>> the failure to teach this story to our college kids, high school kids. we've seen protest test yesterday is what's leading us to some of the anti-semitism and young people standing with hamas. >> brian: they might know the story and don't care. >> ainsley: how can a group of do this to other human beings? if you are a mother, you know how much you love your child. to know a group of human beings has stolen these children, god knows what is happening to them in gaza, and that's why we need to pray for them and eradicate the evil. >> brian: 30 of these hostages are kids and a lot of them are senior citizens. incredible. >> it's all about how we respond to this. catch brian's show on saturday as well as radio right now. >> brian: radio in four seconds. see you. >> ainsley: pray for israel. >> we need to get a speaker as

soon as possible. we need to help israel and get the appropriations process movements so the key elements are funded in the right way and get back to our committee work and frankly we need to continue the oversight work that i think is so darn important. >> jim jordan failed to get through in two votes to become house speaker. taking a run at number three today. struggling to win over two dozen republican hold-outs. it could hold a third vote as early as this morning. we'll follow that live as it happens. first. [explosions] >> rockets over gaza as israel prepares to pull the trigger on a full scale ground invasion. as we come on the air with

tensions high in the region we see smoke rising on the israel/lebanon border. problems to the north as well. i'm shannon bream. bill and dana are off. we're here. >> gillian: i'm gillian turner and this is "america's newsroom." israel telling troops to be ready for a ground assault on gaza. no timetable on the deployment. israel continues to scorch hamas terror targets from the air. >> shannon: president biden is making the case for increased funding to both israel and ukraine. defense of those democracies is vital to u.s. national security. >> president biden: hamas and putin represent different threats but share this in common. they both want to completely annihilate a neighboring democracy. we will not let terrorists like hamas and putin win. i refuse to let that happen. >> gillian: fox team coverage. overnight attacks on u.s. soldiers in iraq.

jacque heinrich at the white house but we begin with trey yengst. >> anticipation is growing around that expected israeli ground offensive that could come in the next few hours or days. right now we're along the israel/gaza border and watching as the israelis strike gaza and more rocket fire continues to southern and central israel. i will step out of the frame and have my cameraman pan into the gaza strip. you will see some of the buildings along gaza. the israelis have been targeting different hamas positions with thousands of air strikes. since it began on october 7th it is remarkable 14 days into this conflict the factions inside gaza, hamas and islamic jihad still have the ability to fire an central israel. air raids sounding to the west jerusalem today. you will see video we shot

earlier, a destroyed mosque. the air strikes are pummeling gaza hitting the positions on the northern and eastern part of the strip in preparation for that expected ground operation. we spoke with an israeli colonel over the past 24 hours to get an idea what is to come and how long the ground operation might deck. i want you to listen to what he had to say. >> right now we have a national historical mission to do which is to clear gaza from hamas regime. these pictures encourage us to do the right thing and convince us that we should be prepared for a long battle. >> be prepared for a long battle. that is the word of a top colonel in southern israel as this looming offensive hangs over the heads of so many soldiers here in the southern part of the country.

i do want to shift our attention north where right now as we speak israeli artillery is pounding hezbollah targets in the southern part of lebanon. this in response to small arms fire and mortar fire earlier today. the israeli military telling fox news that three hezbollah operatives were killed in an air strike after they attacked northern israel. back to you. >> gillian: trey yengst in southern israel for us this hour. thank you. >> shannon: moments before the president's address american forces were targeted in iraq and baghdad. strikes against u.s. troops escalating in the middle east as the israel, hamas war intensifies. jonathan hunt is live with the latest. >> good morning. this is the latest attack in a series against u.s. assets in the region. this one confirmed by u.s. officials, perhaps coincidentally and perhaps not happening at 2:50 a.m. local

time in iraq. that would have been 7:50 p.m. in washington, d.c. just before president biden walked into the oval office last night to address the nation. the rockets were fired at a military base used by u.s. and coalition forces near baghdad international airport. u.s. defense official telling fox quote, initial assessments indicate two rockets were fired, one was intercepted by a counter rocket system and the other impacted an empty storage facility. there were no casualties reported. there are also reports of another attack, rockets and drones in this case on another base in western iraq this time that houses u.s. and other forces. and those attacks, of course, follow others on wednesday in iraq and syria all happening since the war between israel and hamas was sparked by the attacks of october 7th.

