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a time when the country is facing some pretty serious problems. the american people view its ally, israel, very differently than they view the war between russia and ukraine ukraine, and that's why he's trying to muddle it. >> this is game playing. the billions that have gone to ukraine versus us now needing to deal with an immediate, shocking dynamic of terrorist gangs attacking israel. >> it may take multiple more votes to do it, but i think jim jordan's the right guy. he talks about let's fight, let's finish and let's keep the faith of the american people9 that the american dream is still alive. >> the slow-walking on inflation has long-term consequences. the longer you take to curb inflation, the more you have a problem of it burning, of it baking in, and the longer period where where you're not investing. ashley: it is 11 a.m. on the east coast on this friday, october the 20th. i'm ashley webster in today for

stawrt varney. we are watching toll hill as house lawmakers are set to begin voting on yet again a new house speaker. kevin mccarthy just finishing his nominating speech for jim jordan, you can see house minority whip katherine clark is nominating hakeem jeffries. we'll bring you the latest news as a it develops through the hour. all right, let's take a look at these markets. we've been down since the opening bell. nothing too drastic, but certainly a lot more selling than buying. the dow off 150 points, the s&p also down 1%. take a look at the price of oil. it has been slightly on the rise, above $90, and that's where it is, up another 78 cents at $90.15. the 10-year treasury yield after just going past the 5% mark in late after-hours trade yesterday backing back down, it's now down 8.9 basis points at 4.90%. and quickly, if we can take a

look at the- year yield -- 2-year yield, 5.08%. but that too is down more than 7 basis points. already, now this: donald trump winning in the top seven key swing states as voters appear to be rejecting bidenomics. steve hilton, great to see steve, he's here today. good morning to you. only 26% said bide mom you cantics, 26% said bidenomics has been good for the economy. i want to know who those 26% are and what they're thinking. [laughter] >> exactly. what's hilarious about this is that the more that biden and his team sort of fan out across the country flogging bidenomics, even the other day when he made his speech on the appalling atrocities committed by hamas, he was standing in front of a sort of shipping container with bidenomics plasteredded all over it as if that's going the persuade people to change their perception of reality. which is the reality that this administration and its economic

policies have really hurt people. so just look at the numbers. we constantly talk, follow the data. the data is very color. the average of the median household, $4,000 nearly a year worse with off in real terms after bidenomics. why? because you saw the exact passage of the spending that caused inflation, and then when you got the inflation, you have to raise interest rates to tame the inflation. so now after being hit by the inflation, people are hit by high mortgage rate, and the whole thing adds up to a total nightmare for regular working americans, the exact people that biden promised to help but didn't. actually, president trump did actually help. and that's why you see these poll numbers. ashley: yeah. it's interesting. i've got to get to this stuff, steve. the speaker vote, another one, about to be under way. kevin mccarthy giving a nominating speech for jim jordan. i mean, how does this play out, and how embarrassing is it for the republican party?

>> so the thing that really makes me upset about this apart from the obvious impact on national policy is the local impact. you think about all those republican candidates who are running for office in their communities trying to improve their communities, trying to run for local council or at the state level right across the country. thousands and thousands of republicans getting ready for their campaigns, knocking on doors trying to raise money, trying to get volunteers to help them with their campaigns. all of that work is being undermine filed this self-indulgent ant aics of the house -- antics of the house republicans. when you say to people, yeah, vote republican, we'll make your life better, we'll sort out the problems in our community communities or our state, they look at you and say, what are you talking about? look what happens when republicans are in charge. it's total mayhem. so it's really, really destructive, and the sooner they get it together, the better. ashley: talking of self-indulgence, what do you think should happen to matt

gaetz? >> look, at the beginning of all this i felt that there was, there were reasonable points being made if you listened to the speeches of matt gaetz and and his colleagues. they were making good, policy-based arguments about cutting spending, improving the process through which congress spends money, all those things, right? that was good points. whether you liked his tactics or not, the argument was a good argument. but it seems that now it's got nothing to do with policy anymore. who thinks this is actually about policy or how we run things in washington? it seems like it's descended into ego and arguing over who was mean to who last week or who hates who. it is just embarrassing. [laughter] so i don't think that actually you can blame any one person. you need to get all of them together and figure it out. ashley: well, my idea, steve, why don't you get on a plane, fly out there, get them all in a room and set 'em straight. [laughter] >> i think so. that's what we need. that'll sort it out.

