Standing by for a vote on House Speaker after all the chaos. New developments over just the last few hours indicate that this vote really, finally, genuinely might be the one. We have brandnew reporting just in. And the new u. S. Warning for israel to avoid a fullscale Ground Invasion in gaza, to avoid mistakes as the past u. S. Battles and there are new air strikes in gaza this morning. Donald trumps former Chief Of Staff mark meadows granted immunity and new details on what he reportedly said. Im john berman with kate bolduan, sara sidner is in israel. This is cnn news central. A speaker of the house, it might be imminent. This could be happening for real this time, maybe. Possibly. We are standing by for a full House Floor Vote on the Louisiana Republican mike johnson after the Republican House conference said he was their man overnight. Now, if youre following this at home, this last three weeks, they booted Kevin Mccarthy from the speakers chair. They then picked steve scalise, but he dropped out before a house vote and then it was jim jordans turn and they voted on him. He lost several House Floor Votes. Yesterday they selected tom emmer. He lasted four hours before dropping out before a House Floor Vote and then they settled on mike johnson late last night. Now, emmer gone, too. Mike johnson, as far as he is concerned, they held a ballot to see how republicans would vote today On The House Floor. Three republicans voted precedent which is to say they withheld their support for johnson. 22 were absent during that vote. If any four if any of these 25 vote against johnson that would be enough to spike his efforts, but we are getting new reporting on where some of these 25 are now headed. Lets get right to cnns chief Congressional CorrespondentManu Raju On Capitol Hill for the very latest. Manu, what are you hearing . Yeah. After weeks of infighting and complete gop disarray that has left the chamber completely paralyzed, unable to act on the nations business, there are clear signs this morning that finally, republicans can put this ugly episode behind them. There is momentum behind Mike Johnsons bid to become speaker of the house and none of those members that you indicated there have indicated theyll vote no On The House Floor which is good news for johnson who has been working behind the scenes overnight and into this morning to ensure that he does not have more than four republican defections On The House Floor and the expectation at the moment is that he will not. Now in talking to a number of the republicans over the last day. Some of the more moderate members from swing districts, they say theyre simply ready to move on. That is something congressman mike lawler told me last night and some of the Hard Line Members are falling behind, given johnsons conservative politics indicating that this time theyll get the votes. You know, obviously, i did not support the removal of Kevin Mccarthy. I think it was arguably the stupidest move ever made in politics, but we have to move forward, and so we are going to rally around mike johnson and elect him speaker tomorrow and get back to work. Its a different situation now. There was a trust factor with leadership last time. You guys are going to give him leeway for that . Was It Worth Throwing Out Mccarthy for johnson . Thats not the question at this point. The question is mike johnson the right guy at the right time, and i think he is. So mike johnson is relatively inexperienced in his fourth term in the house. Former conservative talk show host, former State Legislator and someone who sits on the House Judiciary Committee and someone who aligns himself with the far right members of his conference in terms of his ideology, Social Conservative Politics and also led the effort in the house and tried to overturn the 2020 election. Something some of his critics will point out, as well and nevertheless, still expected to get the votes On The House Floor today and huge issues ahead, john, dealing with the government funding and dealing with aid to israel and aid to ukraine and the years of republican infighting have sidetracked their efforts to deal with key issues and something johnson will have to confront immediately if he gets the vote today. It doesnt get easier for him and never been in leadership and never been in a Committee Chair and could be the least experienced speaker of all time. Well see what that means. Manu raju, keep us posted on what you hear. Thank you very much. Kate . Joining us now is democratic congressman from new york, the top democrat on the House Foreign Affairs committee. Now you have mike johnson, what are democrats going to do about this vote at noon . A no vote or a vote to get this thing over the line once and for all. Hakeem jeffries, the next person to be the next speaker of the United States house of representatives and thats hakeem jeffries. You will see no difference from democrats on the vote at 12 00. You will see 212 members of the Democratic Party voting for our leader hakeem jeffries. One thing that this Paralysis Impacts is do anything to offer further support to israel among so many other things, and i want to ask you a few things about the conflict that were watching play out in israel and gaza right now. Turkeys president , congressman, just today said in a speech