00. Do you think there will be a fourth ballot . Im back with you guys. Im sure you caught most of that. We heard that. Can i translate . I think im going to break out mccarthy dictionary. If i can, just two days ago, he was saying jim jordan is going to win on the first ballot. And that was the most honest i have seen him about jordan, when he says thats going to be unto jim. To me, that means, yeah, medicine, hes got no path. He needs to give it up. Thats what i took from that. Thats my translation. Reporter i think thats a fair translation. That was a much different message than he had going into the chamber. He said it will be fine. Well see how it goes. He knows where the votes are. He knows its going to in the wrong direction. He knows jim jordan cant become speakerer given the direction this is headed. But did make some news, theres going to be a republican meeting this afternoon to try to assess what to do here. He made very clear they are not in a good place as republican conference, which is an understatement given how bad things have gotten within the republican conference about all of this. He continues to blame the same eight members, the republicans who led this effort to vote to oust him led by matt gaetz. He calls them the crazy eights led by gaetz. That shows you that if he wanted any hope to get back in the speakership, he would need those votes to come back inside. Theres no sign of that happening either. So where do they go from here . Its not clear. It depends on what he decided to do. Its up to jim to decide whether to step aside, but Audiocassette Knowledging that republicans are in a very, very bad place. They have to figure things out. They have to get it done. Closed doors, they have had so many meetings Behind Closed Doors that have gone absolutely nowhere that have led to more and more division, more and more frustration, more and more chaos. And the former speaker himself saying earlier to me, things are just incredibly chaotic right now. Him acknowledging that, his Republican House is essentially caused this crisis here, completely stalled legislative branch with no way out, things are getting much worse for the former speaker. Clearly acknowledging that. When you ask a politician should Congressman X drop out, and they say thats up to the congressman, that means i sure how old hope he. Dros out. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. Welcome to a Special Edition of inside politics. You are looking at a shot of the house floor. Of a bunch of members elect ed from americans across the country and every district in america. Because they have once again voted and failed to elect a speakerer of the house. This time, jim jordan, for the third time, it is jim jordan. Now he. Im sorry, danas shot is taking hits. Until we get it back, were going to take over for her. As soon as her shot is fix ed, shes got some Weather Gremlins out there. Well get it right back. But david chalian, i have to say i like it when politicians i dont like when i want want to be honest here. I dont like it necessarily if something bad has happened to them, but i like it when something intervenes and they are candid. That was a rare moment of candor when hes basically saying, yeah, jim has to drop out. Were going to meet. Were in a bad place. As manu noted, it was just totally, totally different from where mckcarthy was just an hou or two before, where he was when he was giving the nominating speech, where he was last night when he left. Seeing that jordan is going tb able to gut this out and he was given 15 rounds. Jim jordan is the greatest legislator that ever lived. Hes a man of integrity. Jim jordan has some thinking to do. Selfless. Kevin mccarthy also is a vote counter. He was the head of the nrcc. I understand he didnt have the votes to stay with that, but he has experienced an understand ing where the conference is. By the way, Kevin Mccarthy knew when had allowed the government to city open, he knew his job was in jeopardy. Its not that he didnt know where the votes were, but the point here is he is paying attention to who moved in. Lets listen in. The honorable jim jordan of the state of ohio has received 194. The honorable Hakeem Jeffries of the state of new york has received 210. The honorable Patrick Mchenry has received six. All right, the house will come to order. The honorable Byron Donalds of the state of florida has received two. Tom elmer received one. Lee sdel son has received four. Steve scalise of the state of louisiana has received eight. The honorable mike garcia of the state of california has received one. The honorable Kevin Mccarthy of the state of california has received two. The honorable Bruce Westerman of the state of arkansas has received one. No person having received a majority, the whole number of votes cast as, a speaker hz not been elected pursuant to clause, the chair declares the house in Recess Subject to the call of the chair. Okay. So we still dont have a speaker for the first time in american history. What are we on day 17 . And theres a tremendous amount going on in the world and we need a functioning legislative branch. We still do not have one because House Republicans cannot get their stuff together. They cannot get their stuff in order. And for the 17th day in a row, we do not have a speaker of the house. We do not have a functioning legislative branch. Despite the thfact that we have war in ukraine, and a war in israel and gaza, manu raju is on capitol hill for us to tell us whats going on. Reporter republicans are going to meet Behind Closed Doors at 1 00 p. M. To discuss their way forward. I am told that theres some discussion