ashley: there you go. call in steve hilton. steve, great to see you this morning. thank you so much. appreciate it. >> see you soon. ashley: all right. yep. let's get back to the markets. jonathan the hoenig joins me this morning. -- jonathan hoenig. >> thank you, ashley. ashley: we always joke you bring us exotic stock picks, you have a crypto play that yields a 7 # 7% dividend? -- 77%? >> yeah, pretty astounding actually. great to be with you. bitcoin has been actually less volatile than stocks and bonds. they've both been down, but crypto's actually getting a bit of a bid this morning. i'm looking at an etf, the ticker symbol c-o-n-y, and they write options on shares of coinbase, the big crypto exchange. an a eye-popping dividend yield, 77%. a lot of that comes from the sale of the very risky options. i think it's kind of a fraidy cat way, if you will, to play

shares of coinbase and crypto writ large. ashley: i have another name on my teleprompter here -- [laughter] it says, jonathan, victoria's secret. i don't think victoria has any secrets left, but tell me about it. >> yeah. well, look, victoria's secret went woke five years ago, ashley, and they real tanked the stock, down about 50% since they started including so-called inclusive models in their campaign. the stock has gotten destroyed, but they're starting this week now as they announced to bring sexy back, and the stock actually the got a little bit of a pop on that. vsco could have legs despite even if the broader market cons to fall. continues to fall. ashley: all right. one quick one for you, gold play, jonathan, if we can just get to that. jpmorgan, alarian mlp, if i'm saying that right. >> yeah, oil was the one sector that held up in the 1970s, so

amj is a basket of income-oriented energy plays. again, i think this is a place you can hide out even if big tech continues to tank. ashley: all right. jonathan, we are out of time, and i'm sorry, we're keeping an eye on this house floor vote at the same time. thank you, as always, sir, for bringing us some very interesting picks and different ways to think about investing. jonathan, thank you. lauren, come in here. we're watching this now, this is the third time around that the republicans are trying to get a house speaker elected. they just haven't had the 217 votes they needed, and i think there's a lot of doubt this time the around, but we'll have to wait and see, right? lauren: the issue is jim jordan lost ground between vote one and vote two. you're supposed to gain votes. he's at 17 and climbing right now. can he get enough republicans behind him to advance his speakership so he can take the gavel? as we've said, he's in it to win it, but a lot of republicans are saying he's too far right and

has some bullying tactics that they don't approve of. ashley: in fact, it's -- [laughter] we went to a color bar there. even the camera got fed up with it. what's interesting is jordan says if i don't get it this time, there's perhaps a suggestion he may try again saturday, sunday, continue to grind it out which mccarthy had to do, i don't know how many times he went, 15, 17 times -- lauren: 15. ashley: we could be back in that a scenario. lauren: i know. what are the possibilities that enough republicans get kind of fed up with this whole chaotic situation that they lend their support, and this is a wildcard, but to the democratic leader, hakeem jeffries. ashley: right. they're. lauren: i think if a 5 of them flip over, then look what happens. unlike l but -- unlikely, but it could still happen. ashley: i want to get back to the markets, lauren. talking of some of the movers this morning. regents financial, the bank.

lauren: that bank is down about 10%, and regional banks across the board are down sharply across the board. they reported disappointing earnings. they said their deposits fell, their loan losses rose, all bad news. the regional banks are down, in fact, the most since march when we had that mini banking crisis, if you will. take a look at generac, they were initiated at underperform at bnp paribas. that stock is down almost 5%, the price target being given to them is $78. pfizer shares also lower, this is such a disappointing market, check right now. pfizer's back around 30. disappointing earnings, obviously, this week on the back of lower covid sales, and ubs has cut their price target there from $36 to 34, ashley. ashley: a lauren, thank you very much. as we keep an eye on the house floor, of course, we'll keep you up-to-date with all the developments. meantime, state department officials are slamming the mainstream media over their coverage of the gaza hospital

blast. watch this. >> i don't want to play media critic here, but i will say that i do think that this event was a reminder that it would be wise for all of us to take a beat and pause and collect all the information before choosing to decide what we believe and what we don't. ashley: get it right, is what he's saying. we're going to tell you what else they're saying. meantime, americans being warned to exercise increased caution when traveling abroad. the state department says to stay alert to potential threats. national law enforcement counterterrorism analyst aaron cohen will weigh in on that. meantime, israeli tanks gathering along the northern gaza border. israel has reportedly been given the green light to launch their ground offensive. mike tobin live in southern israel, he'll have the very latest. and, again, right now the third vote is underway for house speaker. continuing to follow it. stay with us, more "varney" next. ♪ finish muck