u.s. officials say the attacks will not deter any u.s. mission. >> take all necessary actions to defend u.s. and coalition forces against any threat. any response should one occur will come in a time and manner of our choosing. >> there are bad actors and risks throughout that region. yesterday u.s. naval assets in the red sea took down three missiles fired by houthi rebels south in yemen. now those missiles were not directed at the u.s. naval ships. more likely they were headed for israel. but they just show that the u.s. has a lot of potential targets there down in the red sea and off of the west coast in tea mediterranean. isis remnants in iraq and syria. president assad in syria. no friend to the u.s. since he was named a pariah president in

the wake of his crushing of the arab spring as far back as 2011. behind all these bad actors, of course, is iran. shannon. >> shannon: dangerous neighborhood. thank you so much. >> gillian: president biden is calling for americans to stand firm behind israel and ukraine making the case last night for tens of billions of dollars in new aid in his oval office address. jacque heinrich joins us from the white house with a look inside what the white house is thinking this morning. hi. >> good morning. fresh off that whirlwind trip to israel the president addressed the nation from behind the desk in the oval office making the case to average americans that these national security causes a world away affects them and this taxpayer money will pay dividends for generations and keep american troops out of harm's way. >> president biden: i know these conflicts can seem far away and ask why does it matter to

america? history taught us when terrorists don't pay a price for their terror, when dictators don't pay a price for their aggression they cause more chaos and death and more destruction. >> we'll get details on the 105 billion he is requesting from congress in about a half hour. the bulk to ukraine. expected to sustain them for a year as getting more frequent packages through congress has become difficult and also fund israel's defense, border security, taiwan, threats to the indo pacific and support assistance. indications from lawmakers this might not fail through congress not only because we don't have a house speaker house. cotton supports israel and ukraine he expects much of this will have to be changed in the proposal to insure it serves american interests especially amid concern the humanitarian aid been announced for gaza might not reach the people it's intended for. >> hamas is the government of gaza and we're not going to

grant billions of dollars in aid that will be resupply for terrorist groups. we talked about what we do to address the situation at the border. we need to make legal changes. we won't spend billions to put illegal aliens up in a new york city hotel. >> expect to get the details at 9:30 and see the president later on this morning before he is expected to head to delaware for the weekend. >> gillian: jacque heinrich at the white house. >> shannon: let's bring in former secretary of state mike pompeo. good to see you this morning, sir. >> good morning. good to be with you. >> shannon: i want to play a little bit of what president biden said last night. he did mention iran. here is what he said. >> president biden: iran is supporting russia in ukraine and supporting hamas, and other terrorist groups in the region and we'll continue to hold them accountable, i might add.

>> shannon: your reaction to that. he admits they are bad actors. we know what they are funding and fueling but says he will continue to hold them accountable. a lot of people are skeptical that's been the case. >> shannon, his remarks struck the right tone, that is to say this matters to americans deeply, what is happening in europe, a ground war, what's happening in the middle east, atrocities against the jewish people and effort to wipe them off the state that is rightfully theirs. that tone part he got right. sitting behind the resolute desk you have to be resolute. he was none of that. he mentioned iran, you are right. credit for that. he has done nothing to hold the regime accountable. he has done just the reverse of that. iran has $70 billion. when he took office they had $6 billion. it's the money, license, the green light this administration gave to the iranian regime that puts us in the place we are.

shannon, the other thing i didn't here is we have 30 americans killed. he roughly passed on that. we have hostages, american hostages held. more hostages being held by iran today of americans than we had when he gave them $6 billion in ransom a couple weeks back. passivity, weakness, your adversaries don't fear it. two wars started in 2 1/2 years. when president biden speaks to the nation about what he is going to do, i think it strikes hollow. i hope he gets this right. i hope he puts america back on its front foot. if we do that we can deter iran and vladimir putin but it will demand real leadership from the white house. >> gillian: this is gillian. president biden last night in his remarks also reflected on the sort of environment here in the united states following on 9/11. take a listen to this and i want to get your reaction.

