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including --. medco supports c-span as a public service along with other television providers, giving you a front row seat to democracy. host: a very good monday morning to you. we get first with the speakers battle, this was kevin mccarthy yesterday talking about how he's working all the angles he can to get jim jordan elected to be the next speaker. >> i think jim jordan can get there. i understand how difficult it is. i did walk in with more support but i believe at the end of the day, he can get there. i'm doing everything i can to

help him be able to become speaker. dark out right now, does jim jordan have the votes? >> this weekend, i talked to jim last night, talking to every single member, assessing what the challenges are, but we've got to able to work together. the real challenge is a republicans did something no one would thought that they work with every single democrat to disrupt this nation, to remove the speaker. it has taught people that just work with democrats and disrupt the government. this will go down in history as one of the biggest mistakes these people have made in the process. >> do you have support to get back in there? can you not find eight democrats to agree with you? >> they made a political decision and that's their place to be but they created as much chaos. i don't believe in creating more chaos. i want to put the country first.

i will help lead regardless of whatever title i have. what i see is the most important thing is what's happening in israel. host: former speaker kevin mccarthy yesterday on fox news. we expect a speaker vote in the lunchtime our tomorrow and that's the latest guidance we've been given. we talk about that this morning. here's one of the op-ed pieces from usa today. plenty of news on israel this morning including the fact that the secretary of state antony blinken is set to return to israel this week. the washington times says he was practicing shuttle diplomacy over the weekend.

according to the associated press report on sunday evening, president biden is considering a trip to israel in the coming days but nothing has been finalized on that front. president biden was on 60 minutes yesterday talking about the israel-hamas war and this is what he had to say. [video clip] >> would you support israeli occupation of gaza at this point? >> >> i think it would >> be a big mistake. what happened in gaza in my view is hamas in the extreme elements of hamas don't represent all the palestinian people. i think it would be a mistake for israel to occupy gaza again. but going in and taking out the extremists, hezbollah is up north but hamas is down south.

it's a necessary requirement. >> do you believe hamas must be eliminated entirely? >> yes, i do. but there needs to be a palestinian authority. there needs to be a path to a palestinian state. host: president biden on 60 minutes yesterday. if you want to join the conversation this morning, we are talking about the house speaker battle and the israel-hamas war, join in for the line for democrats (202) 748-8000, (202) 748-8001s an independent (202) 748-8002. robert is in phoenix, arizona, a republican, good morning. caller: good morning. a long time c-span watcher. first time caller. nice job on the new set.

it's looking nice and stunning. i wanted to call in and say that in terms of the house speaker battle, congresses got to get themselves together now. i'm personally rooting for mason rockefeller running from the state of georgia. i think if congress can get this guy in, he is a good moderate, good man. host: this is our second caller this morning, brentwood, maryland, democrat. caller: good morning to you. my comment is about the israel-hamas deal. there was much discussion prior to israel destroying hamas and what will be done with the 2 million inhabitants of cap -- of gaza. i think all those countries that have made relationships israel should donate an individual to

serve as part of an interim government, the saudi's, the jordanians , not theqatars because they are harboring the leadership of hamas but all those countries that want to make comments from the sidelines, they should offer their candidates to serve as an interim government to govern the palestinians and gaza until they can hold their own interim elections and that might be something to go forward and show solidarity in the region. lastly, for the speakership, they are going to have to go outside of the house and bring somebody in they can agree with, maybe eric cantor but somebody. these guys, it's very divisive. host: why don't you think it can be anybody from inside the house? caller: because of the rancor. it's time to the level with the

freedom caucus, they are running strong interference and i don't know if they can come up with a moderate that the democrats would agree with. maybe they can. maybe a moderate, that one in bidens district in new york in the districts by one but the rancor is off the chain. it's really disappointing for the country and for people who are supposed to be elected because of their sanity. it just shows and in cohesiveness i've never seen before in my life. host: why do you think former congressman eric cantor would be a guy who can bring this together? caller: because he was a moderate. he was not an extreme rabble-rouser and he has some experience and he has some appreciation for the financial situation of the country. i think he's living on wall street now i think in some regards.

he was a same guy. he wasn't given over to hyperbole and trying to get on someone's evening broadcast. i think he genuinely would want to show some strong effective, same leadership. my only concern about him not getting it is because of the slow undertone of anti-semitism in the republican party. that might hold him back but it would be a great moment with all this going on to overcome that and name him to that position. i think we can get the country off of this dead spot and go forward. host: that's richard this morning, (202) 748-8001 republicans, (202) 748-8000 democrats, independents (202) 748-8002. back to the speakers battle, this is republican congressman mike turner on face the nation yesterday talking about jim jordan's chances for the speakership. [video clip] >> do you think that there is an

alternate here were republicans work with democrats to find a mutually acceptable speaker? >> that would not be my preference if hakeem jeffries walked away from the opportunity. the vote on the floor was should the speaker, kevin mccarthy be removed and every democrat, 208 of them, voted to remove kevin mccarthy. at this point, i would prefer there to be a republican solution because when they rejected bipartisanship, it's hard to go back to it but we have a lot of people on the bench. jim jordan will be an excellent speaker and i thinking get to 217 but we have other leaders in the house. if the radical handful of people in the republican side make it us unable to return to general work on the house can --, then