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the defense minister said the the first stage in destroying hamas is what we're seeing, a military stage. he says it's going to be long and difficult. meantime, we're just about two weeks since the massacre of october 7th, and and i had a chance to speak with an a american-born israeli commando. we can't show you his face, but he tells us what it's like to fight in his own neighborhood. >> basically what we did was anywhere from the gaza border to the settlement itself, when we identified terrorists that were coming in or going out with hostages, we attacked them. >> reporter: that complicates things because you can't call in an airstrike then. >> exactly. you don't know if anyone who's going out has civilians with them thing you know, children, women, things hike that. so every attack has to be very precise. we also had, like, times are where we went into a place, and the terrorist was dressed as a soldier in order to confuse us and surprise us. >> reporter: and that was --

have to make an instant decision. >> exactly. you know, it's shoot or be shot. even though i'm a fire support officer, because of the whole complicated situation that was going on over there, it also took on a job of -- >> reporter: but your job is to paint targets. >> right. even though we trained for war, we didn'tment expect something like this. this was complete massacre, you know, burning bodies, people being dragged through the street naked. this wasn't war, this was a massacre. >> reporter: have you with had any time to deal with the emotions of what you've been through? >> so over the last couple of days, we've been preparing for what's coming ahead, and i'm just trying to make it out to the other side. later we'll have time to think about what happened really. >> reporter: and while we're watching the first stage of getting rid of hamas according to the defense minister, the

second phase will involve targeting pockets of resistance. it will be lower intensity. and the third will involve, essentially, disengaging from gaza where israel will no longer be responsible for things like power, water and the crossings. ashley? ashley: terrific stuff. mike tobin. thank you so much, mike. by the way, the 45th cargo plane arrived this morning in israel. let's are wring in former israeli special operations veteran aaron cohen. aaron, the israeli military has gotten the green light, we understand, to begin the ground invasion. so how does this play out? >> well, it's it's going to play out the way it is it's been playing out -- it's been playing out. we've got time right now. we haven't gone in just yet which is a good thing. i don't think it's politically connected to president biden's visit. i think that that the idf and the commanders are very smart. most of them are bred out of our elite units, the ones who run the idf now. and while time is not a friend

to the hostages that are being held right now in gaza which is a major portion of this operation if they're, in fact, alive, i can tell you that the there's probably planning happening right now for that contingency. there's multiple teams that are prepping on hollywood-style sets that are going to be making forced entry into multiple or structures at the same time with a high degree of selectivity. that's what these units train to do. and as far as incursion goes, time is a friend right now. it tires out hamas. there could be up to 40,000 armed terrorists inside gaza who have booby trapped that place. we like tired terrorists, they don't shoot as straight. those tunnels are going to be a challenge. we have intelligence on those tunnels for many, many years, haven't been able to actually do anything about it because we kept the gloves on. but at this stage right now, all the options are on the table, and israels's getting prepared, mentally focused, and at the end of the day we're going to have to go in there. we haven't been in there for 20

years really hard. since oslo in '97, we pulled out several special operations units, so i don't really think that the lack of intelligence that people were talking about is the fault of the israelis, i really don't. i don't think it has anything to do with a mass intelligence failure. that was rabin with trying to make peace with arafat at the time. we gave back gaza a and allowed the palestinians to run that place on their own and, unfortunately, we paid a price. but israel's, you know, gloves are, the gloves are off, and our intelligence is getting collected right now. that's right. and we're hitting hamas. we're flying thousands of sorties a day, we're protecting the north, we've got the equivalent to the u.s. army rangers up there, special operations detachments within those units, combat controllers who are some of the best in the world putting missiles down on critical targets. israel's getting ready, we're prepared, we're kicking off the rust and getting ready to do business. this is what israel does best, very, very powerful country when