>> president biden: when i was in israel yesterday, i said that when america experienced the hell of 9/11, we felt enraged as well while we sought and got justice we made mistakes. i caution the government of israel not to be blinded by rage. >> gillian: mr. secretary, is israel the side in this war that needs to be cautioned against rage? >> that line was unbelievable. i'm still angry about what happened to america that day. i have not forgotten that or when we loss 13 americans in afghanistan due to the same understanding of evil that i think the biden administration lacks. they don't get there are bad actors in the world. when we have a friend in israel we ought not caution them. they will be in a long battle not just in gaza, a long battle across the country. they will be in a battle to save

their nation from what the palestinian want. they want to march to the river from the sea and wipe them out. we should be providing them the tools that they need. we should be full throated in their support and not tell them what to do. if we get it wrong it will reflect badly on america for decades. the person told not to have rage is the people who have declared the second day of rage, the iranian regime and political islamists that want to do harm not just in israel but across the world >> shannon: let me ask you. there are concerns for aid getting to people that need it. the white house has talked about this $1 hundred million dollars they want to pour into egypt through gaza. real concerns whether it gets to the people or ends up in the hands of hamas. do you feel we have the structures in place and tracking in place to make sure it gets to people who desperately need it? >> shannon, there are no

structures. this is handing it over to the u.n. and hope that hamas gives it to the people that need it. the chance anyone believes that will happen, these folks who raped women and slit throats of babies, any chance those folks will take food and fuel that they can use for the military arsenal and give it to people suffering? no, there is no chance that happens. this administration has fundamentally misunderstood the iranian regime. they have empowered them by giving them money. now give them another $1 hundred million in so-called humanitarian assistance? it will neither be humanitarian and actually harm our israeli friends by giving tools, power, capability to the very people who on october 7th tried to wipe them from the face of the earth. >> gillian: yesterday president biden confirmed that hamas and islamic jihad launched a rocket out of their own territory that failed. it resulted in an attack, it

dropped on a hospital or in the parking lot resulting in the deaths of more than 100 palestinians on tuesday. how is this different than a regime like assad in syria who gases his own civilians? >> gillian, it is no different. the hamas leadership doesn't care about the civilians for which they are the governing authority. indeed, when they have their own civilians killed they use it as a propaganda tool. they use them as human propaganda machines. so it is no different. i think the biden administration needs to take that on board. this evil is not going away unless america stands up and defends the things that have mattered to this country for 250 years. gillian, i saw this when i was the secretary of state i saw us losing deterrents against iran. we took serious measures,

imposed real costs on the regime. a strike on solomony. when you get on your back foot we never -- we have the chinese communist party rattling sabres, conflict at embassies across the world. we have the capacity to prevent further escalation and saving american lives. >> gillian: we have to leave it there. thank you for taking time with us this morning. >> gillian and shannon thank you both. bless you. >> shannon: mike tobin live from southern israel. hello, mike. >> i want to show you the israeli defense forces something some of the weapons they seized off the hamas invaders. this is an efp and designed it produces a pinpoint hit of molten metal penetrating the

armor of a tank and kill everyone inside. homemade ieds. mines, more mines intended to be planted on the ground. we get over here the rpg. as we get to the cache of them they're significant. the gray ones came from north korea. the green ones are old soviet legacy. the gray ones from north korea significant and speaks to the fact that they have been getting support from north korea. a mortar rounds and tube are on the ground. those rounds were made in iran in 2018. again, speaking to the amount of support hamas gets from iran. some of these weapons have a military function like the anti-tank rounds. most of the weapons we see here were really intended to be used against the civilian personnel. back to you in new york. >> shannon: thank you very much.

>> i -- [inaudible] i was shivering. >> gillian: columbia university professor speaking out against anti-israel student groups. the school has completely failed to denounce terrorists. not the only school struggling with how to respond to hamas attacks. >> shannon: a live look at capitol hill where the house is hurtling toward a third speaker vote. can republicans get it together or will the drama continue? we'll keep you updated.

