also as manu was was saying -- >> let's put them up on the screen. >> ann wagner, ken val vert and mike rogers, these are all very significant. i'm thinking of ann wagner, last week she was defiant in that she wouldn't support jim jordan. >> she's a true long term establishment republican. >> she was a long time co-chair of the rnc, a country club republican, if you will, became a tea party republicans in some respects. she is a survivor and the primary challenge or threat there certainly applies to her. there is momentum in his favor and also just the events of the world. still impact the conversation there and that sort of helps speed things along for jim jordan. >> yes. >> but, boy, say if he does become speaker, talk about something that we never could have imagined any of us covering congress a decade ago during the last government shutdown -- >> a unity candidate none less. >> john boehner called him a legislative terrorist. >> if he does win we will be having a lot more conversations about this because it looks like we are going to have a vote tomorrow on whether or not he will b

hell no said congressman ann wagner, to supporting him. okay, i'll vote for him says ann wagner now. the house vote is scheduled for tomorrow at noon. how are you going to vote on jim jordan? >> my intention is to vote for kevin mccarthy. i have said from the very beginning that he never should have been removed and that i believe he should be speaker of the house. i think he is the right person to lead us. when i met with congressman jordan on friday evening, i said to him that i am not a hell no, but unless you have the votes, i'm not going to be there. and the reason i say that is this. at the end of the day, we need to get back to the work of the american people. we need to get the house opened up again. unfortunately, eight of my colleagues teamed up with 208 democrats to remove speaker mccarthy and shut down the house going on two weeks. so it is imperative that he we get back to work for the american people. but still have a fundamental problem with the fact that you have a handful of people who have refused to work with the rest of

in addition to ann wagner, he won the support of two defense hawks who were skeptical of his foreignviews and also won support of former allies of steve scalise. in their explanations for why they're supporting jim jordan, it's not because they think he's the best candidate for the job. it's because they want to be team players and end the chaos that has rained on the house floor. there are over a dozen holdouts by our count. he can only lose four republicans on the floor. he's vowing to take this fight to the floor, going to grind down his opposition on the house floor, a similar strategy to what kevin mccarthy did in january. there's been an intense conservative grassroots campaign trying to pressure these house republicans to fall in line. we should know more at 6:30 when house republicans meet for another conference meeting. >> melanie, thanks so much. >>> just in to "the lead," the pentagon is preparing for the possible deployment of u.s. troops to support israel. what we're learning about those plans and what that exactly means next.

and ann wagner is not the only one. numerous other lawmakers are coming out today, lawmakers who they have swayed. like mike rogers, vern buchanan, they have said that they would back jordan after initially opposing him. of course 55 is a high number. that is only four. we didn't know exactly how many lawmakers have changed their minds. but another thing to note here is that the pressure on the house to be able to move legislation is really about to ratchet up. biden said that he would request funding and support for israel this week. and remember the senate is also back in session. the race for the speaker could be all over as soon as tomorrow, but just as likely we could see it drag on for another week. >> if not jordan, then who? >> that is the million dollar question. certainly we have seen a couple other lawmakers indicate that if jordan can't get to 217, they would like to try. you have tom emmer who is mccarthy's number three republican. you heard mike johnson who is also a member of leadership. kevin hern. but t

i was texting with anne wagner late last night and anne wagner, when i asked if you will be supporting jim jordan she wrote back "hell no." jim jordan has an incredible uphill battle. the only cap yacht will be -- the only cap yacht -- the only caveat will be of house republicans can come together and decide they want to change the rules of the speaker's race, meeting lowering the threshold that is needed in order to go to the floor and rally around their candidate so they can end this chaos and dysfunction we have been seeing in the house of representatives for the better part of two weeks. host: there is some reporting and you heard it on capitol hill , some republicans talking about reaching out with democrats to come up with a compromise in order to achieve a vote that gains a house speaker. what is the reality of this? guest: the message from democrats, from leadership all the way down to rank and file, moderates, is that our door is open. if five republicans want to cross the aisle and do a deal with democrats, we can find a consensus candidate. whether that would be -- it very u