about whether they should there will be a vote Behind Closed Doors to decide whether or not the republican conference believes that jim jordan should still be the candidate for speaker. They may put this question to a vote. This is whats being discussed on the floor of the house. They are trying to figure out whether or not to actually put this to a test. Is and perhaps if a majority of the House Republican conference votes to say they dont think jim jordan should be their candidate anymore, then he will step aside. So this is a very Significant Development if this comes to it. But they plan to meet within an hour to try to figure out their way forward, as the former speaker of the house saying we are in a very bad place. Can they get out of that bad place, unclear. But jim jordans future could be put to a test in this meeting and then they will have to decide if think want him out, who is going to be the next candidate. Can they get a candidate to be elected speaker or will the house remain in a state of parls. Manu raju on capitol hill. Were joined here by my panel. Kasie hunt, coming in first was Hakeem Jeffries. Coming in second was jim jordan. Third was Steve Scalise, who at least had the selfawareness to not take his losing campaign to the house floor. To have series of emba embarrassing votes. Who read the write ing on th wall. Coming in after that is m mchenry. These numbers clearly got together and decided they were going to make a statement to stand Patrick Mchenry. Its notable the three republican who is made their stand against jordan today all from districts that biden won. These are people who need their party to seem relatively appeal ing to the other side. It maybe too far gone for that, but they are they have to Face Campaign ads and problems. Mchenry is well like d across te aisle. He honestly just doesnt want the job. I have been wondering how much of that is playing into this it here because if he were more willing to do it, would we have seen perhaps this play out a little differently, i dont know. Hes got a young family. Who wants to sign up to deal with this . Im going to throw back to da baa because na because her gremlins have gone away. Dana bash, over to you. Thank you so much. Appreciate it. And the speaker fight, as we have been talking about, Paralyzed Capitol Hill for more than two weeks. Two weeks in which we have witnessed the horrific hamas terror attacks inside israel. The house cannot do anything about aid for israel or ukraine until theres a speaker. I want to focus on that for a few minutes and go right to cnns clarissa ward, who is noo cairo, egypt. Theres dire need for humanitarian aid that you have been talking about constantly to get into gaza. The hope was that it would come through egypt at the gate, but it is still closed. Reporter thats right. We were at the gate today with the u. N. Secretary general. The hope was that that aid was going to start coming through and yet away we saw were hundreds of trucks waiting in long lines now for three days and still a paralysis in terms of being able to get that aid to where it is so desperately need. The two main issues appear to be on the israeli side. They want to be sure they can verify those trucks and go through the contents, make sure there are no weapons or anything like that. They dont want this to be annize ooislated incident, one time thing where 20 trucks go in. Theyed to be an established and sustained daily humanitarian corridor. When they go in with 20 trucks, they would be mobbed. It used to be before the Violent Attacks that over 400 trucks dpo in every single day. So now were talking about 20 trucks. And thats why theres concern it could be violent or dangerous for u. N. Staff if it isnt agreed pob that this is not going to be a one up thing and the aid will start flowing. What was interesting is the u. N. Secretary general initially hoped they were going to go with the news story and hoped he would go there and say were doing everything we can. And instead he arrived at a full blown protest. Hundreds of angry people who honestly you could barely hear the results. People looking for Loved Ones Snds Gaza who they had lost contact with, and a lot of people who are angry, at israel, the u. S. And International Institutions that they feel have failed the palestinian people, and a lot of anger at western media. Hi one woman started shouting at me. I went up to her and said, tell me what you want to say. Engage with me. Im willing to hear it. Take a listen to what she had to say. We are here to speak the truth because western are not going to aiding in the dehumanization. You say the word move hmd, how does that make you feel . You flinch because thats whats been happening. So now when a thousand palestinian babies die, you dont feel the same. Its one of your own died, but these are our own. And vervelg yulely, the situation became so much charged and the protesters became so exercised that the Secretary General was quickly whisked away. We were ordered on to buss and also bhwhisked away. People were slamming on to buss as we left. And then the Secretary General the at the airport just about 30 miles from there said, listen, i asked about the anger. He said we understand. Were doing everything we can. Were desperate to make it happen had as soon as possible. But up until now, there really isnt a sense in any concrete term ises of when this aid might start flowing into those people who did so desperately need it. Here with me now is jonathan, his son is believed to have been kidnapped by hamas first of all, im so sorry to hear this. I know you have been in anguish for nearly two weeks now. Your