>> shannon: live pictures of some things going on around the world. look at the streets in yemen. you can see there are thousands, maybe more tens of thousands out there protesting in the streets. that is another foreign policy hot spot and headache in administration and leaders of freedom around the world have to deal with. that's the feeling there this morning at 4:24 p.m. their time. >> gillian: u.s. navy warship shot down three missiles believed to be targeting israel

as missiles were fired by the houthi rebels out of yemen. they hijacked the government there. iran has repeatedly warned israel could face more and more deadly attacks over the coming days. the pentagon is laser focused on trying to deter iran from entering this conflict on the grounds directly. bring in colonel davis joining us now. the u.s. shot down these missiles believed to be targeting israel by houthi rebels in yemen. how significant is that? >> it's significant because they were fired at all. they have the capacity to fire. those were cruise missiles with 2,000 miles of range on them and they were shot down. we don't know where they were going but it was possible they could have been going into targets in israel. so it's good we shot those down. the last thing we need is for this war to expand. i think that's one of the biggest issues, the biggest thing the administration has is to make sure this is contained in gaza and doesn't expand where

it could cause america to have to go to war. that's what we need to focus on. >> shannon: we talked about the north and lebanon and the incursions and hezbollah. that's a different beast equipped in a different way. another front that israel or other free world doesn't need to be open. >> that's the company to whether it expands or not. does hezbollah come in? they said their plan is to engage a new northern front against israel if israel goes into gaza. they have to know if they go into gaza they need to be prepared for a second front and we have actually the former hamas leader yesterday television saying we want hezbollah to come in on our case. we want iran to come in further. three pleading to this active resistance all over the middle east to join the fight. they want to expand it. we want to keep it contained. >> gillian: if you look back over the last few days, colonel, you have seen u.s. military assets directly attacked in

iraq, syria. you've seen protestors assault u.s. embassies and consulates around the middle east. it would appear that to citizens of the middle east the u.s. is just as much part of the public facing in this war as israel is. how do you move forward? >> gillian, i have been saying on fox news for years that our troops in syria and iraq do nothing for american national security but it keeps them a target of opportunity for these violent groups. now you are seeing the potential risks america faces because so far we've been lucky. none of the drones or attacks have killed americans. but the minute one does and tie it back to iran we have to respond to americans killed. we can't turn a blind eye to americans getting killed. we don't need them just sitting in the desert wondering if they get killed next time. that's a potential we have to be

careful about. >> shannon: 30 americans killed with hamas october 7th and beyond that. how do we respond to that? we actually do -- some people would argue we are at war with these groups. american lives and those missing and hostages. >> it's true. what we have to do is protect americans that aren't killed yet and make sure it doesn't go further. we need to deter iran. our own intelligence, israeli intelligence said they don't see any direct planning by iran for this. we don't want to airan to start a war. pompeo said we need to deter iran and not to actually go to war with them. that would be catastrophic. we don't need that. israel doesn't need that. >> gillian: two nuclear powers fighting a ground war. >> shannon: it sounds world

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your urgently needed gift of only $45 will help rush food, water, medicine and emergency supplies for jewish families that have nowhere to turn. time is literally running out. what we need you to do is to act now. >> shannon: less than 30 minutes from now the house is scheduled to reconvene ahead of another vote. this will be the third one for speaker. jim jordan running is the republican nominee reversing what is growing opposition to his candidacy. work in the offices, meetings one-on-one. lawmakers meet at 10:00 a.m. and eyeing a potential vote at 11:00. we'll bring you every

development as it happens live. >> gillian: president biden requesting over $1 hundred billion in foreign aid today. some of that money is expected to go towards u.s. security at the u.s. southern border. this comes as republicans say they are worried about people on the terror watch list crossing over into the u.s. undetected. fox business's hillary vaughn joins us with the latest details. >> hi, the president did not mention the u.s. border, southern border in his oval office address last night but is sneaking in money for the border into his aid package for israel and ukraine. the a.p. reports the president will ask congress today for $1$05 billion. here is how that will be divided up. 60 billion ukraine, 14 billion israel. 10 billion in humanitarian aid. 7 billion for taiwan and 14 billion for the borders including to help fight fentanyl trafficking. after seeing how terrorists raided israel's southern border and massacred families, women