california's ken calvert, alabama's mike rogers and ann wagner from missouri all now say they made thisew decision after speaking with jordan. >> but no one knows yet how this one is going to go, yet again. tomorrow republicans are expected to take this thing to the floor. a vote almost two weeks after kevin mccarthy was ousted by his fellow republicans. cnn's manu raju is on the hill for us this morning. so steve womack told me during the show that we will know how he's going to vote when he cast that is vote tomorrow. is it clear yet where this thing is headed this time? >> reporter: well, there's definitely some progress has been made from the jordan camp by picking up these three keep members, including could thinkman mike rogers who is someone who has allied with the defense hawks within the house gop conference, had raised some serious concerns about jim jordan on dealing with key issues, the defense policy. jordan was able to allay those concerns, also winning over ken calvert, another jordan skeptic. wagner had been perhaps one of the most outspoken jim jordan critics, calling h

over the last several days, he picked up some big endorsements from mike rodgers, from ann wagner, peopleho on friday said they would never vote for jim jordan. now, however, he is still short the votes he needs when he goes to the floor this afternoon. by cnn's tally, which has been kept meticulously by our house producer, one thing has become clear. there are nine members who are either leaning no or are a hard no against jim juroordan. there are dozens more who have not said how they will vote. when the house opens noon today, we expect it will take a half hour to 45 minutes before they will begin that first balloting of voting. one thing to keep an eye on, we don't expect this will only go one round. one of the things that jordan allies is making clear that they believe even if they are short in the first round, that they can pick up support on the house floor if they go round after round. the question becomes, how patient is the republican majority with jim jordan? are they going to be as patient as they were with kevin mccarthy, giving him 15 minut opportunities to lock down votes?

able to flip some no votes to yes, congressman mike rogers, kevin calvert, ken buchanan and even anne wagnera yes. congressman don bacon said how all this went down put a bad taste in his mouth. >> the problem is when you have people that broke the rules and puts in the spot, we are saying we need to get on board. opportunity work for some of and yous majority of us have been stepped on for this. reporter: a source familiar telling me that jordan is waking up today confident he will get the votes. it's unclear though if he'll get it on the first round. remember it took mccarthy 15 rounds to actually get that gavel. back to you guys. >> hillary vaughn live on capitol hill. you beat all the congressmen to work today. thank you. >> what do you think will happen today, lawrence? reporter: i think for a couple rounds and a lot will flip because it's been made public. >> nowhere to go. wwhere else you going to go? >> they know how important it is to find a speaker. >> it's a role call vote and we'll know if they voted yay or nay. >> will he wear a player? >> that's a great question. >> 9:00 here i

representative ann wagner appears to be crying. we'll see what's next here for kevin mccarthy and for the house republicans. the majority, a -- who control the lower chamber of this congress. of the eight money -- eight republicans who voted to push out kevin mccarthy, they were representatives biggs, bost, burchett, crane, gaetz, good, nancy mace and matt rosendale. those eight voted along with all the democrats to remove kevin mccarthy as speaker. from whittier, california, a republican, you're next. arjune? is that how you pronounce your name, in whittier, california? we're listen, go ahead. what do you think of what happened today in the house? caller: i think it's incredibly foolish. i think congress is doing this for publicity reasons. if republicans are going to want to win in 2024, we need to show we're the party of unify. with all the chaos and dysfunction going on in the democrat party, it's foolish for the republicans to make such a bold stand like. this i think we need to get our act together. before the general public

i was texting with anne wagner late last night and anne wagner, when i asked if you will be supportingim jordan she wrote back "hell no." jim jordan has an incredible uphill battle. the only cap yacht will be -- the only cap yacht -- the only caveat will be of house republicans can come together and decide they want to change the rules of the speaker's race, meeting lowering the threshold that is needed in order to go to the floor and rally around their candidate so they can end this chaos and dysfunction we have been seeing in the house of representatives for the better part of two weeks. host: there is some reporting and you heard it on capitol hill , some republicans talking about reaching out with democrats to come up with a compromise in order to achieve a vote that gains a house speaker. what is the reality of this? guest: the message from democrats, from leadership all the way down to rank and file, moderates, is that our door is open. if five republicans want to cross the aisle and do a deal with democrats, we can find a consensus candidate. whether that would be -- it very unl

in fact, you heard yesterday from anne wagner from missouri as well as austin scott from georgia, who argued that jim jordan is not the right candidate to lead the house republican conference. so right now the conference is deeply divided, and the fact that there is just a small majority in the house of representatives for republicans means that there could be any handful of republicans who could hold up any future nominee for speaker. so so many unanswered questions. we are now in day ten of a speakerless house or at least a house that doesn't have a speaker that could put any legislation on the floor of the house and there are real and