obviously a deal will have to be done. host: mike turner of ohio, republican there yesterday. taking your phone calls this morning, this is william in ohio come online for democrats. caller: yes, good morning. you think we got problems now, wait until jim jordan takes over. he's as radical as matt gaetz and the rest of them freedom caucus guys. it's a shame we have to come to stuff like this. jim jordan thanks he is the arresting officer, the judge, the jury and the executioner. i have no faith in none of them. that's all we got is crooks, politicians and that's the way it's going to be. until they get big money out of the government. thank you very much. host: st. paul, minnesota,

independent, good morning. caller: good morning. a couple of quick comments related to the conflict in israel and the gaza strip. regardless of whatever history is there, i think what's really important is to say what's the path forward. that really is the new starting point. to me, the issues are related to three parties, primary parties, israel, hamas and the palestinian people. hamas is the key point because their charter calls for not recognizing israel and calling for their destruction. and there charter also keeps palestinians who disagree with them at they because they will take them out. not just israel but the palestinian people need to

suppress israel regardless of what has happened in the past. you cannot negotiate with somebody across the table they don't recognize you. and they call for your demise. comment number two, this is more of a social thing but, as we talk about pronouns and misogyny and as we talk about polity for women in all the other terms, this will have, this battle will have a lot of collateral damage. we do need to be concerned about children but a lot of people are still using that term women and children. if we want women to be equal and we want to get rid of misogyny, then that term consistently used by people of being concerned about women and children should not be used. israel has a lot of women in

their military force. always good to talk to you and thank you for the opportunity and have a good day. host: this is usa today, focusing the israel-hamas war. [video clip] >> is rescuing the hostages a priority at all?

if my kids were being held hostage in gaza and there are americans being held hostage in gaza i want you to send in the navy seals. what is the conversation like in the white house about the u.s. conducting any sort of operations in order to say americans being held hostage in gaza? >> the president has been very clear that he has no higher priority than getting american fact safe, americans being held hostage. >> israelis are bombing the crap out of them. like saving the hostages is a priority at all. >> for president biden, they are a priority. they are the highest possible priority and he has sent hostage experts to coordinate and consult with the israeli government on hostage recovery efforts. he has major of diplomats are in touch with third countries in the region to ask for avenues

for their safe release. i have been cautioned about how much i can say about certain efforts because we want to protect those efforts to give us the best possible chance of getting our people home. one important point when it comes to the issue of the navy seals is we do not at this point have pinpoint location information for where the american hostages are. we have to continue to refine our understanding of where they are and who they are because we know there are 15 on account for on americans but we cannot confirm the precise number of american hostages being held by hamas at this time. all we can do is to continue to work closely with the israeli government on hostage recovery options which we are doing and then work through third countries to see if there are avenues for release. host: the national security advisor jake sullivan yesterday. taking your phone calls this morning. we are talking about the house

speaker battle. we expect a floor vote around lunchtime, perhaps new and tomorrow and the ongoing israel -hamas war. (202) 748-8000 for democrats, (202) 748-8001 republicans, independents (202) 748-8002.this is wyoming, independent, good morning. caller: with the current house speaker election, i think congress has to hurry up. the republican caucus doesn't want to put up anybody that gets in the way of a possible interference from the freedom caucus. with what we see across the board, we should get this done.

the israel-hamas trauma, there's only one thing we should be caring about --host: this is glenn in illinois, line for democrats. caller: good morning. jim jordan is in no go. a no go. wake up, republicans, he will bomb the whole dam thing. put lynn cheney in there. let's get somebody that can handle things. thank you. host: ursula out of spring lake north carolina, you are next. caller: good morning, john. i'm listening to the people calling in this early in the morning and it's amazing. i am with some of them is favre the speaker of the house.

-- as far as the speaker of the house. this young man will not be any good for us. he is a little radical. going to the war in israel, i've been going through this since 1948. it's a constant back and forth. i wish they would leave the israeli people alone and let them live. i have a question for maybe one of the callers who can answer. they are saying all these americans in israel, ok? you are an american. what in the world are you doing over there knowing that's a hot bed to live in. it's been like that in 1948. they say the u.s., and help me. please, somebody answer that question and the young man fighting in the israeli army born and raised here, thank you,

john. host: you don't think americans should visit israel? there are religious reasons people would go to that part of the world but also family connections and people living in israel. caller: john, listen, i am a world war ii child. i am from germany. let me tell you something, with this mess going on in the ukraine, believe you me, i'm too old to travel but no. you've got people living over there. you explain that. i understand the money issue. it's probably cheaper to live over there butno, those people know how bad -- i've been going through this since 1947-48 when the state started.

it just floors me to watch that and then they hollered that the united states is supposed to come and get me. i'm sorry, john, i have a problem with that. as far as the young man fighting in israel and they are born race here, please, somebody answer that for me. i know they have dual citizenship but i don't know. i have a hard time with that. host: this is tom deerfield beach, florida, line for republicans. caller: good morning. i just wanted to say a couple of things. i want to thank governor desantis for his leadership with the rescuing all the people in israel and sending them to florida, it demonstrates his executive leadership once again

and hurricanes in these kind of crises. he handles it very, very well and i think you would be a great president one day. i called a couple of months ago and i complained that we weren't getting the appropriations bills passed. i'm very disappointed in the republican conference in the house. i think matt gaetz has misled the conference and he should be held accountable for that. i don't believe jim jordan has the votes. i think he bringsit appears thay attempted to sabotage the appropriations process which i don't understand why. he made an awful dealing the debt ceiling. i think he paid the consequences for that. i am disappointed in the republican conference and not passing 12 separate appropriations bills to date. i think they've turned their leadership over. i'm very disappointed in them. host: i'm assuming he's

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