and children lawmakers on capitol hill worry we're not prepared to fight against something like that happening. >> the american people want to know what this administration is doing to secure our nation. we have watched in horror what happened in israel and americans that i represent and others across this nation are saying we don't want this to happen here. we think it could. over 100 terrorist watch list apprehensions this year under joe biden. >> house judiciary committee released a report earlier this month showing d.h.s. can't keep track of all the migrants they're releasing. of the millions of illegal immigrants let loose in the country dhs can only locate a fraction of them and the report says u.s. border patrol cannot always and does not always record migrant addresss and doesn't validate them prior to release in the united states. if the future of the aid package, that can't be passed until the house elects a

speaker. gillian. >> gillian: hillary vaughn on capitol hill this hour. thank you. >> president biden: send to congress an urgent budget request to fund america's national security needs, to support our critical partners including israel and ukraine. it's a smart investment that will pay dividends to americans for generations. >> shannon: president biden reaffirming u.s.'s support for allies and asks congress tore the aid package. florida democratic congressman je je jerad joins us live. g.o.p. j.d. vance on that. >> why is joe biden going on television when he is talking about the terrible tragedy in

israel. whatever your views on ukraine, it is a separate country and a separate problem. i think what the president did is completely disgraceful. if he wants to sell the american people on $60 billion more to ukraine he shouldn't use dead israeli children to do it. it was disgusting. >> do you have any worries this deal may not pass muster with some folks? everybody on the hill agrees aid for israel but tied to this money for ukraine. not everybody agrees on that on the hill. >> thanks for having me. it is groundhog day here on capitol hill but listen. at the end of the day there is a bipartisan majority in the house and bipartisan majority in the senate that support aid both to israel and ukraine. i support aid to both. that being said, in the event in the house for some reason if the ukraine aid gets held up i'm for

decuping the aid and moving the israeli security package to the urgent situation now. i'm for passing both of them. there are bipartisan numbers, democrats, republicans in both chambers. senator vance is in the minority on that as far as not wanting to pass aid to ukraine. >> shannon: you reference what's going on with both parties have things going on on capitol hill that make it appear there is a lack of unity, nice way to put it. let me talk about the speaker's race, if jim jordan goes to a third ballot and it doesn't work there is having mchenry to have some powers as a speaker. it require democratic buy in. there are plenty of republicans who oppose that idea but a number of democrats who said maybe. >> i don't know what the results will be for mr. jordan. my guess is that he will lose on a third ballot. reports coming out he may lose the same or worse on the second

ballot. empowering mchenry picked by mccarthy i'm in favor of that not because it is some bipartisan approach. it will be a republican speaker. i'm in favor of that because we have to open the house. we have to do the people's business and pass the aid package to israel and give them more time to pick a speaker. i think this idea trying to pick a speaker in 2 or 3 days. i support the plan. it would pass on a bipartisan basis and called a bipartisan plan. there are people opposing it because it is being called a bipartisan plan. somehow democrats and republicans working together to get this place to do the people's business is something the people want to see. everyone should get on board to that. it will be a republican speaker mchenry or somebody else thereafter. so i'm willing to work on that absolutely. >> shannon: american people are cheering for you guys to get back to business. there are pressing needs around the globe and here at home as well. congressman, thank you for your time. >> thank you so much.