the following. Hamas is not a terrorist organization, but a group for liberation and a mujahadin fighting to protect their land and citizens, this from a u. S. Ally. What do you say to that . I say that hes absolutely wrong, and to say and make that statement is horrendous. Hamas is a Terrorist Ocean who was created for one purpose, not for trying to help the Palestinian People. What they are there for is to wipe out the state of israel. They do not believe that israel has the right to exist and that therefore they are not asking for peace, not asking to try to figure out a solution. Theyre saying that israel should not be, and then if you look at the actions that hamas took, the chopping off of heads of babies and raping of women and taking of hostages and killing people, just innocent Women And Children in the streets, thats not the act of a group that is that is trying to liberate or anything of that nature. Thats the actions of a terrorist organization and a terrorist group. And then theres also this from the u. N. Secretarygeneral just yesterday. Let me play this for you. It is important to also recognize the effects of hamas did not happen in a vacuum. The Palestinian People have been subjected to 56 years of suffocating occupation. Now, the secretarygeneral did go on to say the grievances of the Palestinian People cannot justify the appalling attacks by hamas, but the secretarygeneral had to come out just a few moments ago and im just reading it now, congressman, to as he says, set the record straight because he says hes shocked that his statement at the Security Council is as if is being seen as if it was justifying Acts Of Terror by hamas calling that interpretation false, but those words from the secretarygeneral at the Security Council has led to israeli leaders calling now on guterres to resign. What do you what do you make of this . Do you think he should resign . Look, i think when you talk about this and you look at it from a Historical Context and you look at what took place 75 years ago, when it was a decision that should be a state of israel, and in trying to figure out how you can have, and i think the ultimate idea, and i know of what i am a strong supporter of is a twostate solution. However, when you look at at that time, the arabs and others in the area, they all believe that israel did not have the right to exist and many of the wars of the past. For example, before it was with egypt and it was about israel not existing and i think that what has to take place here as what happened with egypt and as what happened with jordan there came a point that israel has the right to exist and well figure this out and thats the reason why hamas is the bad group because they are not talking to say, okay, israel has the right to exist, and thats why the im a supporter of the Abraham Accords where you start to see other arab nations for the first time saying israel has the right to exist and by saying that venue is opening a door for real peace and not saying that israel should be destroyed and israel should be wiped off the map and those individuals who do not want peace. They want war. So i would hope that we would be able to move with some of the arab states to come on in and a dialogue continue with reference to the Abraham Accords because thats the way that we can get to a twostate solution and have some peace in the middle east. At the same time, as the secretarygeneral was and we heard tony blinken from the Security Council, you can also say that all civilian life is precious and of equal value and the humanitarian crisis that were seeing in gaza is dire and deserves attention, and thats why i was wondering youve gotten a lot of briefings and you came out of a classified briefing, what are you hearing about the efforts and likelihood of getting the Hundreds Of American Citizens who are currently stuck in gaza out . Yeah. No. Look, im with President Biden who is working 24 7 to do just that. Hes been in Constant Contact with the Prime Minister netanyahu and the israelis. He is focused on the humanitarian aid and getting in there. Hes working and talking to the egyptians about making sure that the rafah gate is open so that we can make sure that aid is getting in there. You can hear him talking in regards to delaying some of the ground attacks so that more innocent people are not killed. So i think theres no it hurts my heart to see any child whether and each life is very important whether 2 be israeli and palestinian and that is devastating. We want to mack sure those individuals because all palestinians and most palestinians, overwhelmingly, are not hamas, and so my beef is with hamas not the Palestinian People and we need to find ways to make sure that the humanitarian aid can get to those innocent men, Women And Children. And to be able to get american citizens out if they want to. And get them out. Thats correct. Congressman, thank you very much for your time. John . We are getting new pictures just in. The australian Prime Minister arriving at the white house. You can see President Biden and the first lady right there. Important security meetings, not just about the pacific and about china, but obviously about what is going on in the middle east, as well. U. S. Military officials are warning israel, dont repeat the mistakes the u. S. Made