Daughter natalie were released by hamas hours ago. Members of her family spoke to the media in the last hour. Im so happy youre finally coming home. Weve missed you so much, and hoped to you were alive and safe. And we know you are so brave and strong and so glad your mom made it through this. Natalie and judith, we love you so much, we will see you hopefully next week, and were going to celebrate. Were going to have a big party and were going to hug you and kiss you. They are the first hostages freed since hamas kidnapped more than 200 people during the october 7th attack on israel. In a statement, President Biden said, quote, we have not ceased our efforts to secure the release of those who are still being held. I thank the government of qatar and the government of israel for their partnership in this work, end quote. Just outside gaza, trucks carrying desperately needed humanitarian aid are still waiting to enter. More than 100 trucks are stuck on the egyptian side of the rafah border between egypt and gaza. This comes as an israeli airstrike hit the oldest active church in gaza, killing at least 18 people. The orthodox patriarch out of jerusalem, the main Palestinian Christian denomination, said that Israeli Forces struck the Church Of Saint Poor Furious In gaza city, where hundreds of muslims were shot sheltering inside. Justin amash, the first palestinian to serve in congress, revealed several of his relatives were killed in the attack, and in georgia Kenneth Chesebro, a former trump attorney pled guilty in the Fani Willis Case today and well have more on those stories later in the hour because to fully understand americas role in the world of Foreign Policy right now, we have to acknowledge the very real crisis at home. Tonight im joining you from the nations capital, where its been 17 days seniors was to the house wing of the Republican Caucus voted to remove and was possibly the least effective speaker in american history, Kevin Mccarthy. But they didnt have a plan for what came next and now the House Of Representatives is still without a speaker leaving the american gum government effectively broken. Last night, amid a crisis of the middle east, putins invasion of ukraine, and a Government Shutdown less than a month away, President Biden said this. Im asking congress to make sure we can continue to send ukraine weapons they need to defend themselves with their country, without interruption. So ukraine can stop the brutality in ukraine. They are succeeding. When putin invaded ukraine, he thought he would take kyiv and all of ukraine in a matter of days. Over a year later of putin has failed, and he continues to fail. What would happen if he walked away . We are the essential nation. We are the essential nation. Well, americas ability to be the essential nation the world needs to be right now is paralyzed because we dont have a fully functioning government, and we dont have a functioning government because one of our two main parties, you know which one, no longer believes in governing, and far too many of its members no longer seem to believe in democracy. The house cannot pass any aid to israel or ukraine or even rename a post office after some deserving american because of his failed Republican Party. Today the House Republican conference voted by Secret Ballot to drop jim jordan as their nominee for speaker. That is after jim jordans failed on the third floor vote, setting the record for fewest votes received by a majorities nominees for speaker, two days in a row. He broke his own record. Many republicans publicly voted against jim jordan for speaker got a taste of what many have endured since the start of Donald Trumps maga movement. So far i have had for Death Threats. Ive been evicted from my office in colorado. A notice of eviction. Because the landlord is made. After the Iowa RepublicanMariannette Millermeeks voted against jim jordan, she released this statement. Quote, i have received credible Death Threats and a barrage of threatening calls. The proper authorities have been notified and my office is cooperating fully. Someone who threatens another with bodily harm or tries to suppress differing opinions undermines trinity for unity and regard for freedom of speech, end quote. Death threats, threatening phone calls and text messages, and an Eviction Notice all because they didnt vote for the trump backed candidate for house speaker. This is the Republican Party. The House Of Representatives is unable to function because the chaos caucus is unable to govern. The house adjourned today until monday with no clear plan to elect a speaker next week. The Republican Party needs to get it together because the world is watching. President biden stressed the importance of americas leadership last night. American leadership is what holds the world together. American reliance is or what keep us america safe and American Values are what make us a partner that other nations want to work with. Joining us now is congressional historian, norm ornstein, an emeritus collar of the American Enterprise institute, and jennifer reuben, an msnbc political analyst. Shes a host of the podcast jen rubins green room. Last time i talk to you guys i thought it was a oneoff conversation that we were gonna talk about house dysfunctional in the Republican Party had become and now im running out of adjectives. Im riding out of things to say because we know the Republican Party is broken but in fairness historically we have had times when the Democratic Party is a little bit broken. This surpasses all historical norms. Absolutely. Weve gone, what is, it 17 days now without a speaker . This is not a failure of one party to negotiate with another or to pass a difficult piece of legislation. This is simply picking a leadership amongst themselves. And this is extraordinary. They are completely paralyzed. This is the natural situation and the natural consequence of Donald Trumps this functional, violent, crazy party. And although i am very sympathetic to those republicans who have received Death Threats, perhaps they now understand what people outside the Republican Party have experienced when they cross donald trump. When it was democrats, independents, members of the media who receiving the sorts of threats. We didnt hear boo from these people. Now that they are getting it, the she was on the other foot. So i think it is really difficult to see how we get out of this, but one thing is clear, and that, is we have a functional, impressive president and it is functional clownish House Of Representatives led by the republicans. I want to get to that point about the president in a moment, but hindsight being 2020, things are becoming clear as we look back. On september 13th, mitt romney published a piece in the atlantic where we found out he wasnt going to run again, in which he talked about republicans in the senate who didnt vote to convict donald trump in