than 50 republicans voted against jordan last week, publicly stated they don't support him are ann wagnerian fitzpatrick. joe, your reaction to the continued pushback on getting a speaker in place. >> we have a global crisis that we didn't have when the speaker process started playing out two weeks ago. now we have a lack of confidence in the administration. republicans are doing themselves no favor by not coming together and getting behind in this case jim jordan. you're supposed to have the fight in conference behind the scenes, that's supposed to happen and that did happen. jim jordan came out victorious. it really is up to those members of congress who might have personal disagreements with him to now rally behind him because the country is at stake. i hope more stations have some of these holdouts on the air and ask them what is their problem. do they have a real ideological difference with jim jordan or is it something simple like he snubbed me at the water cooler. are they holding off for better office places and stuff like had that. america can't wait for those kind of personal hi

in fact, you heard yesterday from anne wagner from missouri as well as austin scott from georgia, who argued that jim jordan is not the right candidate to lead the house republican conference. so right now the conference is deeply divided, and the fact that there is just a small majority in the house of representatives for republicans means that there could be any handful of republicans who could hold up any future nominee for speaker. so so many unanswered questions. we are now in day ten of a speakerless house or at least a house that doesn't have a speaker that could put any legislation on the floor of the house and there are real and urgent needs that need to be met. first, of course, potentially more aid for israel. phil. poppy. >> lauren fox, thank you. >>> and "cnn this morning" continues right now. >> this is cnn breaking news. >> it is the top of the hour. we continue to follow all of the breaking news out of israel and gaza. i'm poppy harlow with phil mattingly in new york. 8:00 a.m. here on the east coast. 3:00 p.m. in tel aviv where defense secretary lloyd austin is on the

including representative ann wagner who told our colleague scott wong last week she was a hell no ony spoke at length this morning. he allayed some of her concerns. now she's saying he is our conference nominee and she will fort his nomination on the house floor. another republican, more establishment who seemed reluctant to give jim jordan the gavel, mike rodgers, chair of the armed services committee, he is saying they had a thoughtful, productive conversation over the past two days. as a result, he decided to support jim jordan as speaker of the house. what's important to point out is it only takes fiefr of these republicans to say no to jim jordan. we might not know the full answer to that until the voting starts tomorrow at noon. >> we know from the democrats from hakeem jeffries, at least with kristin welker, they are not going to help. this is a republican fight, understandably. ryan nobles, thanks so much. >> thank you. >> see what the next 24 hours brings. >>> a tragedy for the family of a young boy in illinois. the boy killed by his landlord in what is being investigated as

the house armed services committee, ken calvert who runs the defense appropriations subcommittee, anne wagnere alley, vern buchanan, a scalise ally. people who feel he undercut calise are rushing to jordan's side. there were a lot of people who thought jordan would be bad for defense, and now they're giving him validation, saying they're on his side and pushing him closer to the speakership. number two, the idea that democrats are going to be involved is a fantasy. mccaul said i think as a warning of sorts that republicans need to get many gear, but now jordan is on the brink of the speakership, and the interesting thing to see, katy, nothing is certain in this place. you and i have been on tv together for five or six years talking about how nothing is certain in this place, but jordan, the odds are he's going to get the speakership tomorrow, not certain, the odds are he's going to get the speakership tomorrow. the interesting thing to see will be whether democrats think jim jordan measures up to kevin mccarthy, mccarthy, despite his shortcomings, was somebody who gave them the time of day, m

congresswoman ann wagner who was adamant said she couldn't back jordan on friday and said they spoke at length and he has e l a leyed her concerns of keeping the government open and both israel and ukraine are on the floor for the house of representatives and jordan sent them a letter this afternoon promising to bring the entire conference together. republicans will meet this evening again behind closed doors and tomorrow at noon it's supposed to be all out in the open and you will see what you saa in january and they'll see who does support jordan and who doesn't and basically how much of a climb jordan has left if he want tops get to that 217 to become speaker. >> a high-stakes 24 hours. emily, for now, thank you very much. we appreciate it. emily wilkins reporting. we may not have a speaker yet and the shutdown may still be loom, but treasury secretary janet yellen thinks the u.s. economy is in good shape. she told our wilbert frost that inflation has come down considerably and that we have, quote, we have about the strong of the labor market we've seen in 50 weyears with 3.8% une