in iraq. Why they say israel should avoid a fullscale Ground Invasion in gaza. As Fuel Supplies dwindle, people in gaza reportedly resorting to donkeys to transport bodies to those killed by israeli air strikes and Donald Trumps exChief Of Staff has cut an Immunity Deal with prosecutors. Thats according to a new report. What he is telling them about conversations that he had with the former president. Of course, its the white house right now. You can see President Biden right there with the Prime Minister of australia anthonial ban ease. They will meet today and a range of issues to discuss including Global Security and a military partnership visavis china and no doubt the situation in the middle east. We will hear from President Biden on all of this. In the meantime, we did see pictures just in over israeli air strike, brand new air strikes and israeli troops have been deployed all around, all around gaza for days and days and days now, but but the Ground Invasion seems to be on pause at least for now. Lets get the very latest on the situation, why the wait. Cnns diplomatic editor outside of gaza, nic robertson. Explain this delay. The delay seems to be because there is a pause for diplomacy, possibly around the release of hostages, up to 50 foreign nationals being held by hamas and also around a big and growing International Push for a humanitarian pause or ceasefire, also because hamas is insisting it wants fuel for gaza and gaza says it has fuel in gaza. The hospitals are running out of fuel, dangerouslily and u. N. Operations could stutter to a halt. At the moment, the diplomacy is front and center, but i can tell you where we stand now we were very close to gaza when the big air strike happened. We heard multiple rounds of artillery going in and saw a huge plume of smoke rise up and you may have heard bangs behind me and there was an artillery not far from where we are that is putting shells into gaza at the moment. So although the incursion is on hold, the military activities around gaza and the pressure thats being put by the idf on hamas, thats continuing at the moment. No doubt and again we can see that plume of smoke rising up over gaza there. Independent counsel robertson in sderot, just outside of gaza. Thank you very much for that. Kate . The humanitarian crisis worsening in gaza. The main u. N. Agency working in gaza says it will be forced to stop Relief Efforts by the end of the day, potentially because of the Fuel Shortage that nic was just talking about which has become a big part of this crisis. Heres abdelaziz with more. Aid is slowly trickling into gaza, but in u. N. Camps families desperate for food and water say theyre getting bars of soap. This socalled aid provides nothing. We are dying a slow death this man says. You dont hear the people screams at night when they fight over a piece of bread. Theres not even water to drink. So far the total amount of aid delivered is less than 1 of what the enclave would receive on a daily basis prior to this conflict. And a crucial lifeline is missing fuel. Without it, enra, the main u. N. Agency on the ground says it will be forced to Halt Operations by wednesday night. The International Community is begging for help. We are appealing, we are pleading, we are on our knees asking for that sustained, scaled up, protected humanitarian operation. Israels reply, ask hamas for fuel. Translator fuel will not enter the gaza strip. Hamas use the petrol for military infrastructure. Fuel hamas stole from anra should be given back to hospitalses. Anra previously declined the claims of fuel looting. As israel intensifies its bombardment of gaza with more than 200 hostages still being held by ham a the Fuel Shortage is already costing lives, doctors warned. At least six hospitals have shut down due to a lack of fuel and hundreds of patients from premature babies to the many wounded in icu are at risk. If the hospital is not provided with the necessary fuel we are issuing a death sentence, this doctor says. The execution is in the hands of the free world. Everyone is guilty. Water pumps will soon stop working, too, making it even more difficult to get clean drinking water. Bakeries are closing, Aid Deliveries are more difficult, and more than 2 million people, half of them children, already under bombardment and under siege could face starvation. The clock is ticking. Now there are intense, diplomatic efforts under way to try to get that fuel in before that deadline of wednesday night, but there seems no indication, no sign that thats going to take place, anra, the u. N. Agency says it is making declarations for what its going to cut, what help critical aid will no longer supply to the 600,000 people sheltering in its camps. Salma, thank you so much. John . Joining me now is general wesley clark, former allied supreme commander, great to see you. If we can i want to talk about things that happened outside of israel over the last 24 hours. We know that there was a meeting in beirut between hassa nasrallah, the Shia Militia Group that operates outside of lebanon and political leaders from Islamic Jihad and hamas. They took a picture of this meeting. Meanwhile, we got word that there was an air strike, an israeli air strike on a Syrian Military location over the border inside syria. Talk to me about the signi