his impeachment. He writes, when one senator, a member of leadership, said he was leaning toward voting to convict, the others urged him to consider. You cant do that, romney recalled someone saying. Think of your personal safety, said another. Think of your children. The senator eventually decided they were right. So thats the author of the Story Writing about what mitt romney said. You know, in hindsight now, when you read that i thought to myself, well, thats kind of weird that that would happen. Now we are realizing that there is a basic thuggery that seems to exist among the supporters of donald trump in the United States congress. And its worse than that, ali. It has gone around the country and it affects not just politicians who are cowardly in what they have done, fearing personal safety but also their political careers. But of course we have seen it with violence now against muslims and jews. It has become a culture of violence in the country, and youre right, we can take some of it to donald trump and some of it to talk radio, social media, and other things. I want to put this into a little bit of other Historical Context though, ali. Lets go back 30 years. Newt gingrich pushed aside bob michael, the last great republican leader. Four years later, new greenwich was pushed aside. He is successor, it appeared to be bob livingston, couldnt make it because he had to admit that he had had an affair where the whole thing was impeaching bill clinton. Then we had john boehner pushed aside. The logical successor Kevin Mccarthy at that point was pushed aside. For paul ryan, who couldnt last for more than four years. And then we had mccarthy and now weve got this fars. You said you thought it would be a oneoff, see a next week. [laughter] sadly, thats entirely possible. Jennifer rubin, help us draw the contrast in what we have seen in the world. Its not about whether you agree with joe biden or you even agree with what he is saying and having to do with israel. Joe biden and his team are demonstrating oldfashioned shuttle diplomacy. Theyre flying around the world, they are deeply involved in dealing with the ukraine situation, dealing with the situation between israel and gaza, dealing with the potential and ongoing threat of china and north korea and the fact that iran is in the middle of this tinderbox. It is quite a different scene in the president s world and the world of the administration than it is to the United States congress. It is an amazing split screen, isnt it . You have biden, who is not only leading america but frankly has become almost a titular president of israel because they have a leader, frankly, who is incapable of showing empathy and kindness and understanding. So he is playing the role of grieve orinchief, not only for america, but for another country, for israel. He is making those difficult decisions, as you said. He is engaged in diplomacy. Just today we arranged to have two of the hostages held by hamas released. So as you say, whatever you think of the policies, he is functioning and behaving as the president of United States should. He delivered a serious grownup address from the Oval Office Last night that, frankly, even had a lot of his critics impressed. And then the other side of the screen you had these clowns who were screaming at each other, who cant pick a leader, who cant get organized, emerged from one individual to the next, one scheme to the next. And americans have to look at that and say, the Republican Party is incapable of serving. They are incapable of governing themselves, let alone governing the country. And i hope americans are paying attention to this and taking away the right lesson, which is, unless you get rid of these people and put an emphasis and put a premium on getting a new type of Republican Party, thats what we are stuck with for the foreseeable future. I just got back from israel, and youre not kidding me, i heard a lot of israelis telling me that they would rather have the decisiveness and authoritarian, the authority that joe biden is providing in some cases than people even have with what theyve gotten israel. But let me ask you something, joe biden made the comment that people who want to deal with america are looking at us for leadership. There are a lot of people who dont want to deal with america. Authoritarians around the world who are also looking at the dysfunction in america and perhaps seeking ways to capitalize on it. I think theres no question about that. We have become, in so many ways, a farce to the rest of the world, but also the sense of weakness in leadership. That included Harsh Criticism of biden, even while he was trying to deal with these international crises. We now a substantial number of people in congress who want to cut off aid for ukraine. We know that they continue to push impeachment of joe biden. And lets not forget, ali, that Kevin Mccarthy, steve scalise, jim jordan, the failed ones now, all voted that the election had been stolen, that biden is an illegitimate president. Iv apparently 11 candidates now running to become speaker, nine of them voted that the election had been stolen, right in the immediate aftermath of a violent insurrection. So of course foreign leaders are looking at this and our adversaries are saying, this is great. And russia in particular, which has been trying to sow discontent and division in america, has to be saying, boy did we do a good job. Norma, you make a remarkable point. As norm says, well probably see you next. Week i appreciate both of you. Actually norm, im gonna see you soon or the next week. I think youre gonna be joining me on velshi this weekend. Great work from israel. Yes. Bravo. Thanks to both of. New normal or a store in Steen Engine Rubin thank you. Fani willis and another guilty plea. 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Just an hour ago, natalies father told reporters how it felt to know that his daughter was safe. I havent been sleeping for two weeks. Tonight im going to sleep good. I spoke with my daughter earlier today. She sounds very good. She looks very good. She was very happy. And she is waiting to come home. Her mother has a little scratch on her hand, but she told me it is nothing. She is okay. Im going to hug her and kiss her and its going to be the best day of my life. After an earlier call with the israeli Prime Minister, benjamin netanyahu, President Biden spoke with the raanan family, telling them they will have the full support of the u. S. Government as they recover from this terrible ordeal. Anthony blinken thanks to the qatari government for helping for the release, and vowed that the u. S. Government would not stop securing the release of other hostages. We share in the relief that their families, friends, and loved ones are feeling. But there are still ten additional americans who remain unaccounted for in this conflict. We know that some of them are being h