representative ann wagner, who just days ago said hell no. she would support jordan now announcing he has her support and representatives ken calvert and mike rogers also announcing their support for jordan. still other republicans remain on the fence right now. >> i think the american people are tired of watching this this fiasco unfold. >> the house is unprecedent. the state of limbo comes as war continues to rage between israel and hamas as well as in ukraine. and a potential government shutdown is just a month away. president biden preparing to request more than $2 billion in aid for ukraine and israel. treasury secretary janet yellen hopeful the house will approve the additional spending once they have a speaker. >> there is a strong bipartisan majority in favor of this. it is the president's top priority. >> meanwhile, house democratic leader hakeem jeffries telling nbc that he's working on a bipartisan solution to, quote, end the chaos in the house. >> it's time to end the republican civil war so we can get back to doing the business o

. >> remember, congresswoman ann wagner, who was one of these fact-based republicans who on thursday when asked about jim jordan said hell no. and then monday said, she would go along. >> right. >> let's listen in on ken buck. >> jordan. >> brown. >> hakeem jeffries. >> jeffries. >> brownlee. >> jeffries. >> buchanan. >> jordan. >> jordan. >> buck. buck? bucshon. -yard. budzinski. jeffries. burchet. >> congressman buck did not vote, but he will come back and vote no doubt. let's go to dana bash on capitol hill who has some new reporting. dana? >> i think that ken buck asking for his vote and him not being there is an example of some of what we have been talking about, about the sort of parlor games that go on with these relationships that do exist, even between say a jim jordan and ken buck. they've been members of the freedom caucus together for quite some time. we'll see if others do the same, but he's waiting, clearly. it's not as if he's not around. he's waiting to see how it goes and then potentially he's one of those who could potentially have a conversation. i'm not suggesting

ann wagner as well was one of those last week of misery, republican sick let me be clear, i am not and work with democrats as a republican conference comes together. announcing his support for jim jordan yesterday closer to lunchtime. then with ken, republican of california safe keeping america safe by top priority in congress after having conversation with jim jordan about how we must get the house back on a path to achieve our national security and appropriation goals i will be supporting them for speaker on the floor. let's get to work, said the california republican. so holdouts still including oxman carlos jimenez the republican saying that he will support kevin mccarthy so calling in speaker mccarthy and i intend to vote for him on the house floor and he added i will never support socialist hakeem jeffries for anything to the contrary is a fabrication and a flat out lie. hakeem jeffries of course as expected to be the democratic nominee for speaker. that's the latest will find out a lot more later this morning right around lunchtime, noon eastern is when that vote is scheduled. t

that includes mike rogers of alabama and ann wagner of missouri. he is only afford to lose four republicans and still win the gavel. the survey by nbc news show there is are several supporting him. a vote is expected at noon today in the house. a lot of options over what would happen if that did not pass. there is talk of other republicans coming into it or giving more powers to patrick mchenry who is the existing speaker in residence. the pro tem speaker. he does not have a lot of powers at this point. they cannot get legislation passed at this point. >>> let's talk about what is going on every night in israel. this comes as president biden announced he will travel to israel tomorrow. nbc's jay gray is joining us from tel aviv this morning. >> reporter: good morning and good midday here in tel aviv. we are in the area with a lot of businesses and cafes and residential areas. normally packed at lunchtime and which you can see there are not as many people here on a week day. it has been that way since the tension with the iron dome tested overnight

by my count, two, anne wagner and austin scott.r him. >> mike barnicle, i was hearing sound bites from some of these, i guess extremists about why steve scalise shouldn't have the job or whatever. they were saying things that were so stupid and cruel, and just beyond even bringing up at this table, but don't these people see the fire that's burning around the world that they should think above themselves perhaps and operate? what's going on? >> it's nice seeing an optimist this early. >> i'm not optimistic. i'm just trying to figure it out. >> that's not the case. it's not even the case of the tyranny of the minority. it's a tyranny of ten, and in the middle of that, you get a ray of common sense from even what used to be the republican party. i was listening to chairman mike mcfaul yesterday, and he is upset about what is happening as we are apparently today, and as many people are today. they lack the ability to govern, the basic ability to govern and they don't care about it. >> yeah. >> when you're going to vote for a member of