>> you have seen over the last few days how we're rallying our reservists and including all of our -- getting our forces prepared for potential ground operation. when that instruction does come. >> gillian: idf preparing to launch a highly-anticipated ground invasion into gaza. there is potential the terrorist group hezbollah will soon open a second front in the ongoing israeli, gaza war. the world's attention focused on the middle east now, russia and china are forging ahead with closer ties. how two of america's top adversaries are creating new challenges with president biden. stick with us. ve served our country honorably. one of the benefits that we as a country give you as a veteran is the eligibility for a va loan for up to 100% of your home's value. if you need cash for your family,

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>> with bipartisan support for a $1 hundred billion request to aid israel ferments ukraine, taiwan. the last two being certain blows to putin and president she. the pentagon released declassified photos showing a rise in coercive and risky behavior by the chinese interacting with u.s. aircraft within international airspace. >> since the fall of 2021, we have seen more than 180 such incidents, more in the past two years than in the decade before that. that's nearly 200 cases where pla operators have performed reckless maneuvers or discharged

chaff or shot off flares or approached too rapidly or too close to u.s. aircraft. >> china has sharply increased nuclear arsenal. china calls the report distorted. >> shannon: the world needs to keep a closer eye on that. thanks. you can hear more from mitch mccon discussing foreign policy issues. we'll see you on sunday. anti-israel protests continuing to erupt at colleges nationwide and now a columbia professor is speaking out against anti-israel student groups saying the school has failed to denounce terrorists. >> my 3-year-old daughter is now 18 years old i would never, never send her to columbia. i know that she will not be

protected there. >> shannon:. hello, alexis. >> a lot of emotion from the israeli american professor slamming columbia university talking on that youtube channel saying he hoped everybody would watch this including parents across the country saying he would never allow his own daughter to come to this ivy league school and calling columbia university president a coward for not stopping the pro-palestinian rallies on this campus. watch. >> this is a school that you want to send your children to? they were celebrating the rape of teenage girls in a music festival in the name of resistance and the president of the university is allowing these protestors to march on our campuses.

>> it's happening at campuses across the country. you can see from harvard to m.i.t. and out in portland. they make many jewish students feel unsafe. over at nyu yesterday talking to jewish students saying they don't feel safe in the classroom or an come pus and want the school to do more. we've talked with other students who said school is not doing enough. watch. >> you have a lot of options, a lot of universities you could have chosen from. do you think you chose the right university? >> i'm not sure. i now attend a university that doesn't support me or who i am, doesn't support my religion. it is hurtful to chose a place that was super inclusive and wanted people from all kinds of backgrounds and now they aren't supporting me. >> some professors at nyu announced they start a group to support palestinian students on campus.

the hundreds of nyu staff members. they called on other faculty members to promote pro-palestine speech. >> i ran out of class crying yesterday because of that and because of a girl in my class who gave a presentation saying that israel is conducting a genocide. >> donors at major universities like the university of pennsylvania say they will stop sending the big bucks to those big schools if these pro-palestinian rallies go on. there is a rally or a vigil later on tonight at columbia. we'll keep an eye on that. >> shannon: thank you very much. >> gillian: conflict between israel and hamas is shining a spotlight of accusations of anti-semitism on college and university campuses nationwide.

some college and university diversity programs designed to eliminate discrimination and hate are actually fueling the fire. dr. lee is a former dei director at a college, a public community college in california. dr. lee, thank you for being with us. talk to me about what you see as being behind a lot of the anti-israel and anti-jewish sentiment we're seeing on campuses. >> thank you for having me on today. unfortunately what we're seeing is toxic ideology guiding a lot of the dei programs on our american college campuses. this ideology is rooted in critical social justice instead of the classical social justice which most of us are familiar with when we hear that term. critical social justice really does look at putting people in identity boxes based on race and

gender. it sees people as victims or oppressors. it sees us as a perpetual struggle or power and privilege and focuses on oppression instead of human agency and free will and all those things that you would associate with classical social justice like equality of opportunity. instead we see the focus on the equality of outcomes in the critical social justice ideology. and in this rootedness something i discovered as i worked at the college was deeply entrenched anti-semitism is that there is this view of jewish people as white oppressors which is historically inaccurate and twisted narrative needs to have in order to not focus in on authentic jewish inclusion. not happening at just a few

universities but several across the nations. >> gillian: jews have been accused of being white opsors, minority oppressors. it comes in fits and spurts the way people like to discriminate against jews here in america. take a listen to this. this problem is not in any one location. here on the east coast georgetown students are speaking out about a distinct sense of anti-semitism in their classrooms. >> as soon as the terrorist attacks occurred it become a hostile environment for jewish students. people are scared to go to class. you have to sit next to classmates posting anti-semitic rhetoric and rallies that spew anti-semitic rhetoric. the universities are not stepping up and they are staying silent. >> gillian: what's the appropriate thing for university administrators to do in the face of these anti-israel protests?

