let's discuss this now, former democratic congresswoman donna edwards of maryland. now an msnbc political analyst, and columnist for the washington post. also, with us, christina greer. morning public colors -- here of the city culture new york. ladies, it's great to have both of you with us. congresswoman, i will start with you. you know, the reaction you have to this world wind week on capitol hill. you've got congressman jordan now out, several gop lawmakers throwing their hat into the ring, do you believe that, you know, this caucus could actually rally behind a single candidate or the ideological divide is just too stark to be overcome? >> well, i'm not really sure they can. in, fact this is a reminder of the five families of the sopranos. the fact is that republicans have not been able to come together on a speaker. it is not really clear to me that any of the -- over the last couple of days. results in a maturity decision by the republican party and -- options for them is to do what hakeem jeffries says the democratic leader, is to come together with democrat

donna edwards and carlos curbelo, thank you both for being with us., tragedy touching another israeli family. we will speak to a man that says that his brother and brothers girlfriend were murdered by hamas. and his father remains a hostage held in gaza. age held in gaza dude? dog food in the fridge? it's not dog food. it's freshpet. real meat. real veggies. real weird. he was bad luck anyway. (♪♪) rsv can be a dangerous virus... [sneeze] ...for those 60 and older. it's not just a cold. and if you're 60 or older... ...you may be at increased risk of hospitalization... [coughing] ...from this highly... ...contagious virus. not all dangers come with warning labels. talk to your pharmacist or doctor... ...about getting vaccinated against rsv today. >> welcome back to politicsnation. i want to focus now on the hostage situation in gaza. as we continue to talk about the human toll. the hostage situation, according to the israeli army, at least 200 hostes are being held captive by hamas. up to ten americans are still unaccounted for, according to the u.s. s

. >> donna edwards is with us.eem jeffries was on "meet the press" and was very clear about not signaling the democrats will help republicans out of this, the moderate republicans. it doesn't seem likely, at least pending a couple of rounds of this, that the democrats would cross over and bail out those moderate republicans and try to come up with some way to stop jim jordan, if that was what they wanted to do. >> i mean, there's no reason for democrats to bear the responsibility of saving the republican party. this is their mess. they have to clean it up. i think from democrats' perspective that to the extent that no republicans were willing to come together in a bipartisan fashion to work out what an agreement would be for the future, it seems to me that this is a republican party that is not really interested in governing. i think should jim jordan get the nod for speaker, whether that's on a first or third or fifth ballot, that it's going to be very difficult for him to put together the kind of coalition that h

former ohio governor, now msnbc political analyst john kasich and former maryland congresswoman donna edwardsalso an msnbc political analyst. a great group of people to dissect every angle of this vote. >> absolutely. let's start with you, ali. what is it that is happening right now and is there any expectation that things are going to look any different today than they did yesterday? >> reporter: no. quite frankly, jose, you as always ask the right question, which is not who the speaker will be, but if there will even be a speaker today. our understanding going into this vote and we're seeing members start going to the floor, going up the stairs behind me and all the other entrances into this building, i haven't spoken to anyone who is saying ally or not of jim jordan that he has the votes to become speaker today. instead, jordan is grappling with a few different cross currents. members are so frustrated and fatigue that they aren't making progress, some are considering empowering the speaker pro tempore, patrick mchenry, for a set period of time so they can get with the business of doing co

for more on the legislative log jam, let's bring in donna edwards and kevin brady.ber on the ways and means committee. thank you for being with us this morning. kevin, let's start with you. your party and you are looking at what's happened here and you are glad you are not dealing with this at the moment. >> donna, it is nice to see you. becky, it has been painful. a lot of good people in the house republican conference that just want to get back to work. it has been frustrating for them. i think in a sense, the election tomorrow may be a bit of a fresh start in a sense with nine candidates. half of whom have been in leadership roles and voted on and elected conference wide or near conference wide. a lot of talent in that group. i think we will know probably by 1:00 tomorrow who that speaker nominee is and how close they are to 217. i think the conference is eager to arrive at that consensus. i think they will give this person more time than scalise had. i think they will be eager to get to 217 before they head to the floor. it has been raw the last 20 days among th