it comes to defending itself. ashley: yes. aaron, let me, before we run out of time i want to get into this. you're a counterterrorism analyst as well. the state department warning americans abroad to exercise caution, look out for any potential threats. any advice for americans overseas right now? >> yeah. you know, listen, if there's a way to get home, i would lay low. things are very tense right now. the entire world is looking, we're potentially at the preeminent stages. we've got fatwas being called left and right by the head of hezbollah. everybody's trying to gain their supporters, millions of muslims -- we're good people, together to support the hamas. unfortunately, hamas has been a marketed in to the palestinian people. the palestinian are good people, but the problem is that the world doesn't know the difference right now between hamas and the palestinians.

but i'll tell you this, these calls for days of rage, these are serious concerns. many law enforcement agencies in major cities here in the u.s. and abroad, germany, all over europe, they're on tac alert right now. if you cannot be out, just go with home and lay low. let israel handle its business. we're going to do the best we can and be very careful9 with the palestinian people. we use selectivity, we follow international law. but at the same time, everybody needs to start looking at their national security, their law enforcement, making sure that their cops are trained up to deal -- ashley: aaron, we're out of time, aaron. aaron cohen. thank you so much, sir. i think your advice is well taken, lay low. that's the situation right now. aaron, thank you very much. i i want to bring our viewers up to speed here. we're looking at the house floor. a third vote now for house speaker. as you can see, jim jordan, 81 is. hakeem jeffries, the democrat, 79. jordan needs 217 votes. he's failed the first two times, let's see what happens this time

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jim jordan, this is his third attempt, the republican from ohio, to get the speakership. the first time around a he lost by some 20 votes who did not vote for him, then it was 22 votes on the second time. and and based on what we know, he can only lose 5 gop votes today because of the roll call vote absences. so it seems unlikely. we're going to continue to follow it. as a you can see, the count right now, hakeem jeffries, democrat, 98. of jim jordan, 95. we are continuing to follow that as the house has not had a peeker now for close to three weeks. >> all right, lauren, let's take a look at the markets. let's begin with general motors. lauren: so they're in negotiation with the uaw, it continues. gm says it's offered a historic deal, and we'll sea if it's accepted or if the uaw president announces a further strike when he speaks at 4 p.m. today. gm if shares are higher today. philip morris also up, stronger profits. they raised their full-year

profit guidance. it's not traditional a cigarettes that are helping out, it's for heated tobacco. oral nicotine. sales of those products are strong. philip morris is up 2.7%. and meta. ashley, republican senator manies in a will letter asked the tech firms including meta but also google, x and tiktok, about content moderation and their policies on it as we deal with the israel-hamas war. ashley? ashley: all right. lauren, thank you very much. just another quick mention on the house speaker vote, that tabulation you see on the right-hand side of the screen, jordan would need 217 votes. that's the magic number. so just keep that in mind as we continue to follow the votes coming in. now this, president biden pushing for more funds for the wars in ukraine and israel. a lot of money. peter doocy joins me now. peter, exactly how much does the president want? >> reporter: more than $100 billion in the new money.

and a majority of that is, $60 billion for ukraine. it's not a certainty that it's going to pass or that congress can even vote on it anytime soon if they don't have a speaker. but there is a certainty, according to the president, in his message about putin. >> and just two weeks ago he told the world that if the united states and our allies withdraw, if the united states withdraw with, our allies will as well, military support for ukraine would have is, quote, a week left to live. but we're not withdrawing. >> reporter: there were two things critics wanted president biden to talk about last night, the border and iran. the border never came up but iran did. >> iran is supporting russia in ukraine, and it's supporting hamas and other terrorist groups in the region. and we'll continue to hold them accountable, i might add. >> reporter: some republicans don't think tehran is going to get the message. >> you have to raise costs with

iran. the israelis could take out hezbollah, could take out hamas, but iran will keep pumping them with weapons and money all day long. it's only til we go after the head of the snake and deter and make them feel the cost that this will, that peace will be restored. >> reporter: president biden is meeting with the leaders of the european council and the european commission later on today. for some reason there is no press briefing at any point. this is going to be the fifth day in a a row without one before the president goes to a campaign reception here in washington, d.c. and then gents off for a weekend -- jets off for a weekend in rehoe both beach. ashley? ashley: must be nice. peter doocy, thank you very much. jason chaffetz joins me now. jason, let's begin with the president's speech last night. what did you make of it? >> it was one of his better speeches, but it was e still very weak. and if you really dive into the line by line, you kind of scratch your head.