>> the appropriate thing. some can debate. if you take notice, there were all of these solidarity statements issued by colleges and universities. as the students noted so many are silent. they have been silent. they are silent as the over 200 hostages are taken from their homes. innocent civilians, babies, children, really just mothers, fathers, civilian people who were taken, silence from these universities who tell us that, you know, silence equals violence, right? that's one of the critical social justice slogans. they are very silent. they are doing the opposite. we see the protests and they aren't protests, they are celebrations celebrating the actions of a terrorist group hamas and, you know, what's happening there in israel.

and it is so unfortunate to see that. toxic ideology. >> gillian: we are coming against a hard break here and have to say goodbye. thank you for joining us. we appreciate your insight and expertise. >> shannon: heading to the hill. as we await action on another speaker vote by the house gop we hear from top democrats hakeem jeffries talking with reporters ahead of what will be potentially a very momentous, busy day on the hill. let's listen and see if we can hear from him. >> from the very beginning of the republic going back to 1789. and by the way, who created jim jordan? who normalized jim jordan? who is about to nominate jim jordan? that's clear. >> are you okay if they were to go ahead and elect a speaker pro tem as they did in the early 60s

after the house so they could operate. you are saying that type of option is on the table and something you would be okay with because of -- >> all options are on the table to get the house back open so we can do the business of the american people. >> is mchenry the only name in that conversation? >> no. >> who are the others? are there other names? >> i think you have to ask the other side of the aisle who they are willing to put forward. >> if every democrat went to the floor and voted for a republican today, you could probably find a handful of republicans who would join you organically in the moment. would you take that step? >> for a republican to be speaker of the snooze we have to have a real conversation what it would look like. >> is it a challenge that -- >> let's be clear. we have said repeatedly for the last two weeks that we are ready, willing and able to find

a bipartisan path forward to enter into a partnership with our republican colleagues to reopen the house and get the business of the american people done, to solve problems for hard working american taxpayers. we just need some traditional republicans to join us. instead of rejecting bipartisanship, they need to stop embracing extremism. >> thank you. >> is there any scenario -- >> shannon: you have been hearing from the top democrat in the house hakeem jeffries and chad pergram will give us an update in a second. he was asking questions here as you heard a number of the reporters saying is there a coalition that can come together? who can democrats support? would you allow patrick mchenry. he will fill us in, too.

doesn't sound like leader jeffries has any solution they have not fought over on the hill. >> gillian: doesn't look like it will come to a conclusion any time soon. looks like january is still on the table for a new speaker election. >> shannon: we think they'll go for a third round for jim jordan. chad pergram. our brain on capitol hill bit and knows the history involved. catch us up to speed, chad. >> what's going to happen in 2 or 3 minutes the house of representatives will come into session and they will first go to a quorum call to determine how many people are here and have the nominating speeches for the third round as speaker. that's what they will do. we expect jim jordan to possibly lose that involvement he has shown attrition on each roll call vote he had so far. we anticipate that he would lose more votes today. jim jordan held a press conference at 8:00 this morning

saying he will stick in the race and try to keep members here and vote after vote after vote to try to wear the other side down. he had a meeting with the 20 or so opponents that he has last night and made 0 progress. they say there is nothing they can offer. they said you have gone a bridge too far for us in terms of how you treated steve scalise. he had one of his allies this morning, scott perry, basically poe poeing some of the death threats the members have had. he said we're members, this is what scott perry said. we get death threats all the time and called it a red herring why some of the members were unwilling to support jim jordan. the number could grow later today. the danger for both sides, democrats and republicans. it is dangerous and what i asked hakeem jeffries a few minutes ago if he would be able to have all of his members here on every single roll call vote throughout the weekend because it is about the math. we don't know the magic number