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The next order of business is the election of speaker of the house of representatives for the 118th congress. Nominations are now in order. The chair now recognizes the gentlewoman from new york, ms. Stefanik. Ms. Stefanik mr. Speaker pro temp mr. Speaker pro temp, madam clerk, colleagues, i rise today to nominate the gentleman from ohio, jim jordan, as speaker of the peoples house. We are at a time of great crisis across america. A time of historic challenges in this very chamber. And a time when heinous acts of terror and evil have been committed against our great ally, israel. As this body ...

House of representatives for the 118th congress. Nominations are now in order. The chair now recognizes the gentlewoman from new york, ms. Stefanik. Ms. Stefanik mr. Speaker pro temp mr. Speaker pro temp, madam clerk, colleagues, i rise today to nominate the gentleman from ohio, jim jordan, as speaker of the peoples house. We are at a time of great crisis across america. A time of historic challenges in this very chamber. And a time when heinous acts of terror and evil have been committed against our great ally, israel. As this body convenes for the sacred responsibility to elect the next spea...

Of voting. A look back at the first round followed by reaction from house members. The next order of business is the election of speaker of the house of representatives for the 118th congress. Nominations are now in order. The chair now recognizes the gentlewoman from new york, ms. Stefanik. Ms. Stefanik mr. Speaker pro temp mr. Speaker pro temp, madam clerk, colleagues, i rise today to nominate the gentleman from ohio, jim jordan, as speaker of the peoples house. We are at a time of great crisis across america. A time of historic challenges in this very chamber. And a time when heinous acts o...

Number of 217 votes to win the gavel. Reporter do you think you have the votes on the floor today . We feel really good. We need to get a speaker today. We feel really good about where we are at. Steve kornacki will be with me to break down the vote from the big board. The latest nbc reporting on the breaking news that President Biden will leave tonight for israel and jordan to get humanitarian aid moving into gaza, Work On Releaing the hostages, and how gaza will look if hamas is removed. Hamas released a video of a hostage. The question, is it a signal that the terror group might be willing ...

And can another candidate get 217 votes and this is a huge question as the leaderless house. He is using other to pressure the members of congress to vote for him. Yeah. That is exactly right. That is the hope that, ultimately that these members will come to his side. Expect there could be breaks in between each of these votes. We will see exactly how this plays out but a lot of uncertainty at the moment but there could be meetings that happen to try to pick off these members onebyone. We will see if they decide to recess longer a few hours or maybe come back the next day. We will see. They ho...