the idea that he's going to, quote, continue to hold iran accountable, are you kidding me? there's nothing that he's done to hold iran accountable. he's enriched iran. he's encouraged iran. he's given them the money and the assets to go engage in these terrorist typeses offing activities. so i think he was totally 100% off base, missing the mark there. that speech was one that should have been to deter think about from further a-- anybody from further attacking israel or messing with the united states, but it did not do that. he should have also put a red line in there with iran and said we need those hostages back or we're holding you accountable. again, didn't do that. ashley: no the, he didn't. i want to move on on to this subject, the house voting on a speaker yet again. mr. jordan appears to be losing. he's got 122 votes, but already

we've seen 5 votes for steve scalise, 2 for kevin mccarthy. i think jordan, based on the roll call absentees, needs only 5 defect editor, if you like. so it appears he's not going to make it this time around. he appears to be losing -- what do you make of all of this? should they just keep on going through the weekend until he can get the votes he needs? >> look, i would vote for jim jordan. i think he would be a great speaker. they need to keep voting, and they need to figure this out. if jim jordan can't get there, then potentially you got to look outside and, you know, the two people that i think perhaps would be palatable to the, to unanimously be supportive within the conference would be somebody like a lee zeldin, former member of the body, well liked on the whole full spectrum, and the other one is to bring in newt gingrich. i mean, he's been there, he's done it. he could just do it to serve out the congress. those are my two ideas in the

trying to be. >> creative. but i'm not really missing congress right now, ashley. [laughter] ashley: i was going to say, you're just happy to commentate on it from from awe far. how embarrassing is this for the republicans and also, i asked this question to steve hilton, what should happen to matt gaetz? i mean, it's one thing to boot mccarthy, but they didn't have a plan b, did they? >> look, i'm sympathetic to many of the arguments that he made. i didn't like the way it went down because i don't think they had an end game. i don't think you change the, you know, in the middle of the term to make that type of change. but i don't think anything should, quote-unquote, happen to matt gaetz. every one of those members on the republican side of the aisle has to say why did we vote for a rules imagine that enabled one person to stand up and and call -- ashley: right. >> -- you know, have -- of the chair. they all voted for it, so now they're complaining about it? if i said at the time, i said it

to stuart varney, it is a mistake to have the threshold of one person. it should be, like, 5% of the body, you know in 24% of the people -- or 24 bodies or something like that. rather than just one person. but they voted for it, he used the rule. the people of florida get to determine who their representative is. ashley: yeah. it's -- i use the word embarrassing, it's a shambles. and what kind of damage does this do to the party? they can't get their act together, and i'm talking, you know, looking down the road to the 2024 elections. i mean, this is awful. >> i think if they get this done by the end of the weekend, most people, you know, two months from now will forget this hiccup even occurred. but go past the weekend with a war raging in the middle east, appropriations that have to happen, you know, i mean, look at joe biden. he's going on vacation this weekend. that's a really bad look. if the congress can't get their act together, you know, they're

going to be in that same boat. ashley: well, we'll see what happens. jason, i hope you're right, maybe, you know, two months from now people won't remember it, but right nows it is a shambles. that's the word i'm going to use. jason chaffetz, as always, great to talk to you, sir. >> thank you. ashley: all right, let's move on. thank you. an iconic jewish daily in new york city vandalized with hateful and anti-semitism symbols after it showed for israel. that's all it did. even more symbols found across the street. that deli owner will join me next. but right now, as we've been talking about, the third vote underway for house speaker. it appears jim jordan does not have the necessary votes. he needs 217. it could be the third round, again, he fails to make it. more "varney" coming up next.