son was last seen at the kibbutz, where there was barbaric torture and people were taken hostage. As were seeing these demonstrations, this is an important reminder of how this particular war started. It started with Hamas Terrorists coming into israel and brutally killing many and taking others, including your hostage. Thank you for saying that. Obviously, no human being can see the suffering of the civilians in gaza and not feel that pain. But the world simply cant ignore the fact that this series of events thats led up to this is still very much connected to its origin, which is rampage of about 2,000 heavily armed terrorists into Civilian Cooperative Farms and some small towns along the border with iz re israel. No Military Significance whatsoever. The culling of dozens of our residents from toddlers to elderly people and everything in between, and the taking of many more dozens of captives from the kibbutz, from 10 months old to 88yearolds. So without understanding that, it really any discussion of the current suffering in gaza is just totally one sided. There are hundreds of iz rsrael captives waiting to be acknowledged by hamas, so we know at the very least if they are living or not. On that note, we learned this morning that the idf says that a majority of hostages are alive. Does that give you some hope . And specifically v you been contacted about what this could mean for you and your son . I have not been contacted since that announcement was made. And i very much hope its accurate. What i do know for certain is that the excruciatingly long list of miscaptive people from my kibbutz has gotten shorter over the last few days, as we have gotten notifications from the israeli authorities that people we thought might be captive have been confirmed dead. So time is of the essence here. Its clear. We are i dont know if i could speak for other families, but at least those that the many dozens of families here, we have no information about signs of life or anything else from the idf or any other source. I cant even imagine as a parent of a son the anguish that you must be feeling right now. Speaking about your son, and a question for you is about the american perspective. You heard President Biden last night speaking and he was on the ground in israel. What is your sense of how the u. S. Government has been handling this so far . In a way, its a mirror image of those families who have loved ones in captivity, in terms of the american government, really from two days after the massacres, and tloult the border area, we were contacted. American citizens were contacted by our embassy and the State Department and we continue to be in contact with authorities. They dont have any information for us, but at least theres an open line. And i have absolute faith after having heard President Biden in his general statements and having participated in a Video Conference between him and state Department Officials and american citizens, whose loved ones are being held by hamas. I have no doubt whatsoever that he has a deep personal commitment. And to the welfare of all the hostages, not just the american citizens, as does his administration. And in time will tell how that can come to bear. I have absolute faith. Somewhere in gaza and obviously everybody continues to hold out hope he is alive is and he will come back alive and well. Thank you so much for joining us. I appreciate it. Thank you for your concern. We are going to now turn to a completely different story here in the United States. There is Breaking News in Fulton County, georgia. Election interference, the case thats going on there, another significant plea deal. I want to get straight to Nick Valencia in atlanta. Defense attorney for ken chesebro tells cnn we just saw video of ken chesebro signing a plea deal. We were under the impression this he was offered a deal, but the source familiar with those discussions happening last night said it was not clear whether he would take the else deal. Now telling cnn on the record just moments ago, ken chesebro, the elected architect of the fake electors plot, one of the key attorneys here in promoting Conspiracy Theories and widespread voter fraud theories that were not true in the wake of the loss of donald trump has take a plea with the Fulton CountyDistrict Attorneys office. This is a monumental win for District Attorney fann fani wil. And ill toss it back to you as we get this courtroom underway. The judge now addressing the courtroom. We should hear the details of that Plea Agreement Amoment now. Thank you so much for the significant reporting. I want to go now to paula reid. You have been doing a lot of reporting on this as well. T into context just how big a deal it is that for the second day in a row, we are seeing people in Donald Trumps orbit on this issue agreeing to a plea deal. Not just in his orbit, but also members of his inner circle. The District Attorney in Fulton County has now secured plea deals from two former members of trumps legal team. I spoke to a source this morning close to the current criminal defense team, who conceded that, yes, this could be a problem if the two testify at a trial, defending on what they say. And they also note d that the biggest problem for trump here is that his Defense Attorneys are not going to get what they hoped would be a preview of the Fulton County case. They were hoping to have the opportunity to watch the trial against powell and chesebro to be able to see the weaknesses were in the case and plot their own defense. Now they will not have that. Going forward, well expect additional plea deals. It was never expected that all 19 defendants