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ashley: you are looking at the house floor as the third vote for speaker is well underway. jim jordan, the republican nominee, appears the not have enough votes to become speaker. the third time around. he has vowed to continue to fight for the speakership is. but he needs 217 votes to do that, and it appears he does not have those votes, but we will continue to follow it. now this, an american woman who escaped the music festival attack in israel is now sharing her story. lauren, what is she saying about it? lauren: it's a survival story, ashley. it's really a powerful recount of what it was like being at that festival in early october, seeing terrorism firsthand. and then she came back to the united states and still feels hunted. >> a lot of the things i've been hearing and seeing since getting back, a lot of the videos of the protests, these palestinian protests, this is about hamas, a terrorist organization who is just as complies is sit in the

deaths of these innocent palestinians as they are in the deaths of innocent israelis. the amount of anti-semitism i've seen in videos since coming back to new york, anti-semitism all over europe and the united states, that scares me more than anything. lauren: her name is natalie. she said the least she can do now is speak out about it because the friends and family that he left behind in israel, what are they doing now? they're re-risking their liveses by enlisting to fight on the front lines. finish. ashley: all right. thank you, lauren. we told you about this one yesterday, it's an iconic deli in new york city, was recently vandalized with anti-semitic graffiti after the owner expressed support for israel on social media. the owner is jeremy, and he joins us this morning. jeremy, thank you for joining us. let me begin with this, do you feel safe in new york city? >> i do feel safe walking around now, but i am very nervous about

what i'm seeing, and i am very scared for what the future holds for everyone. ashley: what are you seeing? >> just, you know, similar to what we just herald natalie talk about -- heard natalie talk about, we're seeing people coming out and wanting to show support for palestinians. but, in fact, what they're doing is they're showing support for a hamas. this is not an issue of palestinian, this is an issue of a terrorist organization that is dedicated to the killing and destruction of jews not just in the land of israel, but around the world. and people are chanting to kill jews in israel here in new york city, they're flying hamas flags. not just palestinian flags. and, you know, i hope that these people endon't understand what they're saying and representing. i'd like to believe that they're just foolish. but what they are saying and what they're representing is just is horrific and horrible. ashley: what's the response been in your neighborhood?

>> the response from the neighborhood has been full support. people are outraged. a swastika represents hate, hatred for jews and just hatred against humanity. and i think that a lot of people just need more education at this point because we all can come together today 80 years after the holocaust and say that a swastika represents everything howcial that we know in this -- horrible that we mow in this world. unfortunately, people are not aware of these other hate symbols, and i think people need to be taught that when they go out on the streets and fly a hamas flag, they're calling for death, they're calling for rape, they're calling for bodies to be mutilated, for babies to be burnt alive. and seeing that in the streets of new york and in other major cities around the world is absolutely frightening. ashley: very quickly, jeremy, have you heard from the mayor of new york city? >> i have not heard from him personally, no, but other politicians have reached out, and there is a tremendous amount of support. i saw the mayor speak at a

pro-israel rally the other weekend, and he spoke beautifully, in fact, and stood squarely with the jewish people in new york and around the world with. ashley: we'll have to leave it there, with but thank you so much for joining us this morning to tell us your story. thank you. okay. the governor of california, gavin newsom, just announced that he's going to visit is reel. -- israel. lauren, when he's heading out there? lauren: today. it's a last minute stopover on his trip to china that where he will meet to talk about climate policies. it's a short trip to israel, just one day. he'll be meeting with the victims. of course, the state of california is sending medical supplies to help the victims on the ground in gaza. so add governor newsom to the let's of the politicians and the lawmakers supporting israel and going there. ashley: all right. lauren, thank you very much. and, of course, we're still watching the house floor where they're voting for a house leader. jim jordan, republican, appears to be losing.

so far he's lost 24 gop votes. he's doing worse this time than last time and the first time around. this is the third time that he's tried to get the speakership. he says he's going to fight on, but it looks like this time around he just doesn't have the votes. more on that in a moment. meanwhile, hillary vaughn caught up with squad member ilhan omar. spoiler alert, omar not happy with hillary. we're going to give you the details next. ♪ ♪ (adventurous music) ♪ ♪ ♪ be ready for any market with a liquid etf. get in and out with dia.

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goli, taste your goals. ashley: all right, we're just continuing to keep an eye on the house floor as it votes for a third time for speaker. it appears that republican jim jordan just does not have enough votes to become speaker. in fact, the third time around he probably has less than he did the first time around. so we'll continue to follow it, but becoming speak for jim jordan continues to be a hard go. all right, now this. happening moments ago, hillary vaughn caught up with squad member congresswoman ilhan omar, and hillary joins us us now. hillary, you asked the congresswoman about her stance on israel. how did that go over? >> reporter: well, ashley, we had a few follow-up questions.

ilhan omar is one of about a dozen house democrats that has called for a ceasefire in israel's war with hamas, so we had a few follow-up questions about what that policy and practice would actually look like. here's how it went. you called for a ceasefire. are you okay with a hamas terrorists continuing to exist? do you think that israel should just lay down their arms and not try to get the hostages out of gaza? how can israel have a ceasefire with terrorists whose entire mission is to wipe out their existence? [inaudible conversations] how can they have a ceasefire if they're trying to wipe out -- [inaudible] >> [inaudible] >> reporter: is, ashley, we didn't really get any new comments or guidancing there from here on what she hopes to see after a ceasefire, if there would be any hope of getting the hostages out of gaza and what that would look like for israel's defenses, would they have a guarantee that hamas would never attack them again.

we didn't get any further explanation from the congresswoman, but we'll keep trying. ashley? ashley: hillary, it makes me mad when politicians like omar make statements on social media but then won't talk to a reporter such as hillary vaughn. you keep on stalking in the hallways of congress. great stuff, hillary, thank you. >> thanks, ashley. ashley: thank you. congressman russell fry, republican from south carolina, joins us this morning. congressman, i mean, i can think of words like embarrassing, circus, shambles. i mean, this is not good for the party, is it? >> no, it's not. and i think, you know, what i'm hearing overwhelmingly from my constituents are that they want a speaker, they want jim jordan as speaker, and they want us to get back to work. obviously, the vote did not go for jim jordan today. that doesn't mean that it won't go tomorrow.

i think kevin mccarthy had 15 rounds, if we remember back in january, and it took, took a minute to get there. but what came out of that actually was a pretty productive 6-8 months within the republican conference getting back to the basics, passing our bills, doing our oversight. so i'm hopeful that we can get there. ashley: had a productive 6-8 months, congressman, but then you had a section of republicans, a small group, who just said he wasn't, you know, living up to his promises. i mean, is this party9 splint? >> well -- split? >> well, i think, you know, the republican party has alwaysed had a healthy debate. i think that's really good. it looks messy. it's frustrating for us who want to work, but we encourage that open dialogue. i think that makes us sharper as a conference, as a party. and so we can advocate successfully for the policies that the american people care about. ashley: are you concerned of the

consequences if this continues to be, you know, drug out, elections next year, it could have an impact on that, the way voters look at those undecided, look at the republican party? >> possibly. but i know a day is a lifetime in politics. so people remember -- [laughter] the dysfunction in january, but then we had, you know, quite frankly, a very good, a good round, if you will, of passing our bills, doing our work, getting back to the basics of the american people. so when this is over, when we have a speaker, a speaker jordan, then we will get back to work as the american people demand. but at the end of the day, i think people also remember where they were four years ago and how much money they had in their pockets and how affordable gas was and they could buy a home. they don't have that with this administration and the democratic party. ashley: so you are prepared to go through the weekend, continue to try until you can finally get a speaker? >> i will vote, you know, as long as jim jordan is in the race, i am with jim jordan.

i think he's been a fantastic chairman. i've seen firsthand in the judiciary committee, and i think that, you know, he said very eloquently today, brought up a bible verse about staying in the fight and finishing the race. ashley: right. >> and we need to do it. ashley: congressman russell fry, thank you so much for chatting with us today. we do appreciate it, sir, thank you. >> thank you. ashley: all right. time now for the friday trivia question. interesting, how many european countries established a colonial presence within what is now the united states? 3, 4, 6, 7? think about it. the answer when we come back. ♪ ♪ ..

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kimberley: how many european countries established a colonial presence in what is now the united states. todd: number 2, four countries. kimberley: that is what i was going to go for. let's get the answer if we can. between 1500, 1867, spain, great britain, france, sweden, russia. we are out of time. coast to coast starts now.